1973-1974 Milwaukee Bucks: 59-23 .720
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-7 (4204 points scored, 3727 allowed) Road record: 24-16 (4145 points scored, 4020 allowed) Other sites: 4-0 (431 points scored, 374 allowed) Head Coach: Larry Costello 8780 points scored (8th of 17 teams), 8121 points allowed (3rd) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7'2 225 26 UCLA Lucius Allen 6'2 175 26 UCLA Dick Cunningham 6'10 245 27 Murray State Bob Dandridge 6'6 195 26 Norfolk State Mickey Davis 6'7 195 23 Duquesne Terry Driscoll 6'7 215 26 Boston College Dick Garrett 6'3 185 26 Southern Illinois Russ Lee 6'5 185 23 Marshall Jon McGlocklin 6'5 205 30 Indiana Curtis Perry 6'7 220 25 Southwest Missouri State Oscar Robertson 6'5 205 35 Cincinnati Chuck Terry 6'6 215 23 Cal State Long Beach Cornell Warner 6'9 220 25 Jackson State Ron Williams 6'3 188 29 West Virginia 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 3548 948 1759 0 0 295 420 287 891 1178 386 112 283 0 238 2191 27.0 F Bob Dandridge 71 2521 583 1158 0 0 175 214 117 362 479 201 111 41 0 271 1341 18.9 G Lucius Allen 72 2388 526 1062 0 0 216 274 89 202 291 374 137 22 0 215 1268 17.6 G Oscar Robertson 70 2477 338 772 0 0 212 254 71 208 279 446 77 4 0 132 888 12.7 G Jon McGlocklin 79 1910 329 693 0 0 72 80 33 106 139 241 43 7 0 128 730 9.2 F Curtis Perry 81 2386 325 729 0 0 78 134 242 461 703 183 104 97 0 301 728 9.0 G Ron Williams 71 1130 192 393 0 0 60 68 19 50 69 153 49 2 0 114 444 6.3 F Mickey Davis 73 1012 169 335 0 0 93 112 0 224 224 87 27 5 0 94 431 5.9 F Cornell Warner 67 1356 172 336 0 0 81 110 101 279 380 67 27 40 0 197 425 6.3 F Terry Driscoll 64 697 88 187 0 0 30 46 73 126 199 54 21 16 0 121 206 3.2 F Russ Lee 36 166 38 94 0 0 11 16 16 24 40 20 11 0 0 29 87 2.4 G Dick Garrett 15 87 11 35 0 0 5 6 5 9 14 9 3 0 0 15 27 1.8 G Chuck Terry 7 32 4 12 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 4 8 1.1 C Dick Cunningham 8 45 3 6 0 0 0 7 1 15 16 0 2 2 0 5 6 0.8
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 16 Swen Nater 489 233 UCLA
4 59 Clyde Turner Minnesota [pick acquired from KCO]
4 67 Harry Rogers 18 St. Louis
5 85 Larry Jackson Northern Illinois
6 101 James Floyd Shaw
7 119 Eddie Childress Austin Peay
8 135 Walt McGrary Tennessee-Chattanooga
9 150 Bob Bocca Quinnipiac
10 164 Ron Battle Sam Houston State
Traded draft picks:
#2 to PHO via PHI (Gary Melchionni)
#3 to HOU (E.C. Coleman)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/29/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 99-95
03/31/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 109-90
04/02/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 96-98
04/04/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 112-90
04/07/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-92
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Western Finals
04/16/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 101-85
04/18/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 113-111
04/20/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-90
04/22/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 115-99
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Finals
04/28/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 83-98
04/30/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 105-96 (OT)
05/03/1974 at Boston Celtics L 83-95
05/05/1974 at Boston Celtics W 97-89
05/07/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 87-96
05/10/1974 at Boston Celtics W 102-101 (2OT)
05/12/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 87-102
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 16 758 224 402 67 91 67 186 253 78 20 39 41 515 32.2
F Bob Dandridge 16 648 136 276 36 47 31 91 122 45 22 10 65 308 19.2
G Oscar Robertson 16 689 90 200 44 52 15 39 54 149 15 4 46 224 14.0
G Ron Williams 15 354 57 122 16 20 6 21 27 47 9 3 40 130 8.7
G Jon McGlocklin 14 333 55 111 8 11 1 15 16 44 6 1 28 118 8.4
F Cornell Warner 16 505 47 111 13 19 35 128 163 20 7 14 70 107 6.7
F Curtis Perry 16 296 46 92 7 12 34 47 81 12 10 2 43 99 6.2
F Mickey Davis 15 245 32 65 22 24 8 26 34 12 4 2 23 86 5.7
F Terry Driscoll 9 29 5 10 2 2 9 5 14 3 2 1 12 12 1.3
F Russ Lee 6 12 5 8 1 4 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 11 1.8
G Dick Garrett 8 46 2 7 2 4 1 2 3 7 2 0 7 6 0.8
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 107-84 1-0 10/13/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 97-85 2-0 10/14/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 100-109 2-1 10/17/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 109-95 3-1 10/19/1973 at Detroit Pistons W 96-94 4-1 10/20/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 101-88 5-1 10/24/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 130-113 6-1 10/26/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 98-92 7-1 10/27/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 104-95 8-1 10/30/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 112-78 9-1 11/02/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-100 10-1 11/03/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 123-115 11-1 11/07/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 109-92 12-1 11/10/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 84-83 13-1 11/11/1973 at Capitol Bullets W 110-91 14-1 11/13/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 108-100 15-1 11/16/1973 at Boston Celtics L 90-105 15-2 11/17/1973 at New York Knicks L 93-100 15-3 11/20/1973 vs Golden State Warriors L 105-108 15-4 11/22/1973 vs New York Knicks W 107-91 16-4 11/24/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 112-92 17-4 11/25/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 105-96 18-4 11/27/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 115-110 19-4 11/28/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 127-93 20-4 11/30/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 117-93 21-4 12/04/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 124-109 22-4 12/07/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-86 23-4 12/08/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 105-92 24-4 12/11/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 130-91 25-4 12/13/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 94-97 25-5 12/15/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-82 26-5 12/16/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 121-98 27-5 12/18/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-109 27-6 12/22/1973 at Phoenix Suns L 112-121 27-7 12/26/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-110 28-7 12/27/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 129-107 29-7 12/28/1973 at Houston Rockets W 127-111 30-7 12/30/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 91-98 30-8 01/02/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 92-106 30-9 01/03/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 120-105 31-9 01/05/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-109 32-9 01/06/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 88-90 32-10 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/11/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 115-113 33-10 01/12/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 101-82 34-10 01/13/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 124-94 35-10 01/19/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 121-106 36-10 01/20/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 94-90 37-10 01/23/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 114-88 38-10 01/25/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 112-108 39-10 01/27/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 92-99 39-11 01/29/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 126-106 40-11 02/01/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 85-110 40-12 02/02/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 91-120 40-13 02/05/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 102-87 41-13 02/06/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 104-105 41-14 02/08/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 105-96 42-14 02/10/1974 at Boston Celtics W 95-86 43-14 02/12/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 81-93 43-15 02/14/1974 at Detroit Pistons W 102-99 44-15 02/15/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 90-92 44-16 02/17/1974 vs New York Knicks W 97-86 45-16 02/19/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 109-145 45-17 02/20/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 110-94 46-17 02/22/1974 at Houston Rockets W 122-113 47-17 02/24/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 100-93 48-17 02/27/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 108-110 48-18 02/28/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 113-90 49-18 03/01/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 89-105 49-19 03/02/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 116-99 50-19 03/03/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 112-106 51-19 03/04/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 109-103 52-19 03/06/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 111-99 53-19 03/07/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 95-97 53-20 03/09/1974 at New York Knicks L 75-88 53-21 03/11/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 105-92 54-21 03/15/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 89-93 54-22 03/17/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 107-82 55-22 03/19/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 111-100 56-22 03/20/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 114-120 56-23 03/22/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 106-101 57-23 03/24/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 120-110 58-23 03/26/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 118-98 59-23 |