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1970-71 NBA Season

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Historic data sourced from Basketball-Reference.com

MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | DPOY: N/A | ROY: Geoff Petrie & Dave Cowens | Champion: Milwaukee Bucks

Final Standings

Eastern Conference

RkTeamWLW/L%GB
Atlantic Division
1New York Knicks5230.634-
2Philadelphia 76ers4735.5735.0
3Boston Celtics4438.5378.0
4Buffalo Braves2260.26830.0
Central Division
1Baltimore Bullets4240.512-
2Atlanta Hawks3646.4396.0
3Cincinnati Royals3349.4029.0
4Cleveland Cavaliers1567.18327.0

Western Conference

RkTeamWLW/L%GB
Midwest Division
1Milwaukee Bucks6616.805-
2Chicago Bulls5131.62215.0
3Phoenix Suns4834.58518.0
4Detroit Pistons4537.54921.0
Pacific Division
1Los Angeles Lakers4834.585-
2San Francisco Warriors4141.5007.0
3San Diego Rockets4042.4888.0
4Seattle SuperSonics3844.46310.0
5Portland Trail Blazers2953.35419.0

Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

  • New York Knicks def. Atlanta Hawks (4-1)
  • Baltimore Bullets def. Philadelphia 76ers (4-3)
  • Milwaukee Bucks def. San Francisco Warriors (4-1)
  • Los Angeles Lakers def. Chicago Bulls (4-3)

Conference Finals

  • Baltimore Bullets def. New York Knicks (4-3)
  • Milwaukee Bucks def. Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)

NBA Finals

  • Milwaukee Bucks def. Baltimore Bullets (4-0)

League Leaders

Points Per Game

RkPlayerTeamPPG
1Kareem Abdul-JabbarMIL31.7
2John HavlicekBOS28.9
3Elvin HayesSDR28.7
4Dave BingDET27.0
5Lou HudsonATL26.8

Rebounds Per Game

RkPlayerTeamRPG
1Wilt ChamberlainLAL18.2
2Wes UnseldBAL16.9
3Elvin HayesSDR16.6
4Kareem Abdul-JabbarMIL16.0
5Jerry LucasSFW15.8

Assists Per Game

RkPlayerTeamAPG
1Norm Van LierCIN10.1
2Lenny WilkensSEA9.2
3Oscar RobertsonMIL8.2
4John HavlicekBOS7.5
5Walt FrazierNYK6.7

Awards & Honors

All-NBA First Team

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Dave Bing
  • Billy Cunningham
  • John Havlicek
  • Jerry West

All-NBA Second Team

  • Walt Frazier
  • Gus Johnson
  • Bob Love
  • Willis Reed
  • Oscar Robertson

All-Defensive First Team

  • Dave DeBusschere
  • Walt Frazier
  • Gus Johnson
  • Nate Thurmond
  • Jerry West

All-Defensive Second Team

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • John Havlicek
  • Paul Silas
  • Jerry Sloan
  • Norm Van Lier

All-Rookie First Team

  • Dave Cowens
  • Bob Lanier
  • Pete Maravich
  • Calvin Murphy
  • Geoff Petrie

East All-Stars

  • Billy Cunningham
  • Dave DeBusschere
  • Walt Frazier
  • Johnny Green
  • John Havlicek
  • Lou Hudson
  • Gus Johnson
  • John Johnson
  • Bob Kauffman
  • Earl Monroe
  • Willis Reed
  • Wes Unseld
  • Tom Van Arsdale
  • Jo Jo White

West All-Stars

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Dave Bing
  • Wilt Chamberlain
  • Connie Hawkins
  • Elvin Hayes
  • Bob Love
  • Jerry Lucas
  • Jeff Mullins
  • Geoff Petrie
  • Oscar Robertson
  • Dick Van Arsdale
  • Chet Walker
  • Jerry West
  • Lenny Wilkens