1970–71 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 1970–71 NBA season was the 76ers 22nd season in the NBA and 8th season in Philadelphia. They improved to a record of 47–35. In the playoffs, they lost a hard fought series with the Baltimore Bullets 4-3, who represented the Eastern Conference in the Finals. This was the final season for forward Bailey Howell, who was signed by Philadelphia & was a vital part in 2 Celtics championships in 1968 and 1969.

1970–71 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachJack Ramsay
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record47–35 (.573)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Atlantic)
Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Conference Semifinals
(eliminated 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTAF-TV
RadioWCAU

The Sixers also tried a new uniform style. Instead of the traditional PHILA in block lettering, they used a design that wrote out Seventy Sixers in cursive writing. These uniforms did not last the entire year.[1]

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1970 NBA draft

This table only displays picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
112Al HenryC United StatesWisconsin

Roster
Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 20 Awtrey, Dennis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Santa Clara
G 21 Clark, Archie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Minnesota
SG 11 Crawford, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 189 lb (86 kg) St. Bonaventure
F 32 Cunningham, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) North Carolina
C 24 Dierking, Connie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Cincinnati
G 15 Greer, Hal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marshall
C 26 Henry, Al 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Wisconsin
SF 16 Howell, Bailey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Mississippi State
F 54 Jackson, Luke 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Texas–Pan American
G 24 Jones, Wali 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Villanova
F 12 Washington, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Villanova
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-New York Knicks 5230.634–32–919–201–110–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers 4735.573524–1521–182–210–6
Boston Celtics 4438.537825–1418–221–28–8
Buffalo Braves 2260.2683014–236–302–72–10
#
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
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

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 14Chicago107–110Billy Cunningham (24)1–0
2October 16San Diego119–127Archie Clark (28)2–0
3October 17@ Cincinnati123–105Archie Clark (24)3–0
4October 20@ Buffalo98–89Hal Greer (20)4–0
5October 21Los Angeles141–117Billy Cunningham (22)4–1
6October 23@ Los Angeles127–122Billy Cunningham (31)5–1
7October 24@ San Diego111–116Billy Cunningham (33)5–2
8October 28@ San Francisco111–108Billy Cunningham (27)6–2
9October 30Baltimore123–110Archie Clark (24)6–3
10October 31Boston133–102Billy Cunningham (19)6–4
11November 2Cleveland87–141Archie Clark (21)7–4
12November 4@ Boston113–115Billy Cunningham (25)7–5
13November 6Atlanta112–118Billy Cunningham (38)8–5
14November 7Seattle128–134Bailey Howell (27)9–5
15November 10@ Atlanta104–109Hal Greer (25)9–6
16November 11@ Baltimore119–107Archie Clark (30)10–6
17November 13Buffalo111–119Cunningham, Greer, Howell (20)11–6
18November 14@ New York94–126Billy Cunningham (18)11–7
19November 17@ Detroit113–91Archie Clark (24)12–7
20November 18New York106–113Billy Cunningham (29)13–7
21November 20Detroit120–112Hal Greer (31)13–8
22November 21Phoenix125–119Billy Cunningham (34)13–9
23November 22@ Atlanta115–125Cunningham, Greer (26)13–10
24November 24San Francisco104–96Archie Clark (26)13–11
25November 25N Buffalo99–92Billy Cunningham (27)14–11
26November 27Cincinnati113–109Billy Cunningham (22)14–12
27November 30Baltimore98–104Billy Cunningham (19)15–12
28December 1@ Chicago91–107Dennis Awtrey (17)15–13
29December 4@ Milwaukee122–128 (OT)Billy Cunningham (33)15–14
30December 5@ Cincinnati131–106Archie Clark (29)16–14
31December 8Seattle107–104Billy Cunningham (27)16–15
32December 11San Francisco102–101Clark, Cunningham (18)16–16
33December 12@ New York101–118Archie Clark (21)16–17
34December 15San Diego98–122Jim Washington (20)17–17
35December 17@ Seattle125–117Archie Clark (29)18–17
36December 19@ San Francisco108–99Hal Greer (33)19–17
37December 20@ Portland134–132 (OT)Cunningham, Greer (31)20–17
38December 22@ Phoenix133–129 (OT)Archie Clark (26)21–17
39December 25Detroit100–105Hal Greer (28)22–17
40December 27@ Cleveland101–114Clark, Cunningham (25)22–18
41December 29@ Buffalo124–113Archie Clark (35)23–18
42December 30Milwaukee107–119Billy Cunningham (35)24–18
43January 2Boston125–120Billy Cunningham (29)24–19
44January 5San Francisco92–97Archie Clark (22)25–19
45January 8Los Angeles123–117Archie Clark (29)25–20
46January 9Phoenix112–123Archie Clark (33)26–20
47January 10@ Boston115–107Billy Cunningham (31)27–20
48January 14@ Chicago103–108Bailey Howell (22)27–21
49January 15Chicago96–99Hal Greer (22)28–21
50January 16Cleveland96–115Hal Greer (29)29–21
51January 17@ San Diego106–105Bailey Howell (28)30–21
52January 19@ Los Angeles114–134Archie Clark (38)30–22
53January 22@ Phoenix117–116Billy Cunningham (31)31–22
54January 24@ Seattle145–119Billy Cunningham (33)32–22
55January 26Atlanta122–129Hal Greer (36)33–22
56January 29Milwaukee142–118Clark, Greer (21)33–23
57January 30@ New York106–105Jim Washington (24)34–23
58January 31@ Boston126–132Archie Clark (32)34–24
59February 2Boston105–108Billy Cunningham (31)35–24
60February 5@ Chicago102–114Archie Clark (30)35–25
61February 6@ Cincinnati118–109Hal Greer (29)36–25
62February 7New York99–127Archie Clark (33)37–25
63February 12@ Detroit109–118Billy Cunningham (26)37–26
64February 14N Baltimore103–112Billy Cunningham (35)37–27
65February 17N Milwaukee114–119Billy Cunningham (26)37–28
66February 19@ Los Angeles118–104Jim Washington (28)38–28
67February 20@ Portland118–105Archie Clark (30)39–28
68February 21@ Seattle128–135Billy Cunningham (34)39–29
69February 23Portland113–119Billy Cunningham (35)40–29
70February 26Phoenix108–94Billy Cunningham (27)40–30
71February 28Cincinnati121–131Billy Cunningham (28)41–30
72March 1@ Milwaukee103–127Archie Clark (20)41–31
73March 2San Diego111–103Billy Cunningham (22)41–32
74March 3N Portland104–120Archie Clark (28)42–32
75March 5New York116–121Billy Cunningham (34)43–32
76March 6Detroit115–121Clark, Greer (28)44–32
77March 9@ Cleveland124–113Billy Cunningham (23)45–32
78March 14@ Atlanta101–108Archie Clark (29)45–33
79March 16Atlanta130–125Clark, Jackson (26)45–34
80March 19Cincinnati127–147Archie Clark (24)46–34
81March 20@ Baltimore112–124Bailey Howell (28)46–35
82March 21Baltimore108–120Hal Greer (23)47–35

Playoffs
1971 playoff game log
Conference Semifinals: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 @ Baltimore W 126–112 Hal Greer (30) Luke Jackson (13) Archie Clark (7) Baltimore Civic Center
6,707		 1–0
2 March 26 Baltimore L 107–119 Archie Clark (26) Billy Cunningham (11) Archie Clark (6) Spectrum
10,369		 1–1
3 March 28 @ Baltimore L 103–111 Hal Greer (30) Billy Cunningham (19) Billy Cunningham (10) Baltimore Civic Center
5,589		 1–2
4 March 30 Baltimore L 105–120 Archie Clark (24) Billy Cunningham (17) Billy Cunningham (8) Spectrum
8,909		 1–3
5 April 1 @ Baltimore W 104–103 Billy Cunningham (32) Billy Cunningham (20) Hal Greer (6) Baltimore Civic Center
10,998		 2–3
6 April 3 Baltimore W 98–94 Billy Cunningham (33) Billy Cunningham (16) Billy Cunningham (5) Spectrum
7,059		 3–3
7 April 4 @ Baltimore L 120–128 Archie Clark (37) Billy Cunningham (19) Clark, Greer (5) Baltimore Civic Center
6,662		 3–4
1971 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1970–71 Philadelphia 76ers
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