1971-72 Cincinnati Royals Schedule and Results

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Record: 30-52, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Bob Cousy (30-52)

Executive: Joe Axelson

PTS/G: 107.8 (12th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 111.8 (13th of 17)

SRS: -4.13 (13th of 17) Pace: 109.5 (14th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.0 (9th of 17) Def Rtg: 101.6 (14th of 17) Net Rtg: -3.7 (13th of 17)

Expected W-L: 31-51 (13th of 17)

Arena: Cincinnati Gardens

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 12, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		127	113	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	101	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	104	1	2	L 2
4	Sun, Oct 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		101	119	1	3	L 3
5	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		99	126	1	4	L 4
6	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	119	1	5	L 5
7	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		112	116	1	6	L 6			at Oakland, CA
8	Wed, Nov 3, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	100	2	6	W 1
9	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		110	95	3	6	W 2
10	Mon, Nov 8, 1971	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		109	120	3	7	L 1	6,035		at Omaha, NE
11	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		99	85	4	7	W 1
12	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		110	101	5	7	W 2
13	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		98	102	5	8	L 1
14	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		103	113	5	9	L 2
15	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		110	106	6	9	W 1	9,415
16	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	125	6	10	L 1
17	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		114	112	7	10	W 1
18	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		114	128	7	11	L 1
19	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		81	114	7	12	L 2
20	Tue, Nov 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		118	103	8	12	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		101	109	8	13	L 1
22	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		82	120	8	14	L 2
23	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		98	100	8	15	L 3
24	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		91	115	8	16	L 4
25	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	115	8	17	L 5
26	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	113	106	9	17	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		103	95	10	17	W 2
28	Sun, Dec 12, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		83	96	10	18	L 1	1,885
29	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		108	127	10	19	L 2
30	Thu, Dec 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	107	10	20	L 3
31	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		116	126	10	21	L 4
32	Sun, Dec 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		99	101	10	22	L 5
33	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		103	106	10	23	L 6
34	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		94	99	10	24	L 7	3,321
35	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		87	119	10	25	L 8
36	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		102	107	10	26	L 9
37	Sat, Jan 1, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		94	104	10	27	L 10
38	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	115	10	28	L 11
39	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		132	151	10	29	L 12
40	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		87	97	10	30	L 13
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	OT	104	108	10	31	L 14
42	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W	OT	109	107	11	31	W 1
43	Wed, Jan 12, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		108	107	12	31	W 2
44	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		126	102	13	31	W 3
45	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	Box Score	N	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		128	108	14	31	W 4			at Las Cruces, NM
46	Thu, Jan 20, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		87	104	14	32	L 1
47	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	96	15	32	W 1
48	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		101	132	15	33	L 1
49	Wed, Jan 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	113	15	34	L 2
50	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		124	132	15	35	L 3
51	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		120	118	16	35	W 1
52	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	105	17	35	W 2
53	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		109	122	17	36	L 1	7,608
54	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	OT	133	132	18	36	W 1
55	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		94	119	18	37	L 1
56	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	104	18	38	L 2
57	Thu, Feb 10, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		96	118	18	39	L 3
58	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		95	117	18	40	L 4
59	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		111	112	18	41	L 5
60	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	125	18	42	L 6
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 17, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	111	18	43	L 7
62	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		109	133	18	44	L 8
63	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		112	92	19	44	W 1
64	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		101	92	20	44	W 2
65	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		110	106	21	44	W 3
66	Thu, Feb 24, 1972	Box Score	N	Buffalo Braves	W		108	97	22	44	W 4			at Dayton, OH
67	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		88	109	22	45	L 1
68	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		106	122	22	46	L 2
69	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		120	128	22	47	L 3			at Oakland, CA
70	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score	N	Houston Rockets	L		96	108	22	48	L 4			at El Paso, TX
71	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		125	114	23	48	W 1	5,630
72	Wed, Mar 8, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		122	105	24	48	W 2
73	Fri, Mar 10, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		104	100	25	48	W 3
74	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		117	106	26	48	W 4
75	Wed, Mar 15, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	121	26	49	L 1
76	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		106	115	26	50	L 2
77	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		136	105	27	50	W 1
78	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		117	120	27	51	L 1
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		135	130	28	51	W 1
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		132	114	29	51	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		95	119	29	52	L 1
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		135	122	30	52	W 1

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