1971–72_Cincinnati_Royals_season
1971–72 Cincinnati Royals season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1971–72 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.
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1971–72 Cincinnati Royals season | |||
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Head coach | Bob Cousy | ||
General manager | Joe Axelson | ||
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Arena | Cincinnati Gardens | ||
Results | |||
Record | 30–52 (.366) | ||
Place | Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 5th (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | Did not qualify | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | WLWT | ||
Radio | WLW | ||
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Main article: 1971 NBA draft
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Cincinnati Royals roster
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Season standings
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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y-Baltimore Bullets | 38 | 44 | .463 | – | 18–15 | 16–24 | 4–5 | 9–9 |
x-Atlanta Hawks | 36 | 46 | .439 | 2 | 22–19 | 13–26 | 1–1 | 9–9 |
Cincinnati Royals | 30 | 52 | .366 | 8 | 20–18 | 8–32 | 2–2 | 11–9 |
Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 | 15 | 13–28 | 8–30 | 2–1 | 9–11 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | |
1 | z-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 |
2 | y-Baltimore Bullets | 38 | 44 | .463 |
3 | x-New York Knicks | 48 | 34 | .585 |
4 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 36 | 46 | .439 |
5 | Philadelphia 76ers | 30 | 52 | .366 |
5 | Cincinnati Royals | 30 | 52 | .366 |
7 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 |
8 | Buffalo Braves | 22 | 60 | .268 |
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Record vs. opponents
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1971–72 NBA records | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BAL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CIN | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA |
Atlanta | — | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–4 |
Baltimore | 4–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
Boston | 4–0 | 2–2 | — | 6–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 |
Buffalo | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–6 | — | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 |
Chicago | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 |
Cincinnati | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | — | 6–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 |
Cleveland | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–6 | — | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–4 |
Detroit | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–5 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
Golden State | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
Houston | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–5 | — | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 |
Los Angeles | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 |
Milwaukee | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–4 | — | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 6–0 |
New York | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | — | 3–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
Philadelphia | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 3–3 | — | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
Phoenix | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | — | 6–0 | 3–2 |
Portland | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–6 | — | 0–6 |
Seattle | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 6–0 | — |
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Game log
1971–72 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 12 | Atlanta | 113–127 | Tom Van Arsdale (34) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 19 | Seattle | 101–100 | Nate Archibald (26) | 1–1 | |||||
3 | October 23 | @ Portland | 100–104 | Tom Van Arsdale (26) | 1–2 | |||||
4 | October 24 | @ Seattle | 101–119 | Tom Van Arsdale (26) | 1–3 | |||||
5 | October 26 | @ Phoenix | 99–126 | Tom Van Arsdale (31) | 1–4 | |||||
6 | October 29 | @ Los Angeles | 107–119 | Tom Van Arsdale (23) | 1–5 | |||||
7 | October 30 | @ Golden State | 112–116 | Tom Van Arsdale (30) | 1–6 | |||||
8 | November 3 | Philadelphia | 100–124 | Tom Van Arsdale (32) | 2–6 | |||||
9 | November 6 | Phoenix | 95–110 | Tom Van Arsdale (27) | 3–6 | |||||
10 | November 8 | N Boston | 109–120 | Nate Williams (26) | 3–7 | |||||
11 | November 10 | New York | 85–99 | Nate Archibald (22) | 4–7 | |||||
12 | November 13 | Golden State | 101–110 | Johnny Green (22) | 5–7 | |||||
13 | November 16 | @ Buffalo | 98–102 | Nate Williams (27) | 5–8 | |||||
14 | November 17 | Baltimore | 113–103 | Nate Archibald (25) | 5–9 | |||||
15 | November 19 | @ Boston | 110–106 | Nate Archibald (27) | 6–9 | |||||
16 | November 23 | @ New York | 110–125 | Nate Archibald (24) | 6–10 | |||||
17 | November 24 | Portland | 112–114 | Nate Archibald (33) | 7–10 | |||||
18 | November 26 | @ Cleveland | 114–128 | Archibald, Fox (33) | 7–11 | |||||
19 | November 27 | Milwaukee | 114–81 | Nate Archibald (25) | 7–12 | |||||
20 | November 30 | @ Baltimore | 118–103 | Nate Williams (29) | 8–12 | |||||
21 | December 1 | Chicago | 109–101 | Nate Archibald (42) | 8–13 | |||||
22 | December 3 | @ Milwaukee | 82–120 | Nate Archibald (25) | 8–14 | |||||
23 | December 4 | Seattle | 100–98 | Nate Archibald (27) | 8–15 | |||||
24 | December 7 | @ Buffalo | 91–115 | Nate Archibald (21) | 8–16 | |||||
25 | December 8 | Philadelphia | 115–109 | Nate Archibald (26) | 8–17 | |||||
26 | December 10 | @ Philadelphia | 113–106 (OT) | Jim Fox (27) | 9–17 | |||||
27 | December 11 | Cleveland | 95–103 | Nate Archibald (26) | 10–17 | |||||
28 | December 12 | Boston | 96–83 | Jim Fox (31) | 10–18 | |||||
29 | December 15 | Phoenix | 127–108 | John Mengelt (23) | 10–19 | |||||
30 | December 16 | @ Detroit | 101–107 | Tom Van Arsdale (23) | 10–20 | |||||
31 | December 18 | Houston | 126–116 | Tom Van Arsdale (35) | 10–21 | |||||
32 | December 19 | @ Atlanta | 99–101 | Tom Van Arsdale (23) | 10–22 | |||||
33 | December 22 | Atlanta | 106–103 | Nate Archibald (40) | 10–23 | |||||
34 | December 25 | Boston | 99–94 | Nate Archibald (24) | 10–24 | |||||
35 | December 28 | @ Baltimore | 87–119 | Nate Archibald (19) | 10–25 | |||||
36 | December 29 | Golden State | 107–102 | Tom Van Arsdale (22) | 10–26 | |||||
37 | January 1 | @ New York | 94–104 | Nate Archibald (31) | 10–27 | |||||
38 | January 5 | Milwaukee | 115–106 | Sam Lacey (23) | 10–28 | |||||
39 | January 7 | @ Detroit | 132–151 | Nate Archibald (41) | 10–29 | |||||
40 | January 8 | Buffalo | 97–87 | Nate Archibald (31) | 10–30 | |||||
41 | January 9 | @ Chicago | 104–108 (OT) | Nate Archibald (26) | 10–31 | |||||
42 | January 11 | @ Buffalo | 109–107 (OT) | Nate Archibald (29) | 11–31 | |||||
43 | January 12 | Los Angeles | 107–108 | Tom Van Arsdale (31) | 12–31 | |||||
44 | January 14 | Atlanta | 102–126 | Nate Archibald (43) | 13–31 | |||||
45 | January 16 | N Cleveland | 108–128 | Nate Archibald (41) | 14–31 | |||||
46 | January 20 | Houston | 104–87 | Nate Archibald (27) | 14–32 | |||||
47 | January 22 | Cleveland | 96–113 | Nate Archibald (36) | 15–32 | |||||
48 | January 23 | @ Baltimore | 101–132 | Nate Archibald (28) | 15–33 | |||||
49 | January 26 | @ Philadelphia | 102–113 | Nate Archibald (42) | 15–34 | |||||
50 | January 28 | Baltimore | 132–124 | Nate Archibald (30) | 15–35 | |||||
51 | January 29 | @ Cleveland | 120–118 | Nate Archibald (36) | 16–35 | |||||
52 | February 2 | New York | 105–116 | Nate Archibald (49) | 17–35 | |||||
53 | February 4 | @ Boston | 109–122 | Tom Van Arsdale (32) | 17–36 | |||||
54 | February 5 | Detroit | 132–133 (OT) | Nate Archibald (45) | 18–36 | |||||
55 | February 6 | @ Chicago | 94–119 | Nate Archibald (24) | 18–37 | |||||
56 | February 8 | @ Portland | 100–104 | Nate Archibald (25) | 18–38 | |||||
57 | February 10 | @ Seattle | 96–118 | Tom Van Arsdale (22) | 18–39 | |||||
58 | February 12 | @ Phoenix | 95–117 | Tom Van Arsdale (27) | 18–40 | |||||
59 | February 13 | @ Houston | 111–112 | Tom Van Arsdale (44) | 18–41 | |||||
60 | February 15 | @ Los Angeles | 118–125 | Nate Archibald (30) | 18–42 | |||||
61 | February 17 | Milwaukee | 111–97 | Nate Archibald (30) | 18–43 | |||||
62 | February 18 | @ Cleveland | 109–133 | Nate Archibald (31) | 18–44 | |||||
63 | February 19 | Cleveland | 92–112 | Nate Williams (33) | 19–44 | |||||
64 | February 20 | @ Atlanta | 101–92 | Tom Van Arsdale (31) | 20–44 | |||||
65 | February 23 | Portland | 106–110 | Nate Archibald (55) | 21–44 | |||||
66 | February 24 | N Buffalo | 108–97 | Nate Archibald (32) | 22–44 | |||||
67 | February 25 | @ Los Angeles | 88–109 | John Mengelt (32) | 22–45 | |||||
68 | February 26 | @ Seattle | 106–122 | Nate Archibald (29) | 22–46 | |||||
69 | February 29 | @ Golden State | 120–128 | Nate Archibald (38) | 22–47 | |||||
70 | March 1 | N Houston | 108–96 | Nate Archibald (32) | 22–48 | |||||
71 | March 5 | @ Boston | 125–114 | Archibald, Van Arsdale (39) | 23–48 | |||||
72 | March 8 | Phoenix | 105–122 | Nate Archibald (35) | 24–48 | |||||
73 | March 10 | Chicago | 100–104 | Nate Archibald (34) | 25–48 | |||||
74 | March 12 | Golden State | 106–117 | Nate Archibald (46) | 26–48 | |||||
75 | March 15 | Los Angeles | 121–116 | Nate Archibald (33) | 26–49 | |||||
76 | March 18 | @ Atlanta | 106–115 | Nate Archibald (38) | 26–50 | |||||
77 | March 19 | Buffalo | 105–136 | Nate Archibald (45) | 27–50 | |||||
78 | March 21 | @ Detroit | 117–120 | Nate Archibald (37) | 27–51 | |||||
79 | March 22 | Detroit | 130–135 | Nate Archibald (46) | 28–51 | |||||
80 | March 24 | Baltimore | 114–132 | Nate Archibald (38) | 29–51 | |||||
81 | March 25 | @ Milwaukee | 95–119 | Nate Archibald (22) | 29–52 | |||||
82 | March 26 | @ Cleveland | 135–122 | Nate Archibald (45) | 30–52 |