1971–72 Golden State Warriors season

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]

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

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1971 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
18Darnell HillmanF/C United StatesSan José State
459Greg GaryG United StatesSt. Bonaventure
576Odis AllisonF United StatesUNLV
693Charles JohnsonG United StatesCalifornia
7110Ken May United StatesDayton
8127Jim Haderlein United StatesLoyola Marymount
9143Clarence Smith United StatesVillanova
10159Bill Drosdiak United StatesOregon

Roster
Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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 6913.841–36–531–72–121–3
x-Golden State Warriors 5131.6221827–821–203–314–10
Seattle SuperSonics 4735.5732228–1218–221–112–12
Houston Rockets 3448.4153515–2014–235–59–15
Portland Trail Blazers 1864.2205114–264–350–34–20
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6913.841
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks6319.768
3 x-Chicago Bulls5725.695
4 x-Golden State Warriors5131.622
5 Phoenix Suns4933.598
6 Seattle SuperSonics4735.573
7 Houston Rockets3448.415
8 Detroit Pistons2656.317
9 Portland Trail Blazers1864.220
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 –2–40–44–20–53–34–23–23–21–40–52–33–13–33–24–01–4
Baltimore 4–2–2–23–31–44–21–53–21–43–21–40–52–44–04–13–12–3
Boston 4–02–2–6–03–24–25–15–02–35–01–42–33–36–02–34–02–3
Buffalo 2–43–30–6–1–33–34–22–41–30–40–40–41–53–30–42–40–4
Chicago 5–04–12–33–1–3–14–05–13–35–11–32–43–24–15–16–02–3
Cincinnati 3–32–42–43–31–3–6–22–32–30–41–40–52–22–22–32–20–5
Cleveland 2–45–11–52–40–42–6–1–30–42–21–30–41–52–40–44–20–4
Detroit 2–32–30–54–21–53–23–1–0–53–31–41–51–41–42–42–20–4
Golden State 2–34–13–23–13–33–24–05–0–5–11–52–22–34–12–34–24–2
Houston 4–12–30–54–01–54–02–23–31–5–1–50–50–54–11–34–23–3
Los Angeles 5–04–14–14–03–14–13–14–15–15–1–4–14–15–04–26–05–1
Milwaukee 3–25–03–24–04–25–04–05–12–25–01–4–2–34–14–26–06–0
New York 1–34–23–35–12–32–25–14–13–25–01–43–2–3–31–43–13–2
Philadelphia 3–30–40–63–31–42–24–24–11–41–40–51–43–3–1–42–24–1
Phoenix 2–31–43–24–01–53–24–04–23–23–12–42–44–14–1–6–03–2
Portland 0–41–30–44–20–62–22–42–22–42–40–60–61–32–20–6–0–6
Seattle 4–13–23–24–03–25–04–04–02–43–31–50–62–31–42–36–0—

Game log
1971–72 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 15@ Boston97–75Jeff Mullins (28)1–0
2October 16@ Baltimore93–108Cazzie Russell (17)1–1
3October 19@ New York84–93Cazzie Russell (17)1–2
4October 20@ Cleveland115–98Cazzie Russell (29)2–2
5October 23Detroit109–115 (OT)Jeff Mullins (35)3–2
6October 26Buffalo91–89Cazzie Russell (25)3–3
7October 29N Chicago99–83Cazzie Russell (30)4–3
8October 30Cincinnati112–116Cazzie Russell (34)5–3
9October 31@ Los Angeles109–105Cazzie Russell (32)6–3
10November 2Baltimore91–106Cazzie Russell (43)7–3
11November 4Seattle96–98Jeff Mullins (22)8–3
12November 6Los Angeles105–89Cazzie Russell (19)8–4
13November 7@ Seattle109–102Nate Thurmond (28)9–4
14November 9Houston99–115Cazzie Russell (23)10–4
15November 11@ New York112–103Jeff Mullins (31)11–4
16November 12@ Atlanta104–106Nate Thurmond (25)11–5
17November 13@ Cincinnati101–110Nate Thurmond (25)11–6
18November 16@ Detroit122–101Jeff Mullins (33)12–6
19November 18Portland105–115Cazzie Russell (29)13–6
20November 20Milwaukee100–107Cazzie Russell (29)14–6
21November 21N Houston115–96Cazzie Russell (24)14–7
22November 25Philadelphia112–111Cazzie Russell (29)14–8
23November 26@ Chicago89–121Jeff Mullins (19)14–9
24November 27@ Buffalo110–91Cazzie Russell (28)15–9
25November 30@ Milwaukee106–103Joe Ellis (25)16–9
26December 3@ Portland107–115Cazzie Russell (28)16–10
27December 4Phoenix128–92Cazzie Russell (20)16–11
28December 5@ Phoenix87–120Cazzie Russell (34)16–12
29December 7N Atlanta113–116Cazzie Russell (33)16–13
30December 9Los Angeles124–111Cazzie Russell (28)16–14
31December 10@ Seattle94–105Cazzie Russell (26)16–15
32December 16Philadelphia93–113Cazzie Russell (30)17–15
33December 17@ Los Angeles99–129Cazzie Russell (26)17–16
34December 18Detroit102–129Jeff Mullins (25)18–16
35December 21New York113–87Nate Thurmond (20)18–17
36December 25@ New York89–114Cazzie Russell (30)18–18
37December 27@ Boston97–99Nate Thurmond (28)18–19
38December 29@ Cincinnati107–102Cazzie Russell (33)19–19
39December 30@ Detroit128–122Nate Thurmond (42)20–19
40January 4Buffalo86–112Barnett, Mullins (21)21–19
41January 6Portland115–119Nate Thurmond (37)22–19
42January 8Boston106–128Cazzie Russell (31)23–19
43January 9@ Houston113–112Cazzie Russell (31)24–19
44January 11Cleveland92–101Mullins, Russell (24)25–19
45January 14N New York111–115Nate Thurmond (31)26–19
46January 15Baltimore95–105Joe Ellis (24)27–19
47January 21@ Atlanta113–111Cazzie Russell (26)28–19
48January 22@ Philadelphia113–106Jim Barnett (29)29–19
49January 24@ Chicago105–110Jeff Mullins (43)29–20
50January 25@ Cleveland117–111Cazzie Russell (35)30–20
51January 27Chicago107–108Nate Thurmond (31)31–20
52January 28@ Portland105–102Nate Thurmond (27)32–20
53January 29Phoenix100–111Jeff Mullins (35)33–20
54February 1N Milwaukee108–97Jeff Mullins (23)33–21
55February 3Atlanta115–132Cazzie Russell (36)34–21
56February 4@ Phoenix105–113Nate Thurmond (35)34–22
57February 5Los Angeles108–96Nate Thurmond (29)34–23
58February 8Baltimore107–111Nate Thurmond (38)35–23
59February 10Philadelphia112–121Nate Thurmond (32)36–23
60February 12@ Milwaukee100–123Nate Thurmond (25)36–24
61February 13@ Chicago107–88Jeff Mullins (27)37–24
62February 15@ Buffalo103–100Cazzie Russell (32)38–24
63February 18@ Seattle108–110Nate Thurmond (25)38–25
64February 19Boston111–115Jeff Mullins (28)39–25
65February 22Seattle104–120Mullins, Russell (26)40–25
66February 24Detroit106–116Nate Thurmond (27)41–25
67February 26Chicago107–106Jim Barnett (32)41–26
68February 27@ Houston117–104Russell, Thurmond (28)42–26
69February 29Cincinnati120–128Nate Thurmond (27)43–26
70March 3N Houston107–108Jeff Mullins (30)44–26
71March 4Seattle96–114Jeff Mullins (25)45–26
72March 7Cleveland112–119Nate Thurmond (30)46–26
73March 10@ Houston119–116Cazzie Russell (30)47–26
74March 12@ Cincinnati106–117Nate Thurmond (24)47–27
75March 14@ Boston110–124Nate Thurmond (35)47–28
76March 16Portland94–107Nate Thurmond (26)48–28
77March 17@ Portland109–114Nate Thurmond (39)48–29
78March 18Phoenix116–134Mullins, Thurmond (30)49–29
79March 19@ Los Angeles99–162Jim Barnett (15)49–30
80March 22@ Baltimore121–101Cazzie Russell (33)50–30
81March 24@ Atlanta102–118Bob Portman (22)50–31
82March 26@ Philadelphia116–115Nate Thurmond (32)51–31

Playoffs
1972 playoff game log
Conference Semi-finals: 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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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