1977-78 Milwaukee Bucks Game Log

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Record: 44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Don Nelson (44-38)

Executive: Don Nelson

PTS/G: 112.4 (4th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 113.0 (21st of 22)

SRS: -0.59 (13th of 22) Pace: 108.7 (5th of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.8 (8th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.4 (19th of 22) Net Rtg: -0.5 (13th of 22)

Expected W-L: 40-42 (13th of 22)

Arena: MECCA Arena

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-0) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1977-10-18		LAL	W	117	112	50	100	.500				17	24	.708	18	46	30	9	4	17	23	48	95	.505				16	23	.696	16	44	30	6	7	22	24
2	2	1977-10-19	@	DEN	L	115	133	48	102	.471				19	37	.514	20	46	27	8	8	19	32	49	95	.516				35	45	.778	19	54	28	10	7	19	27
3	3	1977-10-22		CHI	W	113	95	47	103	.456				19	30	.633	20	45	31	13	6	13	29	37	84	.440				21	37	.568	17	48	24	5	4	24	28
4	4	1977-10-27	@	HOU	L	110	133	43	89	.483				24	32	.750	10	34	15	6	3	21	23	58	107	.542				17	27	.630		56	29	8	2	20	31
5	5	1977-10-30		SEA	W	108	95	44	96	.458				20	26	.769	11	44	32	11	7	23	28	38	93	.409				19	36	.528	20	56	22	10	9	34	32
6	6	1977-11-01		KCK	W	115	95	51	100	.510				13	17	.765	15	46	35	19	10	24	31	38	95	.400				19	27	.704	17	39	26	5	4	33	26
7	7	1977-11-03	@	CLE	L	91	100	44	99	.444				3	8	.375	18	51	21	12	3	24	24	47	98	.480				6	12	.500	18	54	24	7	6	23	14
8	8	1977-11-04		HOU	W	110	108	49	109	.450				12	13	.923		45	33	11	6	20	24	44	91	.484				20	33	.606		39	27	10	4	13	21
9	9	1977-11-08		DEN	L	101	111	42	90	.467				17	25	.680	14	37	30	11	7	18	24	45	79	.570				21	28	.750	8	41	33	9	4	20	21
10	10	1977-11-10	@	WSB	W	106	103	48	96	.500				10	19	.526	13	41	27	10	5		33	38	72	.528				27	43	.628	11	41	24	10	5		27
11	11	1977-11-11		CLE	L	82	88	33	83	.398				16	19	.842	12	50	26	8	12	21	18	39	97	.402				10	15	.667	13	46	26	14	8	14	20
12	12	1977-11-13		BOS	L	119	127	51	102	.500				17	21	.810		44	28	7	4	21	20	56	108	.519				15	18	.833		53	32		5	21	15
13	13	1977-11-15		POR	L	106	109	42	96	.438				22	28	.786	11	42	30	12	5	15	22	43	86	.500				23	30	.767	10	45	30	9	6	22	26
14	14	1977-11-16	@	NJN	W	116	106	36	82	.439				44	59	.746		62	23	8	7		24	44	105	.419				18	25	.720		41	31	14	8		39
15	15	1977-11-19	@	PHI	L	100	111	42	97	.433				16	22	.727		47	23	15	0	29	20	49	99	.495				13	15	.867		53	37	13	7	29	22
16	16	1977-11-22		GSW	W	109	88	49	105	.467				11	16	.688	12	53	33	11	4	17	18	36	96	.375				16	20	.800	12	50	25	11	10	21	20
17	17	1977-11-23	@	KCK	W	122	116	46	100	.460				30	38	.789	15	57	23	8	6		23	48	112	.429				20	26	.769	17	50	26	7	8		30
18	18	1977-11-25	@	ATL	W	117	115	45	91	.495				27	38	.711	18	39	15	13	3		24	48	92	.522				19	23	.826	16	46	25	9	9		31
19	19	1977-11-26	@	SAS	L	107	129	48	115	.417				11	21	.524		58	25	5	7	23	21	58	115	.504				13	14	.929		61	39	15	10	17	20
20	20	1977-11-29		DET	L	99	100	43	102	.422				13	14	.929		49	22	10	6	21	21	42	90	.467				16	20	.800		45	19	11	5	23	18
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1977-11-30	@	IND	W	120	113	50	104	.481				20	28	.714		55	31	9	3	20	23	46	100	.460				21	28	.750		53	24	10	6	22	24
22	22	1977-12-02		WSB	L	95	108	43	99	.434				9	11	.818	6	32	27	7	6	18	24	49	90	.544				10	20	.500	14	58	33	8	5	28	18
23	23	1977-12-03	@	NYK	W	115	108	48	96	.500				19	26	.731		42	23	14	4		29	42	83	.506				24	34	.706		47	28	9	7	40	24
24	24	1977-12-04		NJN	W	134	118	53	106	.500				28	42	.667		58	34	12	6	16	21	48	110	.436				22	27	.815		50	25	8	5	20	29
25	25	1977-12-06	@	LAL	L	108	109	41	96	.427				26	37	.703	23	48	19	11	5	21	19	47	93	.505				15	21	.714	15	49	31	10	6	24	29
26	26	1977-12-08	@	GSW	W	117	116	43	87	.494				31	37	.838	12	42	24	15	7	22	32	42	90	.467				32	40	.800	19	49	26	14	8	24	25
27	27	1977-12-09	@	SEA	L	123	136	53	98	.541				17	23	.739	15	30	26	4	4	17	26	54	98	.551				28	33	.848	18	45	27	9	4	16	25
28	28	1977-12-10	@	DEN	L	111	118	45	95	.474				21	30	.700	12	37	33	15	4	19	28	46	83	.554				26	35	.743	13	43	31	10	3	27	32
29	29	1977-12-13		PHI	W	129	117	53	95	.558				23	26	.885		43	32	10	2		23	44	91	.484				29	33	.879		28	31	9	7		23
30	30	1977-12-16		NYK	W	152	150	62	128	.484				28	45	.622		61	32	16	12	21	23	63	140	.450				24	28	.857		61	40	13	8	21	36
31	31	1977-12-18		BUF	W	111	100	51	103	.495				9	12	.750		52	37	9	6		20	44	92	.478				12	14	.857		41	29	5	6		20
32	32	1977-12-21		SAS	W	116	92	50	103	.485				16	19	.842		52	34	19	9	23	21	38	88	.432				16	26	.615		41	25	10	7	30	19
33	33	1977-12-22	@	DET	L	102	118	45	92	.489				12	16	.750	13	38	23	12	5	24	24	49	88	.557				20	27	.741	15	45	29	15	4	27	23
34	34	1977-12-23		ATL	L	93	109	40	97	.412				13	20	.650	18	46	26	12	7	21	23	40	83	.482				29	35	.829	10	45	25	11	13	24	21
35	35	1977-12-25	@	KCK	W	131	122	52	93	.559				27	38	.711		48	24	1	13	15	31	46	106	.434				30	39	.769		48	26	6	4	15	32
36	36	1977-12-27	@	BUF	W	108	105	40	83	.482				28	35	.800		38	23	6	1	15	25	38	78	.487				29	38	.763		43	24	10	7	19	25
37	37	1977-12-29		BOS	L	115	124	49	105	.467				17	23	.739		40	33	14	6	14	15	52	93	.559				20	21	.952		45	38	11	5	22	22
38	38	1978-01-03		PHO	L	103	125	47	110	.427				9	14	.643	17	53	29	13	6	22	31	48	95	.505				29	35	.829	8	47	32	10	7	21	16
39	39	1978-01-05		NOJ	L	109	116	48	111	.432				13	16	.813		50	32	12	9	15	25	45	90	.500				26	31	.839		53	27	7	8	23	19
40	40	1978-01-06	@	HOU	W	103	101	40	74	.541				23	37	.622		35	18	8	4	21	14	44	91	.484				13	14	.929		33	22	9	3	16	26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1978-01-08		KCK	W	133	123	56	102	.549				21	24	.875		46	38	13	4	17	28	43	92	.467				37	44	.841		43	27	11	6	21	25
42	42	1978-01-10		IND	W	125	103	49	84	.583				27	36	.750		47	36	14	9	25	24	45	104	.433				13	18	.722		37	27	13	6	19	29
43	43	1978-01-11	@	SAS	L	106	130	45	99	.455				16	22	.727		43	25	11	6	16	19	54	100	.540				22	25	.880		52	36	14	11	21	23
44	44	1978-01-13	@	CHI	L	111	128	46	94	.489				19	26	.731	18	39	26	8	5	21	24	54	85	.635				20	22	.909	12	45	36	10	6	20	23
45	45	1978-01-17		NJN	W	119	109	50	87	.575				19	27	.704	10	43	31	6	8	21	23	50	109	.459				9	17	.529	19	50	24	10	6	19	25
46	46	1978-01-18	@	BOS	L	116	130	47	106	.443				22	23	.957		40	25	7	6	16	20	54	101	.535				22	25	.880		49	29	6	2	21	23
47	47	1978-01-19		DEN	W	114	109	44	97	.454				26	35	.743	15	47	29	13	7	15	24	40	88	.455				29	37	.784	14	47	27	8	9	23	30
48	48	1978-01-22		CHI	W	112	90	51	101	.505				10	13	.769	18	50	31	13	9	20	23	38	96	.396				14	21	.667	18	44	22	10	7	25	18
49	49	1978-01-27	@	LAL	L	114	131	45	96	.469				24	37	.649	17	43	23	8	6	17	24	55	108	.509				21	24	.875	22	60	35	9	4	18	30
50	50	1978-01-29	@	SEA	L	101	103	45	88	.511				11	19	.579	14	43	26	8	4	23	40	29	72	.403				45	62	.726	15	40	11	7	5	23	23
51	51	1978-01-31	@	POR	L	116	136	44	82	.537				28	30	.933	9	35	20	6	2	23	25	55	107	.514				26	30	.867	20	47	25	13	7	13	23
52	52	1978-02-02	@	GSW	L	102	105	42	82	.512				18	25	.720	13	41	26	12	4	23	31	40	88	.455				25	34	.735	18	41	24	11	4	21	25
53	53	1978-02-03	@	PHO	L	105	115	43	94	.457				19	24	.792	18	54	19	6	2	29	32	42	96	.438				31	42	.738	16	49	29	12	4	17	21
54	54	1978-02-08		BUF	W	104	103	48	98	.490				8	15	.533	14	53	32	9	7	18	18	45	93	.484				13	18	.722	9	44	29	7	6	19	18
55	55	1978-02-10		CLE	W	108	98	43	100	.430				22	26	.846	20	52	29	8	13	16	24	42	97	.433				14	19	.737	18	45	22	5	8	20	28
56	56	1978-02-11	@	NYK	L	122	133	47	100	.470				28	45	.622		43	19	12	5		25	53	93	.570				27	35	.771		52	36	8	6		27
57	57	1978-02-15		NOJ	W	112	99	47	93	.505				18	27	.667		44	27	14	9	18	25	41	90	.456				17	29	.586		42	25	8	8	17	23
58	58	1978-02-17		HOU	W	115	98	49	94	.521				17	23	.739		50	33	10	10	21	21	39	86	.453				20	27	.741		41	25	7	6	21	22
59	59	1978-02-19		SEA	L	103	108	42	92	.457				19	24	.792	13	46	21	5	8	11	26	46	92	.500				16	23	.696	14	51	23	8	4	11	24
60	60	1978-02-24	@	CHI	W	112	109	47	95	.495				18	22	.818	14	45	27	9	5	24	26	42	89	.472				25	29	.862	14	47	30	12	7	23	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1978-02-26	@	NOJ	W	122	120	41	85	.482				40	52	.769		49	25	10	9	20	28	48	101	.475				24	34	.706		56	29	9	2	19	29
62	62	1978-02-28		WSB	W	136	135	55	105	.524				26	39	.667		51	38	8	7		36	50	114	.439				35	50	.700		57	27	5	3		26
63	63	1978-03-03	@	PHO	L	126	132	52	95	.547				22	27	.815	13	39	30	11	5	19	30	48	89	.539				36	47	.766	19	47	26	9	6	24	24
64	64	1978-03-05	@	POR	L	88	126	38	95	.400				12	17	.706	21	48	23	11	4	32	26	51	99	.515				24	25	.960	17	56	30	19	5	20	21
65	65	1978-03-08		NYK	W	127	125	53	118	.449				21	26	.808		60	33	14	8	20	27	50	112	.446				25	35	.714		55	33	11	5	26	26
66	66	1978-03-10		GSW	L	102	124	39	83	.470				24	38	.632	11	33	27	7	3	15	22	52	85	.612				20	25	.800	9	49	31	4	3	14	27
67	67	1978-03-12	@	ATL	L	93	98	38	83	.458				17	26	.654		39	16	8	7		34	31	72	.431				36	42	.857		41	18	12	3		25
68	68	1978-03-14		PHO	W	121	106	49	86	.570				23	32	.719	10	40	39	15	7	23	27	44	92	.478				18	22	.818	14	43	29	10	2	29	27
69	69	1978-03-17	@	BUF	L	127	136	44	96	.458				39	55	.709		38	23	11	1	17	35	46	80	.575				44	56	.786		44	29	6	3	23	36
70	70	1978-03-18	@	IND	W	113	104	42	84	.500				29	32	.906		47	25	13	5	22	21	42	98	.429				20	25	.800		50	26	7	4	20	26
71	71	1978-03-19	@	WSB	W	117	106	48	99	.485				21	27	.778		48	33	9	9		26	42	106	.396				22	27	.815		53	19	5	5		26
72	72	1978-03-21		ATL	W	100	86	45	85	.529				10	16	.625		45	33	18	4	35	20	35	80	.438				16	17	.941		30	21	10	6	28	21
73	73	1978-03-23		POR	W	116	109	43	78	.551				30	40	.750	7	39	32	7	7	23	28	40	87	.460				29	36	.806	13	32	25	16	0	18	31
74	74	1978-03-24	@	PHI	L	122	131	51	92	.554				20	26	.769		31	30	9	3	15	33	48	91	.527				35	43	.814		53	32	7	6	19	27
75	75	1978-03-26		DET	W	110	109	47	88	.534				16	20	.800		41	39	16	5	27	25	44	97	.454				21	28	.750		45	26	13	3	29	23
76	76	1978-03-30		IND	W	105	100	49	94	.521				7	16	.438		45	40	7	6	20	22	39	88	.443				22	29	.759		41	29	10	2	19	21
77	77	1978-03-31	@	NJN	L	114	122	44	108	.407				26	35	.743		60	23	8	7		29	48	96	.500				26	40	.650		53	28	12	3		28
78	78	1978-04-02	@	DET	W	129	121	52	93	.559				25	33	.758		44	31	14	5	27	30	44	91	.484				33	39	.846		43	22	14	1	24	24
79	79	1978-04-04		LAL	L	102	103	47	102	.461				8	11	.727	19	47	33	11	5		16	47	91	.516				9	17	.529	11	39	36		8		18
80	80	1978-04-06	@	CLE	L	105	117	44	112	.393				17	27	.630	27	55	25	12	4	18	22	44	88	.500				29	37	.784	10	50	16	13	7	17	21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1978-04-07		SAS	W	108	102	46	90	.511				16	20	.800	9	43	39	8	8	19	18	41	102	.402				20	26	.769	17	49	22	9	8	16	19
82	82	1978-04-08	@	BOS	W	123	111	50	96	.521				23	36	.639		38	32	12	2	9	28	44	92	.478				23	32	.719		53	21	5	4	22	26

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