1971–72 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 1971–72 NBA season was the 76ers 23rd season in the NBA and 9th season in Philadelphia. The team finished with a record of 30–52 and missed the post season for the 1st time in franchise history, ending an NBA-record streak of 22 consecutive appearances.

1971–72 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachJack Ramsay
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record30–52 (.366)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTAF-TV
RadioWCAU

The team made a major trade to obtain guards Fred Carter and Kevin Loughery from the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for guard Archie Clark and draft picks.[1] At the start of the season the team was 9–4 after 13 games but imploded before long.

After the season Billy Cunningham left for the ABA, Lucious Jackson retired due to nagging injuries & coach Jack Ramsay left to become the head coach of the Buffalo Braves.[2]

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1971 NBA draft

This table only displays picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
112Dana LewisPF/C United StatesTulsa
233Marvin StewartG United StatesNebraska

Roster
Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 20 Awtrey, Dennis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Santa Clara
F/C 23 Bridges, Bill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Kansas
G 3 Carter, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Mount St. Mary's
F 32 Cunningham, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) North Carolina
G 15 Greer, Hal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marshall
F 54 Jackson, Luke 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Texas–Pan American
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Boston Celtics 5626.683–32–921–163–115–3
x-New York Knicks 4834.585827–1420–191–111–7
Philadelphia 76ers 3052.3662614–2314–262–36–12
Buffalo Braves 2260.2683413–278–311–24–14
#
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
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 12@ Chicago114–100Archie Clark (29)1–0
2October 14@ Houston105–94Billy Cunningham (41)2–0
3October 16@ Atlanta104–102Billy Cunningham (27)3–0
4October 20Seattle93–100Billy Cunningham (29)4–0
5October 23Milwaukee110–88Fred Foster (17)4–1
6October 24@ Cleveland111–93Hal Greer (28)5–1
7October 27Cleveland106–120Billy Cunningham (31)6–1
8October 29Phoenix137–135 (2OT)Fred Foster (29)6–2
9October 30@ New York108–101Kevin Loughery (25)7–2
10November 3@ Cincinnati100–124Fred Foster (29)7–3
11November 6Atlanta96–101Hal Greer (31)8–3
12November 10Los Angeles143–103Greer, Wohl (16)8–4
13November 12Detroit101–115Billy Cunningham (24)9–4
14November 13@ Baltimore105–111Kevin Loughery (22)9–5
15November 14N Milwaukee114–125Billy Cunningham (32)9–6
16November 17Houston118–112Billy Cunningham (29)9–7
17November 19Chicago148–104Billy Cunningham (17)9–8
18November 21@ Seattle117–127Billy Cunningham (32)9–9
19November 23@ Phoenix107–128Billy Cunningham (17)9–10
20November 24@ Houston108–109Billy Cunningham (30)9–11
21November 25@ Golden State112–111Fred Foster (28)10–11
22November 27Portland93–116Billy Cunningham (23)11–11
23November 28@ Cleveland120–124Bill Bridges (25)11–12
24December 1Seattle98–102Billy Cunningham (32)12–12
25December 3Los Angeles131–116Hal Greer (23)12–13
26December 4@ Atlanta109–126Bob Rule (18)12–14
27December 8@ Cincinnati115–109Bob Rule (21)13–14
28December 10Cincinnati113–106 (OT)Kevin Loughery (27)13–15
29December 11@ Detroit118–111Bill Bridges (26)14–15
30December 14@ Buffalo110–117Billy Cunningham (29)14–16
31December 16@ Golden State93–113Cunningham, Wohl (19)14–17
32December 17@ Portland126–127Billy Cunningham (47)14–18
33December 19@ Los Angeles132–154Bob Rule (33)14–19
34December 21@ Phoenix119–124Bob Rule (26)14–20
35December 25Baltimore117–114Billy Cunningham (29)14–21
36December 27@ Buffalo121–112Billy Cunningham (26)15–21
37December 28Boston120–116Billy Cunningham (24)15–22
38December 29N Cleveland102–103Bob Rule (25)15–23
39December 31@ Boston119–131Bob Rule (36)15–24
40January 2@ Cleveland148–119Billy Cunningham (38)16–24
41January 4@ Detroit131–127Billy Cunningham (39)17–24
42January 5Chicago139–107Billy Cunningham (22)17–25
43January 7New York113–117Billy Cunningham (25)18–25
44January 8Phoenix119–130Billy Cunningham (31)19–25
45January 12Buffalo111–109Bob Rule (24)19–26
46January 14Los Angeles135–121Bob Rule (25)19–27
47January 15@ Detroit131–121Bob Rule (25)20–27
48January 16@ Atlanta116–124Billy Cunningham (45)20–28
49January 21N Portland122–136Fred Carter (29)21–28
50January 22Golden State113–106Fred Carter (27)21–29
51January 26Cincinnati102–113Fred Carter (31)22–29
52January 28Milwaukee127–118Billy Cunningham (39)22–30
53January 30@ Boston114–130Billy Cunningham (41)22–31
54February 2Buffalo104–119Fred Carter (23)23–31
55February 4Detroit118–113Carter, Cunningham, Rule (21)23–32
56February 5@ New York104–112Kevin Loughery (22)23–33
57February 6New York109–107Fred Carter (36)23–34
58February 8@ Phoenix108–120Kevin Loughery (17)23–35
59February 10@ Golden State112–121Fred Foster (30)23–36
60February 11@ Portland106–110Fred Carter (26)23–37
61February 14Houston130–116Billy Cunningham (25)23–38
62February 16Cleveland116–126Bob Rule (31)24–38
63February 18@ Milwaukee132–126Fred Carter (41)25–38
64February 19Baltimore121–105Billy Cunningham (23)25–39
65February 21@ Baltimore101–102Foster, Rule (21)25–40
66February 22@ Chicago88–119Carter, Foster (14)25–41
67February 25N Atlanta114–110Fred Foster (26)26–41
68March 1Buffalo99–108Bob Rule (20)27–41
69March 3Milwaukee94–81Dave Wohl (17)27–42
70March 4@ New York115–118 (OT)Fred Carter (34)27–43
71March 5New York98–100Fred Foster (24)28–43
72March 7@ Los Angeles97–114Fred Carter (20)28–44
73March 9@ Seattle128–123Bridges, Carter (26)29–44
74March 12@ Houston112–121Billy Cunningham (20)29–45
75March 14@ Buffalo105–108Fred Carter (26)29–46
76March 15Boston120–115Billy Cunningham (32)29–47
77March 17N Boston111–127Billy Cunningham (24)29–48
78March 19Seattle100–115Billy Cunningham (26)30–48
79March 21Atlanta117–111Billy Cunningham (31)30–49
80March 22@ Boston106–113Billy Cunningham (26)30–50
81March 24Chicago116–99Billy Cunningham (25)30–51
82March 26Golden State116–115Hal Greer (27)30–52

Awards and records

References
  1. "76ers Deal Clark to Bullets For Loughery and Carter". The New York Times. October 19, 1971.
  2. 1971–72 Philadelphia 76ers
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