The 1973–74 Milwaukee Bucks season was the sixth season for the Bucks. It would also be Oscar Robertson's last season in the league. This would be the most recent season that the Bucks clinch the best record in the league until the 2018–19 NBA season. It was also the last time the Bucks would be conference champions until the 2020–21 NBA season.
1973–74 Milwaukee Bucks season | |
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Conference champions | |
Division champions | |
Head coach | Larry Costello |
General manager | Wayne Embry |
President | John Steinmiller (vice) |
Owners | Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro) |
Arena | Milwaukee Arena |
Results | |
Record | 59–23 (.720) |
Place | Division: 1st (Midwest) Conference: 1st (Western) |
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 3–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WISN-TV |
Radio | WTMJ |
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 16 | Swen Nater | C | Netherlands | UCLA |
4 | 59 | Clyde Turner | United States | Minnesota | |
4 | 67 | Harry Rogers | United States | St. Louis | |
5 | 85 | Larry Jackson | United States | Northern Illinois | |
6 | 101 | James Floyd | United States | Shaw | |
7 | 119 | Eddie Childress | United States | Austin Peay State | |
8 | 135 | Walter McGrary | United States | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
9 | 150 | Bob Vacca | United States | Quinnipiac | |
10 | 164 | Ron Battle | United States | Sam Houston State |
Roster
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Roster |
Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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y-Milwaukee Bucks | 59 | 23 | .720 | – | 31–7 | 24–16 | 4–0 | 14–6 |
x-Chicago Bulls | 54 | 28 | .659 | 5 | 32–9 | 21–19 | 1–0 | 13–7 |
x-Detroit Pistons | 52 | 30 | .634 | 7 | 29–12 | 23–17 | 0–1 | 9–11 |
Kansas City–Omaha Kings | 33 | 49 | .402 | 26 | 20–21 | 13–28 | – | 4–16 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Milwaukee Bucks | 59 | 23 | .720 | – |
2 | x-Chicago Bulls | 54 | 28 | .659 | 5 |
3 | x-Detroit Pistons | 52 | 30 | .634 | 7 |
4 | y-Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 12 |
5 | Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 15 |
6 | Seattle SuperSonics | 36 | 46 | .439 | 23 |
7 | Kansas City–Omaha Kings | 33 | 49 | .402 | 26 |
8 | Phoenix Suns | 30 | 52 | .366 | 29 |
9 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 32 |
Record vs. opponents
1973–74 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CAP | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCO | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA |
Atlanta | – | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Boston | 5–1 | – | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Buffalo | 4–2 | 2–5 | – | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Capital | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | – | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Chicago | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | – | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
Cleveland | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | – | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Detroit | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | – | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
Golden State | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–5 | – | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 |
Houston | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | – | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
Kansas City-Omaha | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | – | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 |
Los Angeles | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–1 | – | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 |
Milwaukee | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | – | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 |
New York | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Philadelphia | 3–3 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | – | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
Phoenix | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | – | 3–3 | 4–3 |
Portland | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | – | 3–3 |
Seattle | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — |
Game log
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October: 9–1 (home: 4–0; road: 5–1)
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November: 12–3 (home: 8–1; road: 4–2)
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December: 9–4 (home: 6–2; road: 3–2)
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January: 10–3 (home: 7–0; road: 3–3)
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February: 9–7 (home: 4–3; road: 5–4)
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March: 10–5 (home: 5–1; road: 5–4)
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1973–74 schedule |
Playoffs
Player statistics
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 |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 81 | 43.8 | 53.9 | 70.2 | 14.5 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 27.0 | ||
Bob Dandridge | 71 | 35.5 | 50.3 | 81.8 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 18.9 | ||
Lucius Allen | 72 | 33.2 | 49.5 | 78.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 17.6 | ||
Oscar Robertson | 70 | 35.4 | 43.8 | 83.5 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 12.7 | ||
Jon McGlocklin | 79 | 24.2 | 47.5 | 90.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.2 | ||
Curtis Perry | 81 | 29.5 | 44.6 | 58.2 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 9.0 | ||
Cornell Warner | 67 | 20.2 | 51.2 | 73.6 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 6.3 | ||
Ron Williams | 71 | 15.9 | 48.9 | 88.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 6.3 | ||
Mickey Davis | 73 | 13.9 | 50.4 | 83.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.9 | ||
Terry Driscoll | 64 | 10.9 | 47.1 | 65.2 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.2 | ||
Russ Lee | 36 | 4.6 | 40.4 | 68.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.4 | ||
Dick Garrett | 15 | 5.8 | 31.4 | 83.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | ||
Chuck Terry | 7 | 4.6 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | ||
Dick Cunningham | 8 | 5.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 16 | 47.4 | 55.7 | 73.6 | 15.8 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 32.2 | ||
Bob Dandridge | 16 | 40.5 | 49.3 | 76.6 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 19.3 | ||
Oscar Robertson | 16 | 43.1 | 45.0 | 84.6 | 3.4 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.0 | ||
Ron Williams | 15 | 23.6 | 46.7 | 80.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 8.7 | ||
Jon McGlocklin | 14 | 23.8 | 49.5 | 72.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 8.4 | ||
Cornell Warner | 16 | 31.6 | 42.3 | 68.4 | 10.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 6.7 | ||
Curtis Perry | 16 | 18.5 | 50.0 | 58.3 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.2 | ||
Mickey Davis | 15 | 16.3 | 49.2 | 91.7 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.7 | ||
Russ Lee | 6 | 2.0 | 62.5 | 25.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | ||
Terry Driscoll | 9 | 3.2 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | ||
Dick Garrett | 8 | 5.8 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Awards and records
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA First Team
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Transactions
Free agents
Player | Signed | Former team |
Cornell Warner | November 5, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Dick Garrett | January 8, 1974 | New York Knicks |
References
External links
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