1971–72 Golden State Warriors season

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1971–72 Golden State Warriors season
Head coachAl Attles
ArenaOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
San Diego Sports Arena (6 games)
Results
Record51–31 (.622)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Conference Semi-finals
(eliminated 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTVU
RadioKGO
< 1970–71 1972–73 >

The 1971–72 NBA season was the Warriors' 26th season in the NBA, the first as the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, and 10th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] This was also their only season to play a few home games in San Diego, as part of a brief attempt to represent the whole state of California.[2]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1971 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 8 Darnell Hillman F/C  United States San José State
4 59 Greg Gary G  United States St. Bonaventure
5 76 Odis Allison F  United States UNLV
6 93 Charles Johnson G  United States California
7 110 Ken May  United States Dayton
8 127 Jim Haderlein  United States Loyola Marymount
9 143 Clarence Smith  United States Villanova
10 159 Bill Drosdiak  United States Oregon

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 22 United States Allison, Odis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) UNLV
G 25 United States Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Oregon
C 20 United States Bartolome, Vic 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Oregon State
F 31 United States Ellis, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Francisco
G 15 United States Jones, Nick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oregon
F/C 43 United States Lee, Clyde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Vanderbilt
G 23 United States Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
G/F 33 United States Portman, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Creighton
F 32 United States Russell, Cazzie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Michigan
F/C 42 United States Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Bowling Green
F 34 United States Turner, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Akron
G 21 United States Williams, Ron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 69 13 .841 – 36–5 31–7 2–1 21–3
x-Golden State Warriors 51 31 .622 18 27–8 21–20 3–3 14–10
Seattle SuperSonics 47 35 .573 22 28–12 18–22 1–1 12–12
Houston Rockets 34 48 .415 35 15–20 14–23 5–5 9–15
Portland Trail Blazers 18 64 .220 51 14–26 4–35 0–3 4–20
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers 69 13 .841
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks 63 19 .768
3 x-Chicago Bulls 57 25 .695
4 x-Golden State Warriors 51 31 .622
5 Phoenix Suns 49 33 .598
6 Seattle SuperSonics 47 35 .573
7 Houston Rockets 34 48 .415
8 Detroit Pistons 26 56 .317
9 Portland Trail Blazers 18 64 .220
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1971–72 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET GSW HOU LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta – 2–4 0–4 4–2 0–5 3–3 4–2 3–2 3–2 1–4 0–5 2–3 3–1 3–3 3–2 4–0 1–4
Baltimore 4–2 – 2–2 3–3 1–4 4–2 1–5 3–2 1–4 3–2 1–4 0–5 2–4 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–3
Boston 4–0 2–2 – 6–0 3–2 4–2 5–1 5–0 2–3 5–0 1–4 2–3 3–3 6–0 2–3 4–0 2–3
Buffalo 2–4 3–3 0–6 – 1–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–3 0–4 0–4 0–4 1–5 3–3 0–4 2–4 0–4
Chicago 5–0 4–1 2–3 3–1 – 3–1 4–0 5–1 3–3 5–1 1–3 2–4 3–2 4–1 5–1 6–0 2–3
Cincinnati 3–3 2–4 2–4 3–3 1–3 – 6–2 2–3 2–3 0–4 1–4 0–5 2–2 2–2 2–3 2–2 0–5
Cleveland 2–4 5–1 1–5 2–4 0–4 2–6 – 1–3 0–4 2–2 1–3 0–4 1–5 2–4 0–4 4–2 0–4
Detroit 2–3 2–3 0–5 4–2 1–5 3–2 3–1 – 0–5 3–3 1–4 1–5 1–4 1–4 2–4 2–2 0–4
Golden State 2–3 4–1 3–2 3–1 3–3 3–2 4–0 5–0 – 5–1 1–5 2–2 2–3 4–1 2–3 4–2 4–2
Houston 4–1 2–3 0–5 4–0 1–5 4–0 2–2 3–3 1–5 – 1–5 0–5 0–5 4–1 1–3 4–2 3–3
Los Angeles 5–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–1 – 4–1 4–1 5–0 4–2 6–0 5–1
Milwaukee 3–2 5–0 3–2 4–0 4–2 5–0 4–0 5–1 2–2 5–0 1–4 – 2–3 4–1 4–2 6–0 6–0
New York 1–3 4–2 3–3 5–1 2–3 2–2 5–1 4–1 3–2 5–0 1–4 3–2 – 3–3 1–4 3–1 3–2
Philadelphia 3–3 0–4 0–6 3–3 1–4 2–2 4–2 4–1 1–4 1–4 0–5 1–4 3–3 – 1–4 2–2 4–1
Phoenix 2–3 1–4 3–2 4–0 1–5 3–2 4–0 4–2 3–2 3–1 2–4 2–4 4–1 4–1 – 6–0 3–2
Portland 0–4 1–3 0–4 4–2 0–6 2–2 2–4 2–2 2–4 2–4 0–6 0–6 1–3 2–2 0–6 – 0–6
Seattle 4–1 3–2 3–2 4–0 3–2 5–0 4–0 4–0 2–4 3–3 1–5 0–6 2–3 1–4 2–3 6–0 —

Game log

1971–72 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 15 @ Boston 97–75 Jeff Mullins (28) 1–0
2 October 16 @ Baltimore 93–108 Cazzie Russell (17) 1–1
3 October 19 @ New York 84–93 Cazzie Russell (17) 1–2
4 October 20 @ Cleveland 115–98 Cazzie Russell (29) 2–2
5 October 23 Detroit 109–115 (OT) Jeff Mullins (35) 3–2
6 October 26 Buffalo 91–89 Cazzie Russell (25) 3–3
7 October 29 N Chicago 99–83 Cazzie Russell (30) 4–3
8 October 30 Cincinnati 112–116 Cazzie Russell (34) 5–3
9 October 31 @ Los Angeles 109–105 Cazzie Russell (32) 6–3
10 November 2 Baltimore 91–106 Cazzie Russell (43) 7–3
11 November 4 Seattle 96–98 Jeff Mullins (22) 8–3
12 November 6 Los Angeles 105–89 Cazzie Russell (19) 8–4
13 November 7 @ Seattle 109–102 Nate Thurmond (28) 9–4
14 November 9 Houston 99–115 Cazzie Russell (23) 10–4
15 November 11 @ New York 112–103 Jeff Mullins (31) 11–4
16 November 12 @ Atlanta 104–106 Nate Thurmond (25) 11–5
17 November 13 @ Cincinnati 101–110 Nate Thurmond (25) 11–6
18 November 16 @ Detroit 122–101 Jeff Mullins (33) 12–6
19 November 18 Portland 105–115 Cazzie Russell (29) 13–6
20 November 20 Milwaukee 100–107 Cazzie Russell (29) 14–6
21 November 21 N Houston 115–96 Cazzie Russell (24) 14–7
22 November 25 Philadelphia 112–111 Cazzie Russell (29) 14–8
23 November 26 @ Chicago 89–121 Jeff Mullins (19) 14–9
24 November 27 @ Buffalo 110–91 Cazzie Russell (28) 15–9
25 November 30 @ Milwaukee 106–103 Joe Ellis (25) 16–9
26 December 3 @ Portland 107–115 Cazzie Russell (28) 16–10
27 December 4 Phoenix 128–92 Cazzie Russell (20) 16–11
28 December 5 @ Phoenix 87–120 Cazzie Russell (34) 16–12
29 December 7 N Atlanta 113–116 Cazzie Russell (33) 16–13
30 December 9 Los Angeles 124–111 Cazzie Russell (28) 16–14
31 December 10 @ Seattle 94–105 Cazzie Russell (26) 16–15
32 December 16 Philadelphia 93–113 Cazzie Russell (30) 17–15
33 December 17 @ Los Angeles 99–129 Cazzie Russell (26) 17–16
34 December 18 Detroit 102–129 Jeff Mullins (25) 18–16
35 December 21 New York 113–87 Nate Thurmond (20) 18–17
36 December 25 @ New York 89–114 Cazzie Russell (30) 18–18
37 December 27 @ Boston 97–99 Nate Thurmond (28) 18–19
38 December 29 @ Cincinnati 107–102 Cazzie Russell (33) 19–19
39 December 30 @ Detroit 128–122 Nate Thurmond (42) 20–19
40 January 4 Buffalo 86–112 Barnett, Mullins (21) 21–19
41 January 6 Portland 115–119 Nate Thurmond (37) 22–19
42 January 8 Boston 106–128 Cazzie Russell (31) 23–19
43 January 9 @ Houston 113–112 Cazzie Russell (31) 24–19
44 January 11 Cleveland 92–101 Mullins, Russell (24) 25–19
45 January 14 N New York 111–115 Nate Thurmond (31) 26–19
46 January 15 Baltimore 95–105 Joe Ellis (24) 27–19
47 January 21 @ Atlanta 113–111 Cazzie Russell (26) 28–19
48 January 22 @ Philadelphia 113–106 Jim Barnett (29) 29–19
49 January 24 @ Chicago 105–110 Jeff Mullins (43) 29–20
50 January 25 @ Cleveland 117–111 Cazzie Russell (35) 30–20
51 January 27 Chicago 107–108 Nate Thurmond (31) 31–20
52 January 28 @ Portland 105–102 Nate Thurmond (27) 32–20
53 January 29 Phoenix 100–111 Jeff Mullins (35) 33–20
54 February 1 N Milwaukee 108–97 Jeff Mullins (23) 33–21
55 February 3 Atlanta 115–132 Cazzie Russell (36) 34–21
56 February 4 @ Phoenix 105–113 Nate Thurmond (35) 34–22
57 February 5 Los Angeles 108–96 Nate Thurmond (29) 34–23
58 February 8 Baltimore 107–111 Nate Thurmond (38) 35–23
59 February 10 Philadelphia 112–121 Nate Thurmond (32) 36–23
60 February 12 @ Milwaukee 100–123 Nate Thurmond (25) 36–24
61 February 13 @ Chicago 107–88 Jeff Mullins (27) 37–24
62 February 15 @ Buffalo 103–100 Cazzie Russell (32) 38–24
63 February 18 @ Seattle 108–110 Nate Thurmond (25) 38–25
64 February 19 Boston 111–115 Jeff Mullins (28) 39–25
65 February 22 Seattle 104–120 Mullins, Russell (26) 40–25
66 February 24 Detroit 106–116 Nate Thurmond (27) 41–25
67 February 26 Chicago 107–106 Jim Barnett (32) 41–26
68 February 27 @ Houston 117–104 Russell, Thurmond (28) 42–26
69 February 29 Cincinnati 120–128 Nate Thurmond (27) 43–26
70 March 3 N Houston 107–108 Jeff Mullins (30) 44–26
71 March 4 Seattle 96–114 Jeff Mullins (25) 45–26
72 March 7 Cleveland 112–119 Nate Thurmond (30) 46–26
73 March 10 @ Houston 119–116 Cazzie Russell (30) 47–26
74 March 12 @ Cincinnati 106–117 Nate Thurmond (24) 47–27
75 March 14 @ Boston 110–124 Nate Thurmond (35) 47–28
76 March 16 Portland 94–107 Nate Thurmond (26) 48–28
77 March 17 @ Portland 109–114 Nate Thurmond (39) 48–29
78 March 18 Phoenix 116–134 Mullins, Thurmond (30) 49–29
79 March 19 @ Los Angeles 99–162 Jim Barnett (15) 49–30
80 March 22 @ Baltimore 121–101 Cazzie Russell (33) 50–30
81 March 24 @ Atlanta 102–118 Bob Portman (22) 50–31
82 March 26 @ Philadelphia 116–115 Nate Thurmond (32) 51–31

Playoffs

1972 playoff game log
Conference Semi-finals: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 28 @ Milwaukee W 117–106 Jim Barnett (30) Nate Thurmond (20) Thurmond, Mullins (9) Milwaukee Arena
9,877 		1–0
2 March 30 @ Milwaukee L 93–118 Nate Thurmond (32) Thurmond, Lee (18) Thurmond, Barnett (5) Milwaukee Arena
10,746 		1–1
3 April 1 Milwaukee L 94–122 Nate Thurmond (21) Nate Thurmond (21) Jim Barnett (7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,502 		1–2
4 April 4 Milwaukee L 99–106 Jim Barnett (29) Clyde Lee (16) Jeff Mullins (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
12,986 		1–3
5 April 6 @ Milwaukee L 100–108 Nate Thurmond (26) Nate Thurmond (15) Nate Thurmond (7) Milwaukee Arena
10,746 		1–4
1972 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1971–72 Golden State Warriors
  2. ^ "1971-72 Golden State Warriors Schedule".
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