Temporada 1971-72 de los Cincinnati Royals
# Temporada 1971-72 de los Cincinnati Royals

La temporada 1971-72 fue la vigésimo cuarta de los Royals en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 30 victorias y 52 derrotas, ocupando el quinto puesto de la Conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs. Sería la última temporada de la franquicia en Cincinnati, que al año siguiente se trasladarían a Kansas City (Misuri) y Omaha (Nebraska), convirtiéndose en los Kings.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Ken Durrett | Alero | Estados Unidos | La Salle |
| 2 | 21 | John Mengelt | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Auburn |
| 4 | 55 | Sid Catlett | Alero | Estados Unidos | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 89 | Gil McGregor | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Wake Forest |

## Temporada regular

División Central :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Baltimore Bullets | 38 | 44 | .463 | – | 18–15 | 16–24 | 4–5 | 9–9 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 36 | 46 | .439 | 2 | 22–19 | 13–26 | 1–1 | 9–9 |
| Cincinnati Royals | 30 | 52 | .366 | 8 | 20–18 | 8–32 | 2–2 | 11–9 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 23 | 59 | .280 | 15 | 13–28 | 8–30 | 2–1 | 9–11 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tiny Archibald | 23 | 76 | 43.1 | 9.7 | 19.9 | .486 | 8.9 | 10.8 | .822 | 2.9 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 28.2 |
| 2 | Tom Van Arsdale | 28 | 73 | 35.6 | 7.5 | 16.5 | .456 | 4.1 | 5.4 | .755 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 19.2 |
| 3 | Sam Lacey | 23 | 81 | 35.0 | 5.1 | 12.0 | .422 | 1.5 | 2.1 | .704 | 12.0 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 11.6 |
| 4 | Matt Guokas | 27 | 61 | 32.4 | 3.1 | 6.3 | .496 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .771 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 7.3 |
| 5 | Jim Fox | 28 | 71 | 28.8 | 4.7 | 10.4 | .454 | 2.9 | 3.8 | .770 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 12.3 |
| 6 | Norm Van Lier | 24 | 10 | 27.5 | 2.8 | 9.0 | .311 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .773 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 7.3 |
| 7 | Nate Williams | 21 | 81 | 26.8 | 5.2 | 12.0 | .432 | 1.6 | 2.1 | .738 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 11.9 |
| 8 | Johnny Green | 38 | 82 | 23.3 | 4.0 | 7.1 | .569 | 1.7 | 3.0 | .564 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 9.8 |
| 9 | John Mengelt | 22 | 78 | 18.4 | 3.7 | 7.8 | .474 | 2.7 | 3.2 | .825 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Jake Jones | 22 | 11 | 14.6 | 2.0 | 4.9 | .407 | 1.2 | 1.9 | .619 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 5.2 |
| 11 | Gil McGregor | 22 | 42 | 12.7 | 1.6 | 4.3 | .363 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .696 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| 12 | Ken Durrett | 23 | 19 | 12.3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | .392 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .750 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| 13 | Fred Taylor | 23 | 21 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 4.3 | .333 | 0.5 | 0.9 | .579 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| 14 | Darrall Imhoff | 33 | 9 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 3.2 | .345 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .375 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 15 | Sid Catlett | 23 | 9 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .222 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .222 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Tiny Archibald | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA |
| Tom Van Arsdale | All-Star |
