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NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1971β72 season would be the Royals final season in Cincinnati. The franchise continued to struggle and missed the playoffs for the 5th year in a row. The Royals finished the season with a record of 30 wins and 52 losses.
[1] Prior to the season, the Royals were sold to a group of 10 businessmen from
Kansas City . The new ownership group paid $5 million for the franchise and a decision was reached to move the team after the season.
[1] The franchise would relocate west where they would be reborn as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings.
Draft picks
Roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1971β72 NBA records
Team
ATL
BAL
BOS
BUF
CHI
CIN
CLE
DET
GSW
HOU
LAL
MIL
NYK
PHI
PHO
POR
SEA
Atlanta
β
2β4
0β4
4β2
0β5
3β3
4β2
3β2
3β2
1β4
0β5
2β3
3β1
3β3
3β2
4β0
1β4
Baltimore
4β2
β
2β2
3β3
1β4
4β2
1β5
3β2
1β4
3β2
1β4
0β5
2β4
4β0
4β1
3β1
2β3
Boston
4β0
2β2
β
6β0
3β2
4β2
5β1
5β0
2β3
5β0
1β4
2β3
3β3
6β0
2β3
4β0
2β3
Buffalo
2β4
3β3
0β6
β
1β3
3β3
4β2
2β4
1β3
0β4
0β4
0β4
1β5
3β3
0β4
2β4
0β4
Chicago
5β0
4β1
2β3
3β1
β
3β1
4β0
5β1
3β3
5β1
1β3
2β4
3β2
4β1
5β1
6β0
2β3
Cincinnati
3β3
2β4
2β4
3β3
1β3
β
6β2
2β3
2β3
0β4
1β4
0β5
2β2
2β2
2β3
2β2
0β5
Cleveland
2β4
5β1
1β5
2β4
0β4
2β6
β
1β3
0β4
2β2
1β3
0β4
1β5
2β4
0β4
4β2
0β4
Detroit
2β3
2β3
0β5
4β2
1β5
3β2
3β1
β
0β5
3β3
1β4
1β5
1β4
1β4
2β4
2β2
0β4
Golden State
2β3
4β1
3β2
3β1
3β3
3β2
4β0
5β0
β
5β1
1β5
2β2
2β3
4β1
2β3
4β2
4β2
Houston
4β1
2β3
0β5
4β0
1β5
4β0
2β2
3β3
1β5
β
1β5
0β5
0β5
4β1
1β3
4β2
3β3
Los Angeles
5β0
4β1
4β1
4β0
3β1
4β1
3β1
4β1
5β1
5β1
β
4β1
4β1
5β0
4β2
6β0
5β1
Milwaukee
3β2
5β0
3β2
4β0
4β2
5β0
4β0
5β1
2β2
5β0
1β4
β
2β3
4β1
4β2
6β0
6β0
New York
1β3
4β2
3β3
5β1
2β3
2β2
5β1
4β1
3β2
5β0
1β4
3β2
β
3β3
1β4
3β1
3β2
Philadelphia
3β3
0β4
0β6
3β3
1β4
2β2
4β2
4β1
1β4
1β4
0β5
1β4
3β3
β
1β4
2β2
4β1
Phoenix
2β3
1β4
3β2
4β0
1β5
3β2
4β0
4β2
3β2
3β1
2β4
2β4
4β1
4β1
β
6β0
3β2
Portland
0β4
1β3
0β4
4β2
0β6
2β2
2β4
2β2
2β4
2β4
0β6
0β6
1β3
2β2
0β6
β
0β6
Seattle
4β1
3β2
3β2
4β0
3β2
5β0
4β0
4β0
2β4
3β3
1β5
0β6
2β3
1β4
2β3
6β0
β
Game log
1971β72 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 12
Atlanta
113β127
Tom Van Arsdale (34)
1β0
2
October 19
Seattle
101β100
Nate Archibald (26)
1β1
3
October 23
@
Portland
100β104
Tom Van Arsdale (26)
1β2
4
October 24
@ Seattle
101β119
Tom Van Arsdale (26)
1β3
5
October 26
@
Phoenix
99β126
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
1β4
6
October 29
@
Los Angeles
107β119
Tom Van Arsdale (23)
1β5
7
October 30
@
Golden State
112β116
Tom Van Arsdale (30)
1β6
8
November 3
Philadelphia
100β124
Tom Van Arsdale (32)
2β6
9
November 6
Phoenix
95β110
Tom Van Arsdale (27)
3β6
10
November 8
N
Boston
109β120
Nate Williams (26)
3β7
11
November 10
New York
85β99
Nate Archibald (22)
4β7
12
November 13
Golden State
101β110
Johnny Green (22)
5β7
13
November 16
@
Buffalo
98β102
Nate Williams (27)
5β8
14
November 17
Baltimore
113β103
Nate Archibald (25)
5β9
15
November 19
@ Boston
110β106
Nate Archibald (27)
6β9
16
November 23
@ New York
110β125
Nate Archibald (24)
6β10
17
November 24
Portland
112β114
Nate Archibald (33)
7β10
18
November 26
@
Cleveland
114β128
Archibald,
Fox (33)
7β11
19
November 27
Milwaukee
114β81
Nate Archibald (25)
7β12
20
November 30
@ Baltimore
118β103
Nate Williams (29)
8β12
21
December 1
Chicago
109β101
Nate Archibald (42)
8β13
22
December 3
@ Milwaukee
82β120
Nate Archibald (25)
8β14
23
December 4
Seattle
100β98
Nate Archibald (27)
8β15
24
December 7
@ Buffalo
91β115
Nate Archibald (21)
8β16
25
December 8
Philadelphia
115β109
Nate Archibald (26)
8β17
26
December 10
@ Philadelphia
113β106 (OT)
Jim Fox (27)
9β17
27
December 11
Cleveland
95β103
Nate Archibald (26)
10β17
28
December 12
Boston
96β83
Jim Fox (31)
10β18
29
December 15
Phoenix
127β108
John Mengelt (23)
10β19
30
December 16
@
Detroit
101β107
Tom Van Arsdale (23)
10β20
31
December 18
Houston
126β116
Tom Van Arsdale (35)
10β21
32
December 19
@ Atlanta
99β101
Tom Van Arsdale (23)
10β22
33
December 22
Atlanta
106β103
Nate Archibald (40)
10β23
34
December 25
Boston
99β94
Nate Archibald (24)
10β24
35
December 28
@ Baltimore
87β119
Nate Archibald (19)
10β25
36
December 29
Golden State
107β102
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
10β26
37
January 1
@ New York
94β104
Nate Archibald (31)
10β27
38
January 5
Milwaukee
115β106
Sam Lacey (23)
10β28
39
January 7
@ Detroit
132β151
Nate Archibald (41)
10β29
40
January 8
Buffalo
97β87
Nate Archibald (31)
10β30
41
January 9
@ Chicago
104β108 (OT)
Nate Archibald (26)
10β31
42
January 11
@ Buffalo
109β107 (OT)
Nate Archibald (29)
11β31
43
January 12
Los Angeles
107β108
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
12β31
44
January 14
Atlanta
102β126
Nate Archibald (43)
13β31
45
January 16
N Cleveland
108β128
Nate Archibald (41)
14β31
46
January 20
Houston
104β87
Nate Archibald (27)
14β32
47
January 22
Cleveland
96β113
Nate Archibald (36)
15β32
48
January 23
@ Baltimore
101β132
Nate Archibald (28)
15β33
49
January 26
@ Philadelphia
102β113
Nate Archibald (42)
15β34
50
January 28
Baltimore
132β124
Nate Archibald (30)
15β35
51
January 29
@ Cleveland
120β118
Nate Archibald (36)
16β35
52
February 2
New York
105β116
Nate Archibald (49)
17β35
53
February 4
@ Boston
109β122
Tom Van Arsdale (32)
17β36
54
February 5
Detroit
132β133 (OT)
Nate Archibald (45)
18β36
55
February 6
@ Chicago
94β119
Nate Archibald (24)
18β37
56
February 8
@ Portland
100β104
Nate Archibald (25)
18β38
57
February 10
@ Seattle
96β118
Tom Van Arsdale (22)
18β39
58
February 12
@ Phoenix
95β117
Tom Van Arsdale (27)
18β40
59
February 13
@ Houston
111β112
Tom Van Arsdale (44)
18β41
60
February 15
@ Los Angeles
118β125
Nate Archibald (30)
18β42
61
February 17
Milwaukee
111β97
Nate Archibald (30)
18β43
62
February 18
@ Cleveland
109β133
Nate Archibald (31)
18β44
63
February 19
Cleveland
92β112
Nate Williams (33)
19β44
64
February 20
@ Atlanta
101β92
Tom Van Arsdale (31)
20β44
65
February 23
Portland
106β110
Nate Archibald (55)
21β44
66
February 24
N Buffalo
108β97
Nate Archibald (32)
22β44
67
February 25
@ Los Angeles
88β109
John Mengelt (32)
22β45
68
February 26
@ Seattle
106β122
Nate Archibald (29)
22β46
69
February 29
@ Golden State
120β128
Nate Archibald (38)
22β47
70
March 1
N Houston
108β96
Nate Archibald (32)
22β48
71
March 5
@ Boston
125β114
Archibald, Van Arsdale (39)
23β48
72
March 8
Phoenix
105β122
Nate Archibald (35)
24β48
73
March 10
Chicago
100β104
Nate Archibald (34)
25β48
74
March 12
Golden State
106β117
Nate Archibald (46)
26β48
75
March 15
Los Angeles
121β116
Nate Archibald (33)
26β49
76
March 18
@ Atlanta
106β115
Nate Archibald (38)
26β50
77
March 19
Buffalo
105β136
Nate Archibald (45)
27β50
78
March 21
@ Detroit
117β120
Nate Archibald (37)
27β51
79
March 22
Detroit
130β135
Nate Archibald (46)
28β51
80
March 24
Baltimore
114β132
Nate Archibald (38)
29β51
81
March 25
@ Milwaukee
95β119
Nate Archibald (22)
29β52
82
March 26
@ Cleveland
135β122
Nate Archibald (45)
30β52
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