1971-72_Milwaukee_Bucks_season

1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season
1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coach	Larry Costello
Arena	Milwaukee Arena
Results
Record	63–19 (.768)
Place	Division: 1st (Midwest); Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference finals; (lost to Lakers 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WISN-TV
Radio	WTMJ
< 1970–71	1972–73 >

1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team 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.

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Regular season

January 9: The Bucks ended the Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game winning streak.^[3]

Game log

1971–72 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 14	@ Phoenix	110–97	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)	1–0
2	October 16	@ Seattle	98–91	Abdul-Jabbar, Dandridge (22)	2–0
3	October 17	@ Portland	127–94	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25)	3–0
4	October 19	Cleveland	82–116	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24)	4–0
5	October 22	Buffalo	105–124	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)	5–0
6	October 23	@ Philadelphia	110–88	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (40)	6–0
7	October 26	Baltimore	90–120	Bob Dandridge (27)	7–0
8	October 29	@ Boston	114–125	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (43)	7–1
9	October 31	@ Cleveland	118–102	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)	8–1
10	November 5	@ Chicago	104–102	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)	9–1
11	November 6	Detroit	78–106	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)	10–1
12	November 9	Phoenix	113–118	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)	11–1
13	November 10	@ Atlanta	116–110	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)	12–1
14	November 12	Houston	102–111	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)	13–1
15	November 13	@ Buffalo	127–106	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)	14–1
16	November 14	Philadelphia	114–125	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (46)	15–1
17	November 16	@ Portland	125–105	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)	16–1
18	November 19	@ Seattle	108–107	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)	17–1
19	November 20	@ Golden State	100–107	Oscar Robertson (25)	17–2
20	November 21	@ Los Angeles	105–112	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)	17–3
21	November 23	@ Detroit	112–104	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)	18–3
22	November 24	Atlanta	107–141	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)	19–3
23	November 26	Portland	105–120	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)	20–3
24	November 27	@ Cincinnati	114–81	Oscar Robertson (25)	21–3
25	November 30	Golden State	106–103	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30)	21–4
26	December 3	Cincinnati	82–120	Bob Dandridge (25)	22–4
27	December 4	Chicago	105–108	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (41)	23–4
28	December 7	Seattle	83–116	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)	24–4
29	December 10	Boston	104–120	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (55)	25–4
30	December 11	@ Baltimore	107–101	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)	26–4
31	December 14	Houston	98–106	Oscar Robertson (29)	27–4
32	December 15	N Buffalo	122–108	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)	28–4
33	December 17	Seattle	113–120	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)	29–4
34	December 19	Baltimore	96–111	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)	30–4
35	December 22	N Boston	98–104	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30)	30–5
36	December 25	@ Detroit	118–120 (OT)	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)	30–6
37	December 26	Atlanta	92–114	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24)	31–6
38	December 28	@ Chicago	105–116	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)	31–7
39	December 29	Portland	84–123	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32)	32–7
40	January 3	@ New York	99–101	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)	32–8
41	January 4	New York	100–121	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)	33–8
42	January 5	@ Cincinnati	115–106	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (40)	34–8
43	January 8	Detroit	119–136	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)	35–8
44	January 9	Los Angeles	104–120	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)	36–8
45	January 11	Phoenix	115–114	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)	36–9
46	January 12	@ Atlanta	102–104	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26)	36–10
47	January 14	Chicago	77–104	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)	37–10
48	January 16	Portland	97–126	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)	38–10
49	January 21	Cleveland	91–120	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)	39–10
50	January 23	Atlanta	118–113	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)	39–11
51	January 25	Seattle	91–123	Bob Dandridge (30)	40–11
52	January 26	@ Detroit	120–94	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)	41–11
53	January 28	@ Philadelphia	127–118	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)	42–11
54	January 30	N Baltimore	116–112	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)	43–11
55	February 1	N Golden State	108–97	Oscar Robertson (33)	44–11
56	February 2	@ Phoenix	106–103	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (45)	45–11
57	February 4	@ Los Angeles	105–118	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (40)	45–12
58	February 5	@ Houston	119–112	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (41)	46–12
59	February 8	@ Buffalo	126–108	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)	47–12
60	February 9	@ Cleveland	126–121	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (53)	48–12
61	February 11	New York	113–107	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37)	48–13
62	February 12	Golden State	100–123	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)	49–13
63	February 13	@ Boston	117–109	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (51)	50–13
64	February 17	@ Cincinnati	111–97	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)	51–13
65	February 18	Philadelphia	132–126	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (53)	51–14
66	February 19	@ Chicago	97–104	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)	51–15
67	February 20	Chicago	100–103	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)	52–15
68	February 23	@ Baltimore	113–105	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)	53–15
69	February 26	N Phoenix	117–119 (OT)	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)	54–15
70	February 29	Detroit	113–131	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)	55–15
71	March 1	N Los Angeles	108–109	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)	55–16
72	March 3	@ Philadelphia	94–81	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)	56–16
73	March 6	Boston	127–132 (OT)	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (45)	57–16
74	March 7	@ New York	101–110	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)	57–17
75	March 12	@ Seattle	109–99	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30)	58–17
76	March 14	@ Portland	109–98	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)	59–17
77	March 15	@ Phoenix	106–110	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)	59–18
78	March 17	@ Los Angeles	107–123	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (50)	59–19
79	March 18	@ Houston	120–116	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (42)	60–19
80	March 21	Houston	94–111	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37)	61–19
81	March 24	New York	88–131	Lucius Allen (28)	62–19
82	March 25	Cincinnati	95–119	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)	63–19

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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

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	63	19	.768	–	31–5	27–12	5–2	13–5
x-Chicago Bulls	57	25	.695	6	29–12	26–12	2–1	12–6
Phoenix Suns	49	33	.598	14	30–11	19–20	0–2	7–11
Detroit Pistons	26	56	.317	37	16–25	9–30	1–1	4–14

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	69	13	.841
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	63	19	.768
3	x-Chicago Bulls	57	25	.695
4	x-Golden State Warriors	51	31	.622

5	Phoenix Suns	49	33	.598
6	Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573
7	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415
8	Detroit Pistons	26	56	.317
9	Portland Trail Blazers	18	64	.220

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

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	44.2	57.4	68.9	16.6	4.6	34.8
Bob Dandridge	80	37.0	49.8	73.9	7.7	3.1	18.4
Oscar Robertson	64	37.3	47.2	83.6	5.0	7.7	17.4
Lucius Allen	80	29.0	50.5	76.4	3.2	4.2	13.5
Jon McGlocklin	80	27.7	51.0	86.5	2.3	2.9	10.7
John Block	79	19.3	44.0	74.9	5.2	1.2	8.5
Greg Smith	28	26.3	49.0	70.7	5.8	2.3	8.4
Wali Jones	48	21.5	40.7	82.2	1.6	2.9	7.5
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

1971-72_Milwaukee_Bucks_season

1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season

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1971–72 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BAL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	LAL	MIL	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA
Atlanta	–	2–4	0–4	4–2	0–5	3–3	4–2	3–2	3–2	1–4	0–5	2–3	3–1	3–3	3–2	4–0	1–4
Baltimore	4–2	–	2–2	3–3	1–4	4–2	1–5	3–2	1–4	3–2	1–4	0–5	2–4	4–0	4–1	3–1	2–3
Boston	4–0	2–2	–	6–0	3–2	4–2	5–1	5–0	2–3	5–0	1–4	2–3	3–3	6–0	2–3	4–0	2–3
Buffalo	2–4	3–3	0–6	–	1–3	3–3	4–2	2–4	1–3	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–5	3–3	0–4	2–4	0–4
Chicago	5–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	–	3–1	4–0	5–1	3–3	5–1	1–3	2–4	3–2	4–1	5–1	6–0	2–3
Cincinnati	3–3	2–4	2–4	3–3	1–3	–	6–2	2–3	2–3	0–4	1–4	0–5	2–2	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–5
Cleveland	2–4	5–1	1–5	2–4	0–4	2–6	–	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–5	2–4	0–4	4–2	0–4
Detroit	2–3	2–3	0–5	4–2	1–5	3–2	3–1	–	0–5	3–3	1–4	1–5	1–4	1–4	2–4	2–2	0–4
Golden State	2–3	4–1	3–2	3–1	3–3	3–2	4–0	5–0	–	5–1	1–5	2–2	2–3	4–1	2–3	4–2	4–2
Houston	4–1	2–3	0–5	4–0	1–5	4–0	2–2	3–3	1–5	–	1–5	0–5	0–5	4–1	1–3	4–2	3–3
Los Angeles	5–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	4–1	5–1	5–1	–	4–1	4–1	5–0	4–2	6–0	5–1
Milwaukee	3–2	5–0	3–2	4–0	4–2	5–0	4–0	5–1	2–2	5–0	1–4	–	2–3	4–1	4–2	6–0	6–0
New York	1–3	4–2	3–3	5–1	2–3	2–2	5–1	4–1	3–2	5–0	1–4	3–2	–	3–3	1–4	3–1	3–2
Philadelphia	3–3	0–4	0–6	3–3	1–4	2–2	4–2	4–1	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–4	3–3	–	1–4	2–2	4–1
Phoenix	2–3	1–4	3–2	4–0	1–5	3–2	4–0	4–2	3–2	3–1	2–4	2–4	4–1	4–1	–	6–0	3–2
Portland	0–4	1–3	0–4	4–2	0–6	2–2	2–4	2–2	2–4	2–4	0–6	0–6	1–3	2–2	0–6	–	0–6
Seattle	4–1	3–2	3–2	4–0	3–2	5–0	4–0	4–0	2–4	3–3	1–5	0–6	2–3	1–4	2–3	6–0	—

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	46.4	43.7	70.4	18.2	5.1	28.7
Bob Dandridge	11	40.1	49.5	74.0	8.8	1.9	21.5
Lucius Allen	11	35.1	47.0	75.9	3.5	3.8	17.9
Oscar Robertson	11	34.5	40.7	83.3	5.8	7.5	13.1
Wali Jones	9	22.2	43.9	85.7	2.0	2.2	10.0
Curtis Perry	11	36.1	47.3	78.3	12.8	1.3	9.5
Jon McGlocklin	5	20.6	42.9	83.3	0.6	1.2	7.0
John Block	11	14.2	38.5	83.3	5.0	0.5	5.0
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

September 12, 1971	To Milwaukee Bucks---- John Block	To Houston Rockets---- Dick Cunningham
December 9, 1971	To Milwaukee Bucks---- Curtis Perry	To Houston Rockets---- Greg Smith