1991–92 Milwaukee Bucks season

1991–92 Milwaukee Bucks season
1991–92 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coach	Del Harris (resigned); Frank Hamblen (interim);
General manager	Del Harris
Owner(s)	WCGV-TV; Prime Sports Upper Midwest; (Jim Paschke, Jon McGlocklin)
Radio	WTMJ
< 1990–91	1992–93 >

The 1991–92 NBA season was the Bucks' 24th season in the National Basketball Association.^[1] In the off-season, the Bucks signed free agent and former All-Star forward Moses Malone.^[2]^[3]^[4] After an 8–9 start to the season, head coach Del Harris resigned and was replaced with interim Frank Hamblen.^[5] Under Hamblen, the Bucks hovered around .500 for the first half of the season, holding a 22–24 record at the All-Star break.^[6] However, their glory days came to a crashing end losing 27 of 36 games after the All-Star break. The Bucks went on an 11-game losing streak as they lost 14 of their final 15 games, finishing last place in the Central Division with a 31–51 record, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1979.^[7]

Malone averaged 15.6 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, while sixth man Dale Ellis led the team in scoring with 15.7 points per game off the bench, and Jay Humphries provided the team with 14.0 points, 6.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game. In addition, Alvin Robertson averaged 12.3 points, 4.4 assists and 2.6 steals per game, while Frank Brickowski provided with 11.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, Fred Roberts contributed 9.6 points per game, and Larry Krystkowiak averaged 9.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game off the bench.^[8]

Following the season, Ellis was traded to the San Antonio Spurs,^[9]^[10]^[11] while Humphries and Krystkowiak were both dealt to the Utah Jazz,^[12]^[13]^[14] Jeff Grayer signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors,^[15]^[16] and Hamblen was fired as head coach.^[17]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Kevin Brooks	SF	United States	Southwestern Louisiana
2	45	Bobby Phills	SG	United States	Southern

Roster

1991–92 Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
PF	40	Brickowski, Frank	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1959–08–14	Penn State
PG	15	Conner, Lester	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1959–09–17	Oregon State
SF	3	Ellis, Dale	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1960–08–06	Tennessee
SG	20	Grayer, Jeff	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1965–12–17	Iowa State
PG	12	Henson, Steve	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	1968–02–02	Kansas State
PG	24	Humphries, Jay	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1962–10–17	Colorado
SF	42	Krystkowiak, Larry	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1964–09–23	Montana
PF	54	Lohaus, Brad	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1964–09–29	Iowa
C	8	Malone, Moses	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1955–03–23	Petersburg HS (VA)
PF	50	Popson, Dave	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1964–05–17	North Carolina
PF	31	Roberts, Fred	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1960–08–14	BYU
SG	21	Robertson, Alvin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1962–07–22	Arkansas
C	10	Schayes, Danny	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1959–05–10	Syracuse

Head coach

Frank Hamblen

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	67	15	.817	—	36–5	31–10	22–6
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	57	25	.695	10	35–6	22–19	21–7
x-Detroit Pistons	48	34	.585	19	25–16	23–18	15–13
x-Indiana Pacers	40	42	.488	27	26–15	14–27	13–15
Atlanta Hawks	38	44	.463	29	23–18	15–26	7–21
Milwaukee Bucks	31	51	.378	36	25–16	6–35	10–18
Charlotte Hornets	31	51	.378	36	22–19	9–32	10–18

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Chicago Bulls	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Boston Celtics	51	31	.622	16
3	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	57	25	.695	10
4	x-New York Knicks	51	31	.622	16
5	x-Detroit Pistons	48	34	.585	19
6	x-New Jersey Nets	40	42	.488	27
7	x-Indiana Pacers	40	42	.488	27
8	x-Miami Heat	38	44	.463	29

9	Atlanta Hawks	38	44	.463	29
10	Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	32
11	Milwaukee Bucks	31	51	.378	36
12	Charlotte Hornets	31	51	.378	36
13	Washington Bullets	25	57	.305	42
14	Orlando Magic	21	61	.256	46

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1991-92 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	2–2	0–5	0–5	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	–	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	–	0–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2
Chicago	5–0	3–1	4–0	–	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–2	2–3	–	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Dallas	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	3–2	0–2	0–4	4–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	0–2
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	–	0–2	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–5	1–1
Detroit	4–1	0–4	4–1	1–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	–	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–0
Houston	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–2	0–2	2–2	–	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–4	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	–	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	–	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
Miami	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	–	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0
Milwaukee	1–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	–	2–0	0–4	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–6	0–4	2–3	0–2
New Jersey	1–3	3–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	–	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	2–3	4–0	0–4	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	–	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Orlando	2–2	0–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–4	–	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Philadelphia	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–3	–	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–0
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	3–2	4–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	–	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–5	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–5	–	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	–	3–1	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	–	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	0–4	3–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

1991–92 game log
Total: 31–51 (Home: 25—16; Road: 6–35)

November: 7–9 (home: 5–2; road: 2–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 1, 1991	@ Detroit	W 109—99	Dale Ellis (24)			The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,454	1–0
2	November 2, 1991	Chicago	W 109–107	Alvin Robertson (29)	Alvin Robertson (8)	Jay Humphries (9)	Bradley Center 18,633	2–0
3	November 5, 1991	@ New York	L 85–113	Dale Ellis, Jay Humphries (14)			Madison Square Garden 15,768	2-1
4	November 6, 1991	Golden State	L 114–120	Jeff Grayer (27)			Bradley Center 14,591	2–2
5	November 8, 1991	@ Charlotte	W 125—122 OT	Moses Malone (23)	Brad Lohaus, Moses Malone (8)		Charlotte Coliseum 23,698	3–2
6	November 9, 1991	Dallas	W 111–95	Jay Humphries (24)	Moses Malone (11)		Bradley Center 15,175	4–2
7	November 11, 1991	@ Philadelphia	L 99–102				The Spectrum 12,132	4–3
8	November 12, 1991	@ Cleveland	L 113–119				Richfield Coliseum 14,267	4–4
9	November 15, 1991	@ Chicago	L 101–114				Chicago Stadium 18,686	4–5
10	November 16, 1991	Miami	L 116–120 OT				Bradley Center 15,621	4–6
11	November 19, 1991	Charlotte	W 127–104				Bradley Center 14,183	5–6
12	November 21, 1991	Washington	W 112–87				Bradley Center 14,671	6–6
13	November 23, 1991	@ Golden State	L 115–120				Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025	6–7
14	November 24, 1991	@ L. A. Lakers	L 97–102				Great Western Forum 16,820	6–8
15	November 26, 1991	@ Portland	L 98–107 OT				Memorial Coliseum 12,888	6–9
16	November 30, 1991	Indiana	W 137–119				Bradley Center 14,623	7–9

December: 7–5 (home: 5–2; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
17	December 3, 1991	L. A. Lakers	W 126–94	Bradley Center 17,739	8–9
18	December 5, 1991	New Jersey	L 101–109	Bradley Center 13,884	8–10
19	December 6, 1991	@ Indiana	L 106–126	Market Square Arena 10,132	8–11
20	December 8, 1991	San Antonio	W 102–83	Bradley Center 14,581	9–11
21	December 10, 1991	@ Atlanta	L 104—118	The Omni 10,093	9–12
22	December 12, 1991	@ Washington	W 104—97	Capital Centre 7,213	10–12
23	December 14, 1991	Minnesota	W 103–92	Bradley Center 14,911	11–12
24	December 18, 1991	@ Boston	L 117—131	Boston Garden 14,890	11–13
25	December 19, 1991	@ Orlando	W 95—87	Orlando Arena 15,151	12–13
26	December 21, 1991	Philadelphia	W 110–97	Bradley Center 15,191	13–13
27	December 26, 1991	Cleveland	L 94–111	Bradley Center 16,184	13–14
28	December 29, 1991	Houston	W 110–100	Bradley Center 15,191	14–14

January: 5–6 (home: 4–1; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
29	January 2, 1992	@ Minnesota	W 92—91	Target Center 19,006	15–14
30	January 3, 1992	Chicago	W 113–109	Bradley Center 18,633	16–14
31	January 8, 1992	Utah	W 99–98	Bradley Center 15,406	17–14
32	January 10, 1992	@ New Jersey	L 97—104	Brendan Byrne Arena 9,230	17–15
33	January 11, 1992	Sacramento	L 105–106	Bradley Center 17,319	17–16
34	January 14, 1992	@ Atlanta	L 88—93	The Omni 9,390	17–17
35	January 15, 1992	@ Miami	L 115—134	Miami Arena 15,008	17–18
36	January 17, 1992	New York	W 90–85	Bradley Center 15,364	18–18
37	January 19, 1992	Orlando	W 108–98	Bradley Center 14,276	19–18
38	January 21, 1992	@ Houston	L 107—117	The Summit 12,989	19–19
39	January 22, 1992	@ Dallas	L 116—118	Reunion Arena 14,299	19–20

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

April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

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

1991–92 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	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dale Ellis	81	11	27.0	46.9	41.9	77.4	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	15.7
Moses Malone	82	77	30.6	47.4	37.5	78.6	9.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	15.6
Jay Humphries	71	71	31.8	46.9	29.2	78.3	2.6	6.6	1.7	0.2	14.0
Alvin Robertson	82	79	30.0	43.0	31.9	76.3	4.3	4.4	2.6	0.4	12.3
Frank Brickowski	65	60	23.9	52.4	50.0	76.7	5.3	1.9	0.9	0.4	11.4
Fred Roberts	80	63	21.8	48.2	51.4	74.9	3.2	1.5	0.7	0.5	9.6
Larry Krystkowiak	79	16	23.4	44.4	0.0	75.7	5.4	1.4	0.7	0.2	9.0
Jeff Grayer	82	11	20.2	44.8	28.8	66.7	3.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	9.0
Brad Lohaus	70	8	15.4	45.0	39.6	65.9	3.6	1.1	0.6	1.0	5.8
Danny Schayes	43	4	16.9	41.7	0.0	77.1	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	5.6
Lester Conner	81	9	17.5	43.1	0.0	70.4	2.3	3.6	1.2	0.1	3.5
Steve Henson	50	1	7.7	36.1	47.9	79.3	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.0	3.0
Jerome Lane	2	0	3.0	100.0	0.0	50.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Dave Popson	5	0	5.2	42.9	0.0	50.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.4

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

July 1, 1991^[18]

To Milwaukee Bucks

Anthony Avent

To Atlanta Hawks

Blair Rasmussen
1993 2nd round draft pick

To Denver Nuggets

Kevin Brooks
1994 2nd round draft pick

Free agents

Player	Signed	Former team
Moses Malone	July 10, 1991	Atlanta Hawks
Billy Thompson	October 5, 1991	Miami Heat
Dave Popson	March 4, 1992	Atlanta Hawks

^[19]

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