1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks season

Professional basketball team season (won NBA championship) March 2026 August 2023 Milwaukee Bucks 1971 yes yes yes 66 16 Midwest 1 1 Larry Costello Milwaukee Arena WTMJ NBA champions(Defeated Bullets 4–0) MIL The 1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks season was the third season for the Bucks. Milwaukee posted a 66–16 record in only its third year of existence, and its second since drafting Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).NBA.com: All-Time Finals Challenge: 1971 Bucks A key part of this championship season was the acquisition of Oscar Robertson. Other role players on the Bucks included players such as Bob Dandridge (18.4 ppg), Jon McGlocklin (15.8 ppg), power forward Greg Smith & key reserves such as Lucius Allen, Bob Boozer and Dick Cunningham completing the nucleus. This season included a 20-game winning streak, the NBA's longest at the time, and still ranked fifth all-time. The Bucks became the first team from the Midwest Division to win the NBA title; it would be 23 years before the Houston Rockets would do the same. In the 1971 NBA Playoffs, the Bucks defeated the 4th-seeded Warriors in 5 games. In the Western Conference Finals, the team dispatched the Lakers in 5 games. The Bucks made their way into the Finals for the first time in NBA history in just their third year of existence. They faced off against the Baltimore Bullets and swept them in four games. The Bucks had won their first title in franchise history. Lew Alcindor won MVP and Finals MVP honors. HoopsHype would later rank this squad as the team with the sixth-easiest path to an NBA Finals championship due to the records that the San Francisco Warriors and Baltimore Bullets had this season.Urbina Frank Ranking the easiest paths to an NBA title ever HoopsHype 2024-06-17 https://hoopshype.com/lists/ranking-the-easiest-paths-to-an-nba-title-ever-championship/ 2025-06-08 This would be the last NBA championship for the Bucks until the 2020–21 season. The Bucks tied with the Miami Heat for the best regular season record since the 2012-13 season. Draft picks 1970 NBA draft The Milwaukee Bucks made ten selections in the 1970 NBA draft.https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1970.html 1970 NBA Draft Basketball Reference August 28, 2020 RoundPickPlayerCollege/Club team 1 16 Gary Freeman Oregon State 2 33 Bill Zopf Duquesne 3 50 Marv Winkler SW Louisiana 4 67 Virgle Fredricks Drury 5 84 Mike Grosso Louisville 6 101 Willy Watson Oklahoma City 7 118 John Rinka Kenyon 8 135 Jim Samo Northwestern 9 152 Joe Hamilton North Texas State 10 169 Bob Seemer Georgia TechMilwaukee Bucks (1968 – ) 1970 Stats, History, Awards and More Roster Milwaukee Bucks 1970–71 #255325 #FFFFFF #d4312a #FFFFFF 33 Lew Alcindor C 7 2 225 1947–04–16 UCLA 7 Lucius Allen PG 6 2 175 1947–09–26 UCLA 20 Bob Boozer PF 6 8 215 1937–04–26 Kansas State 19 Dick Cunningham C 6 10 245 1946–07–11 Murray State 10 Bob Dandridge SF 6 6 195 1947–11–15 Norfolk State 18 Bob Greacen F 6 7 206 1947–09–15 Rutgers 14 Jon McGlocklin G 6 5 205 1943–06–10 Indiana 35 McCoy McLemore SF 6 7 230 1942–04–03 Drake 1 Oscar Robertson PG 6 5 205 1938–11–24 Cincinnati 4 Greg Smith basketball, born 1947 F 6 5 195 1947–01–28 Western Kentucky 8 Jeff Webb basketball PG 6 4 170 1948–07–06 Kansas State 5 Marv Winkler G 6 1 170 1948–02–18 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 Bill Zopf G 6 1 170 1948–06–07 Duquesne Larry Costello Tom Nissalke Regular season In only his second professional season, Lew Alcindor led the league in scoring at 31.7 ppg, ranked second in field goal percentage at .577 and fourth in rebounding at 16.0 rpg. Newly arrived Oscar Robertson turned 32 early in the 1970–71 season, and was past his prime when he came to Milwaukee, but his versatile skills and experience provided a leadership role for the Bucks. Robertson had never won a championship and his desire to win seemed to inspire Alcindor and unite the rest of the Bucks. Robertson ranked third in the league in assists at 8.3 apg and was the Bucks' No. 2 scorer at 19.4 ppg. Standings MIL MIL Game log Milwaukee Bucks 1971 #255325 #FFFFFF Total: 66–16 (Home: 34–2; Road: 28–14) Milwaukee Bucks October yes #d4312a #FFFFFF 3 0 2 1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 17, 1970 || @ Atlanta | W 107–98 |Lew AlcindorChanged his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar before the 1971–72 season. (32) |Lew Alcindor (17) |Oscar Robertson (4) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || October 20, 1970 || @ Detroit | L 114–115 |Lew Alcindor (38) |Lew Alcindor (16) |Oscar Robertson (11) | Cobo Center | 1-1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 || October 24, 1970 || Baltimore | W 122–120 2OT |Lew Alcindor (39) |Lew Alcindor (17) | | Milwaukee Arena | 2–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || October 25, 1970 || Seattle | W 126–107 |Lew Alcindor (37) |Lew Alcindor (14) |Oscar Robertson (13) | Milwaukee Arena | 3–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || October 27, 1970 || San Diego | W 126–113 |Bob Dandridge (39) |Lew Alcindor & Dick Cunningham (10) |Oscar Robertson (8) | Milwaukee Arena | 4–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || October 31, 1970 || @ Cincinnati | W 121–100 |Lew Alcindor (28) |Lew Alcindor (22) |Bob Dandridge (9) | Cincinnati Gardens | 5–1 Milwaukee Bucks November #d4312a #FFFFFF 5 1 8 1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || November 4, 1970 || @ Cleveland | W 110–108 |Lew Alcindor (53) |Lew Alcindor (11) |Bob Dandridge & Jon McGlocklin (9) | Cleveland Arena | 6–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || November 8, 1970 || Phoenix | W 125–105 |Bob Dandridge (32) |Bob Dandridge (14) |Oscar Robertson & Jon McGlocklin (9) | Milwaukee Arena | 7–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || November 11, 1970 || @ Boston | W 123–113 |Lew Alcindor (44) |Lew Alcindor (15) |Oscar Robertson (10) | Boston Garden | 8–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 || November 14, 1970 || @ Buffalo | W 116–107 |Lew Alcindor (27) |Lew Alcindor (20) |Lew Alcindor (7) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | 9–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 || November 15, 1970 || Baltimore | W 105–90 |Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (27) |Lew Alcindor (21) |Oscar Robertson (12) | Milwaukee Arena | 10–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 || November 16, 1970 || San Francisco | W 119–100 |Lew Alcindor (30) |Bob Dandridge (14) |Oscar Robertson (10) | Milwaukee Arena | 11–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || November 18, 1970 || @ San Diego | W 117–111 |Lew Alcindor (25) |Lew Alcindor (16) |Oscar Robertson (6) | San Diego Sports Arena | 12–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 14 || November 20, 1970 || @ Los Angeles | W 117–100 |Lew Alcindor (29) |Lew Alcindor (13) |Lucius Allen (5) | The Forum | 13–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 || November 21, 1970 || @ San Francisco | W 127–102 |Lew Alcindor (28) |Lew Alcindor (15) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Cow Palace | 14–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 || November 22, 1970 || @ Portland | W 126–104 |Lew Alcindor (30) |Lew Alcindor (26) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Memorial Coliseum | 15–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 || November 24, 1970 || @ Chicago | W 117–108 |Lew Alcindor (37) |Lew Alcindor (15) |Oscar Robertson (12) | Chicago Stadium | 16–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 || November 25, 1970 || Detroit | W 113–87 |Lew Alcindor (31) |Lew Alcindor & Greg Smith (17) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Milwaukee Arena | 17–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || November 27, 1970 || New York | L 94–103 |Lew Alcindor (33) |Lew Alcindor (16) |Oscar Robertson (7) | Milwaukee Arena | 17–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || November 28, 1970 || @ New York | L 99-100 |Lew Alcindor (35) |Lew Alcindor (24) |Oscar Robertson (5) | Madison Square Garden | 17–3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 || November 29, 1970 ||Portland | W 124-111 |Lew Alcindor (33) |Greg Smith (14) |Oscar Robertson (13) | Milwaukee Arena | 18–3 Milwaukee Bucks December #d4312a #FFFFFF 7 0 3 4 1 0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 || December 3, 1970 || Chicago | W 107–100 |Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (22) |Lew Alcindor (10) |Lew Alcindor (7) | Milwaukee Arena | 19–3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 || December 4, 1970 || Philadelphia | W 128–122 (OT) |Lew Alcindor (35) |Lew Alcindor (18) |Jon McGlocklin (9) | Milwaukee Arena | 20–3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 || December 8, 1970 || Atlanta | W 125–104 |Lew Alcindor (24) |Lew Alcindor (13) |Oscar Robertson (13) | Milwaukee Arena | 21–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || December 9, 1970 || @ Baltimore | L 97–127 |Lew Alcindor (24) |Lew Alcindor (15) |Lew Alcindor (4) | Baltimore Civic Center | 21–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 26 || December 11, 1970 || Cleveland | W 134–92 |Lew Alcindor (34) |Lew Alcindor (17) |Oscar Robertson (13) | Milwaukee Arena | 22–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 27 || December 12, 1970 || @ Phoenix | L 111–113 |Lew Alcindor (36) |Lew Alcindor (17) |Oscar Robertson (12) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 22–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 || December 13, 1970 || @ Seattle | W 124–107 |Lew Alcindor (40) |Lew Alcindor (22) |Oscar Robertson (5) | Seattle Center Coliseum | 23–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 29 || December 18, 1970 || Boston | W 124–114 |Lew Alcindor (40) |Lew Alcindor (15) |Greg Smith (10) | Milwaukee Arena | 24–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || December 19, 1970 || @ Cincinnati | L 110-119 |Lew Alcindor (35) |Lew Alcindor (20) |Jon McGlocklin (6) | Cincinnati Gardens | 24–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 31 || December 20, 1970 || Buffalo | W 131–101 |Lew Alcindor (27) |Lew Alcindor (13) |Oscar Robertson (11) | Milwaukee Arena | 25–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 || December 21, 1970 || Los Angeles | W 113-88 |Lew Alcindor (37) |Lew Alcindor (16) |Oscar Robertson (10) | Milwaukee Arena | 26–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 || December 26, 1970 || San Francisco | W 131-111 |Lew Alcindor (34) |Lew Alcindor (15) |Oscar Robertson (7) | Milwaukee Arena | 27–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 || December 28, 1970 || @ Cincinnati | W 137-114 |Lew Alcindor (29) |Lew Alcindor (15) |Greg Smith (8) | UW Field House | 28–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 35 || December 29, 1970 || @ Cleveland | W 119-97 |Lew Alcindor & Bob Dandridge (23) |Lew Alcindor (15) |Oscar Robertson (13) | Cleveland Arena | 29–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 36 || December 30, 1970 || @ Philadelphia | L 107-119 |Lew Alcindor (30) |Lew Alcindor (18) |Oscar Robertson (8) | The Spectrum | 29–7 Milwaukee Bucks January #d4312a #FFFFFF 6 1 7 1 2 0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 37 || January 2, 1971 || Cleveland | W 118-73 |Lew Alcindor (27) |Bob Boozer (14) |Oscar Robertson (8) | Milwaukee Arena | 30–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 38 || January 4, 1971 || Seattle | W 124-110 |Lew Alcindor (38) |Lew Alcindor (14) |Oscar Robertson (7) | Milwaukee Arena | 31–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 39 || January 6, 1971 || @ Chicago | W 119-106 |Lew Alcindor (24) |Lew Alcindor & Bob Boozer (9) |Oscar Robertson (10) | UW Field House | 32–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 40 || January 7, 1971 || New York | W 116-106 |Oscar Robertson (35) |Lew Alcindor (13) |Oscar Robertson (13) | Milwaukee Arena | 33–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 41 || January 9, 1971 || Detroit | W 118-100 |Lew Alcindor (27) |Lew Alcindor (14) |Lew Alcindor (10) | Milwaukee Arena | 34–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 42 || January 10, 1971 || Baltimore | W 151-99 |Bob Dandridge (34) |Lew Alcindor (17) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Milwaukee Arena | 35–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 43 || January 15, 1971 || Cincinnati | W 135-116 |Lew Alcindor (35) |Lew Alcindor (16) |Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (5) | Milwaukee Arena | 36–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 44 || January 16, 1971 || @ Chicago | W 110-90 |Lew Alcindor (25) |Lew Alcindor (19) |Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (8) | Chicago Stadium | 37–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 45 || January 17, 1971 || Boston | W 120–113 |Lew Alcindor (44) |Lew Alcindor (20) |Lew Alcindor, Jon McGlocklin, Bob Dandridge, & Oscar Robertson (5) | Milwaukee Arena | 38–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 46 || January 20, 1971 || @ Baltimore | W 120-116 |Lew Alcindor (39) |Lew Alcindor (20) |Bob Dandridge (5) | Baltimore Civic Center | 39–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 47 || January 22, 1971 || Atlanta | L 110–117 |Bob Dandridge (22) |Lew Alcindor (20) |Oscar Robertson (8) | Milwaukee Arena | 39–8 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 48 || January 23, 1971 || Portland | W 142–117 |Lew Alcindor (44) |Lew Alcindor (17) |Lew Alcindor (7) | Milwaukee Arena | 40–8 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 49 || January 24, 1971 || @ Atlanta | W 142-120 |Bob Dandridge (33) |Lew Alcindor (17) |Oscar Robertson (15) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | 41–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 50 || January 26, 1971 || @ New York | L 98-107 |Lew Alcindor (29) |Lew Alcindor (25) |Lew Alcindor (4) | Madison Square Garden | 41–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 51 || January 27, 1971 || @ Boston | W 132-129 |Lew Alcindor (53) |Lew Alcindor (14) |Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (7) | Boston Garden | 42–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 52 || January 29, 1971 || @ Philadelphia | W 142-118 |Lew Alcindor (31) |Lew Alcindor (13) |Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (6) | The Spectrum | 43–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 53 || January 31, 1971 || @ Detroit | W 131-104 |Lew Alcindor (28) |Bob Dandridge (15) |Oscar Robertson (7) | Wisconsin Field House | 44–9 Milwaukee Bucks February #d4312a #FFFFFF 6 0 9 2 1 0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 54 || February 2, 1971 || @ Portland | L 111-123 |Lew Alcindor (38) |Lew Alcindor & Bob Boozer (9) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Memorial Coliseum | 44–10 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 55 || February 3, 1971 || @ San Diego | W 108-101 |Lew Alcindor (25) |Lew Alcindor (12) |Oscar Robertson (10) | San Diego Sports Arena | 45–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 56 || February 5, 1971 || @ Los Angeles | L 93–116 |Lew Alcindor (27) |Lew Alcindor (10) |Oscar Robertson (7) | The Forum | 45–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 57 || February 6, 1971 || @ San Francisco | W 111-85 |Bob Dandridge & Jon McGlocklin (20) |Lew Alcindor (11) |Oscar Robertson (11) | Cow Palace | 46–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 58 || February 8, 1971 || Phoenix | W 118-94 |Lew Alcindor (39) |Lew Alcindor (23) |Oscar Robertson (12) | Milwaukee Arena | 47–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 59 || February 9, 1971 || @ Detroit | W 107-106 |Lew Alcindor (38) |Lew Alcindor (16) |Oscar Robertson (14) | Cobo Center | 48–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 60 || February 11, 1971 || Los Angeles | W 122-88 |Lew Alcindor (31) |Lew Alcindor (21) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Milwaukee Arena | 49–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 61 || February 13, 1971 || Chicago | W 103–96 |Lew Alcindor (35) |Lew Alcindor (20) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Milwaukee Arena | 50–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 62 || February 14, 1971 || @ Atlanta | W 124-88 |Lew Alcindor (23) |Lew Alcindor (19) |John McGlocklin (11) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | 51–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 63 || February 16, 1971 || @ Buffalo | W 135-103 |Lew Alcindor (38) |Lew Alcindor (20) |Bob Dandridge (8) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | 52–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 64 || February 17, 1971 || Philadelphia | W 119-114 |Lew Alcindor (41) |Lew Alcindor (13) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Wisconsin Field House | 53–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 65 || February 19, 1971 || @ Seattle | W 128-112 |Lew Alcindor (42) |Lew Alcindor (29) |Oscar Robertson (8) | Seattle Center Coliseum | 54–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 66 || February 20, 1971 || @ San Francisco | W 104-96 |Jon McGlocklin (28) |Lew Alcindor (19) |Oscar Robertson (11) | Cow Palace | 55–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 67 || February 21, 1971 || @ Phoenix | W 125–97 |Lew Alcindor (36) |Lew Alcindor (21) |Oscar Robertson (10) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 56–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 68 || February 23, 1971 || San Francisco | W 118–107 |Oscar Robertson (26) |Lew Alcindor (16) |Oscar Robertson (6) | Milwaukee Arena | 57–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 69 || February 24, 1971 || San Diego | W 139–104 |Bob Dandridge (33) |Lew Alcindor & Greg Smith (13) |Oscar Robertson (8) | Milwaukee Arena | 58–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 70 || February 26, 1971 || Cincinnati | W 135–111 |Lew Alcindor, Jon McGlocklin, & Bob Dandridge (24) |Lew Alcindor (22) |Oscar Robertson (9) | Milwaukee Arena | 59–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 71 || February 28, 1971 || @ Boston |W 111–99 |Lew Alcindor (26) |Lew Alcindor (30) |Oscar Robertson (5) | Boston Garden | 60–11 Milwaukee Bucks March #d4312a #FFFFFF 4 1 2 4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 72 || March 1, 1971 || Philadelphia | W 127–103 | Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (29) | Oscar Robertson (12) | Oscar Robertson (10) | Milwaukee Arena | 61–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 73 || March 3, 1971 || Los Angeles | W 112–97 | Oscar Robertson (24) | Bob Dandridge (8) | Greg Smith (7) | Milwaukee Arena | 62–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 74 || March 4, 1971 || Buffalo | W 113–116 | Oscar Robertson (32) | Lew Alcindor (17) | Oscar Robertson (9) | Milwaukee Arena | 63–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 75 || March 5, 1971 || @ Detroit | W 108–95 | Lew Alcindor (34) | Lew Alcindor (11) | Oscar Robertson (16) | Cobo Arena | 64–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 76 || March 8, 1971 || Seattle | W 99–104 | Lew Alcindor (32) | Lew Alcindor (16) | Jon McGlocklin & Oscar Robertson (7) | Milwaukee Arena | 65–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 77 || March 9, 1971 || @ Chicago | L 103–110 (OT) | Lew Alcindor (39) | Lew Alcindor (17) | Oscar Robertson (8) | Chicago Stadium | 65–12 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 78 || March 13, 1971 || @ New York | L 103–108 | Lew Alcindor (34) | Lew Alcindor (16) | Jon McGlocklin (5) | Madison Square Garden | 65–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 79 || March 14, 1971 || Phoenix | L 125–113 | Lew Alcindor (38) | Lew Alcindor (15) | Greg Smith (6) | Wisconsin Field House | 65–14 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 80 || March 16, 1971 || @ Phoenix | W 119–111 | Lew Alcindor (48) | Lew Alcindor (14) | Oscar Robertson (13) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 66–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 81 || March 18, 1971 || @ Seattle | L 121–122 | Lew Alcindor (39) | Lew Alcindor (13) | Greg Smith (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum | 66–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 82 || March 19, 1971 || @ San Diego | L 99–111 | Lew Alcindor (22) | Dick Cunningham (12) | Bob Greacen (8) | San Diego Sports Arena | 66–16 MIL 1971 Playoffs Milwaukee Bucks 1971 yes #255325 #FFFFFF Milwaukee Bucks Conference Semifinals yes yes no #D4312A #FFFFFF 3 0 1 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 27 | @ San Francisco | W 107–96 | Oscar Robertson (31) | Alcindor, Smith (10) | Oscar Robertson (9) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena11,216 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 29 | San Francisco | W 104–90 | Lew Alcindor (26) | Lew Alcindor (18) | Oscar Robertson (7) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,868 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | March 30 | San Francisco | W 114–102 | Lew Alcindor (33) | Lew Alcindor (12) | Lucius Allen (8) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,868 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 1 | @ San Francisco | L 104–106 | Lew Alcindor (32) | Lew Alcindor (21) | Lucius Allen (6) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena7,615 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 4 | San Francisco | W 136–86 | Jon McGlocklin (28) | Lew Alcindor (17) | Lucius Allen (7) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,868 | 4–1 |- Milwaukee Bucks Conference Finals yes no #D4312A #FFFFFF 3 0 1 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 9 | Los Angeles | W 106–85 | Lew Alcindor (32) | Lew Alcindor (22) | Oscar Robertson (10) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 11 | Los Angeles | W 91–73 | Lew Alcindor (22) | Bob Dandridge (11) | Oscar Robertson (7) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 14 | @ Los Angeles | L 107–118 | Bob Dandridge (25) | Lew Alcindor (19) | Oscar Robertson (9) | The Forum17,334 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 16 | @ Los Angeles | W 117–94 | Lew Alcindor (31) | Lew Alcindor (20) | Oscar Robertson (6) | The Forum17,505 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 18 | Los Angeles | W 116–98 | Greg Smith (22) | Alcindor, Dandridge (15) | Oscar Robertson (12) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 4–1 |- Milwaukee Bucks NBA Finals yes no #D4312A #FFFFFF 2 0 2 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 21 | Baltimore | W 98–88 | Lew Alcindor (31) | Lew Alcindor (17) | Oscar Robertson (7) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 25 | @ Baltimore | W 102–83 | Lew Alcindor (27) | Lew Alcindor (24) | Oscar Robertson (10) | Baltimore Civic Center12,289 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 28 | Baltimore | W 107–99 | Bob Dandridge (29) | Lew Alcindor (21) | Oscar Robertson (12) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 30 | @ Baltimore | W 118–106 | Oscar Robertson (30) | Alcindor, Dandridge (12) | Oscar Robertson (9) | Baltimore Civic Center11,842 | 4–0 |- MIL 1971 yes Player statistics Season +Regular season statistics1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1971.html 2021-06-05 Basketball-Reference.com enPlayer GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPGPPG Lew Alcindor 82 40.1 57.7 69.0 16.0 3.3 31.7 Oscar Robertson 81 39.4 49.6 85.0 5.7 8.2 19.4 Bob Dandridge 79 36.2 50.9 70.2 8.0 3.5 18.4 Jon McGlocklin 82 35.3 53.5 86.2 2.7 3.7 15.8 Greg Smith 82 29.6 51.2 66.2 7.2 2.8 11.7 Bob Boozer 80 22.2 45.0 81.8 5.4 1.6 9.1 Lucius Allen 61 19.0 44.7 70.0 2.5 2.6 7.1 McCoy McLemore 28 14.8 36.8 82.9 3.8 1.1 4.7 Gary Freeman 41 8.2 50.8 73.7 2.4 0.8 3.7 Marv Winkler 3 4.7 30.0 100.0 1.3 0.7 2.7 Dick Cunningham 76 8.9 41.5 66.1 3.4 0.6 2.6 Bob Greacen 2 21.5 8.3 42.9 3.0 6.5 2.5 Jeff Webb 29 10.3 34.6 73.3 0.8 0.7 2.2 Zopf, Bill Bill Zopf 53 7.5 36.3 55.6 0.9 1.4 2.2 Playoffs +Playoff statisticsPlayer GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPGPPG Lew Alcindor 14 41.2 51.5 67.3 17.0 2.5 26.6 Bob Dandridge 14 38.2 46.3 78.2 9.6 3.4 19.2 Oscar Robertson 14 37.1 48.6 75.4 5.0 8.9 18.3 Jon McGlocklin 14 35.1 53.6 84.8 2.2 2.4 14.9 Greg Smith 14 32.4 54.7 55.0 8.6 2.6 11.6 Bob Boozer 14 20.2 48.2 75.9 5.3 1.2 7.4 Lucius Allen 14 22.3 50.6 71.4 2.9 3.7 7.3 Dick Cunningham 14 6.4 42.9 66.7 1.7 0.1 1.7 Bob Greacen 7 2.3 36.4 100.0 0.7 0.0 1.7 Jeff Webb 9 2.6 57.1 100.0 0.1 0.2 1.2 McCoy McLemore 10 5.2 25.0 50.0 1.6 0.8 0.7 Winkler, Marv Marv Winkler 5 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 Awards and records Lew Alcindor, NBA scoring champion Lew Alcindor, NBA MVP Lew Alcindor, NBA Finals MVP Transactions On April 21, 1970, the Bucks traded two young players, Flynn Robinson and Charlie Paulk, to the Cincinnati Royals for 10-year veteran guard Oscar Robertson. Trades April 21, 1970 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Oscar Robertson To Cincinnati Royals---- Charlie Paulk Flynn Robinson September 17, 1970 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Lucius Allen Bob Boozer To Seattle SuperSonics---- Zaid Abdul-Aziz February 1, 1971 To Milwaukee Bucks---- McCoy McLemore To Cleveland Cavaliers---- Gary Freeman Free agents Player Signed Former teamJeff WebbOctober 5, 1970Kansas State SubtractionsPlayerDate signedNew teamLen ChappellExpansion Draft May 11, 1970Cleveland CavaliersFreddie CrawfordExpansion Draft May 11, 1970Buffalo Braves See also List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks Notes References External links Bucks on Database Basketball Bucks on Basketball Reference nEgfomjJVZE "Countdown to a Dream" – Documentary on the 1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks Milwaukee Category:Milwaukee Bucks seasons Category:Western Conference (NBA) championship seasons Category:NBA championship seasons Milwau Milwau Category:1970s in Milwaukee