Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY SportsHistory is written by the victors, but that doesn’t go so far as to explain why so often the vanquished end up completely forgotten.No explanation is needed for why the championship winning Bucks of 1971 are lauded over, but the team who only three years later were just one game away from immortality deserve their own share of the spotlight too.Perhaps it’s too painful to dwell upon regularly, but the Bucks seven-game loss to the Boston Celtics in ’74 was the only other occasion when the franchise managed to emerge from their conference/division into the league’s grand finale.When they got there, Milwaukee fought and scrapped with everything they had in one of the all-time classic series.The Bucks had the same core faces that drove the team to victory in 1971, but the passing of time hadn’t necessarily done them any favors.Still, in spite of those factors working against them, the Bucks were a major force in the league and they remained confident that they had what it took. N° Naz. A Milwaukee Bucks 1968 januárjában alakult, ekkor kapta meg a nevezési jogot az NBA-től a Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro) franchise, melynek élén Wesley Pavalon és Marvin Fishman állt.A Bucks az NBA-ben első alapszakaszbeli mérkőzését októberben játszotta a Chicago Bulls ellen. Milwaukee Bucks adalah sebuah tim basket profesional Amerika Serikat yang bermarkas di Milwaukee, Wisconsin..

However, the play broke down when McGlocklin couldn’t shake himself free as Abdul-Jabbar stood to the right of the lane with the ball. Bucks berkompetisi di National Basketball Association (NBA) sebagai anggota Wilayah Timur, Divisi Tengah.Bucks didirikan pada tahun 1968 sebagai tim baru, dan memainkan pertandingan kandang mereka di Fiserv Forum.Mantan Senator AS Herb Kohl adalah bekas pemilik tim ini, tetapi … For me, Boston won. While the Celtics’ press received more notice, it was actually the Bucks that were more unyielding.

Milwaukee held Boston, which scored 109 points per game in the regular season, under 100 five times, and in one 100-point game the Celtics needed two overtimes to surpass that figure.That double overtime game in which the Celtics did surpass the 100-point mark went on to be iconic too.Forced with entering the Boston Garden knowing that a win was a must to keep the series alive, the Bucks were always going to have their work cut out for them in Game 6 of the series.After a dominant start that saw the Bucks open up an eight-point lead, the Celtics gradually chipped away at Milwaukee’s advantage until when the clock wound down in the fourth quarter the game was tied.As the extra periods played out, the game remained a tight and tense affair. They bounced back with a vital win in Game 2, in the process setting the pattern that would define the entire series.Although they ended up only 48 minutes away from getting their hands on the Larry O’Brien trophy again, Milwaukee never led in the series. Then it’s over.”In many ways the reality was that it really was over for this great Bucks team. I don’t think any of us thought we’d lose.”That confidence was likely key to the resilient effort demonstrated by Milwaukee throughout the series too.Having dropped the series opener in spite of home court advantage, the Bucks quickly found themselves with their backs up against the wall. As backup Bucks guard “If you got a guy like Oscar Robertson and Kareem, no matter who you put out there you were going to have a good chance of winning. At the end of double overtime, with only seven seconds remaining, the Garden was readying itself for celebration until With the champagne about to be uncorked, Milwaukee called a timeout and set up one last play–not for Abdul-Jabbar, but for swingman Jon McGlocklin. Abdul-Jabbar looked for someone else to pass to but could find no one, so he dribbled to the baseline, turned and put up his graceful sky-hook. It wasn’t there for us to win.”The Celtics opened up a double digit lead in the first half and never looked likely to relinquish.

La stagione 1974-75 dei Milwaukee Bucks fu la 7ª nella NBA per la franchigia.