1971–72 Golden State Warriors season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Golden State Warriors 1972 51 31 Pacific 2 4 Al Attles Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ArenaSan Diego Sports Arena (6 games) KTVU KGO West Conference Semi-finals(eliminated 1–4) GSW San Francisco Warriors The 1971–72 Golden State Warriors 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.1971–72 Golden State Warriors This was also their only season to play a few home games in San Diego, as part of a brief attempt to represent the whole state of California.https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/1972_games.html 1971-72 Golden State Warriors Schedule Offseason Draft picks 1971 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 8 Darnell Hillman F/C San José State 4 59 Greg Gary G St. Bonaventure 5 76 Odis Allison F UNLV 6 93 Charles Johnson G California 7 110 Ken May Dayton 8 127 Jim Haderlein Loyola Marymount 9 143 Clarence Smith Villanova 10 159 Bill Drosdiak Oregon Roster 1971–72 Golden State Warriors #002F6C #FFC72C #FFC72C #002F6C 22 Odis Allison F 6 6 195 UNLV 25 Jim Barnett basketball G 6 4 170 Oregon 20 Vic Bartolome C 7 0 230 Oregon State 31 Joe Ellis basketball F 6 6 175 San Francisco 15 Nick Jones basketball G 6 2 190 Oregon 43 Clyde Lee C/F 6 10 205 Vanderbilt 23 Jeff Mullins basketball G 6 4 190 Duke 33 Bob Portman G/F 6 5 200 Creighton 32 Cazzie Russell F 6 5 218 Michigan 42 Nate Thurmond C/F 6 11 225 Bowling Green 34 Bill Turner basketball F 6 7 220 Akron 21 Ron Williams basketball G 6 3 188 West Virginia Al Attles (North Carolina A&T) Regular season Season standings GSW GSW z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1971–72 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 15 @ Boston 97–75 Jeff Mullins (28) 1–0 2 October 16 @ Baltimore 93–108 Cazzie Russell (17) 1–1 3 October 19 @ New York 84–93 Cazzie Russell (17) 1–2 4 October 20 @ Cleveland 115–98 Cazzie Russell (29) 2–2 5 October 23 Detroit 109–115 (OT) Jeff Mullins (35) 3–2 6 October 26 Buffalo 91–89 Cazzie Russell (25) 3–3 7 October 29 N Chicago 99–83 Cazzie Russell (30) 4–3 8 October 30 Cincinnati 112–116 Cazzie Russell (34) 5–3 9 October 31 @ Los Angeles 109–105 Cazzie Russell (32) 6–3 10 November 2 Baltimore 91–106 Cazzie Russell (43) 7–3 11 November 4 Seattle 96–98 Jeff Mullins (22) 8–3 12 November 6 Los Angeles 105–89 Cazzie Russell (19) 8–4 13 November 7 @ Seattle 109–102 Nate Thurmond (28) 9–4 14 November 9 Houston 99–115 Cazzie Russell (23) 10–4 15 November 11 @ New York 112–103 Jeff Mullins (31) 11–4 16 November 12 @ Atlanta 104–106 Nate Thurmond (25) 11–5 17 November 13 @ Cincinnati 101–110 Nate Thurmond (25) 11–6 18 November 16 @ Detroit 122–101 Jeff Mullins (33) 12–6 19 November 18 Portland 105–115 Cazzie Russell (29) 13–6 20 November 20 Milwaukee 100–107 Cazzie Russell (29) 14–6 21 November 21 N Houston 115–96 Cazzie Russell (24) 14–7 22 November 25 Philadelphia 112–111 Cazzie Russell (29) 14–8 23 November 26 @ Chicago 89–121 Jeff Mullins (19) 14–9 24 November 27 @ Buffalo 110–91 Cazzie Russell (28) 15–9 25 November 30 @ Milwaukee 106–103 Joe Ellis (25) 16–9 26 December 3 @ Portland 107–115 Cazzie Russell (28) 16–10 27 December 4 Phoenix 128–92 Cazzie Russell (20) 16–11 28 December 5 @ Phoenix 87–120 Cazzie Russell (34) 16–12 29 December 7 N Atlanta 113–116 Cazzie Russell (33) 16–13 30 December 9 Los Angeles 124–111 Cazzie Russell (28) 16–14 31 December 10 @ Seattle 94–105 Cazzie Russell (26) 16–15 32 December 16 Philadelphia 93–113 Cazzie Russell (30) 17–15 33 December 17 @ Los Angeles 99–129 Cazzie Russell (26) 17–16 34 December 18 Detroit 102–129 Jeff Mullins (25) 18–16 35 December 21 New York 113–87 Nate Thurmond (20) 18–17 36 December 25 @ New York 89–114 Cazzie Russell (30) 18–18 37 December 27 @ Boston 97–99 Nate Thurmond (28) 18–19 38 December 29 @ Cincinnati 107–102 Cazzie Russell (33) 19–19 39 December 30 @ Detroit 128–122 Nate Thurmond (42) 20–19 40 January 4 Buffalo 86–112 Barnett, Mullins (21) 21–19 41 January 6 Portland 115–119 Nate Thurmond (37) 22–19 42 January 8 Boston 106–128 Cazzie Russell (31) 23–19 43 January 9 @ Houston 113–112 Cazzie Russell (31) 24–19 44 January 11 Cleveland 92–101 Mullins, Russell (24) 25–19 45 January 14 N New York 111–115 Nate Thurmond (31) 26–19 46 January 15 Baltimore 95–105 Joe Ellis (24) 27–19 47 January 21 @ Atlanta 113–111 Cazzie Russell (26) 28–19 48 January 22 @ Philadelphia 113–106 Jim Barnett (29) 29–19 49 January 24 @ Chicago 105–110 Jeff Mullins (43) 29–20 50 January 25 @ Cleveland 117–111 Cazzie Russell (35) 30–20 51 January 27 Chicago 107–108 Nate Thurmond (31) 31–20 52 January 28 @ Portland 105–102 Nate Thurmond (27) 32–20 53 January 29 Phoenix 100–111 Jeff Mullins (35) 33–20 54 February 1 N Milwaukee 108–97 Jeff Mullins (23) 33–21 55 February 3 Atlanta 115–132 Cazzie Russell (36) 34–21 56 February 4 @ Phoenix 105–113 Nate Thurmond (35) 34–22 57 February 5 Los Angeles 108–96 Nate Thurmond (29) 34–23 58 February 8 Baltimore 107–111 Nate Thurmond (38) 35–23 59 February 10 Philadelphia 112–121 Nate Thurmond (32) 36–23 60 February 12 @ Milwaukee 100–123 Nate Thurmond (25) 36–24 61 February 13 @ Chicago 107–88 Jeff Mullins (27) 37–24 62 February 15 @ Buffalo 103–100 Cazzie Russell (32) 38–24 63 February 18 @ Seattle 108–110 Nate Thurmond (25) 38–25 64 February 19 Boston 111–115 Jeff Mullins (28) 39–25 65 February 22 Seattle 104–120 Mullins, Russell (26) 40–25 66 February 24 Detroit 106–116 Nate Thurmond (27) 41–25 67 February 26 Chicago 107–106 Jim Barnett (32) 41–26 68 February 27 @ Houston 117–104 Russell, Thurmond (28) 42–26 69 February 29 Cincinnati 120–128 Nate Thurmond (27) 43–26 70 March 3 N Houston 107–108 Jeff Mullins (30) 44–26 71 March 4 Seattle 96–114 Jeff Mullins (25) 45–26 72 March 7 Cleveland 112–119 Nate Thurmond (30) 46–26 73 March 10 @ Houston 119–116 Cazzie Russell (30) 47–26 74 March 12 @ Cincinnati 106–117 Nate Thurmond (24) 47–27 75 March 14 @ Boston 110–124 Nate Thurmond (35) 47–28 76 March 16 Portland 94–107 Nate Thurmond (26) 48–28 77 March 17 @ Portland 109–114 Nate Thurmond (39) 48–29 78 March 18 Phoenix 116–134 Mullins, Thurmond (30) 49–29 79 March 19 @ Los Angeles 99–162 Jim Barnett (15) 49–30 80 March 22 @ Baltimore 121–101 Cazzie Russell (33) 50–30 81 March 24 @ Atlanta 102–118 Bob Portman (22) 50–31 82 March 26 @ Philadelphia 116–115 Nate Thurmond (32) 51–31 Playoffs Golden State Warriors 1972 yes Golden State Warriors Conference Semi-finals yes yes no 0 2 1 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 28 | @ Milwaukee | W 117–106 | Jim Barnett (30) | Nate Thurmond (20) | Thurmond, Mullins (9) | Milwaukee Arena9,877 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 30 | @ Milwaukee | L 93–118 | Nate Thurmond (32) | Thurmond, Lee (18) | Thurmond, Barnett (5) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 1 | Milwaukee | L 94–122 | Nate Thurmond (21) | Nate Thurmond (21) | Jim Barnett (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,502 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 4 | Milwaukee | L 99–106 | Jim Barnett (29) | Clyde Lee (16) | Jeff Mullins (6) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena12,986 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 6 | @ Milwaukee | L 100–108 | Nate Thurmond (26) | Nate Thurmond (15) | Nate Thurmond (7) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 1–4 |- GSW yes 1972 Awards and records Nate Thurmond, NBA All-Defensive Second Team References Golden State Category:Golden State Warriors seasons Golden Golden Category:1970s in Oakland, California