| Record: | 56 - 26 Season Stats |
| Coach: | Tom Heinsohn |
| Finish: | 1st Atlantic Div |
| Playoffs: | Lost in 2nd Round 4-1 to the New York Knicks |
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| Total | Home | Away | Neutral | OT |
| 56 - 26 | 32 - 9 | 21 - 16 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 10/15/1971 | Golden State Warriors | 75 - 97 | 0 - 1 | L 1 | |||
| 10/19/1971 | Baltimore Bullets | 134 - 114 | 1 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 10/22/1971 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 115 - 108 | 2 - 1 | W 2 | ||
| 10/23/1971 | @ | Buffalo Braves | 103 - 98 | 3 - 1 | W 3 | ||
| 10/25/1971 | Atlanta Hawks | 136 - 116 | 4 - 1 | W 4 | |||
| 10/26/1971 | @ | New York Knicks | 101 - 106 | 4 - 2 | L 1 | ||
| 10/27/1971 | Houston Rockets | 108 - 97 | 5 - 2 | W 1 | |||
| 10/29/1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | 125 - 114 | 6 - 2 | W 2 | |||
| 11/5/1971 | Detroit Pistons | 103 - 102 | 7 - 2 | W 3 | |||
| 11/6/1971 | Portland Trailblazers | 124 - 109 | 8 - 2 | W 4 | |||
| 11/8/1971 | N | Cincinnati Royals | 120 - 109 | 9 - 2 | W 5 | Omaha, NE | |
| 11/10/1971 | @ | Houston Rockets | 142 - 103 | 10 - 2 | W 6 | ||
| 11/12/1971 | @ | Phoenix Suns | 119 - 128 | 10 - 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11/13/1971 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | 112 - 116 | 10 - 4 | L 2 | ||
| 11/14/1971 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 115 - 128 | 10 - 5 | L 3 | ||
| 11/17/1971 | Phoenix Suns | 140 - 121 | 11 - 5 | W 1 | |||
| 11/19/1971 | Cincinnati Royals | 106 - 110 | 11 - 6 | L 1 | |||
| 11/20/1971 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 106 - 123 | 11 - 7 | L 2 | ||
| 11/21/1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 128 - 105 | 12 - 7 | W 1 | ||
| 11/24/1971 | Buffalo Braves | 108 - 100 | 13 - 7 | W 2 | |||
| 11/26/1971 | New York Knicks | 89 - 104 | 13 - 8 | L 1 | |||
| 11/27/1971 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 120 - 125 | 13 - 9 | L 2 | College Park, MD | |
| 11/28/1971 | Atlanta Hawks | 130 - 108 | 14 - 9 | W 1 | |||
| 12/1/1971 | Los Angeles Lakers | 111 - 124 | 14 - 10 | L 1 | |||
| 12/4/1971 | Houston Rockets | 117 - 107 | 15 - 10 | W 1 | |||
| 12/7/1971 | @ | New York Knicks | 105 - 97 | 16 - 10 | W 2 | ||
| 12/8/1971 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 126 - 107 | 17 - 10 | W 3 | |||
| 12/10/1971 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 104 - 120 | 17 - 11 | L 1 | ||
| 12/11/1971 | Chicago Bulls | 99 - 115 | 17 - 12 | L 2 | |||
| 12/12/1971 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | 96 - 83 | 18 - 12 | W 1 | ||
| 12/14/1971 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 116 - 108 | 19 - 12 | W 2 | ||
| 12/15/1971 | Seattle Supersonics | 112 - 100 | 20 - 12 | W 3 | |||
| 12/17/1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 115 - 109 | 21 - 12 | W 4 | ||
| 12/18/1971 | Buffalo Braves | 124 - 91 | 22 - 12 | W 5 | |||
| 12/22/1971 | N | Milwaukee Bucks | 104 - 98 | 23 - 12 | W 6 | Madison, WI | |
| 12/25/1971 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | 99 - 94 | 24 - 12 | W 7 | ||
| 12/27/1971 | Golden State Warriors | 99 - 97 | 25 - 12 | W 8 | |||
| 12/28/1971 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 120 - 116 | 26 - 12 | W 9 | ||
| 12/31/1971 | Philadelphia 76ers | 131 - 119 | 27 - 12 | W 10 | |||
| 1/1/1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | 104 - 114 | 27 - 13 | L 1 | ||
| 1/2/1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 113 - 122 | 27 - 14 | L 2 | ||
| 1/5/1972 | @ | Houston Rockets | 113 - 105 | 28 - 14 | W 1 | ||
| 1/7/1972 | @ | Portland Trailblazers | 120 - 114 | 29 - 14 | W 2 | ||
| 1/8/1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | 106 - 128 | 29 - 15 | L 1 | Oakland | |
| 1/9/1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | 119 - 125 | 29 - 16 | L 2 | ||
| 1/12/1972 | Chicago Bulls | 113 - 112 | 30 - 16 | W 1 | |||
| 1/14/1972 | Detroit Pistons | 108 - 94 | 31 - 16 | W 2 | |||
| 1/15/1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 122 - 106 | 32 - 16 | W 3 | ||
| 1/21/1972 | Houston Rockets | 110 - 105 | 33 - 16 | W 4 | |||
| 1/23/1972 | Portland Trailblazers | 115 - 105 | 34 - 16 | W 5 | |||
| 1/25/1972 | @ | New York Knicks | 106 - 109 | 34 - 17 | L 1 | ||
| 1/26/1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 108 - 112 | 34 - 18 | L 2 | |||
| 1/28/1972 | New York Knicks | 122 - 116 | 35 - 18 | W 1 | |||
| 1/29/1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 124 - 112 | 36 - 18 | W 2 | ||
| 1/30/1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | 130 - 114 | 37 - 18 | W 3 | |||
| 2/1/1972 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | 115 - 108 | 38 - 18 | W 4 | ||
| 2/2/1972 | Chicago Bulls | 124 - 100 | 39 - 18 | W 5 | |||
| 2/4/1972 | Cincinnati Royals | 122 - 109 | 40 - 18 | W 6 | |||
| 2/6/1972 | Seattle Supersonics | 128 - 123 | 41 - 18 | W 7 | |||
| 2/9/1972 | Buffalo Braves | 139 - 112 | 42 - 18 | W 8 | |||
| 2/11/1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | 121 - 108 | 43 - 18 | W 9 | |||
| 2/13/1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | 109 - 117 | 43 - 19 | L 1 | |||
| 2/15/1972 | @ | Portland Trailblazers | 111 - 104 | 44 - 19 | W 1 | ||
| 2/16/1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | 112 - 113 | 44 - 20 | L 1 | ||
| 2/18/1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | 115 - 126 | 44 - 21 | L 2 | ||
| 2/19/1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | 111 - 115 | 44 - 22 | L 3 | Oakland | |
| 2/20/1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 113 - 132 | 44 - 23 | L 4 | ||
| 2/22/1972 | Phoenix Suns | 114 - 103 | 45 - 23 | W 1 | |||
| 2/23/1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 113 - 111 | 46 - 23 | W 2 | ||
| 2/25/1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | 117 - 115 | 47 - 23 | W 3 | ||
| 3/1/1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 115 - 105 | 48 - 23 | W 4 | |||
| 3/3/1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 125 - 96 | 49 - 23 | W 5 | ||
| 3/5/1972 | Cincinnati Royals | 114 - 125 | 49 - 24 | L 1 | |||
| 3/6/1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 127 - 132 | 49 - 25 | L 2 | ||
| 3/12/1972 | New York Knicks | 112 - 109 | 50 - 25 | W 1 | |||
| 3/14/1972 | Golden State Warriors | 124 - 110 | 51 - 25 | W 2 | |||
| 3/15/1972 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 120 - 115 | 52 - 25 | W 3 | ||
| 3/17/1972 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | 127 - 111 | 53 - 25 | W 4 | Hershey, PA | |
| 3/19/1972 | Baltimore Bullets | 112 - 125 | 53 - 26 | L 1 | |||
| 3/22/1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | 113 - 106 | 54 - 26 | W 1 | |||
| 3/25/1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | 121 - 116 | 55 - 26 | W 2 | ||
| 3/26/1972 | Detroit Pistons | 133 - 120 | 56 - 26 | W 3 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 3/29/1972 | Atlanta Hawks | 126 - 108 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 3/31/1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 104 - 113 | 1 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4/2/1972 | Atlanta Hawks | 136 - 113 | 2 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4/4/1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 110 - 112 | 2 - 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4/7/1972 | Atlanta Hawks | 124 - 114 | 3 - 2 | W 1 | |||
| 4/9/1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 127 - 118 | 4 - 2 | W 2 | ||
| 4/13/1972 | New York Knicks | 94 - 116 | 4 - 3 | L 1 | |||
| 4/16/1972 | @ | New York Knicks | 105 - 106 | 4 - 4 | L 2 | ||
| 4/19/1972 | New York Knicks | 115 - 109 | 5 - 4 | W 1 | |||
| 4/21/1972 | @ | New York Knicks | 98 - 116 | 5 - 5 | L 1 | ||
| 4/23/1972 | New York Knicks | 103 - 111 | 5 - 6 | L 2 |