1971–72 Cincinnati Royals season

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.

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

Draft picks
Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Roster
Cincinnati Royals roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Baltimore Bullets 3844.463–18–1516–244–59–9
x-Atlanta Hawks 3646.439222–1913–261–19–9
Cincinnati Royals 3052.366820–188–322–211–9
Cleveland Cavaliers 2359.2801513–288–302–19–11
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Boston Celtics5626.683
2 y-Baltimore Bullets3844.463
3 x-New York Knicks4834.585
4 x-Atlanta Hawks3646.439
5 Philadelphia 76ers3052.366
5 Cincinnati Royals3052.366
7 Cleveland Cavaliers2359.280
8 Buffalo Braves2260.268

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 12Atlanta113–127Tom Van Arsdale (34)1–0
2October 19Seattle101–100Nate Archibald (26)1–1
3October 23@ Portland100–104Tom Van Arsdale (26)1–2
4October 24@ Seattle101–119Tom Van Arsdale (26)1–3
5October 26@ Phoenix99–126Tom Van Arsdale (31)1–4
6October 29@ Los Angeles107–119Tom Van Arsdale (23)1–5
7October 30@ Golden State112–116Tom Van Arsdale (30)1–6
8November 3Philadelphia100–124Tom Van Arsdale (32)2–6
9November 6Phoenix95–110Tom Van Arsdale (27)3–6
10November 8N Boston109–120Nate Williams (26)3–7
11November 10New York85–99Nate Archibald (22)4–7
12November 13Golden State101–110Johnny Green (22)5–7
13November 16@ Buffalo98–102Nate Williams (27)5–8
14November 17Baltimore113–103Nate Archibald (25)5–9
15November 19@ Boston110–106Nate Archibald (27)6–9
16November 23@ New York110–125Nate Archibald (24)6–10
17November 24Portland112–114Nate Archibald (33)7–10
18November 26@ Cleveland114–128Archibald, Fox (33)7–11
19November 27Milwaukee114–81Nate Archibald (25)7–12
20November 30@ Baltimore118–103Nate Williams (29)8–12
21December 1Chicago109–101Nate Archibald (42)8–13
22December 3@ Milwaukee82–120Nate Archibald (25)8–14
23December 4Seattle100–98Nate Archibald (27)8–15
24December 7@ Buffalo91–115Nate Archibald (21)8–16
25December 8Philadelphia115–109Nate Archibald (26)8–17
26December 10@ Philadelphia113–106 (OT)Jim Fox (27)9–17
27December 11Cleveland95–103Nate Archibald (26)10–17
28December 12Boston96–83Jim Fox (31)10–18
29December 15Phoenix127–108John Mengelt (23)10–19
30December 16@ Detroit101–107Tom Van Arsdale (23)10–20
31December 18Houston126–116Tom Van Arsdale (35)10–21
32December 19@ Atlanta99–101Tom Van Arsdale (23)10–22
33December 22Atlanta106–103Nate Archibald (40)10–23
34December 25Boston99–94Nate Archibald (24)10–24
35December 28@ Baltimore87–119Nate Archibald (19)10–25
36December 29Golden State107–102Tom Van Arsdale (22)10–26
37January 1@ New York94–104Nate Archibald (31)10–27
38January 5Milwaukee115–106Sam Lacey (23)10–28
39January 7@ Detroit132–151Nate Archibald (41)10–29
40January 8Buffalo97–87Nate Archibald (31)10–30
41January 9@ Chicago104–108 (OT)Nate Archibald (26)10–31
42January 11@ Buffalo109–107 (OT)Nate Archibald (29)11–31
43January 12Los Angeles107–108Tom Van Arsdale (31)12–31
44January 14Atlanta102–126Nate Archibald (43)13–31
45January 16N Cleveland108–128Nate Archibald (41)14–31
46January 20Houston104–87Nate Archibald (27)14–32
47January 22Cleveland96–113Nate Archibald (36)15–32
48January 23@ Baltimore101–132Nate Archibald (28)15–33
49January 26@ Philadelphia102–113Nate Archibald (42)15–34
50January 28Baltimore132–124Nate Archibald (30)15–35
51January 29@ Cleveland120–118Nate Archibald (36)16–35
52February 2New York105–116Nate Archibald (49)17–35
53February 4@ Boston109–122Tom Van Arsdale (32)17–36
54February 5Detroit132–133 (OT)Nate Archibald (45)18–36
55February 6@ Chicago94–119Nate Archibald (24)18–37
56February 8@ Portland100–104Nate Archibald (25)18–38
57February 10@ Seattle96–118Tom Van Arsdale (22)18–39
58February 12@ Phoenix95–117Tom Van Arsdale (27)18–40
59February 13@ Houston111–112Tom Van Arsdale (44)18–41
60February 15@ Los Angeles118–125Nate Archibald (30)18–42
61February 17Milwaukee111–97Nate Archibald (30)18–43
62February 18@ Cleveland109–133Nate Archibald (31)18–44
63February 19Cleveland92–112Nate Williams (33)19–44
64February 20@ Atlanta101–92Tom Van Arsdale (31)20–44
65February 23Portland106–110Nate Archibald (55)21–44
66February 24N Buffalo108–97Nate Archibald (32)22–44
67February 25@ Los Angeles88–109John Mengelt (32)22–45
68February 26@ Seattle106–122Nate Archibald (29)22–46
69February 29@ Golden State120–128Nate Archibald (38)22–47
70March 1N Houston108–96Nate Archibald (32)22–48
71March 5@ Boston125–114Archibald, Van Arsdale (39)23–48
72March 8Phoenix105–122Nate Archibald (35)24–48
73March 10Chicago100–104Nate Archibald (34)25–48
74March 12Golden State106–117Nate Archibald (46)26–48
75March 15Los Angeles121–116Nate Archibald (33)26–49
76March 18@ Atlanta106–115Nate Archibald (38)26–50
77March 19Buffalo105–136Nate Archibald (45)27–50
78March 21@ Detroit117–120Nate Archibald (37)27–51
79March 22Detroit130–135Nate Archibald (46)28–51
80March 24Baltimore114–132Nate Archibald (38)29–51
81March 25@ Milwaukee95–119Nate Archibald (22)29–52
82March 26@ Cleveland135–122Nate Archibald (45)30–52

Awards and honors

References
  1. Cincinnati Royals (1957–1972)
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