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68-16, Finished 1st in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Joe Mullaney (68-16)
Points Per Game: 116.0 (4th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.0 (2nd of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 63-21 (1st of 11)
Arena: Freedom Hall ▪ Attendance: NA
SRS: 7.99 (1st of 11)
Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus New York Nets
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 16, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 107 | 98 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Oct 20, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 106 | 104 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 22, 1971 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 102 | 105 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Oct 24, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 116 | 110 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Oct 27, 1971 | Virginia Squires | L | 107 | 110 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 29, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 102 | 112 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 30, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 133 | 105 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Oct 31, 1971 | @ | New York Nets | L | 103 | 107 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 2, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 123 | 109 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 3, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | W | 118 | 111 | 6 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 5, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | W | 115 | 110 | 7 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 6, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 102 | 97 | 8 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 9, 1971 | N | Denver Rockets | W | 106 | 96 | 9 | 4 | W 5 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 14 | Wed, Nov 10, 1971 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 115 | 89 | 10 | 4 | W 6 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 13, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | L | 111 | 116 | 10 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 17, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 117 | 112 | 11 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 19, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 114 | 102 | 12 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 20, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | W | 120 | 107 | 13 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 19 | Thu, Nov 25, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 133 | 117 | 14 | 5 | W 4 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Nov 27, 1971 | Utah Stars | L | 106 | 111 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Nov 28, 1971 | @ | New York Nets | W | OT | 108 | 106 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Fri, Dec 3, 1971 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 105 | 91 | 16 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 4, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 109 | 102 | 17 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Dec 6, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 100 | 104 | 17 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 8, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 121 | 111 | 18 | 7 | W 1 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 26 | Thu, Dec 9, 1971 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 103 | 101 | 19 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 10, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 116 | 100 | 20 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 11, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | OT | 120 | 128 | 20 | 8 | L 1 | at Hampton, VA |
| 29 | Wed, Dec 15, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | W | 137 | 93 | 21 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 17, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 128 | 104 | 22 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 18, 1971 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 94 | 84 | 23 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 21, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 113 | 111 | 24 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 22, 1971 | @ | New York Nets | W | 95 | 91 | 25 | 8 | W 5 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Dec 23, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 139 | 123 | 26 | 8 | W 6 | ||
| 35 | Sun, Dec 26, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | L | 111 | 117 | 26 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 29, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 125 | 111 | 27 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Thu, Dec 30, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | W | 111 | 89 | 28 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Dec 31, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 124 | 106 | 29 | 9 | W 3 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 39 | Sun, Jan 2, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 116 | 84 | 30 | 9 | W 4 | |||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 4, 1972 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 106 | 103 | 31 | 9 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 5, 1972 | @ | Utah Stars | W | 129 | 123 | 32 | 9 | W 6 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 7, 1972 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 120 | 102 | 33 | 9 | W 7 | ||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 8, 1972 | Utah Stars | W | 107 | 96 | 34 | 9 | W 8 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 14, 1972 | N | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 120 | 104 | 35 | 9 | W 9 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 45 | Sat, Jan 15, 1972 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 123 | 115 | 36 | 9 | W 10 | |||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 19, 1972 | Virginia Squires | L | 132 | 138 | 36 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 47 | Thu, Jan 20, 1972 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 118 | 115 | 37 | 10 | W 1 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 48 | Fri, Jan 21, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 108 | 88 | 38 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 23, 1972 | Utah Stars | W | 130 | 94 | 39 | 10 | W 3 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Jan 25, 1972 | @ | Memphis Pros | L | 99 | 107 | 39 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Wed, Jan 26, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | L | 105 | 118 | 39 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Thu, Jan 27, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 98 | 94 | 40 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 4, 1972 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 131 | 111 | 41 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 5, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 117 | 106 | 42 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 6, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 118 | 106 | 43 | 12 | W 4 | |||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 9, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 126 | 106 | 44 | 12 | W 5 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 57 | Thu, Feb 10, 1972 | @ | The Floridians | W | 119 | 101 | 45 | 12 | W 6 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 13, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | W | 121 | 98 | 46 | 12 | W 7 | |||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 15, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 101 | 99 | 47 | 12 | W 8 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 16, 1972 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 129 | 105 | 48 | 12 | W 9 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 18, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 119 | 111 | 49 | 12 | W 10 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 62 | Sat, Feb 19, 1972 | The Floridians | W | 130 | 102 | 50 | 12 | W 11 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 20, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | W | 134 | 113 | 51 | 12 | W 12 | |||
| 64 | Wed, Feb 23, 1972 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 116 | 133 | 51 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Fri, Feb 25, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 92 | 100 | 51 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 66 | Sat, Feb 26, 1972 | Memphis Pros | W | 123 | 100 | 52 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Feb 27, 1972 | @ | The Floridians | W | 135 | 112 | 53 | 14 | W 2 | at Tampa, FL | |
| 68 | Wed, Mar 1, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | W | 134 | 125 | 54 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 2, 1972 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | OT | 135 | 130 | 55 | 14 | W 4 | at Richmond, VA |
| 70 | Sat, Mar 4, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 98 | 88 | 56 | 14 | W 5 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 5, 1972 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 134 | 124 | 57 | 14 | W 6 | |||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 7, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | W | OT | 117 | 112 | 58 | 14 | W 7 | at Uniondale, NY |
| 73 | Wed, Mar 8, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 98 | 96 | 59 | 14 | W 8 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 74 | Sun, Mar 12, 1972 | Virginia Squires | W | 104 | 101 | 60 | 14 | W 9 | |||
| 75 | Fri, Mar 17, 1972 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 112 | 104 | 61 | 14 | W 10 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 76 | Sat, Mar 18, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | L | 108 | 109 | 61 | 15 | L 1 | at Uniondale, NY | |
| 77 | Sun, Mar 19, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | L | 113 | 121 | 61 | 16 | L 2 | |||
| 78 | Tue, Mar 21, 1972 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 102 | 99 | 62 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 79 | Wed, Mar 22, 1972 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 125 | 121 | 63 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 80 | Fri, Mar 24, 1972 | N | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 134 | 107 | 64 | 16 | W 3 | at Birmingham, AL | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 25, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 134 | 117 | 65 | 16 | W 4 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 26, 1972 | The Floridians | W | 105 | 104 | 66 | 16 | W 5 | |||
| 83 | Tue, Mar 28, 1972 | N | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 136 | 134 | 67 | 16 | W 6 | at Tucson, AZ | |
| 84 | Wed, Mar 29, 1972 | @ | The Floridians | W | 117 | 109 | 68 | 16 | W 7 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Apr 1, 1972 | New York Nets | L | 108 | 122 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Apr 4, 1972 | New York Nets | L | 90 | 105 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Apr 5, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | W | 105 | 99 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Apr 7, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | L | 92 | 100 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Apr 8, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 109 | 93 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Mon, Apr 10, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | L | 96 | 101 | 2 | 4 | L 1 |