1971-72 Virginia Squires Schedule and Results

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Record: 45-39, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Al Bianchi (45-39)

PTS/G: 118.9 (2nd of 11) Opp PTS/G: 118.0 (9th of 11)

SRS: 0.56 (4th of 11) Pace: 117.2 (1st of 11)

Off Rtg: 100.3 (7th of 11) Def Rtg: 99.6 (6th of 11) Net Rtg: +0.7 (4th of 11)

Expected W-L: 44-40 (4th of 11)

Arena: Norfolk Scope

ABA 1972 Playoffs:
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-0) versus The Floridians (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Eastern Division Finals (3-4) versus New York Nets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 15, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		118	114	1	0	W 1	4,803		at Greensboro, NC
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		93	94	1	1	L 1	2,732
3	Wed, Oct 20, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		111	108	2	1	W 1	3,069
4	Thu, Oct 21, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		103	99	3	1	W 2	5,112		at Richmond, VA
5	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	L		108	123	3	2	L 1	5,602		at Hampton, VA
6	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		149	136	4	2	W 1	1,561
7	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		110	107	5	2	W 2	6,461
8	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		142	121	6	2	W 3	3,016		at Roanoke, VA
9	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	L		109	113	6	3	L 1	5,348		at Hampton, VA
10	Sun, Oct 31, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		134	124	7	3	W 1	2,150
11	Tue, Nov 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		122	119	8	3	W 2	6,718
12	Wed, Nov 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W		127	117	9	3	W 3	2,033
13	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L	OT	121	122	9	4	L 1	5,483		at Richmond, VA
14	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		119	116	10	4	W 1	2,048		at St. Petersburg, FL
15	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W	OT	127	123	11	4	W 2	6,602
16	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		109	129	11	5	L 1	6,003		at Charlotte, NC
17	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		112	117	11	6	L 2	6,793
18	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	L		113	115	11	7	L 3	5,112		at Hampton, VA
19	Tue, Nov 23, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		98	102	11	8	L 4	10,015		at Hampton, VA
20	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		113	120	11	9	L 5	6,118		at Richmond, VA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Nov 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		131	118	12	9	W 1	1,186
22	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score		Dallas Chaparrals	W		111	100	13	9	W 2	7,377		at Norfolk, VA
23	Tue, Nov 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		134	129	14	9	W 3	1,057
24	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W	OT	128	121	15	9	W 4	9,479
25	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		126	124	16	9	W 5	4,932		at Roanoke, VA
26	Sun, Dec 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		113	117	16	10	L 1	3,860
27	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		103	113	16	11	L 2	1,780
28	Thu, Dec 9, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W	OT	115	114	17	11	W 1	5,217		at Richmond, VA
29	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		118	114	18	11	W 2	8,676		at Norfolk, VA
30	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W	OT	128	120	19	11	W 3	8,318		at Hampton, VA
31	Mon, Dec 13, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		123	115	20	11	W 4	3,866		at Norfolk, VA
32	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		121	125	20	12	L 1	3,991		at Greensboro, NC
33	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		105	119	20	13	L 2	2,291
34	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		104	128	20	14	L 3	8,381
35	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		134	124	21	14	W 1	5,645		at Norfolk, VA
36	Thu, Dec 23, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		123	139	21	15	L 1	10,134
37	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		133	126	22	15	W 1	5,067		at Hampton, VA
38	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		129	126	23	15	W 2	5,755		at Richmond, VA
39	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		126	117	24	15	W 3	6,953		at Raleigh, NC
40	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		124	120	25	15	W 4	6,775		at Hampton, VA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		113	124	25	16	L 1	1,670
42	Thu, Jan 6, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		137	130	26	16	W 1	4,596		at Norfolk, VA
43	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		106	99	27	16	W 2	8,498		at Winston-Salem, NC
44	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		92	103	27	17	L 1	3,521		at Roanoke, VA
45	Thu, Jan 13, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		119	128	27	18	L 2	6,485		at Norfolk, VA
46	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		114	104	28	18	W 1	5,535		at Hampton, VA
47	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		116	107	29	18	W 2	5,559		at Richmond, VA
48	Wed, Jan 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		138	132	30	18	W 3	7,823
49	Thu, Jan 20, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		115	118	30	19	L 1	10,163		at Norfolk, VA
50	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W	OT	121	117	31	19	W 1	5,133		at Richmond, VA
51	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		123	130	31	20	L 1	3,664
52	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L	OT	135	136	31	21	L 2	8,134
53	Thu, Jan 27, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L		112	114	31	22	L 3	8,035		at Norfolk, VA
54	Mon, Jan 31, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		115	123	31	23	L 4	4,347		at Hampton, VA
55	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		117	105	32	23	W 1	5,135
56	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		115	107	33	23	W 2	3,589		at Roanoke, VA
57	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		126	117	34	23	W 3	6,728
58	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		124	111	35	23	W 4	7,038		at Norfolk, VA
59	Thu, Feb 10, 1972	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		131	111	36	23	W 5	5,112		at Richmond, VA
60	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		116	127	36	24	L 1	9,611
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		124	123	37	24	W 1	4,731
62	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L		111	116	37	25	L 1	3,554
63	Thu, Feb 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		122	145	37	26	L 2	5,019		at Charlotte, NC
64	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		124	109	38	26	W 1	5,521		at Hampton, VA
65	Tue, Feb 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		105	121	38	27	L 1	5,983
66	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		121	105	39	27	W 1	5,147		at Norfolk, VA
67	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		121	119	40	27	W 2	5,472
68	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		111	114	40	28	L 1	6,412		at Uniondale, NY
69	Thu, Mar 2, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L	OT	130	135	40	29	L 2	9,884		at Richmond, VA
70	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		121	116	41	29	W 1	9,276
71	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		117	124	41	30	L 1	1,392
72	Wed, Mar 8, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		127	117	42	30	W 1	5,742		at Norfolk, VA
73	Thu, Mar 9, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		99	113	42	31	L 1	6,823		at Uniondale, NY
74	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	Box Score		Utah Stars	L	OT	110	111	42	32	L 2	6,834		at Norfolk, VA
75	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		101	104	42	33	L 3	8,837
76	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		156	133	43	33	W 1	500		at Connellsville, PA
77	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		104	112	43	34	L 1	6,458		at Hampton, VA
78	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		112	117	43	35	L 2	5,469		at Richmond, VA
79	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		118	129	43	36	L 3	7,382
80	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L		104	105	43	37	L 4	6,651		at Norfolk, VA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		124	118	44	37	W 1	3,029		at Hampton, VA
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		130	131	44	38	L 1	1,050
83	Tue, Mar 28, 1972	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		121	127	44	39	L 2	4,205		at Norfolk, VA
84	Wed, Mar 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		123	99	45	39	W 1	5,502

ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Mar 31, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W	OT	114	107	1	0	W 1	3,770
2	Sat, Apr 1, 1972	Box Score		The Floridians	W		125	100	2	0	W 2	2,921
3	Tue, Apr 4, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		118	113	3	0	W 3	2,965
4	Thu, Apr 6, 1972	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		115	106	4	0	W 4	3,117
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Thu, Apr 13, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		138	91	5	0	W 5	5,526
6	Sat, Apr 15, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		115	106	6	0	W 6	10,410
7	Mon, Apr 24, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		117	119	6	1	L 1	11,893
8	Wed, Apr 26, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		107	118	6	2	L 2	11,164
9	Sat, Apr 29, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	W		116	107	7	2	W 1	6,309
10	Mon, May 1, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		136	146	7	3	L 1	11,152
11	Thu, May 4, 1972	Box Score		New York Nets	L		88	94	7	4	L 2	10,410

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