1971-1972 Milwaukee Bucks: 63-19 .768
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-5 (4257 points scored, 3619 allowed) Road record: 27-12 (4347 points scored, 4105 allowed) Other sites: 5-2 (796 points scored, 761 allowed) Head Coach: Larry Costello 9400 points scored (4th of 17 teams), 8485 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7'2 225 24 UCLA Lucius Allen 6'2 175 24 UCLA John Block 6'9 207 27 Southern California Bob Dandridge 6'6 195 24 Norfolk State Bill Dinwiddie 6'7 220 28 New Mexico Highlands Wali Jones 6'2 180 29 Villanova Toby Kimball 6'6 220 29 Connecticut Chuck Lowery 6'3 185 22 Puget Sound Jon McGlocklin 6'5 205 28 Indiana McCoy McLemore 6'7 230 29 Drake Barry Nelson 6'10 230 22 Duquesne Curtis Perry 6'7 220 23 Southwest Missouri State Oscar Robertson 6'5 205 33 Cincinnati Greg Smith 6'5 195 24 Western Kentucky Jeff Webb 6'4 170 23 Kansas State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 81 3583 1159 2019 0 0 504 732 0 0 1346 370 0 0 0 235 2822 34.8 F Bob Dandridge 80 2957 630 1264 0 0 215 291 0 0 613 249 0 0 0 297 1475 18.4 G Oscar Robertson 64 2390 419 887 0 0 276 330 0 0 323 491 0 0 0 116 1114 17.4 G Lucius Allen 80 2316 441 874 0 0 198 259 0 0 254 333 0 0 0 214 1080 13.5 G Jon McGlocklin 80 2213 374 733 0 0 109 126 0 0 181 231 0 0 0 146 857 10.7 F John Block 79 1524 233 530 0 0 206 275 0 0 410 95 0 0 0 213 672 8.5 G Wali Jones 48 1030 144 354 0 0 74 90 0 0 75 141 0 0 0 112 362 7.5 F Curtis Perry 50 1471 143 371 0 0 64 95 0 0 471 78 0 0 0 214 350 7.0 F Toby Kimball 74 971 107 229 0 0 44 81 0 0 312 60 0 0 0 137 258 3.5 F Greg Smith 28 737 97 198 0 0 41 58 0 0 161 63 0 0 0 92 235 8.4 G Chuck Lowery 20 134 17 38 0 0 11 18 0 0 19 14 0 0 0 16 45 2.2 F Bill Dinwiddie 23 144 16 57 0 0 5 9 0 0 32 9 0 0 0 23 37 1.6 C Barry Nelson 28 102 15 36 0 0 5 10 0 0 20 7 0 0 0 21 35 1.2 F McCoy McLemore 10 99 9 28 0 0 11 12 0 0 34 12 0 0 0 18 29 2.9 G Jeff Webb 19 109 9 35 0 0 11 13 0 0 18 7 0 0 0 8 29 1.5
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 17 Collis Jones 298 Notre Dame
3 51 Gary Brell Marquette
4 68 Henry Smith Missouri
5 85 Barry Nelson 28 Duquesne
6 102 Ed Kemp Adams State
7 119 Gene Phillips Southern Methodist
8 136 Felix Thurston Trinity (TX)
9 152 Rick Howat Illinois
10 168 Dan Fife Michigan
11 182 Blaine Henry Marshall
12 195 Gene Mumford Scranton
13 207 Pierre Russell 110 Kansas
14 216 George Jackson Dayton
15 224 Loyd King 84 Virginia Tech
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CLE (Willie Long)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/28/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 106-117
03/30/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 118-93
04/01/1972 at Golden State Warriors W 122-94
04/04/1972 at Golden State Warriors W 106-99
04/06/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-100
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Western Finals
04/09/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers W 93-72
04/12/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 134-135
04/14/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-108
04/16/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-88
04/18/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 90-115
04/22/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 100-104
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 11 510 139 318 38 54 200 56 35 316 28.7
F Bob Dandridge 11 441 100 202 37 50 97 21 47 237 21.5
G Lucius Allen 11 386 78 166 41 54 38 42 30 197 17.9
G Oscar Robertson 11 380 57 140 30 36 64 83 29 144 13.1
F Curtis Perry 11 397 43 91 18 23 141 14 45 104 9.5
G Wali Jones 9 200 36 82 18 21 18 20 27 90 10.0
F John Block 11 156 20 52 15 18 55 6 15 55 5.0
G Jon McGlocklin 5 103 15 35 5 6 3 6 11 35 7.0
F Toby Kimball 7 36 5 12 2 2 6 2 3 12 1.7
G Chuck Lowery 7 26 2 8 2 3 3 1 4 6 0.9
C Barry Nelson 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1971 at Phoenix Suns W 110-97 1-0 10/16/1971 at Seattle Supersonics W 98-91 2-0 10/17/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 127-94 3-0 10/19/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-82 4-0 10/22/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 124-105 5-0 10/23/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 110-88 6-0 10/26/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 120-90 7-0 10/29/1971 at Boston Celtics L 114-125 7-1 10/31/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-102 8-1 11/05/1971 at Chicago Bulls W 104-102 9-1 11/06/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 106-78 10-1 11/09/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-113 11-1 11/10/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 116-110 12-1 11/12/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 111-102 13-1 11/13/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 127-106 14-1 11/14/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 125-114 15-1 11/16/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 125-105 16-1 11/19/1971 at Seattle Supersonics W 108-107 17-1 11/20/1971 at Golden State Warriors L 100-107 17-2 11/21/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-112 17-3 11/23/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 112-104 18-3 11/24/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 141-107 19-3 11/26/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 120-105 20-3 11/27/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 114-81 21-3 11/30/1971 vs Golden State Warriors L 103-106 21-4 12/03/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 120-82 22-4 12/04/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-105 23-4 12/07/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 116-83 24-4 12/10/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 120-104 25-4 12/11/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 107-101 26-4 12/14/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 106-98 27-4 12/15/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 122-108 28-4 12/17/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 120-113 29-4 12/19/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 111-96 30-4 12/22/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 98-104 30-5 12/25/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 118-120 30-6 12/26/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 114-92 31-6 12/28/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 105-116 31-7 12/29/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 123-84 32-7 01/03/1972 at New York Knicks L 99-101 32-8 01/04/1972 vs New York Knicks W 121-100 33-8 01/05/1972 at Cincinnati Royals W 115-106 34-8 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 136-119 35-8 01/09/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 120-104 36-8 01/11/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 114-115 36-9 01/12/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 102-104 36-10 01/14/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 104-77 37-10 01/16/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 126-97 38-10 01/21/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-91 39-10 01/23/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks L 113-118 39-11 01/25/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 123-91 40-11 01/26/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 120-94 41-11 01/28/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 127-118 42-11 01/30/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 116-112 43-11 02/01/1972 at Golden State Warriors W 108-97 44-11 02/02/1972 at Phoenix Suns W 106-103 45-11 02/04/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-118 45-12 02/05/1972 at Houston Rockets W 119-112 46-12 02/08/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 126-108 47-12 02/09/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 126-121 48-12 02/11/1972 vs New York Knicks L 107-113 48-13 02/12/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 123-100 49-13 02/13/1972 at Boston Celtics W 117-109 50-13 02/17/1972 at Cincinnati Royals W 111-97 51-13 02/18/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 126-132 51-14 02/19/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 97-104 51-15 02/20/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 103-100 52-15 02/23/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 113-105 53-15 02/26/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 119-117 54-15 02/29/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 131-113 55-15 03/01/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 108-109 55-16 03/03/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 94-81 56-16 03/06/1972 vs Boston Celtics W 132-127 57-16 03/07/1972 at New York Knicks L 101-110 57-17 03/12/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 109-99 58-17 03/14/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 109-98 59-17 03/15/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 106-110 59-18 03/17/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-123 59-19 03/18/1972 at Houston Rockets W 120-116 60-19 03/21/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 111-94 61-19 03/24/1972 vs New York Knicks W 131-88 62-19 03/25/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 119-95 63-19 |