1972-1973 Kentucky Colonels: 56-28 .667
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 33-9 (4796 points scored, 4345 allowed) Road record: 23-19 (4605 points scored, 4515 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 33-9 (4796 points scored, 4345 allowed) Road record: 23-19 (4605 points scored, 4515 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Joe Mullaney 9401 points scored (5th of 10 teams), 8860 points allowed (1st) ABA Averages: 111.6 points/game (9374.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bill Chamberlain 6'6 188 23 North Carolina Louie Dampier 6'0 170 28 Kentucky Mike Gale 6'4 185 22 Elizabeth City State Artis Gilmore 7'2 240 23 Jacksonville Dan Issel 6'8 235 24 Kentucky Wendell Ladner 6'5 220 24 Southern Mississippi Rick Mount 6'3 175 25 Purdue Jimmy O'Brien 6'1 170 23 Boston College Pierce Russell 6'4 190 23 Kansas Walt Simon 6'6 200 33 Benedict College Ron Thomas 6'6 215 22 Louisville Claude Virden 6'5 195 25 Murray StateTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Dan Issel 84 3531 902 1757 3 15 485 635 329 593 922 220 216 255 2292 27.3 C Artis Gilmore 84 3502 687 1228 1 2 368 572 449 1027 1476 295 259 286 302 1743 20.8 G Louie Dampier 80 3039 515 1143 54 155 262 334 55 158 213 521 188 216 1346 16.8 F Walt Simon 83 2403 432 897 3 17 143 191 122 273 395 336 156 271 1010 12.2 G Rick Mount 61 1780 369 804 9 30 159 198 50 88 138 194 119 172 906 14.9 G Mike Gale 81 1854 218 463 1 6 100 143 78 163 241 248 131 108 207 537 6.6 G Jimmy O'Brien 68 1014 126 317 0 9 68 89 27 65 92 174 77 103 320 4.7 F Claude Virden 31 825 130 327 0 2 46 59 49 105 154 74 49 84 306 9.9 G Pierce Russell 59 618 119 266 2 17 49 78 54 75 129 61 33 80 289 4.9 F Wendell Ladner 37 659 109 318 8 38 44 58 57 124 181 72 52 132 270 7.3 F Bill Chamberlain 43 566 101 248 1 3 34 55 56 51 107 69 54 81 237 5.5 F Ron Thomas 31 369 62 132 0 2 21 41 53 62 115 23 21 73 145 4.7
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/30/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 129-101 04/01/1973 vs Virginia Squires L 94-109 04/03/1973 at Virginia Squires W 115-113 (OT) 04/06/1973 at Virginia Squires W 108-90 04/07/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 114-103 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/11/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 113-103 04/14/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 105-125 04/16/1973 vs Carolina Cougars W 108-94 04/18/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 91-102 04/20/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 107-112 04/21/1973 vs Carolina Cougars W 119-100 04/24/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 107-96 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 04/28/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 107-111 (OT) 04/30/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 114-102 05/03/1973 at Indiana Pacers W 92-88 05/05/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 86-90 05/08/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 86-89 05/10/1973 at Indiana Pacers W 109-93 05/12/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 81-88Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Dan Issel 19 825 198 398 1 6 124 156 60 165 225 28 47 71 521 27.4 C Artis Gilmore 19 780 142 261 0 0 77 123 84 176 260 75 63 68 361 19.0 G Rick Mount 19 676 119 293 10 22 73 87 21 26 47 49 42 48 321 16.9 F Walt Simon 19 639 92 207 0 4 27 31 19 74 93 79 38 67 211 11.1 G Louie Dampier 12 411 65 126 10 22 21 30 6 19 25 39 19 35 161 13.4 F Wendell Ladner 19 269 55 142 14 53 12 14 18 38 56 21 25 67 136 7.2 G Jimmy O'Brien 19 435 33 93 1 3 39 45 9 25 34 82 33 35 106 5.6 F Ron Thomas 17 247 38 77 0 1 9 23 28 47 75 13 24 44 85 5.0 G Mike Gale 12 291 23 58 0 2 20 23 8 22 30 40 15 41 66 5.5 G Pierce Russell 12 37 7 12 0 0 3 6 5 7 12 2 1 5 17 1.4
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/13/1972 at New York Nets L 90-114 0-1
10/14/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 130-110 1-1
10/18/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 100-105 1-2
10/21/1972 vs Utah Stars W 112-92 2-2
10/25/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 116-108 3-2
10/27/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 112-114 3-3
10/28/1972 vs New York Nets W 106-82 4-3
10/30/1972 at Utah Stars L 106-117 4-4
10/31/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 119-109 5-4
11/03/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 116-118 5-5
11/04/1972 vs Utah Stars L 122-125 5-6
11/08/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 111-126 5-7
11/10/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 122-117 6-7
11/11/1972 vs New York Nets W 116-99 7-7
11/15/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 99-104 7-8
11/17/1972 at Virginia Squires L 115-122 7-9
11/18/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 104-112 7-10
11/19/1972 at New York Nets L 115-118 7-11
11/22/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 123-109 8-11
11/24/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 99-109 8-12
11/25/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 115-111 9-12
11/28/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 133-111 10-12
11/29/1972 at Denver Rockets W 114-113 11-12
11/30/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals W 107-102 12-12
12/01/1972 at Memphis Tams W 127-107 13-12
12/03/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 109-91 14-12
12/06/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 119-105 15-12
12/08/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 121-114 16-12
12/13/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 119-112 17-12
12/14/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 113-121 17-13
12/15/1972 at New York Nets W 118-110 18-13
12/16/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 117-110 19-13
12/22/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 128-116 20-13
12/23/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 116-105 21-13
12/26/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 129-120 22-13
12/27/1972 vs New York Nets W 105-101 23-13
12/29/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 131-104 24-13
12/30/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 91-104 24-14
01/03/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 109-107 25-14
01/05/1973 vs Utah Stars W 115-106 26-14
01/06/1973 at Virginia Squires L 109-113 26-15
01/09/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 113-106 27-15
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/12/1973 at Memphis Tams W 104-101 28-15
01/13/1973 at Utah Stars L 96-105 28-16
01/14/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 100-97 29-16
01/17/1973 at Utah Stars L 104-117 29-17
01/18/1973 at Memphis Tams W 104-100 30-17
01/20/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 115-103 31-17
01/21/1973 at Denver Rockets W 118-111 32-17
01/23/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 131-112 33-17
01/24/1973 vs Denver Rockets L 87-98 33-18
01/25/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 94-96 33-19
01/27/1973 at Virginia Squires W 106-99 34-19
01/28/1973 vs Carolina Cougars W 111-103 35-19
01/31/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 109-99 36-19
02/02/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 118-106 37-19
02/03/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 103-110 37-20
02/04/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 99-104 37-21
02/10/1973 at Virginia Squires L 100-105 37-22
02/11/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 98-87 38-22
02/13/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 110-103 39-22
02/14/1973 at Denver Rockets W 111-103 40-22
02/15/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 108-120 40-23
02/17/1973 at Virginia Squires W 112-105 41-23
02/18/1973 vs New York Nets W 94-85 42-23
02/21/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 125-109 43-23
02/24/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 107-102 44-23
02/25/1973 at Denver Rockets L 86-87 44-24
02/27/1973 at Utah Stars L 97-103 44-25
02/28/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 117-97 45-25
03/02/1973 vs New York Nets L 107-109 45-26
03/04/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 121-91 46-26
03/06/1973 at Memphis Tams W 131-107 47-26
03/07/1973 at New York Nets L 89-91 47-27
03/09/1973 at Virginia Squires W 119-113 48-27
03/10/1973 at Memphis Tams W 121-110 49-27
03/11/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 119-82 50-27
03/13/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 139-103 51-27
03/18/1973 vs Utah Stars L 99-100 51-28
03/21/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 131-109 52-28
03/23/1973 at New York Nets W 115-91 53-28
03/24/1973 vs New York Nets W 126-96 54-28
03/25/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 111-95 55-28
03/28/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 118-97 56-28
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