1971-1972 Baltimore Bullets: 38-44 .463
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 18-15 (3596 points scored, 3499 allowed) Road record: 16-24 (4213 points scored, 4410 allowed) Other sites: 4-5 (975 points scored, 971 allowed) Head Coach: Gene Shue 8784 points scored (14th of 17 teams), 8880 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Fred Carter 6'3 185 26 Mount St. Mary's Phil Chenier 6'3 180 21 California Archie Clark 6'2 175 30 Minnesota Terry Driscoll 6'7 215 24 Boston College Gus Johnson 6'5 230 33 Idaho Kevin Loughery 6'3 190 31 St. John's Stan Love 6'9 215 22 Oregon Jack Marin 6'6 200 27 Duke Earl Monroe 6'3 185 27 Winston-Salem State Dorie Murrey 6'8 215 28 Detroit Rich Rinaldi 6'3 195 22 St. Peter's Mike Riordan 6'4 200 26 Providence Dave Stallworth 6'7 200 30 Wichita State John Tresvant 6'7 215 32 Seattle Wes Unseld 6'7 245 25 Louisville Gary Zeller 6'3 205 24 Drake Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Archie Clark 76 3243 701 1500 0 0 507 656 0 0 265 606 0 0 0 191 1909 25.1 F Jack Marin 78 2927 690 1444 0 0 356 398 0 0 528 169 0 0 0 240 1736 22.3 G Phil Chenier 81 2481 407 981 0 0 182 247 0 0 268 205 0 0 0 191 996 12.3 C Wes Unseld 76 3171 409 822 0 0 171 272 0 0 1336 278 0 0 0 218 989 13.0 F Dave Stallworth 64 1815 303 690 0 0 123 153 0 0 398 133 0 0 0 186 729 11.4 F Stan Love 74 1327 242 536 0 0 103 140 0 0 338 52 0 0 0 202 587 7.9 F Mike Riordan 54 1344 229 488 0 0 84 123 0 0 127 124 0 0 0 127 542 10.0 F John Tresvant 65 1227 162 360 0 0 121 148 0 0 323 83 0 0 0 175 445 6.8 F Gus Johnson 39 668 103 269 0 0 43 63 0 0 226 51 0 0 0 91 249 6.4 G Gary Zeller 28 471 83 229 0 0 22 35 0 0 65 30 0 0 0 62 188 6.7 F Dorie Murrey 51 421 43 113 0 0 24 39 0 0 126 17 0 0 0 76 110 2.2 F Terry Driscoll 40 313 40 104 0 0 27 39 0 0 109 23 0 0 0 53 107 2.7 G Rich Rinaldi 39 159 42 104 0 0 20 30 0 0 18 15 0 0 0 25 104 2.7 G Earl Monroe 3 103 26 64 0 0 13 18 0 0 8 10 0 0 0 9 65 21.7 G Fred Carter 2 68 6 27 0 0 3 9 0 0 19 12 0 0 0 7 15 7.5 G Kevin Loughery 2 42 4 17 0 0 5 8 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 5 13 6.5
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 9 Stan Love 227 12 Oregon
3 43 Rich Rinaldi 79 5 St. Peter's
4 60 Willie Allen 7 Miami (FL)
5 77 Don Johnson Tennessee
6 94 John Novey Mount St. Mary's
7 111 Dennis Hogg Washington State
8 128 Russell Golden Jackson State
9 144 Ron Johnston Murray State
10 160 Eddie Myers Arizona
11 175 Chuck Olowski Baltimore
12 188 Bob Connor Loyola (MD)
13 200 Ron Crosswhite Dayton
14 211 Rudolph Peele Norfolk State
15 220 James Morrell Norfolk State
Traded draft picks:
#2 to POR (Rick Fisher)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
03/31/1972 vs New York Knicks W 108-105 (OT)
04/02/1972 at New York Knicks L 88-110
04/04/1972 vs New York Knicks W 104-103
04/06/1972 at New York Knicks L 98-104
04/09/1972 vs New York Knicks L 82-106
04/11/1972 at New York Knicks L 101-107
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Archie Clark 6 271 55 126 50 59 24 47 15 160 26.7
F Jack Marin 6 229 31 78 41 47 36 12 22 103 17.2
F Mike Riordan 6 161 33 57 17 21 15 11 18 83 13.8
C Wes Unseld 6 266 32 65 10 19 75 25 22 74 12.3
G Phil Chenier 6 153 22 59 10 12 16 5 16 54 9.0
F John Tresvant 6 180 20 48 7 11 58 6 23 47 7.8
F Dave Stallworth 6 105 12 28 9 13 15 5 14 33 5.5
F Gus Johnson 5 77 9 30 2 2 25 3 17 20 4.0
F Terry Driscoll 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 3.0
G Rich Rinaldi 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.7
F Stan Love 4 14 1 4 0 0 6 1 3 2 0.5
F Dorie Murrey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 82-106 0-1 10/16/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-93 1-1 10/19/1971 at Boston Celtics L 114-134 1-2 10/22/1971 vs New York Knicks L 87-110 1-3 10/23/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-109 1-4 10/26/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-120 1-5 10/27/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 128-98 2-5 10/29/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 105-119 2-6 10/30/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 101-94 3-6 11/02/1971 at Golden State Warriors L 91-106 3-7 11/05/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 106-110 3-8 11/07/1971 at Houston Rockets W 109-106 4-8 11/10/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 106-125 4-9 11/13/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-105 5-9 11/16/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 110-107 6-9 11/17/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 113-103 7-9 11/19/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 126-105 8-9 11/20/1971 at New York Knicks L 114-125 8-10 11/23/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 102-104 8-11 11/24/1971 vs New York Knicks L 94-114 8-12 11/26/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 118-105 9-12 11/27/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 125-120 10-12 11/30/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals L 103-118 10-13 12/02/1971 at Buffalo Braves L 105-109 10-14 12/03/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics L 106-117 10-15 12/08/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 115-97 11-15 12/10/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 102-118 11-16 12/11/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 101-107 11-17 12/14/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 85-88 11-18 12/17/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 114-103 12-18 12/18/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 94-123 12-19 12/19/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 96-111 12-20 12/22/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 120-127 12-21 12/25/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 117-114 13-21 12/26/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 102-108 13-22 12/28/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 119-87 14-22 12/30/1971 at New York Knicks W 110-102 15-22 01/05/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 111-89 16-22 01/07/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 104-94 17-22 01/08/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 110-102 18-22 01/09/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 109-103 19-22 01/11/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers L 106-114 19-23 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/13/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 107-112 19-24 01/15/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 95-105 19-25 01/16/1972 at Phoenix Suns W 107-104 20-25 01/21/1972 at Detroit Pistons L 102-107 20-26 01/22/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-99 21-26 01/23/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 132-101 22-26 01/26/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 115-114 23-26 01/28/1972 at Cincinnati Royals W 132-124 24-26 01/30/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 112-116 24-27 02/01/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 108-115 24-28 02/04/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 108-110 24-29 02/06/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 127-151 24-30 02/08/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 107-111 24-31 02/10/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 98-131 24-32 02/11/1972 at Houston Rockets L 95-116 24-33 02/13/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 110-121 24-34 02/15/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 113-98 25-34 02/16/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 103-105 25-35 02/18/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 106-81 26-35 02/19/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 121-105 27-35 02/21/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 102-101 28-35 02/22/1972 at Buffalo Braves L 98-99 28-36 02/23/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 105-113 28-37 02/26/1972 at New York Knicks W 104-97 29-37 02/27/1972 vs New York Knicks L 95-97 29-38 02/29/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics L 117-118 29-39 03/01/1972 at Phoenix Suns W 95-90 30-39 03/03/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 90-80 31-39 03/05/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers W 108-94 32-39 03/07/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 105-98 33-39 03/12/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 102-97 34-39 03/14/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 118-127 34-40 03/16/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-101 35-40 03/17/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-107 36-40 03/19/1972 at Boston Celtics W 125-112 37-40 03/21/1972 at Buffalo Braves L 100-114 37-41 03/22/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 101-121 37-42 03/24/1972 at Cincinnati Royals L 114-132 37-43 03/25/1972 vs Houston Rockets L 85-106 37-44 03/26/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 119-101 38-44 |