1971–72 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1971–72 Baltimore Bullets season was their 11th season in the NBA and ninth season in the city of Baltimore. The Bullets would stun their fans and the entire league by trading Earl "The Pearl" Monroe. The trade was done three games into the season and Monroe was sent to the rival New York Knicks.[1] The Bullets received Dave Stallworth, Mike Riordan, and cash.[1] The Bullets did not adjust well to not having Monroe as they finished the season with a 38–44 record. The losing record would still be good enough to win the Central Division. In the playoffs, the Bullets would face Monroe and the New York Knicks and be beaten by the Knicks in six games.

1971–72 Baltimore Bullets season
Division champions
Head coachGene Shue
General managerJerry Sachs
Owner(s)Abe Pollin
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record38–44 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Central)
Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference semifinals
(lost to Knicks 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWMAR-TV
RadioWFBR

Draft picks
Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Roster
Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 45 Chenier, Phil 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) California
G 21 Clark, Archie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Minnesota
F 35 Driscoll, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Boston College
F 25 Johnson, Gus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Idaho
F 13 Love, Stan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oregon
F 24 Marin, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Duke
PF 40 Murrey, Dorie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 229 lb (104 kg) Detroit Mercy
G 33 Rinaldi, Rich 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Saint Peter's
SG 6 Riordan, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Providence
SF 9 Stallworth, Dave 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Wichita State
PF 12 Tresvant, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Seattle
F 41 Unseld, Wes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Louisville
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
#
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 15@ Chicago82–106Jack Marin (20)0–1
2October 16Golden State93–108Earl Monroe (27)1–1
3October 19@ Boston114–134Earl Monroe (28)1–2
4October 22New York110–87Jack Marin (23)1–3
5October 23N Cleveland109–101Jack Marin (31)1–4
6October 26@ Milwaukee90–120Archie Clark (18)1–5
7October 27Detroit98–128Jack Marin (26)2–5
8October 29@ Detroit105–119Jack Marin (25)2–6
9October 30Phoenix94–101Archie Clark (32)3–6
10November 2@ Golden State91–106Jack Marin (28)3–7
11November 5@ Los Angeles106–110Jack Marin (30)3–8
12November 7@ Houston109–106Jack Marin (42)4–8
13November 10Chicago125–106Archie Clark (23)4–9
14November 13Philadelphia105–111Archie Clark (27)5–9
15November 16Houston107–110Phil Chenier (26)6–9
16November 17@ Cincinnati113–103Jack Marin (24)7–9
17November 19Buffalo105–126Jack Marin (24)8–9
18November 20@ New York114–125Archie Clark (27)8–10
19November 23@ Cleveland102–104Archie Clark (30)8–11
20November 24New York114–94Archie Clark (29)8–12
21November 26@ Atlanta118–105Archie Clark (40)9–12
22November 27N Boston120–125Jack Marin (37)10–12
23November 30Cincinnati118–103Jack Marin (20)10–13
24December 2N Buffalo109–105Marin, Stallworth (21)10–14
25December 3Seattle117–106Archie Clark (37)10–15
26December 8Portland97–115Archie Clark (30)11–15
27December 10@ Chicago102–118Archie Clark (25)11–16
28December 11Milwaukee107–101Jack Marin (25)11–17
29December 14Cleveland88–85Archie Clark (24)11–18
30December 17Atlanta103–114Jack Marin (31)12–18
31December 18@ Atlanta94–123Archie Clark (18)12–19
32December 19@ Milwaukee96–111Archie Clark (22)12–20
33December 22Los Angeles127–120Archie Clark (35)12–21
34December 25@ Philadelphia117–114Jack Marin (24)13–21
35December 26@ Cleveland102–108Wes Unseld (22)13–22
36December 28Cincinnati87–119Archie Clark (26)14–22
37December 30@ New York110–102Jack Marin (33)15–22
38January 5Detroit89–111Archie Clark (31)16–22
39January 7@ Chicago104–94Archie Clark (32)17–22
40January 8Atlanta102–110Jack Marin (29)18–22
41January 9N Phoenix103–109Jack Marin (28)19–22
42January 11@ Portland106–114Archie Clark (30)19–23
43January 13@ Seattle107–112Clark, Marin (32)19–24
44January 15@ Golden State95–105Archie Clark (26)19–25
45January 16@ Phoenix107–104Archie Clark (32)20–25
46January 21@ Detroit102–107Archie Clark (32)20–26
47January 22N Portland99–116Archie Clark (24)21–26
48January 23Cincinnati101–132Archie Clark (26)22–26
49January 26Buffalo114–115 (OT)Jack Marin (31)23–26
50January 28@ Cincinnati132–124Jack Marin (38)24–26
51January 30N Milwaukee116–112Archie Clark (24)24–27
52February 1Boston115–108Archie Clark (30)24–28
53February 4Chicago110–108Archie Clark (23)24–29
54February 6@ Los Angeles127–151Archie Clark (38)24–30
55February 8@ Golden State107–111Clark, Chenier (24)24–31
56February 10@ Phoenix98–131Jack Marin (24)24–32
57February 11@ Houston95–116Jack Marin (20)24–33
58February 13N Los Angeles121–110Phil Chenier (28)24–34
59February 15Houston98–113Jack Marin (39)25–34
60February 16@ Atlanta103–105Archie Clark (31)25–35
61February 18Atlanta81–106Archie Clark (25)26–35
62February 19@ Philadelphia121–105Jack Marin (27)27–35
63February 21Philadelphia101–102Archie Clark (30)28–35
64February 22@ Buffalo98–99Archie Clark (23)28–36
65February 23Milwaukee113–105Archie Clark (23)28–37
66February 26@ New York104–97Archie Clark (30)29–37
67February 27N New York97–95 (OT)Archie Clark (23)29–38
68February 29Seattle118–117 (OT)Archie Clark (32)29–39
69March 1@ Phoenix95–90Jack Marin (23)30–39
70March 3@ Portland90–80Archie Clark (24)31–39
71March 5@ Los Angeles108–94Jack Marin (29)32–39
72March 7@ Seattle105–98Mike Riordan (21)33–39
73March 12N Detroit97–102Jack Marin (23)34–39
74March 14Cleveland127–118 (OT)Archie Clark (31)34–40
75March 16@ Cleveland105–101Archie Clark (24)35–40
76March 17Seattle107–112Dave Stallworth (27)36–40
77March 19@ Boston125–112Mike Riordan (30)37–40
78March 21@ Buffalo100–114Riordan, Stallworth (18)37–41
79March 22Golden State121–101Mike Riordan (15)37–42
80March 24@ Cincinnati114–132Jack Marin (25)37–43
81March 25Houston106–85Archie Clark (18)37–44
82March 26Buffalo101–119Archie Clark (29)38–44

Playoffs
1972 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 31 New York W 108–105 (OT) Archie Clark (38) Wes Unseld (18) Wes Unseld (6) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289		 1–0
2 April 2 @ New York L 88–110 Archie Clark (18) Unseld, Tresvant (10) Archie Clark (7) Madison Square Garden
19,588		 1–1
3 April 4 New York W 104–103 Archie Clark (35) Unseld, Tresvant (12) Unseld, Clark (9) Baltimore Civic Center
12,289		 2–1
4 April 6 @ New York L 98–104 Archie Clark (22) Wes Unseld (16) Archie Clark (6) Madison Square Garden
19,588		 2–2
5 April 9 New York L 82–106 Mike Riordan (16) Wes Unseld (13) Archie Clark (9) Baltimore Civic Center
10,244		 2–3
6 April 11 @ New York L 101–107 Archie Clark (31) John Tresvant (8) Archie Clark (11) Madison Square Garden
19,588		 2–4
1972 schedule

Awards and honors

References
  1. Washington Wizards (1963–Present)
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