1970–71 San Francisco Warriors season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 San Francisco Warriors Golden State Warriors 1971 41 41 Pacific 2 4 Al Attles Cow Palace West Conference semifinals(lost to Bucks 1–4) SFW Golden State Warriors The 1970–71 San Francisco Warriors season was the Warriors' 25th season in the NBA and ninth in the San Francisco Bay Area.1970–71 San Francisco Warriors It was also the franchise's final season in San Francisco before relocating across the Bay to Oakland the following season. The team would not play in San Francisco full time until the 2019–20 NBA season. Offseason Draft picks 1971 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 3 36 Earle Higgins F Eastern Michigan 4 53 Ralph Ogden F Santa Clara 5 70 Levi Fontaine G Maryland Eastern Shore 6 87 Vic Bartolome C Oregon State 7 104 Joe Bergman F Creighton 8 121 Jeff Sewell Marquette 9 138 Lou Small Nevada 10 155 Coby Dietrick C/F San José State Roster 1970–71 San Francisco Warriors #002F6C #FFC72C #FFC72C #002F6C 16 Al Attles G 6 0 175 North Carolina A&T 31 Joe Ellis basketball F 6 6 175 San Francisco 12 Levi Fontaine G 6 4 190 Maryland Eastern Shore 15 Nick Jones basketball G 6 2 190 Oregon 43 Clyde Lee C/F 6 10 205 Vanderbilt 32 Jerry Lucas F/C 6 8 230 Ohio State 23 Jeff Mullins basketball G 6 4 190 Duke 22 Ralph Ogden F 6 5 205 Santa Clara 33 Bob Portman G/F 6 5 200 Creighton 10 Adrian Smith basketball G 6 1 180 Kentucky 42 Nate Thurmond C/F 6 11 225 Bowling Green 34 Bill Turner basketball F 6 7 220 Akron 21 Ron Williams basketball G 6 3 188 West Virginia Al Attles (North Carolina A&T) Regular season Season standings SFW SFW z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1970–71 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 16 Detroit 120–106 Jerry Lucas (31) 0–1 2 October 17 Cleveland 108–128 Jerry Lucas (30) 1–1 3 October 20 @ Baltimore 125–105 Jerry Lucas (33) 2–1 4 October 21 @ Atlanta 100–102 Jeff Mullins (19) 2–2 5 October 22 @ New York 92–95 Nate Thurmond (20) 2–3 6 October 24 Portland 115–118 Ellis, Lucas (26) 3–3 7 October 28 Philadelphia 111–108 Jeff Mullins (32) 3–4 8 October 30 Chicago 101–98 Jeff Mullins (23) 3–5 9 November 2 New York 111–99 Jerry Lucas (20) 3–6 10 November 4 Baltimore 100–111 Jeff Mullins (35) 4–6 11 November 6 @ Portland 110–103 Jeff Mullins (32) 5–6 12 November 7 San Diego 102–114 Joe Ellis (21) 6–6 13 November 10 Cleveland 74–109 Ron Williams (22) 7–6 14 November 12 Cincinnati 121–107 Jerry Lucas (24) 7–7 15 November 13 @ San Diego 107–102 Jeff Mullins (24) 8–7 16 November 16 @ Milwaukee 100–119 Nate Thurmond (25) 8–8 17 November 17 @ Chicago 111–105 Ron Williams (28) 9–8 18 November 18 @ Boston 90–89 Jeff Mullins (30) 10–8 19 November 20 Buffalo 108–123 Adrian Smith (23) 11–8 20 November 21 Milwaukee 127–102 Nate Thurmond (30) 11–9 21 November 24 @ Philadelphia 104–96 Jeff Mullins (28) 12–9 22 November 25 @ Cleveland 108–99 Jeff Mullins (25) 13–9 23 November 27 @ Seattle 96–101 Jerry Lucas (27) 13–10 24 November 28 Los Angeles 88–92 Lucas, Thurmond (27) 14–10 25 December 1 Atlanta 106–113 Jeff Mullins (34) 15–10 26 December 4 @ Los Angeles 101–123 Mullins, Thurmond (16) 15–11 27 December 5 Phoenix 105–100 Jerry Lucas (28) 15–12 28 December 7 N Cincinnati 113–124 Ron Williams (28) 15–13 29 December 8 @ Chicago 87–98 Ron Williams (23) 15–14 30 December 9 @ Detroit 110–99 Lucas, Mullins (27) 16–14 31 December 11 @ Philadelphia 102–101 Ron Williams (26) 17–14 32 December 12 @ Baltimore 96–119 Nate Thurmond (21) 17–15 33 December 13 N New York 101–94 Jeff Mullins (22) 18–15 34 December 15 @ Phoenix 129–123 Jerry Lucas (26) 19–15 35 December 16 Seattle 91–108 Jerry Lucas (29) 20–15 36 December 18 N Portland 122–118 Jerry Lucas (32) 21–15 37 December 19 Philadelphia 108–99 Nate Thurmond (22) 21–16 38 December 22 Boston 138–108 Nate Thurmond (35) 21–17 39 December 26 @ Milwaukee 111–131 Nate Thurmond (25) 21–18 40 December 28 @ Atlanta 115–104 Nate Thurmond (30) 22–18 41 December 30 @ New York 103–111 Ron Williams (26) 22–19 42 December 31 @ Boston 144–106 Mullins, Thurmond (32) 23–19 43 January 2 Phoenix 122–116 (OT) Jerry Lucas (26) 23–20 44 January 3 @ Phoenix 81–102 Nate Thurmond (26) 23–21 45 January 5 @ Philadelphia 92–97 Nate Thurmond (28) 23–22 46 January 6 @ Buffalo 108–115 Lee, Lucas (25) 23–23 47 January 8 @ San Diego 120–117 Thurmond, Williams (26) 24–23 48 January 9 San Diego 103–109 Jeff Mullins (25) 25–23 49 January 16 New York 93–102 Ron Williams (23) 26–23 50 January 19 Cincinnati 108–116 Nate Thurmond (28) 27–23 51 January 22 @ Los Angeles 110–130 Nate Thurmond (20) 27–24 52 January 23 Chicago 87–83 Nate Thurmond (25) 27–25 53 January 26 @ Baltimore 98–103 Nate Thurmond (23) 27–26 54 January 27 @ Detroit 129–112 Ron Williams (34) 28–26 55 January 29 Buffalo 100–106 Lucas, Portman (20) 29–26 56 January 30 Los Angeles 85–87 Ron Williams (24) 30–26 57 February 2 Atlanta 99–101 Jeff Mullins (26) 31–26 58 February 4 @ Phoenix 117–105 Nate Thurmond (30) 32–26 59 February 5 @ Portland 117–123 Jeff Mullins (27) 32–27 60 February 6 Milwaukee 111–85 Jerry Lucas (17) 32–28 61 February 7 @ Los Angeles 104–119 Nate Thurmond (24) 32–29 62 February 10 Seattle 122–133 Nick Jones (28) 33–29 63 February 11 @ San Diego 111–119 Nate Thurmond (29) 33–30 64 February 12 Cincinnati 119–133 Jerry Lucas (29) 34–30 65 February 14 @ Seattle 101–146 Nick Jones (16) 34–31 66 February 17 Boston 129–99 Jeff Mullins (19) 34–32 67 February 19 San Diego 109–103 Nate Thurmond (29) 34–33 68 February 20 Milwaukee 104–96 Nate Thurmond (30) 34–34 69 February 22 @ Buffalo 109–91 Lucas, Thurmond (28) 35–34 70 February 23 @ Milwaukee 107–118 Nick Jones (31) 35–35 71 February 24 @ Detroit 117–115 Nate Thurmond (43) 36–35 72 February 27 Los Angeles 112–107 Nate Thurmond (37) 36–36 73 March 3 Atlanta 109–105 Nate Thurmond (25) 36–37 74 March 5 N Chicago 103–130 Jerry Lucas (21) 36–38 75 March 6 Baltimore 103–109 Jerry Lucas (30) 37–38 76 March 9 Boston 134–112 Nate Thurmond (35) 37–39 77 March 12 Seattle 98–111 Jeff Mullins (30) 38–39 78 March 13 Detroit 107–116 Jeff Mullins (37) 39–39 79 March 16 @ Cleveland 103–108 Jeff Mullins (34) 39–40 80 March 17 @ Cincinnati 110–92 Jeff Mullins (30) 40–40 81 March 18 @ Chicago 91–85 Mullins, Thurmond (29) 41–40 82 March 21 @ Seattle 106–119 Ron Williams (23) 41–41 Playoffs San Francisco Warriors 1971 yes San Francisco Warriors Conference semifinals yes yes no 1 1 0 3 |- | 1 | March 27 | Milwaukee | L 96–107 | Jeff Mullins (30) | Nate Thurmond (15) | Jeff Mullins (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena11,216 | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 29 | @ Milwaukee | L 90–104 | Nate Thurmond (18) | Clyde Lee (13) | Mullins, Williams (4) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,868 | 0–2 |- | 3 | March 30 | @ Milwaukee | L 102–114 | Jerry Lucas (25) | Jerry Lucas (20) | Ron Williams (8) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,868 | 0–3 |- | 4 | April 1 | Milwaukee | W 106–104 | Jerry Lucas (32) | Jeff Mullins (19) | Ron Williams (9) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena7,615 | 1–3 |- | 5 | April 4 | @ Milwaukee | L 86–136 | Ron Williams (13) | Clyde Lee (11) | Mullins, Williams (4) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,868 | 1–4 |- SFW yes 1971 Awards and records Jerry Lucas, NBA All-Star Game Nate Thurmond, NBA All-Defensive First Team References San Francisco Category:Golden State Warriors seasons San Fran San Fran Category:1970 in San Francisco Category:1971 in San Francisco