1971–72 Cincinnati Royals season

1971–72 Cincinnati Royals season
Head coach	Bob Cousy
Arena	Cincinnati Gardens
Results
Record	30–52 (.366)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1971-72 season would be the Royals final season in Cincinnati. The franchise continued to struggle and missed the playoffs for the 5th year in a row. The Royals finished the season with a record of 30 wins and 52 losses.^[1] Prior to the season, the Royals were sold to a group of 10 businessmen from Kansas City. The new ownership group paid $5 million for the franchise and a decision was reached to move the team after the season.^[1] The franchise would relocate to the Midwest where they would be reborn as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings.

Draft picks

Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Regular season

Season standings

**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

^[2]

Awards and honors

Tiny Archibald, All-NBA Second Team

References

Royals on Basketball Reference

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

Sacramento Kings seasons

1940s

1950s

1950–51

1950s

1960s

1970s

Kansas City-Omaha Kings

1970s

1970s

1980s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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