1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season

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1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coachDel Harris
General managerDel Harris
Owner(s)Herb Kohl
ArenaMECCA Arena
Results
Record42–40 (.512)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Hawks 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1986–87 1988–89 >

The 1987-88 NBA season was the Bucks' 20th season in the NBA.[1] The Bucks finished fourth in the Central Division with a 42–40 record. In the first round of the playoffs, they lost in five games to the Atlanta Hawks. This was also their final season playing at MECCA Arena.

Draft picks[]

Main article: 1987 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 32 Bob McCann PF  United States Morehead State
2 40 Winston Garland PG  United States Missouri State
3 64  United States Wisconsin
4 87  United States Austin Peay State
5 110  United States UC Santa Barbara
6 133 Gay Elmore SF  United States Virginia Military Institute

Roster[]

1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
C 45 Breuer, Randy 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1960–10–11 Minnesota
PF 34 Cummings, Terry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961–03–15 DePaul
PG 24 Humphries, Jay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962–10–17 Colorado
PF 42 Krystkowiak, Larry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–09–23 Montana
G 10 Lucas, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1953–10–31 Maryland
C 44 Mokeski, Paul 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1957–01–03 Kansas
PG 4 Moncrief, Sidney 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1957–09–21 Arkansas
SG 22 Pierce, Ricky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice
SF 25 Pressey, Paul 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1958–12–24 Tulsa
G/F 35 Reynolds, Jerry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1962–12–23 LSU
C 43 Sikma, Jack 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1955–11–14 Illinois Wesleyan
PF 54 Stroeder, John 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1958–07–24 Montana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Central Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 54 28 .659 – 34–7 20–21 20–10
x-Chicago Bulls 50 32 .610 4 30–11 20–21 16–13
x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 4 30-11 20-21 16–13
x-Milwaukee Bucks 42 40 .512 12 30–11 12–29 13–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 42 40 .512 12 31–10 11–30 11–19
Indiana Pacers 38 44 .463 16 25–16 13–28 13–17
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Boston Celtics 57 25 .695 –
2 y-Detroit Pistons 54 28 .659 3
3 x-Chicago Bulls 50 32 .610 7
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 7
5 x-Milwaukee Bucks 42 40 .512 15
6 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 42 40 .512 15
7 x-Washington Bullets 38 44 .463 19
8 x-New York Knicks 38 44 .463 19
9 Indiana Pacers 38 44 .463 19
10 Philadelphia 76ers 36 46 .439 21
11 New Jersey Nets 19 63 .232 38
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[]

1987-88 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta — 2–4 2–3 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 5–0 3–3 6–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–3
Boston 4–2 — 3–3 2–3 2–0 0–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 5–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–1
Chicago 3–2 3–3 — 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 5–1 5–1 3–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–3
Cleveland 1–5 3–2 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 1–5 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 5–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 6–0
Dallas 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 — 3–3 1–1 4–1 4–2 2–0 5–0 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–2 5–1 5–1 3–2 3–3 1–1
Denver 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 — 1–1 4–1 4–2 1–1 5–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 4–2 5–1 4–1 2–4 2–0
Detroit 4–2 3–3 4–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 4–2 5–1 4–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2
Golden State 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–4 1–4 0–2 — 0–5 0–2 3–3 0–6 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–5 2–3 3–2 1–5 1–4 0–2
Houston 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–4 1–1 5–0 — 2–0 3–2 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 4–1 4–2 2–4 3–2 3–3 2–0
Indiana 2–4 0–5 3–3 2–4 0–2 1–1 3–3 2–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 3–3 6–0 2–3 2–4 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–4
L.A. Clippers 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–5 0–5 1–1 3–3 2–3 1–1 — 1–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 0–6 3–2 0–5 1–5 1–4 0–2
L.A. Lakers 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 6–0 4–1 1–1 5–1 — 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 3–3 4–1 5–0 4–2 4–1 1–1
Milwaukee 3–3 3–3 1–5 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–0 0–2 3–3 2–0 2–0 — 3–2 3–3 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1
New Jersey 0–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–2 1–1 0–6 2–0 0–2 2–3 — 3–3 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–6
New York 3–3 1–5 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 — 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–3
Philadelphia 0–6 2–4 2–4 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 4–2 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–3
Phoenix 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–5 2–3 0–2 4–2 1–4 0–2 4–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 0–6 3–2 2–3 2–4 2–3 0–2
Portland 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–4 2–0 6–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 — 4–1 5–0 3–3 1–4 2–0
Sacramento 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–4 0–2 3–2 2–4 0–2 2–3 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–4 — 3–3 1–4 1–5 0–2
San Antonio 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–5 1–1 2–3 4–2 0–2 5–0 0–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–5 3–3 — 3–2 3–3 0–2
Seattle 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–4 1–1 5–1 2–3 1–1 5–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–3 4–1 2–3 — 1–4 2–0
Utah 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–3 4–2 0–2 4–1 3–3 1–1 4–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 4–1 5–1 3–3 4–1 — 2–0
Washington 3–3 1–5 3–3 0–6 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–4 6–0 3–3 3–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 —

Game log[]

1987–88 game log
Total: 42–40 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
November: 9–4 (Home: 6–1; Road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 6, 1987 @ Boston L 108–125 Terry Cummings (26) Boston Garden 0—1
2 November 7, 1987
8:00 PM CST		 Detroit W 119–105 Jack Sikma (26) Jack Sikma (18) MECCA Arena
11,052 		1–1
3 November 10, 1987 Washington W 115–100 MECCA Arena 2–1
4 November 11, 1987 @ Cleveland W 107–101 Richfield Coliseum 3-1
5 November 14, 1987 @ New York L 89–93 Madison Square Garden 3-2
6 November 15, 1987 Atlanta W 112–103 MECCA Arena 4–2
7 November 17, 1987 Golden State W 120–108 MECCA Arena 5–2
8 November 19, 1987 @ Sacramento W 117–113 ARCO Arena I 6-2
9 November 20, 1987 @ Seattle L 97–99 Seattle Center Coliseum 6-3
10 November 22, 1987
9:30 PM CST		 @ L. A. Lakers W 124–116 (OT) The Forum
17,505 		7–3
11 November 25, 1987 Chicago L 101–103 MECCA Arena 7–4
12 November 28, 1987 Boston W 112–97 MECCA Arena 8–4
13 November 30, 1987 Indiana W 104–94 MECCA Arena 9–4
December: 6–6 (Home: 4–3; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 December 2, 1987
6:30 PM CST		 @ Detroit L 105–115 Pontiac Silverdome
18,780 		9–4
15 December 4, 1987
7:00 PM CST		 L. A. Lakers W 85–83 MECCA Arena
11,052 		10–5
16 December 8, 1987 @ Indiana L 101–103 Market Square Arena 10–6
17 December 10, 1987 @ Chicago L 105–111 Chicago Stadium 10–7
18 December 11, 1987 Portland W 125–112 MECCA Arena 11–7
19 December 13, 1987
7:30 PM CST		 Dallas L 99–113 MECCA Arena
11,052 		11–8
20 December 15, 1987 @ New York W 103–98 Madison Square Garden 12–8
21 December 18, 1987 Atlanta L 87–94 MECCA Arena 12–9
22 December 22, 1987 New York W 122–105 MECCA Arena 13–9
23 December 26, 1987 Washington W 102–97 MECCA Arena 14–9
24 December 29, 1987 @ New Jersey W 106–88 Brendan Byrne Arena 15–9
25 December 30, 1987 Houston L 93–102 MECCA Arena 15–10
January: 5–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 January 2, 1988 Indiana L 97–99 MECCA Arena 15–11
27 January 5, 1988 L. A. Clippers W 98–82 MECCA Arena 16–11
28 January 7, 1988 @ Indiana L 108–114 Market Square Arena 16–12
29 January 8, 1988 Utah L 107–111 MECCA Arena 16–13
30 January 10, 1988 New Jersey W 105–87 MECCA Arena 17–13
31 January 12, 1988 Philadelphia W 106–103 MECCA Arena 18–13
32 January 14, 1988 @ Washington L 107–136 Capital Centre 18–14
33 January 17, 1988 Cleveland W 111–93 MECCA Arena 19–14
34 January 19, 1988 @ San Antonio L 107–136 HemisFair Arena 19–15
35 January 21, 1988 @ Houston L 103–116 The Summit 19–16
36 January 23, 1988
7:30 PM CST		 @ Dallas L 97–113 Reunion Arena
17,007 		19–17
37 January 25, 1988 @ Golden State W 108–105 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 20–17
38 January 26, 1988 @ Portland L 106–112 Memorial Coliseum 20–18
39 January 28, 1988 @ Denver L 113–122 McNichols Sports Arena 20–19
40 January 29, 1988 @ L. A. Clippers W 97–88 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 21–19
February: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
41 February 2, 1988
7:30 PM CST		 Detroit L 97–99 MECCA Arena
11,052 		21–20
44 February 11, 1988 @ Philadelphia L 113–119 OT The Spectrum 23–21
48 February 19, 1988
8:00 PM CST		 Detroit W 119–108 MECCA Arena
11,052 		26–22
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
56 March 6, 1988
6:00 PM CST		 @ Detroit L 99–109 Pontiac Silverdome
24,751 		31–25
67 March 26, 1988 @ Utah W 107–105 Salt Palace 38–29
April: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
77 April 15, 1988
7:00 PM CST		 @ Detroit L 91–92 Pontiac Silverdome
27,126 		40–37
81 April 22, 1988 New York W 118–109 MECCA Arena 42–39
1987–88 schedule

Playoffs[]

1988 playoff game log
First Round: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 29 @ Atlanta L 107–110 Paul Pressey (21) Jack Sikma (12) Paul Pressey (7) Omni Coliseum
11,517 		0–1
2 May 1 @ Atlanta L 97–104 Sidney Moncrief (22) Jack Sikma (17) Paul Pressey (9) Omni Coliseum
11,777 		0–2
3 May 4 Atlanta W 123–115 Terry Cummings (30) Jack Sikma (16) Paul Pressey (6) MECCA Arena
11,052 		1–2
4 May 6 Atlanta W 105–99 Terry Cummings (30) Jack Sikma (9) Sidney Moncrief (7) MECCA Arena
11,052 		2–2
5 May 8 @ Atlanta L 111–121 Terry Cummings (28) Larry Krystkowiak (10) Moncrief, Pressey (6) Omni Coliseum
12,190 		2–3
1988 schedule

Player statistics[]

Source:[2]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season[]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Terry Cummings 76 76 34.6 48.5 33.3 66.5 7.3 2.4 1.0 0.6 21.3
Jack Sikma 82 82 35.6 48.6 21.4 92.2 8.6 3.4 1.1 1.0 16.5
Ricky Pierce 37 0 26.1 51.0 21.4 87.7 2.2 2.0 0.6 0.2 16.4
Paul Pressey 75 75 33.1 49.1 20.5 79.8 5.0 7.0 1.5 0.5 13.1
Randy Breuer 81 73 27.9 49.5 0.0 65.7 6.8 1.3 0.6 1.3 12.0
Sidney Moncrief 56 51 25.5 48.9 16.1 83.7 3.2 3.6 0.7 0.3 10.8
Craig Hodges 43 0 22.9 44.9 46.6 82.1 1.1 2.5 0.7 0.0 9.2
John Lucas 81 22 21.8 44.5 33.8 80.2 2.0 4.8 1.1 0.0 9.2
Jerry Reynolds 62 21 18.7 44.9 42.9 77.3 2.6 1.7 1.2 0.5 8.0
Larry Krystkowiak 50 7 21.0 48.1 0.0 81.1 4.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 7.2
Paul Mokeski 60 0 14.1 47.6 0.0 70.8 3.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 4.2
Dave Hoppen 3 0 11.7 36.4 0.0 100.0 2.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 3.7
Pace Mannion 35 1 13.6 40.7 16.7 67.6 1.5 1.6 0.4 0.2 3.5
Jay Humphries 18 0 14.0 37.0 0.0 64.3 1.3 2.3 1.1 0.1 2.7
Charles Davis 5 0 7.8 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.4
Conner Henry 14 2 10.4 31.7 33.3 57.1 1.4 2.1 0.3 0.1 2.3
John Stroeder 41 0 6.6 36.7 0.0 66.7 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.3 1.9
Andre Moore 3 0 5.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.3
Rickie Winslow 7 0 6.4 23.1 0.0 50.0 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.0
Dudley Bradley 2 0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs[]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Terry Cummings 5 5 38.6 56.2 0.0 65.9 7.8 2.6 1.8 0.6 25.8
Jack Sikma 5 5 38.0 46.1 0.0 83.3 12.4 2.6 0.4 0.8 19.0
Sidney Moncrief 5 5 34.6 48.0 100.0 96.3 3.8 5.2 0.6 0.2 15.0
Paul Pressey 5 5 35.6 46.0 33.3 76.7 3.8 6.6 0.8 0.6 14.0
Ricky Pierce 5 0 21.0 47.2 20.0 88.9 2.8 1.8 0.2 0.4 11.8
Larry Krystkowiak 5 5 32.6 44.8 0.0 88.9 6.8 1.4 0.8 0.0 8.4
John Lucas 5 0 16.0 37.0 23.1 66.7 1.6 3.8 1.0 0.0 5.8
Randy Breuer 4 0 11.8 56.3 0.0 16.7 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 4.8
Paul Mokeski 4 0 10.0 35.7 0.0 66.7 2.3 0.0 0.8 0.5 3.5
John Stroeder 1 0 1.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Jerry Reynolds 3 0 4.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.7
Jay Humphries 2 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

November 18, 1987
[3] 		To Milwaukee Bucks---- To San Antonio Spurs----
February 25, 1988 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Phoenix Suns----

Free agents[]

Player Signed Former team
Pace Mannion October 8, 1987 New Jersey Nets
John Stroeder October 8, 1987 Rapid City Thrillers

References[]

  1. ^ 1987-88 Milwaukee Bucks
  2. ^ "1987-88 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  3. ^ "The Milwaukee Sentinel - Bucks get Krystkowiak".

See also[]

  • 1987-88 NBA season
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