1970–71 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1970–71 season was the 10th season of the Baltimore Bullets in the NBA and eighth season under the Baltimore Bullets name. This would be its first year in the newly created Central Division inside the Eastern Conference.[1] Despite playing close to .500 basketball all season, the Bullets would capture the Central Division with a 42–40 record.[2]

1970–71 Baltimore Bullets season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coachGene Shue
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record42–40 (.512)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Central)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Bucks 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWBAL-TV
RadioWBAL

Draft picks
Main article: 1970 NBA draft

The Baltimore Bullets made seventeen selections in the 1970 NBA Draft.[3]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club team
19George E. Johnson United StatesStephen F. Austin
349Seaburn Hill United StatesArizona State
454Bill Stricker United StatesPacific
466Billy Jones United StatesLouisiana College
583Gary Zeller United StatesDrake
6100Marvin Polnick United StatesStephen F. Austin
7117Charlie Wallace United StatesOklahoma City
8134Tom Dyksera United StatesWheaton (IL)
9151Will Hetzel United StatesMaryland
10168Ron Becker United StatesNew Mexico Lobos
11183Mel Bell United StatesHouston
12193Ben McGilmer United StatesIowa
13203Dan Debardabi United StatesNorthern Arizona
14213Mike Williams United StatesNorthern Arizona
15222Ted Rose United StatesNorthern Michigan
16229Don Rather United StatesNorthern Arizona
17233Vince Fritz United StatesOregon State

Roster
1970–71 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PF 12 Barnes, Jim 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1941–04–13 UTEP
G 3 Carter, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1945–02–14 Mount St. Mary's
F 31 Johnson, George E. 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1947–06–19 Stephen F. Austin
F 25 Johnson, Gus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1938–12–13 Idaho
G 22 Loughery, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1940–03–28 St. John's
F 24 Marin, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1944–10–12 Duke
G 15 Miles, Eddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1940–07–05 Seattle
G 10 Monroe, Earl 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1944–11–21 Winston-Salem State
PF 40 Murrey, Dorie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 229 lb (104 kg) 1943–09–07 Detroit Mercy
F 40 Stewart, Dennis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1947–04–11 Michigan
PF 12 Tresvant, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939–11–06 Seattle
SF 35 Tucker, Al 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1943–02–24 Oklahoma Baptist
F 41 Unseld, Wes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1946–03–14 Louisville
G 11 Zeller, Gary 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1947–11–20 Drake
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings
Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Baltimore Bullets 4240.512–24–1316–252–210–6
x-Atlanta Hawks 3646.439621–2014–261–09–7
Cincinnati Royals 3349.402917–1611–285–516–6
Cleveland Cavaliers 1567.1832711–302–372–01–13
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-New York Knicks5230.634
2 y-Baltimore Bullets4240.512
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers4735.573
4 x-Atlanta Hawks3646.439
5 Boston Celtics4438.537
6 Cincinnati Royals3349.402
7 Buffalo Braves2260.268
8 Cleveland Cavaliers1567.183

Record vs. opponents
1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Game log
1970–71 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 14San Diego105–123Jack Marin (28)1–0
2October 17Los Angeles116–118 (OT)Jack Marin (25)2–0
3October 20San Francisco125–105Fred Carter (24)2–1
4October 21@ Cincinnati117–105Gus Johnson (27)3–1
5October 23New York92–98Carter, Monroe (21)4–1
6October 24@ Milwaukee120–122 (2OT)Wes Unseld (27)4–2
7October 28Detroit109–103Marin, Unseld (21)4–3
8October 30@ Philadelphia123–110Earl Monroe (30)5–3
9October 31Phoenix103–106Kevin Loughery (21)6–3
10November 4@ San Francisco100–111Earl Monroe (30)6–4
11November 5@ Portland131–135Gus Johnson (43)6–5
12November 6@ San Diego125–118Earl Monroe (27)7–5
13November 8@ Los Angeles105–124Gus Johnson (28)7–6
14November 1Philadelphia119–107Wes Unseld (28)7–7
15November 12@ New York110–108Eddie Miles (25)8–7
16November 14Boston101–122Eddie Miles (22)9–7
17November 15@ Milwaukee90–105Jack Marin (20)9–8
18November 16Cleveland86–98Gus Johnson (33)10–8
19November 18@ Cleveland111–98Kevin Loughery (20)11–8
20November 20Phoenix110–121Earl Monroe (30)12–8
21November 21@ Atlanta103–130Johnson, Miles, Monroe (16)12–9
22November 24Portland104–156Jack Marin (25)13–9
23November 27@ Boston107–153Gus Johnson (22)13–10
24November 28Chicago91–99Gus Johnson (21)14–10
25November 30@ Philadelphia98–104Gus Johnson (20)14–11
26December 1Los Angeles97–93Earl Monroe (33)14–12
27December 4Seattle116–131Johnson, Marin (28)15–12
28December 6Cincinnati118–126Earl Monroe (28)16–12
29December 9Milwaukee97–127Marin, Unseld (25)17–12
30December 12San Francisco96–119Earl Monroe (32)18–12
31December 15@ Chicago97–115Jack Marin (25)18–13
32December 18N Atlanta112–116Earl Monroe (24)18–14
33December 19Boston128–134Gus Johnson (30)19–14
34December 23@ Cincinnati115–120Earl Monroe (37)19–15
35December 25Chicago112–128Earl Monroe (25)20–15
36December 27@ New York105–110Earl Monroe (31)20–16
37December 30N Buffalo90–106Jack Marin (24)21–16
38January 1@ Cleveland128–105Marin, Monroe (22)22–16
39January 2@ Detroit108–99Jack Marin (29)23–16
40January 5Seattle101–109Johnson, Monroe (24)24–16
41January 7@ Atlanta110–102Earl Monroe (32)25–16
42January 8Atlanta104–115Gus Johnson (31)26–16
43January 10@ Milwaukee99–151Gus Johnson (17)26–17
44January 14@ Seattle110–114Earl Monroe (22)26–18
45January 15@ San Diego124–117Jack Marin (29)27–18
46January 16@ Phoenix100–117Earl Monroe (23)27–19
47January 17@ Seattle111–96Fred Carter (22)28–19
48January 20Milwaukee120–116Earl Monroe (24)28–20
49January 22@ Boston136–117Earl Monroe (26)29–20
50January 23San Diego120–127Gus Johnson (31)30–20
51January 26San Francisco98–103Earl Monroe (26)31–20
52January 27@ Cincinnati113–115Jack Marin (26)31–21
53January 29Cincinnati118–145Jack Marin (22)32–21
54January 31N New York125–95Earl Monroe (25)32–22
55February 2@ Detroit113–116Earl Monroe (30)32–23
56February 3Chicago124–102Earl Monroe (19)32–24
57February 5@ Buffalo98–90Fred Carter (29)33–24
58February 7Detroit105–108Earl Monroe (25)34–24
59February 9Phoenix120–115Earl Monroe (38)34–25
60February 12Boston113–109 (OT)Jack Marin (24)34–26
61February 14N Philadelphia103–112Earl Monroe (33)35–26
62February 16@ Detroit95–110Wes Unseld (25)35–27
63February 17Buffalo118–114Earl Monroe (26)35–28
64February 19@ Buffalo120–113Earl Monroe (34)36–28
65February 20Atlanta122–115Earl Monroe (33)36–29
66February 21@ Atlanta121–119Jack Marin (34)37–29
67February 23Los Angeles114–107Wes Unseld (28)37–30
68February 26Portland97–114Kevin Loughery (26)38–30
69February 28New York110–104Fred Carter (30)38–31
70March 2@ New York95–109Earl Monroe (22)38–32
71March 3Cincinnati133–132 (OT)Fred Carter (33)38–33
72March 6@ San Francisco103–109Jack Marin (29)38–34
73March 7@ Phoenix117–108Jack Marin (28)39–34
74March 9@ Los Angeles107–95Earl Monroe (25)40–34
75March 11@ Portland118–136Fred Carter (24)40–35
76March 13@ San Diego115–121Jack Marin (27)40–36
77March 14@ Seattle121–124Earl Monroe (29)40–37
78March 16@ Chicago99–113Earl Monroe (24)40–38
79March 17Cleveland109–113Earl Monroe (32)41–38
80March 19@ Boston117–125Kevin Loughery (32)41–39
81March 20Philadelphia112–124Kevin Loughery (32)42–39
82March 21@ Philadelphia108–120Kevin Loughery (24)42–40

Playoffs

In the playoffs the Bullets would get off to a quick start as they grabbed a 3–1 series lead over the Philadelphia 76ers. However, the Bullets would find themselves in a 7th game and that game the Bullets would emerge victorious 128–120.[2] The Bullets would face the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals. The Bullets would finally break through in Game 5 and break the tie in the series by beating the Knicks at Madison Square Garden 89–84.[2] The Bullets would have a chance to close the series out at home, but the Knicks would bounce back with a 113–96 win to force a 7th and deciding game in New York. In the seventh game, the Bullets would triumph, winning in New York by 2 points to reach the NBA Finals.However, the Bullets would be swept in 4 straight games by the Milwaukee Bucks.[1]

1971 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–3 (home: 2–2; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 Philadelphia L 112–126 Loughery, Gus Johnson (19) Wes Unseld (20) Kevin Loughery (4) Baltimore Civic Center
6,707		 0–1
2 March 26 @ Philadelphia W 119–107 Marin, Monroe (24) Wes Unseld (18) Earl Monroe (6) Spectrum
10,369		 1–1
3 March 28 Philadelphia W 111–103 Earl Monroe (29) Wes Unseld (24) Kevin Loughery (7) Baltimore Civic Center
5,589		 2–1
4 March 30 @ Philadelphia W 120–105 Jack Marin (27) Gus Johnson (14) Earl Monroe (6) Spectrum
8,909		 3–1
5 April 1 Philadelphia L 103–104 Earl Monroe (26) Wes Unseld (18) Kevin Loughery (5) Baltimore Civic Center
10,998		 3–2
6 April 3 @ Philadelphia L 94–98 Earl Monroe (30) Wes Unseld (18) Kevin Loughery (5) Spectrum
7,059		 3–3
7 April 4 Philadelphia W 128–120 Jack Marin (33) Wes Unseld (22) Gus Johnson (8) Baltimore Civic Center
6,662		 4–3
Conference finals: 4–3 (home: 3–0; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 6 @ New York L 111–112 Earl Monroe (29) Wes Unseld (22) Earl Monroe (4) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 0–1
2 April 9 @ New York L 88–107 John Tresvant (20) Wes Unseld (20) Kevin Loughery (16) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 0–2
3 April 11 New York W 114–88 Earl Monroe (31) Wes Unseld (26) Wes Unseld (9) Baltimore Civic Center
8,083		 1–2
4 April 14 New York W 101–80 Jack Marin (27) John Tresvant (17) Wes Unseld (6) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289		 2–2
5 April 16 @ New York L 84–89 Jack Marin (25) John Tresvant (17) Wes Unseld (3) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 2–3
6 April 18 New York W 113–96 Earl Monroe (27) Wes Unseld (15) Earl Monroe (7) Baltimore Civic Center
11,211		 3–3
7 April 19 @ New York W 93–91 Earl Monroe (26) Wes Unseld (20) Earl Monroe (6) Madison Square Garden
19,500		 4–3
NBA Finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 21 @ Milwaukee L 88–98 Earl Monroe (26) John Tresvant (14) Fred Carter (4) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 0–1
2 April 25 Milwaukee L 83–102 Jack Marin (22) Wes Unseld (20) Earl Monroe (6) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289		 0–2
3 April 28 @ Milwaukee L 99–107 Jack Marin (21) Wes Unseld (23) Wes Unseld (6) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 0–3
4 April 30 Milwaukee L 106–118 Fred Carter (28) Wes Unseld (23) Wes Unseld (10) Baltimore Civic Center
11,842		 0–4
1971 schedule

Awards and honors

References
  1. Baltimore Bullets
  2. Washington Wizards (1963–Present)
  3. "1970 NBA Draft". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
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