1970–71 San Francisco Warriors season

1970–71 San Francisco Warriors season
Head coachAl Attles
ArenaCow Palace
Results
Record41–41 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Conference semifinals
(lost to Bucks 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1969–70 1971–72 >

The 1970–71 NBA season was the Warriors' 25th season in the NBA and ninth in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

It was also the franchise's final season in San Francisco before relocating across the Bay to Oakland the following season. The team would not play in San Francisco full time until the 2019–20 NBA season.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1971 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
3 36 Earle Higgins F  United States Eastern Michigan
4 53 Ralph Ogden F  United States Santa Clara
5 70 Levi Fontaine G  United States Maryland Eastern Shore
6 87 Vic Bartolome C  United States Oregon State
7 104 Joe Bergman F  United States Creighton
8 121 Jeff Sewell  United States Marquette
9 138 Lou Small  United States Nevada
10 155 Coby Dietrick C/F  United States San José State

Roster

1970–71 San Francisco Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 16 Attles, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) North Carolina A&T
F 31 Ellis, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Francisco
G 12 Fontaine, Levi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Maryland Eastern Shore
G 15 Jones, Nick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oregon
F/C 43 Lee, Clyde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Vanderbilt
F/C 32 Lucas, Jerry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Ohio State
G 23 Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
F 22 Ogden, Ralph 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Santa Clara
G/F 33 Portman, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Creighton
G 10 Smith, Adrian 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Kentucky
F/C 42 Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Bowling Green
F 34 Turner, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Akron
G 21 Williams, Ron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 48 34 .585 – 30–11 17–22 1–1 15–7
x-San Francisco Warriors 41 41 .500 7 20–18 19–21 2–2 12–10
San Diego Rockets 40 42 .488 8 24–15 15–26 1–1 14–8
Seattle SuperSonics 38 44 .463 10 27–13 11–30 0–1 10–14
Portland Trail Blazers 29 53 .354 19 18–21 9–26 2–6 3–15
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks 66 16 .805
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers 48 34 .585
3 x-Chicago Bulls 51 31 .622
4 x-San Francisco Warriors 41 41 .500
5 Phoenix Suns 48 34 .585
6 Detroit Pistons 45 37 .549
7 San Diego Rockets 40 42 .488
8 Seattle SuperSonics 38 44 .463
9 Portland Trail Blazers 29 53 .354
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta — 3–3 2–4 3–1 1–4 2–4 4–0 0–5 3–2 1–4 3–3 4–2 1–4 2–2 2–3 2–3 3–2
Baltimore 3–3 — 3–3 3–1 2–3 3–3 4–0 2–3 2–3 1–4 2–4 3–3 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–3 3–2
Boston 4–2 3–3 — 4–0 4–1 4–2 3–1 2–3 3–2 0–5 0–6 4–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 3–2 3–2
Buffalo 1–3 1–3 0–4 — 0–4 0–4 5–7 1–5 2–2 0–4 2–2 0–4 1–3 6–6 1–3 1–3 1–3
Chicago 4–1 3–2 1–4 4–0 — 4–0 4–0 3–3 2–4 1–5 3–2 3–2 3–3 3–1 6–0 4–2 3–2
Cincinnati 4–2 3–3 2–4 4–0 0–4 — 5–1 1–4 1–4 1–4 2–4 1–5 1–4 4–0 1–3 2–3 1–4
Cleveland 0–4 0–4 1–3 7–5 0–4 1–5 — 2–2 0–4 0–4 0–4 1–3 0–4 2–10 0–4 1–3 0–4
Detroit 5–0 3–2 3–2 5–1 3–3 4–1 2–2 — 2–3 1–5 2–3 2–3 2–4 3–1 4–2 1–4 3–1
Los Angeles 2–3 3–2 2–3 2–2 4–2 4–1 4–0 3–2 — 1–4 3–2 3–2 2–4 4–0 3–3 4–2 4–2
Milwaukee 4–1 4–1 5–0 4–0 5–1 4–1 4–0 5–1 4–1 — 1–4 4–1 4–2 3–1 4–1 6–0 5–1
New York 3–3 4–2 6–0 2–2 2–3 4–2 4–0 3–2 2–3 4–1 — 2–4 4–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–3
Philadelphia 2–4 3–3 2–4 4–0 2–3 5–1 3–1 3–2 2–3 1–4 4–2 — 3–2 4–0 3–2 3–2 3–2
Phoenix 4–1 2–3 3–2 3–1 3–3 4–1 4–0 4–2 4–2 2–4 1–4 2–3 — 4–0 2–4 3–2 3–2
Portland 2–2 2–2 2–2 6–6 1–3 0–4 10–2 1–3 0–4 1–3 1–3 0–4 0–4 — 0–4 1–3 2–4
San Diego 3–2 1–4 2–3 3–1 0–6 3–1 4–0 2–4 3–3 1–4 1–4 2–3 4–2 4–0 — 2–4 5–1
San Francisco 3–2 3–2 2–3 3–1 2–4 3–2 3–1 4–1 2–4 0–6 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–1 4–2 — 3–3
Seattle 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–1 2–3 4–1 4–0 1–3 2–4 1–5 3–2 2–3 2–3 4–2 1–5 3–3 —

Game log

1970–71 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 16 Detroit 120–106 Jerry Lucas (31) 0–1
2 October 17 Cleveland 108–128 Jerry Lucas (30) 1–1
3 October 20 @ Baltimore 125–105 Jerry Lucas (33) 2–1
4 October 21 @ Atlanta 100–102 Jeff Mullins (19) 2–2
5 October 22 @ New York 92–95 Nate Thurmond (20) 2–3
6 October 24 Portland 115–118 Ellis, Lucas (26) 3–3
7 October 28 Philadelphia 111–108 Jeff Mullins (32) 3–4
8 October 30 Chicago 101–98 Jeff Mullins (23) 3–5
9 November 2 New York 111–99 Jerry Lucas (20) 3–6
10 November 4 Baltimore 100–111 Jeff Mullins (35) 4–6
11 November 6 @ Portland 110–103 Jeff Mullins (32) 5–6
12 November 7 San Diego 102–114 Joe Ellis (21) 6–6
13 November 10 Cleveland 74–109 Ron Williams (22) 7–6
14 November 12 Cincinnati 121–107 Jerry Lucas (24) 7–7
15 November 13 @ San Diego 107–102 Jeff Mullins (24) 8–7
16 November 16 @ Milwaukee 100–119 Nate Thurmond (25) 8–8
17 November 17 @ Chicago 111–105 Ron Williams (28) 9–8
18 November 18 @ Boston 90–89 Jeff Mullins (30) 10–8
19 November 20 Buffalo 108–123 Adrian Smith (23) 11–8
20 November 21 Milwaukee 127–102 Nate Thurmond (30) 11–9
21 November 24 @ Philadelphia 104–96 Jeff Mullins (28) 12–9
22 November 25 @ Cleveland 108–99 Jeff Mullins (25) 13–9
23 November 27 @ Seattle 96–101 Jerry Lucas (27) 13–10
24 November 28 Los Angeles 88–92 Lucas, Thurmond (27) 14–10
25 December 1 Atlanta 106–113 Jeff Mullins (34) 15–10
26 December 4 @ Los Angeles 101–123 Mullins, Thurmond (16) 15–11
27 December 5 Phoenix 105–100 Jerry Lucas (28) 15–12
28 December 7 N Cincinnati 113–124 Ron Williams (28) 15–13
29 December 8 @ Chicago 87–98 Ron Williams (23) 15–14
30 December 9 @ Detroit 110–99 Lucas, Mullins (27) 16–14
31 December 11 @ Philadelphia 102–101 Ron Williams (26) 17–14
32 December 12 @ Baltimore 96–119 Nate Thurmond (21) 17–15
33 December 13 N New York 101–94 Jeff Mullins (22) 18–15
34 December 15 @ Phoenix 129–123 Jerry Lucas (26) 19–15
35 December 16 Seattle 91–108 Jerry Lucas (29) 20–15
36 December 18 N Portland 122–118 Jerry Lucas (32) 21–15
37 December 19 Philadelphia 108–99 Nate Thurmond (22) 21–16
38 December 22 Boston 138–108 Nate Thurmond (35) 21–17
39 December 26 @ Milwaukee 111–131 Nate Thurmond (25) 21–18
40 December 28 @ Atlanta 115–104 Nate Thurmond (30) 22–18
41 December 30 @ New York 103–111 Ron Williams (26) 22–19
42 December 31 @ Boston 144–106 Mullins, Thurmond (32) 23–19
43 January 2 Phoenix 122–116 (OT) Jerry Lucas (26) 23–20
44 January 3 @ Phoenix 81–102 Nate Thurmond (26) 23–21
45 January 5 @ Philadelphia 92–97 Nate Thurmond (28) 23–22
46 January 6 @ Buffalo 108–115 Lee, Lucas (25) 23–23
47 January 8 @ San Diego 120–117 Thurmond, Williams (26) 24–23
48 January 9 San Diego 103–109 Jeff Mullins (25) 25–23
49 January 16 New York 93–102 Ron Williams (23) 26–23
50 January 19 Cincinnati 108–116 Nate Thurmond (28) 27–23
51 January 22 @ Los Angeles 110–130 Nate Thurmond (20) 27–24
52 January 23 Chicago 87–83 Nate Thurmond (25) 27–25
53 January 26 @ Baltimore 98–103 Nate Thurmond (23) 27–26
54 January 27 @ Detroit 129–112 Ron Williams (34) 28–26
55 January 29 Buffalo 100–106 Lucas, Portman (20) 29–26
56 January 30 Los Angeles 85–87 Ron Williams (24) 30–26
57 February 2 Atlanta 99–101 Jeff Mullins (26) 31–26
58 February 4 @ Phoenix 117–105 Nate Thurmond (30) 32–26
59 February 5 @ Portland 117–123 Jeff Mullins (27) 32–27
60 February 6 Milwaukee 111–85 Jerry Lucas (17) 32–28
61 February 7 @ Los Angeles 104–119 Nate Thurmond (24) 32–29
62 February 10 Seattle 122–133 Nick Jones (28) 33–29
63 February 11 @ San Diego 111–119 Nate Thurmond (29) 33–30
64 February 12 Cincinnati 119–133 Jerry Lucas (29) 34–30
65 February 14 @ Seattle 101–146 Nick Jones (16) 34–31
66 February 17 Boston 129–99 Jeff Mullins (19) 34–32
67 February 19 San Diego 109–103 Nate Thurmond (29) 34–33
68 February 20 Milwaukee 104–96 Nate Thurmond (30) 34–34
69 February 22 @ Buffalo 109–91 Lucas, Thurmond (28) 35–34
70 February 23 @ Milwaukee 107–118 Nick Jones (31) 35–35
71 February 24 @ Detroit 117–115 Nate Thurmond (43) 36–35
72 February 27 Los Angeles 112–107 Nate Thurmond (37) 36–36
73 March 3 Atlanta 109–105 Nate Thurmond (25) 36–37
74 March 5 N Chicago 103–130 Jerry Lucas (21) 36–38
75 March 6 Baltimore 103–109 Jerry Lucas (30) 37–38
76 March 9 Boston 134–112 Nate Thurmond (35) 37–39
77 March 12 Seattle 98–111 Jeff Mullins (30) 38–39
78 March 13 Detroit 107–116 Jeff Mullins (37) 39–39
79 March 16 @ Cleveland 103–108 Jeff Mullins (34) 39–40
80 March 17 @ Cincinnati 110–92 Jeff Mullins (30) 40–40
81 March 18 @ Chicago 91–85 Mullins, Thurmond (29) 41–40
82 March 21 @ Seattle 106–119 Ron Williams (23) 41–41

Playoffs

1971 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 27 Milwaukee L 96–107 Jeff Mullins (30) Nate Thurmond (15) Jeff Mullins (7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
11,216 		0–1
2 March 29 @ Milwaukee L 90–104 Nate Thurmond (18) Clyde Lee (13) Mullins, Williams (4) University of Wisconsin Field House
12,868 		0–2
3 March 30 @ Milwaukee L 102–114 Jerry Lucas (25) Jerry Lucas (20) Ron Williams (8) University of Wisconsin Field House
12,868 		0–3
4 April 1 Milwaukee W 106–104 Jerry Lucas (32) Jeff Mullins (19) Ron Williams (9) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
7,615 		1–3
5 April 4 @ Milwaukee L 86–136 Ron Williams (13) Clyde Lee (11) Mullins, Williams (4) University of Wisconsin Field House
12,868 		1–4
1971 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1970–71 San Francisco Warriors