# 2011–12 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 2011–12 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time since 1999–2000 season, Michael Redd was not on the opening day roster. The Bucks finished the season with a 31–35 record and in 9th place in the Eastern Conference, four games behind the Philadelphia 76ers, who claimed the last berth for the 2012 NBA Playoffs. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 66 due to the lockout.

## Key dates

* June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
* December 26: Milwaukee started the regular season with a loss against the Charlotte Bobcats.

## Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.
2011 pre-season game log :
Pre-season: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 17
@ Minnesota
L 96–117
Jon Leuer (18)
Andrew Bogut (6)
Mike Dunleavy Jr. (5)
Target Center 15,013
0–1
2
December 21
Minnesota
L 84–85
Drew Gooden (15)
Ersan İlyasova (6)
Brandon Jennings (9)
Bradley Center
0–2 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Central Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| z-Chicago Bulls | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 26–7 | 24–9 | 13–1 | 66 |
| x-Indiana Pacers | 42 | 24 | .636 | 8 | 23–10 | 19–14 | 9–4 | 66 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 31 | 35 | .470 | 19 | 17–16 | 14–19 | 7–8 | 66 |
| Detroit Pistons | 25 | 41 | .379 | 25 | 18–15 | 7–26 | 4–11 | 66 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29 | 11–22 | 10–23 | 3–12 | 66 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Chicago Bulls | 50 | 16 | .758 | – | 66 |
| 2 | y-Miami Heat * | 46 | 20 | .697 | 4.0 | 66 |
| 3 | x-Indiana Pacers * | 42 | 24 | .636 | 8.0 | 66 |
| 4 | y-Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | 11.0 | 66 |
| 5 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 40 | 26 | .606 | 10.0 | 66 |
| 6 | x-Orlando Magic | 37 | 29 | .561 | 13.0 | 66 |
| 7 | x-New York Knicks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 14.0 | 66 |
| 8 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 35 | 31 | .530 | 15.0 | 66 |
| 9 | Milwaukee Bucks | 31 | 35 | .470 | 19.0 | 66 |
| 10 | Detroit Pistons | 25 | 41 | .379 | 25.0 | 66 |
| 11 | Toronto Raptors | 23 | 43 | .348 | 27.0 | 66 |
| 12 | New Jersey Nets | 22 | 44 | .333 | 28.0 | 66 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 21 | 45 | .318 | 29.0 | 66 |
| 14 | Washington Wizards | 20 | 46 | .303 | 30.0 | 66 |
| 15 | Charlotte Bobcats | 7 | 59 | .106 | 43.0 | 66 |

### Game log

2011–12 game log Total: 31–35 (Home: 17–16; Road: 14–19) :
December: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 26
@ Charlotte
L 95–96
Brandon Jennings (22)
Andrew Bogut Ersan İlyasova (9)
Shaun Livingston (6)
Time Warner Cable Arena 17,173
0–1
2
December 27
Minnesota
W 98–95
Brandon Jennings (24)
Andrew Bogut (9)
Mike Dunleavy Jr. (8)
Bradley Center 17,352
1–1
3
December 30
Washington
W 102–81
Brandon Jennings (22)
Andrew Bogut (15)
Brandon Jennings (5)
Bradley Center 17,065
2–1 :
January: 7–10 (home: 4–2; road: 3–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
January 2
@ Denver
L 86–91
Stephen Jackson (17)
Carlos Delfino (9)
Three players (4)
Pepsi Center 14,142
2–2
5
January 3
@ Utah
L 73–85
Drew Gooden (24)
Drew Gooden (12)
Brandon Jennings (9)
EnergySolutions Arena 17,756
2–3
6
January 5
@ Sacramento
L 100–103
Brandon Jennings (31)
Drew Gooden (9)
Brandon Jennings (7)
Power Balance Pavilion 11,813
2–4
7
January 7
@ L. A. Clippers
L 86–92
Brandon Jennings (21)
Drew Gooden (13)
Brandon Jennings (7)
Staples Center 19,229
2–5
8
January 8
@ Phoenix
L 93–109
Tobias Harris (15)
Ersan İlyasova (8)
Brandon Jennings Shaun Livingston (4)
US Airways Center 13,420
2–6
9
January 10
San Antonio
W 106–103
Stephen Jackson (34)
Andrew Bogut (11)
Brandon Jennings (11)
Bradley Center 11,585
3–6
10
January 12
Detroit
W 102–93
Brandon Jennings (27)
Four players (6)
Stephen Jackson (6)
Bradley Center 11,465
4–6
11
January 13
@ Dallas
L 76–102
Brandon Jennings (19)
Jon Brockman (9)
Delonte West (4)
American Airlines Center 20,112
4–7
12
January 16
@ Philadelphia
L 82–94
Jrue Holiday (24)
Andrew Bogut (11)
Louis Williams (6)
Wells Fargo Center 17,281
4–8
13
January 17
Denver
L 95–105
Brandon Jennings (30)
Ersan İlyasova (11)
Andre Miller (11)
Bradley Center 11,322
4–9
14
January 20
@ New York
W 100–86
Brandon Jennings (36)
Tyson Chandler (12)
Brandon Jennings (5)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
5–9
15
January 22
@ Miami
W 91–82
LeBron James (28)
LeBron James (13)
Brandon Jennings (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
6–9
16
January 23
Atlanta
L 92–97
Joe Johnson (26)
Zaza Pachulia (14)
Brandon Jennings (12)
Bradley Center 13,048
6–10
17
January 25
@ Houston
W 105–99
Kevin Martin (29)
Ersan İlyasova (19)
Kyle Lowry (10)
Toyota Center 10,573
7–10
18
January 27
@ Chicago
L 100–107
Derrick Rose (34)
Joakim Noah (16)
Drew Gooden (6)
United Center 22,368
7–11
19
January 28
L. A. Lakers
W 100–89
Kobe Bryant (27)
Pau Gasol (15)
Kobe Bryant (9)
Bradley Center 18,027
8–11
20
January 30
Detroit
W 103–82
Brandon Jennings (21)
Greg Monroe (10)
Beno Udrih (6)
Bradley Center 13,103
9–11 :
February: 5–10 (home: 2–6; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
February 1
Miami
W 105–97
LeBron James (40)
Ersan İlyasova (14)
Brandon Jennings (8)
Bradley Center 16,116
10–11
22
February 3
@ Detroit
L 80–88
Brandon Knight (26)
Ersan İlyasova (12)
Brandon Knight (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,181
10–12
23
February 4
Chicago
L 90–113
Derrick Rose (26)
Luol Deng (9)
Derrick Rose (13)
Bradley Center 18,717
10–13
24
February 7
Phoenix
L 105–107
Drew Gooden (25)
Josh Childress (12)
Steve Nash (11)
Bradley Center 13,203
10–14
25
February 8
@ Toronto
W 105–99
Carlos Delfino (25)
Drew Gooden (14)
José Calderón (15)
Air Canada Centre 15,291
11–14
26
February 10
@ Cleveland
W 113–112 (OT)
Antawn Jamison (34)
Tristan Thompson (13)
Ramon Sessions (16)
Quicken Loans Arena 15,195
12–14
27
February 11
Orlando
L 94–99
Jason Richardson (31)
Ersan İlyasova (16)
Hedo Türkoğlu (6)
Bradley Center 17,723
12–15
28
February 13
Miami
L 96–114
LeBron James (35)
Mike Miller (8)
Chris Bosh (4)
Bradley Center 16,749
12–16
29
February 15
New Orleans
L 89–92
Ersan İlyasova (23)
Gustavo Ayon (12)
Greivis Vásquez (7)
Bradley Center 12,829
12–17
30
February 17
@ Orlando
L 85–94
Dwight Howard (26)
Dwight Howard (20
Hedo Türkoğlu (7)
Amway Arena 18,846
12–18
31
February 19
@ New Jersey
W 92–85
Ersan İlyasova (29)
Ersan İlyasova (25)
Shaun Livingston (6)
Prudential Center 15,262
13–18
32
February 20
Orlando
L 90–93
Dwight Howard (28)
Dwight Howard (16)
Carlos Delfino (8)
Bradley Center 13,143
13–19
33
February 22
@ Chicago
L 91–110
Carlos Boozer (20)
Joakim Noah (13)
Joakim Noah (10)
United Center 21,507
13–20
34
February 28
Washington
W 119–118
Mike Dunleavy Jr. (28)
Ersan İlyasova (11)
John Wall (15)
Bradley Center 13,548
14–20
35
February 29
@ Boston
L 96–102
Kevin Garnett (25)
Chris Wilcox (13)
Rajon Rondo (10)
TD Garden 18,624
14–21 :
March: 10–7 (home: 4–4; road: 6–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
36
March 2
@ Atlanta
L 94–99
Brandon Jennings (34)
Josh Smith (19)
Brandon Jennings (9)
Philips Arena 13,311
14–22
37
March 3
@ Orlando
L 98–114
Dwight Howard (28)
Dwight Howard (14)
Jameer Nelson (10)
Amway Arena 18,846
14–23
38
March 5
Philadelphia
W 97–93
Brandon Jennings (33)
Ersan İlyasova (18)
Brandon Jennings (7)
Bradley Center 12,315
15–23
39
March 7
Chicago
L 104–106
Ersan İlyasova (32)
Ersan İlyasova (10)
Beno Udrih (7)
Bradley Center 15,389
15–24
40
March 9
New York
W 119–114
Ersan İlyasova (26)
Larry Sanders (11)
Brandon Jennings (10)
Bradley Center 18,717
16–24
41
March 11
@ Toronto
W 105–99
Ersan İlyasova (31)
Ersan İlyasova (12)
Mike Dunleavy Jr. Brandon Jennings (6)
Air Canada Centre 17,316
17–24
42
March 12
@ New Jersey
W 105–99
Brandon Jennings (34)
Drew Gooden (8)
Three players (7)
Prudential Center 12,930
18–24
43
March 14
Cleveland
W 115–105
Ersan İlyasova (22)
Luc Mbah a Moute (13)
Drew Gooden (13)
Bradley Center 15,319
19–24
44
March 16
@ Golden State
W 120–98
Mike Dunleavy Jr. (24)
Luc Mbah a Moute (17)
Beno Udrih (9)
Oracle Arena 19,596
20–24
45
March 20
@ Portland
W 116–87
Drew Gooden (19)
Ekpe Udoh (6)
Monta Ellis (9)
Rose Garden 20,387
21–24
46
March 22
Boston
L 91–100
Brandon Jennings (19)
Ersan İlyasova (14)
Monta Ellis (7)
Bradley Center 15,171
21–25
47
March 23
@ Charlotte
W 112–92
Luc Mbah a Moute (20)
Drew Gooden (12)
Beno Udrih (8)
Time Warner Cable Arena 13,729
22–25
48
March 24
Indiana
L 104–125
Ersan İlyasova (22)
Ersan İlyasova (8)
Monta Ellis (6)
Bradley Center 16,207
22–26
49
March 26
@ New York
L 80–89
Mike Dunleavy Jr. (26)
Luc Mbah a Moute (7)
Brandon Jennings (5)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
22–27
50
March 27
Atlanta
W 108–101
Monta Ellis (33)
Josh Smith (18)
Monta Ellis (8)
Bradley Center 12,223
23–27
51
March 30
@ Cleveland
W 121–84
Kyrie Irving (29)
Tristan Thompson (11)
Beno Udrih (10)
Quicken Loans Arena 16,099
24–27
52
March 31
Memphis
L 95–99
Brandon Jennings (24)
Ersan İlyasova (16)
Monta Ellis (5)
Bradley Center 17,106
24–28 :
April: 7–6 (home: 5–4; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
53
April 2
@ Washington
W 112–98
Jordan Crawford (23)
Ersan İlyasova (11)
John Wall (9)
Verizon Center 16,234
25–28
54
April 4
Cleveland
W 107–98
Monta Ellis (30)
Tristan Thompson (9)
Monta Ellis (8)
Bradley Center 11,849
26–28
55
April 6
Charlotte
W 95–90
Byron Mullens (31)
Ersan İlyasova (15)
Brandon Jennings (9)
Bradley Center 13,374
27–28
56
April 7
Portland
W 116–94
Beno Udrih (21)
Ersan İlyasova (12)
Raymond Felton (10)
Bradley Center 14,969
28–28
57
April 9
Oklahoma City
L 89–109
Russell Westbrook (26)
Russell Westbrook (7)
Kevin Durant (8)
Bradley Center 14,111
28–29
58
April 11
New York
L 107–111
Monta Ellis (35)
Tyson Chandler (11)
Monta Ellis (10)
Bradley Center 15,534
28–30
59
April 13
@ Detroit
W 113–97
Drew Gooden (26)
Greg Monroe (10)
Brandon Jennings (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,255
29–30
60
April 14
Indiana
L 99–105
Monta Ellis (20)
Roy Hibbert (14)
Brandon Jennings (10)
Bradley Center 15,143
29–31
61
April 18
@ Washington
L 112–121
Jordan Crawford (32)
Drew Gooden (12)
John Wall (10)
Verizon Center 14,141
29–32
62
April 19
@ Indiana
L 109–118
Danny Granger (29)
David West (14)
George Hill (18)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,453
29–33
63
April 21
New Jersey
W 106–95
Brandon Jennings (30)
Ersan İlyasova (17)
Brandon Jennings (6)
Bradley Center 15,939
30–33
64
April 23
Toronto
W 92–86
Brandon Jennings (25)
Ersan İlyasova (15)
Two players (5)
Bradley Center 13,867
31–33
65
April 25
Philadelphia
L 85–90
Evan Turner (29)
Tobias Harris Evan Turner (13)
Beno Udrih (9)
Bradley Center 13,489
31–34
66
April 26
@ Boston
L 74–87
Tobias Harris (16)
Tobias Harris Brandon Bass (9)
Rajon Rondo (15)
TD Garden 18,624
31–35 :
2011–12 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Regular season

Milwaukee Bucks statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Andrew Bogut | 12 | 12 | 30.3 | .449 | .000 | .609 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 11.3 |
| Jon Brockman | 35 | 0 | 6.8 | .333 | .000 | .467 | 2.1 | .3 | .1 | .0 | 1.1 |
| Carlos Delfino | 54 | 53 | 28.5 | .402 | .360 | .792 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | .2 | 9.0 |
| Mike Dunleavy Jr. | 55 | 3 | 26.3 | .474 | .399 | .811 | 3.7 | 2.1 | .5 | .1 | 12.3 |
| Monta Ellis | 21 | 21 | 36.0 | .432 | .267 | .764 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 1.4 | .3 | 17.6 |
| Drew Gooden | 56 | 46 | 26.2 | .437 | .291 | .846 | 6.5 | 2.6 | .8 | .6 | 13.7 |
| Tobias Harris | 42 | 9 | 11.4 | .467 | .261 | .815 | 2.4 | .5 | .3 | .2 | 5.0 |
| Darington Hobson | 5 | 0 | 7.8 | .154 | .000 | | .6 | 1.2 | .0 | .0 | .8 |
| Ersan İlyasova | 60 | 41 | 27.6 | .492 | .455 | .781 | 8.8 | 1.2 | .7 | .7 | 13.0 |
| Stephen Jackson | 26 | 13 | 27.4 | .357 | .278 | .833 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .2 | 10.5 |
| Brandon Jennings | 66 | 66 | 35.3 | .418 | .332 | .808 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 1.6 | .3 | 19.1 |
| Jon Leuer | 46 | 12 | 12.1 | .508 | .333 | .750 | 2.6 | .5 | .3 | .4 | 4.7 |
| Shaun Livingston | 58 | 27 | 18.8 | .469 | .667 | .785 | 2.1 | 2.1 | .5 | .3 | 5.5 |
| Luc Mbah a Moute | 43 | 22 | 23.5 | .510 | .250 | .641 | 5.3 | .7 | .9 | .5 | 7.7 |
| Larry Sanders | 52 | 0 | 12.4 | .457 | .000 | .474 | 3.1 | .6 | .6 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| Ekpe Udoh | 23 | 5 | 20.1 | .409 | .000 | .800 | 4.7 | 1.1 | .7 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Beno Udrih | 59 | 0 | 18.3 | .440 | .288 | .709 | 1.7 | 3.8 | .6 | 0.0 | 5.9 |
* $^a$ Statistics with the Milwaukee Bucks.

## Awards

* Ersan İlyasova was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (March 5 – March 11).
* Drew Gooden was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (March 12 – March 18).

## Injuries and disciplinary actions

* Center Kwame Brown, who had been traded to Milwaukee by the Golden State Warriors on January, underwent surgery to repair a torn pectoralis major muscle and missed the remainder of the regular season.
* Drew Gooden served a one-game suspension and missed the first home game of the season for Milwaukee after committing a flagrant foul in the first game of the regular season.
* Stephen Jackson was suspended for one game on two occasions. First by the team, after missing the bus to a morning shootaround before a game against the New York Knicks and then by the league for verbal abuse of an official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner after a game against the Chicago Bulls.
* Larry Sanders received a two game suspension after starting an altercation and failing to leave the court in a timely manner during a game against the Indiana Pacers.

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via free agency Mike Dunleavy Jr. Via trade Kwame Brown Monta Ellis Stephen Jackson Shaun Livingston Ekpe Udoh Beno Udrih | Players Lost Via trade Andrew Bogut Keyon Dooling Stephen Jackson John Salmons Via free agency Michael Redd Earl Boykins Waived Darington Hobson |

### Trades

| June 23, 2011 | To Milwaukee BucksStephen Jackson Shaun Livingston Beno Udrih Draft rights to Tobias Harris | To Charlotte BobcatsCorey Maggette Draft rights to Bismack BiyomboTo Sacramento KingsJohn Salmons Draft rights to Jimmer Fredette |
| December 9, 2011 | To Milwaukee BucksDraft rights to Albert Miralles | To Boston CelticsKeyon Dooling Conditional 2012 second round pick |
| March 13, 2012 | To Milwaukee BucksMonta Ellis Ekpe Udoh Kwame Brown | To Golden State WarriorsAndrew Bogut Stephen Jackson |

### Free agents

Additions :
| Player | Date signed | Former team |
| Mike Dunleavy Jr. | December 10, 2011 | Indiana Pacers |
Subtractions :
| Player | Date signed | New team |
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | September 10, 2011 | Virtus Bologna (Italy) |
| Michael Redd | December 29, 2011 | Phoenix Suns |
| Earl Boykins | March 26, 2012 | Houston Rockets |
Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.
Played in other leagues during lockout :
| Player | Date signed | New team | Opt-out clause |
| Ersan İlyasova | August 3 | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) | Yes |
| Jon Leuer | August 5 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners (Germany) | Yes |
| Chris Douglas-Roberts | September 10 | Virtus Bologna (Italy) | No |