1973–74 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1973–74 Milwaukee Bucks season was the sixth season for the Bucks. It would also be Oscar Robertson’s last season in the league. This would be the most recent season that the Bucks clinch the best record in the league until the 2018–19 NBA season. It was also was the last time the Bucks would be conference champions until the 2020–21 NBA season.

1973–74 Milwaukee Bucks season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coachLarry Costello
General managerWayne Embry
PresidentJohn Steinmiller (vice)
OwnersMilwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro)
ArenaMilwaukee Arena
Results
Record59–23 (.720)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(Lost to Celtics 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWISN-TV
RadioWTMJ

Draft picks
Main article: 1973 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
116Swen NaterC NetherlandsUCLA
459Clyde Turner United StatesMinnesota
467Harry Rogers United StatesSt. Louis
585Larry Jackson United StatesNorthern Illinois
6101James Floyd United StatesShaw
7119Eddie Childress United StatesAustin Peay State
8135Walter McGrary United StatesTennessee-Chattanooga
9150Bob Vacca United StatesQuinnipiac
10164Ron Battle United StatesSam Houston State

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Roster
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
G 42 Allen, Lucius  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1947–09–26 UCLA
C 19 Cunningham, Dick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1946–07–11 Murray State
F 10 Dandridge, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1947–11–15 Norfolk State
G 20 Davis, Mickey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950–06–16 Duquesne
F 7 Driscoll, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1947–08–28 Boston College
G 24 Garrett, Dick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1947–01–31 Southern Illinois
F 21 Lee, Russ 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1950–01–27 Marshall
G 14 McGlocklin, Jon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1943–06–10 Indiana
F 18 Perry, Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1948–09–13 Missouri State
G 1 Robertson, Oscar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1938–11–24 Cincinnati
C 35 Warner, Cornell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948–08–12 Jackson State
G 12 Williams, Ron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1944–09–24 West Virginia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 8, 1974

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 5923.720–31–724–164–014–6
x-Chicago Bulls 5428.659532–921–191–013–7
x-Detroit Pistons 5230.634729–1223–170–19–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings 3349.4022620–2113–28–4–16
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks5923.720–
2 x-Chicago Bulls5428.6595
3 x-Detroit Pistons5230.6347
4 y-Los Angeles Lakers4735.57312
5 Golden State Warriors4438.53715
6 Seattle SuperSonics3646.43923
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings3349.40226
8 Phoenix Suns3052.36629
9 Portland Trail Blazers2755.32932

Record vs. opponents
1973–74 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CAP CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta –1–52–44–41–34–30–41–35–21–34–01–31–53–31–32–24–0
Boston 5–1–5–22–42–24–23–13–14–23–12–22–25–27–13–14–02–2
Buffalo 4–22–5–3–31–35–11–31–34–22–20–41–34–46–13–13–12–2
Capital 4–44–23–3–1–36–12–23–14–33–12–21–33–34–22–23–12–2
Chicago 3–12–23–13–1–4–05–24–24–05–21–53–32–23–14–24–24–2
Cleveland 3–42–41–51–60–4–2–20–44–40–43–10–41–55–11–34–02–2
Detroit 4–01–33–12–22–52–2–5–13–14–24–23–41–32–26–05–15–1
Golden State 3–11–33–11–32–44–01–5–4–03–34–23–31–33–15–23–43–3
Houston 2–52–42–43–40–44–41–30–4–2–22–20–44–24–22–23–11–3
Kansas City-Omaha 3–11–32–21–32–54–02–43–32–2–1–50–71–31–34–24–22–4
Los Angeles 0–42–24–02–25–11–32–42–42–25–1–4–22–24–04–24–34–3
Milwaukee 3–12–23–13–13–34–04–33–34–07–02–4–2–24–05–16–04–2
New York 5–12–54–43–32–25–13–13–12–43–12–22–2–4–33–12–24–0
Philadelphia 3–31–71–62–41–31–52–21–32–43–10–40–43–4–3–12–20–4
Phoenix 3–11–31–32–22–43–10–62–52–22–42–41–51–31–3–3–34–3
Portland 2–20–41–31–32–40–41–54–31–32–43–40–62–22–23–3–3–3
Seattle 0–42–22–22–22–42–21–53–33–14–23–42–40–44–03–43–3—

Game log
1973–74 game log
Total: 59–23 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
October: 5–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 12, 1973@ Phoenix W 107–84 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1-0
2October 13, 1973@ Golden State W 97–85 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 2-0
4October 17, 1973Golden State W 109–95 Milwaukee Arena 3–1
6October 20, 1973Cleveland W 101–88 Milwaukee Arena 4–1
7October 24, 1973Buffalo W 130—113 Milwaukee Arena 5–1
November: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
12November 3, 1973Detroit W 123—115 OT Milwaukee Arena 11–1
13November 7, 1973Los Angeles W 109—92 Milwaukee Arena 12–1
19November 22, 1973Golden State L 105–108 Milwaukee Arena 15–4
December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
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
1973–74 schedule

Playoffs
1974 playoff game log
Conference Semi-finals: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 29 Los Angeles W 99–95 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (21) Oscar Robertson (9) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 1–0
2 March 31 Los Angeles W 109–90 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) Oscar Robertson (9) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 2–0
3 April 2 @ Los Angeles L 96–98 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) Oscar Robertson (16) The Forum
17,505		 2–1
4 April 4 @ Los Angeles W 112–90 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (16) Oscar Robertson (9) The Forum 3–1
5 April 7 Los Angeles W 114–92 Ron Williams (22) Cornell Warner (17) Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson (8) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 4–1
Conference Finals: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 16 Chicago W 101–85 Abdul-Jabbar, Dandridge (25) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (19) Oscar Robertson (10) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 1–0
2 April 18 @ Chicago W 113–111 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (21) Oscar Robertson (8) Chicago Stadium
17,787		 2–0
3 April 20 Chicago W 113–90 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14) Oscar Robertson (12) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 3–0
4 April 22 @ Chicago W 115–99 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24) Oscar Robertson (10) Chicago Stadium
12,762		 4–0
NBA Finals: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 28 Boston L 83–98 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14) Oscar Robertson (8) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 0–1
2 April 30 Boston W 105–96 (OT) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) Oscar Robertson (9) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 1–1
3 May 3 @ Boston L 83–95 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) Abdul-Jabbar, Warner (10) Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson (5) Boston Garden
15,320		 1–2
4 May 5 @ Boston W 97–89 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14) Oscar Robertson (9) Boston Garden
15,320		 2–2
5 May 7 Boston L 87–96 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) Jon McGlocklin (8) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 2–3
6 May 10 @ Boston W 102–101 (2OT) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34) four players tied (8) Oscar Robertson (10) Boston Garden
15,320		 3–3
7 May 12 Boston L 87–102 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13) Oscar Robertson (11) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 3–4
1974 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 8143.853.970.214.54.81.43.527.0
Bob Dandridge 7135.550.381.86.72.81.60.618.9
Lucius Allen 7233.249.578.84.05.21.90.317.6
Oscar Robertson 7035.443.883.54.06.41.10.112.7
Jon McGlocklin 7924.247.590.01.83.10.50.19.2
Curtis Perry 8129.544.658.28.72.31.31.29.0
Cornell Warner 6720.251.273.65.71.00.40.66.3
Ron Williams 7115.948.988.21.02.20.70.06.3
Mickey Davis 7313.950.483.03.11.20.40.15.9
Terry Driscoll 6410.947.165.23.10.80.30.33.2
Russ Lee 364.640.468.81.10.60.30.02.4
Dick Garrett 155.831.483.30.90.60.20.01.8
Chuck Terry 74.633.30.00.40.60.30.01.1
Dick Cunningham 8 5.6 50.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.8

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1647.455.773.615.84.91.32.432.2
Bob Dandridge 1640.549.376.67.62.81.40.619.3
Oscar Robertson 1643.145.084.63.49.30.90.314.0
Ron Williams 1523.646.780.01.83.10.60.28.7
Jon McGlocklin 1423.849.572.71.13.10.40.18.4
Cornell Warner 1631.642.368.410.21.30.40.96.7
Curtis Perry 1618.550.058.35.10.80.60.16.2
Mickey Davis 1516.349.291.72.30.80.30.15.7
Russ Lee 62.062.525.00.50.20.50.21.8
Terry Driscoll 93.250.0100.01.60.30.20.11.3
Dick Garrett 85.828.650.00.40.90.30.00.8

Awards and records

Transactions

Free agents
PlayerSignedFormer team
Cornell Warner November 5, 1973 Cleveland Cavaliers
Dick Garrett January 8, 1974 New York Knicks

References
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