1971-72 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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Record: 49-33, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (49-33)

PTS/G: 116.3 (2nd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 110.8 (8th of 17)

SRS: 5.57 (4th of 17) Pace: 113.7 (5th of 17)

Off Rtg: 101.3 (4th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.5 (7th of 17) Net Rtg: +4.8 (4th of 17)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (4th of 17)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 14, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	110	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		128	108	1	1	W 1
3	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		109	116	1	2	L 1
4	Sun, Oct 24, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		104	105	1	3	L 2
5	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		126	99	2	3	W 1
6	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	2OT	137	135	3	3	W 2
7	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		94	101	3	4	L 1
8	Tue, Nov 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		101	108	3	5	L 2
9	Wed, Nov 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		100	98	4	5	W 1
10	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	87	5	5	W 2
11	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		95	110	5	6	L 1
12	Tue, Nov 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	118	5	7	L 2
13	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		128	119	6	7	W 1	9,470
14	Sun, Nov 14, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		119	105	7	7	W 2
15	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		111	112	7	8	L 1
16	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		121	140	7	9	L 2	9,440
17	Thu, Nov 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		126	128	7	10	L 3
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		109	115	7	11	L 4
19	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		128	107	8	11	W 1
20	Thu, Nov 25, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	103	9	11	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Nov 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		116	110	10	11	W 3
22	Tue, Nov 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	121	111	11	11	W 4
23	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		139	103	12	11	W 5
24	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		128	92	13	11	W 6			at Oakland, CA
25	Sun, Dec 5, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		120	87	14	11	W 7
26	Thu, Dec 9, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		135	115	15	11	W 8
27	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	117	126	15	12	L 1
28	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		110	111	15	13	L 2
29	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		110	100	16	13	W 1
30	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		127	108	17	13	W 2
31	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	102	18	13	W 3
32	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	132	18	14	L 1
33	Sun, Dec 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	127	130	18	15	L 2
34	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	119	19	15	W 1
35	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L	OT	108	117	19	16	L 1
36	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		116	86	20	16	W 1
37	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		124	106	21	16	W 2
38	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		123	102	22	16	W 3
39	Sat, Jan 1, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		114	104	23	16	W 4	8,056
40	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		111	116	23	17	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		112	108	24	17	W 1
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		123	110	25	17	W 2
43	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		119	130	25	18	L 1
44	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		103	109	25	19	L 2			at College Park, MD
45	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		115	114	26	19	W 1
46	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	107	27	19	W 2
47	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	118	27	20	L 1
48	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		104	107	27	21	L 2
49	Thu, Jan 20, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		130	109	28	21	W 1
50	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		128	113	29	21	W 2
51	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	102	30	21	W 3
52	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		119	129	30	22	L 1
53	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		102	116	30	23	L 2
54	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		100	111	30	24	L 3			at Oakland, CA
55	Sun, Jan 30, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		105	103	31	24	W 1
56	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		129	117	32	24	W 2
57	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	106	32	25	L 1
58	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		113	105	33	25	W 1
59	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	118	117	34	25	W 2
60	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		107	94	35	25	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	108	36	25	W 4
62	Thu, Feb 10, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		131	98	37	25	W 5
63	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		117	95	38	25	W 6
64	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		110	109	39	25	W 7
65	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		126	115	40	25	W 8	12,005
66	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		121	107	41	25	W 9
67	Tue, Feb 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	114	41	26	L 1	8,106
68	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		118	120	41	27	L 2
69	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		107	115	41	28	L 3
70	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	117	119	41	29	L 4			at Madison, WI
71	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		127	125	42	29	W 1
72	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		90	95	42	30	L 1
73	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		131	103	43	30	W 1
74	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		129	121	44	30	W 2
75	Wed, Mar 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		105	122	44	31	L 1
76	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		110	106	45	31	W 1
77	Wed, Mar 15, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		110	106	46	31	W 2
78	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		111	106	47	31	W 3
79	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		116	134	47	32	L 1
80	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		160	128	48	32	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	112	48	33	L 1
82	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		118	99	49	33	W 1

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