1971-72 Atlanta Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 36-46, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Richie Guerin (36-46)

Executive: Bob Cousins

PTS/G: 109.5 (8th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 111.3 (12th of 17)

SRS: -1.94 (11th of 17) Pace: 110.7 (11th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.7 (6th of 17) Def Rtg: 100.3 (12th of 17) Net Rtg: -1.6 (11th of 17)

Expected W-L: 36-46 (11th of 17)

Arena: Alexander Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		113	127	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	104	0	2	L 2
3	Wed, Oct 20, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	126	0	3	L 3
4	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		108	115	0	4	L 4	4,880
5	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		95	89	1	4	W 1
6	Mon, Oct 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		116	136	1	5	L 1	10,311
7	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		110	96	2	5	W 1
8	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	97	3	5	W 2
9	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		99	104	3	6	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 3, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		100	113	3	7	L 2
11	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L	OT	117	122	3	8	L 3
12	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		96	101	3	9	L 4
13	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		110	116	3	10	L 5
14	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		106	104	4	10	W 1
15	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		104	112	4	11	L 1
16	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		115	109	5	11	W 1
17	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		97	102	5	12	L 1
18	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	141	5	13	L 2
19	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		105	118	5	14	L 3
20	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		95	103	5	15	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Nov 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	130	5	16	L 5	6,427
22	Tue, Nov 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		85	86	5	17	L 6
23	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		117	103	6	17	W 1
24	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		126	109	7	17	W 2
25	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score	N	Golden State Warriors	W		116	113	8	17	W 3			at San Diego, CA
26	Thu, Dec 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		115	135	8	18	L 1
27	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		88	95	8	19	L 2
28	Sun, Dec 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		95	104	8	20	L 3
29	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L	OT	115	117	8	21	L 4
30	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		103	114	8	22	L 5
31	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		123	94	9	22	W 1
32	Sun, Dec 19, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		101	99	10	22	W 2
33	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		106	103	11	22	W 3
34	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		110	115	11	23	L 1
35	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		140	117	12	23	W 1
36	Sun, Dec 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		92	114	12	24	L 1
37	Mon, Dec 27, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		135	121	13	24	W 1
38	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		115	129	13	25	L 1
39	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		116	111	14	25	W 1
40	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		103	91	15	25	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		116	127	15	26	L 1
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		90	134	15	27	L 2
43	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		102	110	15	28	L 3
44	Wed, Jan 12, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		104	102	16	28	W 1
45	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		102	126	16	29	L 1
46	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	122	16	30	L 2	6,042
47	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	116	17	30	W 1
48	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		111	113	17	31	L 1
49	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		118	113	18	31	W 1
50	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		123	110	19	31	W 2
51	Wed, Jan 26, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		119	131	19	32	L 1
52	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		124	106	20	32	W 1
53	Sun, Jan 30, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		103	105	20	33	L 1
54	Thu, Feb 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		115	132	20	34	L 2			at Oakland, CA
55	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		120	117	21	34	W 1
56	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		113	120	21	35	L 1
57	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	117	21	36	L 2
58	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		91	102	21	37	L 3
59	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		106	117	21	38	L 4
60	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		133	119	22	38	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		113	105	23	38	W 2
62	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		105	103	24	38	W 3
63	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		81	106	24	39	L 1
64	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		92	101	24	40	L 2
65	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		120	118	25	40	W 1
66	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L		110	114	25	41	L 1			at Hershey, PA
67	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		113	110	26	41	W 1
68	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		99	89	27	41	W 2
69	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	114	27	42	L 1
70	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		120	101	28	42	W 1
71	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	112	28	43	L 1
72	Wed, Mar 8, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		96	98	28	44	L 2
73	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		135	114	29	44	W 1
74	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	115	29	45	L 1
75	Wed, Mar 15, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		134	96	30	45	W 1
76	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		112	121	30	46	L 1
77	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		115	106	31	46	W 1
78	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		115	105	32	46	W 2
79	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	111	33	46	W 3
80	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		107	106	34	46	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		118	102	35	46	W 5
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	106	36	46	W 6

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Wed, Mar 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	108	126	0	1	L 1	12,815
2	Fri, Mar 31, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	113	104	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Apr 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	113	136	1	2	L 1	12,094
4	Tue, Apr 4, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	112	110	2	2	W 1
5	Fri, Apr 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	114	124	2	3	L 1	15,315
6	Sun, Apr 9, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	118	127	2	4	L 2

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