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1969–70 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coachLarry Costello
General managerJohn E. Erickson
OwnersMilwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro)
ArenaMilwaukee Arena
Results
Record56–26 (.683)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision finals
(lost to Knicks 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1968–69 1970–71 >

The 1969–70 Milwaukee Bucks season was the second season for the Milwaukee Bucks. Led by the heralded rookie center Lew Alcindor, they finished with a 56–26 record, enough for second place in the Eastern Division. After beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4–1 in the Eastern semifinals, they lost to the eventual champions New York Knicks in five games.

Draft picks

After a 27–55 record in their inaugural NBA season, the Bucks won a coin toss over the Phoenix Suns to give them the right to select first overall in the 1969 NBA draft.[1] Their designated selection had long been a foregone conclusion: UCLA Bruins center Lew Alcindor. However, Alcindor was also selected first overall by the New York Nets in the competing American Basketball Association's entry draft, which triggered a bidding war for Alcindor's services. He eventually opted for the Bucks' five-year $1.4 million offer over a much more lucrative $3.2 million offer from the Nets,[2] preferring the established NBA over a new and struggling ABA.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 1 Lew Alcindor C  United States UCLA
2 17 Bob Greacen F  United States Rutgers
3 31 Skeeter Swift G  United States East Tennessee State
4 45 Bob Dandridge F  United States Norfolk State
6 73 John Arthurs G  United States Tulane

Roster

1969–70 Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 33 Alcindor, Lew 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
PF 50 Chappell, Len 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Wake Forest
SG 16 Crawford, Freddie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 189 lb (86 kg) St. Bonaventure
C 19 Cunningham, Dick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Murray State
SF 10 Dandridge, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Norfolk State
F 18 Greacen, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Rutgers
SG 14 McGlocklin, Jon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Indiana
PG 21 Robinson, Flynn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wyoming
PG 5 Rodgers, Guy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Temple
F 35 Smith, Don 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Iowa State
PF 4 Smith, Greg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Western Kentucky
G 3 Williams, Sam 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Iowa
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB
x-New York Knicks 60 22 .732 –
x-Milwaukee Bucks 56 26 .683 4
x-Baltimore Bullets 50 32 .610 10
x-Philadelphia 76ers 42 40 .512 18
Cincinnati Royals 36 46 .439 24
Boston Celtics 34 48 .415 26
Detroit Pistons 31 51 .378 29

Record vs. opponents

1969–70 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta — 2–4 6–0 5–2 3–3 3–3 4–3 3–3 4–2 3–3 2–4 4–2 5–2 4–2
Baltimore 4–2 — 5–2 5–1 4–3 5–2 4–2 3–3 1–5 3–4 3–3 6–0 2–4 5–1
Boston 0–6 2–5 — 3–3 3–3 4–3 2–4 1–6 4–3 2–4 2–4 4–2 5–1 2–4
Chicago 2–5 1–5 3–3 — 3–3 3–3 4–2 4–2 0–6 3–3 5–2 3–4 4–2 4–3
Cincinnati 3–3 3–4 3–3 3–3 — 4–2 2–4 2–5 2–5 4–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–5
Detroit 3–3 2–5 3–4 3–3 2–4 — 3–3 1–6 1–6 1–5 3–3 3–3 3–3 3–3
Los Angeles 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 4–2 3–3 — 3–3 2–4 4–2 3–4 5–2 5–2 6–0
Milwaukee 3–3 3–3 6–1 2–4 5–2 6–1 3–3 — 2–4 5–2 6–0 6–0 4–2 5–1
New York 2–4 5–1 3–4 6–0 5–2 6–1 4–2 4–2 — 5–2 6–0 5–1 5–1 4–2
Philadelphia 3–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 3–4 5–1 2–4 2–5 2–5 — 4–2 4–2 6–0 0–6
Phoenix 4–2 3–3 4–2 2–5 3–3 3–3 4–3 0–6 0–6 2–4 — 7–0 3–3 4–3
San Diego 2–4 0–6 2–4 4–3 2–4 3–3 2–5 0–6 1–5 2–4 0–7 — 5–2 4–2
San Francisco 2–5 4–2 1–5 2–4 4–2 3–3 2–5 2–4 1–5 0–6 3–3 2–5 — 3–4
Seattle 2–4 1–5 4–2 3–4 5–1 3–3 0–6 1–5 2–4 6–0 3–4 2–4 4–3 —

Game log

1969–70 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 18 Detroit 110–119 Lew Alcindor[a] (29) 1–0
2 October 19 Seattle 106–130 Flynn Robinson (22) 2–0
3 October 22 @ San Diego 115–102 Lew Alcindor (36) 3–0
4 October 24 @ Los Angeles 112–123 Flynn Robinson (33) 3–1
5 October 25 @ San Francisco 104–118 Guy Rodgers (20) 3–2
6 October 26 @ Phoenix 119–99 Lew Alcindor (28) 4–2
7 October 28 Boston 120–107 Lew Alcindor (43) 4–3
8 October 30 @ Detroit 102–81 Flynn Robinson (25) 5–3
9 October 31 @ Philadelphia 129–125 (OT) Chappell, McGlocklin (28) 6–3
10 November 1 @ New York 108–112 Lew Alcindor (36) 6–4
11 November 3 New York 109–93 Bob Greacen (18) 6–5
12 November 8 Detroit 96–100 Lew Alcindor (29) 7–5
13 November 9 Baltimore 116–105 Alcindor, Chappell (24) 7–6
14 November 11 @ Boston 129–118 Flynn Robinson (31) 8–6
15 November 14 Chicago 100–122 Jon McGlocklin (17) 9–6
16 November 15 @ Baltimore 120–129 Flynn Robinson (41) 9–7
17 November 16 San Francisco 123–129 (OT) Jon McGlocklin (29) 10–7
18 November 18 @ San Francisco 110–127 Jon McGlocklin (23) 10–8
19 November 21 @ Seattle 117–115 Lew Alcindor (31) 11–8
20 November 22 @ Chicago 106–125 Lew Alcindor (21) 11–9
21 November 24 Cincinnati 129–104 Alcindor, Arthurs, McGlocklin (13) 11–10
22 November 25 N Atlanta 130–115 Lew Alcindor (33) 12–10
23 November 26 Los Angeles 81–100 Lew Alcindor (29) 13–10
24 November 29 Philadelphia 129–111 Lew Alcindor (23) 13–11
25 November 30 San Diego 99–111 Lew Alcindor (23) 14–11
26 December 2 @ Philadelphia 122–114 Bob Dandridge (26) 15–11
27 December 5 Seattle 98–131 Lew Alcindor (36) 16–11
28 December 6 @ New York 99–124 Lew Alcindor (26) 16–12
29 December 10 New York 96–95 Flynn Robinson (30) 16–13
30 December 12 San Francisco 109–123 Flynn Robinson (29) 17–13
31 December 13 @ Atlanta 121–100 Flynn Robinson (31) 18–13
32 December 14 N San Diego 105–118 Lew Alcindor (32) 19–13
33 December 17 @ Boston 124–106 Lew Alcindor (29) 20–13
34 December 19 Boston 111–115 Alcindor, Robinson (25) 21–13
35 December 21 Phoenix 111–118 Flynn Robinson (25) 22–13
36 December 26 @ Detroit 114–101 Flynn Robinson (26) 23–13
37 December 27 @ Cincinnati 110–112 (OT) Flynn Robinson (42) 23–14
38 December 28 Baltimore 124–133 Lew Alcindor (35) 24–14
39 December 30 @ Baltimore 126–124 Flynn Robinson (35) 25–14
40 December 31 San Diego 126–143 Lew Alcindor (35) 26–14
41 January 2 New York 105–118 Lew Alcindor (41) 27–14
42 January 4 Atlanta 126–125 Lew Alcindor (33) 27–15
43 January 7 Cincinnati 119–138 Flynn Robinson (36) 28–15
44 January 9 Phoenix 116–120 Flynn Robinson (30) 29–15
45 January 10 Boston 109–124 Flynn Robinson (31) 30–15
46 January 13 N Cincinnati 112–92 Lew Alcindor (28) 31–15
47 January 14 Los Angeles 113–115 Lew Alcindor (46) 32–15
48 January 17 Chicago 132–130 (OT) Flynn Robinson (34) 32–16
49 January 18 San Francisco 107–123 Jon McGlocklin (29) 33–16
50 January 22 N San Diego 106–115 Alcindor, Robinson (27) 34–16
51 January 24 Cincinnati 109–125 Flynn Robinson (33) 35–16
52 January 25 @ Atlanta 131–116 Flynn Robinson (33) 36–16
53 January 26 Philadelphia 122–103 Lew Alcindor (34) 36–17
54 January 28 @ Cincinnati 126–114 Alcindor, McGlocklin (33) 37–17
55 January 30 @ Chicago 121–105 Lew Alcindor (27) 38–17
56 January 31 @ Phoenix 107–106 Zaid Abdul-Aziz (36) 39–17
57 February 1 @ Seattle 116–118 Flynn Robinson (33) 39–18
58 February 4 @ San Diego 141–123 Flynn Robinson (30) 40–18
59 February 6 @ Los Angeles 118–105 Lew Alcindor (29) 41–18
60 February 8 @ Baltimore 106–120 Lew Alcindor (36) 41–19
61 February 10 @ Philadelphia 139–131 Lew Alcindor (36) 42–19
62 February 11 Phoenix 120–127 Lew Alcindor (32) 43–19
63 February 14 Boston 117–127 Lew Alcindor (41) 44–19
64 February 15 Los Angeles 98–96 Jon McGlocklin (21) 44–20
65 February 18 @ San Francisco 109–102 Lew Alcindor (26) 45–20
66 February 20 @ Los Angeles 114–119 Lew Alcindor (31) 45–21
67 February 21 N Seattle 127–140 Lew Alcindor (51) 46–21
68 February 22 @ Phoenix 144–124 Lew Alcindor (34) 47–21
69 February 24 @ Detroit 111–136 Lew Alcindor (46) 47–22
70 February 25 Baltimore 113–115 Lew Alcindor (27) 48–22
71 February 27 Detroit 113–131 Lew Alcindor (33) 49–22
72 March 1 Cincinnati 114–120 Lew Alcindor (32) 50–22
73 March 3 Philadelphia 116–127 Lew Alcindor (31) 51–22
74 March 5 Atlanta 126–117 Lew Alcindor (39) 51–23
75 March 6 @ Detroit 121–118 Lew Alcindor (38) 52–23
76 March 8 @ Boston 138–134 Lew Alcindor (44) 53–23
77 March 9 Seattle 105–124 Lew Alcindor (25) 54–23
78 March 10 @ Atlanta 127–140 Lew Alcindor (40) 54–24
79 March 15 N Chicago 107–130 Lew Alcindor (30) 54–25
80 March 18 @ New York 116–108 Flynn Robinson (29) 55–25
81 March 20 @ Philadelphia 138–112 Lew Alcindor (41) 56–25
82 March 22 @ Chicago 115–129 Lew Alcindor (27) 56–26

Playoffs

1970 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 25 Philadelphia W 125–118 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (20) Bob Dandridge (6) University of Wisconsin Field House
9,686 		1–0
2 March 27 Philadelphia L 105–112 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) Bob Dandridge (12) Bob Dandridge (7) University of Wisconsin Field House
9,686 		1–1
3 March 30 @ Philadelphia W 156–120 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (17) Flynn Robinson (14) Spectrum
15,244 		2–1
4 April 1 @ Philadelphia W 118–111 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) Greg Smith (19) Bob Dandridge (7) Spectrum
14,206 		3–1
5 April 3 Philadelphia W 115–106 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (46) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) Bob Dandridge (8) University of Wisconsin Field House
12,868 		4–1
Division finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 11 @ New York L 102–110 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5) Madison Square Garden
19,500 		0–1
2 April 13 @ New York L 111–112 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (23) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) Madison Square Garden
19,500 		0–2
3 April 17 New York W 101–96 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31) Bob Dandridge (8) Milwaukee Arena
10,746 		1–2
4 April 19 New York L 105–117 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38) Abdul-Jabbar, Smith (9) Flynn Robinson (7) Milwaukee Arena
10,746 		1–3
5 April 20 @ New York L 96–132 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27) Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) Guy Rodgers (6) Madison Square Garden
19,500 		1–4
1970 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 MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PF PPG
Zaid Abdul-Aziz 80 20.5 43.4 64.3 7.5 0.8 2.1 7.4
Lew Alcindor 82 43.1 51.8 65.3 14.5 4.1 3.5 28.8
John Arthurs 11 3.2
Len Chappell 75 8.3
Freddie Crawford 77 7.6
Dick Cunningham 60 2.1
Bob Dandridge 81 3.2
Bob Greacen 41 2.6
Jon McGlocklin 82 17.6
Flynn Robinson 81 21.8
Guy Rodgers 64 3.2
Greg Smith 82 9.8
Sam Williams 11 2.5

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Zaid Abdul-Aziz 10 4.3
Lew Alcindor 10 35.2
Len Chappell 9 7.7
Freddie Crawford 10 8.8
Dick Cunningham 8 2.6
Bob Dandridge 10 16.3
Bob Greacen 1 2.0
Jon McGlocklin 10 14.9
Flynn Robinson 10 12.8
Guy Rodgers 7 2.4
Greg Smith 10 10.7
Sam Williams 2 4.0

Awards and honors

  • Lew Alcindor, NBA Rookie of the Year
  • Lew Alcindor, NBA All-Rookie Team
  • Lew Alcindor, NBA All-Star Game Appearance

Notes

  1. ^ Changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar before the 1971–72 season.

References

  1. ^ "Tails-Up Call on Coin Toss Wins First Basketball Pick for Bucks". The New York Times. March 20, 1969.
  2. ^ "Alcindor Rejects A.B.A.'s $3.2-Million Offer and Will Sign With Bucks". The New York Times. March 30, 1969.
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