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1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season

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1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coachDel Harris
General managerDel Harris
OwnerHerb Kohl
ArenaMECCA Arena
Results
Record42–40 (.512)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Hawks 2–3)
Stats at Basketball Reference
< 1986–87 1988–89 >

The 1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 20th season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association.[1] This was also the team's final season in which they played their home games at the MECCA Arena. After the resignation of Don Nelson, the Bucks hired Del Harris as their new head coach.[2][3][4] In November, the team acquired second-year forward Larry Krystkowiak from the San Antonio Spurs; Krystkowiak previously played overseas in Italy, and was placed on the Spurs' suspended list for violating his contract.[5][6][7]

Under Harris, the Bucks got off to a 9–4 start to the regular season, and played around .500 in winning percentage as the season progressed, holding a 22–20 record at the All-Star break.[8] At mid-season, the team traded three-point specialist Craig Hodges to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jay Humphries.[9][10][11] Despite losing nine of their final twelve games of the season, the Bucks finished in fourth place in the Central Division with a 42–40 record, earned the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, and qualified for the NBA playoffs for the ninth consecutive year.[12]

Terry Cummings averaged 21.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, while Jack Sikma averaged 16.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and sixth man Ricky Pierce provided the team with 16.4 points per game off the bench, but only played just 37 games due to a contract holdout, in which he missed the first 45 games of the regular season.[13][14][15] In addition, Paul Pressey contributed 13.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while Randy Breuer averaged 12.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, and Sidney Moncrief provided with 10.8 points per game, but only played 56 games due to a knee injury.[16][17][15] Meanwhile, John Lucas contributed 9.2 points and 4.8 assists per game, Jerry Reynolds contributed 8.0 points per game, Krystkowiak averaged 7.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, and Paul Mokeski provided with 4.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.[18]

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, and before the mid-season trade, Hodges participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout for the third consecutive year.[19][20] Pressey finished tied in eighth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, while Breuer finished tied in sixth place in Most Improved Player voting.[21]

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1988 NBA playoffs, the Bucks faced off against the 4th–seeded Atlanta Hawks, who were led by All-Star forward Dominique Wilkins, All-Star guard Doc Rivers, and Kevin Willis. The Bucks lost the first two games to the Hawks on the road at the Omni Coliseum, but managed to win the next two games at home, which included a Game 4 win over the Hawks at the MECCA Arena, 105–99 to even the series. However, the Bucks lost Game 5 to the Hawks at the Omni Coliseum, 121–111, thus losing in a hard-fought five-game series.[22][23][24]

The Bucks finished 18th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 441,615 at the MECCA Arena during the regular season.[18][25] Following the season, Lucas signed as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics.[26][27][28]

Draft picks

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Main article: 1987 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 32 Bob McCann PF  United States Morehead State
2 40 Winston Garland PG  United States Missouri State
3 64 J. J. Weber  United States Wisconsin
4 87 Darryl Bedford  United States Austin Peay State
5 110 Brian Vaughns  United States UC Santa Barbara
6 133 Gay Elmore SF  United States Virginia Military Institute

Roster

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1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
C 45 Randy Breuer 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1960–10–11 Minnesota
F 34 Terry Cummings 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961–03–15 DePaul
G 24 Jay Humphries 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962–10–17 Colorado
F 42 Larry Krystkowiak 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–09–23 Montana
G 10 John Lucas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1953–10–31 Maryland
C 44 Paul Mokeski 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1957–01–03 Kansas
G 4 Sidney Moncrief 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1957–09–21 Arkansas
G 22 Ricky Pierce 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959–08–19 Rice
F 25 Paul Pressey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1958–12–24 Tulsa
G/F 35 Jerry Reynolds 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1962–12–23 LSU
C 43 Jack Sikma 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1955–11–14 Illinois Wesleyan
F 54 John Stroeder 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1958–07–24 Montana
Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

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Season standings

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Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 54 28 .659 – 34–7 20–21 20–10
x-Chicago Bulls 50 32 .610 4 30–11 20–21 16–13
x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 4 30-11 20-21 16–13
x-Milwaukee Bucks 42 40 .512 12 30–11 12–29 13–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 42 40 .512 12 31–10 11–30 11–19
Indiana Pacers 38 44 .463 16 25–16 13–28 13–17
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Boston Celtics 57 25 .695 –
2 y-Detroit Pistons 54 28 .659 3
3 x-Chicago Bulls 50 32 .610 7
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 7
5 x-Milwaukee Bucks 42 40 .512 15
6 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 42 40 .512 15
7 x-Washington Bullets 38 44 .463 19
8 x-New York Knicks 38 44 .463 19
9 Indiana Pacers 38 44 .463 19
10 Philadelphia 76ers 36 46 .439 21
11 New Jersey Nets 19 63 .232 38
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

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1987–88 game log
Total: 42–40 (home: 30–11; road: 12–29)
November: 9–4 (home: 6–1; road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 6, 1987
7:00 p.m. CST 		@ Boston L 108–125 Cummings (26) Sikma (11) Mannion,
Pressey
Reynolds (4) 		Boston Garden
14,890 		0–1
2 November 7, 1987
8:00 p.m. CST 		Detroit W 119–105 Sikma (26) Sikma (18) Lucas,
Pressey (8) 		MECCA Arena
11,052 		1–1
3 November 10, 1987
7:30 p.m. CST 		Washington W 115–100 Pressey (24) Breuer (16) Sikma (7) MECCA Arena
10,586 		2–1
4 November 11, 1987
6:30 p.m. CST 		@ Cleveland W 107–101 Sikma (26) Sikma (14) Sikma (6) Richfield Coliseum
12,145 		3–1
5 November 14, 1987 @ New York L 89–93 Madison Square Garden 3–2
6 November 15, 1987
7:30 p.m. CST 		Atlanta W 112–103 Cummings (28) Sikma (12) Lucas (12) MECCA Arena
11,052 		4–2
7 November 17, 1987 Golden State W 120–108 MECCA Arena 5–2
8 November 19, 1987 @ Sacramento W 117–113 ARCO Arena I 6–2
9 November 20, 1987 @ Seattle L 97–99 Seattle Center Coliseum 6–3
10 November 22, 1987
9:30 p.m. CST 		@ L.A. Lakers W 124–116 (OT) Reynolds (24) Sikma (17) Cummings,
Pressey
Sikma (6) 		The Forum
17,505 		7–3
11 November 25, 1987
7:30 p.m. CST 		Chicago L 101–103 Pressey (18) Pressey (13) Pressey (10) MECCA Arena
11,052 		7–4
12 November 28, 1987
8:00 p.m. CST 		Boston W 112–97 Pressey (21) Sikma (11) Pressey (12) MECCA Arena
11,052 		8–4
13 November 30, 1987 Indiana W 104–94 MECCA Arena 9–4
December: 6–6 (home: 4–3; road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 December 2, 1987
6:30 p.m. CST 		@ Detroit L 105–115 Breuer (33) Breuer (11) Sikma (8) Pontiac Silverdome
18,780 		9–4
15 December 4, 1987
7:00 p.m. CST 		L. A. Lakers W 85–83 Hodges (22) Breuer (9) Mannion (6) MECCA Arena
11,052 		10–5
16 December 8, 1987 @ Indiana L 101–103 Market Square Arena 10–6
17 December 10, 1987
7:30 p.m. CST 		@ Chicago L 105–111 Cummings (27) Sikma (11) Cummings,
Lucas (5) 		Chicago Stadium
17,820 		10–7
18 December 11, 1987 Portland W 125–112 MECCA Arena 11–7
19 December 13, 1987
7:30 p.m. CST 		Dallas L 99–113 Cummings,
Sikma (19) 		Cummings,
Pressey (9) 		Pressey (7) MECCA Arena
11,052 		11–8
20 December 15, 1987 @ New York W 103–98 Madison Square Garden 12–8
21 December 18, 1987
8:00 p.m. CST 		Atlanta L 87–94 Breuer,
Hodges (19) 		Breuer (9) Pressey (10) MECCA Arena
11,052 		12–9
22 December 22, 1987 New York W 122–105 MECCA Arena 13–9
23 December 26, 1987
8:00 p.m. CST 		Washington W 102–97 Sikma (25) Cumings (11) Pressey (8) MECCA Arena
11,052 		14–9
24 December 29, 1987 @ New Jersey W 106–88 Brendan Byrne Arena 15–9
25 December 30, 1987 Houston L 93–102 MECCA Arena 15–10
January: 6–9 (home: 4–2; road: 2–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 January 2, 1988 Indiana L 97–99 MECCA Arena 15–11
27 January 5, 1988 L. A. Clippers W 98–82 MECCA Arena 16–11
28 January 7, 1988 @ Indiana L 108–114 Market Square Arena 16–12
29 January 8, 1988
8:00 p.m. CST 		Utah L 107–111 Sikma (24) Cummings (9) Lucas (13) MECCA Arena
11,052 		16–13
30 January 10, 1988 New Jersey W 105–87 MECCA Arena 17–13
31 January 12, 1988 Philadelphia W 106–103 MECCA Arena 18–13
32 January 14, 1988
6:30 p.m. CST 		@ Washington L 107–136 Sikma (23) Sikma (12) Pressey (7) Capital Centre
8,316 		18–14
33 January 17, 1988
1:30 p.m. CST 		Cleveland W 111–93 Cummings (25) Breuer (17) Pressey (9) MECCA Arena
11,052 		19–14
34 January 19, 1988 @ San Antonio L 107–136 HemisFair Arena 19–15
35 January 21, 1988 @ Houston L 103–116 The Summit 19–16
36 January 23, 1988
7:30 p.m. CST 		@ Dallas L 97–113 Pressey (22) Cummings,
Sikma (12) 		Lucas,
Moncrief (4) 		Reunion Arena
17,007 		19–17
37 January 25, 1988 @ Golden State W 108–105 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 20–17
38 January 26, 1988 @ Portland L 106–112 Memorial Coliseum 20–18
39 January 28, 1988
8:30 p.m. CST 		@ Denver L 113–122 Pressey (22) Pressey (9) Pressey (9) McNichols Sports Arena
13,911 		20–19
40 January 29, 1988 @ L. A. Clippers W 97–88 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 21–19
February: 8–5 (home: 5–2; road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
41 February 2, 1988
7:30 p.m. CST 		Detroit L 97–99 Cummings (30) Cummings (9) Pressey (5) MECCA Arena
11,052 		21–20
42 February 4, 1988
7:30 p.m. CST 		Boston W 111–101 Cummings (30) Sikma (11) Moncrief,
Pressey (8) 		MECCA Arena
11,052 		22–20
All-Star Break
43 February 9, 1988
7:30 p.m. CST 		Cleveland W 112–104 Cummings (29) Sikma (12) Moncrief (10) MECCA Arena
11,052 		23–20
44 February 11, 1988 @ Philadelphia L 113–119 OT The Spectrum 23–21
45 February 12, 1988
8:00 p.m. CST 		Chicago L 93–95 Cummings (23) Breuer,
Sikma (9) 		Lucas,
Moncrief,
Pressey (6) 		MECCA Arena
11,052 		23–22
46 February 15, 1988
12 Noon CST 		@ Washington W 114–110 Sikma (27) Sikma (12) Lucas (9) Capital Centre
9,564 		24–22
48 February 19, 1988
8:00 p.m. CST 		Detroit W 119–108 Cummings (36) Cummings (11) Pressey (7) MECCA Arena
11,052 		26–22
52 February 26, 1988
6:30 p.m. CST 		@ Boston L 96–132 Lucas (19) Krystkowiak,
Stroeder (7) 		Lucas (6) Boston Garden
14,890 		28–24
53 February 27, 1988
7:30 p.m. CST 		@ Chicago W 94–91 Cummings (27) Sikma (7) Licas (13) Chicago Stadium
18,243 		29–24
March: 9–7 (home: 7–1; road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
54 March 1, 1988
7:00 p.m. CST 		Boston W 117–116 Moncrief,
Sikma (20) 		Sikma (15) Moncrief,
Pressey (7) 		MECCA Arena
11,052 		30–24
55 March 5, 1988
6:30 p.m. CST 		@ Atlanta W 104–101 Moncrief (29) Cummings (15) Pressey (6) The Omni
16,451 		31–24
56 March 6, 1988
6:00 p.m. CST 		@ Detroit L 99–109 Pierce (21) Cummings (8) Lucas (7) Pontiac Silverdome
24,751 		31–25
58 March 9, 1988
6:30 p.m. CST 		@ Cleveland L 91–117 Cummings (22) Cummings,
Mokeski (6) 		Lucas,
Pressey,
Reynolds (4) 		Richfield Coliseum
11,641 		32–26
59 March 11, 1988
8:00 p.m. CST 		Denver W 132–93 Reynolds (24) Breuer,
Pressey (10) 		Lucas (8) MECCA Arena
11,052 		33–26
63 March 19, 1988
8:00 p.m. CST 		Cleveland W 101–100 Pierce (29) Cummings (9) Lucas (7) MECCA Arena
11,052 		36–27
64 March 21, 1988
6:30 p.m. CST 		@ Atlanta L 105–115 Cummings (26) Sikma (11) Pressey (8) The Omni
13,702 		36–28
65 March 22, 1988
7:30 p.m. CST 		Atlanta W 111–98 Breuer (27) Breuer (17) Pressey (12) MECCA Arena
11,052 		37–28
67 March 26, 1988
8:30 p.m. CST 		@ Utah W 107–105 Cummings (24) Sikma (11) Humphries,
Sikma (7) 		Salt Palace
12,444 		38–29
April: 4–9 (home: 4–2; road: 0–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
71 April 5, 1988
6:30 p.m. CDT 		@ Atlanta L 110–121 Pierce (21) Sikma (8) Lucas (7) The Omni
15,442 		39–32
72 April 6, 1988
7:30 p.m. CDT 		Chicago L 110–119 Pierce (19) Cummings (9) Lucas,
Moncrief (8) 		MECCA Arena
11,052 		39–33
73 April 8, 1988
6:30 p.m. CDT 		@ Cleveland L 85–104 Reynolds (16) Breuer (8) Lucas (10) Richfield Coliseum
16,475 		39–34
76 April 13, 1988
6:30 p.m. CDT 		@ Boston L 104–123 Cummings (21) Krystkowiak (8) Cummings,
Moncrief (5) 		Boston Garden
14,890 		40–36
77 April 15, 1988
7:00 p.m. CST 		@ Detroit L 91–92 Sikma (28) Krystkowiak (8) Lucas (5) Pontiac Silverdome
27,126 		40–37
78 April 17, 1988
12:30 p.m. CDT 		@ Chicago L 97–105 Cummings (27) Cummings (11) Lucas,
Sikma (7) 		Chicago Stadium
18,551 		40–38
80 April 20, 1988
7:30 p.m. CDT 		Washington W 132–94 Cummings (26) Cummings (10) Pressey (12) MECCA Arena
11,052 		41–39
81 April 22, 1988 New York W 118–109 MECCA Arena 42–39
1987–88 schedule

Playoffs

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1988 playoff game log
Eastern Conference First Round: 2–3 (home: 2–0; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 29, 1988
6:30 p.m. CDT 		@ Atlanta L 107–110 Pressey (21) Sikma (12) Pressey (7) The Omni
11,517 		0–1
2 May 1, 1988
6:00 p.m. CDT 		@ Atlanta L 97–104 Moncrief (22) Sikma (17) Pressey (9) The Omni
11,777 		0–2
3 May 4, 1988
7:30 p.m. CDT 		Atlanta W 123–115 Cummings (30) Sikma (16) Pressey (6) MECCA Arena
11,052 		1–2
4 May 6, 1988
7:30 p.m. CDT 		Atlanta W 105–99 Cummings (30) Sikma (9) Moncrief (7) MECCA Arena
11,052 		2–2
5 May 8, 1988
6:00 p.m. CDT 		@ Atlanta L 111–121 Terry Cummings (28) Larry Krystkowiak (10) Moncrief, Pressey (6) The Omni
12,190 		2–3
1988 schedule

Player statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Terry Cummings 76 76 34.6 48.5 33.3 66.5 7.3 2.4 1.0 0.6 21.3
Jack Sikma 82 82 35.6 48.6 21.4 92.2 8.6 3.4 1.1 1.0 16.5
Ricky Pierce 37 0 26.1 51.0 21.4 87.7 2.2 2.0 0.6 0.2 16.4
Paul Pressey 75 75 33.1 49.1 20.5 79.8 5.0 7.0 1.5 0.5 13.1
Randy Breuer 81 73 27.9 49.5 0.0 65.7 6.8 1.3 0.6 1.3 12.0
Sidney Moncrief 56 51 25.5 48.9 16.1 83.7 3.2 3.6 0.7 0.3 10.8
Craig Hodges 43 0 22.9 44.9 46.6 82.1 1.1 2.5 0.7 0.0 9.2
John Lucas 81 22 21.8 44.5 33.8 80.2 2.0 4.8 1.1 0.0 9.2
Jerry Reynolds 62 21 18.7 44.9 42.9 77.3 2.6 1.7 1.2 0.5 8.0
Larry Krystkowiak 50 7 21.0 48.1 0.0 81.1 4.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 7.2
Paul Mokeski 60 0 14.1 47.6 0.0 70.8 3.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 4.2
Dave Hoppen 3 0 11.7 36.4 0.0 100.0 2.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 3.7
Pace Mannion 35 1 13.6 40.7 16.7 67.6 1.5 1.6 0.4 0.2 3.5
Jay Humphries 18 0 14.0 37.0 0.0 64.3 1.3 2.3 1.1 0.1 2.7
Charles Davis 5 0 7.8 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.4
Conner Henry 14 2 10.4 31.7 33.3 57.1 1.4 2.1 0.3 0.1 2.3
John Stroeder 41 0 6.6 36.7 0.0 66.7 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.3 1.9
Andre Moore 3 0 5.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.3
Rickie Winslow 7 0 6.4 23.1 0.0 50.0 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.0
Dudley Bradley 2 0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Terry Cummings 5 5 38.6 56.2 0.0 65.9 7.8 2.6 1.8 0.6 25.8
Jack Sikma 5 5 38.0 46.1 0.0 83.3 12.4 2.6 0.4 0.8 19.0
Sidney Moncrief 5 5 34.6 48.0 100.0 96.3 3.8 5.2 0.6 0.2 15.0
Paul Pressey 5 5 35.6 46.0 33.3 76.7 3.8 6.6 0.8 0.6 14.0
Ricky Pierce 5 0 21.0 47.2 20.0 88.9 2.8 1.8 0.2 0.4 11.8
Larry Krystkowiak 5 5 32.6 44.8 0.0 88.9 6.8 1.4 0.8 0.0 8.4
John Lucas 5 0 16.0 37.0 23.1 66.7 1.6 3.8 1.0 0.0 5.8
Randy Breuer 4 0 11.8 56.3 0.0 16.7 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 4.8
Paul Mokeski 4 0 10.0 35.7 0.0 66.7 2.3 0.0 0.8 0.5 3.5
John Stroeder 1 0 1.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Jerry Reynolds 3 0 4.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.7
Jay Humphries 2 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0

Player statistics citation:[18]

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Trades

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November 18, 1987
[29] 		To Milwaukee Bucks---- To San Antonio Spurs----
February 25, 1988 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Phoenix Suns----

Free agents

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Player Signed Former team
Pace Mannion October 8, 1987 New Jersey Nets
John Stroeder October 8, 1987 Rapid City Thrillers

Player Transactions Citation:[30]

References

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See also

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