1971-72 NBA season

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The 1971-72 NBA Season was the 26th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.

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[edit] Notable Occurrences

  • The San Diego Rockets relocate to Houston, Texas and become the Houston Rockets.
  • The San Francisco Warriors are renamed the Golden State Warriors as the team moves from San Francisco, California across the San Francisco Bay to Oakland.
  • The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Forum in Inglewood, California, with the West beating the East 112-110. To the delight of the home crowd, Jerry West of the Lakers wins the game's MVP award.
  • The Lakers' 69 wins set a new record for most regular season wins in NBA history. This mark would stand for 24 seasons, until it was bettered by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
  • The Lakers' Elgin Baylor announced his retirement nine games into the season. That night, the Lakers began a winning streak that would last for two months, totaling 33 games. That streak still stands as the longest winning streak in the history of major American professional team sports.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Boston Celtics 56 26 .683 -
New York Knicks 48 34 .585 8
Philadelphia 76ers 30 52 .366 26
Buffalo Braves 22 60 .268 34
Central Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Baltimore Bullets 38 44 .463 -
Atlanta Hawks 36 46 .439 2
Cincinnati Royals 30 52 .366 8
Cleveland Cavaliers 23 59 .280 15

[edit] Western Conference

Midwest Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Milwaukee Bucks 63 19 .768 -
Chicago Bulls 57 25 .695 6
Phoenix Suns 49 33 .598 14
Detroit Pistons 26 56 .317 37
Pacific Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Los Angeles Lakers C 69 13 .841 -
Golden State Warriors 51 31 .622 18
Seattle SuperSonics 47 35 .573 22
Houston Rockets 34 48 .415 35
Portland Trail Blazers 18 64 .220 51

C - NBA Champions

[edit] NBA awards

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com

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Preceded by
1970-71 NBA season
NBA seasons
1971-72
Succeeded by
1972-73 NBA season