1971-72 Baltimore Bullets Schedule and Results

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Record: 38-44, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Gene Shue (38-44)

Executive: Jerry Sachs

PTS/G: 107.1 (14th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 108.3 (5th of 17)

SRS: -1.26 (10th of 17) Pace: 110.5 (13th of 17)

Off Rtg: 96.5 (10th of 17) Def Rtg: 97.6 (9th of 17) Net Rtg: -1.1 (9th of 17)

Expected W-L: 38-44 (9th of 17)

Arena: Baltimore Civic Center

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

Central Div Champs

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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	Fri, Oct 15, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		82	106	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		108	93	1	1	W 1
3	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	134	1	2	L 1	4,216
4	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		87	110	1	3	L 2
5	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score	N	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		101	109	1	4	L 3			at College Park, MD
6	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		90	120	1	5	L 4
7	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		128	98	2	5	W 1
8	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		105	119	2	6	L 1
9	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		101	94	3	6	W 1
10	Tue, Nov 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		91	106	3	7	L 1			at Oakland, CA
11	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	110	3	8	L 2
12	Sun, Nov 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		109	106	4	8	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		106	125	4	9	L 1
14	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		111	105	5	9	W 1
15	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		110	107	6	9	W 2
16	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		113	103	7	9	W 3
17	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		126	105	8	9	W 4
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		114	125	8	10	L 1
19	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		102	104	8	11	L 2
20	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		94	114	8	12	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		118	105	9	12	W 1
22	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		125	120	10	12	W 2	5,894		at College Park, MD
23	Tue, Nov 30, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		103	118	10	13	L 1
24	Thu, Dec 2, 1971	Box Score	N	Buffalo Braves	L		105	109	10	14	L 2			at Toronto, Canada
25	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		106	117	10	15	L 3
26	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		115	97	11	15	W 1
27	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		102	118	11	16	L 1
28	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	107	11	17	L 2
29	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		85	88	11	18	L 3
30	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		114	103	12	18	W 1
31	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		94	123	12	19	L 1
32	Sun, Dec 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	111	12	20	L 2
33	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		120	127	12	21	L 3
34	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	114	13	21	W 1
35	Sun, Dec 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		102	108	13	22	L 1
36	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		119	87	14	22	W 1
37	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		110	102	15	22	W 2
38	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		111	89	16	22	W 3
39	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		104	94	17	22	W 4
40	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		110	102	18	22	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	Box Score	N	Phoenix Suns	W		109	103	19	22	W 6			at College Park, MD
42	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		106	114	19	23	L 1
43	Thu, Jan 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		107	112	19	24	L 2
44	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		95	105	19	25	L 3			at Oakland, CA
45	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		107	104	20	25	W 1
46	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		102	107	20	26	L 1	4,639	1:59
47	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	Box Score	N	Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	99	21	26	W 1			at College Park, MD
48	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		132	101	22	26	W 2
49	Wed, Jan 26, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W	OT	115	114	23	26	W 3
50	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		132	124	24	26	W 4
51	Sun, Jan 30, 1972	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	L		112	116	24	27	L 1			at College Park, MD
52	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		108	115	24	28	L 2	5,404
53	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		108	110	24	29	L 3
54	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		127	151	24	30	L 4
55	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		107	111	24	31	L 5			at Oakland, CA
56	Thu, Feb 10, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		98	131	24	32	L 6
57	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		95	116	24	33	L 7
58	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	121	24	34	L 8			at College Park, MD
59	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		113	98	25	34	W 1
60	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		103	105	25	35	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		106	81	26	35	W 1
62	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		121	105	27	35	W 2
63	Mon, Feb 21, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		102	101	28	35	W 3
64	Tue, Feb 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		98	99	28	36	L 1
65	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		105	113	28	37	L 2
66	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		104	97	29	37	W 1
67	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L	OT	95	97	29	38	L 1			at College Park, MD
68	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	117	118	29	39	L 2
69	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		95	90	30	39	W 1
70	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		90	80	31	39	W 2
71	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		108	94	32	39	W 3
72	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		105	98	33	39	W 4
73	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		102	97	34	39	W 5			at College Park, MD
74	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	OT	118	127	34	40	L 1
75	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	101	35	40	W 1
76	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		112	107	36	40	W 2
77	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		125	112	37	40	W 3	10,226
78	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		100	114	37	41	L 1
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		101	121	37	42	L 2
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		114	132	37	43	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		85	106	37	44	L 4
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		119	101	38	44	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Fri, Mar 31, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	108	105	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Apr 2, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		88	110	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Apr 4, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	103	2	1	W 1
4	Thu, Apr 6, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	104	2	2	L 1
5	Sun, Apr 9, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		82	106	2	3	L 2
6	Tue, Apr 11, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		101	107	2	4	L 3

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