1990–91 Milwaukee Bucks season

1990–91 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coach	Del Harris
Owner(s)	Herb Kohl
Arena	Bradley Center
Results
Record	48–34 (.585)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East First Round (eliminated 0-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Prime Sports Midwest, WCGV
Radio	WOKY

The 1990-91 NBA season was the Bucks' 23rd season in the NBA.^[1] The Bucks started the season winning their first 18 home games on their way to a 25–8 start. However, they lost lose eight of their next ten games. Along the way, Ricky Pierce was traded at midseason to the Seattle SuperSonics for Dale Ellis. The Bucks would make their 12th consecutive playoff appearance finishing third in the Central Division with a 48–34 record, also posting a 33–8 record at home. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bucks were swept by the 5th-seeded Philadelphia 76ers in three straight games. This would be their final playoff appearance until 1999.

Draft picks

Main article: 1990 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	16	Terry Mills	PF	United States	Michigan
2	44	Steve Henson	PG	United States	Kansas State

Roster

Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
4.5 !PF	40	USA !	Brickowski, Frank	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Penn State
1.0 !PG	15	USA !	Conner, Lester	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oregon State
2.0 !SG	7	USA !	Dantley, Adrian	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Notre Dame
3.0 !SF	3	USA !	Ellis, Dale	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Tennessee
2.0 !SG	20	USA !	Grayer, Jeff	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Iowa State
1.0 !PG	12	USA !	Henson, Steve	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	Kansas State
1.0 !PG	24	USA !	Humphries, Jay	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Colorado
4.5 !PF	8	USA !	Kornet, Frank	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Vanderbilt
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Lohaus, Brad	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Iowa
4.5 !PF	31	USA !	Roberts, Fred	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Brigham Young
2.0 !SG	21	USA !	Robertson, Alvin	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Arkansas
6.0 !C	10	USA !	Schayes, Danny	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Syracuse
6.0 !C	43	USA !	Sikma, Jack	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Illinois Wesleyan
1.0 !PG	11/7	USA !	Stephens, Everette	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Purdue

Head coach

Del Harris

Legend

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

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	61	21	.744	—	35–6	26–15	25–5
x-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	11	32–9	18–23	19-11
x-Milwaukee Bucks	48	34	.585	13	33–8	15–26	16–14
x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	18	29–12	14–27	11–19
x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	20	29-12	12–29	15-15
Cleveland Cavaliers	33	49	.402	28	23–18	10–31	11-19
Charlotte Hornets	26	56	.317	35	17–24	9–32	8–22

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Chicago Bulls	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	5
3	x-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	11
4	x-Milwaukee Bucks	48	34	.585	13
5	x-Philadelphia 76ers	44	38	.537	17
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	18
7	x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	20
8	x-New York Knicks	39	43	.476	22

9	Cleveland Cavaliers	33	49	.402	28
10	Washington Bullets	30	52	.366	31
11	New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	35
12	Charlotte Hornets	26	56	.317	35
13	Miami Heat	24	58	.293	37

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1990-91 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	1–4	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	—	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–1
Charlotte	4–1	1–3	—	0–5	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Chicago	4–1	2–2	5–0	—	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1
Cleveland	2–3	1–3	4–1	0–5	—	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–2	0–5	2–0
Denver	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	0–2	1–3	0–5	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–4	0–4	1–3	1–1
Detroit	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–3	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–2	1–1
Indiana	1–4	2–2	5–0	1–4	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	—	0–4	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Miami	0–4	1–4	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	—	0–4	0–2	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2
Milwaukee	3–2	2–2	3–2	1–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–3	0–2	1–3	0–5	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–4	0–4	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	—	0–5	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3
New York	1–3	0–5	4–0	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–4	1–1	5–0	—	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Orlando	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	—	0–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–1
Philadelphia	4–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–5	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–2
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	—	3–2	3–1	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	—	3–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	—	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	2–3	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	0–4	4–1	1–3	—	1–3	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–5	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Playoffs

East First Round

(4) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (5) Philadelphia 76ers: 76ers win series 3-0

Game 1 @ Bradley Center, Milwaukee (April 25): Philadelphia 99, Milwaukee 90
Game 2 @ Bradley Center, Milwaukee (April 27): Philadelphia 116, Milwaukee 112 (OT)
Game 3 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (April 30): Philadelphia 121, Milwaukee 100

Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Eastern Conference First Round (Milwaukee won 3-2)

Player statistics

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

Season

Player	GP	GS
Anderson, Cadillac !Cadillac Anderson	26	0
Brickowski, Frank !Frank Brickowski	75	73
Conner, Lester !Lester Conner	39	2
Dantley, Adrian !Adrian Dantley	10	0
Ellis, Dale !Dale Ellis	21	0
Grayer, Jeff !Jeff Grayer	82	7
Henson, Steve !Steve Henson	68	0
Humphries, Jay !Jay Humphries	80	80
Kornet, Frank !Frank Kornet	32	0
Lohaus, Brad !Brad Lohaus	81	3
Pierce, Ricky !Ricky Pierce	46	0
Roberts, Fred !Fred Roberts	82	82
Robertson, Alvin !Alvin Robertson	81	81
Schayes, Danny !Danny Schayes	82	38
Sikma, Jack !Jack Sikma	77	44
Stephens, Everette !Everette Stephens	3	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brickowski, Frank !Frank Brickowski	3
Conner, Lester !Lester Conner	1
Dantley, Adrian !Adrian Dantley	3
Grayer, Jeff !Jeff Grayer	3
Henson, Steve !Steve Henson	3
Humphries, Jay !Jay Humphries	3
Kornet, Frank !Frank Kornet	3
Kryostowiak, Larry !Larry Krystowiak	3
Lohaus, Brad !Brad Lohaus	3
Roberts, Fred !Fred Roberts	3
Robertson, Alvin !Alvin Robertson	3
Schayes, Danny !Danny Schayes	3
Sikma, Jack !Jack Sikma	3

Awards and records

Alvin Robertson, NBA All-Defensive First Team

Transactions

August 1, 1990: Traded Paul Pressey to the San Antonio Spurs for Frank Brickowski.^[2]
August 1, 1990: Traded Terry Mills to the Denver Nuggets for Danny Schayes.
October 2, 1990: Tony Brown signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.
October 4, 1990: Sidney Moncrief signed as unrestricted free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.
January 16, 1991: Traded Cadillac Anderson to the New Jersey Nets for Lester Connor.
February 15, 1991: Traded Ricky Pierce to the Seattle SuperSonics for Dale Ellis.^[3]
February 27, 1991: Signed Everette Stephens to a 10-day contract.
April 2, 1991: Signed Adrian Dantley to a contract for the rest of the season.

Milwaukee Bucks

Founded in 1968 Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise 1968 Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Seasons Records Head coaches Current season

Arenas	MECCA Arena BMO Harris Bradley Center Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center (planned for 2018)

General managers	Erickson Embry Nelson D. Harris Dunleavy Weinhauer Grunfeld L. Harris Hammond

D-League affiliate	None

Administration	Owner Wesley Edens & Marc Lasry General Manager John Hammond Head Coach Jason Kidd

Retired numbers	1 2 4 10 14 16 32 33

Hall of Famers	Lew Alcindor Nate Archibald Dave Cowens Wayne Embry Alex English Bob Lanier Moses Malone Oscar Robertson

NBA Championships (1)	1971

Conference Championships (2)	1971 1974

Division titles (13)	1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 2001

Culture & lore	The Big O Bango The Fastest Expansion Champion MECCA Court The Coin Flip Fear the Deer

Media	TV Fox Sports Wisconsin Jim Paschke (play-by-play) Gus Johnson (part-time play-by-play) Jon McGlocklin (color) Marques Johnson (part-time color) Radio WTMJ Ted Davis Dennis Krause

1990–91 Milwaukee Bucks season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

East First Round

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also