Milwaukee went 27-55 in its first NBA season ... Just how good were the 1970-71 Bucks? Consider this: the team finished the regular season with an average point differential of 12.2 points ...

Who was the NBA's biggest of the big men in 1970-71? The season represented a spiritual passing of the torch between the Los Angeles Lakers' legendary Wilt Chamberlain and the Milwaukee Bucks ...

The Milwaukee Bucks' rise from an expansion team (1968-69) to championship team (1970-71) over three years remains the quickest such rise in the history of what we consider today's major pro ...

While Lew Alcindor was certainly the superstar he was advertised to be coming out of UCLA, the glue to the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks was Oscar Robertson, who would have never come here had it not ...

BACK ROW: Trainer Arnie Garber, Greg Smith, Marvin Winkler, Jeff Webb, Bob Grecean, Gary Freeman, Assistant Coach Tom Nissalke, Head Coach Larry Costello. FRONT ROW: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jon ...

The Richmond, Virginia native ended the 1970-71 season, averaging 18.4 points ... immortalizing him in the history of the NBA and Milwaukee Bucks. Matthew finished his bachelor's degree in ...

He helped lead the franchise to a title during the 1970-71 season and he then won five ... let's take a deeper look at the Milwaukee Bucks top 5 all-time block leaders. Top 5 steals leaders ...

More: 50 years ago, the Milwaukee Bucks were NBA champions: An oral history of the 1970-71 season The Bucks had lost in six games to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals ...

Both began their professional careers in Milwaukee of all places ... Abdul-Jabbar led the Bucks to an NBA Championship during the 1970-71 season. Antetokounmpo did the same thing in 2020-21 ...