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As with most new expansion teams, their first year as an NBA team was a struggle for them. Their first win didn't happen until their 6th game into the season as the Milwaukee Bucks ticket holders were rewarded with a 134-118 win against the Detroit Pistons. During that season, the Milwaukee Bucks would only go on to win 26 games, a dismal, but not unusual start for a new team in the NBA. But this dismal finish and a lucky coin flip would give the Milwaukee Bucks ticket holders a new found talent on the team. With a first round draft pick, the Milwaukee Bucks would enter into a bidding war with the ABA for UCLA's star player, Lew Alcindor, who would be known in 1971 as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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While the Milwaukee Bucks ticket holders expected great things from the rookie Alcindor, they had no idea what would be in store for the young team. During the 1969-1970 season, the Milwaukee Bucks would surprise everyone by ending the season with a 56-26 record, almost an exact reversal of the previous season. Along with the impressive record, Alcindor would, as expected from his performance, win the NBA rookie of the year.
Little did the Milwaukee Bucks ticket holders realize that in the next season, the Bucks would acquire another star player in a trade with the Cincinnati Royals. Their third season record was an impressive 66-16. This was the second most wins in NBA history and is still the most wins in franchise history. Through the first half of the 1970's, the Milwaukee Bucks would continue to impress ticket holders with powerhouse plays and strong games and in 1972, the Bucks would find themselves with their third consecutive 60 win season.
In 1975, the Bucks would make a major mistake in trading Jabbar to the Los Angeles Lakers. The largest stockholder ended up selling his shares due to the trade and this caused a trigger effect in the change of ownership of the team. The next few years would find the Milwaukee Bucks going through a hard transition time. In 1980, the team would finally find some strength by trading for the veteran center Bob Lanier. This trade would lead them to win the 1980 division championship. Later they would ultimately lose to Seattle in the semi-finals. Then the team was moved to the Eastern Conference Division where they would find their greatness and over the next 11 years they would win 6 titles. In 1985, the Milwaukee Bucks would find a new home due to a sale of the team. The Milwaukee Bucks ticket holders would now be seeing their beloved team play at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
The team would spend the next years mediocre and Milwaukee Bucks tickets just weren't the prize they used to be. In 2008, the team announced that they would not be renewing GM Larry Harris's contract then later that year, it was announced that the team's head coach Larry Krystkowiak was to be replaced with Scott Skiles from the Chicago Bulls. The team spent 2008 and the beginning of 2009 trading and acquiring new players to pull them out of their low point.
With their disappointing record for the 2008-2009 season, the Milwaukee Bucks will be looking to rebuild their once strong team into a playoff contention team. While the Milwaukee Bucks ticket holders lack a strong team or a single player which they can build the team around, there is still some time to work out the kinks. The Milwaukee summer league has had a strong showing of strength and started off the summer with three wins against Dallas, Cleveland and Seattle. It might take 2 or 3 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks to work out the bugs in their game, but Milwaukee Bucks ticket holders can be assured an exciting game each time they play at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
