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Milwaukee Bucks History: Death And Rebirth In The 1990s

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It was tough to be a Milwaukee Bucks fan for most of the 1990s. After the 1990-91 NBA season Milwaukee completely fell apart, missing the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons.

Many of those seasons, Milwaukee wasn’t even close to the playoffs. Three of them saw Milwaukee win less than 30 games, and the best season of the bunch was when the Bucks went 36-46 in 1997-98.

Three Bucks coaches saw their tenure both begin and end during this horrible stretch of losing basketball. Frank Hamblen took over for Del Harris after 17 games in 1991-92, and finished what would be his only season in Milwaukee with a 23-42 record.