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60-24, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division (Game Results)
ABA Season Summary
Scored 117.8 points per game, Allowed 112.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 56-28)
Coached by LaDell Andersen (60-24)
Arena: Salt Palace / Attendance: NA
SRS: 5.16 (2nd of 11)
Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus Dallas Chaparrals
1971-72 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 13, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 135 | 121 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 15, 1971 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 116 | 106 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 19, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | W | 150 | 93 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Oct 21, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | L | 122 | 125 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 22, 1971 | @ | New York Nets | L | 100 | 111 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 23, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 99 | 101 | 3 | 3 | L 3 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 7 | Sun, Oct 24, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 119 | 116 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 26, 1971 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 131 | 116 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Oct 27, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 104 | 98 | 6 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Oct 29, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | L | 109 | 121 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 2, 1971 | Virginia Squires | L | 119 | 122 | 6 | 5 | L 2 | |||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 4, 1971 | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 129 | 135 | 6 | 6 | L 3 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 6, 1971 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | OT | 108 | 107 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Tue, Nov 9, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 93 | 90 | 8 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 10, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 127 | 110 | 9 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 16 | Thu, Nov 11, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 112 | 106 | 10 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 13, 1971 | Memphis Pros | L | 116 | 125 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 17, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | W | 113 | 111 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 20, 1971 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 103 | 99 | 12 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 23, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 114 | 112 | 13 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 24, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 120 | 113 | 14 | 7 | W 4 | at Richmond, VA | |
| 22 | Fri, Nov 26, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 124 | 115 | 15 | 7 | W 5 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 23 | Sat, Nov 27, 1971 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | W | 111 | 106 | 16 | 7 | W 6 | ||
| 24 | Tue, Nov 30, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 127 | 114 | 17 | 7 | W 7 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 2, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | W | 98 | 93 | 18 | 7 | W 8 | ||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 3, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | L | OT | 114 | 117 | 18 | 8 | L 1 | at Jackson, TN |
| 27 | Mon, Dec 6, 1971 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 104 | 100 | 19 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 8, 1971 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 116 | 97 | 20 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 10, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 110 | 102 | 21 | 8 | W 3 | at Logan, UT | ||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 11, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 109 | 82 | 22 | 8 | W 4 | |||
| 31 | Mon, Dec 13, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | L | 115 | 124 | 22 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 17, 1971 | Denver Rockets | W | 136 | 109 | 23 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 21, 1971 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 106 | 96 | 24 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Dec 23, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 112 | 104 | 25 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 25, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | W | 150 | 129 | 26 | 9 | W 4 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 29, 1971 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 106 | 102 | 27 | 9 | W 5 | |||
| 37 | Thu, Dec 30, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 103 | 98 | 28 | 9 | W 6 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Dec 31, 1971 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 115 | 103 | 29 | 9 | W 7 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 2, 1972 | @ | The Floridians | L | 113 | 119 | 29 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 4, 1972 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 114 | 89 | 30 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 5, 1972 | Kentucky Colonels | L | 123 | 129 | 30 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 7, 1972 | The Floridians | W | 124 | 108 | 31 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 8, 1972 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 96 | 107 | 31 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 9, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 97 | 100 | 31 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 11, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | L | 104 | 110 | 31 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| 46 | Thu, Jan 13, 1972 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 128 | 119 | 32 | 14 | W 1 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 47 | Sun, Jan 16, 1972 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 102 | 110 | 32 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Wed, Jan 19, 1972 | Memphis Pros | W | 143 | 118 | 33 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Jan 21, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 116 | 129 | 33 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 22, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 113 | 119 | 33 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 23, 1972 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 94 | 130 | 33 | 18 | L 3 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 25, 1972 | Virginia Squires | W | OT | 136 | 135 | 34 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 53 | Thu, Jan 27, 1972 | Memphis Pros | W | 127 | 120 | 35 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Mon, Jan 31, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | W | 135 | 115 | 36 | 18 | W 3 | |||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 2, 1972 | Denver Rockets | L | 116 | 122 | 36 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 4, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 121 | 110 | 37 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 8, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 99 | 102 | 37 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 9, 1972 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 154 | 131 | 38 | 20 | W 1 | at Uniontown, PA | |
| 59 | Fri, Feb 11, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 119 | 115 | 39 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 12, 1972 | Virginia Squires | W | 127 | 116 | 40 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Mon, Feb 14, 1972 | The Floridians | W | 134 | 112 | 41 | 20 | W 4 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 15, 1972 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 118 | 99 | 42 | 20 | W 5 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 16, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | W | 119 | 114 | 43 | 20 | W 6 | at Uniondale, NY | |
| 64 | Mon, Feb 21, 1972 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 149 | 140 | 44 | 20 | W 7 | |||
| 65 | Wed, Feb 23, 1972 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 133 | 116 | 45 | 20 | W 8 | |||
| 66 | Fri, Feb 25, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 117 | 107 | 46 | 20 | W 9 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 29, 1972 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 125 | 115 | 47 | 20 | W 10 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 1, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 98 | 111 | 47 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 2, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | OT | 123 | 121 | 48 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 4, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 136 | 130 | 49 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 7, 1972 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 116 | 108 | 50 | 21 | W 3 | ||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 8, 1972 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 114 | 113 | 51 | 21 | W 4 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 10, 1972 | Memphis Pros | W | 129 | 112 | 52 | 21 | W 5 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 11, 1972 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | OT | 111 | 110 | 53 | 21 | W 6 | at Norfolk, VA |
| 75 | Sun, Mar 12, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 123 | 111 | 54 | 21 | W 7 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 76 | Wed, Mar 15, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 109 | 108 | 55 | 21 | W 8 | ||
| 77 | Thu, Mar 16, 1972 | @ | The Floridians | L | 106 | 116 | 55 | 22 | L 1 | at Tampa, FL | |
| 78 | Sat, Mar 18, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 110 | 117 | 55 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 19, 1972 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 125 | 113 | 56 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 80 | Tue, Mar 21, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 132 | 120 | 57 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Thu, Mar 23, 1972 | Memphis Pros | W | 137 | 117 | 58 | 23 | W 3 | |||
| 82 | Sat, Mar 25, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 125 | 113 | 59 | 23 | W 4 | |||
| 83 | Tue, Mar 28, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 95 | 98 | 59 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 84 | Wed, Mar 29, 1972 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 112 | 109 | 60 | 24 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Apr 1, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 106 | 96 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Mon, Apr 3, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 113 | 107 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Apr 5, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 96 | 89 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Apr 7, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 103 | 99 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Apr 15, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 108 | 100 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |||
| 6 | Mon, Apr 17, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 117 | 109 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Apr 19, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 111 | 116 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Apr 22, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 108 | 118 | 6 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Apr 24, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 139 | 130 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Apr 26, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 99 | 105 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, May 1, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | L | 113 | 117 | 7 | 4 | L 2 |