1970–71 San Francisco Warriors season

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

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

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
336Earle HigginsF United StatesEastern Michigan
453Ralph OgdenF United StatesSanta Clara
570Levi FontaineG United StatesMaryland Eastern Shore
687Vic BartolomeC United StatesOregon State
7104Joe BergmanF United StatesCreighton
8121Jeff Sewell United StatesMarquette
9138Lou Small United StatesNevada
10155Coby DietrickC/F United StatesSan José State

Roster
1970–71 San Francisco Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 16 United States Attles, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) North Carolina A&T
F 31 United States Ellis, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Francisco
G 12 United States Fontaine, Levi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Maryland Eastern Shore
G 15 United States Jones, Nick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oregon
F/C 43 United States Lee, Clyde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Vanderbilt
F/C 32 United States Lucas, Jerry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Ohio State
G 23 United States Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
F 22 United States Ogden, Ralph 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Santa Clara
G/F 33 United States Portman, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Creighton
G 10 United States Smith, Adrian 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Kentucky
F/C 42 United States Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Bowling Green
F 34 United States Turner, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Akron
G 21 United States Williams, Ron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (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 4834.585–30–1117–221–115–7
x-San Francisco Warriors 4141.500720–1819–212–212–10
San Diego Rockets 4042.488824–1515–261–114–8
Seattle SuperSonics 3844.4631027–1311–300–110–14
Portland Trail Blazers 2953.3541918–219–262–63–15
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6616.805
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers4834.585
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-San Francisco Warriors4141.500
5 Phoenix Suns4834.585
6 Detroit Pistons4537.549
7 San Diego Rockets4042.488
8 Seattle SuperSonics3844.463
9 Portland Trail Blazers2953.354
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 —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Game log
1970–71 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16Detroit120–106Jerry Lucas (31)0–1
2October 17Cleveland108–128Jerry Lucas (30)1–1
3October 20@ Baltimore125–105Jerry Lucas (33)2–1
4October 21@ Atlanta100–102Jeff Mullins (19)2–2
5October 22@ New York92–95Nate Thurmond (20)2–3
6October 24Portland115–118Ellis, Lucas (26)3–3
7October 28Philadelphia111–108Jeff Mullins (32)3–4
8October 30Chicago101–98Jeff Mullins (23)3–5
9November 2New York111–99Jerry Lucas (20)3–6
10November 4Baltimore100–111Jeff Mullins (35)4–6
11November 6@ Portland110–103Jeff Mullins (32)5–6
12November 7San Diego102–114Joe Ellis (21)6–6
13November 10Cleveland74–109Ron Williams (22)7–6
14November 12Cincinnati121–107Jerry Lucas (24)7–7
15November 13@ San Diego107–102Jeff Mullins (24)8–7
16November 16@ Milwaukee100–119Nate Thurmond (25)8–8
17November 17@ Chicago111–105Ron Williams (28)9–8
18November 18@ Boston90–89Jeff Mullins (30)10–8
19November 20Buffalo108–123Adrian Smith (23)11–8
20November 21Milwaukee127–102Nate Thurmond (30)11–9
21November 24@ Philadelphia104–96Jeff Mullins (28)12–9
22November 25@ Cleveland108–99Jeff Mullins (25)13–9
23November 27@ Seattle96–101Jerry Lucas (27)13–10
24November 28Los Angeles88–92Lucas, Thurmond (27)14–10
25December 1Atlanta106–113Jeff Mullins (34)15–10
26December 4@ Los Angeles101–123Mullins, Thurmond (16)15–11
27December 5Phoenix105–100Jerry Lucas (28)15–12
28December 7N Cincinnati113–124Ron Williams (28)15–13
29December 8@ Chicago87–98Ron Williams (23)15–14
30December 9@ Detroit110–99Lucas, Mullins (27)16–14
31December 11@ Philadelphia102–101Ron Williams (26)17–14
32December 12@ Baltimore96–119Nate Thurmond (21)17–15
33December 13N New York101–94Jeff Mullins (22)18–15
34December 15@ Phoenix129–123Jerry Lucas (26)19–15
35December 16Seattle91–108Jerry Lucas (29)20–15
36December 18N Portland122–118Jerry Lucas (32)21–15
37December 19Philadelphia108–99Nate Thurmond (22)21–16
38December 22Boston138–108Nate Thurmond (35)21–17
39December 26@ Milwaukee111–131Nate Thurmond (25)21–18
40December 28@ Atlanta115–104Nate Thurmond (30)22–18
41December 30@ New York103–111Ron Williams (26)22–19
42December 31@ Boston144–106Mullins, Thurmond (32)23–19
43January 2Phoenix122–116 (OT)Jerry Lucas (26)23–20
44January 3@ Phoenix81–102Nate Thurmond (26)23–21
45January 5@ Philadelphia92–97Nate Thurmond (28)23–22
46January 6@ Buffalo108–115Lee, Lucas (25)23–23
47January 8@ San Diego120–117Thurmond, Williams (26)24–23
48January 9San Diego103–109Jeff Mullins (25)25–23
49January 16New York93–102Ron Williams (23)26–23
50January 19Cincinnati108–116Nate Thurmond (28)27–23
51January 22@ Los Angeles110–130Nate Thurmond (20)27–24
52January 23Chicago87–83Nate Thurmond (25)27–25
53January 26@ Baltimore98–103Nate Thurmond (23)27–26
54January 27@ Detroit129–112Ron Williams (34)28–26
55January 29Buffalo100–106Lucas, Portman (20)29–26
56January 30Los Angeles85–87Ron Williams (24)30–26
57February 2Atlanta99–101Jeff Mullins (26)31–26
58February 4@ Phoenix117–105Nate Thurmond (30)32–26
59February 5@ Portland117–123Jeff Mullins (27)32–27
60February 6Milwaukee111–85Jerry Lucas (17)32–28
61February 7@ Los Angeles104–119Nate Thurmond (24)32–29
62February 10Seattle122–133Nick Jones (28)33–29
63February 11@ San Diego111–119Nate Thurmond (29)33–30
64February 12Cincinnati119–133Jerry Lucas (29)34–30
65February 14@ Seattle101–146Nick Jones (16)34–31
66February 17Boston129–99Jeff Mullins (19)34–32
67February 19San Diego109–103Nate Thurmond (29)34–33
68February 20Milwaukee104–96Nate Thurmond (30)34–34
69February 22@ Buffalo109–91Lucas, Thurmond (28)35–34
70February 23@ Milwaukee107–118Nick Jones (31)35–35
71February 24@ Detroit117–115Nate Thurmond (43)36–35
72February 27Los Angeles112–107Nate Thurmond (37)36–36
73March 3Atlanta109–105Nate Thurmond (25)36–37
74March 5N Chicago103–130Jerry Lucas (21)36–38
75March 6Baltimore103–109Jerry Lucas (30)37–38
76March 9Boston134–112Nate Thurmond (35)37–39
77March 12Seattle98–111Jeff Mullins (30)38–39
78March 13Detroit107–116Jeff Mullins (37)39–39
79March 16@ Cleveland103–108Jeff Mullins (34)39–40
80March 17@ Cincinnati110–92Jeff Mullins (30)40–40
81March 18@ Chicago91–85Mullins, Thurmond (29)41–40
82March 21@ Seattle106–119Ron Williams (23)41–41

Playoffs
1971 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
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