1972-1973 Portland Trail Blazers: 21-61 .256
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 13-28 (4379 points scored, 4501 allowed) Road record: 8-32 (4217 points scored, 4602 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (111 points scored, 115 allowed) Head Coach: Jack McCloskey 8707 points scored (10th of 17 teams), 9218 points allowed (13th) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Rick Adelman 6'1 175 26 Loyola Marymount Bob Davis 6'7 215 22 Weber State Charlie Davis 6'1 160 23 Wake Forest Terry Dischinger 6'7 189 32 Purdue Ollie Johnson 6'6 200 23 Temple LaRue Martin 6'11 208 22 Loyola (Chicago) Stan McKenzie 6'5 195 28 New York University Lloyd Neal 6'7 225 22 Tennessee State Geoff Petrie 6'4 190 24 Princeton Bill Smith 7'0 220 23 Syracuse Greg Smith 6'5 195 25 Western Kentucky Larry Steele 6'5 180 23 Kentucky Bill Turner 6'7 220 28 Akron Sidney Wicks 6'8 225 23 UCLA Dave Wohl 6'2 185 23 Penn Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Geoff Petrie 79 3134 836 1801 0 0 298 383 0 0 273 350 0 0 0 163 1970 24.9 F Sidney Wicks 80 3152 761 1684 0 0 384 531 0 0 870 440 0 0 0 253 1906 23.8 F Lloyd Neal 82 2723 455 921 0 0 187 293 0 0 967 146 0 0 0 305 1097 13.4 F Ollie Johnson 78 2138 308 620 0 0 156 206 0 0 417 200 0 0 0 166 772 9.9 G Charlie Davis 69 1333 243 590 0 0 126 161 0 0 111 175 0 0 0 174 612 8.9 F Greg Smith 72 1569 229 469 0 0 75 128 0 0 375 117 0 0 0 210 533 7.4 G Rick Adelman 76 1822 214 525 0 0 73 102 0 0 157 294 0 0 0 155 501 6.6 G Larry Steele 66 1301 159 329 0 0 71 89 0 0 154 156 0 0 0 181 389 5.9 F Terry Dischinger 63 970 161 338 0 0 64 96 0 0 190 103 0 0 0 125 386 6.1 C LaRue Martin 77 996 145 366 0 0 50 77 0 0 358 42 0 0 0 162 340 4.4 G Dave Wohl 22 393 47 114 0 0 24 33 0 0 20 68 0 0 0 45 118 5.4 F Stan McKenzie 7 107 13 36 0 0 14 16 0 0 21 8 0 0 0 15 40 5.7 C Bill Smith 8 43 9 15 0 0 5 8 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 8 23 2.9 F Bob Davis 9 41 6 28 0 0 4 6 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 5 16 1.8 F Bill Turner 2 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 2.0
1972 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 1 LaRue Martin 271 Loyola (IL)
2 14 Bob Davis 9 Weber State
2 26 Dave Twardzik 280 256 Old Dominion [pick acquired from GOL]
2 30 Ollie Johnson 690 Temple [pick acquired from LA]
3 31 Lloyd Neal 435 Tennessee State
4 48 Gary Stewart Canisius
5 64 Mike Reid California-Riverside
6 81 Joe Gaines Belmont
7 98 Bob Lynn Long Beach State
8 114 Ruben Vance Kent State
9 130 Scott McCandlish Virginia
10 144 Kresimir Cosic Brigham Young
11 157 Jimmy Wilkins San Diego State
13 175 Larry Morris Tulsa
14 181 Paul Kelley Shaw
15 188 Rich Haubeggar Wake Forest
16 193 Mose Adolph Cal State Los Angeles
Traded draft picks:
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics L 84-92 0-1 10/14/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 120-124 0-2 10/17/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 111-108 1-2 10/20/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-126 1-3 10/21/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 97-104 1-4 10/22/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 119-120 1-5 10/24/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks L 110-118 1-6 10/27/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 95-118 1-7 10/29/1972 vs Detroit Pistons L 111-119 1-8 11/02/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 104-118 1-9 11/04/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 120-134 1-10 11/06/1972 vs New York Knicks L 95-111 1-11 11/12/1972 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 102-100 2-11 11/14/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-91 3-11 11/17/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 105-97 4-11 11/18/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics L 100-102 4-12 11/21/1972 at New York Knicks L 80-108 4-13 11/22/1972 at Boston Celtics L 107-126 4-14 11/25/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 117-106 5-14 11/26/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-102 6-14 11/28/1972 at Detroit Pistons L 116-120 6-15 11/29/1972 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 102-110 6-16 12/02/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks L 103-106 6-17 12/05/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 121-122 6-18 12/06/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 102-115 6-19 12/08/1972 at Houston Rockets L 108-114 6-20 12/09/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 97-116 6-21 12/10/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 101-137 6-22 12/12/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 94-115 6-23 12/15/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 96-95 7-23 12/16/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 116-123 7-24 12/18/1972 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 95-113 7-25 12/19/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 109-100 8-25 12/20/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 104-123 8-26 12/22/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 97-127 8-27 12/25/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 116-113 9-27 12/26/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 92-116 9-28 12/29/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 99-106 9-29 12/30/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 104-107 9-30 01/02/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 104-87 10-30 01/04/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 83-108 10-31 01/05/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 135-102 11-31 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 96-101 11-32 01/09/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets L 93-105 11-33 01/12/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 100-120 11-34 01/15/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 101-112 11-35 01/16/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 89-100 11-36 01/17/1973 at Boston Celtics L 99-117 11-37 01/19/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 105-108 11-38 01/20/1973 at Houston Rockets W 130-115 12-38 01/26/1973 vs Phoenix Suns L 116-120 12-39 01/27/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 117-109 13-39 01/30/1973 vs Houston Rockets L 120-123 13-40 02/03/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 97-105 13-41 02/06/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics L 117-118 13-42 02/08/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 111-123 13-43 02/09/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 116-105 14-43 02/11/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets L 97-102 14-44 02/13/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 120-100 15-44 02/16/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 105-112 15-45 02/17/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 103-110 15-46 02/18/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 119-118 16-46 02/20/1973 at New York Knicks L 106-110 16-47 02/23/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 102-121 16-48 02/24/1973 at Baltimore Bullets L 110-128 16-49 02/25/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers L 111-115 16-50 02/27/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 110-125 16-51 03/02/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-92 17-51 03/04/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 109-113 17-52 03/06/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 102-114 17-53 03/08/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 129-135 17-54 03/09/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 96-116 17-55 03/10/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 101-106 17-56 03/13/1973 vs Golden State Warriors L 101-109 17-57 03/16/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 141-128 18-57 03/18/1973 vs New York Knicks W 99-96 19-57 03/19/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 105-106 19-58 03/20/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 109-123 19-59 03/21/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 109-122 19-60 03/23/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 118-112 20-60 03/25/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 113-107 21-60 03/26/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-118 21-61 |