1973-1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings: 33-49 .402
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 20-21 (4182 points scored, 4228 allowed) Road record: 13-28 (4184 points scored, 4444 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coaches: Bob Cousy (6-14), Draff Young (0-4), Phil Johnson (27-31) 8366 points scored (13th of 17 teams), 8672 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Nate Archibald 6'1 150 25 Texas - El Paso Ron Behagen 6'9 185 22 Minnesota John Block 6'9 207 29 Southern California Mike D'Antoni 6'3 185 22 Marshall Ken Durrett 6'7 190 25 La Salle Matt Guokas 6'5 175 29 St. Joseph's Don Kojis 6'3 202 34 Marquette Howard Komives 6'1 185 32 Bowling Green Sam Lacey 6'10 235 25 New Mexico State Ted Manakas 6'2 180 22 Princeton Larry McNeill 6'9 195 22 Marquette Otto Moore 6'11 205 27 Texas - Pan American Mike Ratliff 6'10 230 22 Wisconsin - Eau Claire Ron Riley 6'8 195 23 Southern California Justus Thigpen 6'1 160 26 Weber State Jimmy Walker 6'3 195 29 Providence Nate Williams 6'4 215 23 Utah State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Jimmy Walker 72 2920 575 1228 0 0 273 332 39 163 202 303 81 9 0 166 1423 19.8 G Nate Williams 82 2513 538 1165 0 0 193 236 118 226 344 182 149 34 0 290 1269 15.5 C Sam Lacey 79 3107 467 982 0 0 185 247 293 762 1055 299 126 184 0 254 1119 14.2 F Don Kojis 77 2091 400 836 0 0 210 272 126 257 383 110 77 15 0 157 1010 13.1 F Ron Behagen 80 2059 357 827 0 0 162 212 188 379 567 134 56 37 0 291 876 10.9 F John Block 82 1777 275 634 0 0 164 206 129 260 389 94 68 35 0 229 714 8.7 G Nate Archibald 35 1272 222 492 0 0 173 211 21 64 85 266 56 7 0 76 617 17.6 F Larry McNeill 54 516 106 220 0 0 99 140 60 86 146 24 35 6 0 76 311 5.8 G Mike D'Antoni 52 989 107 266 0 0 33 47 24 69 93 123 75 15 0 112 247 4.8 F Ken Durrett 45 462 86 176 0 0 42 69 28 50 78 19 13 5 0 68 214 4.8 C Otto Moore 65 633 88 171 0 0 35 54 60 140 200 47 16 31 0 62 211 3.2 G Howard Komives 44 830 78 192 0 0 33 38 10 33 43 97 32 3 0 83 189 4.3 G Matt Guokas 9 315 41 83 0 0 8 12 2 19 21 36 8 1 0 21 90 10.0 F Ron Riley 12 170 24 57 0 0 14 24 13 43 56 8 3 2 0 27 62 5.2 G Ted Manakas 5 45 4 10 0 0 4 4 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 4 12 2.4 G Justus Thigpen 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 C Mike Ratliff 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 7 Ron Behagen 388 Minnesota
2 20 Mike D'Antoni 130 50 Marshall [pick acquired from BUF via DET]
2 25 Larry McNeill 297 Marquette
5 76 M.L. Carr 604 74 Guilford
6 93 Mike Quick San Francisco
7 110 Mike Jeffries Missouri
8 127 Mike Williams Kentucky Wesleyan
9 143 James Brown Dartmouth
10 157 Ernie Kusyner Kansas State
Traded draft picks:
#3 to PHO (Joe Reaves)
#4 to MIL (Clyde Turner)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/10/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 90-105 0-1 10/12/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 88-84 1-1 10/13/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 117-102 2-1 10/17/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 108-106 3-1 10/19/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers L 99-111 3-2 10/20/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 81-100 3-3 10/24/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 91-92 3-4 10/26/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 98-93 4-4 10/28/1973 vs Buffalo Braves L 100-112 4-5 10/30/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 78-112 4-6 11/02/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics L 109-115 4-7 11/04/1973 vs Golden State Warriors L 91-92 4-8 11/09/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 96-109 4-9 11/10/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 83-84 4-10 11/11/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-93 5-10 11/14/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 118-116 6-10 11/16/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 98-125 6-11 11/17/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 110-123 6-12 11/20/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 103-109 6-13 11/21/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 90-103 6-14 11/23/1973 at Boston Celtics L 102-119 6-15 11/24/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 131-143 6-16 11/25/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics L 99-104 6-17 11/27/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 110-129 6-18 11/29/1973 at Phoenix Suns L 99-119 6-19 11/30/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-123 6-20 12/01/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 108-120 6-21 12/05/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 117-105 7-21 12/07/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 113-102 8-21 12/09/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 80-86 8-22 12/11/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 104-105 8-23 12/15/1973 at New York Knicks L 107-116 8-24 12/16/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 105-104 9-24 12/19/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-92 10-24 12/20/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 92-98 10-25 12/22/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 122-112 11-25 12/23/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 101-93 12-25 12/26/1973 at Houston Rockets L 95-110 12-26 12/27/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 110-100 13-26 12/29/1973 at Capitol Bullets W 106-102 14-26 12/30/1973 vs New York Knicks L 85-102 14-27 01/02/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 109-97 15-27 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/03/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 105-120 15-28 01/04/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 122-97 16-28 01/06/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-109 16-29 01/08/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 110-129 16-30 01/09/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 96-100 16-31 01/11/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 117-100 17-31 01/13/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 103-99 18-31 01/18/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 115-116 18-32 01/19/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-108 19-32 01/20/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 79-105 19-33 01/22/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 103-96 20-33 01/25/1974 at Buffalo Braves W 118-113 21-33 01/27/1974 at Boston Celtics L 98-119 21-34 01/30/1974 vs New York Knicks L 88-108 21-35 02/01/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 88-99 21-36 02/06/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 95-112 21-37 02/08/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 104-99 22-37 02/09/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 121-120 23-37 02/10/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 103-119 23-38 02/12/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 106-113 23-39 02/13/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 87-89 23-40 02/15/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 89-92 23-41 02/19/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 92-86 24-41 02/20/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 116-97 25-41 02/22/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 119-104 26-41 02/24/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 93-100 26-42 02/26/1974 at Houston Rockets L 101-118 26-43 02/27/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 85-76 27-43 03/01/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 100-107 27-44 03/03/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 100-113 27-45 03/04/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 103-109 27-46 03/06/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-111 27-47 03/09/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 106-96 28-47 03/12/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 93-91 29-47 03/17/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 125-114 30-47 03/18/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 114-105 31-47 03/20/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 86-87 31-48 03/22/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 107-105 32-48 03/23/1974 at New York Knicks W 107-106 33-48 03/26/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 98-118 33-49 |