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Here is the Milwaukee Bucks 1982–83 Roster and Regular Season Player Statistics:


Milwaukee Bucks 1982–83 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birth Date Age College Exp
2 Junior Bridgeman G/F 6-5 210 lbs Sep 17, 1953 29 Louisville 7
4 Brian Winters G 6-4 185 lbs Mar 1, 1952 30 South Carolina 8
8 Marques Johnson F 6-7 218 lbs Feb 8, 1956 26 UCLA 6
10 Harvey Catchings C/F 6-9 218 lbs Sep 2, 1951 31 Hardin–Simmons 8
12 Phil Ford G 6-2 175 lbs Feb 9, 1956 26 North Carolina 4
14 Ernie Grunfeld G/F 6-6 210 lbs Apr 24, 1955 27 Tennessee 5
15 Charlie Criss G 5-8 165 lbs Nov 6, 1948 34 New Mexico State 6
16 Bob Lanier C 6-11 250 lbs Sep 10, 1948 34 St. Bonaventure 13
21 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 210 lbs Dec 14, 1952 30 Aurora (IL) 9
32 Dave Cowens F/C 6-9 230 lbs Oct 25, 1948 34 Florida State 11
43 Alton Lister C 7-0 240 lbs Oct 1, 1958 24 Arizona State 2
44 Paul Pressey G/F 6-5 195 lbs Dec 24, 1958 24 Tulsa R
45 Steve Mix F 6-7 215 lbs Dec 30, 1947 35 Toledo 13
50 Paul Mokeski C 7-0 250 lbs Jan 3, 1957 26 Kansas 4
52 Sam Pellom F/C 6-9 224 lbs Oct 2, 1951 31 Buffalo 4
54 Armond Hill G 6-4 190 lbs Mar 31, 1953 29 Princeton 6

R = Rookie


1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks Regular Season Per Game

Player POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Sidney Moncrief SG 25 76 76 35.7 22.5 5.8 3.9 1.5 0.3 2.6 15.2 8.0 .524 0.1 0.0 .100 7.9 6.6 .826
Marques Johnson SF 26 80 80 35.7 21.4 7.0 4.5 1.3 0.7 2.5 17.8 9.0 .509 0.3 0.1 .200 4.5 3.3 .735
Junior Bridgeman SF 29 70 5 26.5 14.4 3.5 3.0 0.6 0.1 1.7 12.2 6.0 .492 0.2 0.0 .077 2.8 2.3 .837
Mickey Johnson PF 30 6 0 25.5 11.2 4.2 1.8 0.2 0.3 2.0 11.0 5.0 .455 0.3 0.0 .000 1.5 1.2 .778
Bob Lanier C 34 39 35 25.1 10.7 5.1 2.7 0.9 0.6 2.1 8.5 4.2 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 2.3 .684
Brian Winters SG 30 57 12 23.9 10.6 1.9 2.7 0.8 0.1 1.4 10.3 4.5 .434 1.2 0.4 .324 1.5 1.3 .859
Alton Lister PF 24 80 37 23.6 8.4 7.1 1.4 0.6 2.2 2.3 6.4 3.4 .529 0.0 0.0   3.0 1.6 .537
Dave Cowens PF 34 40 34 25.4 8.1 6.9 2.1 0.8 0.4 1.1 7.7 3.4 .444 0.1 0.0 .000 1.6 1.3 .825
Phil Ford PG 26 70 56 20.7 6.8 1.4 3.6 0.7 0.0 1.6 5.9 2.8 .471 0.1 0.0 .125 1.6 1.3 .796
Paul Pressey SG 24 79 18 19.3 6.7 3.6 2.6 1.3 0.6 2.1 5.9 2.7 .457 0.1 0.0 .111 2.2 1.3 .597
Charlie Criss PG 34 66 0 14.0 6.2 1.2 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.7 5.7 2.6 .451 0.5 0.1 .194 1.2 1.0 .895
Steve Mix SF 35 57 20 13.9 6.0 2.4 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.8 4.8 2.3 .487 0.1 0.0 .250 1.5 1.3 .851
Armond Hill PG 29 14 3 12.1 3.3 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.0 0.9 1.9 1.0 .538 0.0 0.0   1.6 1.3 .818
Paul Mokeski C 26 50 1 11.8 3.2 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.8 2.8 1.3 .460 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 0.7 .810
Sam Pellom PF 31 4 0 5.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.5 1.0 .400 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0  
Team Totals     82 82 241.8 106.6 43.6 25.8 8.1 6.5 17.6 87.0 42.5 .489 2.1 0.5 .219 28.0 21.1 .753

1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks Playoff Per Game

Player POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Marques Johnson SF 26 9 9 42.4 22.0 8.0 4.2 0.9 0.8 2.3 19.4 9.4 .486 0.1 0.0 .000 4.8 3.1 .651
Sidney Moncrief SG 25 9 9 41.9 18.9 6.7 3.7 2.0 0.3 3.0 15.8 6.9 .437 0.1 0.0 .000 6.8 5.1 .754
Junior Bridgeman SF 29 9 9 34.2 16.9 5.0 3.1 1.1 0.2 2.1 14.4 6.8 .469 0.6 0.2 .400 3.3 3.1 .933
Bob Lanier C 34 9 9 27.8 13.7 7.0 2.6 0.6 1.6 2.3 9.9 5.7 .573 0.0 0.0   3.9 2.3 .600
Brian Winters SG 30 9 9 26.7 9.9 2.4 3.6 0.7 0.4 1.9 9.3 4.0 .429 1.2 0.3 .273 1.9 1.6 .824
Alton Lister PF 24 9 9 22.9 6.4 6.8 1.2 1.0 1.7 1.9 7.0 3.0 .429 0.1 0.0 .000 0.6 0.4 .800
Paul Pressey SG 24 9 9 16.7 5.1 3.7 1.6 1.0 0.7 2.0 5.2 2.1 .404 0.1 0.0 .000 2.2 0.9 .400
Charlie Criss PG 34 9 9 12.9 5.2 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 3.8 1.7 .441 0.1 0.0 .000 2.0 1.9 .944
Harvey Catchings C 31 9 9 15.4 2.3 4.2 0.4 0.2 1.1 0.2 2.1 1.0 .474 0.0 0.0   0.3 0.3 1.000
Paul Mokeski C 26 4 4 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 .500 0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.5
Phil Ford PG 26 2 2 2.5 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0   3.0 3.0 1.000
Team Totals     9 9 242.8 101.6 45.6 21.9 8.6 6.8 16.3 87.7 40.8 .465 2.3 0.6 .238 26.4 19.4 .735

1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks Regular Season Totals

Player POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Marques Johnson SF 26 80 80 2853 1714 562 363 100 56 196 1420 723 .509 20 4 .200 359 264 .735
Sidney Moncrief SG 25 76 76 2710 1712 437 300 113 23 197 1156 606 .524 10 1 .100 604 499 .826
Junior Bridgeman SF 29 70 5 1855 1007 246 207 40 9 122 856 421 .492 13 1 .077 196 164 .837
Brian Winters SG 30 57 12 1361 605 110 156 45 4 81 587 255 .434 68 22 .324 85 73 .859
Bob Lanier C 34 39 35 978 417 200 105 34 24 82 332 163 .491 1 0 .000 133 91 .684
Charlie Criss PG 34 66 0 922 412 79 127 27 0 44 375 169 .451 31 6 .194 76 68 .895
Alton Lister PF 24 80 37 1885 674 568 111 50 177 186 514 272 .529 0 0   242 130 .537
Phil Ford PG 26 70 56 1447 477 96 252 46 3 113 410 193 .471 8 1 .125 113 90 .796
Steve Mix SF 35 57 20 792 341 136 68 33 3 45 273 133 .487 4 1 .250 87 74 .851
Paul Pressey SG 24 79 18 1528 532 281 207 99 47 162 466 213 .457 9 1 .111 176 105 .597
Dave Cowens PF 34 40 34 1014 324 274 82 30 15 44 306 136 .444 2 0 .000 63 52 .825
Paul Mokeski C 26 50 1 589 162 122 23 9 21 40 139 64 .460 1 0 .000 42 34 .810
Armond Hill PG 29 14 3 169 46 20 27 9 0 13 26 14 .538 0 0   22 18 .818
Mickey Johnson PF 30 6 0 153 67 25 11 1 2 12 66 30 .455 2 0 .000 9 7 .778
Sam Pellom PF 31 4 0 20 8 8 0 0 0 2 10 4 .400 0 0   6 2 .000
Team Totals     82 82 19830 8740 3572 2116 662 532 1422 7133 3486 .489 169 37 .219 2299 1731 .753

1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks Playoff Totals

Player POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Marques Johnson SF 26 9 9 382 198 72 38 8 7 21 175 85 .486 1 0 .000 43 28 .651
Sidney Moncrief SG 25 9 9 377 170 60 33 18 3 27 142 62 .437 1 0 .000 61 46 .754
Junior Bridgeman SF 29 9 9 308 152 45 28 10 2 19 130 61 .469 5 2 .400 30 28 .933
Bob Lanier C 34 9 9 250 123 63 23 5 14 21 89 51 .573 0 0   35 21 .600
Charlie Criss PG 34 9 9 116 47 14 12 9 0 3 34 15 .441 1 0 .000 18 17 .944
Brian Winters SG 30 9 9 240 89 22 32 6 4 17 84 36 .429 11 3 .273 17 14 .824
Alton Lister PF 24 9 9 206 58 61 11 9 15 17 63 27 .429 1 0 1.000 5 4 .800
Paul Pressey SG 24 9 9 150 46 33 14 9 6 18 47 19 .404 1 0 1.000 20 8 .400
Harvey Catchings C 31 9 9 139 21 38 4 2 10 2 19 9 .474 0 0   3 3 1.000
Paul Mokeski C 26 4 4 12 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 .500 0 0   0 0  
Phil Ford PG 26 2 2 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0   6 6 1.000
Team Totals     9 9 2185 914 410 197 77 61 145 789 367 .465 21 5 .238 238 175 .735

Team Impact Spotlight:

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Marques Johnson Primary Wing-Creator / Go-to Scorer 35.7 High 21.4 7.0 4.5 2.0 17.45 Focal offensive force, versatile scorer and rebounder for Milwaukee.  MVP-21, AS
Sidney Moncrief Two-Way Defensive-Slash Guard 35.7 High 22.5 5.8 3.9 1.8 16.0 Rookie impact adding defense and secondary scoring.  MVP-4, DPOY-1, AS, NBA1, DEF1
Junior Bridgeman Third-Option Wing / 6th-Man-ish Scorer 26.5 Mid 14.4 3.5 3.0 0.7 10.8 Reliable secondary scorer and complementary wing. 
Bob Lanier Interior Post / Veteran Center 25.1 Mid-High 10.7 5.1 2.7 1.5 10.0 Veteran big man, added interior scoring and rim protection. 
Mickey Johnson Situational Frontcourt Substitute 25.5 Low 11.2 4.2 1.8 0.5 8.85 Limited games, spot minutes as PF rotation.
Brian Winters Secondary Ball-Handler / Scoring Guard 23.9 Mid 10.6 1.9 2.7 0.9 7.05 Guard providing floor spacing and secondary playmaking. 
Dave Cowens Frontcourt Rotation Big 25.4 Low-Mid 8.1 6.9 2.1 1.2 9.15 Physical, rebounding big offering depth behind Lanier.
Alton Lister Young Frontcourt Depth 23.6 Low 8.4 7.1 1.4 0.6 8.75 Energy and rebounding in bench minutes. MVP-15
Harvey Catchings Backup Center / Rim-Protector 21.0 Low 3.3 5.5 1.0 2.2 5.0 Provided rim protection and defensive minutes.
Phil Ford Reserve Point Guard / Off-Ball Backup 20.7 Low 6.8 1.4 3.6 0.7 6.25 Change-of-pace guard providing spot minutes and playmaking.
Paul Pressey 3-and-D Guard / Glue Role 19.3 Low 6.7 3.6 2.6 1.9 7.4 Utility guard offering passing, defense, and versatility.
Charlie Criss Veteran Backup Guard 14.0 Low 6.2 1.2 1.9 0.4 4.85 Bench guard providing shooting and limited ball-handling depth.
Steve Mix Role Wing / Spot Shooter 13.9 Low 6.0 2.4 1.2 0.6 5.1 Veteran spot-up scorer in limited minutes.
Armond Hill Deep Reserve Guard 12.1 Low 3.3 1.4 1.9 0.6 3.6 Rarely used PG providing minimal impact.
Paul Mokeski Reserve Big / End-of-Bench Option 11.8 Low 3.2 2.4 0.5 0.6 3.35 Backup center providing minimal minutes.
Sam Pellom Marginal Minute Contributor 5.0 Very Low 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 Hardly used, negligible impact.