1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season was the fourth season in franchise history.[1] Led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Bucks finished in first place in the Midwest Division. Abdul-Jabbar won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award ahead of Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers. On January 9, 1972, the Bucks snapped the Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game winning streak.

1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coachLarry Costello
ArenaMilwaukee Arena
Results
Record63–19 (.768)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishConference Finals
(Lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWISN-TV
RadioWTMJ

Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 17 Collis Jones  United States University of Notre Dame
3 51 Gary Brell  United States Marquette University

[2]

Roster
1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 33 Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1947–04–16 UCLA
PG 42 Allen, Lucius 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1947–09–26 UCLA
F 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1944–04–16 Southern California
SF 10 Dandridge, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1947–11–15 Norfolk State
G 24 Jones, Wali 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1942–02–14 Villanova
F 7 Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1942–09–07 Connecticut
SG 14 McGlocklin, Jon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1943–06–10 Indiana
C 50 Nelson, Barry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1949–09–19 Duquesne
F 18 Perry, Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1948–09–13 Missouri State
PG 1 Robertson, Oscar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1938–11–24 Cincinnati
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 6319.768–31–527–125–213–5
x-Chicago Bulls 5725.695629–1226–122–112–6
Phoenix Suns 4933.5981430–1119–200–27–11
Detroit Pistons 2656.3173716–259–301–14–14
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6913.841
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks6319.768
3 x-Chicago Bulls5725.695
4 x-Golden State Warriors5131.622
5 Phoenix Suns4933.598
6 Seattle SuperSonics4735.573
7 Houston Rockets3448.415
8 Detroit Pistons2656.317
9 Portland Trail Blazers1864.220
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1971–72 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET GSW HOU LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta –2–40–44–20–53–34–23–23–21–40–52–33–13–33–24–01–4
Baltimore 4–2–2–23–31–44–21–53–21–43–21–40–52–44–04–13–12–3
Boston 4–02–2–6–03–24–25–15–02–35–01–42–33–36–02–34–02–3
Buffalo 2–43–30–6–1–33–34–22–41–30–40–40–41–53–30–42–40–4
Chicago 5–04–12–33–1–3–14–05–13–35–11–32–43–24–15–16–02–3
Cincinnati 3–32–42–43–31–3–6–22–32–30–41–40–52–22–22–32–20–5
Cleveland 2–45–11–52–40–42–6–1–30–42–21–30–41–52–40–44–20–4
Detroit 2–32–30–54–21–53–23–1–0–53–31–41–51–41–42–42–20–4
Golden State 2–34–13–23–13–33–24–05–0–5–11–52–22–34–12–34–24–2
Houston 4–12–30–54–01–54–02–23–31–5–1–50–50–54–11–34–23–3
Los Angeles 5–04–14–14–03–14–13–14–15–15–1–4–14–15–04–26–05–1
Milwaukee 3–25–03–24–04–25–04–05–12–25–01–4–2–34–14–26–06–0
New York 1–34–23–35–12–32–25–14–13–25–01–43–2–3–31–43–13–2
Philadelphia 3–30–40–63–31–42–24–24–11–41–40–51–43–3–1–42–24–1
Phoenix 2–31–43–24–01–53–24–04–23–23–12–42–44–14–1–6–03–2
Portland 0–41–30–44–20–62–22–42–22–42–40–60–61–32–20–6–0–6
Seattle 4–13–23–24–03–25–04–04–02–43–31–50–62–31–42–36–0—

Game log
1971–72 game log
Total: 63–19 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
October: 8–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 5–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 14, 1971@ Phoenix W 110–97 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1-0
2October 16, 1971@ Seattle W 98–91 Seattle Center Coliseum 2-0
3October 17, 1971@ Portland W 127–94 Memorial Coliseum 3-0
4October 19, 1971Cleveland W 116–82 Milwaukee Arena 4–0
5October 22, 1971Buffalo W 124–105 Milwaukee Arena 5–0
6October 23, 1971@ Philadelphia W 110–88 The Spectrum 6-0
7October 26, 1971Baltimore W 120–90 Milwaukee Arena 7–0
8October 29, 1971@ Boston L 114–125 Boston Garden 7-1
9October 31, 1971@ Cleveland W 118–102 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14) Oscar Robertson (11) Cleveland Arena 8-1
November: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
January: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
44January 9, 1972Los Angeles W 120–104 Milwaukee Arena 36–8
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1971–72 schedule

Playoffs
1972 playoff game log
Conference Semi-finals: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 28 Golden State L 106–117 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) Lucius Allen (8) Milwaukee Arena
9,877		 0–1
2 March 30 Golden State W 118–93 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22) Oscar Robertson (9) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 1–1
3 April 1 @ Golden State W 122–94 Abdul-Jabbar, Dandridge (23) — — Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,502		 2–1
4 April 4 @ Golden State W 106–99 Bob Dandridge (31) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (20) Oscar Robertson (11) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,986		 3–1
5 April 6 Golden State W 108–100 Bob Dandridge (29) — — Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 4–1
Conference Finals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 9 @ Los Angeles W 93–73 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) Curtis Perry (23) Oscar Robertson (10) The Forum
17,505		 1–0
2 April 12 @ Los Angeles L 134–135 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (40) Curtis Perry (12) Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson (7) The Forum
17,505		 1–1
3 April 14 Los Angeles L 105–108 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (21) Abdul-Jabbar, Allen (6) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 1–2
4 April 16 Los Angeles W 114–88 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31) Curtis Perry (19) Oscar Robertson (10) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 2–2
5 April 18 @ Los Angeles L 90–115 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (16) Bob Dandridge (4) The Forum
17,505		 2–3
6 April 22 Los Angeles L 100–104 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (8) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 2–4
1972 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8144.257.468.916.64.634.8
Bob Dandridge 8037.049.873.97.73.118.4
Oscar Robertson 6437.347.283.65.07.717.4
Lucius Allen 8029.050.576.43.24.213.5
Jon McGlocklin 8027.751.086.52.32.910.7
John Block 7919.344.074.95.21.28.5
Greg Smith 2826.349.070.75.82.38.4
Wali Jones 4821.540.782.21.62.97.5
Curtis Perry 50 29.4 38.5 67.4 9.4 1.6 7.0
Toby Kimball 74 13.1 46.7 54.3 4.2 0.8 3.5
McCoy McLemore 10 9.9 32.1 91.7 3.4 1.2 2.9
Charlie Lowery 20 6.7 44.7 61.1 1.0 0.7 2.3
Bill Dinwiddie 23 6.3 28.1 55.6 1.4 0.4 1.6
Jeff Webb 19 5.7 25.7 84.6 0.9 0.4 1.5
Barry Nelson 28 3.6 41.7 50.0 0.7 0.3 1.3

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1146.443.770.418.25.128.7
Bob Dandridge 1140.149.574.08.81.921.5
Lucius Allen 1135.147.075.93.53.817.9
Oscar Robertson 1134.540.783.35.87.513.1
Wali Jones 922.243.985.72.02.210.0
Curtis Perry 1136.147.378.312.81.39.5
Jon McGlocklin 520.642.983.30.61.27.0
John Block 1114.238.583.35.00.55.0
Toby Kimball 7 5.1 41.7 100.0 0.9 0.3 1.7
Charlie Lowery 7 3.7 25.0 66.7 0.4 0.1 0.9
Barry Nelson 2 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0

Awards and honors

Transactions

Trades
September 12, 1971 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Houston Rockets----
December 9, 1971 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Houston Rockets----

References
  1. 1971-72 Milwaukee Bucks
  2. "1971 NBA Draft".
  3. Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
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