1971-72 Virginia Squires Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 45-39
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 7-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated The Floridians 4-0
Division Finals - Lost to New York Nets 4-3
Coach: Al Bianchi (45-39)
Location: Hampton, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia

1971-72 Virginia Squires Roster
1971-72 Virginia Squires Results

The Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 45 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-4.

The Squires netted 9,988 points and surrendered 9,914. Charlie Scott tossed in a team-best 2,524 points for Virginia, while Julius Erving scored 19 or more per game, too. Julius Erving contributed 1,319 boards. Charlie Scott dished out 347 assists for the squad.

Al Bianchi coached the team. The 1971-72 Virginia Squires lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Charlie Scott	G-F	73	3061	2192	985	110	29	654	525	174	200	374	347	340	261	2524
Julius Erving	F-G-C	84	3513	1826	910	16	3	627	467	476	843	1319	335	342	264	2290
Jim Eakins	C	84	2718	764	371	0	0	377	288	290	517	807	181	189	298	1030
Bernie Williams	G	78	1667	816	349	65	18	142	113	51	103	154	134	123	178	829
Fatty Taylor	G	84	2669	680	306	15	1	258	164	178	238	416	321	206	302	777
Willie Sojourner	C-F	84	1313	448	222	0	0	193	124	185	329	514	56	86	222	568
George Irvine	F-G	75	1362	397	200	10	3	75	54	82	135	217	70	74	202	457
Doug Moe	F-G	67	1472	415	175	9	1	129	104	80	161	241	149	112	172	455
Ray Scott	F-C	55	818	393	163	4	2	114	89	71	181	252	40	55	90	417
Neil Johnson	F-C	31	874	273	128	3	1	94	65	109	177	286	78	67	123	322
Adrian Smith	G	53	686	195	87	11	2	103	92	14	32	46	42	34	89	268
Mike Maloy	F	7	73	35	12	0	0	2	2	6	11	17	2	9	14	26
Bill Bunting	F-C	16	115	15	4	1	0	17	12	3	12	15	3	5	11	20
Dana Pagett	G	5	34	9	1	3	1	3	2	1	2	3	6	3	8	5
Totals		796	20375	8458	3913	247	61	2788	2101	1720	2941	4661	1764	1645	2234	9988

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Charlie Scott	G-F	73	41.9	44.9	26.4	80.3	2.4	2.7	5.1	4.8	4.7	3.6	34.6
Julius Erving	F-G-C	84	41.8	49.8	18.8	74.5	5.7	10.0	15.7	4.0	4.1	3.1	27.3
Jim Eakins	C	84	32.4	48.6		76.4	3.5	6.2	9.6	2.2	2.3	3.5	12.3
Bernie Williams	G	78	21.4	42.8	27.7	79.6	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.7	1.6	2.3	10.6
Fatty Taylor	G	84	31.8	45.0	6.7	63.6	2.1	2.8	5.0	3.8	2.5	3.6	9.3
Willie Sojourner	C-F	84	15.6	49.6		64.2	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.7	1.0	2.6	6.8
George Irvine	F-G	75	18.2	50.4	30.0	72.0	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.9	1.0	2.7	6.1
Doug Moe	F-G	67	22.0	42.2	11.1	80.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	2.2	1.7	2.6	6.8
Ray Scott	F-C	55	14.9	41.5	50.0	78.1	1.3	3.3	4.6	0.7	1.0	1.6	7.6
Neil Johnson	F-C	31	28.2	46.9	33.3	69.1	3.5	5.7	9.2	2.5	2.2	4.0	10.4
Adrian Smith	G	53	12.9	44.6	18.2	89.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.6	1.7	5.1
Mike Maloy	F	7	10.4	34.3		100.0	0.9	1.6	2.4	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.7
Bill Bunting	F-C	16	7.2	26.7	0.0	70.6	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.3
Dana Pagett	G	5	6.8	11.1	33.3	66.7	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.2	0.6	1.6	1.0
Averages		796	25.6	46.3	24.7	75.4	2.2	3.7	5.9	2.2	2.1	2.8	12.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	11	504	284	147		1	85	71	224	72	55	26	366
Bernie Williams	G	11	356	190	84		2	27	19	47	23	28	38	189
George Irvine	F-G	11	285	86	56		0	31	25	27	10	15	45	137
Ray Scott	F-C	11	212	105	52		0	38	28	58	17	16	25	132
Adrian Smith	G	11	297	95	46		1	37	32	19	17	11	28	125
Fatty Taylor	G	11	382	106	47		1	30	20	57	45	39	41	115
Jim Eakins	C	11	325	80	38		0	39	27	96	22	18	36	103
Doug Moe	F-G	11	245	85	37		0	25	22	43	27	25	40	96
Willie Sojourner	C-F	10	58	21	11		0	4	4	23	6	11	11	26
Mike Barrett	G	1	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		99	2665	1053	518	0	5	316	248	594	239	218	291	1289

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	11	45.8	51.8	83.5	20.4	6.5	5.0	2.4	33.3
Bernie Williams	G	11	32.4	44.2	70.4	4.3	2.1	2.5	3.5	17.2
George Irvine	F-G	11	25.9	65.1	80.6	2.5	0.9	1.4	4.1	12.5
Ray Scott	F-C	11	19.3	49.5	73.7	5.3	1.5	1.5	2.3	12.0
Adrian Smith	G	11	27.0	48.4	86.5	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.5	11.4
Fatty Taylor	G	11	34.7	44.3	66.7	5.2	4.1	3.5	3.7	10.5
Jim Eakins	C	11	29.5	47.5	69.2	8.7	2.0	1.6	3.3	9.4
Doug Moe	F-G	11	22.3	43.5	88.0	3.9	2.5	2.3	3.6	8.7
Willie Sojourner	C-F	10	5.8	52.4	100.0	2.3	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.6
Mike Barrett	G	1	1.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		796	26.9	49.2	78.5	6.0	2.4	2.2	2.9	13.0