1973-1974 Portland Trail Blazers: 27-55 .329
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-19 (4529 points scored, 4432 allowed) Road record: 5-34 (4027 points scored, 4489 allowed) Other sites: 0-2 (205 points scored, 232 allowed) Head Coach: Jack McCloskey 8761 points scored (10th of 17 teams), 9153 points allowed (16th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Charlie Davis 6'1 160 24 Wake Forest Bernie Fryer 6'3 185 24 Brigham Young John Johnson 6'7 200 26 Iowa Ollie Johnson 6'6 200 24 Temple Mo Layton 6'1 180 25 Southern California LaRue Martin 6'11 208 23 Loyola (Chicago) Lloyd Neal 6'7 225 23 Tennessee State Geoff Petrie 6'4 190 25 Princeton Rick Roberson 6'9 231 26 Cincinnati Mark Sibley 6'2 175 23 Northwestern Greg Smith 6'5 195 26 Western Kentucky Larry Steele 6'5 180 24 Kentucky Bob Verga 6'1 190 28 Duke Sidney Wicks 6'8 225 24 UCLA 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 73 2800 740 1537 0 0 291 341 64 144 208 315 84 15 0 199 1771 24.3 F Sidney Wicks 75 2853 685 1492 0 0 314 412 196 488 684 326 90 63 0 214 1684 22.5 F John Johnson 69 2287 459 990 0 0 212 261 160 355 515 284 69 29 0 221 1130 16.4 C Rick Roberson 69 2060 364 797 0 0 205 316 251 450 701 133 65 55 0 252 933 13.5 G Larry Steele 81 2648 325 680 0 0 135 171 89 221 310 323 217 32 0 295 785 9.7 F Lloyd Neal 80 1517 246 502 0 0 117 168 150 344 494 89 45 73 0 190 609 7.6 G Bernie Fryer 80 1674 226 491 0 0 107 135 60 99 159 279 92 10 0 187 559 7.0 F Ollie Johnson 79 1718 209 434 0 0 77 94 116 208 324 167 60 30 0 179 495 6.3 F Greg Smith 67 878 99 228 0 0 48 79 65 124 189 78 41 6 0 126 246 3.7 C LaRue Martin 50 538 101 232 0 0 42 66 74 107 181 20 7 26 0 90 244 4.9 G Mo Layton 22 327 55 112 0 0 14 26 0 33 33 51 9 1 0 45 124 5.6 G Bob Verga 21 216 42 93 0 0 20 32 11 7 18 17 12 0 0 22 104 5.0 G Mark Sibley 28 124 20 56 0 0 6 7 9 16 25 13 4 1 0 23 46 1.6 G Charlie Davis 8 90 14 40 0 0 3 4 2 9 11 11 2 0 0 7 31 3.9
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 15 Barry Parkhill 173 Virginia [pick acquired from LA via CLE]
4 55 William Averitt Pepperdine
5 71 Fran Costello Providence
6 89 Neal Jurgensen Oregon State
7 105 Larry Hollyfield UCLA
8 123 Lendell Resson Eastern Michigan
9 139 Mike Contreras Arizona State
10 154 Sam Whitehead Oregon State
11 167 Ed Payne Wake Forest
12 177 Rick Holdt North Carolina State
Traded draft picks:
#1 to CLE (Jim Brewer)
#2 to PHI (Allan Bristow)
#3 to CLE (Jim O'Brien)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1973 vs Capitol Bullets W 132-87 1-0 10/19/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 111-99 2-0 10/20/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 123-108 3-0 10/23/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 96-103 3-1 10/24/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers L 110-132 3-2 10/26/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 127-110 4-2 10/27/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 98-111 4-3 10/28/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 98-111 4-4 10/30/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-112 5-4 11/03/1973 vs New York Knicks W 107-100 6-4 11/09/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 122-108 7-4 11/10/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 104-106 7-5 11/13/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-108 7-6 11/14/1973 at Detroit Pistons W 111-108 8-6 11/15/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 114-123 8-7 11/17/1973 at Houston Rockets W 96-87 9-7 11/20/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 101-106 9-8 11/22/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 131-125 10-8 11/23/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 106-127 10-9 11/24/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 108-113 10-10 11/25/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-137 10-11 11/29/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 89-119 10-12 11/30/1973 vs Phoenix Suns L 99-107 10-13 12/01/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 134-115 11-13 12/04/1973 at New York Knicks L 100-113 11-14 12/05/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 110-114 11-15 12/07/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 86-116 11-16 12/08/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 91-106 11-17 12/11/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 82-87 11-18 12/13/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 119-108 12-18 12/14/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 109-101 13-18 12/16/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 98-121 13-19 12/18/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 133-117 14-19 12/21/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 120-124 14-20 12/22/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-105 15-20 12/27/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 118-117 16-20 12/28/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 93-110 16-21 12/30/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-92 17-21 01/01/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 119-120 17-22 01/04/1974 vs Houston Rockets L 113-119 17-23 01/06/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 106-105 18-23 01/08/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 129-110 19-23 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/13/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 99-103 19-24 01/17/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 99-126 19-25 01/19/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-121 19-26 01/20/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 97-99 19-27 01/22/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 96-103 19-28 01/23/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 95-121 19-29 01/25/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 84-87 19-30 01/29/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-126 19-31 01/31/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 100-112 19-32 02/02/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 102-97 20-32 02/03/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 91-124 20-33 02/05/1974 vs Detroit Pistons L 102-104 20-34 02/06/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 94-107 20-35 02/08/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 99-104 20-36 02/10/1974 vs Houston Rockets L 106-112 20-37 02/12/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 113-104 21-37 02/15/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 104-106 21-38 02/16/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-106 21-39 02/17/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 100-112 21-40 02/19/1974 at New York Knicks L 116-119 21-41 02/20/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 101-116 21-42 02/22/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 100-117 21-43 02/24/1974 at Houston Rockets L 115-133 21-44 02/26/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 110-118 21-45 02/28/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 109-129 21-46 03/01/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 95-91 22-46 03/03/1974 vs Detroit Pistons L 95-99 22-47 03/05/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 107-102 23-47 03/09/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 103-106 23-48 03/10/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 112-122 23-49 03/12/1974 at Boston Celtics L 93-110 23-50 03/15/1974 vs New York Knicks W 107-105 24-50 03/16/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 128-127 25-50 03/18/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 105-114 25-51 03/19/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 103-107 25-52 03/20/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 113-106 26-52 03/22/1974 at Boston Celtics L 118-126 26-53 03/24/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 110-120 26-54 03/26/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 120-143 26-55 03/27/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 132-122 27-55 |