Index
NBA Finals
| 1971 |
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| BOXSCORE | Milwaukee Bucks | Baltimore Bullets |
| GAME1 | 4 | 0 |
| GAME2 | REGULAR SEASON STATS | REGULAR SEASON STATS |
| GAME3 | NBA FINALS STATS | NBA FINALS STATS |
| GAME4 | MVP: Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) | |
| GAME5 | ||
| GAME6 | ||
| GAME7 | ||
Game #1 @Milwaukee
The Bucks took control of the game early and the Bullets never could catch up. This was despite Lew Alcindor sitting out much of the first half with three fouls. Baltimore had only 48 hours to rest and get ready after knocking off the defending champion New York Knicks in the Eastern Finals. Wes Unseld, giving up about eight inches to Alcindor, picked up two fouls in the first two minutes of play as Baltimore fell behind 14-6 early. The Bucks came up with five steals in the first four minutes of the game as they took the Bullets out of their offense. Alcindor then picked up three fouls in a two-minute stretch (two of them offensive) and had to go to the bench. However, Oscar Robertson led the way after the Bullets pulled within two points in the second quarter. After holding a 50-42 halftime lead, Alcindor seized control in the third as the Bucks built a 79-62 lead. Baltimore pulled within 84-78 when Robertson sat down for a rest but, when Robertson returned, Milwaukee pushed it out to 93-80 with 3:24 left and Baltimore couldn't catch them.
| BALTIMORE MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS |
| Carter 21 3-10 0-0 0 4 3 6 |
| Geo Johnson 2 2-2 0-0 2 0 0 4 |
| Loughery 32 2-11 2-7 4 0 3 6 |
| Marin 44 9-21 0-0 7 2 3 18 |
| Monroe 42 11-28 4-7 6 3 1 26 |
| Murray 11 2-6 0-0 4 0 1 4 |
| Unseld 45 6-17 4-6 10 3 5 16 |
| Zeller 6 0-2 0-1 1 0 2 0 |
| Tresvant 37 2-10 0-0 6 2 5 4 |
| TOTALS 37-107 10-21 48 14 23 88 |
| MILWAUKEE MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS |
| Alcindor 33 13-16 5-5 17 0 5 31 |
| Allen 18 3-6 2-2 3 2 2 8 |
| Boozer 21 2-5 4-4 4 2 3 8 |
| Cunningham 15 0-2 0-1 5 0 1 0 |
| Dandridge 38 6-17 3-4 12 0 4 15 |
| McGlocklin 38 2-7 4-4 0 5 4 8 |
| Robertson 45 7-18 8-10 7 7 4 22 |
| Smith 37 3-6 0-1 11 2 2 6 |
| TOTALS 36-77 26-31 59 18 25 98 |
| Baltimore 22 20 26 20 - 88 |
| Milwaukee 28 22 29 19 - 98 |
| A - 10,746 |
Game #2 @Baltimore
For the second straight game, the Bucks used a third quarter surge to bury the Bullets under a deficit they couldn't overcome. After being tied at the end of the first, the Bucks went on a 19-9 run to take a 45-35 lead in the second quarter. The Bullets narrowed the lead to 49-45 with 10 points in the last 2½ minutes of the period on four hoops and an assist from Earl Monroe. The Bucks then buried Baltimore with a 19-2 run early in the third period. After an 11 point, 17 rebound first half, Wes Unseld managed only twp points and three rebounds in the second half. Lew Alcindor had 14 points and 14 boards in the first half and 13 points and 10 rebounds in the second half. The 19-2 run made it 70-51 Bucks and they would continue to stretch to 84-63 early in the fourth and then 100-76 with two minutes to play.
| MILWAUKEE MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS |
| Alcindor 45 13-22 1-1 24 2 2 27 |
| Allen 19 2-5 4-4 2 1 1 8 |
| Boozer 26 4-7 0-0 7 0 2 8 |
| Robertson 43 8-15 6-8 6 10 4 22 |
| Smith 30 2-10 1-1 3 0 2 4 |
| McGlocklin 31 7-8 0-0 2 2 2 14 |
| Cunningham 3 0-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 |
| Dandridge 36 7-14 2-2 5 5 4 16 |
| McLemore 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 |
| Greacen 1 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 |
| Webb 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 |
| Winkler 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 |
| TOTALS 44-87 14-16 54 21 19 102 |
| BALTIMORE MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS |
| Carter 35 6-16 0-0 6 2 4 12 |
| Gus Johnson 30 4-13 2-3 8 1 3 10 |
| Marin 43 10-24 2-2 2 2 1 22 |
| Unseld 42 6-12 1-3 20 4 1 13 |
| Monroe 37 4-18 3-5 2 6 2 11 |
| Loughery 20 1-5 0-0 2 1 1 2 |
| Tresvant 24 2-4 3-4 4 1 2 7 |
| Geo Johnson 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 |
| Murray 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 |
| Zeller 4 2-4 0-0 1 2 1 4 |
| TOTALS 36-97 11-17 45 19 17 83 |
| Milwaukee 26 23 30 23 - 102 |
| Baltimore 26 19 16 22 - 83 |
| A - 12,289 |
Game #3 @Milwaukee
The Bucks again took control of the game in the middle periods and thwarted any potential Baltimore comeback as they went up three games to none. Earl Monroe came out blazing and scored Baltimore's first nine points but would score only seven thereafter. Milwaukee would lead by eight, 30-22 after the first period and by eight again at the half - 54-46. Another big third quarter run gave the Bucks a 68-52 lead but Oscar Robertson would then go to the bench with his fourth foul. With the Big O on the sidelines, the Bullets went on a 16-2 run to close the gap to two points, 70-68. Robertson came back in to the game and lead 9-1 run to close the third period. Milwaukee would open the fourth with an 8-4 run to lead 87-73. After that, the closest Baltimore could manage was 100-93 late in the contest. Baltimore was without Gus Johnson for the game. Johnson had also missed all but two minutes of game one with the same ailing knee.
| BALTIMORE MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS |
| Carter 43 7-21 1-2 5 3 3 15 |
| Marin 42 8-17 5-5 8 4 4 21 |
| Monroe 36 5-15 6-6 7 5 2 16 |
| Unseld 45 10-22 0-1 23 4 3 20 |
| Tresvant 21 2-9 2-2 3 1 6 6 |
| Loughery 36 8-21 3-3 2 4 4 19 |
| Geo Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 |
| Zeller 1 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 |
| TOTALS 41-106 17-19 49 23 23 99 |
| MILWAUKEE MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS |
| Alcindor 46 10-22 3-4 21 2 3 23 |
| Allen 28 3-9 4-5 3 3 3 10 |
| Dandridge 42 13-20 3-5 9 3 3 29 |
| Robertson 38 8-17 4-5 4 12 5 20 |
| Smith 31 7-14 1-3 12 3 4 15 |
| McGlocklin 29 4-8 1-1 2 3 1 9 |
| Boozer 19 0-3 1-1 4 1 2 1 |
| Cunningham 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 |
| McLemore 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 |
| Webb 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 |
| TOTALS 45-93 17-24 56 27 21 107 |
| Baltimore 22 24 23 30 - 99 |
| Milwaukee 30 24 25 28 – 107 |
| A - 10,746 |
Game #4 @Baltimore
Milwaukee wrapped up the second sweep in NBA Finals history with a 118-106 win over Baltimore. Milwaukee again took the lead early and never relinquished it as the Cinderella Bullets could not overcome despite a triple-double from Wes Unseld. For the second straight game, Baltimore came out strong early. They took a 15-10 lead midway through the first period before the Bucks awakened. Milwaukee then went on a 21-7 run to close the period and stretched the lead to 19 points in the second quarter. Baltimore closed the gap to 13 at the half and got it down to 60-53 in the early moments of the third period. The Bucks answered with a 10-0 run to take a 17-point lead a maintained it through most of the period. Baltimore cut the lead to 12 points by the end of the third but could not make a game of it down the stretch. The Bullets were again hindered by the knee injury of Gus Johnson as he could only play five minutes. Other than playing 30 minutes in game two, Johnson played a total of only seven minutes in the other three games.
| MILWAUKEE MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS |
| Alcindor 44 10-16 7-11 12 7 2 27 |
| Dandridge 41 9-16 3-5 12 6 2 21 |
| Robertson 38 11-15 8-9 3 9 2 30 |
| McGlocklin 29 4-9 4-5 0 1 2 12 |
| Smith 34 6-9 2-3 7 2 4 14 |
| Boozer 11 2-3 1-2 4 0 5 5 |
| Allen 23 2-6 0-0 3 1 2 4 |
| McLemore 11 2-5 1-2 7 1 0 5 |
| Cunningham 4 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 |
| Greacen 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 |
| Webb 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 |
| Winkler 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 |
| TOTALS 46-82 26-37 49 27 19 118 |
| BALTIMORE MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS |
| Carter 44 14-24 0-0 2 3 3 28 |
| Gus Johnson 5 0-2 0-0 4 1 2 0 |
| Geo Johnson 27 4-12 3-3 7 3 2 11 |
| Unseld 39 3-12 5-8 23 10 5 11 |
| Loughery 29 8-14 2-2 0 1 2 18 |
| Marin 37 5-17 2-3 4 2 4 12 |
| Monroe 22 6-14 0-0 1 2 4 12 |
| Tresvant 28 4-10 0-2 5 0 5 8 |
| Zeller 7 2-7 2-2 2 0 1 6 |
| Murray 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 |
| TOTALS 46-112 14-20 49 22 28 106 |
| Milwaukee 31 29 29 29 - 118 |
| Baltimore 22 25 30 29 - 106 |
| A - 11,842 |
COMPOSITE BOX SCORE
| MILWAUKEE G MN FG-FGA FT-FTA REB AST PF PTS | PPG | RPG | APG |
| Alcindor 4 168 46-76 16-21 74 11 12 108 | 27,0 | 18,5 | 2,8 |
| Robertson 4 164 34-65 26-32 20 38 15 94 | 23,5 | 5,0 | 9,5 |
| Dandridge 4 157 35-67 11-16 38 14 13 81 | 20,3 | 9,5 | 3,5 |
| Smith 4 132 18-39 4-8 33 7 12 40 | 10,0 | 8,3 | 1,8 |
| McGlocklin 4 127 17-32 9-10 4 11 9 43 | 10,8 | 1,0 | 2,8 |
| Allen 4 88 10-25 10-11 11 7 8 30 | 7,5 | 2,8 | 1,8 |
| Boozer 4 77 8-18 6-7 19 3 12 22 | 5,5 | 4,8 | 0,8 |
| Cunningham 4 24 0-5 0-1 5 0 2 0 | 0,0 | 1,3 | 0,0 |
| McLemore 3 17 2-6 1-2 8 2 2 2 | 0,7 | 2,7 | 0,7 |
| Webb 3 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 | 0,7 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
| Greacen 2 4 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 | 0,0 | 0,5 | 0,0 |
| Winkler 2 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
| TOTALS 4 171-338 83-108 213 93 85 425 | |||
| BALTIMORE G MN FG-FGA FT-FTA REB AST PF PTS | PPG | RPG | APG |
| Unseld 4 184 25-63 10-18 78 18 13 60 | 15,0 | 19,5 | 4,5 |
| Marin 4 166 32-79 9-10 21 10 12 73 | 18,3 | 5,3 | 2,5 |
| Carter 4 143 30-71 1-2 13 12 13 61 | 15,3 | 3,3 | 3,0 |
| Monroe 4 137 26-75 13-18 16 16 9 65 | 16,3 | 4,0 | 4,0 |
| Loughery 4 117 19-51 7-12 8 6 10 45 | 11,3 | 2,0 | 1,5 |
| Tresvant 4 110 10-33 5-8 18 4 18 25 | 6,3 | 4,5 | 1,0 |
| Gus Johnson 3 37 6-17 2-3 14 2 5 14 | 4,7 | 4,7 | 0,7 |
| Geo Johnson 3 30 4-12 3-3 7 3 4 11 | 3,7 | 2,3 | 1,0 |
| Zeller 4 18 5-14 2-3 5 2 5 12 | 3,0 | 1,3 | 0,5 |
| Murray 3 16 3-7 0-0 5 0 1 6 | 2,0 | 1,7 | 0,0 |
| TOTALS 4 160-422 52-77 185 73 90 372 |