Editing Milwaukee Bucks (section)

===1979–1990: The Sidney Moncrief era===
There, they would win six straight division titles and have .500 seasons for the next 11 years. Within those years, the Bucks became perennial Eastern Conference contenders, primarily due to the strong play of Moncrief, [[Marques Johnson]], [[Paul Pressey]], [[Junior Bridgeman]] and the arrival of [[Craig Hodges]], [[Terry Cummings]], [[Ricky Pierce]] and [[Jack Sikma]] from trades with the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] and [[Seattle SuperSonics]] respectively. However, the Bucks were unable to make it to the NBA Finals again, being eliminated by either the Celtics or the [[Philadelphia 76ers|Sixers]] each time.

For much of the 1970s, the Bucks' colors were forest green, deep red and white. In 1978, they added various shades of green to the uniforms, and in 1985, they eliminated red from the team colors.

Noteworthy for the 1980s Bucks is that in [[1983 NBA playoffs|1983]] they became the first, and until [[2003 NBA playoffs|2003]], only team in NBA history to sweep the [[Boston Celtics]] in a best-of-seven playoff series, being the first team to meet and defeat [[Michael Jordan]] in [[1985 NBA playoffs|a playoff series]] (during Jordan's rookie year), and hosting [[Julius Erving]]'s final NBA game in the [[1987 NBA playoffs]], which would see the Bucks advancing with a game five first-round playoff victory.

====Ownership and arena changes====
In 1985, Fitzgerald and his partners (one of which was Stuart Shadel) decided to sell the Bucks. Fitzgerald was having health problems and some of his investors wanted to get out, and he was reeling from the failure of [[Sportsvue]], a pioneering regional sports network–a failure that came in part because Milwaukee itself was not wired for cable. By then, Milwaukee Arena was the smallest arena in the NBA, and the city did not want to build a new one. Milwaukee businessman and future U.S. Senator [[Herb Kohl]] bought the Bucks after fears that out-of-town investors could buy the team and move it out of Milwaukee. Before the transaction was complete, broadcaster [[Lloyd Pettit]] and his wife, [[Jane Bradley Pettit]], announced they were donating a new arena called the [[BMO Harris Bradley Center|Bradley Center]]. In 2003, after considering selling the team, Kohl announced that he had decided against selling the Bucks to [[Michael Jordan]] and would "continue to own them, improve them and commit them to remaining in Wisconsin".

On May 21, 2012, the [[naming rights]] of the Bradley Center were sold to [[BMO Harris Bank]], a division of [[Bank of Montreal]]. BMO Harris had merged with Milwaukee-based [[M&I Bank]] a year earlier. After the heirs to the Bradley fortune gave their approval, the arena was renamed the "BMO Harris Bradley Center".<ref>{{cite press release|title=Milwaukee's Bradley Center Becomes the BMO Harris Bradley Center As Local "Champions of the Community" Come Forward to Support Jane Bradley Pettit's Gift|url=http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/milwaukees-bradley-center-becomes-bmo-harris-bradley-center-local-champions-community-come-f|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Bucks.com|date=May 21, 2012|access-date=October 3, 2015|archive-date=January 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107053702/http://www.nba.com/bucks/release/milwaukees-bradley-center-becomes-bmo-harris-bradley-center-local-champions-community-come-f|url-status=live}}</ref>