1977-78 Milwaukee Bucks Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1977-10-18		LAL	W	117	112	109.6	104.9	106.8	.240		.529	51.1	60.0	8.4	4.2	.500	13.3	39.1	.170	.505	17.3	63.6	.168
2	2	1977-10-19	@	DEN	L	115	133	101.8	117.7	113.0	.363		.486	46.0	56.3	7.1	8.4	.471	13.8	36.4	.186	.516	14.2	57.8	.368
3	3	1977-10-22		CHI	W	113	95	109.2	91.8	103.5	.291		.486	48.4	66.0	12.6	7.1	.456	10.1	39.2	.184	.440	19.3	59.5	.250
4	4	1977-10-27	@	HOU	L	110	133				.360		.534	37.8	34.9		2.8	.483	16.9		.270	.542	14.4		.159
5	5	1977-10-30		SEA	W	108	95	91.7	80.7	117.8	.271		.503	44.0	72.7	9.3	7.5	.458	17.6	23.4	.208	.409	23.8	62.3	.204
6	6	1977-11-01		KCK	W	115	95	101.4	83.8	113.4	.170		.535	54.1	68.6	16.8	10.5	.510	18.3	40.5	.130	.400	23.6	64.6	.200
7	7	1977-11-03	@	CLE	L	91	100	85.4	93.8	106.6	.081		.444	48.6	47.7	11.3	3.1	.444	19.0	33.3	.030	.480	18.2	64.7	.061
8	8	1977-11-04		HOU	W	110	108				.119		.479	53.6	67.3		6.6	.450	14.8		.110	.484	11.0		.220
9	9	1977-11-08		DEN	L	101	111	99.3	109.1	101.8	.278		.500	47.4	71.4	10.8	8.9	.467	15.1	29.8	.189	.570	18.0	74.2	.266
10	10	1977-11-10	@	WSB	W	106	103				.198		.508	50.0	56.3		6.9	.500		30.2	.104	.528		71.8	.375
11	11	1977-11-11		CLE	L	82	88	82.6	88.7	99.3	.229		.449	52.1	78.8	8.1	12.4	.398	18.7	26.7	.193	.402	11.9	74.5	.103
12	12	1977-11-13		BOS	L	119	127				.206		.535	45.4	54.9		3.7	.500	15.9		.167	.519	15.3		.139
13	13	1977-11-15		POR	L	106	109	97.6	100.4	108.6	.292		.489	48.3	71.4	11.1	5.8	.438	12.2	23.9	.229	.500	18.2	75.6	.267
14	14	1977-11-16	@	NJN	W	116	106				.720		.537	60.2	63.9		6.7	.439			.537	.419			.171
15	15	1977-11-19	@	PHI	L	100	111				.227		.469	47.0	54.8		0.0	.433	21.4		.165	.495	21.5		.131
16	16	1977-11-22		GSW	W	109	88	97.1	78.4	112.2	.152		.486	51.5	67.3	9.8	4.2	.467	13.2	24.0	.105	.375	16.7	77.4	.167
17	17	1977-11-23	@	KCK	W	122	116				.380		.523	53.3	50.0		5.4	.460		31.3	.300	.429		71.2	.179
18	18	1977-11-25	@	ATL	W	117	115				.418		.543	45.9	33.3		3.3	.495		37.5	.297	.522		56.8	.207
19	19	1977-11-26	@	SAS	L	107	129				.183		.431	48.7	52.1		6.1	.417	15.6		.096	.504	12.3		.113
20	20	1977-11-29		DET	L	99	100				.137		.458	52.1	51.2		6.7	.422	16.3		.127	.467	18.9		.178
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1977-11-30	@	IND	W	120	113				.269		.516	50.9	62.0		3.0	.481	14.7		.192	.460	16.4		.210
22	22	1977-12-02		WSB	L	95	108	84.5	96.1	112.4	.111		.457	35.6	62.8	6.2	6.7	.434	14.8	12.0	.091	.544	22.1	65.0	.111
23	23	1977-12-03	@	NYK	W	115	108				.271		.535	47.2	47.9		4.8	.500			.198	.506	29.0		.289
24	24	1977-12-04		NJN	W	134	118				.396		.538	53.7	64.2		5.5	.500	11.4		.264	.436	14.1		.200
25	25	1977-12-06	@	LAL	L	108	109	100.5	101.4	107.5	.385		.481	49.5	46.3	10.2	5.4	.427	15.8	40.4	.271	.505	19.0	62.5	.161
26	26	1977-12-08	@	GSW	W	117	116	106.2	105.2	110.2	.425		.566	46.2	55.8	13.6	7.8	.494	17.6	28.6	.356	.467	18.2	61.2	.356
27	27	1977-12-09	@	SEA	L	123	136	118.0	130.4	104.3	.235		.569	40.0	49.1	3.8	4.1	.541	13.6	35.7	.173	.551	12.4	45.5	.286
28	28	1977-12-10	@	DEN	L	111	118	100.4	106.7	110.6	.316		.513	46.3	73.3	13.6	4.8	.474	14.9	28.6	.221	.554	21.5	65.8	.313
29	29	1977-12-13		PHI	W	129	117				.274		.606	60.6	60.4		2.2	.558			.242	.484			.319
30	30	1977-12-16		NYK	W	152	150				.352		.514	50.0	51.6		8.6	.484	12.4		.219	.450	12.1		.171
31	31	1977-12-18		BUF	W	111	100				.117		.513	55.9	72.5		6.5	.495			.087	.478			.130
32	32	1977-12-21		SAS	W	116	92				.184		.521	55.9	68.0		10.2	.485	17.1		.155	.432	23.2		.182
33	33	1977-12-22	@	DET	L	102	118	93.9	108.6	108.7	.174		.515	45.8	51.1	11.0	5.7	.489	19.5	30.2	.130	.557	21.3	62.5	.227
34	34	1977-12-23		ATL	L	93	109	86.8	101.8	107.1	.206		.440	50.5	65.0	11.2	8.4	.412	16.6	34.0	.134	.482	19.6	73.7	.349
35	35	1977-12-25	@	KCK	W	131	122				.409		.597	50.0	46.2		12.3	.559	12.0		.290	.434	10.9		.283
36	36	1977-12-27	@	BUF	W	108	105				.422		.549	46.9	57.5		1.3	.482	13.2		.337	.487	16.7		.372
37	37	1977-12-29		BOS	L	115	124				.219		.499	47.1	67.3		6.5	.467	10.8		.162	.559	17.7		.215
38	38	1978-01-03		PHO	L	103	125	86.6	105.0	119.0	.127		.443	53.0	61.7	10.9	6.3	.427	15.9	30.4	.082	.505	16.0	81.8	.305
39	39	1978-01-05		NOJ	L	109	116				.144		.462	48.5	66.7		10.0	.432	11.3		.117	.500	18.2		.289
40	40	1978-01-06	@	HOU	W	103	101				.500		.570	51.5	45.0		4.4	.541	18.9		.311	.484	14.1		.143
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1978-01-08		KCK	W	133	123				.235		.591	51.7	67.9		4.3	.549	13.1		.206	.467	15.9		.402
42	42	1978-01-10		IND	W	125	103				.429		.626	56.0	73.5		8.7	.583	20.0		.321	.433	14.5		.125
43	43	1978-01-11	@	SAS	L	106	130				.222		.488	45.3	55.6		6.0	.455	12.8		.162	.540	15.9		.220
44	44	1978-01-13	@	CHI	L	111	128	106.2	122.5	104.5	.277		.526	46.4	56.5	7.7	5.9	.489	16.6	35.3	.202	.635	17.4	63.6	.235
45	45	1978-01-17		NJN	W	119	109	107.8	98.7	110.4	.310		.602	46.2	62.0	5.4	7.3	.575	17.5	24.4	.218	.459	14.0	63.5	.083
46	46	1978-01-18	@	BOS	L	116	130				.217		.499	44.9	53.2		5.9	.443	12.1		.208	.535	15.8		.218
47	47	1978-01-19		DEN	W	114	109	104.4	99.8	109.2	.361		.507	50.0	65.9	11.9	8.0	.454	11.8	31.3	.268	.455	18.1	69.6	.330
48	48	1978-01-22		CHI	W	112	90	106.0	85.2	105.7	.129		.525	53.2	60.8	12.3	9.4	.505	15.8	40.9	.099	.396	19.2	64.0	.146
49	49	1978-01-27	@	LAL	L	114	131	103.4	118.8	110.3	.385		.508	41.7	51.1	7.3	5.6	.469	13.1	30.9	.250	.509	13.2	54.2	.194
50	50	1978-01-29	@	SEA	L	101	103	98.0	99.9	103.1	.216		.524	51.8	57.8	7.8	5.6	.511	19.3	35.9	.125	.403	18.8	65.9	.625
51	51	1978-01-31	@	POR	L	116	136	108.1	126.7	107.3	.366		.609	42.7	45.5	5.6	1.9	.537	19.5	25.0	.341	.514	9.8	56.5	.243
52	52	1978-02-02	@	GSW	L	102	105	101.0	103.9	101.0	.305		.548	50.0	61.9	11.9	4.5	.512	19.8	36.1	.220	.455	16.9	60.9	.284
53	53	1978-02-03	@	PHO	L	105	115	93.2	102.1	112.7	.255		.502	52.4	44.2	5.3	2.1	.457	21.7	35.3	.202	.438	12.9	69.2	.323
54	54	1978-02-08		BUF	W	104	103	96.2	95.2	108.1	.153		.497	54.6	66.7	8.3	7.5	.490	14.7	28.6	.082	.484	15.8	81.3	.140
55	55	1978-02-10		CLE	W	108	98	106.0	96.1	92.3	.260		.485	53.6	67.4	7.8	13.4	.430	12.6	42.6	.220	.433	16.0	64.0	.144
56	56	1978-02-11	@	NYK	L	122	133				.450		.509	45.3	40.4		5.4	.470			.280	.570			.290
57	57	1978-02-15		NOJ	W	112	99				.290		.534	51.2	57.4		10.0	.505	14.6		.194	.456	14.2		.189
58	58	1978-02-17		HOU	W	115	98				.245		.552	54.9	67.3		11.6	.521	16.8		.181	.453	17.7		.233
59	59	1978-02-19		SEA	L	103	108	105.0	110.1	98.1	.261		.502	47.4	50.0	5.1	8.7	.457	9.7	26.0	.207	.500	9.7	70.2	.174
60	60	1978-02-24	@	CHI	W	112	109	101.6	98.9	99.8	.232		.535	48.9	57.4	8.2	5.6	.495	18.7	29.8	.189	.472	18.4	68.9	.281
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1978-02-26	@	NOJ	W	122	120				.612		.565	46.7	61.0		8.9	.482	15.6		.471	.475	14.1		.238
62	62	1978-02-28		WSB	W	136	135				.371		.557	47.2	69.1		6.1	.524			.248	.439			.307
63	63	1978-03-03	@	PHO	L	126	132	112.8	118.1	111.7	.284		.589	45.3	57.7	9.8	5.6	.547	15.1	31.7	.232	.539	18.0	57.8	.404
64	64	1978-03-05	@	POR	L	88	126	79.4	113.7	110.8	.179		.429	46.2	60.5	9.9	4.0	.400	23.8	35.0	.126	.515	15.4	61.4	.242
65	65	1978-03-08		NYK	W	127	125				.220		.491	52.2	62.3		7.1	.449	13.4		.178	.446	16.9		.223
66	66	1978-03-10		GSW	L	102	124	101.1	122.9	100.9	.458		.511	40.2	69.2	6.9	3.5	.470	13.1	21.6	.289	.612	12.7	71.0	.235
67	67	1978-03-12	@	ATL	L	93	98				.313		.492	48.8	42.1		9.7	.458			.205	.431			.500
68	68	1978-03-14		PHO	W	121	106	107.5	94.2	112.6	.372		.605	48.2	79.6	13.3	7.6	.570	18.7	25.6	.267	.478	22.2	68.2	.196
69	69	1978-03-17	@	BUF	L	127	136				.573		.528	46.3	52.3		1.3	.458	12.4		.406	.575	18.0		.550
70	70	1978-03-18	@	IND	W	113	104				.381		.576	48.5	59.5		5.1	.500	18.3		.345	.429	15.5		.204
71	71	1978-03-19	@	WSB	W	117	106				.273		.528	47.5	68.8		8.5	.485			.212	.396			.208
72	72	1978-03-21		ATL	W	100	86				.188		.543	60.0	73.3		5.0	.529	27.6		.118	.438	24.2		.200
73	73	1978-03-23		POR	W	116	109	109.5	102.9	105.9	.513		.607	54.9	74.4	6.6	8.0	.551	19.4	26.9	.385	.460	14.9	71.1	.333
74	74	1978-03-24	@	PHI	L	122	131				.283		.590	36.9	58.8		3.3	.554	12.7		.217	.527	14.7		.385
75	75	1978-03-26		DET	W	110	109				.227		.568	47.7	83.0		5.2	.534	21.8		.182	.454	21.0		.216
76	76	1978-03-30		IND	W	105	100				.170		.520	52.3	81.6		6.8	.521	16.5		.074	.443	15.9		.250
77	77	1978-03-31	@	NJN	L	114	122				.324		.462	53.1	52.3		7.3	.407			.241	.500			.271
78	78	1978-04-02	@	DET	W	129	121				.355		.600	50.6	59.6		5.5	.559	20.1		.269	.484	18.2		.363
79	79	1978-04-04		LAL	L	102	103				.108		.477	54.7	70.2		5.5	.461		40.4	.078	.516		71.8	.099
80	80	1978-04-06	@	CLE	L	105	117	95.9	106.9	109.4	.241		.424	52.4	56.8	11.0	4.5	.393	12.7	40.3	.152	.500	14.0	73.7	.330
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1978-04-07		SAS	W	108	102	101.3	95.6	106.7	.222		.547	46.7	84.8	7.5	7.8	.511	16.1	22.0	.178	.402	12.4	66.7	.196
82	82	1978-04-08	@	BOS	W	123	111				.375		.550	41.8	64.0		2.2	.521	7.4		.240	.478	17.2		.250

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