1998–99 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1998–99 NBA season was the 31st season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association.^[1] Due to a lockout, the regular season began on February 5, 1999, and was cut from 82 games to 50.^[2]

1998–99 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coach	George Karl
General manager	Bob Weinhauer
Owner(s)	Herb Kohl
Arena	Bradley Center
Results
Record	28–22 (.560)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Pacers 0–3)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WVTV Midwest Sports Channel
Radio	WTMJ
< 1997–98 1999–00 >

The Bucks received the ninth overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft, and selected power forward, and German basketball star Dirk Nowitzki, but soon traded him to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for power forward, and top draft pick Robert Traylor from the University of Michigan.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} The team also hired head coach George Karl, who previously coached the Seattle SuperSonics,^[8][9][10] and signed free agents, three-point specialist Dell Curry,^{[11][12][13][14]} and Vinny Del Negro.^[15][16]

The Bucks transition continued at mid-season by trading Terrell Brandon to the Minnesota Timberwolves, and acquiring Sam Cassell and Chris Gatling from the New Jersey Nets in exchange for Elliot Perry in a three-team trade;^{[17][18][19][20]} however, Cassell only played just four games with the team due to an ankle injury he sustained with the Nets.^[21][22][23] In another trade, the team dealt Tyrone Hill, and second-year forward Jerald Honeycutt to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for second-year forward Tim Thomas, and Scott Williams,^{[18][19][24][25]} while signing free agent Haywoode Workman.^[26] Under Karl, the Bucks won five of their first six games of the regular season, and played above .500 basketball for the entire season, finishing in fourth place in the Central Division with a 28–22 record, earning the #7 seed in the Eastern Conference, and qualifying for the NBA playoffs for the first time since the 1990–91 season.^[27]

Glenn Robinson averaged 18.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, while Ray Allen averaged 17.1 points per game, and Curry provided the team with 10.1 points per game off the bench, while shooting .476 in three-point field goal percentage. In addition, Armen Gilliam contributed 8.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game off the bench, while Workman provided with 6.9 points and 5.9 assists per game, Del Negro contributed 5.9 points and 3.6 assists per game also off the bench, Traylor was the team's starting center, averaging 5.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, and Ervin Johnson averaged 5.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game off the bench.^[28]

However, in the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1999 NBA playoffs, the Bucks would be swept by the Indiana Pacers in three straight games.^{[29][30][31][32]} Following the season, Curry signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors,^{[33][34][35][36]} while Gatling and Gilliam were both traded to the Orlando Magic,^{[37][38][39][40]} and Michael Curry re-signed with the Detroit Pistons.^[41][42][43]

Draft picks

Main article: 1998 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	9	Dirk Nowitzki	PF/SF	Germany
1	19	Pat Garrity	PF/SF	United States	Notre Dame
2	39	Rafer Alston	PG	United States	Fresno State

Roster

1998–99 Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 8 Jerome Allen (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1973–01–28 Penn G/F 34 Ray Allen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1975–07–20 Connecticut G 20 Sam Cassell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1969–11–18 Florida State G 30 Dell Curry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1964–06–25 Virginia Tech F 12 Michael Curry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1968–08–22 Georgia Southern G 15 Vinny Del Negro  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1966–08–09 NC State F/C 25 Chris Gatling 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1967–09–03 Old Dominion F 10 Armen Gilliam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964–05–28 UNLV C 7 Paul Grant 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1974–01–06 Wisconsin C 40 Ervin Johnson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1967–12–21 New Orleans F 13 Glenn Robinson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1973–01–10 Purdue F 5 Tim Thomas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1977–02–26 Villanova C 54 Robert Traylor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1977–02–01 Michigan F/C 42 Scott Williams  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1968–03–21 North Carolina G 3 Haywoode Workman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1966–01–23 Oral Roberts

Head coach George Karl Assistant(s) Ron Adams Mike McNeive Terry Stotts Mike Thibault Mike Woodson Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Roster Notes

• Shooting guard Jerome Allen was signed by the Bucks near the end of the regular season, but did not play for them.

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Indiana Pacers	33	17	.660	–	18‍–‍7	15‍–‍10	15–7	50
x-Atlanta Hawks	31	19	.620	2.0	16‍–‍9	15‍–‍10	15–8	50
x-Detroit Pistons	29	21	.580	4.0	17‍–‍8	12‍–‍13	13–8	50
x-Milwaukee Bucks	28	22	.560	5.0	17‍–‍8	11‍–‍14	13–11	50
Charlotte Hornets	26	24	.520	7.0	16‍–‍9	10‍–‍15	12–10	50
Toronto Raptors	23	27	.460	10.0	14‍–‍11	9‍–‍16	9–14	50
Cleveland Cavaliers	22	28	.440	11.0	15‍–‍10	7‍–‍18	9–13	50
Chicago Bulls	13	37	.260	20.0	8‍–‍17	5‍–‍20	4–19	50

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Miami Heat *	33	17	.660	–	50
2	y-Indiana Pacers *	33	17	.660	–	50
3	x-Orlando Magic	33	17	.660	–	50
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	31	19	.620	2.0	50
5	x-Detroit Pistons	29	21	.580	4.0	50
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	28	22	.560	5.0	50
7	x-Milwaukee Bucks	28	22	.560	5.0	50
8	x-New York Knicks	27	23	.540	6.0	50
9	Charlotte Hornets	26	24	.520	7.0	50
10	Toronto Raptors	23	27	.460	10.0	50
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	22	28	.440	11.0	50
12	Boston Celtics	19	31	.380	14.0	50
13	Washington Wizards	18	32	.360	15.0	50
14	New Jersey Nets	16	34	.320	17.0	50
15	Chicago Bulls	13	37	.260	20.0	50

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1998-99 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	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	–	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Boston	0–3	–	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Charlotte	0–3	2–1	–	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–2	1–2	–	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Cleveland	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	–	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–2
Dallas	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	–	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0
Denver	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	–	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1
Detroit	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Golden State	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	–	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–0
Houston	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	–	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	0–0
Indiana	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	–	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
L.A. Clippers	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	–	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0
L.A. Lakers	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	–	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0
Miami	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	–	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Milwaukee	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	–	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Minnesota	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	–	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–0
New Jersey	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	–	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
New York	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	–	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	–	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Philadelphia	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	–	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Phoenix	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	–	0–3	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Portland	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	–	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0
Sacramento	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–4	–	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–0
San Antonio	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	–	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	–	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Toronto	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	–	0–0	1–0	2–2
Utah	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	–	3–0	1–0
Vancouver	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	–	0–0
Washington	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	—

Game log

1998–99 game log Total: 28–22 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
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
May: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
1998–99 schedule

Playoffs

1999 playoff game log
First round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 9 @ Indiana L 88–110 Ray Allen (24) Glenn Robinson (7) three players tied (3) Market Square Arena 16,560 0–1 2 May 11 @ Indiana L 107–108 (OT) Ray Allen (25) Glenn Robinson (12) Sam Cassell (11) Market Square Arena 16,608 0–2 3 May 13 Indiana L 91–99 Glenn Robinson (23) Ray Allen (11) Sam Cassell (12) Bradley Center 18,717 0–3
1999 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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Glenn Robinson	47	47	33.6	45.9	39.2	87.0	5.9	2.1	1.0	0.9	18.4
Ray Allen	50	50	34.4	45.0	35.6	90.3	4.2	3.6	1.1	0.1	17.1
Sam Cassell	4	0	24.8	40.9	33.3	94.7	2.3	4.3	1.5	0.0	13.8
Terrell Brandon	15	14	33.7	40.9	25.0	83.9	3.5	6.9	1.6	0.2	13.5
Dell Curry	42	0	20.6	48.5	47.6	82.4	2.0	1.1	0.9	0.1	10.1
Tyrone Hill	17	17	30.4	42.4	0.0	56.8	7.9	1.0	1.1	0.5	8.6
Tim Thomas	33	26	18.9	49.5	32.7	61.4	2.8	0.9	0.7	0.3	8.5
Armen Gilliam	34	5	19.6	45.3	0.0	78.2	3.7	0.6	0.6	0.4	8.3
Haywoode Workman	29	29	28.1	42.9	36.2	78.7	3.5	5.9	1.1	0.0	6.9
Chris Gatling	30	1	16.5	48.2	14.3	36.2	3.8	0.7	0.8	0.2	6.3
Vinny Del Negro	48	7	22.8	42.2	43.3	80.0	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	5.9
Robert Traylor	49	43	16.0	53.7	0.0	53.8	3.7	0.8	0.9	0.9	5.3
Ervin Johnson	50	7	20.5	50.8	0.0	61.0	6.4	0.4	0.6	1.1	5.1
Michael Curry	50	4	22.9	43.7	6.7	79.7	2.2	1.6	0.8	0.1	4.9
Elliot Perry	5	0	9.4	52.9	100.0	50.0	1.6	2.4	0.8	0.0	4.0
Scott Williams	5	0	5.8	33.3	0.0	57.1	2.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	2.8
Jerald Honeycutt	3	0	4.0	40.0	0.0	50.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.7
Adonis Jordan	4	0	4.5	50.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.5
Paul Grant	2	0	2.5	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0
Jamie Feick	2	0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ray Allen	3	3	40.0	53.2	47.4	61.5	7.3	4.3	1.0	0.3	22.3
Glenn Robinson	3	3	39.3	41.2	50.0	88.9	8.3	1.7	1.0	0.7	20.7
Sam Cassell	3	3	34.0	50.0	0.0	87.5	2.0	8.7	1.0	0.0	15.3
Tim Thomas	3	3	20.0	44.4	0.0	58.3	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	7.7
Michael Curry	3	0	19.7	58.3	0.0	100.0	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	6.7
Armen Gilliam	3	0	11.7	40.0	0.0	100.0	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	5.7
Robert Traylor	3	1	15.0	77.8	0.0	50.0	4.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	5.3
Ervin Johnson	3	2	30.7	46.2	0.0	50.0	6.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	4.3
Haywoode Workman	3	0	17.7	36.4	0.0	83.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	4.3
Dell Curry	3	0	16.3	13.3	12.5	100.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	3.0
Chris Gatling	2	0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0

Player Statistics Citation:^[28]

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 1998	To Milwaukee Bucks Robert Traylor	To Dallas Mavericks Pat Garrity Dirk Nowitzki
March 11, 1999	To Milwaukee Bucks Sam Cassell Chris Gatling Paul Grant	To Minnesota Timberwolves Terrell Brandon Brian Evans To New Jersey Nets Chris Carr Stephon Marbury Elliot Perry
March 11, 1999	To Milwaukee Bucks Tim Thomas Scott Williams	To Philadelphia 76ers Tyrone Hill Jerald Honeycutt

Free agents

Player	Signed	Former team
Dell Curry	January 22, 1999	Charlotte Hornets
Vinny Del Negro	February 2, 1999	San Antonio Spurs

Player Transactions Citation:^[44]