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30-52, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 107.8 points per game, Allowed 111.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 31-51)
Coached by Bob Cousy (30-52)
Arena: Cincinnati Gardens / Attendance: 151,186 (17th of 17 available)
SRS: -4.13 (13th of 17)
1971-72 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 12, 1971 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 127 | 113 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 19, 1971 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 100 | 101 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 23, 1971 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 100 | 104 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Oct 24, 1971 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 101 | 119 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 26, 1971 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 99 | 126 | 1 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 29, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 119 | 1 | 5 | L 5 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 30, 1971 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 112 | 116 | 1 | 6 | L 6 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 8 | Wed, Nov 3, 1971 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 124 | 100 | 2 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 6, 1971 | Phoenix Suns | W | 110 | 95 | 3 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Mon, Nov 8, 1971 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 120 | 3 | 7 | L 1 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 11 | Wed, Nov 10, 1971 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 99 | 85 | 4 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 13, 1971 | Golden State Warriors | W | 110 | 101 | 5 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 16, 1971 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 98 | 102 | 5 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 17, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 103 | 113 | 5 | 9 | L 2 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 19, 1971 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 110 | 106 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 23, 1971 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 110 | 125 | 6 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 24, 1971 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 114 | 112 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 26, 1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 114 | 128 | 7 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 27, 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 81 | 114 | 7 | 12 | L 2 | |||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 30, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 118 | 103 | 8 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Dec 1, 1971 | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 109 | 8 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 3, 1971 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 82 | 120 | 8 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 4, 1971 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 100 | 8 | 15 | L 3 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 7, 1971 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 91 | 115 | 8 | 16 | L 4 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 8, 1971 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 109 | 115 | 8 | 17 | L 5 | |||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 10, 1971 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | OT | 113 | 106 | 9 | 17 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Dec 11, 1971 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 103 | 95 | 10 | 17 | W 2 | |||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 12, 1971 | Boston Celtics | L | 83 | 96 | 10 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 15, 1971 | Phoenix Suns | L | 108 | 127 | 10 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| 30 | Thu, Dec 16, 1971 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 101 | 107 | 10 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 18, 1971 | Houston Rockets | L | 116 | 126 | 10 | 21 | L 4 | |||
| 32 | Sun, Dec 19, 1971 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 99 | 101 | 10 | 22 | L 5 | ||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 22, 1971 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 103 | 106 | 10 | 23 | L 6 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 25, 1971 | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 99 | 10 | 24 | L 7 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 28, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 87 | 119 | 10 | 25 | L 8 | ||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 29, 1971 | Golden State Warriors | L | 102 | 107 | 10 | 26 | L 9 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 1, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 104 | 10 | 27 | L 10 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 5, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 106 | 115 | 10 | 28 | L 11 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 7, 1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 132 | 151 | 10 | 29 | L 12 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 8, 1972 | Buffalo Braves | L | 87 | 97 | 10 | 30 | L 13 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 9, 1972 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 104 | 108 | 10 | 31 | L 14 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 11, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 109 | 107 | 11 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 12, 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 108 | 107 | 12 | 31 | W 2 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 14, 1972 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 126 | 102 | 13 | 31 | W 3 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 16, 1972 | N | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 128 | 108 | 14 | 31 | W 4 | at Las Cruces, NM | |
| 46 | Thu, Jan 20, 1972 | Houston Rockets | L | 87 | 104 | 14 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 22, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 113 | 96 | 15 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 23, 1972 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 101 | 132 | 15 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 26, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 102 | 113 | 15 | 34 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 28, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 124 | 132 | 15 | 35 | L 3 | |||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 29, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 120 | 118 | 16 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Feb 2, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 105 | 17 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 4, 1972 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 122 | 17 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 5, 1972 | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 133 | 132 | 18 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 6, 1972 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 94 | 119 | 18 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 8, 1972 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 100 | 104 | 18 | 38 | L 2 | ||
| 57 | Thu, Feb 10, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 96 | 118 | 18 | 39 | L 3 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 12, 1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 95 | 117 | 18 | 40 | L 4 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 13, 1972 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 111 | 112 | 18 | 41 | L 5 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 15, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 125 | 18 | 42 | L 6 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Thu, Feb 17, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 97 | 111 | 18 | 43 | L 7 | |||
| 62 | Fri, Feb 18, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 109 | 133 | 18 | 44 | L 8 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 19, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 112 | 92 | 19 | 44 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 20, 1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 101 | 92 | 20 | 44 | W 2 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Feb 23, 1972 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 110 | 106 | 21 | 44 | W 3 | |||
| 66 | Thu, Feb 24, 1972 | N | Buffalo Braves | W | 108 | 97 | 22 | 44 | W 4 | at Dayton, OH | |
| 67 | Fri, Feb 25, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 88 | 109 | 22 | 45 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Sat, Feb 26, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 106 | 122 | 22 | 46 | L 2 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Feb 29, 1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 120 | 128 | 22 | 47 | L 3 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 70 | Wed, Mar 1, 1972 | N | Houston Rockets | L | 96 | 108 | 22 | 48 | L 4 | at El Paso, TX | |
| 71 | Sun, Mar 5, 1972 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 125 | 114 | 23 | 48 | W 1 | ||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 8, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | W | 122 | 105 | 24 | 48 | W 2 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 10, 1972 | Chicago Bulls | W | 104 | 100 | 25 | 48 | W 3 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 12, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | W | 117 | 106 | 26 | 48 | W 4 | |||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 15, 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 116 | 121 | 26 | 49 | L 1 | |||
| 76 | Sat, Mar 18, 1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 106 | 115 | 26 | 50 | L 2 | ||
| 77 | Sun, Mar 19, 1972 | Buffalo Braves | W | 136 | 105 | 27 | 50 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Tue, Mar 21, 1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 117 | 120 | 27 | 51 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Wed, Mar 22, 1972 | Detroit Pistons | W | 135 | 130 | 28 | 51 | W 1 | |||
| 80 | Fri, Mar 24, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 132 | 114 | 29 | 51 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 25, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 95 | 119 | 29 | 52 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 26, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 135 | 122 | 30 | 52 | W 1 |