1971-72 NBA season

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.

[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.
• The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Great Western 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 almost 25 years until bettered by the 1996 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

[edit] Western Conference

C - NBA Champions

[edit] NBA awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
• Rookie of the Year: Sidney Wicks, Portland Trail Blazers
• Coach of the Year: Bill Sharman, Los Angeles Lakers

• All-NBA First Team:
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
  • Spencer Haywood, Seattle SuperSonics
  • John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
  • Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers
  • Walt Frazier, New York Knicks

• All-NBA Rookie Team:
  • Sidney Wicks, Portland Trail Blazers
  • Clifford Ray, Chicago Bulls
  • Austin Carr, Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Elmore Smith, Buffalo Braves
  • Phil Chenier, Baltimore Bullets

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

[edit] See also

• 1972 NBA Finals
• 1972 NBA Draft