 In the playoffs, the Bucks went 12–2 (including a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Bullets in the NBA Finals), and won the championship, while Alcindor was named Finals MVP.He posted 27 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists in Game 4 of the finals series.On May 1, 1971, the day after the Bucks won the NBA championship, he adopted the Muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (, "Karīm Abd al-Jabbār"), its translation roughly "noble one, servant of the Almighty [i.e., servant of Allah]".