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Milwaukee Bucks: Top-10 individual seasons in franchise history

By Ben Sewell

Inglewood, Calif.: Two of basketball's giants stare at each other as Milwaukee Buck Lew Alcindor tries to decide if he should go over Los Angeles Laker Wilt Chamberlain or pass the ball off during early action of the third game of the second round of the NBA Playoffs. Alcindor tried to go over the Laker big man and missed the shot.
Inglewood, Calif.: Two of basketball's giants stare at each other as Milwaukee Buck Lew Alcindor tries to decide if he should go over Los Angeles Laker Wilt Chamberlain or pass the ball off during early action of the third game of the second round of the NBA Playoffs. Alcindor tried to go over the Laker big man and missed the shot. /
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LANDOVER, MD – CIRCA 1975: (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD – CIRCA 1975: (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

7. Bob Dandridge – (1975-76)

Stat line – 21.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game

Accolades – NBA All-Star

Bucks Record: 38-44 (4th in Eastern Conference), 2-1 loss in first round of playoffs

Bob Dandridge spent eight years in Milwaukee, including his second year in the league where he was a part of the championship winning Bucks side. He arguably had the greatest impact on this team, following the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar trade, though.

The Bucks were left a shell of their former teams in the 1975-76 season, having lost two of their greatest players of all time in Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson, who had retired two seasons prior.

The load then fell to Dandridge who stood tall, having his best season in the NBA. Dandridge led the Bucks offense, averaging 21.5 points, shooting at over 50 percent while helping the Bucks to top the Midwest division that year.

Dandridge continued to lead from the front into the postseason, averaging 22 points and 7.7 rebounds as the Bucks were unfortunately eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in a 2-1 loss to the fifth placed Pistons. Dandridge was rewarded with a place on the All-Star team.

Dandridge only spent one more season in Milwaukee before moving to Washington where he won another title in 1978. Dandridge however is immortalised in Bucks history, thanks in no small part to his exploits in the 1975-76 season, leading a fractured team to the playoffs basically off his own bat.

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