1971–72 Golden State Warriors season

1971–72 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Al Attles
Arena	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Conference Semifinals (eliminated 1-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

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]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Darnell Hillman	F/C	United States	San José State
4	59	Greg Gary	G	United States	St. Bonaventure
5	76	Odis Allison	F	United States	UNLV
6	93	Charles Johnson	G	United States	California
7	110	Ken May		United States	Dayton
8	127	Jim Haderlein		United States	Loyola Marymount
9	143	Clarence Smith		United States	Villanova
10	159	Bill Drosdiak		United States	Oregon

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
4.0 !F	22	USA !	Allison, Odis	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	UNLV
1.5 !G	25	USA !	Barnett, Jim	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Oregon
6.0 !C	20	USA !	Bartolome, Vic	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Oregon State
4.0 !F	31	USA !	Ellis, Joe	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	San Francisco
1.5 !G	15	USA !	Jones, Nick	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oregon
5.5 !F/C	43	USA !	Lee, Clyde	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Vanderbilt
1.5 !G	23	USA !	Mullins, Jeff	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Duke
2.5 !G/F	33	USA !	Portman, Bob	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Creighton
4.0 !F	32	USA !	Russell, Cazzie	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Michigan
5.5 !F/C	42	USA !	Thurmond, Nate	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Bowling Green
4.0 !F	34	USA !	Turner, Bill	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Akron
1.5 !G	21	USA !	Williams, Ron	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	West Virginia

Head coach

Al Attles (North Carolina A&T)

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	69	13	.841	–	36–5	31–7	2–1	21–3
x-Golden State Warriors	51	31	.622	18	27–8	21–20	3–3	14–10
Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	22	28–12	18–22	1–1	12–12
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	35	15–20	14–23	5–5	9–15
Portland Trail Blazers	18	64	.220	51	14–26	4–35	0–3	4–20

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	69	13	.841
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	63	19	.768
3	x-Chicago Bulls	57	25	.695
4	x-Golden State Warriors	51	31	.622

5	Phoenix Suns	49	33	.598
6	Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573
7	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415
8	Detroit Pistons	26	56	.317
9	Portland Trail Blazers	18	64	.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	—	2–4	0–4	4–2	0–5	3–3	4–2	3–2	3–2	1–4	0–5	2–3	3–1	3–3	3–2	4–0	1–4
Baltimore	4–2	—	2–2	3–3	1–4	4–2	1–5	3–2	1–4	3–2	1–4	0–5	2–4	4–0	4–1	3–1	2–3
Boston	4–0	2–2	—	6–0	3–2	4–2	5–1	5–0	2–3	5–0	1–4	2–3	3–3	6–0	2–3	4–0	2–3
Buffalo	2–4	3–3	0–6	—	1–3	3–3	4–2	2–4	1–3	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–5	3–3	0–4	2–4	0–4
Chicago	5–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	—	3–1	4–0	5–1	3–3	5–1	1–3	2–4	3–2	4–1	5–1	6–0	2–3
Cincinnati	3–3	2–4	2–4	3–3	1–3	—	6–2	2–3	2–3	0–4	1–4	0–5	2–2	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–5
Cleveland	2–4	5–1	1–5	2–4	0–4	2–6	—	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–5	2–4	0–4	4–2	0–4
Detroit	2–3	2–3	0–5	4–2	1–5	3–2	3–1	—	0–5	3–3	1–4	1–5	1–4	1–4	2–4	2–2	0–4
Golden State	2–3	4–1	3–2	3–1	3–3	3–2	4–0	5–0	—	5–1	1–5	2–2	2–3	4–1	2–3	4–2	4–2
Houston	4–1	2–3	0–5	4–0	1–5	4–0	2–2	3–3	1–5	—	1–5	0–5	0–5	4–1	1–3	4–2	3–3
Los Angeles	5–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	4–1	5–1	5–1	—	4–1	4–1	5–0	4–2	6–0	5–1
Milwaukee	3–2	5–0	3–2	4–0	4–2	5–0	4–0	5–1	2–2	5–0	1–4	—	2–3	4–1	4–2	6–0	6–0
New York	1–3	4–2	3–3	5–1	2–3	2–2	5–1	4–1	3–2	5–0	1–4	3–2	—	3–3	1–4	3–1	3–2
Philadelphia	3–3	0–4	0–6	3–3	1–4	2–2	4–2	4–1	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–4	3–3	—	1–4	2–2	4–1
Phoenix	2–3	1–4	3–2	4–0	1–5	3–2	4–0	4–2	3–2	3–1	2–4	2–4	4–1	4–1	—	6–0	3–2
Portland	0–4	1–3	0–4	4–2	0–6	2–2	2–4	2–2	2–4	2–4	0–6	0–6	1–3	2–2	0–6	—	0–6
Seattle	4–1	3–2	3–2	4–0	3–2	5–0	4–0	4–0	2–4	3–3	1–5	0–6	2–3	1–4	2–3	6–0	—

Playoffs

West Conference Semifinals

(M1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (P2) Golden State Warriors: Bucks win series 4-1

Game 1 @ Milwaukee: Golden State 117, Milwaukee 106
Game 2 @ Milwaukee: Milwaukee 118, Golden State 93
Game 3 @ Golden State: Milwaukee 122, Golden State 94
Game 4 @ Golden State: Milwaukee 106, Golden State 99
Game 5 @ Milwaukee: Milwaukee 108, Golden State 100

Awards and records

Nate Thurmond, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

References

↑ 1971-72 Golden State Warriors

1971–72 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Buffalo New York Philadelphia

Central	Atlanta Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland

Western

Midwest	Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Phoenix

Pacific	Golden State Houston Los Angeles Portland Seattle

Philadelphia / San Francisco / Golden State Warriors seasons

1940s

1946–47

1950s

1955–56

1960s

1970s

1974–75

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2014–15

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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