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]

1971–72 Golden State Warriors season
Head coachAl Attles
ArenaOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
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.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 22 Allison, Odis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) UNLV
G 25 Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Oregon
C 20 Bartolome, Vic 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Oregon State
F 31 Ellis, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Francisco
G 15 Jones, Nick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oregon
F/C 43 Lee, Clyde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Vanderbilt
G 23 Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
G/F 33 Portman, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Creighton
F 32 Russell, Cazzie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Michigan
F/C 42 Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Bowling Green
F 34 Turner, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Akron
G 21 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

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—

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) — — 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) — — Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 1–4
1972 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1971–72 Golden State Warriors
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