This Week in Bucks History: Five Overtimes, Michael Redd's 57 and Brandon Jennings' 55
This Week in Bucks History
The Bucks visit Orlando tonight in a tough spot: 1-11 and riding an eight-game losing streak in Taylor Jenkins' first season. It's a good week to remember that some of the most remarkable scoring nights in franchise history happened in this same stretch of November.
Nov. 9, 1989: Five Overtimes in Milwaukee
Thirty-seven years ago this week, the Bucks beat the Seattle SuperSonics 155-154 in five overtimes, one of the longest games in NBA history.
- Seattle's Dale Ellis played 69 minutes, still the NBA single-game record, and scored 53 points, 20 of them in overtime.
- Seattle's Xavier McDaniel played 68 minutes.
- Milwaukee guard Jay Humphries logged 62 minutes and got the last laugh.
Only a handful of NBA games have ever gone five overtimes or more.
Nov. 11, 2006: Michael Redd Scores 57
Twenty years ago this week, Michael Redd set the franchise single-game scoring record with 57 points against the Utah Jazz.
- He shot 18-of-32 from the field, 6-of-12 from three and 15-of-17 at the line.
- He scored 42 of his 57 after halftime.
- The Bucks still lost, 113-111.
Redd's 57 broke a record that had belonged to some of the greatest scorers in league history. It's still the most points by a Buck in a single game.
Nov. 14, 2009: Brandon Jennings Drops 55 in His Seventh Game
Three years later, a rookie nearly matched him. In just his seventh NBA game, Brandon Jennings scored 55 points in a 129-125 win over the Golden State Warriors.
- He scored 45 of them after halftime.
- He broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's franchise rookie record of 51, set in 1970.
- At 20, he became the youngest player in NBA history to score 50 in a game at the time.
Jennings had skipped college to play a season in Italy before the Bucks took him 10th overall. For one night in November, he looked like the steal of the draft.
How the Bucks Were Built
- 1968: The NBA awarded Milwaukee an expansion franchise. A fan contest named the team the Bucks.
- 1969: Milwaukee won a coin flip with Phoenix for the first pick and took Lew Alcindor, later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
- 1970: The Bucks traded for Oscar Robertson.
- 1971: In only their third season, the Bucks won the NBA championship, sweeping Baltimore. No expansion team had ever won a title that fast.
- 2013: The Bucks drafted Giannis Antetokounmpo 15th overall, a raw 18-year-old from Greece.
- 2021: Giannis scored 50 in the clinching Game 6 against Phoenix, and Milwaukee won its second championship, 50 years after its first.
The Owners
| Years | Owner |
|---|---|
| 1968-1976 | Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman's founding group |
| 1976-1985 | Jim Fitzgerald |
| 1985-2014 | Herb Kohl, the former U.S. senator who kept the team in Milwaukee |
| 2014-present | Wes Edens and partners, now including Jimmy and Dee Haslam and Jamie Dinan |
Kohl sold the team for $550 million on the condition it stay in Milwaukee. The new owners built Fiserv Forum, which opened in 2018.
The Bucks Today
This is a new era in Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo now plays for Miami, and several former Heat players are now Bucks.
- General manager: Jon Horst, who built the 2021 title team
- Head coach: Taylor Jenkins, the 19th head coach in franchise history, hired April 30, 2026
- Leading scorer: Tyler Herro, 21.9 points per game
- Others to watch: Jaime Jaquez Jr. (16.1 points), Kyle Kuzma, Ryan Rollins, Kel'el Ware and Myles Turner
- Rookies: Brayden Burries became the first Bucks rookie since 2005-06 with a 20-10-5 game, and Nate Ament is already starting
- Youth: This opening-night roster was the fourth-youngest in franchise history since 1996-97
The start has been rough. The talent to turn it around is young, and it's still early.
Retired numbers
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Robertson |
| 2 | Junior Bridgeman |
| 4 | Sidney Moncrief |
| 8 | Marques Johnson |
| 10 | Bob Dandridge |
| 14 | Jon McGlocklin |
| 16 | Bob Lanier |
| 32 | Brian Winters |
| 33 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Tonight
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Sources: NBA.com: Key dates in NBA history, November, Statitudes: On This Day, Nov. 9, Statitudes: On This Day, Nov. 11, Statitudes: On This Day, Nov. 14, Bucks game notes, Nov. 13, 2026, Heat game notes, Nov. 13, 2026