2011–12 Milwaukee Bucks season explained

Team:	Milwaukee Bucks
End Year:	2012
Wins:	31
Losses:	35
Division:	Central
Division Place:	3rd
Conf Place:	9th
Coach:	Scott Skiles
Gm:	John Hammond
Owners:	Herb Kohl
Arena:	Bradley Center
Television:	Fox Sports Wisconsin
Radio:	WTMJ (AM)
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	MIL

The 2011–12 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time since 1999-2000 season, Michael Redd was not on the opening day roster. The Bucks finished the season with a 31–35 record and in 9th place in the Eastern Conference, four games behind the Philadelphia 76ers, who claimed the last berth for the 2012 NBA Playoffs. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 66 due to the lockout.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]
• December 26: Milwaukee started the regular season with a loss against the Charlotte Bobcats.

Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| December 17| @ Minnesota| | Jon Leuer (18)| Andrew Bogut (6)| Mike Dunleavy Jr. (5)| Target Center
15,013| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| December 21| Minnesota| | Drew Gooden (15)| Ersan İlyasova (6)| Brandon Jennings (9)| Bradley Center| 0-2

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 1| December 26| @ Charlotte| | Brandon Jennings (22)| Andrew Bogut
Ersan İlyasova (9)| Shaun Livingston (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
17,173| 0–1|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 2| December 27| Minnesota| | Brandon Jennings (24)| Andrew Bogut (9)| Mike Dunleavy Jr. (8)| Bradley Center
17,352| 1–1|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 3| December 30| Washington| | Brandon Jennings (22)| Andrew Bogut (15)| Brandon Jennings (5)| Bradley Center
17,065| 2–1

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 4| January 2| @ Denver| | Stephen Jackson (17)| Carlos Delfino (9)| Three players (4)| Pepsi Center
14,142| 2–2|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 5| January 3| @ Utah| | Drew Gooden (24)| Drew Gooden (12)| Brandon Jennings (9)| EnergySolutions Arena
17,756| 2–3|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 6| January 5| @ Sacramento| | Brandon Jennings (31)| Drew Gooden (9)| Brandon Jennings (7)| Power Balance Pavilion
11,813| 2–4|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 7| January 7| @ L. A. Clippers| | Brandon Jennings (21)| Drew Gooden (13)| Brandon Jennings (7)| Staples Center
19,229| 2–5|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 8| January 8| @ Phoenix| | Tobias Harris (15)| Ersan İlyasova (8)| Brandon Jennings
Shaun Livingston (4)| US Airways Center
13,420| 2–6|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 9| January 10| San Antonio| | Stephen Jackson (34)| Andrew Bogut (11)| Brandon Jennings (11)| Bradley Center
11,585| 3–6|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 10| January 12| Detroit| | Brandon Jennings (27)| Four players (6)| Stephen Jackson (6)| Bradley Center
11,465| 4–6|- bgcolor=#ffcccc| 11| January 13| @ Dallas| | Brandon Jennings (19)| Jon Brockman (9)| Delonte West (4)| American Airlines Center
20,112| 4–7|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 12| January 16| @ Philadelphia| | Jrue Holiday (24)| Andrew Bogut (11)| Louis Williams (6)| Wells Fargo Center
17,281| 4–8|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 13| January 17| Denver| | Brandon Jennings (30)| Ersan İlyasova (11)| Andre Miller (11)| Bradley Center
11,322| 4–9|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 14| January 20| @ New York| | Brandon Jennings (36)| Tyson Chandler (12)| Brandon Jennings (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 5–9|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 15| January 22| @ Miami| | LeBron James (28)| LeBron James (13)| Brandon Jennings (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 6–9|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 16| January 23| Atlanta| | Joe Johnson (26)| Zaza Pachulia (14)| Brandon Jennings (12)| Bradley Center
13,048| 6–10|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 17| January 25| @ Houston| | Kevin Martin (29)| Ersan İlyasova (19)| Kyle Lowry (10)| Toyota Center
10,573| 7–10|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 18| January 27| @ Chicago| | Derrick Rose (34)| Joakim Noah (16)| Drew Gooden (6)| United Center
22,368| 7–11|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 19| January 28| L. A. Lakers| | Kobe Bryant (27)| Pau Gasol (15)| Kobe Bryant (9)| Bradley Center
18,027| 8–11|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 20| January 30| Detroit| | Brandon Jennings (21)| Greg Monroe (10)| Beno Udrih (6)| Bradley Center
13,103| 9–11

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 21| February 1| Miami| | LeBron James (40)| Ersan İlyasova (14)| Brandon Jennings (8)| Bradley Center
16,116| 10–11|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 22| February 3| @ Detroit| | Brandon Knight (26)| Ersan İlyasova (12)| Brandon Knight (7)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
13,181| 10–12|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 23| February 4| Chicago| | Derrick Rose (26)| Luol Deng (9)| Derrick Rose (13)| Bradley Center
18,717| 10–13|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 24| February 7| Phoenix| | Drew Gooden (25)| Josh Childress (12)| Steve Nash (11)| Bradley Center
13,203| 10–14|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 25| February 8| @ Toronto| | Carlos Delfino (25)| Drew Gooden (14)| José Calderón (15)| Air Canada Centre
15,291| 11–14|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 26| February 10| @ Cleveland| | Antawn Jamison (34)| Tristan Thompson (13)| Ramon Sessions (16)| Quicken Loans Arena
15,195| 12–14|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 27| February 11| Orlando| | Jason Richardson (31)| Ersan İlyasova (16)| Hedo Türkoğlu (6)| Bradley Center
17,723| 12–15|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 28| February 13| Miami| | LeBron James (35)| Mike Miller (8)| Chris Bosh (4)| Bradley Center
16,749| 12–16|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 29| February 15| New Orleans| | Ersan İlyasova (23)| Gustavo Ayon (12)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| Bradley Center
12,829| 12–17|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 30| February 17| @ Orlando| | Dwight Howard (26)| Dwight Howard (20| Hedo Türkoğlu (7)| Amway Arena
18,846| 12–18|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 31| February 19| @ New Jersey| | Ersan İlyasova (29)| Ersan İlyasova (25)| Shaun Livingston (6)| Prudential Center
15,262| 13–18|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 32| February 20| Orlando| | Dwight Howard (28)| Dwight Howard (16)| Carlos Delfino (8)| Bradley Center
13,143| 13–19|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 33| February 22| @ Chicago| | Carlos Boozer (20)| Joakim Noah (13)| Joakim Noah (10)| United Center
21,507| 13–20|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 34| February 28| Washington| | Mike Dunleavy Jr. (28)| Ersan İlyasova (11)| John Wall (15)| Bradley Center
13,548| 14–20|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 35| February 29| @ Boston| | Kevin Garnett (25)| Chris Wilcox (13)| Rajon Rondo (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 14–21

|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 36| March 2| @ Atlanta| | Brandon Jennings (34)| Josh Smith (19)| Brandon Jennings (9)| Philips Arena
13,311| 14–22|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 37| March 3| @ Orlando| | Dwight Howard (28)| Dwight Howard (14)| Jameer Nelson (10)| Amway Arena
18,846| 14–23|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 38| March 5| Philadelphia| | Brandon Jennings (33)| Ersan İlyasova (18)| Brandon Jennings (7)| Bradley Center
12,315| 15–23|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 39| March 7| Chicago| | Ersan İlyasova (32)| Ersan İlyasova (10)| Beno Udrih (7)| Bradley Center
15,389| 15–24|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 40| March 9| New York| | Ersan İlyasova (26)| Larry Sanders (11)| Brandon Jennings (10)| Bradley Center
18,717| 16–24|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 41| March 11| @ Toronto| | Ersan İlyasova (31)| Ersan İlyasova (12)| Mike Dunleavy Jr.
Brandon Jennings (6)| Air Canada Centre
17,316| 17–24|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 42| March 12| @ New Jersey| | Brandon Jennings (34)| Drew Gooden (8)| Three players (7)| Prudential Center
12,930| 18–24|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 43| March 14| Cleveland| | Ersan İlyasova (22)| Luc Mbah a Moute (13)| Drew Gooden (13)| Bradley Center
15,319| 19–24|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 44| March 16| @ Golden State| | Mike Dunleavy Jr. (24)| Luc Mbah a Moute (17)| Beno Udrih (9)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 20–24|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 45| March 20| @ Portland| | Drew Gooden (19)| Ekpe Udoh (6)| Monta Ellis (9)| Rose Garden
20,387| 21–24|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 46| March 22| Boston| | Brandon Jennings (19)| Ersan İlyasova (14)| Monta Ellis (7)| Bradley Center
15,171| 21–25|- bgcolor=#ccffcc| 47| March 23| @ Charlotte| | Luc Mbah a Moute (20)| Drew Gooden (12)| Beno Udrih (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,729| 22–25|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 48| March 24| Indiana| | Ersan İlyasova (22)| Ersan İlyasova (8)| Monta Ellis (6)| Bradley Center
16,207| 22–26|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 49| March 26| @ New York| | Mike Dunleavy Jr. (26)| Luc Mbah a Moute (7)| Brandon Jennings (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 22–27|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 50| March 27| Atlanta| | Monta Ellis (33)| Josh Smith (18)| Monta Ellis (8)| Bradley Center
12,223| 23–27|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 51| March 30| @ Cleveland| | Kyrie Irving (29)| Tristan Thompson (11)| Beno Udrih (10)| Quicken Loans Arena
16,099| 24–27|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 52| March 31| Memphis| | Brandon Jennings (24)| Ersan İlyasova (16)| Monta Ellis (5)| Bradley Center
17,106| 24–28

|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 53| April 2| @ Washington| | Jordan Crawford (23)| Ersan İlyasova (11)| John Wall (9)| Verizon Center
16,234| 25–28|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 54| April 4| Cleveland| | Monta Ellis (30)| Tristan Thompson (9)| Monta Ellis (8)| Bradley Center
11,849| 26–28|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 55| April 6| Charlotte| | Byron Mullens (31)| Ersan İlyasova (15)| Brandon Jennings (9)| Bradley Center
13,374| 27–28|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 56| April 7| Portland| | Beno Udrih (21)| Ersan İlyasova (12)| Raymond Felton (10)| Bradley Center
14,969| 28–28|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 57| April 9| Oklahoma City| | Russell Westbrook (26)| Russell Westbrook (7)| Kevin Durant (8)| Bradley Center
14,111| 28–29|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 58| April 11| New York| | Monta Ellis (35)| Tyson Chandler (11)| Monta Ellis (10)| Bradley Center
15,534| 28–30|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 59| April 13| @ Detroit| | Drew Gooden (26)| Greg Monroe (10)| Brandon Jennings (10)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
15,255| 29–30|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 60| April 14| Indiana| | Monta Ellis (20)| Roy Hibbert (14)| Brandon Jennings (10)| Bradley Center
15,143| 29–31|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 61| April 18| @ Washington| | Jordan Crawford (32)| Drew Gooden (12)| John Wall (10)| Verizon Center
14,141| 29–32|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 62| April 19| @ Indiana| | Danny Granger (29)| David West (14)| George Hill (18)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
12,453| 29–33|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 63| April 21| New Jersey| | Brandon Jennings (30)| Ersan İlyasova (17)| Brandon Jennings (6)| Bradley Center
15,939| 30–33|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 64| April 23| Toronto| | Brandon Jennings (25)| Ersan İlyasova (15)| Two players (5)| Bradley Center
13,867| 31–33|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 65| April 25| Philadelphia| | Evan Turner (29)| Tobias Harris
Evan Turner (13)| Beno Udrih (9)| Bradley Center
13,489| 31–34|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 66| April 26| @ Boston| | Tobias Harris (16)| Tobias Harris
Brandon Bass (9)| Rajon Rondo (15)| TD Garden
18,624| 31–35

Player statistics

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 12 || 12 || 30.3 || .449 || .000 || .609 || 8.3 || 2.6 || 1.0 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |2.0 ||11.3|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"| | 35 || 0 || 6.8 || .333 || .000 || .467 || 2.1 || .3 || .1 || .0 || 1.1|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 54 || 53 || 28.5 || .402 || .360 || .792 || 3.9 || 2.3 || 1.5 || .2 || 9.0|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"| | 55 || 3 || 26.3 || .474 || .399 || .811 || 3.7 || 2.1 || .5 || .1 || 12.3|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 21 || 21 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |36.0 || .432 || .267 || .764 || 3.5 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |5.9 || 1.4 || .3 || 17.6|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"| | 56 || 46 || 26.2 || .437 || .291 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |.846 || 6.5 || 2.6 || .8 || .6 || 13.7|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 42 || 9 || 11.4 || .467 || .261 || .815 || 2.4 || .5 || .3 || .2 || 5.0|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"| | 5 || 0 || 7.8 || .154 || .000 || || .6 || 1.2 || .0 || .0 || .8|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 60 || 41 || 27.6 || .492 || .455 || .781 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |8.8 || 1.2 || .7 || .7 || 13.0|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"| | 26 || 13 || 27.4 || .357 || .278 || .833 || 3.2 || 3.0 || 1.0 || .2 || 10.5|- align="center" bgcolor=""| |style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |66 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |66 || 35.3 || .418 || .332 || .808 || 3.4 || 5.5 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |1.6 || .3 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |19.1|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"| | 46 || 12 || 12.1 || .508 || .333 || .750 || 2.6 || .5 || .3 || .4 || 4.7|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 58 || 27 || 18.8 || .469 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |.667 || .785 || 2.1 || 2.1 || .5 || .3 || 5.5|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"| | 43 || 22 || 23.5 ||style="background:#E32636;color:white;" |.510 || .250 || .641 || 5.3 || .7 || .9 || .5 || 7.7|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 52 || 0 || 12.4 || .457 || .000 || .474 || 3.1 || .6 || .6 || 1.5 || 3.6|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"| | 23 || 5 || 20.1 || .409 || .000 || .800 || 4.7 || 1.1 || .7 || 1.6 || 5.7|- align="center" bgcolor=""| | 59 || 0 || 18.3 || .440 || .288 || .709 || 1.7 || 3.8 || .6 || 0.0 || 5.9|}

• Statistics with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Awards

• Ersan İlyasova was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (March 5 – March 11).^[2]
• Drew Gooden was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (March 12 – March 18).^[3]

Injuries and disciplinary actions

• Center Kwame Brown, who had been traded to Milwaukee by the Golden State Warriors on January, underwent surgery to repair a torn pectoralis major muscle and missed the remainder of the regular season.^[4]
• Drew Gooden served a one-game suspension and missed the first home game of the season for Milwaukee after committing a flagrant foul in the first game of the regular season.^[5]
• Stephen Jackson was suspended for one game on two occasions. First by the team, after missing the bus to a morning shootaround before a game against the New York Knicks^[6] and then by the league for verbal abuse of an official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner after a game against the Chicago Bulls.^[7]
• Larry Sanders received a two game suspension after starting an altercation and failing to leave the court in a timely manner during a game against the Indiana Pacers.^[8]

Transactions

See main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions.

Overview

Players Added Via free agency Mike Dunleavy Jr. Via trade Kwame Brown Monta Ellis Stephen Jackson Shaun Livingston Ekpe Udoh Beno Udrih

Players Lost Via trade Andrew Bogut Keyon Dooling Stephen Jackson John Salmons Via free agency Michael Redd Earl Boykins Waived Darington Hobson

Trades

June 23, 2011	To Milwaukee Bucks Stephen Jackson Shaun Livingston Beno Udrih Draft rights to Tobias Harris	To Charlotte Bobcats Corey Maggette Draft rights to Bismack Biyombo To Sacramento Kings John Salmons Draft rights to Jimmer Fredette
December 9, 2011	To Milwaukee Bucks Draft rights to Albert Miralles	To Boston Celtics Keyon Dooling Conditional 2012 second round pick
March 13, 2012	To Milwaukee Bucks Monta Ellis Ekpe Udoh Kwame Brown	To Golden State Warriors Andrew Bogut Stephen Jackson

Free agents

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Chris Douglas-Roberts	September 10, 2011
Michael Redd	December 29, 2011	Phoenix Suns
Earl Boykins	March 26, 2012	Houston Rockets

Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends.^[9] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.^[10]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player	Date signed	New team	Opt-out clause
Ersan İlyasova	August 3		Yes
Jon Leuer	August 5		Yes
Chris Douglas-Roberts	September 10		No

See also

2011–12 NBA season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Report: NBA draft moving to Newark. ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. October 27, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101030154621/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5733121. 30 October 2010 . live.
2. National Basketball Association-->,NBA.com. Bucks' Ilyasova, Warriors' Ellis named Player of Week . March 12, 2012 . March 12, 2012.
3. National Basketball Association-->,NBA.com. Bucks' Gooden, Lakers' Bynum named Players of the Week . March 19, 2012 . March 19, 2012.
4. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7455838/kwame-brown-golden-state-warriors-three-months-chest-injury Kwame Brown to undergo surgery
5. https://archive.today/20130116013830/http://www.tsn2.ca/nba/teams/story/?id=383581&hubname=nba-bucks Gooden Misses Bucks' Home Opener for Flagrant Foul
6. https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/1/20/2721311/stephen-jackson-suspended-milwaukee-bucks-bus Stephen Jackson Suspended by Bucks for Missing Bus to Shootaround
7. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7514249/milwaukee-bucks-swingman-stephen-jackson-suspended-one-game Stephen Jackson suspended 1 game
8. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-20/sports/sns-rt-us-nba-bucks-sandersbre83j1nc-20120420_1_indiana-pacers-pacers-power-fracas Bucks' Sanders out two games for fracas against Pacers
9. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/6815642/ "FIBA: NBA stars can play overseas"
10. News: Sun Xiaochen . New rule shuts door on NBA stars . August 21, 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110912075636/http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2011-08/21/content_13157487.htm . live . September 12, 2011.