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1971-72 Baltimore Bullets Games

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38-44, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 107.1 points per game, Allowed 108.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 38-44)
Coached by Gene Shue (38-44)

Arena: Baltimore Civic Center ▪ Attendance: 272,339 (11th of 17)

SRS: -1.26 (10th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus New York Knickerbockers

1971-72 Statistics ▪ Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 15, 1971 @ Chicago Bulls L 82 106 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 16, 1971 Golden State Warriors W 108 93 1 1 W 1
3 Tue, Oct 19, 1971 @ Boston Celtics L 114 134 1 2 L 1
4 Fri, Oct 22, 1971 New York Knickerbockers L 87 110 1 3 L 2
5 Sat, Oct 23, 1971 N Cleveland Cavaliers L 101 109 1 4 L 3 at College Park, MD
6 Tue, Oct 26, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 90 120 1 5 L 4
7 Wed, Oct 27, 1971 Detroit Pistons W 128 98 2 5 W 1
8 Fri, Oct 29, 1971 @ Detroit Pistons L 105 119 2 6 L 1
9 Sat, Oct 30, 1971 Phoenix Suns W 101 94 3 6 W 1
10 Tue, Nov 2, 1971 @ Golden State Warriors L 91 106 3 7 L 1 at Oakland, CA
11 Fri, Nov 5, 1971 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 106 110 3 8 L 2
12 Sun, Nov 7, 1971 @ Houston Rockets W 109 106 4 8 W 1
13 Wed, Nov 10, 1971 Chicago Bulls L 106 125 4 9 L 1
14 Sat, Nov 13, 1971 Philadelphia 76ers W 111 105 5 9 W 1
15 Tue, Nov 16, 1971 Houston Rockets W 110 107 6 9 W 2
16 Wed, Nov 17, 1971 @ Cincinnati Royals W 113 103 7 9 W 3
17 Fri, Nov 19, 1971 Buffalo Braves W 126 105 8 9 W 4
18 Sat, Nov 20, 1971 @ New York Knickerbockers L 114 125 8 10 L 1
19 Tue, Nov 23, 1971 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 102 104 8 11 L 2
20 Wed, Nov 24, 1971 New York Knickerbockers L 94 114 8 12 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 26, 1971 @ Atlanta Hawks W 118 105 9 12 W 1
22 Sat, Nov 27, 1971 N Boston Celtics W 125 120 10 12 W 2 at College Park, MD
23 Tue, Nov 30, 1971 Cincinnati Royals L 103 118 10 13 L 1
24 Thu, Dec 2, 1971 N Buffalo Braves L 105 109 10 14 L 2 at Toronto, Canada
25 Fri, Dec 3, 1971 Seattle Supersonics L 106 117 10 15 L 3
26 Wed, Dec 8, 1971 Portland Trail Blazers W 115 97 11 15 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 10, 1971 @ Chicago Bulls L 102 118 11 16 L 1
28 Sat, Dec 11, 1971 Milwaukee Bucks L 101 107 11 17 L 2
29 Tue, Dec 14, 1971 Cleveland Cavaliers L 85 88 11 18 L 3
30 Fri, Dec 17, 1971 Atlanta Hawks W 114 103 12 18 W 1
31 Sat, Dec 18, 1971 @ Atlanta Hawks L 94 123 12 19 L 1
32 Sun, Dec 19, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 96 111 12 20 L 2
33 Wed, Dec 22, 1971 Los Angeles Lakers L 120 127 12 21 L 3
34 Sat, Dec 25, 1971 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 117 114 13 21 W 1
35 Sun, Dec 26, 1971 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 102 108 13 22 L 1
36 Tue, Dec 28, 1971 Cincinnati Royals W 119 87 14 22 W 1
37 Thu, Dec 30, 1971 @ New York Knickerbockers W 110 102 15 22 W 2
38 Wed, Jan 5, 1972 Detroit Pistons W 111 89 16 22 W 3
39 Fri, Jan 7, 1972 @ Chicago Bulls W 104 94 17 22 W 4
40 Sat, Jan 8, 1972 Atlanta Hawks W 110 102 18 22 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 9, 1972 N Phoenix Suns W 109 103 19 22 W 6 at College Park, MD
42 Tue, Jan 11, 1972 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 106 114 19 23 L 1
43 Thu, Jan 13, 1972 @ Seattle Supersonics L 107 112 19 24 L 2
44 Sat, Jan 15, 1972 @ Golden State Warriors L 95 105 19 25 L 3 at Oakland, CA
45 Sun, Jan 16, 1972 @ Phoenix Suns W 107 104 20 25 W 1
46 Fri, Jan 21, 1972 @ Detroit Pistons L 102 107 20 26 L 1
47 Sat, Jan 22, 1972 N Portland Trail Blazers W 116 99 21 26 W 1 at College Park, MD
48 Sun, Jan 23, 1972 Cincinnati Royals W 132 101 22 26 W 2
49 Wed, Jan 26, 1972 Buffalo Braves W 115 114 23 26 W 3
50 Fri, Jan 28, 1972 @ Cincinnati Royals W 132 124 24 26 W 4
51 Sun, Jan 30, 1972 N Milwaukee Bucks L 112 116 24 27 L 1 at College Park, MD
52 Tue, Feb 1, 1972 Boston Celtics L 108 115 24 28 L 2
53 Fri, Feb 4, 1972 Chicago Bulls L 108 110 24 29 L 3
54 Sun, Feb 6, 1972 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 127 151 24 30 L 4
55 Tue, Feb 8, 1972 @ Golden State Warriors L 107 111 24 31 L 5 at Oakland, CA
56 Thu, Feb 10, 1972 @ Phoenix Suns L 98 131 24 32 L 6
57 Fri, Feb 11, 1972 @ Houston Rockets L 95 116 24 33 L 7
58 Sun, Feb 13, 1972 N Los Angeles Lakers L 110 121 24 34 L 8 at College Park, MD
59 Tue, Feb 15, 1972 Houston Rockets W 113 98 25 34 W 1
60 Wed, Feb 16, 1972 @ Atlanta Hawks L 103 105 25 35 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 18, 1972 Atlanta Hawks W 106 81 26 35 W 1
62 Sat, Feb 19, 1972 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 121 105 27 35 W 2
63 Mon, Feb 21, 1972 Philadelphia 76ers W 102 101 28 35 W 3
64 Tue, Feb 22, 1972 @ Buffalo Braves L 98 99 28 36 L 1
65 Wed, Feb 23, 1972 Milwaukee Bucks L 105 113 28 37 L 2
66 Sat, Feb 26, 1972 @ New York Knickerbockers W 104 97 29 37 W 1
67 Sun, Feb 27, 1972 N New York Knickerbockers L 95 97 29 38 L 1 at College Park, MD
68 Tue, Feb 29, 1972 Seattle Supersonics L OT 117 118 29 39 L 2
69 Wed, Mar 1, 1972 @ Phoenix Suns W 95 90 30 39 W 1
70 Fri, Mar 3, 1972 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 90 80 31 39 W 2
71 Sun, Mar 5, 1972 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 108 94 32 39 W 3
72 Tue, Mar 7, 1972 @ Seattle Supersonics W 105 98 33 39 W 4
73 Sun, Mar 12, 1972 N Detroit Pistons W 102 97 34 39 W 5 at College Park, MD
74 Tue, Mar 14, 1972 Cleveland Cavaliers L OT 118 127 34 40 L 1
75 Thu, Mar 16, 1972 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 105 101 35 40 W 1
76 Fri, Mar 17, 1972 Seattle Supersonics W 112 107 36 40 W 2
77 Sun, Mar 19, 1972 @ Boston Celtics W 125 112 37 40 W 3
78 Tue, Mar 21, 1972 @ Buffalo Braves L 100 114 37 41 L 1
79 Wed, Mar 22, 1972 Golden State Warriors L 101 121 37 42 L 2
80 Fri, Mar 24, 1972 @ Cincinnati Royals L 114 132 37 43 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Mar 25, 1972 Houston Rockets L 85 106 37 44 L 4
82 Sun, Mar 26, 1972 Buffalo Braves W 119 101 38 44 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 31, 1972 New York Knickerbockers W 108 105 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 2, 1972 @ New York Knickerbockers L 88 110 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Apr 4, 1972 New York Knickerbockers W 104 103 2 1 W 1
4 Thu, Apr 6, 1972 @ New York Knickerbockers L 98 104 2 2 L 1
5 Sun, Apr 9, 1972 New York Knickerbockers L 82 106 2 3 L 2
6 Tue, Apr 11, 1972 @ New York Knickerbockers L 101 107 2 4 L 3