# 1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks season

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). 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.

## Draft picks

The Milwaukee Bucks made ten selections in the 1970 NBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | College/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 Tech |

## 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

| Midwest Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| y-Milwaukee Bucks | 66 | 16 | .805 | – | 34–2 | 28–13 | 4–1 | 14–4 |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 51 | 31 | .622 | 15 | 30–11 | 17–19 | 4–1 | 7–11 |
| Phoenix Suns | 48 | 34 | .585 | 18 | 27–14 | 19–20 | 2–0 | 9–9 |
| Detroit Pistons | 45 | 37 | .549 | 21 | 24–17 | 20–19 | 1–1 | 6–12 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT |
| 1 | z-Milwaukee Bucks | 66 | 16 | .805 |
| 2 | y-Los Angeles Lakers | 48 | 34 | .585 |
| 3 | x-Chicago Bulls | 51 | 31 | .622 |
| 4 | x-San Francisco Warriors | 41 | 41 | .500 |
| 5 | Phoenix Suns | 48 | 34 | .585 |
| 6 | Detroit Pistons | 45 | 37 | .549 |
| 7 | San Diego Rockets | 40 | 42 | .488 |
| 8 | Seattle SuperSonics | 38 | 44 | .463 |
| 9 | Portland Trail Blazers | 29 | 53 | .354 |

### Record vs. opponents

1970–71 NBA Records :
| Team | ATL | BAL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CIN | CLE | DET | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SDR | SFW | SEA |
| Atlanta | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Baltimore | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Boston | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Buffalo | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 0–4 | 0–4 | 5–7 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 6–6 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Chicago | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 4–0 | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| Cincinnati | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–4 | — | 5–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 |
| Cleveland | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 7–5 | 0–4 | 1–5 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–10 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Detroit | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 |
| Los Angeles | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| Milwaukee | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | — | 1–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 5–1 |
| New York | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Philadelphia | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 4–2 | — | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Phoenix | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | — | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Portland | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 6–6 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 10–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | — | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| San Diego | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | — | 2–4 | 5–1 |
| San Francisco | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 |
| Seattle | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | — |

### Game log

1970–71 game log Total: 66–16 (Home: 34–2; Road: 28–14) :
October: 5–1 (home: 3–0; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1October 17, 1970@ Atlanta
W 107–98
Lew Alcindor (32)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Oscar Robertson (4)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
1–0
2October 20, 1970@ Detroit
L 114–115
Lew Alcindor (38)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Oscar Robertson (11)
Cobo Center
1-1
3October 24, 1970Baltimore
W 122–120 2OT
Lew Alcindor (39)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Milwaukee Arena
2–1
4October 25, 1970Seattle
W 126–107
Lew Alcindor (37)
Lew Alcindor (14)
Oscar Robertson (13)
Milwaukee Arena
3–1
5October 27, 1970San Diego
W 126–113
Bob Dandridge (39)
Lew Alcindor & Dick Cunningham (10)
Oscar Robertson (8)
Milwaukee Arena
4–1
6October 31, 1970@ Cincinnati
W 121–100
Lew Alcindor (28)
Lew Alcindor (22)
Bob Dandridge (9)
Cincinnati Gardens
5–1 :
November: 13–2 (home: 5–1; road: 8–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7November 4, 1970@ Cleveland
W 110–108
Lew Alcindor (53)
Lew Alcindor (11)
Bob Dandridge & Jon McGlocklin (9)
Cleveland Arena
6–1
8November 8, 1970Phoenix
W 125–105
Bob Dandridge (32)
Bob Dandridge (14)
Oscar Robertson & Jon McGlocklin (9)
Milwaukee Arena
7–1
9November 11, 1970@ Boston
W 123–113
Lew Alcindor (44)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Oscar Robertson (10)
Boston Garden
8–1
10November 14, 1970@ Buffalo
W 116–107
Lew Alcindor (27)
Lew Alcindor (20)
Lew Alcindor (7)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
9–1
11November 15, 1970Baltimore
W 105–90
Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (27)
Lew Alcindor (21)
Oscar Robertson (12)
Milwaukee Arena
10–1
12November 16, 1970San Francisco
W 119–100
Lew Alcindor (30)
Bob Dandridge (14)
Oscar Robertson (10)
Milwaukee Arena
11–1
13November 18, 1970@ San Diego
W 117–111
Lew Alcindor (25)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Oscar Robertson (6)
San Diego Sports Arena
12–1
14November 20, 1970@ Los Angeles
W 117–100
Lew Alcindor (29)
Lew Alcindor (13)
Lucius Allen (5)
The Forum
13–1
15November 21, 1970@ San Francisco
W 127–102
Lew Alcindor (28)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Cow Palace
14–1
16November 22, 1970@ Portland
W 126–104
Lew Alcindor (30)
Lew Alcindor (26)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Memorial Coliseum
15–1
17November 24, 1970@ Chicago
W 117–108
Lew Alcindor (37)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Oscar Robertson (12)
Chicago Stadium
16–1
18November 25, 1970Detroit
W 113–87
Lew Alcindor (31)
Lew Alcindor & Greg Smith (17)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Milwaukee Arena
17–1
19November 27, 1970New York
L 94–103
Lew Alcindor (33)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Oscar Robertson (7)
Milwaukee Arena
17–2
20November 28, 1970@ New York
L 99-100
Lew Alcindor (35)
Lew Alcindor (24)
Oscar Robertson (5)
Madison Square Garden
17–3
21November 29, 1970Portland
W 124-111
Lew Alcindor (33)
Greg Smith (14)
Oscar Robertson (13)
Milwaukee Arena
18–3 :
December: 10–4 (home: 7–0; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22December 3, 1970Chicago
W 107–100
Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (22)
Lew Alcindor (10)
Lew Alcindor (7)
Milwaukee Arena
19–3
23December 4, 1970Philadelphia
W 128–122 (OT)
Lew Alcindor (35)
Lew Alcindor (18)
Jon McGlocklin (9)
Milwaukee Arena
20–3
24December 8, 1970Atlanta
W 125–104
Lew Alcindor (24)
Lew Alcindor (13)
Oscar Robertson (13)
Milwaukee Arena
21–3
25December 9, 1970@ Baltimore
L 97–127
Lew Alcindor (24)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Lew Alcindor (4)
Baltimore Civic Center
21–4
26December 11, 1970Cleveland
W 134–92
Lew Alcindor (34)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Oscar Robertson (13)
Milwaukee Arena
22–4
27December 12, 1970@ Phoenix
L 111–113
Lew Alcindor (36)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Oscar Robertson (12)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
22–5
28December 13, 1970@ Seattle
W 124–107
Lew Alcindor (40)
Lew Alcindor (22)
Oscar Robertson (5)
Seattle Center Coliseum
23–5
29December 18, 1970Boston
W 124–114
Lew Alcindor (40)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Greg Smith (10)
Milwaukee Arena
24–5
30December 19, 1970@ Cincinnati
L 110-119
Lew Alcindor (35)
Lew Alcindor (20)
Jon McGlocklin (6)
Cincinnati Gardens
24–6
31December 20, 1970Buffalo
W 131–101
Lew Alcindor (27)
Lew Alcindor (13)
Oscar Robertson (11)
Milwaukee Arena
25–6
32December 21, 1970Los Angeles
W 113-88
Lew Alcindor (37)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Oscar Robertson (10)
Milwaukee Arena
26–6
33December 26, 1970San Francisco
W 131-111
Lew Alcindor (34)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Oscar Robertson (7)
Milwaukee Arena
27–6
34December 28, 1970@ Cincinnati
W 137-114
Lew Alcindor (29)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Greg Smith (8)
UW Field House
28–6
35December 29, 1970@ Cleveland
W 119-97
Lew Alcindor & Bob Dandridge (23)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Oscar Robertson (13)
Cleveland Arena
29–6
36December 30, 1970@ Philadelphia
L 107-119
Lew Alcindor (30)
Lew Alcindor (18)
Oscar Robertson (8)
The Spectrum
29–7 :
January: 13–2 (home: 6–1; road: 7–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
37January 2, 1971Cleveland
W 118-73
Lew Alcindor (27)
Bob Boozer (14)
Oscar Robertson (8)
Milwaukee Arena
30–7
38January 4, 1971Seattle
W 124-110
Lew Alcindor (38)
Lew Alcindor (14)
Oscar Robertson (7)
Milwaukee Arena
31–7
39January 6, 1971@ Chicago
W 119-106
Lew Alcindor (24)
Lew Alcindor & Bob Boozer (9)
Oscar Robertson (10)
UW Field House
32–7
40January 7, 1971New York
W 116-106
Oscar Robertson (35)
Lew Alcindor (13)
Oscar Robertson (13)
Milwaukee Arena
33–7
41January 9, 1971Detroit
W 118-100
Lew Alcindor (27)
Lew Alcindor (14)
Lew Alcindor (10)
Milwaukee Arena
34–7
42January 10, 1971Baltimore
W 151-99
Bob Dandridge (34)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Milwaukee Arena
35–7
43January 15, 1971Cincinnati
W 135-116
Lew Alcindor (35)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (5)
Milwaukee Arena
36–7
44January 16, 1971@ Chicago
W 110-90
Lew Alcindor (25)
Lew Alcindor (19)
Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (8)
Chicago Stadium
37–7
45January 17, 1971Boston
W 120–113
Lew Alcindor (44)
Lew Alcindor (20)
Lew Alcindor, Jon McGlocklin, Bob Dandridge, & Oscar Robertson (5)
Milwaukee Arena
38–7
46January 20, 1971@ Baltimore
W 120-116
Lew Alcindor (39)
Lew Alcindor (20)
Bob Dandridge (5)
Baltimore Civic Center
39–7
47January 22, 1971Atlanta
L 110–117
Bob Dandridge (22)
Lew Alcindor (20)
Oscar Robertson (8)
Milwaukee Arena
39–8
48January 23, 1971Portland
W 142–117
Lew Alcindor (44)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Lew Alcindor (7)
Milwaukee Arena
40–8
49January 24, 1971@ Atlanta
W 142-120
Bob Dandridge (33)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Oscar Robertson (15)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
41–8
50January 26, 1971@ New York
L 98-107
Lew Alcindor (29)
Lew Alcindor (25)
Lew Alcindor (4)
Madison Square Garden
41–9
51January 27, 1971@ Boston
W 132-129
Lew Alcindor (53)
Lew Alcindor (14)
Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (7)
Boston Garden
42–9
52January 29, 1971@ Philadelphia
W 142-118
Lew Alcindor (31)
Lew Alcindor (13)
Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (6)
The Spectrum
43–9
53January 31, 1971@ Detroit
W 131-104
Lew Alcindor (28)
Bob Dandridge (15)
Oscar Robertson (7)
Wisconsin Field House
44–9 :
February: 15–2 (home: 6–0; road: 9–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
54February 2, 1971@ Portland
L 111-123
Lew Alcindor (38)
Lew Alcindor & Bob Boozer (9)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Memorial Coliseum
44–10
55February 3, 1971@ San Diego
W 108-101
Lew Alcindor (25)
Lew Alcindor (12)
Oscar Robertson (10)
San Diego Sports Arena
45–10
56February 5, 1971@ Los Angeles
L 93–116
Lew Alcindor (27)
Lew Alcindor (10)
Oscar Robertson (7)
The Forum
45–11
57February 6, 1971@ San Francisco
W 111-85
Bob Dandridge & Jon McGlocklin (20)
Lew Alcindor (11)
Oscar Robertson (11)
Cow Palace
46–11
58February 8, 1971Phoenix
W 118-94
Lew Alcindor (39)
Lew Alcindor (23)
Oscar Robertson (12)
Milwaukee Arena
47–11
59February 9, 1971@ Detroit
W 107-106
Lew Alcindor (38)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Oscar Robertson (14)
Cobo Center
48–11
60February 11, 1971Los Angeles
W 122-88
Lew Alcindor (31)
Lew Alcindor (21)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Milwaukee Arena
49–11
61February 13, 1971Chicago
W 103–96
Lew Alcindor (35)
Lew Alcindor (20)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Milwaukee Arena
50–11
62February 14, 1971@ Atlanta
W 124-88
Lew Alcindor (23)
Lew Alcindor (19)
John McGlocklin (11)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
51–11
63February 16, 1971@ Buffalo
W 135-103
Lew Alcindor (38)
Lew Alcindor (20)
Bob Dandridge (8)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
52–11
64February 17, 1971Philadelphia
W 119-114
Lew Alcindor (41)
Lew Alcindor (13)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Wisconsin Field House
53–11
65February 19, 1971@ Seattle
W 128-112
Lew Alcindor (42)
Lew Alcindor (29)
Oscar Robertson (8)
Seattle Center Coliseum
54–11
66February 20, 1971@ San Francisco
W 104-96
Jon McGlocklin (28)
Lew Alcindor (19)
Oscar Robertson (11)
Cow Palace
55–11
67February 21, 1971@ Phoenix
W 125–97
Lew Alcindor (36)
Lew Alcindor (21)
Oscar Robertson (10)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
56–11
68February 23, 1971San Francisco
W 118–107
Oscar Robertson (26)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Oscar Robertson (6)
Milwaukee Arena
57–11
69February 24, 1971San Diego
W 139–104
Bob Dandridge (33)
Lew Alcindor & Greg Smith (13)
Oscar Robertson (8)
Milwaukee Arena
58–11
70February 26, 1971Cincinnati
W 135–111
Lew Alcindor, Jon McGlocklin, & Bob Dandridge (24)
Lew Alcindor (22)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Milwaukee Arena
59–11
71February 28, 1971@ Boston
W 111–99
Lew Alcindor (26)
Lew Alcindor (30)
Oscar Robertson (5)
Boston Garden
60–11 :
March: 6–5 (home: 4–1; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
72March 1, 1971Philadelphia
W 127–103
Lew Alcindor & Oscar Robertson (29)
Oscar Robertson (12)
Oscar Robertson (10)
Milwaukee Arena
61–11
73March 3, 1971Los Angeles
W 112–97
Oscar Robertson (24)
Bob Dandridge (8)
Greg Smith (7)
Milwaukee Arena
62–11
74March 4, 1971Buffalo
W 113–116
Oscar Robertson (32)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Milwaukee Arena
63–11
75March 5, 1971@ Detroit
W 108–95
Lew Alcindor (34)
Lew Alcindor (11)
Oscar Robertson (16)
Cobo Arena
64–11
76March 8, 1971Seattle
W 99–104
Lew Alcindor (32)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Jon McGlocklin & Oscar Robertson (7)
Milwaukee Arena
65–11
77March 9, 1971@ Chicago
L 103–110 (OT)
Lew Alcindor (39)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Oscar Robertson (8)
Chicago Stadium
65–12
78March 13, 1971@ New York
L 103–108
Lew Alcindor (34)
Lew Alcindor (16)
Jon McGlocklin (5)
Madison Square Garden
65–13
79March 14, 1971Phoenix
L 125–113
Lew Alcindor (38)
Lew Alcindor (15)
Greg Smith (6)
Wisconsin Field House
65–14
80March 16, 1971@ Phoenix
W 119–111
Lew Alcindor (48)
Lew Alcindor (14)
Oscar Robertson (13)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
66–14
81March 18, 1971@ Seattle
L 121–122
Lew Alcindor (39)
Lew Alcindor (13)
Greg Smith (7)
Seattle Center Coliseum
66–15
82March 19, 1971@ San Diego
L 99–111
Lew Alcindor (22)
Dick Cunningham (12)
Bob Greacen (8)
San Diego Sports Arena
66–16 :
1970–71 schedule :

## Playoffs

1971 playoff game log :
Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 27
@ San Francisco
W 107–96
Oscar Robertson (31)
Alcindor, Smith (10)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 11,216
1–0
2
March 29
San Francisco
W 104–90
Lew Alcindor (26)
Lew Alcindor (18)
Oscar Robertson (7)
University of Wisconsin Field House 12,868
2–0
3
March 30
San Francisco
W 114–102
Lew Alcindor (33)
Lew Alcindor (12)
Lucius Allen (8)
University of Wisconsin Field House 12,868
3–0
4
April 1
@ San Francisco
L 104–106
Lew Alcindor (32)
Lew Alcindor (21)
Lucius Allen (6)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,615
3–1
5
April 4
San Francisco
W 136–86
Jon McGlocklin (28)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Lucius Allen (7)
University of Wisconsin Field House 12,868
4–1 :
Conference Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 9
Los Angeles
W 106–85
Lew Alcindor (32)
Lew Alcindor (22)
Oscar Robertson (10)
Milwaukee Arena 10,746
1–0
2
April 11
Los Angeles
W 91–73
Lew Alcindor (22)
Bob Dandridge (11)
Oscar Robertson (7)
Milwaukee Arena 10,746
2–0
3
April 14
@ Los Angeles
L 107–118
Bob Dandridge (25)
Lew Alcindor (19)
Oscar Robertson (9)
The Forum 17,334
2–1
4
April 16
@ Los Angeles
W 117–94
Lew Alcindor (31)
Lew Alcindor (20)
Oscar Robertson (6)
The Forum 17,505
3–1
5
April 18
Los Angeles
W 116–98
Greg Smith (22)
Alcindor, Dandridge (15)
Oscar Robertson (12)
Milwaukee Arena 10,746
4–1 :
NBA Finals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 21
Baltimore
W 98–88
Lew Alcindor (31)
Lew Alcindor (17)
Oscar Robertson (7)
Milwaukee Arena 10,746
1–0
2
April 25
@ Baltimore
W 102–83
Lew Alcindor (27)
Lew Alcindor (24)
Oscar Robertson (10)
Baltimore Civic Center 12,289
2–0
3
April 28
Baltimore
W 107–99
Bob Dandridge (29)
Lew Alcindor (21)
Oscar Robertson (12)
Milwaukee Arena 10,746
3–0
4
April 30
@ Baltimore
W 118–106
Oscar Robertson (30)
Alcindor, Dandridge (12)
Oscar Robertson (9)
Baltimore Civic Center 11,842
4–0 :
1971 schedule :

## Player statistics
### Season

Regular season statistics :
| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
| 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 |
| Bill Zopf | 53 | 7.5 | 36.3 | 55.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.2 |

### Playoffs

Playoff statistics :
| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
| 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 |
| 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

Subtractions :
| Player | Date signed | New team |
| Len Chappell | Expansion Draft May 11, 1970 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Freddie Crawford | Expansion Draft May 11, 1970 | Buffalo Braves |