1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks Schedule and Results

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Record: 66-16, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Larry Costello (66-16)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 118.4 (1st of 17) Opp PTS/G: 106.2 (3rd of 17)

SRS: 11.91 (1st of 17) Pace: 113.4 (12th of 17)

Off Rtg: 103.9 (1st of 17) Def Rtg: 93.1 (1st of 17) Net Rtg: +10.8 (1st of 17)

Expected W-L: 67-15 (1st of 17)

Arena: Milwaukee Arena

NBA 1971 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus San Francisco Warriors (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-0) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Conference Champions
Midwest Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		107	98	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Oct 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		114	115	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Oct 24, 1970	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	2OT	122	120	2	1	W 1
4	Sun, Oct 25, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		126	107	3	1	W 2
5	Tue, Oct 27, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		126	113	4	1	W 3
6	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		121	100	5	1	W 4
7	Wed, Nov 4, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	108	6	1	W 5
8	Sun, Nov 8, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		125	105	7	1	W 6
9	Wed, Nov 11, 1970	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		123	113	8	1	W 7	15,203
10	Sat, Nov 14, 1970	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		116	107	9	1	W 8
11	Sun, Nov 15, 1970	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		105	90	10	1	W 9
12	Mon, Nov 16, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		119	100	11	1	W 10
13	Wed, Nov 18, 1970	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		117	111	12	1	W 11
14	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		117	100	13	1	W 12
15	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		127	102	14	1	W 13
16	Sun, Nov 22, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	104	15	1	W 14
17	Tue, Nov 24, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		117	108	16	1	W 15
18	Wed, Nov 25, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	87	17	1	W 16
19	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		94	103	17	2	L 1
20	Sat, Nov 28, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		99	100	17	3	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Nov 29, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		124	111	18	3	W 1
22	Thu, Dec 3, 1970	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		107	100	19	3	W 2
23	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	128	122	20	3	W 3
24	Tue, Dec 8, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		125	104	21	3	W 4
25	Wed, Dec 9, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		97	127	21	4	L 1
26	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		134	92	22	4	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 12, 1970	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		111	113	22	5	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 13, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	107	23	5	W 1
29	Fri, Dec 18, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		124	114	24	5	W 2	10,746
30	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		110	119	24	6	L 1
31	Sun, Dec 20, 1970	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		131	101	25	6	W 1
32	Mon, Dec 21, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		113	88	26	6	W 2
33	Sat, Dec 26, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		131	111	27	6	W 3
34	Mon, Dec 28, 1970	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		137	114	28	6	W 4			at Madison, WI
35	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		119	97	29	6	W 5
36	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	119	29	7	L 1
37	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		118	73	30	7	W 1
38	Mon, Jan 4, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	110	31	7	W 2
39	Wed, Jan 6, 1971	Box Score	N	Chicago Bulls	W		119	106	32	7	W 3			at Madison, WI
40	Thu, Jan 7, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	106	33	7	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 9, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		118	100	34	7	W 5
42	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		151	99	35	7	W 6
43	Fri, Jan 15, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		135	116	36	7	W 7
44	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		110	90	37	7	W 8
45	Sun, Jan 17, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		120	113	38	7	W 9	10,746
46	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		120	116	39	7	W 10
47	Fri, Jan 22, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		110	117	39	8	L 1
48	Sat, Jan 23, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		142	117	40	8	W 1
49	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		142	120	41	8	W 2
50	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	107	41	9	L 1
51	Wed, Jan 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		132	129	42	9	W 1	8,097
52	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		142	118	43	9	W 2
53	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		131	104	44	9	W 3			at Madison, WI
54	Tue, Feb 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		111	123	44	10	L 1
55	Wed, Feb 3, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		108	101	45	10	W 1
56	Fri, Feb 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		93	116	45	11	L 1
57	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		111	85	46	11	W 1
58	Mon, Feb 8, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		118	94	47	11	W 2
59	Tue, Feb 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		107	106	48	11	W 3
60	Thu, Feb 11, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	88	49	11	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 13, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		103	96	50	11	W 5
62	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		124	88	51	11	W 6
63	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		135	103	52	11	W 7
64	Wed, Feb 17, 1971	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		119	114	53	11	W 8			at Madison, WI
65	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		128	112	54	11	W 9
66	Sat, Feb 20, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		104	96	55	11	W 10
67	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		125	97	56	11	W 11
68	Tue, Feb 23, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		118	107	57	11	W 12
69	Wed, Feb 24, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		139	104	58	11	W 13
70	Fri, Feb 26, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		135	111	59	11	W 14
71	Sun, Feb 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		111	99	60	11	W 15	10,880
72	Mon, Mar 1, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		127	103	61	11	W 16
73	Wed, Mar 3, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	97	62	11	W 17
74	Thu, Mar 4, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		116	113	63	11	W 18
75	Fri, Mar 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		108	95	64	11	W 19
76	Mon, Mar 8, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		104	99	65	11	W 20
77	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	OT	103	110	65	12	L 1
78	Sat, Mar 13, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		103	108	65	13	L 2
79	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score	N	Phoenix Suns	L		113	125	65	14	L 3			at Madison, WI
80	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		119	111	66	14	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Mar 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		121	122	66	15	L 1			at Seattle, WA (Clarence S. "Hec" Edmundson Pavillion)
82	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		99	111	66	16	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Mar 27, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W	107	96	1	0	W 1
2	Mon, Mar 29, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W	104	90	2	0	W 2			at Madison, WI
3	Tue, Mar 30, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W	114	102	3	0	W 3			at Madison, WI
4	Thu, Apr 1, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L	104	106	3	1	L 1
5	Sun, Apr 4, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W	136	86	4	1	W 1			at Madison, WI
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Fri, Apr 9, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	106	85	5	1	W 2
7	Sun, Apr 11, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	91	73	6	1	W 3
8	Wed, Apr 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	107	118	6	2	L 1
9	Fri, Apr 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	117	94	7	2	W 1
10	Sun, Apr 18, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	116	98	8	2	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
11	Wed, Apr 21, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	98	88	9	2	W 3	10,746
12	Sun, Apr 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	102	83	10	2	W 4	12,289
13	Wed, Apr 28, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	107	99	11	2	W 5	10,746
14	Fri, Apr 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	118	106	12	2	W 6	11,842

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