The 1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 14th season for the Bucks.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 21 Alton Lister PF/C Arizona State 3 67 Mark Smith Illinois 4 90 Kris Anderson Florida State 5 113 Kelvin Troy Rutgers 6 136 Jo Jo Hunter Colorado 7 159 Lewis Latimore Virginia 8 181 Mike Brkovich Michigan State 9 201 Chip Rucker Northeastern 10 221 Artie Green Marquette

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

z = clinched division title y = clinched division title x = clinched playoff spot

Game log Regular season

| 1 | October 30, 1981 | @ Detroit | L 113–118 |Sidney Moncrief (22) |Mickey Johnson (10) |Quinn Buckner (8) | Pontiac Silverdome | 0–1 |- | 2 | | Boston | |Sidney Moncrief (29) |Harvey Catchings, Mickey Johnson (10) | | MECCA Arena | 1–1

| 3 | November 5, 1981 | Washington | W 98–90 |Brian Winters (25) |Mickey Johnson (11) | | MECCA Arena | 2–1 |- | 4 | November 7, 1981 | San Diego | W 105–102 |Brian Winters (22)

| MECCA Arena | 3–1 |- | 5 | November 10, 1981 | @ Atlanta | L 83—94 |Mickey Johnson (20)

| The Omni | 3–2 |- | 6 | November 11, 1981 | @ New Jersey | W 100—88 |Bob Lanier (20)

| Brendan Byrne Arena | 4–2 |- | 7 | November 13, 1981 | New York | W 105–102 |Quinn Buckner (21)

| MECCA Arena | 5–2 |- | 8 | November 15, 1981 | Cleveland | W 98–96 |Sidney Moncrief (28)

| MECCA Arena | 6–2 |- | 9 | November 17, 1981 | @ Washington | W 99—95

| Capital Centre | 7–2 |- | 10 | | @ Philadelphia

| The Spectrum | 7–3 |- | 11 | | @ Boston

| Boston Garden | 7–4 |- | 12 | November 21, 1981 | @ New York | L 112—118

| Madison Square Garden | 7–5 |- | 13 | November 24, 1981 | Detroit | W 103–95

| MECCA Arena | 8–5 |- | 14 | November 27, 1981 | Golden State | L 96–113

| MECCA Arena | 8–6 |- | 15 | | San Antonio

| MECCA Arena | 9–6

| 16 | December 1, 1981 | @ Cleveland | W 126—110 |Sidney Moncrief (39)

| Coliseum at Richfield | 10–6 |- | 17 | December 4, 1981 | Atlanta | W 97–80

| MECCA Arena | 11–6 |- | 18 | December 5, 1981 | @ Detroit | W 111–108

| Pontiac Silverdome | 12–6 |- | 19 | December 9, 1981 | Houston | W 89–83

| MECCA Arena | 13–6 |- | 20 | December 11, 1981 | Indiana | W 103–100 OT

| MECCA Arena | 14–6 |- | 21 | December 12, 1981 | @ New York | W 104—86

| Madison Square Garden | 15–6 |- | 22 | | Philadelphia

| MECCA Arena | 16–6 |- | 23 | December 15, 1981 | @ Indiana | W 104–96

| Market Square Arena | 17–6 |- | 24 | December 18, 1981 | New Jersey | L 88–100

| MECCA Arena | 17–7 |- | 25 | December 22, 1981 | Kansas City | L 101–106

| MECCA Arena | 17–8 |- | 26 | December 26, 1981 | @ Cleveland | W 109—102

| Coliseum at Richfield | 18–8 |- | 27 | December 27, 1981 | Chicago | W 108–96

| MECCA Arena | 19–8

| 35 | | Los Angeles

| MECCA Arena | 24–11 |- | 36 | | @ Philadelphia

| The Spectrum | 25–11 |- | 37 | | Boston

| MECCA Arena | 26–11 |- | 39 | January 20, 1982 | @ Dallas | L 104–109

| Reunion Arena | 26–13 |- | 42 | | @ Los Angeles | |Marques Johnson (20)

| The Forum | 28–14 |- | 43 | January 28, 1982 | @ Utah | W 119–101

| Salt Palace | 29–14

| 44 | February 3, 1982 | Chicago | W 113–98 |Brian Winters (25)

| MECCA Arena | 30–14 |- | 45 | February 5, 1982 | Dallas | W 117–92 |Sidney Moncrief, Brian Winters (19)

| MECCA Arena | 31–14 |- | 46 | February 7, 1982 | Phoenix | W 107–92 |Scott May, Brian Winters (32)

| MECCA Arena | 32–14 |- | 56 | | @ Boston

| Boston Garden | 40–16

| 59 | | @ San Antonio

| HemisFair Arena | 42–17 |- | 63 | March 12, 1982 | Seattle | L 110–112

| MECCA Arena | 42–21 |- | 64 | March 14, 1982 | Utah | W 129–100

| MECCA Arena | 43–21 |- | 65 | | Philadelphia

| MECCA Arena | 44–21 |- | 72 | | Philadelphia

| MECCA Arena | 49–23

| 76 | | Boston

| MECCA Arena | 53–23 |- | 80 | | @ Boston

| Boston Garden | 54–26 |- | 82 | | @ Philadelphia

| The Spectrum | 55–27

Playoffs

| 1 | | @ Philadelphia | | Mickey Johnson (28) | Marques Johnson (7) | Brian Winters (5) | The Spectrum10,086 | 0–1 |- | 2 | | @ Philadelphia | | Brian Winters (21) | Bob Lanier (11) | Winters, May (5) | The Spectrum14,716 | 0–2 |- | 3 | | Philadelphia | | Mickey Johnson (21) | Marques Johnson (11) | Marques Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 1–2 |- | 4 | | Philadelphia | | Marques Johnson (23) | Mickey Johnson, Moncrief (7) | Mickey Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 1–3 |- | 5 | | @ Philadelphia | | Bob Lanier (27) | Alton Lister (11) | Brian Winters (7) | The Spectrum16,668 | 2–3 |- | 6 | | Philadelphia | | Bob Lanier (19) | Bob Lanier (10) | Brian Winters (6) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 2–4

Player statistics

Player statistics source:

Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sidney Moncrief 80 80 37.3 52.3 7.1 81.7 6.7 4.8 1.7 0.3 19.8 Marques Johnson 60 52 31.7 53.2 0.0 70.0 6.1 3.6 1.0 0.6 16.5 Brian Winters 61 13 30.0 50.1 38.7 78.8 2.8 4.1 0.9 0.115.9 Bob Lanier 74 72 26.8 55.8 0.0 75.2 5.2 3.0 1.0 0.8 13.5 Quinn Buckner 70 70 30.8 48.2 26.7 65.5 3.6 4.7 2.5 0.012.9 Mickey Johnson 76 71 25.4 49.1 14.3 80.1 6.0 2.8 0.9 0.612.9 Junior Bridgeman 41 4 22.5 48.3 44.4 86.4 3.0 2.7 0.7 0.1 12.5 Scott May 65 7 18.3 50.8 0.0 82.4 3.4 2.0 0.8 0.19.0 Robert Smith 17 1 18.6 47.3 20.0 83.3 0.8 2.6 0.6 0.1 6.8 Pat Cummings 78 7 14.5 50.9 0.0 73.6 3.1 1.3 0.3 0.1 6.5 Bob Dandridge 11 0 15.8 38.2 0.0 58.8 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.24.7 Alton Lister 80 23 14.8 51.9 0.0 52.0 4.8 1.1 0.2 1.5 4.5 Kevin Stacom 7 0 12.9 41.2 50.0 50.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.0 4.3Mike Evans14014.047.10.066.70.91.60.60.04.0Harvey Catchings80920.042.00.059.44.51.20.51.72.9Geoff Crompton3515.834.40.040.01.20.40.20.30.8Brad Holland109.00.00.00.00.02.00.00.00.0

Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Mickey Johnson 6 34.3 57.3 0.0 84.6 5.3 3.0 1.3 0.719.8 Marques Johnson 6 39.2 44.0 25.0 57.1 7.3 3.3 1.0 0.318.8 Brian Winters 6 38.7 49.4 50.0 83.3 2.5 4.7 1.3 0.216.8 Bob Lanier 6 35.3 51.3 0.0 56.0 7.5 3.7 1.3 0.816.0 Sidney Moncrief 6 42.0 41.9 0.0 78.9 5.0 4.0 1.5 0.315.3 6 18.7 58.3 0.0 71.4 4.5 0.8 0.3 2.55.5 Robert Smith 6 11.3 38.5 28.6 87.5 1.2 2.0 0.2 0.04.8 Scott May 4 12.5 20.0 0.0 64.3 2.8 2.5 0.5 0.04.3 Brad Holland 1 3.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.02.0Pat Cummings67.336.40.050.01.80.30.00.31.5Harvey Catchings64.366.70.00.01.20.00.00.50.7

Awards and records Sidney Moncrief, All-NBA Second Team Sidney Moncrief, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Quinn Buckner, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

Free agents Player Signed Former teamScott MayNovember 16, 1981Chicago Bulls

References

Bucks on Basketball Reference