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1971-1972 Virginia Squires: 45-39 .536
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-18 (4980 points scored, 4885 allowed) Road record: 20-21 (4852 points scored, 4896 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (156 points scored, 133 allowed)

Head Coach: Al Bianchi 9988 points scored (2nd of 11 teams), 9914 points allowed (9th) ABA Averages: 113.5 points/game (9538.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bill Bunting 6'8 200 24 North Carolina Jim Eakins 6'11 215 25 Brigham Young Julius Erving 6'6 200 21 Massachusetts George Irvine 6'6 200 23 Washington Neil Johnson 6'7 220 28 Creighton Mike Maloy 6'7 215 22 Davidson Doug Moe 6'5 215 33 North Carolina Dana Pagett 6'2 180 22 Southern California Charlie Scott 6'5 175 23 North Carolina Ray Scott 6'9 215 33 Portland Adrian Smith 6'1 180 35 Kentucky Willie Sojourner 6'8 225 23 Weber State Fatty Taylor 6'0 175 25 La Salle Bernie Williams 6'3 175 26 La Salle
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Charlie Scott 73 3061 985 2192 29 110 525 654 174 200 374 347 340 261 2524 34.6 F Julius Erving 84 3513 910 1826 3 16 467 627 476 843 1319 335 342 264 2290 27.3 C Jim Eakins 84 2718 371 764 0 0 288 377 290 517 807 181 189 298 1030 12.3 G Bernie Williams 78 1667 349 816 18 65 113 142 51 103 154 134 123 178 829 10.6 G Fatty Taylor 84 2669 306 680 1 15 164 258 178 238 416 321 206 302 777 9.2 C Willie Sojourner 84 1313 222 448 0 0 124 193 185 329 514 56 86 222 568 6.8 F George Irvine 75 1362 200 397 3 10 54 75 82 135 217 70 74 202 457 6.1 F Doug Moe 67 1472 175 415 1 9 104 129 80 161 241 149 112 172 455 6.8 F Ray Scott 55 818 163 393 2 4 89 114 71 181 252 40 55 90 417 7.6 F Neil Johnson 31 874 128 273 1 3 65 94 109 177 286 78 67 123 322 10.4 G Adrian Smith 53 686 87 195 2 11 92 103 14 32 46 42 34 89 268 5.1 F Mike Maloy 7 73 12 35 0 0 2 2 6 11 17 2 9 14 26 3.7 F Bill Bunting 16 115 4 15 0 1 12 17 3 12 15 3 5 11 20 1.2 F Dana Pagett 5 34 1 9 1 3 2 3 1 2 3 6 3 8 5 1.0


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/31/1972 vs The Floridians W 114-107 (OT) 04/01/1972 vs The Floridians W 125-100 04/04/1972 at The Floridians W 118-113 04/06/1972 at The Floridians W 115-106 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/13/1972 vs New York Nets W 138-91 04/15/1972 vs New York Nets W 115-106 04/24/1972 at New York Nets L 117-119 04/26/1972 at New York Nets L 107-118 04/29/1972 vs New York Nets W 116-107 05/01/1972 at New York Nets L 136-146 05/04/1972 vs New York Nets L 88-94
Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Julius Erving 11 504 147 284 1 4 71 85 224 72 55 26 366 33.3 G Bernie Williams 11 356 84 190 2 4 19 27 47 23 28 38 189 17.2 F George Irvine 11 285 56 86 0 1 25 31 27 10 15 45 137 12.5 F Ray Scott 11 212 52 105 0 0 28 38 58 17 16 25 132 12.0 G Adrian Smith 11 297 46 99 1 5 32 37 19 17 11 28 125 11.4 G Fatty Taylor 11 382 47 106 1 3 20 30 57 45 39 41 115 10.5 C Jim Eakins 11 325 38 80 0 0 27 39 96 22 18 36 103 9.4 F Doug Moe 11 245 37 85 0 1 22 25 43 27 25 40 96 8.7 C Willie Sojourner 10 58 11 21 0 0 4 4 23 6 11 11 26 2.6 G Mike Barrett 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 118-114 1-0 10/16/1971 at Memphis Pros L 93-94 1-1 10/20/1971 at The Floridians W 111-108 2-1 10/21/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 103-99 3-1 10/22/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 108-123 3-2 10/26/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 149-136 4-2 10/27/1971 at Kentucky Colonels W 110-107 5-2 10/29/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 142-121 6-2 10/30/1971 vs The Floridians L 109-113 6-3 10/31/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 134-124 7-3 11/02/1971 at Utah Stars W 122-119 8-3 11/03/1971 at Dallas Chaparrals W 127-117 9-3 11/06/1971 vs Memphis Pros L 121-122 9-4 11/10/1971 at The Floridians W 119-116 10-4 11/12/1971 at New York Nets W 127-123 11-4 11/13/1971 at Carolina Cougars L 109-129 11-5 11/17/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 112-117 11-6 11/19/1971 vs Denver Rockets L 113-115 11-7 11/23/1971 vs Carolina Cougars L 98-102 11-8 11/24/1971 vs Utah Stars L 113-120 11-9 11/25/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 131-118 12-9 11/27/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 111-100 13-9 11/30/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 134-129 14-9 12/03/1971 at Indiana Pacers W 128-121 15-9 12/04/1971 vs New York Nets W 126-124 16-9 12/05/1971 at Memphis Pros L 113-117 16-10 12/07/1971 at Dallas Chaparrals L 103-113 16-11 12/09/1971 vs New York Nets W 115-114 17-11 12/10/1971 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-114 18-11 12/11/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels W 128-120 19-11 12/13/1971 vs The Floridians W 123-115 20-11 12/14/1971 at Carolina Cougars L 121-125 20-12 12/15/1971 at The Floridians L 105-119 20-13 12/17/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 104-128 20-14 12/18/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 134-124 21-14 12/23/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels L 123-139 21-15 12/25/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 133-126 22-15 12/28/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 129-126 23-15 12/29/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 126-117 24-15 12/30/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 124-120 25-15 01/04/1972 at The Floridians L 113-124 25-16 01/06/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 137-130 26-16
Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 106-99 27-16 01/08/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors L 92-103 27-17 01/13/1972 vs Utah Stars L 119-128 27-18 01/14/1972 vs New York Nets W 114-104 28-18 01/15/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 116-107 29-18 01/19/1972 at Kentucky Colonels W 138-132 30-18 01/20/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 115-118 30-19 01/22/1972 vs The Floridians W 121-117 31-19 01/23/1972 at Denver Rockets L 123-130 31-20 01/25/1972 at Utah Stars L 135-136 31-21 01/27/1972 vs New York Nets L 112-114 31-22 01/31/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 115-123 31-23 02/01/1972 at New York Nets W 117-105 32-23 02/04/1972 vs The Floridians W 115-107 33-23 02/05/1972 at New York Nets W 126-117 34-23 02/09/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 124-111 35-23 02/10/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 131-111 36-23 02/12/1972 at Utah Stars L 116-127 36-24 02/13/1972 at Denver Rockets W 124-123 37-24 02/15/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 111-116 37-25 02/17/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 122-145 37-26 02/19/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 124-109 38-26 02/22/1972 at Denver Rockets L 105-121 38-27 02/23/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 121-105 39-27 02/26/1972 vs New York Nets W 121-119 40-27 03/01/1972 at New York Nets L 111-114 40-28 03/02/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 130-135 40-29 03/03/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 121-116 41-29 03/04/1972 at The Floridians L 117-124 41-30 03/08/1972 vs The Floridians W 127-117 42-30 03/09/1972 at New York Nets L 99-113 42-31 03/11/1972 vs Utah Stars L 110-111 42-32 03/12/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 101-104 42-33 03/14/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors W 156-133 43-33 03/17/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 104-112 43-34 03/18/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 112-117 43-35 03/22/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 118-129 43-36 03/24/1972 vs New York Nets L 104-105 43-37 03/25/1972 vs The Floridians W 124-118 44-37 03/26/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors L 130-131 44-38 03/28/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 121-127 44-39 03/29/1972 at Memphis Pros W 123-99 45-39

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