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1973-74 Milwaukee Bucks Schedule and Results

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59-23, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Costello (59-23)

PTS/G: 107.1 (8th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 99.0 (3rd of 17)
SRS: 7.61 (1st of 17) ▪ Pace: 105.4 (14th of 17)
Off Rtg: 101.2 (1st of 17) ▪ Def Rtg: 93.6 (2nd of 17)
Expected W-L: 61-21 (1st of 17)

Arena: Milwaukee Arena ▪ Attendance: 373,135 (6th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-0) versus Chicago Bulls
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers


Western Conf. Champs

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 12, 1973 @ Phoenix Suns W 107 84 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors W 97 85 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 14, 1973 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 100 109 2 1 L 1
4 Wed, Oct 17, 1973 Golden State Warriors W 109 95 3 1 W 1
5 Fri, Oct 19, 1973 @ Detroit Pistons W 96 94 4 1 W 2
6 Sat, Oct 20, 1973 Cleveland Cavaliers W 101 88 5 1 W 3
7 Wed, Oct 24, 1973 Buffalo Braves W 130 113 6 1 W 4
8 Fri, Oct 26, 1973 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 98 92 7 1 W 5
9 Sat, Oct 27, 1973 Phoenix Suns W 104 95 8 1 W 6
10 Tue, Oct 30, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 112 78 9 1 W 7
11 Fri, Nov 2, 1973 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 118 100 10 1 W 8
12 Sat, Nov 3, 1973 Detroit Pistons W OT 123 115 11 1 W 9
13 Wed, Nov 7, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers W 109 92 12 1 W 10
14 Sat, Nov 10, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 84 83 13 1 W 11
15 Sun, Nov 11, 1973 @ Capital Bullets W 110 91 14 1 W 12
16 Tue, Nov 13, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers W 108 100 15 1 W 13
17 Fri, Nov 16, 1973 @ Boston Celtics L 90 105 15 2 L 1
18 Sat, Nov 17, 1973 @ New York Knicks L 93 100 15 3 L 2
19 Tue, Nov 20, 1973 Golden State Warriors L 105 108 15 4 L 3
20 Thu, Nov 22, 1973 New York Knicks W 107 91 16 4 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 24, 1973 @ Atlanta Hawks W 112 92 17 4 W 2
22 Sun, Nov 25, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 105 96 18 4 W 3
23 Tue, Nov 27, 1973 @ Buffalo Braves W 115 110 19 4 W 4
24 Wed, Nov 28, 1973 Seattle SuperSonics W 127 93 20 4 W 5
25 Fri, Nov 30, 1973 Boston Celtics W 117 93 21 4 W 6
26 Tue, Dec 4, 1973 Houston Rockets W 124 109 22 4 W 7
27 Fri, Dec 7, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers W 116 86 23 4 W 8
28 Sat, Dec 8, 1973 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 105 92 24 4 W 9
29 Tue, Dec 11, 1973 Seattle SuperSonics W 130 91 25 4 W 10
30 Thu, Dec 13, 1973 Chicago Bulls L 94 97 25 5 L 1
31 Sat, Dec 15, 1973 Atlanta Hawks W 116 82 26 5 W 1
32 Sun, Dec 16, 1973 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 121 98 27 5 W 2
33 Tue, Dec 18, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 107 109 27 6 L 1
34 Sat, Dec 22, 1973 @ Phoenix Suns L 112 121 27 7 L 2
35 Wed, Dec 26, 1973 Cleveland Cavaliers W 123 110 28 7 W 1
36 Thu, Dec 27, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 129 107 29 7 W 2
37 Fri, Dec 28, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 127 111 30 7 W 3
38 Sun, Dec 30, 1973 Detroit Pistons L 91 98 30 8 L 1
39 Wed, Jan 2, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons L 92 106 30 9 L 2
40 Thu, Jan 3, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 120 105 31 9 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 5, 1974 Phoenix Suns W 118 109 32 9 W 2
42 Sun, Jan 6, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 88 90 32 10 L 1
43 Fri, Jan 11, 1974 Capital Bullets W OT 115 113 33 10 W 1
44 Sat, Jan 12, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls W 101 82 34 10 W 2
45 Sun, Jan 13, 1974 Chicago Bulls W 124 94 35 10 W 3
46 Sat, Jan 19, 1974 Portland Trail Blazers W 121 106 36 10 W 4
47 Sun, Jan 20, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers W 94 90 37 10 W 5
48 Wed, Jan 23, 1974 N Buffalo Braves W 114 88 38 10 W 6 at Madison, WI
49 Fri, Jan 25, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns W 112 108 39 10 W 7
50 Sun, Jan 27, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 92 99 39 11 L 1
51 Tue, Jan 29, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 126 106 40 11 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 1, 1974 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 85 110 40 12 L 1
53 Sat, Feb 2, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors L 91 120 40 13 L 2
54 Tue, Feb 5, 1974 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 102 87 41 13 W 1
55 Wed, Feb 6, 1974 Boston Celtics L 104 105 41 14 L 1
56 Fri, Feb 8, 1974 Capital Bullets W 105 96 42 14 W 1
57 Sun, Feb 10, 1974 N Boston Celtics W 95 86 43 14 W 2 at Providence, RI
58 Tue, Feb 12, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls L 81 93 43 15 L 1
59 Thu, Feb 14, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons W 102 99 44 15 W 1
60 Fri, Feb 15, 1974 Chicago Bulls L 90 92 44 16 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 17, 1974 New York Knicks W 97 86 45 16 W 1
62 Tue, Feb 19, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves L 109 145 45 17 L 1
63 Wed, Feb 20, 1974 N Atlanta Hawks W 110 94 46 17 W 1 at Madison, WI
64 Fri, Feb 22, 1974 @ Houston Rockets W 122 113 47 17 W 2
65 Sun, Feb 24, 1974 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 100 93 48 17 W 3
66 Wed, Feb 27, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers L 108 110 48 18 L 1
67 Thu, Feb 28, 1974 Detroit Pistons W 113 90 49 18 W 1
68 Fri, Mar 1, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks L 89 105 49 19 L 1
69 Sat, Mar 2, 1974 Seattle SuperSonics W 116 99 50 19 W 1
70 Sun, Mar 3, 1974 N Houston Rockets W OT 112 106 51 19 W 2 at Madison, WI
71 Mon, Mar 4, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 109 103 52 19 W 3
72 Wed, Mar 6, 1974 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 111 99 53 19 W 4 at Omaha, NE
73 Thu, Mar 7, 1974 Golden State Warriors L 95 97 53 20 L 1
74 Sat, Mar 9, 1974 @ New York Knicks L 75 88 53 21 L 2
75 Mon, Mar 11, 1974 Phoenix Suns W 105 92 54 21 W 1
76 Fri, Mar 15, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons L 89 93 54 22 L 1
77 Sun, Mar 17, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls W 107 82 55 22 W 1
78 Tue, Mar 19, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors W 111 100 56 22 W 2
79 Wed, Mar 20, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 114 120 56 23 L 1
80 Fri, Mar 22, 1974 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 106 101 57 23 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sun, Mar 24, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 120 110 58 23 W 2
82 Tue, Mar 26, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 118 98 59 23 W 3

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 29, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers W 99 95 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Mar 31, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers W 109 90 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Apr 2, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 96 98 2 1 L 1
4 Thu, Apr 4, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 112 90 3 1 W 1
5 Sun, Apr 7, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers W 114 92 4 1 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
6 Tue, Apr 16, 1974 Chicago Bulls W 101 85 5 1 W 3
7 Thu, Apr 18, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls W 113 111 6 1 W 4
8 Sat, Apr 20, 1974 Chicago Bulls W 113 90 7 1 W 5
9 Mon, Apr 22, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls W 115 99 8 1 W 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
10 Sun, Apr 28, 1974 Boston Celtics L 83 98 8 2 L 1
11 Tue, Apr 30, 1974 Boston Celtics W OT 105 96 9 2 W 1
12 Fri, May 3, 1974 @ Boston Celtics L 83 95 9 3 L 1
13 Sun, May 5, 1974 @ Boston Celtics W 97 89 10 3 W 1
14 Tue, May 7, 1974 Boston Celtics L 87 96 10 4 L 1
15 Fri, May 10, 1974 @ Boston Celtics W 2OT 102 101 11 4 W 1
16 Sun, May 12, 1974 Boston Celtics L 87 102 11 5 L 1