The 1975–76 NBA season was the Bucks' eighth season in the NBA.[1]
It was the team's first season since its inaugural year without Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers during the offseason. The Bucks would have a 38–44 record, the worst record in NBA history for a team to win its division.
See main article: article and 1975 NBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 22 | PF | Furman | |||
| 2 | 24 | F | Bowling Green State | |||
| 3 | 43 | Bentley | ||||
| 4 | 60 | C | Manhattan | |||
| 6 | 96 | Old Dominion | ||||
| 7 | 115 | American | ||||
| 8 | 132 | SG | Richmond | |||
| 9 | 150 | Montana | ||||
| 10 | 165 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
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| width=100 | Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCK | LAL | MIL | NOJ | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA | WAS |
| Atlanta | — | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | |
| Boston | 3–2 | — | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
| Buffalo | 3–2 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
| Chicago | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–4 | |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | |
| Detroit | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–5 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
| Golden State | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | |
| Houston | 5–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | |
| Kansas City | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |
| Los Angeles | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | |
| Milwaukee | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| New Orleans | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | |
| New York | 2–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | |
| Philadelphia | 3–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
| Phoenix | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 0–4 | |
| Portland | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 2–2 | |
| Seattle | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — | 1–3 | |
| Washington | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | |
|-style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || October 25, 1975 || Chicago| L 87–91|Brian Winters (21)||| MECCA Arena| 0–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || October 28, 1975 || Los Angeles| L 92–99|Dave Meyers (21)||| MECCA Arena| 0–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || October 31, 1975 || @ New Orleans| L 85–100|Dave Meyers (28)||| Louisiana Superdome| 0-3|-style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || November 1, 1975 || Portland| L 97–113|||| MECCA Arena| 0–4|-style="background:#fcc;"| 5 || November 2, 1975 || @ Houston| L 89–104|||| The Summit| 0-5|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6 || November 4, 1975 || Detroit| W 103–101|||| MECCA Arena| 1–5|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7 || November 7, 1975 || Boston| W 104–101|||| MECCA Arena| 2–5|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 8 || November 8, 1975 || @ Washington| W 99–95|Brian Winters (27)||| Capital Centre| 3-5|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9 || November 11, 1975 || Philadelphia| W 108–81|||| MECCA Arena| 4–5|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10 || November 12, 1975 || @ Philadelphia| W 107–84|||| The Spectrum| 5-5|-style="background:#fcc;"| 11 || November 14, 1975 || Buffalo| L 98–112|||| MECCA Arena| 5–6|-style="background:#fcc;"| 12 || November 15, 1975 || @ Detroit| L 89–101|||| Cobo Center| 5-7|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13 || November 19, 1975 || @ Phoenix| W 96–94|||| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum| 6-7|-style="background:#fcc;"| 14 || November 21, 1975 || @ Los Angeles| L 104–116|||| The Forum| 6-8|-style="background:#fcc;"| 15 || November 23, 1975 || @ Seattle| L 104–112|||| Seattle Center Coliseum| 6-9|-style="background:#fcc;"| 16 || November 27, 1975 || Golden State| L 105–106|||| MECCA Arena| 6–10|-style="background:#fcc;"| 17 || November 28, 1975 || @ Chicago| L 69–89|||| Chicago Stadium| 6-11|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18 || November 29, 1975 || Chicago| W 88–85|||| MECCA Arena| 7–11|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19 || December 3, 1975 || Portland| W 114–92|||| MECCA Arena| 8–11|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20 || December 5, 1975 || Kansas City| W 105–92|||| MECCA Arena| 9–11
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| April 13| Detroit| W 110–107| Gary Brokaw (36)| Elmore Smith (13)| Brian Winters (7)| MECCA Arena
8,912| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| April 16| @ Detroit| L 123–126| Winters, Dandridge (31)| Bob Dandridge (9)| Gary Brokaw (12)| Cobo Arena
8,330| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| April 18| Detroit| L 104–107| Brian Winters (33)| Dave Meyers (10)| Gary Brokaw (7)| MECCA Arena
8,213| 1–2|-
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Dandridge | 73 | 37.5 | 50.2 | 82.4 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 21.5 | |||
| Brian Winters | 78 | 35.8 | 46.4 | 82.9 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 18.2 | |||
| Elmore Smith | 78 | 36.0 | 51.8 | 63.2 | 11.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 15.6 | |||
| Jim Price | 80 | 31.6 | 41.5 | 84.9 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.7 | |||
| Junior Bridgeman | 81 | 20.3 | 43.9 | 79.5 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 8.6 | |||
| Gary Brokaw | 75 | 19.6 | 45.7 | 70.0 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.4 | |||
| Dave Meyers | 72 | 22.1 | 41.9 | 64.3 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 7.4 | |||
| Kevin Restani | 82 | 20.1 | 47.5 | 57.1 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.0 | |||
| Clyde Mayes | 65 | 14.6 | 46.0 | 57.7 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.4 | |||
| Jon McGlocklin | 33 | 10.2 | 42.6 | 90.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.1 | |||
| Jim Fox | 70 | 13.1 | 51.7 | 78.5 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.9 | |||
| Mickey Davis | 45 | 9.1 | 36.2 | 79.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Winters | 3 | 42.0 | 62.9 | 80.0 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 27.3 | |||
| Bob Dandridge | 3 | 40.7 | 49.0 | 90.0 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 | |||
| Gary Brokaw | 3 | 36.0 | 62.2 | 94.4 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 21.0 | |||
| Elmore Smith | 3 | 34.7 | 55.6 | 66.7 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 14.7 | |||
| Jim Price | 1 | 19.0 | 37.5 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | |||
| Junior Bridgeman | 3 | 22.3 | 45.0 | 63.6 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 8.3 | |||
| 3 | 18.0 | 45.5 | 82.4 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | ||||
| Jim Fox | 3 | 11.0 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | |||
| Jon McGlocklin | 2 | 6.5 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | |||
| Clyde Mayes | 3 | 13.7 | 20.0 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | |||
| Kevin Restani | 3 | 11.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| June 16, 1975 | To Milwaukee Bucks---- | To Los Angeles Lakers---- | |
| October 22, 1975 | To Milwaukee Bucks---- | To Seattle SuperSonics----
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