1970-71 Baltimore Bullets Schedule and Results

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Record: 42-40, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Gene Shue (42-40)

Executive: Jerry Sachs

PTS/G: 112.9 (11th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 112.3 (9th of 17)

SRS: 0.91 (8th of 17) Pace: 116.5 (7th of 17)

Off Rtg: 96.2 (12th of 17) Def Rtg: 95.7 (7th of 17) Net Rtg: +0.5 (8th of 17)

Expected W-L: 42-40 (8th of 17)

Arena: Baltimore Civic Center

NBA 1971 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (0-4) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Champions
Central Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 14, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		123	105	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	118	116	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Oct 20, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		105	125	2	1	L 1
4	Wed, Oct 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		117	105	3	1	W 1
5	Fri, Oct 23, 1970	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		98	92	4	1	W 2
6	Sat, Oct 24, 1970	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	2OT	120	122	4	2	L 1
7	Wed, Oct 28, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		103	109	4	3	L 2
8	Fri, Oct 30, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	110	5	3	W 1
9	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		106	103	6	3	W 2
10	Wed, Nov 4, 1970	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		100	111	6	4	L 1
11	Thu, Nov 5, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		131	135	6	5	L 2
12	Fri, Nov 6, 1970	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		125	118	7	5	W 1
13	Sun, Nov 8, 1970	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	124	7	6	L 1
14	Wed, Nov 11, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	119	7	7	L 2
15	Thu, Nov 12, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		110	108	8	7	W 1
16	Sat, Nov 14, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		122	101	9	7	W 2
17	Sun, Nov 15, 1970	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		90	105	9	8	L 1
18	Mon, Nov 16, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	86	10	8	W 1
19	Wed, Nov 18, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	98	11	8	W 2
20	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		121	110	12	8	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		103	130	12	9	L 1
22	Tue, Nov 24, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		156	104	13	9	W 1
23	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	153	13	10	L 1
24	Sat, Nov 28, 1970	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		99	91	14	10	W 1
25	Mon, Nov 30, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		98	104	14	11	L 1
26	Tue, Dec 1, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		93	97	14	12	L 2
27	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		131	116	15	12	W 1
28	Sun, Dec 6, 1970	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		126	118	16	12	W 2
29	Wed, Dec 9, 1970	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		127	97	17	12	W 3
30	Sat, Dec 12, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		119	96	18	12	W 4
31	Tue, Dec 15, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		97	115	18	13	L 1
32	Fri, Dec 18, 1970	Box Score	N	Atlanta Hawks	L		112	116	18	14	L 2	at College Park, MD
33	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		134	128	19	14	W 1
34	Wed, Dec 23, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		115	120	19	15	L 1
35	Fri, Dec 25, 1970	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		128	112	20	15	W 1
36	Sun, Dec 27, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	110	20	16	L 1
37	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score	N	Buffalo Braves	W		106	90	21	16	W 1	at College Park, MD
38	Fri, Jan 1, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		128	105	22	16	W 2
39	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		108	99	23	16	W 3
40	Tue, Jan 5, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	101	24	16	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		110	102	25	16	W 5
42	Fri, Jan 8, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	104	26	16	W 6
43	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		99	151	26	17	L 1
44	Thu, Jan 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	114	26	18	L 2	at Seattle, WA (Clarence S. "Hec" Edmundson Pavillion)
45	Fri, Jan 15, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		124	117	27	18	W 1
46	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		100	117	27	19	L 1
47	Sun, Jan 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		111	96	28	19	W 1	at Seattle, WA (Clarence S. "Hec" Edmundson Pavillion)
48	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		116	120	28	20	L 1
49	Fri, Jan 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		136	117	29	20	W 1
50	Sat, Jan 23, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		127	120	30	20	W 2
51	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		103	98	31	20	W 3
52	Wed, Jan 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		113	115	31	21	L 1
53	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		145	118	32	21	W 1
54	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		95	125	32	22	L 1	at College Park, MD
55	Tue, Feb 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		113	116	32	23	L 2
56	Wed, Feb 3, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		102	124	32	24	L 3
57	Fri, Feb 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		98	90	33	24	W 1
58	Sun, Feb 7, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	105	34	24	W 2
59	Tue, Feb 9, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		115	120	34	25	L 1
60	Fri, Feb 12, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	109	113	34	26	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		112	103	35	26	W 1	at College Park, MD
62	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		95	110	35	27	L 1
63	Wed, Feb 17, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		114	118	35	28	L 2
64	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		120	113	36	28	W 1
65	Sat, Feb 20, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		115	122	36	29	L 1
66	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		121	119	37	29	W 1
67	Tue, Feb 23, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	114	37	30	L 1
68	Fri, Feb 26, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		114	97	38	30	W 1
69	Sun, Feb 28, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		104	110	38	31	L 1
70	Tue, Mar 2, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	109	38	32	L 2
71	Wed, Mar 3, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L	OT	132	133	38	33	L 3
72	Sat, Mar 6, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		103	109	38	34	L 4	at Oakland, CA
73	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		117	108	39	34	W 1
74	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		107	95	40	34	W 2
75	Thu, Mar 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		118	136	40	35	L 1
76	Sat, Mar 13, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		115	121	40	36	L 2
77	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		121	124	40	37	L 3	at Seattle, WA (Clarence S. "Hec" Edmundson Pavillion)
78	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	113	40	38	L 4
79	Wed, Mar 17, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	109	41	38	W 1
80	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		117	125	41	39	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 20, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	112	42	39	W 1
82	Sun, Mar 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	120	42	40	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 24, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	112	126	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Mar 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	119	107	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Mar 28, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	111	103	2	1	W 2
4	Tue, Mar 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	120	105	3	1	W 3
5	Thu, Apr 1, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	103	104	3	2	L 1
6	Sat, Apr 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	94	98	3	3	L 2
7	Sun, Apr 4, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	128	120	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
8	Tue, Apr 6, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	111	112	4	4	L 1
9	Fri, Apr 9, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	88	107	4	5	L 2
10	Sun, Apr 11, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	114	88	5	5	W 1
11	Wed, Apr 14, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	101	80	6	5	W 2
12	Fri, Apr 16, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	84	89	6	6	L 1
13	Sun, Apr 18, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	113	96	7	6	W 1
14	Mon, Apr 19, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	93	91	8	6	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
15	Wed, Apr 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	88	98	8	7	L 1
16	Sun, Apr 25, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	83	102	8	8	L 2
17	Wed, Apr 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	99	107	8	9	L 3
18	Fri, Apr 30, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	106	118	8	10	L 4

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