Bucks stop here with their first NBA championship
On April 30, 1971 – 1971:The Bucks stop here — with their first NBA championship. With youthful Lew Alcindor patrolling the middle in unstoppable fashion and Oscar Robertson running the show from his guard spot, Milwaukee is too powerful for the Baltimore Bullets and Milwaukee completes its four-game sweep in the Final with a 118-106 victory.
Alcindor, who will change his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the fall, scores 27 points, matching his average for the first three games. The 24-year-old center, the league’s MVP during the regular season, gains another MVP trophy — for the Finals.
Robertson, 32, who was obtained from Cincinnati after last season, scores 30 points (11-of-15 from the field) and has nine assists as the Bucks become only the second NBA to sweep a Finals (Boston in 1959 was the first).
“This is the first champagne I’ve ever had, and it tastes mighty sweet,” Robertson says. “We won the title in high school, but it was soft drinks then. This is the big leagues, man.”
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