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Under Ford, and with the new trio of Allen,Vin Baker andGlenn Robinson, the Bucks got off to a 15–11 start to the regular season, but soon struggled and fell under .500 inwinning percentage, holding a 21–26 record at the All-Star break.^[13] At mid-season, the team traded second-year guardShawn Respert to theToronto Raptors in exchange forAcie Earl.^[14]^[15]^[16] The Bucks posted an 8-game losing streak between February and March, and finished in seventh place in theCentral Division with a 33–49 record, missing theNBA playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.^[17]

Baker averaged 21.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, and was named to theAll-NBA Third Team, while Robinson averaged 21.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, and Allen provided the team with 13.4 points per game, led them with 117 three-point field goals, and was named to theNBA All-Rookie Second Team. In addition,Sherman Douglas provided with 9.7 points and 5.4 assists per game, while off the bench,Johnny Newman contributed 8.7 points per game, Gilliam averaged 8.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, Perry contributed 6.9 points, 3.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and Lang, the team's starting center, averaged 5.3 points and rebounds per game each,^[18] but only played 52 games due to an Achilles injury.^[19]^[20]

During theNBA All-Star weekend at theGund Arena inCleveland, Ohio, Baker was selected for the1997 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Eastern Conference All-Star team,^[21]^[22]^[23] while Allen was selected for theNBA Rookie Game, as a member of the Eastern Conference Rookie team,^[21]^[24] and also participated in theNBA Slam Dunk Contest.^[21]^[25] The Bucks finished 22nd in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 634,999 at theBradley Center during the regular season.^[18]^[26]

Following the season, Baker was traded to theSeattle SuperSonics in an off-season three-team trade, and after four seasons with the Bucks,^[27]^[28]^[29] while Newman was dealt to theDenver Nuggets,^[30]^[31]^[32] Douglas, who was involved in a trade with theCleveland Cavaliers, signed as a free agent with theNew Jersey Nets,^[33]^[34]^[35] and Earl was released to free agency.

Draft picks

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Main article:1996 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Stephon Marbury	PG	United States	Georgia Tech
2	33	Moochie Norris	PG	United States	West Florida
2	53	Jeff Nordgaard	SF	United States	Wisconsin-Green Bay

Roster

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1996–97 Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	34	Ray Allen	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1975–07–20	Connecticut
F	42	Vin Baker	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1971–11–23	Hartford
F	52	Chucky Brown	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	1968–02–29	NC State
G	20	Sherman Douglas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1966–09–15	Syracuse
C	55	Acie Earl	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1970–06–23	Iowa
F	10	Armen Gilliam	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1964–05–28	UNLV
C	28	Andrew Lang	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1966–06–28	Arkansas
G	21	Cuonzo Martin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1971–09–23	Purdue
G	22	Johnny Newman	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1963–11–28	Richmond
G	5	Elliot Perry	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1969–03–28	Memphis
F	13	Glenn Robinson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1973–01–10	Purdue
C	51	Keith Tower	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1970–05–15	Notre Dame
C	23	Joe Wolf	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1964–12–17	North Carolina
F	7	David Wood	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1964–11–30	Nevada

Head coach

Chris Ford

Assistant(s)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster

Regular season

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Season standings

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Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	69	13	.841	–	39–2	30–11	24–4
x-Atlanta Hawks	56	26	.683	13	36–5	20–21	17–11
x-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	15	30–11	24–17	17–11
x-Charlotte Hornets	54	28	.659	15	30–11	24–17	14–14
Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	27	25–16	17–24	13–15
Indiana Pacers	39	43	.476	30	21–20	18–23	11–17
Milwaukee Bucks	33	49	.402	36	20–21	13–28	10–18
Toronto Raptors	30	52	.366	39	18–23	12–29	6–22

1996–97 NBA East standings
#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Chicago Bulls	69	13	.841	–
2	y-Miami Heat	61	21	.744	8
3	x-New York Knicks	57	25	.695	12
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	56	26	.683	13
5	x-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	15
6	x-Charlotte Hornets	54	28	.659	15
7	x-Orlando Magic	45	37	.549	24
8	x-Washington Bullets	44	38	.537	25

9	Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	27
10	Indiana Pacers	39	43	.476	30
11	Milwaukee Bucks	33	49	.402	36
12	Toronto Raptors	30	52	.366	39
13	New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	43
14	Philadelphia 76ers	22	60	.268	47
15	Boston Celtics	15	67	.183	54

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

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1996–97 game log
Total: 33–49 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

November: 8–7 (home: 5–3; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 1, 1996	@Philadelphia	W 111–103	Vin Baker (25)			CoreStates Center 20,444	1–0
2	November 2, 1996	Boston	W 124–102	Johnny Newman,Glenn Robinson (21)			Bradley Center 17,275	2–0
3	November 6, 1996	Vancouver	W 105–89	Ray Allen,Vin Baker (20)	Vin Baker (11)	Sherman Douglas (8)	Bradley Center 13,689	3–0
4	November 8, 1996	@Miami	L 89—101	Vin Baker (27)			Miami Arena 15,200	3–1
5	November 9, 1996	@Charlotte	W 100—98	Vin Baker (28)			Charlotte Coliseum 24,042	4–1
6	November 12, 1996	Phoenix	W 99–89	Vin Baker (32)			Bradley Center 13,565	5–1
7	November 14, 1996	@Golden State	L 86—95	Vin Baker (32)			San Jose Arena 14,414	5–2
8	November 15, 1996	@Sacramento	L 99—103	Glenn Robinson (29)			ARCO Arena 17,317	5–3
9	November 17, 1996	@L. A. Clippers	L 94—102	Glenn Robinson (31)	Armen Gilliam (13)		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 7,311	5–4
10	November 19, 1996	Dallas	W 100–97	Armen Gilliam (27)			Bradley Center 13,225	6–4
11	November 21, 1996	Atlanta	L 65–73				Bradley Center 14,698	6–5
12	November 23, 1996	Washington	L 90–95				Bradley Center 16,508	6–6
13	November 25, 1996	@Orlando	W 100–88				Orlando Arena 16,808	7–6
14	November 27, 1996	Cleveland	W 92–75				Bradley Center 14,189	8–6
15	November 30, 1996	Charlotte	L 87–94				Bradley Center 16,327	8–7

December: 4–2 (home: 3–2; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	Location Attendance	Record
16	December 3, 1996	Chicago	L 104–107			Bradley Center 18,717	8–8
17	December 7, 1996	@Washington	W 126–118	Glenn Robinson (44)	Vin Baker (13)	US Airways Arena 18,756	9–8
18	December 8, 1996	Boston	W 100–87			Bradley Center 13,350	10–8
19	December 10, 1996	Detroit	L 85–93			Bradley Center 13,202	10–9
20	December 12, 1996	Seattle	W 100–97	Glenn Robinson (32)		Bradley Center 16,355	11–9
21	December 14, 1996	New Jersey	W 101–91	Vin Baker,Glenn Robinson (27)		Bradley Center 16,689	12–9
22	December 16, 1996	@Boston	W 107–91			Fleet Center 15,030	13–9
23	December 18, 1996	L. A. Lakers	W 107–91			Bradley Center 16,829	13–10

January: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

1996–97 schedule

Player statistics

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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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ray Allen	82	81	30.9	.430	.393	.823	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	13.4
Vin Baker	78	78	40.5	.505	.278	.687	10.3	2.7	1.0	1.4	21.0
Chucky Brown	60	1	11.2	.508	.167	.661	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	2.8
Jimmy Carruth	4	0	5.3	.667	.000	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3
Sherman Douglas	79	79	29.3	.502	.333	.667	2.4	5.4	1.0	0.1	9.7
Acie Earl	9	0	4.8	.348	.000	.714	1.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	2.9
Armen Gilliam	80	25	25.6	.471	.000	.768	6.2	0.7	0.8	0.5	8.6
Darrin Hancock	9	0	4.3	.333	.000	.000	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4
Andrew Lang	52	52	23.0	.464	.000	.721	5.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	5.3
Cuonzo Martin	3	0	4.3	.000	.000	.000	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Newman	82	4	25.1	.450	.347	.765	2.3	1.4	0.9	0.2	8.7
Elliot Perry	82	3	19.5	.474	.358	.745	1.5	3.0	1.2	0.0	6.9
Shawn Respert	14	0	5.9	.316	.111	1.000	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	1.4
Glenn Robinson	80	79	38.9	.465	.350	.791	6.3	3.1	1.3	0.9	21.1
Keith Tower	5	1	14.4	.375	.000	.125	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.4
Joe Wolf	56	7	9.4	.449	.143	.737	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.7
David Wood	46	0	5.2	.526	.333	.667	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.2

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Awards and records

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Vin Baker,All-NBA Third Team
Ray Allen,NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

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Trades

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June 26,1996	ToMilwaukee Bucks---- Ray Allen	ToMinnesota Timberwolves---- Stephon Marbury
September 25,1996	ToMilwaukee Bucks---- Elliot Perry	ToPhoenix Suns---- Marty Conlon
December 4,1996	ToMilwaukee Bucks---- Chucky Brown	ToPhoenix Suns---- Darrin Hancock
February 20,1997	ToMilwaukee Bucks---- Acie Earl	ToToronto Raptors---- Shawn Respert

Free agents

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Player	Signed	Former team
Armen Gilliam	August 6, 1996	New Jersey Nets
Joe Wolf	September 3, 1996	Orlando Magic
Darrin Hancock	October 3, 1996	Charlotte Hornets
Keith Tower	October 3, 1996	Los Angeles Clippers
David Wood	October 3, 1996	Dallas Mavericks

Player Transactions Citation:^[36]

References

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