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.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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 USC
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 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
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 14@ Phoenix110–97Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)1–0
2October 16@ Seattle98–91Abdul-Jabbar, Dandridge (22)2–0
3October 17@ Portland127–94Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25)3–0
4October 19Cleveland82–116Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24)4–0
5October 22Buffalo105–124Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)5–0
6October 23@ Philadelphia110–88Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (40)6–0
7October 26Baltimore90–120Bob Dandridge (27)7–0
8October 29@ Boston114–125Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (43)7–1
9October 31@ Cleveland118–102Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)8–1
10November 5@ Chicago104–102Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)9–1
11November 6Detroit78–106Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)10–1
12November 9Phoenix113–118Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)11–1
13November 10@ Atlanta116–110Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)12–1
14November 12Houston102–111Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)13–1
15November 13@ Buffalo127–106Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)14–1
16November 14Philadelphia114–125Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (46)15–1
17November 16@ Portland125–105Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)16–1
18November 19@ Seattle108–107Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)17–1
19November 20@ Golden State100–107Oscar Robertson (25)17–2
20November 21@ Los Angeles105–112Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)17–3
21November 23@ Detroit112–104Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)18–3
22November 24Atlanta107–141Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)19–3
23November 26Portland105–120Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)20–3
24November 27@ Cincinnati114–81Oscar Robertson (25)21–3
25November 30Golden State106–103Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30)21–4
26December 3Cincinnati82–120Bob Dandridge (25)22–4
27December 4Chicago105–108Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (41)23–4
28December 7Seattle83–116Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)24–4
29December 10Boston104–120Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (55)25–4
30December 11@ Baltimore107–101Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)26–4
31December 14Houston98–106Oscar Robertson (29)27–4
32December 15N Buffalo122–108Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)28–4
33December 17Seattle113–120Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)29–4
34December 19Baltimore96–111Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)30–4
35December 22N Boston98–104Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30)30–5
36December 25@ Detroit118–120 (OT)Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)30–6
37December 26Atlanta92–114Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24)31–6
38December 28@ Chicago105–116Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)31–7
39December 29Portland84–123Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32)32–7
40January 3@ New York99–101Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)32–8
41January 4New York100–121Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)33–8
42January 5@ Cincinnati115–106Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (40)34–8
43January 8Detroit119–136Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)35–8
44January 9Los Angeles104–120Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)36–8
45January 11Phoenix115–114Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)36–9
46January 12@ Atlanta102–104Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26)36–10
47January 14Chicago77–104Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)37–10
48January 16Portland97–126Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)38–10
49January 21Cleveland91–120Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)39–10
50January 23Atlanta118–113Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)39–11
51January 25Seattle91–123Bob Dandridge (30)40–11
52January 26@ Detroit120–94Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)41–11
53January 28@ Philadelphia127–118Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)42–11
54January 30N Baltimore116–112Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)43–11
55February 1N Golden State108–97Oscar Robertson (33)44–11
56February 2@ Phoenix106–103Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (45)45–11
57February 4@ Los Angeles105–118Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (40)45–12
58February 5@ Houston119–112Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (41)46–12
59February 8@ Buffalo126–108Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)47–12
60February 9@ Cleveland126–121Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (53)48–12
61February 11New York113–107Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37)48–13
62February 12Golden State100–123Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)49–13
63February 13@ Boston117–109Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (51)50–13
64February 17@ Cincinnati111–97Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)51–13
65February 18Philadelphia132–126Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (53)51–14
66February 19@ Chicago97–104Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)51–15
67February 20Chicago100–103Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)52–15
68February 23@ Baltimore113–105Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)53–15
69February 26N Phoenix117–119 (OT)Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)54–15
70February 29Detroit113–131Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)55–15
71March 1N Los Angeles108–109Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)55–16
72March 3@ Philadelphia94–81Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)56–16
73March 6Boston127–132 (OT)Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (45)57–16
74March 7@ New York101–110Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)57–17
75March 12@ Seattle109–99Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30)58–17
76March 14@ Portland109–98Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)59–17
77March 15@ Phoenix106–110Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)59–18
78March 17@ Los Angeles107–123Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (50)59–19
79March 18@ Houston120–116Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (42)60–19
80March 21Houston94–111Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37)61–19
81March 24New York88–131Lucius Allen (28)62–19
82March 25Cincinnati95–119Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)63–19

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) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (16) Oscar Robertson (14) 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) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22) Oscar Robertson (8) 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 93–72 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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