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18-64, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 106.8 points per game, Allowed 116.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 19-63)
Coached by Rolland Todd (12-44), Stu Inman (6-20)
Arena: Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 279,506 (10th of 17)
SRS: -8.84 (16th 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 | Fri, Oct 15, 1971 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 88 | 119 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 17, 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 94 | 127 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 19, 1971 | Detroit Pistons | L | 99 | 101 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 23, 1971 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 104 | 100 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 26, 1971 | Chicago Bulls | L | 111 | 123 | 1 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 29, 1971 | Buffalo Braves | L | 119 | 120 | 1 | 5 | L 2 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Nov 4, 1971 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 112 | 110 | 2 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 6, 1971 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 124 | 2 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 7, 1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 99 | 120 | 2 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 9, 1971 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 100 | 109 | 2 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 10, 1971 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 122 | 139 | 2 | 9 | L 4 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 12, 1971 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 104 | 106 | 2 | 10 | L 5 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 13, 1971 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 108 | 130 | 2 | 11 | L 6 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 16, 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 105 | 125 | 2 | 12 | L 7 | |||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 18, 1971 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 105 | 115 | 2 | 13 | L 8 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 16 | Fri, Nov 19, 1971 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 118 | 105 | 3 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 20, 1971 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 100 | 104 | 3 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Tue, Nov 23, 1971 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 94 | 130 | 3 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 24, 1971 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 112 | 114 | 3 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 26, 1971 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 105 | 120 | 3 | 17 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 27, 1971 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 116 | 3 | 18 | L 5 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Nov 30, 1971 | Phoenix Suns | L | OT | 111 | 121 | 3 | 19 | L 6 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 1, 1971 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 103 | 139 | 3 | 20 | L 7 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 3, 1971 | Golden State Warriors | W | 115 | 107 | 4 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sun, Dec 5, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 123 | 4 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 7, 1971 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 131 | 130 | 5 | 21 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Wed, Dec 8, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 97 | 115 | 5 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 10, 1971 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | OT | 101 | 100 | 6 | 22 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Dec 11, 1971 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 134 | 6 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 14, 1971 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 114 | 129 | 6 | 24 | L 2 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 17, 1971 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 127 | 126 | 7 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 18, 1971 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 105 | 107 | 7 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 19, 1971 | Detroit Pistons | W | 114 | 113 | 8 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 21, 1971 | Houston Rockets | L | 119 | 132 | 8 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 23, 1971 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 117 | 120 | 8 | 27 | L 2 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 25, 1971 | Chicago Bulls | L | 88 | 109 | 8 | 28 | L 3 | |||
| 37 | Mon, Dec 27, 1971 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 121 | 135 | 8 | 29 | L 4 | ||
| 38 | Tue, Dec 28, 1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 111 | 112 | 8 | 30 | L 5 | ||
| 39 | Wed, Dec 29, 1971 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 84 | 123 | 8 | 31 | L 6 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Dec 30, 1971 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 92 | 117 | 8 | 32 | L 7 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 2, 1972 | Buffalo Braves | W | 108 | 90 | 9 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 4, 1972 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 91 | 103 | 9 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 6, 1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 115 | 119 | 9 | 34 | L 2 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 44 | Fri, Jan 7, 1972 | Boston Celtics | L | 114 | 120 | 9 | 35 | L 3 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 8, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 125 | 102 | 10 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 11, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 114 | 106 | 11 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 14, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 102 | 100 | 12 | 35 | W 3 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 15, 1972 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 100 | 120 | 12 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 16, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 97 | 126 | 12 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 21, 1972 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 122 | 136 | 12 | 38 | L 3 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 51 | Sat, Jan 22, 1972 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 99 | 116 | 12 | 39 | L 4 | at College Park, MD | |
| 52 | Sun, Jan 23, 1972 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 115 | 12 | 40 | L 5 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 25, 1972 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 104 | 118 | 12 | 41 | L 6 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Jan 28, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | L | 102 | 105 | 12 | 42 | L 7 | |||
| 55 | Sun, Jan 30, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 131 | 153 | 12 | 43 | L 8 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 1, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | L | 117 | 129 | 12 | 44 | L 9 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 4, 1972 | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 113 | 13 | 44 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 5, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | L | OT | 117 | 118 | 13 | 45 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 6, 1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 94 | 107 | 13 | 46 | L 2 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 8, 1972 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 104 | 100 | 14 | 46 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 11, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 110 | 106 | 15 | 46 | W 2 | |||
| 62 | Sat, Feb 12, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 97 | 125 | 15 | 47 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 13, 1972 | Seattle Supersonics | L | OT | 117 | 127 | 15 | 48 | L 2 | ||
| 64 | Tue, Feb 15, 1972 | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 111 | 15 | 49 | L 3 | |||
| 65 | Fri, Feb 18, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 114 | 125 | 15 | 50 | L 4 | ||
| 66 | Sat, Feb 19, 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 94 | 115 | 15 | 51 | L 5 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Feb 20, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 105 | 109 | 15 | 52 | L 6 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Feb 22, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 105 | 122 | 15 | 53 | L 7 | ||
| 69 | Wed, Feb 23, 1972 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 106 | 110 | 15 | 54 | L 8 | ||
| 70 | Fri, Feb 25, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 104 | 113 | 15 | 55 | L 9 | ||
| 71 | Sun, Feb 27, 1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 110 | 113 | 15 | 56 | L 10 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Feb 29, 1972 | Chicago Bulls | L | 92 | 116 | 15 | 57 | L 11 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 3, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 80 | 90 | 15 | 58 | L 12 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 4, 1972 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 101 | 120 | 15 | 59 | L 13 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 7, 1972 | Buffalo Braves | W | 98 | 94 | 16 | 59 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Thu, Mar 9, 1972 | N | Houston Rockets | L | 111 | 114 | 16 | 60 | L 1 | at Seattle, WA | |
| 77 | Tue, Mar 14, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 98 | 109 | 16 | 61 | L 2 | |||
| 78 | Thu, Mar 16, 1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 94 | 107 | 16 | 62 | L 3 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 79 | Fri, Mar 17, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | W | 114 | 109 | 17 | 62 | W 1 | |||
| 80 | Sat, Mar 18, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 133 | 86 | 18 | 62 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Tue, Mar 21, 1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 128 | 160 | 18 | 63 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 26, 1972 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 109 | 131 | 18 | 64 | L 2 |