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1972-1973 Atlanta Hawks: 46-36  .561
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 28-13 (4791 points scored, 4663 allowed) Road record: 17-23 (4307 points scored, 4429 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (121 points scored, 120 allowed) Head Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons 9219 points scored (3rd of 17 teams), 9212 points allowed (12th) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Adams 6'6 210 25 Northwestern Walt Bellamy 6'10 225 33 Indiana Steve Bracey 6'1 175 22 Tulsa Bob Christian 6'10 255 26 Grambling State Herm Gilliam 6'3 190 26 Purdue Jeff Halliburton 6'5 193 23 Drake Lou Hudson 6'4 210 28 Minnesota Pete Maravich 6'5 197 25 Louisiana State Eddie Mast 6'9 220 24 Temple Don May 6'4 200 26 Dayton George Trapp 6'8 205 24 Cal State Long Beach John Tschogl 6'6 206 22 California - Santa Barbara Jim Washington 6'6 210 29 Villanova John Wetzel 6'5 190 28 Virginia Tech Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Pete Maravich 79 3089 789 1788 0 0 485 606 0 0 346 546 0 0 0 245 2063 26.1 F Lou Hudson 75 3027 816 1710 0 0 397 481 0 0 467 258 0 0 0 197 2029 27.1 C Walt Bellamy 74 2802 455 901 0 0 283 526 0 0 964 179 0 0 0 244 1193 16.1 G Herm Gilliam 76 2741 471 1007 0 0 123 150 0 0 399 482 0 0 0 257 1065 14.0 F George Trapp 77 1853 359 824 0 0 150 194 0 0 455 127 0 0 0 274 868 11.3 F Jim Washington 75 2833 308 713 0 0 163 224 0 0 801 174 0 0 0 252 779 10.4 G Steve Bracey 70 1050 192 395 0 0 73 110 0 0 107 125 0 0 0 125 457 6.5 C Bob Christian 55 759 85 155 0 0 60 79 0 0 305 47 0 0 0 111 230 4.2 F Don May 32 317 61 134 0 0 22 31 0 0 67 21 0 0 0 55 144 4.5 G Jeff Halliburton 24 238 50 116 0 0 21 22 0 0 26 28 0 0 0 29 121 5.0 F Eddie Mast 42 447 50 118 0 0 19 30 0 0 136 37 0 0 0 50 119 2.8 G John Wetzel 28 504 42 94 0 0 14 17 0 0 58 39 0 0 0 41 98 3.5 F John Tschogl 10 94 14 40 0 0 2 4 0 0 21 6 0 0 0 25 30 3.0 F Don Adams 4 76 8 38 0 0 7 8 0 0 22 5 0 0 0 11 23 5.8
1972 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  2   21  Steve Bracey             187          Tulsa                          
  4   55  Reggie Bird                           Princeton                      
  5   71  Bob Lackey                       71   Marquette                      
  6   88  Randy Noll                            Marshall                       
  7  105  Billy Pleas                           Detroit                        
  8  121  Oscar Evans                           Butler                         
  9  136  Larry Strozier                        Morehouse                      
 10  149  Jim Clesson                           Tulsa                          
 11  160  Charles Allen                         Texas Southern                 
 12  169  James Green                           Paine College                  

Traded draft picks:

#3 to CIN (Ron Riley)


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/01/1973 at Boston Celtics L 109-134 04/04/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 113-126 04/06/1973 at Boston Celtics W 118-105 04/08/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 97-94 04/11/1973 at Boston Celtics L 101-108 04/13/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 103-121 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Lou Hudson 6 255 76 166 26 29 47 17 16 178 29.7 G Pete Maravich 6 234 65 155 27 34 29 40 24 157 26.2 C Walt Bellamy 6 247 34 86 14 31 73 13 17 82 13.7 G Herm Gilliam 6 197 33 81 5 5 32 31 19 71 11.8 G Steve Bracey 6 123 24 47 11 16 13 20 13 59 9.8 F Jim Washington 6 226 19 48 5 17 60 14 19 43 7.2 F George Trapp 6 99 11 32 3 5 21 3 21 25 4.2 F John Tschogl 3 11 5 8 0 0 4 1 0 10 3.3 F Eddie Mast 4 15 5 5 0 0 5 1 1 10 2.5 G John Wetzel 3 33 3 7 0 0 2 4 6 6 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/10/1972   at Buffalo Braves            W 120-109    1-0
10/13/1972   at Baltimore Bullets         L  98-115    1-1
10/15/1972   vs New York Knicks           W 109-101    2-1
10/17/1972   vs Boston Celtics            L 115-119    2-2
10/20/1972   at Houston Rockets           L 108-120    2-3
10/21/1972   at Kansas City-Omaha Kings   L 101-108    2-4
10/24/1972   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 118-110    3-4
10/25/1972   at Seattle Supersonics       W 118-115    4-4
10/28/1972   at Golden State Warriors     L 107-122    4-5
10/31/1972   vs Houston Rockets           L 105-106    4-6
11/03/1972   at Houston Rockets           W 114-108    5-6
11/04/1972   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 128-120    6-6
11/07/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         W 109-107    7-6
11/09/1972   at New York Knicks           L  99-101    7-7
11/11/1972   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 111-102    8-7
11/14/1972   vs Golden State Warriors     L 105-114    8-8
11/18/1972   vs Phoenix Suns              W 126-122    9-8
11/19/1972   at Cleveland Cavaliers       L  98-109    9-9
11/21/1972   at Detroit Pistons           L 110-113    9-10
11/23/1972   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 110-97     10-10
11/25/1972   vs Chicago Bulls             L  99-100    10-11
11/26/1972   at Milwaukee Bucks           L  96-108    10-12
11/29/1972   at Phoenix Suns              L  98-109    10-13
12/01/1972   at Los Angeles Lakers        W 114-109    11-13
12/02/1972   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 106-103    12-13
12/05/1972   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 122-121    13-13
12/07/1972   at Chicago Bulls             W  94-89     14-13
12/08/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         W 134-115    15-13
12/10/1972   at Kansas City-Omaha Kings   L 115-130    15-14
12/12/1972   at New York Knicks           L  93-114    15-15
12/13/1972   vs New York Knicks           W 121-120    16-15
12/16/1972   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 100-94     17-15
12/19/1972   vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings   W 119-102    18-15
12/22/1972   at Buffalo Braves            W 110-109    19-15
12/23/1972   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 124-112    20-15
12/26/1972   at Cleveland Cavaliers       L  96-115    20-16
12/27/1972   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 121-120    21-16
12/28/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         L 111-112    21-17
12/30/1972   vs Buffalo Braves            W 120-110    22-17
01/02/1973   at Chicago Bulls             L  90-100    22-18
01/03/1973   at Milwaukee Bucks           L  97-105    22-19
01/05/1973   vs Boston Celtics            L 108-126    22-20
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/06/1973   at Detroit Pistons           W 116-111    23-20
01/09/1973   vs Houston Rockets           W 120-114    24-20
01/11/1973   vs New York Knicks           L 107-122    24-21
01/12/1973   at Boston Celtics            L 109-133    24-22
01/14/1973   vs Los Angeles Lakers        L 100-102    24-23
01/16/1973   vs Detroit Pistons           W 130-129    25-23
01/17/1973   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 122-105    26-23
01/18/1973   vs Buffalo Braves            L 125-127    26-24
01/20/1973   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W  96-84     27-24
01/26/1973   at Buffalo Braves            W 118-82     28-24
01/27/1973   vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings   W 129-126    29-24
01/28/1973   at Houston Rockets           L 108-116    29-25
01/30/1973   vs Detroit Pistons           L 123-126    29-26
02/02/1973   at Boston Celtics            W 100-99     30-26
02/03/1973   vs Buffalo Braves            W 105-101    31-26
02/06/1973   vs Baltimore Bullets         W 112-106    32-26
02/07/1973   at Baltimore Bullets         L 108-137    32-27
02/08/1973   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       L 132-136    32-28
02/10/1973   vs Houston Rockets           W 103-91     33-28
02/11/1973   at Cleveland Cavaliers       W 115-107    34-28
02/16/1973   at Phoenix Suns              W 111-104    35-28
02/18/1973   at Los Angeles Lakers        W  99-92     36-28
02/20/1973   at Golden State Warriors     L 115-118    36-29
02/23/1973   at Seattle Supersonics       L 120-124    36-30
02/27/1973   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 131-130    37-30
03/02/1973   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 130-107    38-30
03/03/1973   vs Houston Rockets           W 136-125    39-30
03/04/1973   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 138-130    40-30
03/08/1973   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 135-129    41-30
03/10/1973   vs Golden State Warriors     W 117-113    42-30
03/11/1973   at Houston Rockets           L 118-129    42-31
03/13/1973   at Cleveland Cavaliers       L 107-115    42-32
03/16/1973   vs Phoenix Suns              W 135-127    43-32
03/18/1973   vs Milwaukee Bucks           L 104-105    43-33
03/20/1973   vs Los Angeles Lakers        W 114-112    44-33
03/21/1973   at New York Knicks           W  98-93     45-33
03/23/1973   at Boston Celtics            L 108-124    45-34
03/24/1973   vs Chicago Bulls             W 113-111    46-34
03/25/1973   at Baltimore Bullets         L 105-112    46-35
03/27/1973   vs Boston Celtics            L 110-117    46-36

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