1997–98 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1997–98 NBA season was the 30th season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association. During the off-season, the Bucks acquired All-Star guard Terrell Brandon and Tyrone Hill from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a three-team trade. The team also received the tenth overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft, and selected power forward Danny Fortson from the University of Cincinnati, but soon traded him to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Ervin Johnson, signed free agent Michael Curry, and re-signed former Bucks star and sixth man Ricky Pierce in December.

After an 11–8 start to the regular season, the Bucks slipped under .500, but then posted a six-game winning streak between January and February, and held a 24–23 record at the All-Star break. However, with Glenn Robinson out for the remainder of the season due to a knee injury after 56 games, while Brandon only played just 50 games due to an ankle injury, and Hill only appeared in 57 games due to a knee injury, and a strained back, the Bucks struggled and posted a nine-game losing streak in March, and finished in seventh place in the Central Division with a 36–46 record, missing the NBA playoffs for the seventh consecutive year.

Robinson averaged 23.4 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while second-year star Ray Allen had a stellar season, averaging 19.5 points and 1.4 steals per game, and leading the Bucks with 134 three-point field goals, and Brandon provided the team with 16.8 points, 7.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game. In addition, Hill contributed 10.0 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, while Armen Gilliam provided with 11.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, Johnson averaged 8.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game, Elliot Perry contributed 7.3 points and 2.8 assists per game, and Curry contributed 6.6 points per game, and finished tied in sixth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting.

Following the season, Pierce retired after playing in his second stint with the Bucks, while Andrew Lang signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls, and head coach Chris Ford was fired after coaching the Bucks for two seasons.