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1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks Schedule and Results

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66-16, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Larry Costello (66-16)

1970-71 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 118.4 (1st of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.2 (3rd of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 67-15 (1st of 17)

Arena: Milwaukee Arena ▪ Attendance: 378,106 (4th of 17)

SRS: 11.91 (1st of 17)

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

1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks:

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Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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