The 1999–2000 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 32nd season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association.
Season summary
Off-season During the off-season, the team acquired Danny Manning and re-acquired Dale Ellis from the Orlando Magic, and signed free agents Darvin Ham and J.R. Reid.
Regular season With Sam Cassell playing a full season after dealing with an ankle injury the previous season, the Bucks got off to a 14–10 start to the regular season, and later on held a 26–24 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team traded Ellis to the Charlotte Hornets, while Haywoode Workman was released to free agency, and signed with the Toronto Raptors. The Bucks struggled losing nine of their twelve games in February, as the team fell below .500 in winning percentage, and later on held a 32–37 record as of March 24, 2000. However, the Bucks managed to win 10 of their final 13 games of the season, finishing in fifth place in the Central Division with a 42–40 record, and earning the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.
Ray Allen averaged 22.1 points, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and led the Bucks with 172 three-point field goals, while Glenn Robinson averaged 20.9 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, and Cassell provided the team with 18.2 points, 9.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game. In addition, Tim Thomas played a sixth man role off the bench, averaging 11.8 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, while Scott Williams provided with 7.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, and Vinny Del Negro contributed 5.2 points per game. Meanwhile, Ham averaged 5.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, but only played just 35 games, Ervin Johnson averaged 4.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, Manning contributed 4.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, and Reid provided with 4.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, but only appeared in just 34 games.
During the NBA All-Star weekend at The Arena in Oakland in Oakland, California, Allen and Robinson were both selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game, as members of the Eastern Conference All-Star team; it was the first ever All-Star appearance for both players. In addition, Allen also participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout. The Bucks finished 19th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 628,605 at the Bradley Center during the regular season.
NBA playoffs In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 2000 NBA playoffs, and for the second consecutive year, the Bucks faced off against the top–seeded, and Central Division champion Indiana Pacers, who were led by Most Improved Player of the Year, Jalen Rose, All-Star guard Reggie Miller, and All-Star forward Dale Davis. After trailing 2–1 in the series, the Bucks won Game 4 over the Pacers at home, 100–87 at the Bradley Center to even the series. However, the Bucks lost Game 5 to the Pacers on the road, 96–95 at the Conseco Fieldhouse, thus losing in a hard-fought five-game series.
The Pacers would advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, but would lose to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games in the 2000 NBA Finals.
Aftermath Following the season, Manning signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz, while in a three-team trade, Del Negro was traded to the Golden State Warriors, and Reid and second-year forward Robert Traylor were both dealt to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 48 Galen Young G North Carolina-Charlotte
Roster
Roster Notes Forward Maceo Baston was signed by the Bucks at the end of the regular season, but did not play for them.
Regular season
Season standings
z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot
Game log
|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || November 2, 1999 || @ Houston | W 98—93 |Sam Cassell (35)
| Compaq Center14,491 | 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || November 4, 1999 || @ Atlanta | W 119—109 |Ray Allen (31)
| Philips Arena18,514 | 2–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 || November 6, 1999 || Detroit | W 121–111 |Sam Cassell (28)
| Bradley Center18,374 | 3–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || November 8, 1999 || @ New York | L 101–111
| Madison Square Garden19,763 | 3–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 10, 1999 || @ Charlotte | L 111—117
| Charlotte Coliseum15,769 | 3–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || November 12, 1999 || Phoenix | W 107–92 |Glenn Robinson (27) |Glenn Robinson (12) |Sam Cassell (14) | Bradley Center16,137 | 4–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 13, 1999 || @ Cleveland | L 112—117
| Gund Arena18,640 | 4–3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || November 16, 1999 || L. A. Clippers | W 121–111 |Glenn Robinson (24) |Glenn Robinson (10) |Sam Cassell (9) | Bradley Center12,465 | 5–3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || November 18, 1999 || San Antonio | W 99–88 |Ray Allen (26) |Ray Allen, Ervin Johnson (8) |Glenn Robinson (4) | Bradley Center15,184 | 6–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 20, 1999 || Utah | L 100–111 |Ray Allen (23) |Glenn Robinson (8) |Sam Cassell (9) | Bradley Center18,027 | 6–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 21, 1999 || @ Detroit | L 94—113
| The Palace of Auburn Hills13,163 | 6–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 || November 24, 1999 || Chicago | W 102–95
| Bradley Center14,209 | 7–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || November 26, 1999 || @ Boston | W 114—112
| Fleet Center18,027 | 8–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 2, 1999 || Philadelphia | L 79–82
| Bradley Center15,216 | 8–6
|-style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || December 2, 1999 || New York | L 80–84
| Bradley Center14,365 | 8–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 || December 4, 1999 || @ Chicago | W 92—91
| United Center22,188 | 9–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 || December 5, 1999 || Dallas | W 103–97
| Bradley Center12,214 | 10–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || December 7, 1999 || Detroit | L 112–116
| Bradley Center12,847 | 10–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || December 8, 1999 || @ New Jersey | L 98—107
| Continental Airlines Arena12,366 | 10–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || December 10, 1999 || @ Toronto | W 107—91
| Air Canada Centre17,963 | 11–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || December 11, 1999 || Denver | L 99–101
| Bradley Center15,862 | 11–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 || December 15, 1999 || @ Orlando | W 116—99
| Orlando Arena12,308 | 12–10 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 || December 16, 1999 || @ Miami | W 96—95
| Miami Arena14,503 | 13–10 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 || December 18, 1999 || Indiana | W 109–95
| Bradley Center15,236 | 14–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || December 20, 1999 || @ Phoenix | L 101—108
| America West Arena18,656 | 14–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || December 21, 1999 || @ Sacramento | L 95—108
| ARCO Arena17,317 | 14–12 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 || December 23, 1999 || @ San Antonio | W 94—91
| Alamodome22,581 | 15–12 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 || December 26, 1999 || Miami | W 93–85
| Bradley Center15,075 | 16–12 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || December 29, 1999 || @ Charlotte | L 105—109
| Charlotte Coliseum17,134 | 16–13 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 || December 30, 1999 || Cleveland | W 91–90
| Bradley Center16,329 | 17–13
|-style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || January 3, 2000 || @ Philadelphia | L 120—124 OT
| First Union Center14,886 | 17–14 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 || January 4, 2000|| Atlanta | W 116–113
| Bradley Center12,739 | 18–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 33 || January 6, 2000 || @ Detroit | L 95—101
| The Palace of Auburn Hills14,233 | 18–15 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 || January 8, 2000|| Washington | W 130–129 2OT
| Bradley Center15,612 | 19–15 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 35 || January 10, 2000|| Charlotte | W 137–87
| Bradley Center13,159 | 20–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 36 || January 12, 2000|| L. A. Lakers | L 94–103
| Bradley Center18,717 | 20–16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 37 || January 14, 2000 || @ Toronto | L 110—115
| Air Canada Centre19,246 | 20–17 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 38 || January 15, 2000|| Toronto | W 118–97
| Bradley Center18,717 | 21–17 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 39 || January 17, 2000 || @ Atlanta | W 107—101
| Philips Arena19,261 | 22–17 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 40 || January 19, 2000 || @ Indiana | L 84—106
| Conseco Fieldhouse18,345 | 22–18 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || January 20, 2000|| Seattle | L 96–104
| Bradley Center14,087 | 22–19 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 42 || January 26, 2000|| Sacramento | W 112–104
| Bradley Center16,931 | 23–19
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 23 | @ Indiana | L 85–88 | Ray Allen (26) | Ham, Johnson (8) | Sam Cassell (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,345 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 27 | @ Indiana | W 104–91 | Allen, Cassell (20) | Ervin Johnson (12) | Sam Cassell (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,345 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 29 | Indiana | L 96–109 | Allen, Robinson (26) | Ervin Johnson (13) | Sam Cassell (12) | Bradley Center18,717 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 1 | Indiana | W 100–87 | Allen, Williams (20) | Ervin Johnson (9) | Sam Cassell (13) | Bradley Center18,072 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 4 | @ Indiana | L 95–96 | Sam Cassell (22) | Tim Thomas (9) | Sam Cassell (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse18,345 | 2–3
Player statistics
Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 82 82 37.4 45.5 42.3 88.7 4.4 3.8 1.3 0.2 22.1 Glenn Robinson 81 81 35.9 47.2 36.3 80.2 6.0 2.4 1.0 0.5 20.9 81 81 35.8 46.6 28.9 87.6 3.7 9.0 1.3 0.1 18.6 Tim Thomas 80 1 26.2 46.1 34.6 77.4 4.2 1.4 0.7 0.4 11.8 Scott Williams 68 46 21.9 50.0 0.0 72.9 6.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 7.6 Dale Ellis 18 0 18.0 46.5 35.4 66.7 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 6.8 Vinny Del Negro 67 0 18.1 47.1 33.3 89.7 1.6 2.4 0.5 0.0 5.2 Darvin Ham 35 21 22.6 55.5 0.0 44.9 4.9 1.2 0.8 0.8 5.1 Ervin Johnson 80 74 26.6 51.6 0.0 60.5 8.1 0.6 1.0 1.6 4.8 Danny Manning 72 0 16.9 44.0 25.0 65.4 2.9 1.0 0.9 0.4 4.6 J.R. Reid 34 7 17.7 41.7 14.3 76.8 3.4 0.5 0.6 0.1 4.4 44 16 10.2 47.5 0.0 60.3 2.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 3.6 Haywoode Workman 23 1 10.8 37.1 37.9 69.2 0.7 1.9 0.5 0.0 2.9 Mirsad Turkcan 10 0 6.5 42.9 0.0 62.5 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 2.9 Rafer Alston 27 0 13.4 28.4 21.4 75.0 0.9 2.6 0.4 0.0 2.2
Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 5 5 37.2 44.4 38.5 90.9 6.6 2.6 1.6 0.0 22.0 Sam Cassell 5 5 35.6 41.7 20.0 85.7 3.4 9.0 0.8 0.015.8 Glenn Robinson 5 5 34.8 40.5 28.6 84.6 4.2 2.6 1.6 0.8 15.4 Tim Thomas 5 0 28.4 49.2 33.3 82.4 4.8 2.0 0.2 0.8 15.4 Scott Williams 5 0 18.6 63.9 0.0 83.3 5.6 0.4 0.4 1.0 10.2 5 5 31.0 50.0 0.0 61.1 9.8 0.4 1.2 1.2 6.2 Vinny Del Negro 5 0 18.6 43.3 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.8 0.6 0.05.2 Darvin Ham 5 5 28.8 64.7 0.0 33.3 5.8 1.4 0.2 1.6 5.0 Mirsad Turkcan 2 0 5.0 20.0 0.0 100.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 Danny Manning 1 0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.00.0 Rafer Alston 4 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Robert Traylor 1 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.00.0
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Transactions
Trades August 19, 1999 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Dale Ellis Danny Manning To Orlando Magic---- Chris Gatling Armen Gilliam January 18, 2000 To Milwaukee Bucks---- 2000 2nd round pick (Jason Hart) To Charlotte Hornets---- Dale Ellis
Free agents Player Signed Former teamJ. R. ReidAugust 20, 1999Los Angeles LakersDarvin HamSeptember 20, 1999CB Granada
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References