NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1971–72 season would be the Royals final season in Cincinnati. The franchise continued to struggle and missed the playoffs for the 5th year in a row. The Royals finished the season with a record of 30 wins and 52 losses.[ 1] Prior to the season, the Royals were sold to a group of 10 businessmen from Kansas City . The new ownership group paid $5 million for the franchise and a decision was reached to move the team after the season.[ 1] The franchise would relocate west where they would be reborn as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings.
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Record vs. opponents [ edit ]
1971–72 NBA records
Team
ATL
BAL
BOS
BUF
CHI
CIN
CLE
DET
GSW
HOU
LAL
MIL
NYK
PHI
PHO
POR
SEA
Atlanta
—
2–4
0–4
4–2
0–5
3–3
4–2
3–2
3–2
1–4
0–5
2–3
3–1
3–3
3–2
4–0
1–4
Baltimore
4–2
—
2–2
3–3
1–4
4–2
1–5
3–2
1–4
3–2
1–4
0–5
2–4
4–0
4–1
3–1
2–3
Boston
4–0
2–2
—
6–0
3–2
4–2
5–1
5–0
2–3
5–0
1–4
2–3
3–3
6–0
2–3
4–0
2–3
Buffalo
2–4
3–3
0–6
—
1–3
3–3
4–2
2–4
1–3
0–4
0–4
0–4
1–5
3–3
0–4
2–4
0–4
Chicago
5–0
4–1
2–3
3–1
—
3–1
4–0
5–1
3–3
5–1
1–3
2–4
3–2
4–1
5–1
6–0
2–3
Cincinnati
3–3
2–4
2–4
3–3
1–3
—
6–2
2–3
2–3
0–4
1–4
0–5
2–2
2–2
2–3
2–2
0–5
Cleveland
2–4
5–1
1–5
2–4
0–4
2–6
—
1–3
0–4
2–2
1–3
0–4
1–5
2–4
0–4
4–2
0–4
Detroit
2–3
2–3
0–5
4–2
1–5
3–2
3–1
—
0–5
3–3
1–4
1–5
1–4
1–4
2–4
2–2
0–4
Golden State
2–3
4–1
3–2
3–1
3–3
3–2
4–0
5–0
—
5–1
1–5
2–2
2–3
4–1
2–3
4–2
4–2
Houston
4–1
2–3
0–5
4–0
1–5
4–0
2–2
3–3
1–5
—
1–5
0–5
0–5
4–1
1–3
4–2
3–3
Los Angeles
5–0
4–1
4–1
4–0
3–1
4–1
3–1
4–1
5–1
5–1
—
4–1
4–1
5–0
4–2
6–0
5–1
Milwaukee
3–2
5–0
3–2
4–0
4–2
5–0
4–0
5–1
2–2
5–0
1–4
—
2–3
4–1
4–2
6–0
6–0
New York
1–3
4–2
3–3
5–1
2–3
2–2
5–1
4–1
3–2
5–0
1–4
3–2
—
3–3
1–4
3–1
3–2
Philadelphia
3–3
0–4
0–6
3–3
1–4
2–2
4–2
4–1
1–4
1–4
0–5
1–4
3–3
—
1–4
2–2
4–1
Phoenix
2–3
1–4
3–2
4–0
1–5
3–2
4–0
4–2
3–2
3–1
2–4
2–4
4–1
4–1
—
6–0
3–2
Portland
0–4
1–3
0–4
4–2
0–6
2–2
2–4
2–2
2–4
2–4
0–6
0–6
1–3
2–2
0–6
—
0–6
Seattle
4–1
3–2
3–2
4–0
3–2
5–0
4–0
4–0
2–4
3–3
1–5
0–6
2–3
1–4
2–3
6–0
—
1971–72 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 12
Atlanta
113–127
Tom Van Arsdale (34)
1–0
2
October 19
Seattle
101–100
Nate Archibald (26)
1–1
3
October 23
@ Portland
100–104
Tom Van Arsdale (26)
1–2
4
October 24
@ Seattle
101–119
Tom Van Arsdale (26)
1–3
5
October 26
@ Phoenix
99–126
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
1–4
6
October 29
@ Los Angeles
107–119
Tom Van Arsdale (23)
1–5
7
October 30
@ Golden State
112–116
Tom Van Arsdale (30)
1–6
8
November 3
Philadelphia
100–124
Tom Van Arsdale (32)
2–6
9
November 6
Phoenix
95–110
Tom Van Arsdale (27)
3–6
10
November 8
N Boston
109–120
Nate Williams (26)
3–7
11
November 10
New York
85–99
Nate Archibald (22)
4–7
12
November 13
Golden State
101–110
Johnny Green (22)
5–7
13
November 16
@ Buffalo
98–102
Nate Williams (27)
5–8
14
November 17
Baltimore
113–103
Nate Archibald (25)
5–9
15
November 19
@ Boston
110–106
Nate Archibald (27)
6–9
16
November 23
@ New York
110–125
Nate Archibald (24)
6–10
17
November 24
Portland
112–114
Nate Archibald (33)
7–10
18
November 26
@ Cleveland
114–128
Archibald, Fox (33)
7–11
19
November 27
Milwaukee
114–81
Nate Archibald (25)
7–12
20
November 30
@ Baltimore
118–103
Nate Williams (29)
8–12
21
December 1
Chicago
109–101
Nate Archibald (42)
8–13
22
December 3
@ Milwaukee
82–120
Nate Archibald (25)
8–14
23
December 4
Seattle
100–98
Nate Archibald (27)
8–15
24
December 7
@ Buffalo
91–115
Nate Archibald (21)
8–16
25
December 8
Philadelphia
115–109
Nate Archibald (26)
8–17
26
December 10
@ Philadelphia
113–106 (OT)
Jim Fox (27)
9–17
27
December 11
Cleveland
95–103
Nate Archibald (26)
10–17
28
December 12
Boston
96–83
Jim Fox (31)
10–18
29
December 15
Phoenix
127–108
John Mengelt (23)
10–19
30
December 16
@ Detroit
101–107
Tom Van Arsdale (23)
10–20
31
December 18
Houston
126–116
Tom Van Arsdale (35)
10–21
32
December 19
@ Atlanta
99–101
Tom Van Arsdale (23)
10–22
33
December 22
Atlanta
106–103
Nate Archibald (40)
10–23
34
December 25
Boston
99–94
Nate Archibald (24)
10–24
35
December 28
@ Baltimore
87–119
Nate Archibald (19)
10–25
36
December 29
Golden State
107–102
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
10–26
37
January 1
@ New York
94–104
Nate Archibald (31)
10–27
38
January 5
Milwaukee
115–106
Sam Lacey (23)
10–28
39
January 7
@ Detroit
132–151
Nate Archibald (41)
10–29
40
January 8
Buffalo
97–87
Nate Archibald (31)
10–30
41
January 9
@ Chicago
104–108 (OT)
Nate Archibald (26)
10–31
42
January 11
@ Buffalo
109–107 (OT)
Nate Archibald (29)
11–31
43
January 12
Los Angeles
107–108
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
12–31
44
January 14
Atlanta
102–126
Nate Archibald (43)
13–31
45
January 16
N Cleveland
108–128
Nate Archibald (41)
14–31
46
January 20
Houston
104–87
Nate Archibald (27)
14–32
47
January 22
Cleveland
96–113
Nate Archibald (36)
15–32
48
January 23
@ Baltimore
101–132
Nate Archibald (28)
15–33
49
January 26
@ Philadelphia
102–113
Nate Archibald (42)
15–34
50
January 28
Baltimore
132–124
Nate Archibald (30)
15–35
51
January 29
@ Cleveland
120–118
Nate Archibald (36)
16–35
52
February 2
New York
105–116
Nate Archibald (49)
17–35
53
February 4
@ Boston
109–122
Tom Van Arsdale (32)
17–36
54
February 5
Detroit
132–133 (OT)
Nate Archibald (45)
18–36
55
February 6
@ Chicago
94–119
Nate Archibald (24)
18–37
56
February 8
@ Portland
100–104
Nate Archibald (25)
18–38
57
February 10
@ Seattle
96–118
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
18–39
58
February 12
@ Phoenix
95–117
Tom Van Arsdale (27)
18–40
59
February 13
@ Houston
111–112
Tom Van Arsdale (44)
18–41
60
February 15
@ Los Angeles
118–125
Nate Archibald (30)
18–42
61
February 17
Milwaukee
111–97
Nate Archibald (30)
18–43
62
February 18
@ Cleveland
109–133
Nate Archibald (31)
18–44
63
February 19
Cleveland
92–112
Nate Williams (33)
19–44
64
February 20
@ Atlanta
101–92
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
20–44
65
February 23
Portland
106–110
Nate Archibald (55)
21–44
66
February 24
N Buffalo
108–97
Nate Archibald (32)
22–44
67
February 25
@ Los Angeles
88–109
John Mengelt (32)
22–45
68
February 26
@ Seattle
106–122
Nate Archibald (29)
22–46
69
February 29
@ Golden State
120–128
Nate Archibald (38)
22–47
70
March 1
N Houston
108–96
Nate Archibald (32)
22–48
71
March 5
@ Boston
125–114
Archibald, Van Arsdale (39)
23–48
72
March 8
Phoenix
105–122
Nate Archibald (35)
24–48
73
March 10
Chicago
100–104
Nate Archibald (34)
25–48
74
March 12
Golden State
106–117
Nate Archibald (46)
26–48
75
March 15
Los Angeles
121–116
Nate Archibald (33)
26–49
76
March 18
@ Atlanta
106–115
Nate Archibald (38)
26–50
77
March 19
Buffalo
105–136
Nate Archibald (45)
27–50
78
March 21
@ Detroit
117–120
Nate Archibald (37)
27–51
79
March 22
Detroit
130–135
Nate Archibald (46)
28–51
80
March 24
Baltimore
114–132
Nate Archibald (38)
29–51
81
March 25
@ Milwaukee
95–119
Nate Archibald (22)
29–52
82
March 26
@ Cleveland
135–122
Nate Archibald (45)
30–52
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