1983-84 Milwaukee Bucks season

1983–84 Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coach	Don Nelson
General manager	Don Nelson
Owner	Jim Fitzgerald
Arena	MECCA Arena
Results
Record	50–32 (.610)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference finals (lost to Celtics 1–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference

The 1983–84 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 16th season in the NBA. For the first time since 1974–75 season, Brian Winters was not on the opening day roster.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Randy Breuer	C	United States	Minnesota
2	41	Ted Kitchel	F	United States	Indiana
2	42	Mike Davis		United States	Alabama
3	65	Billy Goodwin		United States	St. John's
4	88	Mark Nickens		United States	American
5	111	Mark Petteway		United States	New Orleans
6	120	Russell Todd		United States	West Virginia
6	134	Charles Hurt		United States	Kentucky
7	157	Anthony Hicks		United States	Xavier
8	180	Brett Burkholder		United States	DePaul
9	202	Bill Varner		United States	Notre Dame
10	223	Bob Kelly		United States	St. John's

Roster

1983–84 Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Player	Height	Weight	From
G	7	Nate Archibald	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	UTEP
C	45	Randy Breuer	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Minnesota
SF	2	Junior Bridgeman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Louisville
PF	42	Harvey Catchings	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Hardin–Simmons
G	10	Mike Dunleavy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	South Carolina
F	35	Kevin Grevey	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Kentucky
SF	8	Marques Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	UCLA
C	16	Bob Lanier	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	St. Bonaventure
C	53	Alton Lister	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Arizona State
C	44	Paul Mokeski	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Kansas
SG	4	Sidney Moncrief	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Arkansas
G	25	Paul Pressey	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Tulsa
G	5	Lorenzo Romar	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Washington

Head coach

Don Nelson

Assistant(s)

Legend

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

Regular season

Season standings

	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	50	32	.610	–	30–11	20–21	19–10
x-Detroit Pistons	49	33	.598	1	30–11	19–22	21–8
x-Atlanta Hawks	40	42	.488	10	31–10	9–32	16–14
Cleveland Cavaliers	28	54	.341	22	23–18	5–36	11–19
Chicago Bulls	27	55	.329	23	18–23	9–32	10–20
Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	24	20–21	6–35	12–18

#
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	50	32	.610	12
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	52	30	.634	10
4	x-Detroit Pistons	49	33	.598	13
5	x-New York Knicks	47	35	.573	15
6	x-New Jersey Nets	45	37	.549	17
7	x-Atlanta Hawks	40	42	.488	22
8	x-Washington Bullets	35	47	.427	27

9	Cleveland Cavaliers	28	54	.341	34
10	Chicago Bulls	27	55	.329	35
11	Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	36

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1983–84 game log
Total: 50–32 (home: 30–11; road: 20–21)

October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 28, 1983	Indiana	W 104–83				MECCA Arena	1–0

November: 10–6 (home: 6–0; road: 4–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 1, 1983	@ Detroit	L 93–106	Pontiac Silverdome	1–1
3	November 2, 1983	@ Boston	L 105–119	Boston Garden	1–2
4	November 4, 1983	@ Philadelphia	W 104–94	The Spectrum	2–2
5	November 6, 1983	Atlanta	W 97–84	MECCA Arena	3–2
6	November 8, 1983	@ New York	W 97–90	Madison Square Garden	4–2
7	November 9, 1983	Kansas City	W 95–93	MECCA Arena	5–2
8	November 11, 1983	@ New Jersey	L 103–107	Brendan Byrne Arena	5–3
9	November 13, 1983	Seattle	W 108–107	MECCA Arena	6–3
10	November 15, 1983	@ Los Angeles	L 97–126	The Forum	6–4
11	November 17, 1983	@ San Diego	L 122–141	San Diego Sports Arena	6–5
12	November 18, 1983	@ Phoenix	W 109–94	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	7–5
13	November 19, 1983	@ Denver	L 126–133	McNichols Sports Arena	7–6
14	November 23, 1983	Golden State	W 118–94	MECCA Arena	8–6
15	November 26, 1983	Washington	W 109–92	MECCA Arena	9–6
16	November 29, 1983	@ Washington	W 94–88	Capital Centre	10–6
17	November 30, 1983	Denver	W 139–122	MECCA Arena	11–6

December: 7–6 (home: 4–2; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 2, 1983	New Jersey	W 122–107	MECCA Arena	12–6
19	December 7, 1983	Houston	W 103–101	MECCA Arena	13–6
20	December 9, 1983	@ Cleveland	W 96–83	Richfield Coliseum	14–6
21	December 11, 1983	Philadelphia	L 87–97	MECCA Arena	14–7
22	December 13, 1983	@ Chicago	L 88–96	Chicago Stadium	14–8
23	December 14, 1983	@ Philadelphia	L 93–115	The Spectrum	14–9
24	December 16, 1983	Dallas	W 110–105	MECCA Arena	15–9
25	December 17, 1983	@ New York	L 96–102	Madison Square Garden	15–10
26	December 22, 1983	Chicago	L 99–116	MECCA Arena	15–11
27	December 23, 1983	@ Cleveland	W 89–83	Richfield Coliseum	16–11
28	December 27, 1983	@ Indiana	L 104–115	Market Square Arena	16–12
29	December 28, 1983	@ New Jersey	W 89–85	Brendan Byrne Arena	17–12
30	December 30, 1983	Portland	W 93–88	MECCA Arena	18–12

January: 7–7 (home: 5–3; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
31	January 3, 1984	Cleveland	W 104–92	MECCA Arena	19–12
32	January 5, 1984	Philadelphia	L 102–103 (OT)	MECCA Arena	19–13
33	January 6, 1984	@ Atlanta	L 87–91	The Omni	19–14
34	January 8, 1984	Detroit	L 100–111	MECCA Arena	19–15
35	January 10, 1984	Cleveland	L 104–116	MECCA Arena	19–16
36	January 13, 1984	New York	W 103–101	MECCA Arena	20–16
37	January 15, 1984	Boston	W 106–87	MECCA Arena	21–16
38	January 17, 1984	@ Indiana	W 112–92	Market Square Arena	22–16
39	January 18, 1984	Atlanta	W 99–90	MECCA Arena	23–16
40	January 20, 1984	Washington	W 133–103	MECCA Arena	24–16
41	January 22, 1984	@ Boston	L 98–109	Boston Garden	24–17
42	January 24, 1984	@ Washington	L 117–123 (2OT)	Capital Centre	24–18
43	January 25, 1984	@ Atlanta	L 105–109	The Omni	24–19
All-Star Break
44	January 31, 1984	@ Golden State	W 123–119 (OT)	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	25–19

February: 10–5 (home: 5–1; road: 5–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
45	February 1, 1984	@ Seattle	L 98–99	Kingdome	25–20
46	February 3, 1984	@ Portland	L 110–116	Memorial Coliseum	25–21
47	February 4, 1984	@ Utah	L 102–116	Salt Palace Acord Arena	25–22
48	February 7, 1984	@ Kansas City	W 112–110 (OT)	Kemper Arena	26–22
49	February 8, 1984	New York	W 113–103	MECCA Arena	27–22
50	February 10, 1984	San Antonio	L 127–132	MECCA Arena	27–23
51	February 12, 1984	San Diego	W 107–100 (OT)	MECCA Arena	28–23
52	February 14, 1984	Phoenix	W 92–83	MECCA Arena	29–23
53	February 15, 1984	@ Indiana	W 107–91	Market Square Arena	30–23
54	February 17, 1984	Utah	W 105–91	MECCA Arena	31–23
55	February 19, 1984	@ Chicago	W 119–109	Chicago Stadium	32–23
56	February 21, 1984	@ Houston	L 102–119	The Summit	32–24
57	February 24, 1984	@ Dallas	W 95–88	Reunion Arena	33–24
58	February 25, 1984	@ San Antonio	W 130–119	HemisFair Arena	34–24
59	February 29, 1984	Chicago	W 112–83	MECCA Arena	35–24

March: 9–7 (home: 5–4; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
60	March 2, 1984	@ Washington	W 98–78	Capital Centre	36–24
61	March 3, 1984	@ New York	W 111–106	Madison Square Garden	37–24
62	March 6, 1984	@ Atlanta	W 109–104 (OT)	The Omni	38–24
63	March 7, 1984	New Jersey	L 100–106	MECCA Arena	38–25
64	March 9, 1984	Boston	L 128–129 (2OT)	MECCA Arena	38–26
65	March 11, 1984	Atlanta	L 94–108	MECCA Arena	38–27
66	March 13, 1984	Detroit	W 116–95	MECCA Arena	39–27
67	March 14, 1984	@ Philadelphia	L 91–92	The Spectrum	39–28
68	March 16, 1984	@ Boston	L 99–109	Boston Garden	39–29
69	March 18, 1984	Washington	W 109–101	MECCA Arena	40–29
70	March 20, 1984	Los Angeles	L 94–99	MECCA Arena	40–30
71	March 21, 1984	@ New Jersey	W 102–95	Brendan Byrne Arena	41–30
72	March 24, 1984	Indiana	W 106–92	MECCA Arena	42–30
73	March 28, 1984	Cleveland	W 130–98	MECCA Arena	43–30
74	March 30, 1984	Chicago	W 119–86	MECCA Arena	44–30
75	March 31, 1984	@ Detroit	L 105–107	Pontiac Silverdome	44–31

April: 5–2 (home: 3–2; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
76	April 3, 1984	New Jersey	W 109–92	MECCA Arena	45–31
77	April 5, 1984	Philadelphia	W 113–103	MECCA Arena	46–31
78	April 7, 1984	Detroit	W 110–92	MECCA Arena	47–31
79	April 10, 1984	Boston	L 95–96	MECCA Arena	47–32
80	April 11, 1984	@ Cleveland	W 108–95	Richfield Coliseum	48–32
81	April 13, 1984	@ Chicago	W 109–85	Chicago Stadium	49–32
82	April 14, 1984	Indiana	W 104–92	MECCA Arena	50–32

1983–84 schedule

Playoffs

1984 playoff game log

Eastern Conference First Round: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 17, 1984	Atlanta	W 105–89	Sidney Moncrief (19)	Paul Mokeski (9)	Sidney Moncrief (6)	MECCA Arena 10,107	1–0
2	April 19, 1984	Atlanta	W 101–87	Marques Johnson (27)	Alton Lister (10)	Sidney Moncrief (7)	MECCA Arena 11,052	2–0
3	April 21, 1984	@ Atlanta	L 94–103	Marques Johnson (28)	Johnson, Lanier (10)	three players tied (3)	The Omni 5,395	2–1
4	April 24, 1984	@ Atlanta	L 97–100	Junior Bridgeman (20)	Sidney Moncrief (13)	Mike Dunleavy (6)	The Omni 6,435	2–2
5	April 26, 1984	Atlanta	W 118–89	Sidney Moncrief (20)	Bob Lanier (11)	Sidney Moncrief (8)	MECCA Arena 11,052	3–2

Eastern Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 29, 1984	New Jersey	L 100–106	Marques Johnson (23)	Bob Lanier (10)	Marques Johnson (8)	MECCA Arena 11,052	0–1
2	May 1, 1984	New Jersey	W 98–94	Sidney Moncrief (28)	Sidney Moncrief (8)	Johnson, Pressey (5)	MECCA Arena 11,052	1–1
3	May 3, 1984	@ New Jersey	W 100–93	Sidney Moncrief (27)	Alton Lister (12)	Moncrief, Johnson (4)	Brendan Byrne Arena 15,868	2–1
4	May 5, 1984	@ New Jersey	L 99–106	Sidney Moncrief (26)	Sidney Moncrief (9)	Bob Lanier (7)	Brendan Byrne Arena 14,623	2–2
5	May 8, 1984	New Jersey	W 94–82	Marques Johnson (22)	Lister, Lanier (10)	Paul Pressey (7)	MECCA Arena 11,052	3–2
6	May 10, 1984	@ New Jersey	W 98–97	Marques Johnson (25)	Marques Johnson (23)	Sidney Moncrief (7)	Brendan Byrne Arena 15,283	4–2

Eastern Conference Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 15, 1984	@ Boston	L 96–119	Marques Johnson (18)	Bob Lanier (11)	Marques Johnson (4)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–1
2	May 17, 1984	@ Boston	L 110–125	Marques Johnson (29)	Sidney Moncrief (7)	three players tied (4)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–2
3	May 19, 1984	Boston	L 100–109	Sidney Moncrief (22)	Paul Mokeski (12)	Sidney Moncrief (6)	MECCA Arena 11,052	0–3
4	May 21, 1984	Boston	W 122–113	Paul Pressey (22)	Mokeski, Lister (9)	Bob Lanier (8)	MECCA Arena 11,052	1–3
5	May 23, 1984	@ Boston	L 108–115	Marques Johnson (24)	Moncrief, Lister (8)	Paul Pressey (4)	Boston Garden 14,890	1–4

1984 schedule

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

Player statistics source:^[2]

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sidney Moncrief	79	79	38.9	49.8	27.8	84.8	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	20.9
Marques Johnson	74	74	36.7	50.2	15.4	70.9	6.5	4.3	1.6	0.6	20.7
Junior Bridgeman	81	10	30.0	46.5	19.4	80.7	4.1	3.3	0.7	0.2	15.1
Bob Lanier	72	72	27.9	57.2	0.0	70.8	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.7	13.6
Mike Dunleavy	17	12	23.8	55.1	42.2	80.0	1.6	4.6	0.7	0.1	11.2
Paul Pressey	81	18	21.4	52.3	22.2	60.0	3.5	3.1	1.1	0.6	8.3
Alton Lister	82	72	23.8	50.0	0.0	62.6	7.4	1.3	0.5	1.7	7.6
Tiny Archibald	46	46	22.6	48.7	22.2	63.4	1.7	3.5	0.7	0.0	7.4
Kevin Grevey	64	3	14.4	45.1	28.3	89.3	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	7.0
Lorenzo Romar	65	9	15.5	46.0	12.5	72.2	1.4	3.0	0.8	0.1	6.0
Charlie Criss	6	0	17.8	36.7	16.7	63.6	1.5	2.8	0.8	0.0	5.0
Paul Mokeski	68	4	12.3	47.9	33.3	69.4	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	3.8
Randy Breuer	57	8	8.3	38.4	0.0	69.6	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.9
Harvey Catchings	69	3	16.8	39.9	0.0	52.4	3.9	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.1
Rory White	8	0	5.6	41.2	0.0	40.0	1.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	2.0
Linton Townes	2	0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marques Johnson	16	37.8	47.3	25.0	72.2	5.3	3.4	1.1	0.4	20.3
Sidney Moncrief	16	38.6	51.8	25.0	79.1	6.9	4.3	1.8	0.6	19.1
Junior Bridgeman	16	31.2	45.6	11.1	81.5	4.0	2.8	0.4	0.3	14.4
Bob Lanier	16	31.2	48.0	0.0	88.6	7.3	3.4	0.7	0.6	12.7
Mike Dunleavy	15	26.2	45.7	36.0	91.7	2.3	3.1	1.1	0.0	11.3
Paul Pressey	16	21.9	52.0	0.0	67.9	3.7	3.1	1.4	0.6	8.9
Alton Lister	16	23.0	50.0	0.0	62.5	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.5	6.8
Paul Mokeski	16	20.1	54.0	0.0	66.7	5.5	0.4	0.6	0.7	6.1
Randy Breuer	12	5.5	42.3	0.0	60.0	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.1
Lorenzo Romar	13	5.2	45.0	0.0	63.6	0.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.9
Kevin Grevey	5	5.4	22.2	0.0	66.7	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.6
Harvey Catchings	5	5.0	50.0	0.0	50.0	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

September 30, 1983

To Milwaukee Bucks----

Kevin Grevey

To Washington Bullets----

2nd round draft pick (Fred Raynolds)

Free agents

Player	Signed	Former team
Tiny Archibald	August 1, 1983	Boston Celtics
Lorenzo Romar	November 23, 1983	Golden State Warriors

References

1983-84 Milwaukee Bucks
"1983-84 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

1983-84 Milwaukee Bucks season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

References

See also