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1970-71 NBA Standings

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League Champion: Milwaukee Bucks

Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31.7/16.0/3.3)
Rookie of the Year: Dave Cowens (17.0/15.0/2.8) & Geoff Petrie (24.8/3.4/4.8)

PPG Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31.7)
RPG Leader: Wilt Chamberlain (18.2)
APG Leader: Norm Van Lier (10.1)
WS Leader: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22.3)

League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) ▪ Click conference name for conference standings
Eastern Conference W L W-L% GB PS/G PA/G SRS
Atlantic Division              
New York Knicks* (1) 52 30 .634 — 110.1 105.0 5.05
Philadelphia 76ers* (3) 47 35 .573 5.0 114.8 113.3 1.81
Boston Celtics (5) 44 38 .537 8.0 117.2 115.1 2.30
Buffalo Braves (7) 22 60 .268 30.0 105.5 112.1 -8.02
Central Division              
Baltimore Bullets* (2) 42 40 .512 — 112.9 112.3 0.91
Atlanta Hawks* (4) 36 46 .439 6.0 114.0 115.8 -1.31
Cincinnati Royals (6) 33 49 .402 9.0 116.0 119.2 -2.96
Cleveland Cavaliers (8) 15 67 .183 27.0 102.1 113.3 -12.04
Western Conference W L W-L% GB PS/G PA/G SRS
Midwest Division              
Milwaukee Bucks* (1) 66 16 .805 — 118.4 106.2 11.91
Chicago Bulls* (3) 51 31 .622 15.0 110.6 105.4 5.47
Phoenix Suns (5) 48 34 .585 18.0 113.8 111.9 2.33
Detroit Pistons (6) 45 37 .549 21.0 110.1 110.9 -0.34
Pacific Division              
Los Angeles Lakers* (2) 48 34 .585 — 114.8 111.7 3.26
San Francisco Warriors* (4) 41 41 .500 7.0 107.1 108.5 -0.83
San Diego Rockets (7) 40 42 .488 8.0 113.2 113.4 0.20
Seattle SuperSonics (8) 38 44 .463 10.0 115.0 117.0 -1.53
Portland Trail Blazers (9) 29 53 .354 19.0 115.5 120.0 -6.20

Expanded Standings

Place Conference Division All-Star Margin Month
Rk Team Overall Home Road Neutral E W A C M P Pre Post ≤3 ≥10 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
1 Milwaukee Bucks 66-16 34-2 28-13 4-1 30-8 36-8 14-5 16-3 14-4 22-4 35-7 31-9 5-4 47-6 5-1 13-2 11-4 15-2 16-2 6-5
2 New York Knicks 52-30 32-9 19-20 1-1 25-13 27-17 10-6 15-7 13-7 14-10 32-14 20-16 5-7 27-9 9-2 11-5 11-4 8-7 7-8 6-4
3 Chicago Bulls 51-31 30-11 17-19 4-1 26-11 25-20 11-8 15-3 7-11 18-9 26-18 25-13 6-8 33-8 5-3 7-5 11-8 9-6 11-3 8-6
4 Los Angeles Lakers 48-34 30-11 17-22 1-1 23-15 25-19 10-9 13-6 10-12 15-7 24-19 24-15 3-9 30-16 4-3 8-5 10-7 9-7 13-4 4-8
5 Phoenix Suns 48-34 27-14 19-20 2-0 23-15 25-19 9-10 14-5 9-9 16-10 26-21 22-13 5-7 24-16 3-6 11-6 9-7 11-4 9-4 5-7
6 Philadelphia 76ers 47-35 24-15 21-18 2-2 23-15 24-20 10-6 13-9 9-11 15-9 27-20 20-15 8-3 19-14 6-4 9-8 9-6 10-6 7-6 6-5
7 Detroit Pistons 45-37 24-17 20-19 1-1 26-14 19-23 12-9 14-5 6-12 13-11 30-16 15-21 16-8 11-20 9-1 7-9 10-4 9-6 6-8 4-9
8 Boston Celtics 44-38 25-14 18-22 1-2 22-16 22-22 8-8 14-8 8-12 14-10 26-19 18-19 7-10 22-17 5-5 8-5 9-7 8-9 8-8 6-4
9 Baltimore Bullets 42-40 24-13 16-25 2-2 21-17 21-23 11-11 10-6 8-12 13-11 26-17 16-23 5-5 21-17 6-3 8-8 7-5 11-6 6-9 4-9
10 San Francisco Warriors 41-41 20-18 19-21 2-2 21-17 20-24 9-10 12-7 8-14 12-10 25-23 16-18 7-4 17-21 3-5 11-5 9-9 7-7 6-10 5-5
11 San Diego Rockets 40-42 24-15 15-26 1-1 19-18 21-24 8-11 11-7 7-16 14-8 23-24 17-18 7-6 20-16 6-6 8-7 7-7 3-14 8-5 8-3
12 Seattle SuperSonics 38-44 27-13 11-30 0-1 22-16 16-28 10-9 12-7 6-14 10-14 21-25 17-19 10-3 16-28 5-5 7-8 6-9 7-8 6-9 7-5
13 Atlanta Hawks 36-46 21-20 14-26 1-0 21-17 15-29 12-10 9-7 3-17 12-12 14-32 22-14 6-7 15-24 1-5 5-11 7-11 6-10 8-7 9-2
14 Cincinnati Royals 33-49 17-16 11-28 5-5 21-19 12-30 9-13 12-6 3-16 9-14 19-23 14-26 4-4 20-30 3-6 6-7 7-8 7-10 3-13 7-5
15 Portland Trail Blazers 29-53 18-21 9-26 2-6 23-25 6-28 9-15 14-10 3-13 3-15 16-31 13-22 4-5 15-32 4-5 5-13 3-10 5-11 6-8 6-6
16 Buffalo Braves 22-60 14-23 6-30 2-7 9-27 13-33 2-10 7-17 2-16 11-17 12-35 10-25 3-8 9-35 1-6 6-10 4-15 5-13 3-9 3-7
17 Cleveland Cavaliers 15-67 11-30 2-37 2-0 10-28 5-39 9-15 1-13 2-14 3-25 6-44 9-23 3-6 9-46 0-9 1-17 4-13 5-9 2-12 3-7

Team vs. Team

Rk Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SEA SFW
1 Atlanta Hawks 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 3-2 2-3
2 Baltimore Bullets 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 3-2 2-3
3 Boston Celtics 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
4 Buffalo Braves 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
5 Chicago Bulls 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 3-2 4-2
6 Cincinnati Royals 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 1-4 2-3
7 Cleveland Cavaliers 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 0-4 1-3
8 Detroit Pistons 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 3-1 1-4
9 Los Angeles Lakers 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
10 Milwaukee Bucks 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 5-1 6-0
11 New York Knicks 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 2-3 3-2
12 Philadelphia 76ers 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
13 Phoenix Suns 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
14 Portland Trail Blazers 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 2-4 1-3
15 San Diego Rockets 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 5-1 2-4
16 Seattle SuperSonics 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
17 San Francisco Warriors 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