# 1970–71 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1970–71 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 27th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

## Teams

| SR Croatia Jugoplastika Lokomotiva Oriolik Zadar Željezničar Karlovac | SR Serbia Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda OKK Beograd Partizan Radnički Belgrade | SR Macedonia Rabotnički | SR Slovenia Olimpija |

## Classification

| | Regular season ranking 1970-71 | G | V | P | PF | PS | Pt |
| 1. | Jugoplastika | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1895 | 1677 | 38 |
| 2. | Lokomotiva | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1953 | 1788 | 32 |
| 3. | Crvena Zvezda | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1929 | 1685 | 30 |
| 4. | OKK Beograd | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1519 | 1509 | 24 |
| 5. | Rabotnički | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1646 | 1632 | 22 |
| 6. | Olimpija | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1797 | 1762 | 22 |
| 7. | Zadar | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1653 | 1692 | 20 |
| 8. | Radnički Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1868 | 1913 | 18 |
| 9. | Borac Čačak | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1681 | 1746 | 18 |
| 10. | Partizan | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1734 | 1781 | 16 |
| 11. | Oriolik | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1532 | 1669 | 16 |
| 12. | Željezničar Karlovac | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1576 | 1929 | 8 |
The winning roster of Jugoplastika:
* Drago Peterka [hr] (born 1942, 83 points)
* Zoran Grašo [hr] (1948, 30)
* Mihajlo Manović (1948, 104)
* Ivo Škarić [hr] (1951, 4)
* Ratomir Tvrdić (1943, 392)
* Martin Guvo (1949, 3)
* Dražen Tvrdić [hr] (1947, 31)
* Lovre Tvrdić [hr] (1941, 138)
* Damir Šolman (1948, 526)
* Siniša Depolo
* Zdenko Prug [hr] (1944, 196)
* Petar Skansi (1943, 387)
* Gordan Grgin
* Momčilo Radulović (1945, 1)
Coach: Branko Radović

## Results

| Home \ Away | JUG | CZV | LOK | RAD | RAB | PAR | OLI | OKK | BOR | ZAD | ŽKA | ORI |
| Jugoplastika | — | 79–77 | 84–86 | 93–87 | 93–71 | 109–75 | 91–71 | 89–77 | 70–59 | 102–83 | 87–59 | 93–60 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 106–82 | — | 107–94 | 103–71 | 81–66 | 86–74 | 103–81 | 84–80 | 92–73 | 73–77 | 104–78 | 95–52 |
| Lokomotiva | 84–87 | 79–78 | — | 108–66 | 96–90 | 101–99 | 92–85 | 83–73 | 117–69 | 94–87 | 112–73 | 88–80 |
| Radnički Belgrade | 84–101 | 101–108 | 114–109 | — | 82–78 | 91–94 | 98–85 | 83–82 | 101–96 | 105–76 | 100–62 | 88–71 |
| Rabotnički | 75–78 | 90–79 | 85–71 | 91–75 | — | 75–72 | 93–70 | 61–68 | 75–71 | 86–81 | 68–65 | 81–63 |
| Partizan | 72–83 | 78–73 | 85–89 | 86–78 | 61–70 | — | 80–81 | 80–71 | 74–67 | 79–72 | 101–85 | 93–71 |
| Olimpija | 91–98 | 75–72 | 65–81 | 86–89 | 67–64 | 86–80 | — | 65–68 | 92–60 | 101–92 | 111–79 | 99–69 |
| OKK Beograd | 66–70 | 66–65 | 57–65 | 81–72 | 48–66 | 70–50 | 74–67 | — | 66–61 | 55–53 | 72–70 | 55–61 |
| Borac Čačak | 82–80 | 69–78 | 87–81 | 77–76 | 87–76 | 82–70 | 73–71 | 70–71 | — | 71–73 | 89–61 | 88–82 |
| Zadar | 76–83 | 66–82 | 70–73 | 77–63 | 85–63 | 79–77 | 63–72 | 65–62 | 84–74 | — | 86–66 | 79–56 |
| Željezničar Karlovac | 68–82 | 83–99 | 79–95 | 77–75 | 66–65 | 80–79 | 81–97 | 78–86 | 68–94 | 71–77 | — | 76–75 |
| Oriolik | 63–64 | 71–85 | 68–56 | 72–69 | 66–51 | 83–75 | 62–72 | 51–71 | 87–82 | 84–52 | 85–51 | — |

## Qualification in 1971-72 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup
* Jugoplastika (champions)
FIBA Cup Winner's Cup
* Crvena Zvezda (Cup winners)
FIBA Korać Cup
* Lokomotiva (2nd)
* OKK Beograd (4th)

## Basketball Cup
### Bracket

| Eightfinals | Eightfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Crvena zvezda | 103 | | | | |
| Partizan | 71 | | | | |
| Partizan | 71 | Crvena zvezda | 78 | | |
| | | Jugoplastika | 76 | | |
| Jugoplastika | 75 | Jugoplastika | 76 | | |
| OKK Beograd | 73 | | | | |
| OKK Beograd | 73 | | | Crvena zvezda | 89 |
| | | | | Zadar | 72 |
| Zadar | 88 | | | Zadar | 72 |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | 38 | | | | |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | 38 | Zadar | 103 | | |
| | | Željezničar Karlovac | 77 | | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | | Željezničar Karlovac | 77 | | |
| Željezničar Karlovac | | | | | | | |
| Željezničar Karlovac | | | | | | Crvena zvezda | 82 |
| | | | | | | AŠK Olimpija | 70 |
| Kombinat Zrenjanin | 65 | | | | | AŠK Olimpija | 70 |
| Lokomotiva | 114 | | | | | | |
| Lokomotiva | 114 | Lokomotiva | 90 | | | | |
| | | AŠK Olimpija | 93 | | | | |
| Borac Čačak | 71 | AŠK Olimpija | 93 | | | | |
| AŠK Olimpija | 85 | | | | | | |
| AŠK Olimpija | 85 | | | AŠK Olimpija | 88 | | |
| | | | | Rabotnički | 83 |
| Radnički Belgrade | 109 | | | Rabotnički | 83 |
| Ivangrad | 72 | | | | |
| Ivangrad | 72 | Radnički Belgrade | 79 | | |
| | | Rabotnički | 76 | | |
| Rabotnički | 146 | Rabotnički | 76 | | |
| Maribor | 53 | | | | |