1972-1973 Baltimore Bullets: 52-30 .634
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-9 (3560 points scored, 3325 allowed) Road record: 21-17 (3881 points scored, 3881 allowed) Other sites: 7-4 (1165 points scored, 1125 allowed) Head Coach: Gene Shue 8606 points scored (12th of 17 teams), 8331 points allowed (4th) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Phil Chenier 6'3 180 22 California Archie Clark 6'2 175 31 Minnesota Mike Davis 6'3 185 26 Virginia Union Terry Driscoll 6'7 215 25 Boston College Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 27 Houston Stan Love 6'9 215 23 Oregon Tommy Patterson 6'6 220 24 Ouachita Baptist Kevin Porter 6'0 170 22 St. Francis Rich Rinaldi 6'3 195 23 St. Peter's Mike Riordan 6'4 200 27 Providence Flynn Robinson 6'1 185 31 Wyoming Dave Stallworth 6'7 200 31 Wichita State John Tresvant 6'7 215 33 Seattle Wes Unseld 6'7 245 26 Louisville Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Elvin Hayes 81 3347 713 1607 0 0 291 434 0 0 1177 127 0 0 0 232 1717 21.2 F Mike Riordan 82 3466 652 1278 0 0 179 218 0 0 404 426 0 0 0 216 1483 18.1 G Phil Chenier 71 2776 602 1332 0 0 194 244 0 0 288 301 0 0 0 160 1398 19.7 C Wes Unseld 79 3085 421 854 0 0 149 212 0 0 1260 347 0 0 0 168 991 12.5 G Archie Clark 39 1477 302 596 0 0 111 137 0 0 129 275 0 0 0 111 715 18.3 G Kevin Porter 71 1217 205 451 0 0 62 101 0 0 72 237 0 0 0 206 472 6.6 F Stan Love 72 995 190 436 0 0 79 100 0 0 300 46 0 0 0 175 459 6.4 F Dave Stallworth 73 1217 180 435 0 0 78 101 0 0 236 112 0 0 0 139 438 6.0 G Rich Rinaldi 33 646 116 284 0 0 48 64 0 0 68 48 0 0 0 40 280 8.5 G Flynn Robinson 38 583 119 260 0 0 26 31 0 0 55 77 0 0 0 60 264 6.9 F John Tresvant 55 541 85 182 0 0 41 59 0 0 156 33 0 0 0 101 211 3.8 G Mike Davis 13 283 50 118 0 0 23 25 0 0 35 19 0 0 0 45 123 9.5 F Tommy Patterson 23 92 21 49 0 0 13 16 0 0 22 3 0 0 0 18 55 2.4 F Terry Driscoll 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
1972 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 25 Tom Patterson 25 Ouachita Baptist [pick acquired from PHO]
3 39 Kevin Porter 659 St. Francis (PA)
4 56 Al Sanders 4 Louisiana State
5 72 Walter Jones Long Island
6 89 Dwaine Dillard 3 Eastern Michigan
7 106 Marvin Brown Jackson State
8 122 Jim Floyd Shaw
9 137 Ruppert Breedlove Oglethorpe
10 150 Will Loftin SW Louisiana
11 161 Marvin Watkins Jackson State
12 170 Lloyd Adams Rhode Island
13 178 Mike Krawzyk Loyola (MD)
14 184 Aubrey Nash Kansas
15 191 Gary Handleman Hopkins
Traded draft picks:
#2 to LA (Paul Stovall)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
03/30/1973 at New York Knicks L 83-95
04/01/1973 at New York Knicks L 103-123
04/04/1973 vs New York Knicks L 96-103
04/06/1973 vs New York Knicks W 97-89
04/08/1973 at New York Knicks L 99-109
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Elvin Hayes 5 228 53 105 23 33 57 5 16 129 25.8
G Archie Clark 5 214 46 92 14 18 17 26 20 106 21.2
G Phil Chenier 5 211 43 85 3 4 21 17 13 89 17.8
F Mike Riordan 5 231 28 62 19 24 18 15 16 75 15.0
C Wes Unseld 5 201 20 48 9 19 76 17 12 49 9.8
G Kevin Porter 4 41 6 12 0 0 2 9 11 12 3.0
F John Tresvant 5 50 5 15 2 4 16 3 6 12 2.4
G Flynn Robinson 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.0
F Dave Stallworth 3 14 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 0.7
F Stan Love 1 7 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0
F Tommy Patterson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/10/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 102-90 1-0 10/13/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-98 2-0 10/15/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 98-107 2-1 10/16/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 96-97 2-2 10/19/1972 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 94-83 3-2 10/21/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 101-104 3-3 10/25/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 115-105 4-3 10/27/1972 vs New York Knicks L 88-92 4-4 10/28/1972 at New York Knicks L 90-94 4-5 11/03/1972 at Boston Celtics L 96-109 4-6 11/04/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-98 5-6 11/07/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 107-109 5-7 11/08/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 126-94 6-7 11/10/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 82-120 6-8 11/11/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 106-111 6-9 11/14/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 104-103 7-9 11/17/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 117-106 8-9 11/18/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 79-95 8-10 11/21/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 124-88 9-10 11/22/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-90 10-10 11/25/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 91-101 10-11 11/28/1972 at Houston Rockets W 108-90 11-11 11/29/1972 at Houston Rockets L 94-102 11-12 12/01/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 103-96 12-12 12/05/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-100 13-12 12/06/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 115-102 14-12 12/08/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 115-134 14-13 12/09/1972 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 120-112 15-13 12/12/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 123-102 16-13 12/15/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 94-91 17-13 12/16/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 105-99 18-13 12/20/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 90-96 18-14 12/23/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 104-97 19-14 12/26/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 121-104 20-14 12/28/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 112-111 21-14 12/29/1972 vs Buffalo Braves L 109-118 21-15 12/30/1972 at New York Knicks L 98-100 21-16 01/01/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks W 88-87 22-16 01/03/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 89-80 23-16 01/07/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 98-116 23-17 01/09/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 105-93 24-17 01/10/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 98-86 25-17 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/14/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 95-94 26-17 01/16/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 112-104 27-17 01/19/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 110-94 28-17 01/20/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 126-106 29-17 01/21/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-97 30-17 01/26/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 100-110 30-18 01/27/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 115-87 31-18 01/28/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 102-93 32-18 01/30/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 104-86 33-18 02/02/1973 vs New York Knicks W 89-77 34-18 02/04/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 115-125 34-19 02/06/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 106-112 34-20 02/07/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 137-108 35-20 02/09/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 101-95 36-20 02/11/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 102-97 37-20 02/14/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 107-106 38-20 02/15/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 96-94 39-20 02/16/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 103-121 39-21 02/18/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 96-93 40-21 02/21/1973 vs Phoenix Suns L 98-107 40-22 02/23/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 105-107 40-23 02/24/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 128-110 41-23 02/27/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 99-95 42-23 02/28/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-102 42-24 03/03/1973 at New York Knicks W 97-75 43-24 03/04/1973 vs New York Knicks W 106-97 44-24 03/08/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 93-105 44-25 03/09/1973 at Houston Rockets W 109-104 45-25 03/10/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 99-105 45-26 03/13/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 103-99 46-26 03/14/1973 at Boston Celtics L 107-111 46-27 03/16/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 103-97 47-27 03/17/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 120-115 48-27 03/18/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 129-118 49-27 03/21/1973 vs Houston Rockets L 110-118 49-28 03/23/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-104 50-28 03/24/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-116 51-28 03/25/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 112-105 52-28 03/27/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 98-112 52-29 03/28/1973 at Boston Celtics L 101-120 52-30 |