1970-1971 Baltimore Bullets: 42-40 .512
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-13 (4286 points scored, 4063 allowed) Road record: 16-24 (4440 points scored, 4600 allowed) Other sites: 2-3 (528 points scored, 543 allowed) Head Coach: Gene Shue 9254 points scored (11th of 17 teams), 9206 points allowed (9th) NBA Averages: 112.4 points/game (9218.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Barnes 6'8 210 29 Texas Western Fred Carter 6'3 185 25 Mount St. Mary's George Johnson 6'11 245 23 Stephen F. Austin Gus Johnson 6'5 230 32 Idaho Kevin Loughery 6'3 190 30 St. John's Jack Marin 6'6 200 26 Duke Eddie Miles 6'4 195 30 Seattle Earl Monroe 6'3 185 26 Winston-Salem State Dorie Murrey 6'8 215 27 Detroit Dennis Stewart 6'6 220 23 Michigan John Tresvant 6'7 215 31 Seattle Al Tucker 6'8 190 27 Oklahoma Baptist Wes Unseld 6'7 245 24 Louisville Gary Zeller 6'3 205 23 Drake Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Earl Monroe 81 2843 663 1501 0 0 406 506 0 0 213 354 0 0 0 220 1732 21.4 F Jack Marin 82 2920 626 1360 0 0 290 342 0 0 513 217 0 0 0 261 1542 18.8 G Kevin Loughery 82 2260 481 1193 0 0 275 331 0 0 219 301 0 0 0 246 1237 15.1 F Gus Johnson 66 2538 494 1090 0 0 214 290 0 0 1128 192 0 0 0 227 1202 18.2 C Wes Unseld 74 2904 424 846 0 0 199 303 0 0 1253 293 0 0 0 235 1047 14.1 G Fred Carter 77 1707 340 815 0 0 119 183 0 0 251 165 0 0 0 165 799 10.4 G Eddie Miles 63 1541 252 591 0 0 118 147 0 0 167 110 0 0 0 119 622 9.9 F John Tresvant 67 1451 184 401 0 0 139 195 0 0 359 76 0 0 0 185 507 7.6 F Dorie Murrey 69 696 77 172 0 0 66 101 0 0 214 31 0 0 0 146 220 3.2 F Al Tucker 31 276 52 115 0 0 25 31 0 0 73 7 0 0 0 33 129 4.2 C George Johnson 24 337 41 100 0 0 11 30 0 0 114 10 0 0 0 63 93 3.9 G Gary Zeller 50 226 34 115 0 0 15 28 0 0 27 7 0 0 0 43 83 1.7 C Jim Barnes 11 100 15 28 0 0 7 11 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 23 37 3.4 F Dennis Stewart 2 6 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 2.0
1970 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 9 George Johnson 69 67 Stephen F. Austin [pick acquired from BUF]
3 49 Seaburn Hill Arizona State
4 54 Bill Stricker 1 Pacific [pick acquired from DET]
4 66 Billy Jones Louisiana College
5 83 Gary Zeller 78 12 Drake
6 100 Marvin Polnick Stephen F. Austin
7 117 Charlie Wallace Oklahoma City
8 134 Tom Dyksera Wheaton
9 151 Will Hetzel Maryland
10 168 Ron Becker New Mexico
11 183 Mel Bell Houston
12 193 Ben McGilmer Iowa
13 203 Dan Debardabi Northern Arizona
14 213 Mike Williams Northern Arizona
15 222 Ted Rose Northern Michigan
16 229 Don Rather Northern Arizona
17 233 Vince Fritz Oregon State
Traded draft picks:
#1 to BUF (John Hummer)
#2 to DET (Ken Warzynski)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
03/24/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 112-126
03/26/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 119-107
03/28/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-103
03/30/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 120-105
04/01/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 103-104
04/03/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-98
04/04/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 128-120
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Eastern Finals
04/06/1971 at New York Knicks L 111-112
04/09/1971 at New York Knicks L 88-107
04/11/1971 vs New York Knicks W 114-88
04/14/1971 vs New York Knicks W 101-80
04/16/1971 at New York Knicks L 84-89
04/18/1971 vs New York Knicks W 113-96
04/19/1971 at New York Knicks W 93-91
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Finals
04/21/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-98
04/25/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 83-102
04/28/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 99-107
04/30/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-118
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Earl Monroe 18 671 145 356 107 135 64 74 56 397 22.1
F Jack Marin 18 750 147 319 76 93 145 56 54 370 20.6
G Fred Carter 18 597 108 260 47 73 82 36 63 263 14.6
C Wes Unseld 18 759 96 208 46 81 339 69 60 238 13.2
G Kevin Loughery 17 500 84 212 64 85 38 52 57 232 13.6
F John Tresvant 18 484 56 137 38 57 134 19 64 150 8.3
F Gus Johnson 11 365 54 128 35 47 114 30 34 143 13.0
F Dorie Murrey 16 92 13 27 7 11 33 1 6 33 2.1
G Gary Zeller 15 67 12 35 2 7 13 4 15 26 1.7
C George Johnson 11 35 7 13 1 2 11 2 9 15 1.4
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 123-105 1-0 10/17/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 118-116 2-0 10/20/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors L 105-125 2-1 10/21/1970 at Cincinnati Royals W 117-105 3-1 10/23/1970 vs New York Knicks W 98-92 4-1 10/24/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 120-122 4-2 10/28/1970 vs Detroit Pistons L 103-109 4-3 10/30/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers W 123-110 5-3 10/31/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 106-103 6-3 11/04/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 100-111 6-4 11/05/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers L 131-135 6-5 11/06/1970 at San Diego Rockets W 125-118 7-5 11/08/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-124 7-6 11/11/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 107-119 7-7 11/12/1970 at New York Knicks W 110-108 8-7 11/14/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 122-101 9-7 11/15/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-105 9-8 11/16/1970 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-86 10-8 11/18/1970 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-98 11-8 11/20/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-110 12-8 11/21/1970 at Atlanta Hawks L 103-130 12-9 11/24/1970 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 156-104 13-9 11/27/1970 at Boston Celtics L 107-153 13-10 11/28/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-91 14-10 11/30/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 98-104 14-11 12/01/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 93-97 14-12 12/04/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 131-116 15-12 12/06/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals W 126-118 16-12 12/09/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 127-97 17-12 12/12/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 119-96 18-12 12/15/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 97-115 18-13 12/18/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks L 112-116 18-14 12/19/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 134-128 19-14 12/23/1970 at Cincinnati Royals L 115-120 19-15 12/25/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 128-112 20-15 12/27/1970 at New York Knicks L 105-110 20-16 12/30/1970 vs Buffalo Braves W 106-90 21-16 01/01/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 128-105 22-16 01/02/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 108-99 23-16 01/05/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 109-101 24-16 01/07/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 110-102 25-16 01/08/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-104 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/10/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 99-151 26-17 01/14/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-114 26-18 01/15/1971 at San Diego Rockets W 124-117 27-18 01/16/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 100-117 27-19 01/17/1971 at Seattle Supersonics W 111-96 28-19 01/20/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 116-120 28-20 01/22/1971 at Boston Celtics W 136-117 29-20 01/23/1971 vs San Diego Rockets W 127-120 30-20 01/26/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors W 103-98 31-20 01/27/1971 at Cincinnati Royals L 113-115 31-21 01/29/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 145-118 32-21 01/31/1971 vs New York Knicks L 95-125 32-22 02/02/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 113-116 32-23 02/03/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-124 32-24 02/05/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 98-90 33-24 02/07/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 108-105 34-24 02/09/1971 vs Phoenix Suns L 115-120 34-25 02/12/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 109-113 34-26 02/14/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-103 35-26 02/16/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 95-110 35-27 02/17/1971 vs Buffalo Braves L 114-118 35-28 02/19/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 120-113 36-28 02/20/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks L 115-122 36-29 02/21/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 121-119 37-29 02/23/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 107-114 37-30 02/26/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-97 38-30 02/28/1971 vs New York Knicks L 104-110 38-31 03/02/1971 at New York Knicks L 95-109 38-32 03/03/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals L 132-133 38-33 03/06/1971 at San Francisco Warriors L 103-109 38-34 03/07/1971 at Phoenix Suns W 117-108 39-34 03/09/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers W 107-95 40-34 03/11/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers L 118-136 40-35 03/13/1971 at San Diego Rockets L 115-121 40-36 03/14/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 121-124 40-37 03/16/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 99-113 40-38 03/17/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-109 41-38 03/19/1971 at Boston Celtics L 117-125 41-39 03/20/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-112 42-39 03/21/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 108-120 42-40 |