1969–70 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Milwaukee Bucks 1970 56 26 Eastern 2 Larry Costello John E. Erickson Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro) Milwaukee Arena Division finals(lost to Knicks 1–4) MIL The 1969–70 Milwaukee Bucks season was the second season for the Milwaukee Bucks. Led by the heralded rookie center Lew Alcindor, they finished with a 56–26 record, enough for second place in the Eastern Division. After beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4–1 in the Eastern semifinals, they lost to the eventual champions New York Knicks in five games. Draft picks After a 27–55 record in their inaugural NBA season, the Bucks won a coin toss over the Phoenix Suns to give them the right to select first overall in the 1969 NBA draft.https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/20/archives/tailsup-call-on-coin-toss-wins-first-basketball-pick-for-bucks.html Tails-Up Call on Coin Toss Wins First Basketball Pick for Bucks The New York Times March 20, 1969 Their designated selection had long been a foregone conclusion: UCLA Bruins center Lew Alcindor. However, Alcindor was also selected first overall by the New York Nets in the competing American Basketball Association's entry draft, which triggered a bidding war for Alcindor's services. He eventually opted for the Bucks' five-year $1.4 million offer over a much more lucrative $3.2 million offer from the Nets,https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/30/archives/alcindor-rejects-abas-32million-offer-and-will-sign-with-bucks-ucla.html Alcindor Rejects A.B.A.'s $3.2-Million Offer and Will Sign With Bucks The New York Times March 30, 1969 preferring the established NBA over a new and struggling ABA. Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 1 Lew Alcindor C UCLA 2 17 Bob Greacen F Rutgers 3 31 Skeeter Swift G East Tennessee State 4 45 Bob Dandridge F Norfolk State 6 73 John Arthurs G Tulane Roster Milwaukee Bucks 1969–70 #255325 #FFFFFF #d4312a #FFFFFF 33 Lew Alcindor C 7 2 225 1947–04–16 UCLA 50 Len Chappell F 6 8 240 1941–01–31 Wake Forest 16 Freddie Crawford SG 6 4 189 1941–12–23 St. Bonaventure 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 21 Flynn Robinson G 6 1 185 1941–04–28 Wyoming 5 Guy Rodgers G 6 0 185 1935–09–31 Temple 16 Don Smith Zaid Abdul-Aziz C 6 9 235 1946–04–07 Iowa State 4 Greg Smith basketball, born 1947 F 6 5 195 1947–01–28 Western Kentucky 3 Sam Williams basketball, born 1945 G 6 3 180 1945–01–22 Iowa Larry Costello Tom Nissalke Regular season Season standings MIL Game log Milwaukee Bucks 1970 #255325 #FFFFFF Total: 56–26 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0; neutral: 0–0) Milwaukee Bucks October yes #d4312a #FFFFFF 2 1 4 2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 18, 1969 || Detroit | W 119–110 | Lew Alcindor (29) | Lew Alcindor (12) | Alcindor, McGlocklin, Rodgers (6) | Milwaukee Arena | 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || October 19, 1969 || Seattle | W 130–106 | Flynn Robinson (22) | Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) | Guy Rodgers (10) | Milwaukee Arena | 2–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 || October 22, 1969 || @ San Diego | W 115–102 | Lew Alcindor (36) | Lew Alcindor (19) | Jon McGlocklin (5) | San Diego Arena | 3–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || October 24, 1969 || @ Los Angeles | L 112–123 | Flynn Robinson (33) | Lew Alcindor (20) | Flynn Robinson (7) | The Forum | 3–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || October 25, 1969 || @ San Francisco | L 104–118 | Guy Rodgers (20) | Zaid Abdul-Aziz (11) | John Arthurs (5) | San Francisco Civic Auditorium | 3–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || October 26, 1969 || @ Phoenix | W 119–99 | Lew Alcindor (28) | Alcindor, Smith (12) | Guy Rodgers (15) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 4–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || October 28, 1969 || Boston | L 107–120 | Lew Alcindor (43) | Greg Smith (15) | Flynn Robinson (6) | Milwaukee Arena | 4–3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || October 30, 1969 || @ Detroit | W 102–81 | Flynn Robinson (25) | Greg Smith (20) | Guy Rodgers (10) | Cobo Arena | 5–3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || October 31, 1969 || @ Philadelphia | W 129–125 | McGlocklin, Chapell (28) | Lew Alcindor (18) | Lew Alcindor (9) | The Spectrum | 6–3 Milwaukee Bucks November #d4312a #FFFFFF 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks December #d4312a #FFFFFF 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks January #d4312a #FFFFFF 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks February #d4312a #FFFFFF 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks March #d4312a #FFFFFF 0 0 0 0 MIL 1970 Playoffs Milwaukee Bucks 1970 yes #255325 #FFFFFF Milwaukee Bucks Division Semifinals yes yes no #D4312A #FFFFFF 2 1 2 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 25 | Philadelphia | W 125–118 | Lew Alcindor (36) | Lew Alcindor (20) | Bob Dandridge (6) | University of Wisconsin Field House9,686 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 27 | Philadelphia | L 105–112 | Lew Alcindor (33) | Bob Dandridge (12) | Bob Dandridge (7) | University of Wisconsin Field House9,686 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | March 30 | @ Philadelphia | W 156–120 | Lew Alcindor (33) | Lew Alcindor (17) | Flynn Robinson (14) | Spectrum15,244 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 1 | @ Philadelphia | W 118–111 | Lew Alcindor (33) | Greg Smith (19) | Bob Dandridge (7) | Spectrum14,206 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 3 | Philadelphia | W 115–106 | Lew Alcindor (46) | Lew Alcindor (25) | Bob Dandridge (8) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,868 | 4–1 |- Milwaukee Bucks Division Finals yes no #D4312A #FFFFFF 1 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 11 | @ New York | L 102–110 | Lew Alcindor (35) | Lew Alcindor (15) | Lew Alcindor (5) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 13 | @ New York | L 111–112 | Lew Alcindor (38) | Lew Alcindor (23) | Lew Alcindor (11) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 17 | New York | W 101–96 | Lew Alcindor (33) | Lew Alcindor (31) | Bob Dandridge (8) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 19 | New York | L 105–117 | Lew Alcindor (38) | Alcindor, Smith (9) | Flynn Robinson (7) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 20 | @ New York | L 96–132 | Lew Alcindor (27) | Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) | Guy Rodgers (6) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 1–4 |- MIL 1970 yes Player statistics Season Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PF PPG Lew Alcindor 82 43.1 .518 .653 14.5 4.1 3.5 28.8 Jon McGlocklin 82 36.2 .530 .854 3.1 3.7 2.0 17.6 Flynn Robinson 81 34.1 .477 .898 3.2 5.5 3.1 21.8 Bob Dandridge 81 30.4 .485 .754 7.7 3.6 3.4 13.2 Greg Smith 82 28.9 .511 .718 8.7 1.9 3.7 9.8 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 80 20.5 .434 .643 7.5 0.8 2.1 7.4 Freddie Crawford 77 17.3 .480 .682 2.4 2.9 2.4 7.6 Len Chappell 75 15.1 .465 .640 3.7 0.7 1.7 8.3 Guy Rodgers 64 11.7 .356 .744 1.2 3.3 1.1 3.2 John Arthurs 11 7.8 .343 .733 1.3 1.5 1.4 3.2 Bob Greacen 41 7.1 .404 .643 1.4 0.7 1.2 2.6 Dick Cunningham 60 6.9 .369 .667 2.7 0.5 1.2 2.1 Sam Williams 11 4.0 .458 .455 0.6 0.3 0.5 2.5 Playoffs Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PF PPG Lew Alcindor 10 43.5 .567 .733 16.8 4.1 2.5 35.2 Bob Dandridge 10 39.9 .507 .655 8.7 5.7 3.9 16.3 Jon McGlocklin 10 37.7 .431 .806 3.6 2.1 2.2 14.9 Greg Smith 10 32.9 .500 .591 8.5 2.2 3.4 10.7 Flynn Robinson 10 30.0 .326 .880 2.3 5.0 2.2 12.8 Freddie Crawford 10 20.8 .386 .833 3.5 3.7 2.7 8.8 Len Chappell 9 14.8 .560 .684 2.9 0.6 1.1 7.7 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 7 11.7 .579 .800 3.7 0.6 0.7 4.3 Guy Rodgers 7 9.7 .286 .750 0.6 3.0 1.0 2.4 Bob Greacen 1 8.0 .250 .000 2.0 3.0 0.0 2.0 Sam Williams 2 8.0 .571 .000 2.0 0.5 2.5 4.0 Dick Cunningham 8 5.6 .556 .500 1.5 0.3 0.8 2.6 Awards and honors Lew Alcindor, NBA Rookie of the Year Lew Alcindor, NBA All-Rookie Team Lew Alcindor, NBA All-Star Game Appearance Notes References Bucks on Database Basketball Bucks on Basketball Reference Category:Milwaukee Bucks seasons Milwaukee Milwau Milwau Category:1960s in Milwaukee Category:1970s in Milwaukee