NBA
1970-71 Season
Champions: Milwaukee Bucks (4-0)
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The 1970-71 NBA season featured 17 teams across 737 recorded games. Milwaukee Bucks posted the league's best record at 66-16. Milwaukee Bucks won the championship, defeating Baltimore Bullets 4-0 in the Finals. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named Finals MVP; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
Western Conference
- Milwaukee Bucks 🏆 66-16 0.805
- Chicago Bulls 51-31 0.622
- Los Angeles Lakers 48-34 0.585
- Phoenix Suns 48-34 0.585
- Detroit Pistons 45-37 0.549
- San Francisco Warriors 41-41 0.500
- San Diego Rockets 40-42 0.488
- Seattle SuperSonics 38-44 0.463
- Portland Trail Blazers 29-53 0.354
Eastern Conference
- New York Knicks 52-30 0.634
- Philadelphia 76ers 47-35 0.573
- Boston Celtics 44-38 0.537
- Baltimore Bullets 42-40 0.512
- Atlanta Hawks 36-46 0.439
- Cincinnati Royals 33-49 0.402
- Buffalo Braves 22-60 0.268
- Cleveland Cavaliers 15-67 0.183
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar MIL 31.7 PPG
- 2 John Havlicek BOS 28.9 PPG
- 3 Elvin Hayes SDR 28.7 PPG
- 4 Dave Bing DET 27.0 PPG
- 5 Jerry West LAL 26.9 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Wilt Chamberlain LAL 18.2 RPG
- 2 Gus Johnson BAL 17.1 RPG
- 3 Wes Unseld BAL 16.9 RPG
- 4 Elvin Hayes SDR 16.6 RPG
- 5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar MIL 16.0 RPG
Assists
- 1 Norm Van Lier CIN 10.1 APG
- 2 Jerry West LAL 9.5 APG
- 3 Lenny Wilkens SEA 9.2 APG
- 4 Oscar Robertson MIL 8.2 APG
- 5 John Havlicek BOS 7.5 APG
1970 Draft — Top Picks
- #1 Bob Lanier Detroit Pistons
- #2 Rudy Tomjanovich San Diego Rockets
- #3 Pete Maravich Atlanta Hawks