1971–72 Cincinnati Royals season

1971–72 Cincinnati Royals season
Head coachBob Cousy
General managerJoe Axelson
Owners
ArenaCincinnati Gardens
Results
Record30–52 (.366)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWLWT
RadioWLW
< 1970–71 1972–73 >

The 1971–72 season would be the Royals final season in Cincinnati. The franchise continued to struggle and missed the playoffs for the 5th year in a row. The Royals finished the season with a record of 30 wins and 52 losses.[1] Prior to the season, the Royals were sold to a group of 10 businessmen from Kansas City. The new ownership group paid $5 million for the franchise and a decision was reached to move the team after the season.[1] The franchise would relocate west where they would be reborn as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings.

Draft picks

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Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Roster

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Cincinnati Royals roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 10 Archibald, Nate 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UTEP
F 33 Durrett, Ken 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle
C 41 Fox, Jim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) South Carolina
C 44 Lacey, Sam 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) New Mexico State
G 15 Mengelt, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Auburn
F 5 Van Arsdale, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Indiana
G/F 22 Williams, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Utah State
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

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Season standings

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Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Baltimore Bullets 38 44 .463 – 18–15 16–24 4–5 9–9
x-Atlanta Hawks 36 46 .439 2 22–19 13–26 1–1 9–9
Cincinnati Royals 30 52 .366 8 20–18 8–32 2–2 11–9
Cleveland Cavaliers 23 59 .280 15 13–28 8–30 2–1 9–11
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Boston Celtics 56 26 .683
2 y-Baltimore Bullets 38 44 .463
3 x-New York Knicks 48 34 .585
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 36 46 .439
5 Philadelphia 76ers 30 52 .366
5 Cincinnati Royals 30 52 .366
7 Cleveland Cavaliers 23 59 .280
8 Buffalo Braves 22 60 .268

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1971–72 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 12 Atlanta 113–127 Tom Van Arsdale (34) 1–0
2 October 19 Seattle 101–100 Nate Archibald (26) 1–1
3 October 23 @ Portland 100–104 Tom Van Arsdale (26) 1–2
4 October 24 @ Seattle 101–119 Tom Van Arsdale (26) 1–3
5 October 26 @ Phoenix 99–126 Tom Van Arsdale (31) 1–4
6 October 29 @ Los Angeles 107–119 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 1–5
7 October 30 @ Golden State 112–116 Tom Van Arsdale (30) 1–6
8 November 3 Philadelphia 100–124 Tom Van Arsdale (32) 2–6
9 November 6 Phoenix 95–110 Tom Van Arsdale (27) 3–6
10 November 8 N Boston 109–120 Nate Williams (26) 3–7
11 November 10 New York 85–99 Nate Archibald (22) 4–7
12 November 13 Golden State 101–110 Johnny Green (22) 5–7
13 November 16 @ Buffalo 98–102 Nate Williams (27) 5–8
14 November 17 Baltimore 113–103 Nate Archibald (25) 5–9
15 November 19 @ Boston 110–106 Nate Archibald (27) 6–9
16 November 23 @ New York 110–125 Nate Archibald (24) 6–10
17 November 24 Portland 112–114 Nate Archibald (33) 7–10
18 November 26 @ Cleveland 114–128 Archibald, Fox (33) 7–11
19 November 27 Milwaukee 114–81 Nate Archibald (25) 7–12
20 November 30 @ Baltimore 118–103 Nate Williams (29) 8–12
21 December 1 Chicago 109–101 Nate Archibald (42) 8–13
22 December 3 @ Milwaukee 82–120 Nate Archibald (25) 8–14
23 December 4 Seattle 100–98 Nate Archibald (27) 8–15
24 December 7 @ Buffalo 91–115 Nate Archibald (21) 8–16
25 December 8 Philadelphia 115–109 Nate Archibald (26) 8–17
26 December 10 @ Philadelphia 113–106 (OT) Jim Fox (27) 9–17
27 December 11 Cleveland 95–103 Nate Archibald (26) 10–17
28 December 12 Boston 96–83 Jim Fox (31) 10–18
29 December 15 Phoenix 127–108 John Mengelt (23) 10–19
30 December 16 @ Detroit 101–107 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 10–20
31 December 18 Houston 126–116 Tom Van Arsdale (35) 10–21
32 December 19 @ Atlanta 99–101 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 10–22
33 December 22 Atlanta 106–103 Nate Archibald (40) 10–23
34 December 25 Boston 99–94 Nate Archibald (24) 10–24
35 December 28 @ Baltimore 87–119 Nate Archibald (19) 10–25
36 December 29 Golden State 107–102 Tom Van Arsdale (22) 10–26
37 January 1 @ New York 94–104 Nate Archibald (31) 10–27
38 January 5 Milwaukee 115–106 Sam Lacey (23) 10–28
39 January 7 @ Detroit 132–151 Nate Archibald (41) 10–29
40 January 8 Buffalo 97–87 Nate Archibald (31) 10–30
41 January 9 @ Chicago 104–108 (OT) Nate Archibald (26) 10–31
42 January 11 @ Buffalo 109–107 (OT) Nate Archibald (29) 11–31
43 January 12 Los Angeles 107–108 Tom Van Arsdale (31) 12–31
44 January 14 Atlanta 102–126 Nate Archibald (43) 13–31
45 January 16 N Cleveland 108–128 Nate Archibald (41) 14–31
46 January 20 Houston 104–87 Nate Archibald (27) 14–32
47 January 22 Cleveland 96–113 Nate Archibald (36) 15–32
48 January 23 @ Baltimore 101–132 Nate Archibald (28) 15–33
49 January 26 @ Philadelphia 102–113 Nate Archibald (42) 15–34
50 January 28 Baltimore 132–124 Nate Archibald (30) 15–35
51 January 29 @ Cleveland 120–118 Nate Archibald (36) 16–35
52 February 2 New York 105–116 Nate Archibald (49) 17–35
53 February 4 @ Boston 109–122 Tom Van Arsdale (32) 17–36
54 February 5 Detroit 132–133 (OT) Nate Archibald (45) 18–36
55 February 6 @ Chicago 94–119 Nate Archibald (24) 18–37
56 February 8 @ Portland 100–104 Nate Archibald (25) 18–38
57 February 10 @ Seattle 96–118 Tom Van Arsdale (22) 18–39
58 February 12 @ Phoenix 95–117 Tom Van Arsdale (27) 18–40
59 February 13 @ Houston 111–112 Tom Van Arsdale (44) 18–41
60 February 15 @ Los Angeles 118–125 Nate Archibald (30) 18–42
61 February 17 Milwaukee 111–97 Nate Archibald (30) 18–43
62 February 18 @ Cleveland 109–133 Nate Archibald (31) 18–44
63 February 19 Cleveland 92–112 Nate Williams (33) 19–44
64 February 20 @ Atlanta 101–92 Tom Van Arsdale (31) 20–44
65 February 23 Portland 106–110 Nate Archibald (55) 21–44
66 February 24 N Buffalo 108–97 Nate Archibald (32) 22–44
67 February 25 @ Los Angeles 88–109 John Mengelt (32) 22–45
68 February 26 @ Seattle 106–122 Nate Archibald (29) 22–46
69 February 29 @ Golden State 120–128 Nate Archibald (38) 22–47
70 March 1 N Houston 108–96 Nate Archibald (32) 22–48
71 March 5 @ Boston 125–114 Archibald, Van Arsdale (39) 23–48
72 March 8 Phoenix 105–122 Nate Archibald (35) 24–48
73 March 10 Chicago 100–104 Nate Archibald (34) 25–48
74 March 12 Golden State 106–117 Nate Archibald (46) 26–48
75 March 15 Los Angeles 121–116 Nate Archibald (33) 26–49
76 March 18 @ Atlanta 106–115 Nate Archibald (38) 26–50
77 March 19 Buffalo 105–136 Nate Archibald (45) 27–50
78 March 21 @ Detroit 117–120 Nate Archibald (37) 27–51
79 March 22 Detroit 130–135 Nate Archibald (46) 28–51
80 March 24 Baltimore 114–132 Nate Archibald (38) 29–51
81 March 25 @ Milwaukee 95–119 Nate Archibald (22) 29–52
82 March 26 @ Cleveland 135–122 Nate Archibald (45) 30–52

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cincinnati Royals (1957–1972)
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