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How The Bucks Won NBA Title In 1971

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Heard On The Morning Show
Milwaukee and Baltimore basketball players in the NBA's 1971 championship series
With Oscar Robertson of the Milwaukee Bucks setting a pick, Lucius Allen drives for the corner in the team’s April 26, 1971 game against the Baltimore Bullets. Two games later, the Bucks defeated the Bullets to win the National Basketball Association’s best of seven championship series. AP Photo

The Milwaukee Bucks are one of the hottest basketball teams in the country, already notching a spot in the playoffs. We talk about the last time the Bucks won an NBA championship – in 1971 – with an author who chronicled the famous season.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Keegan Kyle Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Rick Schabowski Guest

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