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1971-1972 Cincinnati Royals: 30-52 .366
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-18 (4166 points scored, 4094 allowed) Road record: 8-32 (4229 points scored, 4640 allowed) Other sites: 2-2 (441 points scored, 433 allowed)

Head Coach: Bob Cousy 8836 points scored (12th of 17 teams), 9167 points allowed (13th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Nate Archibald 6'1 150 23 Texas - El Paso Sid Catlett 6'6 230 23 Notre Dame Ken Durrett 6'7 190 23 La Salle Jim Fox 6'10 230 28 South Carolina Johnny Green 6'5 200 38 Michigan State Matt Guokas 6'5 175 27 St. Joseph's Darrall Imhoff 6'10 220 33 California Jake Jones 6'3 180 22 Assumption College Sam Lacey 6'10 235 23 New Mexico State Gil McGregor 6'8 240 22 Wake Forest John Mengelt 6'2 195 22 Auburn Fred Taylor 6'5 180 23 Texas - Pan American Tom Van Arsdale 6'5 202 28 Indiana Norm Van Lier 6'1 173 24 St. Francis Nate Williams 6'4 215 21 Utah State
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Nate Archibald 76 3272 734 1511 0 0 677 824 0 0 222 701 0 0 0 198 2145 28.2 F Tom Van Arsdale 73 2598 550 1205 0 0 299 396 0 0 350 198 0 0 0 241 1399 19.2 G Nate Williams 81 2173 418 968 0 0 127 172 0 0 372 174 0 0 0 300 963 11.9 C Sam Lacey 81 2832 410 972 0 0 119 169 0 0 968 173 0 0 0 284 939 11.6 C Jim Fox 71 2047 334 735 0 0 207 269 0 0 659 80 0 0 0 236 875 12.3 F Johnny Green 82 1914 331 582 0 0 141 250 0 0 560 120 0 0 0 238 803 9.8 G John Mengelt 78 1438 287 605 0 0 208 252 0 0 148 146 0 0 0 163 782 10.0 G Matt Guokas 61 1975 191 385 0 0 64 83 0 0 142 321 0 0 0 150 446 7.3 F Gil McGregor 42 532 66 182 0 0 39 56 0 0 148 18 0 0 0 120 171 4.1 F Ken Durrett 19 233 31 79 0 0 21 28 0 0 39 14 0 0 0 41 83 4.4 G Norm Van Lier 10 275 28 90 0 0 17 22 0 0 58 51 0 0 0 32 73 7.3 G Fred Taylor 21 214 30 90 0 0 11 19 0 0 37 11 0 0 0 32 71 3.4 G Jake Jones 11 161 22 54 0 0 13 21 0 0 20 10 0 0 0 19 57 5.2 C Darrall Imhoff 9 76 10 29 0 0 3 8 0 0 27 2 0 0 0 22 23 2.6 F Sid Catlett 9 40 2 9 0 0 2 9 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 6 0.7
1971 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    4  Ken Durrett              120          La Salle                       
  2   21  John Mengelt             636          Auburn                         
  2   31  Joe Bergman                           Creighton                        [pick acquired from LA]
  3   38  Rich Yunkus                           Georgia Tech                   
  4   55  Sid Catlett                9          Notre Dame                     
  5   72  Jim Guymond                           Eastern New Mexico             
  5   73  Tyrone Marionneaux                    Loyola (LA)                      [pick acquired from ATL]
  6   89  Gil McGregor              42          Wake Forest                    
  7  106  Ollie Shannon                         Minnesota                      
  8  123  Frank Fitzgerald                      Boston College                 

Traded draft picks:


Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 127-113 1-0 10/19/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics L 100-101 1-1 10/23/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers L 100-104 1-2 10/24/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-119 1-3 10/26/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 99-126 1-4 10/29/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-119 1-5 10/30/1971 at Golden State Warriors L 112-116 1-6 11/03/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-100 2-6 11/06/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 110-95 3-6 11/08/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 109-120 3-7 11/10/1971 vs New York Knicks W 99-85 4-7 11/13/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-101 5-7 11/16/1971 at Buffalo Braves L 98-102 5-8 11/17/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets L 103-113 5-9 11/19/1971 at Boston Celtics W 110-106 6-9 11/23/1971 at New York Knicks L 110-125 6-10 11/24/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-112 7-10 11/26/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 114-128 7-11 11/27/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 81-114 7-12 11/30/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 118-103 8-12 12/01/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 101-109 8-13 12/03/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 82-120 8-14 12/04/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics L 98-100 8-15 12/07/1971 at Buffalo Braves L 91-115 8-16 12/08/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 109-115 8-17 12/10/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 113-106 9-17 12/11/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-95 10-17 12/12/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 83-96 10-18 12/15/1971 vs Phoenix Suns L 108-127 10-19 12/16/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 101-107 10-20 12/18/1971 vs Houston Rockets L 116-126 10-21 12/19/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 99-101 10-22 12/22/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks L 103-106 10-23 12/25/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 94-99 10-24 12/28/1971 at Baltimore Bullets L 87-119 10-25 12/29/1971 vs Golden State Warriors L 102-107 10-26 01/01/1972 at New York Knicks L 94-104 10-27 01/05/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-115 10-28 01/07/1972 at Detroit Pistons L 132-151 10-29 01/08/1972 vs Buffalo Braves L 87-97 10-30 01/09/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 104-108 10-31 01/11/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 109-107 11-31
Date Opponent Result Record 01/12/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 108-107 12-31 01/14/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 126-102 13-31 01/16/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 128-108 14-31 01/20/1972 vs Houston Rockets L 87-104 14-32 01/22/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-96 15-32 01/23/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 101-132 15-33 01/26/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-113 15-34 01/28/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets L 124-132 15-35 01/29/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-118 16-35 02/02/1972 vs New York Knicks W 116-105 17-35 02/04/1972 at Boston Celtics L 109-122 17-36 02/05/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 133-132 18-36 02/06/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 94-119 18-37 02/08/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers L 100-104 18-38 02/10/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 96-118 18-39 02/12/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 95-117 18-40 02/13/1972 at Houston Rockets L 111-112 18-41 02/15/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 118-125 18-42 02/17/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 97-111 18-43 02/18/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 109-133 18-44 02/19/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-92 19-44 02/20/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 101-92 20-44 02/23/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-106 21-44 02/24/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 108-97 22-44 02/25/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 88-109 22-45 02/26/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 106-122 22-46 02/29/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 120-128 22-47 03/01/1972 at Houston Rockets L 96-108 22-48 03/05/1972 at Boston Celtics W 125-114 23-48 03/08/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 122-105 24-48 03/10/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 104-100 25-48 03/12/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 117-106 26-48 03/15/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 116-121 26-49 03/18/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 106-115 26-50 03/19/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 136-105 27-50 03/21/1972 at Detroit Pistons L 117-120 27-51 03/22/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 135-130 28-51 03/24/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 132-114 29-51 03/25/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 95-119 29-52 03/26/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 135-122 30-52

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