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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	12	George Johnson	PF	United States	St. John's
3	59	Pat Cummings	PF	United States	Cincinnati
4	80	Otis Howard	F	United States	Austin Peay State
5	103	Russ Coleman		United States	Pacific
6	124	Dave Kyle		United States	Cleveland State
7	146	Kim Anderson		United States	Missouri
8	164	Tom Zaligaris		United States	North Carolina
9	182	Gary Rosenberger		United States	Marquette
10	196	Tom Anderson		United States	Wisconsin-Green Bay

Roster

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1978–79 Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Player	Height	Weight	From
C	54	Kent Benson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Indiana
SF	2	Junior Bridgeman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Louisville
SG	21	Quinn Buckner	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Indiana
C	40	John Gianelli	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Pacific
SG	20	Ernie Grunfeld	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Tennessee
F	24	George L. Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	St. John's
SF	8	Marques Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	UCLA
F	18	Kevin Restani	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	San Francisco
F	5	Sam Smith	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	UNLV
PG	11	Lloyd Walton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Marquette
SG	32	Brian Winters	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	South Carolina

Head coach

Don Nelson

Assistant(s)

John Killilea

Legend

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

Regular season

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Season standings

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Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Kansas City Kings	48	34	.585	–	32–9	16–25	12–4
x-Denver Nuggets	47	35	.573	1	29–12	18–23	8–8
Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	10	25–16	13–28	6–10
Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	10	28–13	10–31	9–7
Chicago Bulls	31	51	.378	17	19–22	12–29	5–11

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	–
2	y-Kansas City Kings	48	34	.585	4
3	x-Phoenix Suns	50	32	.610	2
4	x-Denver Nuggets	47	35	.573	5
5	x-Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	5
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	45	37	.549	7

7	San Diego Clippers	43	39	.524	9
8	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	14
9	Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	14
10	Golden State Warriors	38	44	.463	14
11	Chicago Bulls	31	51	.378	21

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

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1978–79 game log
Total: 38–44 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

October: 1–1 (home: 0–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 14, 1978	@San Antonio	L 111–153				HemisFair Arena	0–1
2	October 15, 1978	@New Orleans	W 123–112				Louisiana Superdome	1—1

November: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

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

December: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

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

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

1978–79 schedule

Playoffs

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After making the playoffs in1978, the Bucks failed to qualify for the playoffs.

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

Statistics^[2]
Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marques Johnson	77	36.1	55.0	76.0	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	25.6
Brian Winters	79	32.6	49.3	85.6	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.5	19.8
Junior Bridgeman	82	23.9	50.6	82.9	3.6	2.0	1.1	0.5	15.5
Kent Benson	82	26.0	51.8	73.5	7.1	2.5	1.1	1.0	12.3
Ernie Grunfeld	82	21.7	49.3	76.1	4.4	2.6	0.7	0.2	10.3
Quinn Buckner	81	21.7	45.4	63.2	2.6	5.8	1.9	0.2	7.2
John Gianelli	82	25.1	48.6	70.6	5.0	2.0	0.5	0.7	7.1
Kevin Restani	81	19.7	49.5	69.9	4.8	1.5	0.4	0.3	7.1
George Johnson	67	17.3	48.2	71.8	5.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	6.2
Lloyd Walton	75	18.4	48.0	67.8	1.4	4.7	1.0	0.1	5.0
Sam Smith	16	7.8	40.4	75.0	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	3.5
Otis Howard	3	7.3	45.5	0.0	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	3.3
Norm Van Lier	38	14.6	39.0	90.4	1.1	4.2	1.1	0.1	2.8
Del Beshore	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Transactions

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Trades

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July 26,1978	ToMilwaukee Bucks---- C. J. Kupec	ToHouston Rockets---- 1979 4th round pick (Sammy Drummer)
October 23,1978	ToMilwaukee Bucks---- 1979 4th round pick (Eugene Robinson)	ToDetroit Pistons---- Otis Howard