1971 NBA Finals

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The 1971 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series played at the conclusion of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 25th anniversary season of 1970–71. The Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks, who were founded as an expansion team three years earlier, swept the Eastern Conference champion Baltimore Bullets in four games. Baltimore had dethroned the 1969–70 NBA champion New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals. This was the first NBA Finals played between two expansion teams.

The Bucks were the first Western Conference champions to win the league's championship since the St. Louis Hawks did so in 1958, and were the first expansion team in the NBA to win a championship since the NBA held its first expansion draft. (The Bullets originally started out as the Chicago Packers, an expansion team that began play in 1961–62 before moving to Baltimore in 1963.) It was also the first NBA title by a Western Conference team that has not since folded or relocated.

The Bullets were forced to play Game 1 on a Wednesday night, just 48 hours after having defeated New York in Game 7 of the 1971 Eastern Conference finals, then had to wait four days before playing Game 2. The series was the second (and last) time in NBA history that the teams alternated home games, the other being in Template:Nbafy. Most other series were held in the 2-2-1-1-1 or 2-3-2 format (a 1-2-2-1-1 format was used in 1975 and 1978). It was also the last NBA Championship Series completed before May 1.

The series was broadcast by ABC with Chris Schenkel and Jack Twyman providing the commentary. This was the last playoff series broadcast for both Schenkel and Twyman; they were replaced the next season as the lead announcing team by Keith Jackson and Bill Russell, who served two years before ABC lost the national television contract to CBS after the 1972–73 season.

Until 2021, it was the Bucks' only and the city's second championship (with the other being the 1957 Braves). The city's 50-year drought was the fourth longest title drought among American teams in the "Big 4" major professional sports leagues, behind Buffalo and San Diego.Template:Efn

Series summary

Game Date Home team Result Road team
Game 1 April 21 Milwaukee Bucks 98–88 (1–0) Baltimore Bullets
Game 2 April 25 Baltimore Bullets 83–102 (0–2) Milwaukee Bucks
Game 3 April 28 Milwaukee Bucks 107–99 (3–0) Baltimore Bullets
Game 4 April 30 Baltimore Bullets 106–118 (0–4) Milwaukee Bucks

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Game summaries

Game 1

April 21
Baltimore Bullets 88, Milwaukee Bucks 98
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 20–22, 26–29, 20–19
Pts: Earl Monroe 26
Rebs: John Tresvant 14
Asts: Fred Carter 4		 Pts: Lew Alcindor 31
Rebs: Lew Alcindor 17
Asts: Oscar Robertson 7
Milwaukee leads series, 1–0
Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 10,746
Referees: Mendy Rudolph, Don Murphy

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Game 2

April 25
Milwaukee Bucks 102, Baltimore Bullets 83
Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 23–19, 30–16, 23–22
Pts: Lew Alcindor 27
Rebs: Lew Alcindor 24
Asts: Oscar Robertson 10		 Pts: Jack Marin 22
Rebs: Wes Unseld 20
Asts: Earl Monroe 6
Milwaukee leads series, 2–0

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Game 3

April 28
Baltimore Bullets 99, Milwaukee Bucks 107
Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 24–24, 23–25, 30–28
Pts: Jack Marin 21
Rebs: Wes Unseld 23
Asts: Wes Unseld 6		 Pts: Bob Dandridge 29
Rebs: Lew Alcindor 21
Asts: Oscar Robertson 12
Milwaukee leads series, 3–0

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Game 4

April 30
Milwaukee Bucks 118, Baltimore Bullets 106
Scoring by quarter: 31–22, 29–25, 29–30, 29–29
Pts: Oscar Robertson 30
Rebs: Alcindor, Dandridge 12 each
Asts: Oscar Robertson 9		 Pts: Fred Carter 28
Rebs: Wes Unseld 23
Asts: Wes Unseld 10
Milwaukee wins NBA Finals, 4–0
Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 11,842
Referees: Mendy Rudolph, Don Murphy

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Team rosters

Milwaukee Bucks

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Baltimore Bullets

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See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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