1972-1973 Virginia Squires: 42-42 .500
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-11 (4983 points scored, 4722 allowed) Road record: 11-31 (4753 points scored, 4993 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Al Bianchi 9736 points scored (4th of 10 teams), 9715 points allowed (8th) ABA Averages: 111.6 points/game (9374.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Mike Barr 6'3 180 22 Duquesne Jim Eakins 6'11 215 26 Brigham Young Julius Erving 6'6 200 22 Massachusetts Will Franklin 6'7 220 23 Purdue George Gervin 6'7 180 20 Eastern Michigan George Irvine 6'6 200 24 Washington Neil Johnson 6'7 220 29 Creighton Goose Ligon 6'7 210 28 None Erwin Mueller 6'8 230 28 San Francisco Al Sanders 6'7 240 22 Louisiana State Billy Shepherd 5'10 160 23 Butler Willie Sojourner 6'8 225 24 Weber State Fatty Taylor 6'0 175 26 La Salle Dave Twardzik 6'1 175 22 Old Dominion Bernie Williams 6'3 175 27 La Salle Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Julius Erving 71 2993 894 1804 5 24 475 612 262 605 867 298 181 127 326 197 2268 31.9 C Jim Eakins 83 2559 430 823 0 1 384 479 234 499 733 262 131 233 287 1244 15.0 F George Irvine 79 2075 424 805 7 33 169 203 108 188 296 149 138 267 1024 13.0 G Bernie Williams 71 1513 356 831 10 58 166 193 60 65 125 137 136 150 888 12.5 G Fatty Taylor 78 2553 316 679 3 7 150 248 137 181 318 374 210 237 266 785 10.1 G Mike Barr 79 2076 289 612 1 4 141 188 76 151 227 254 185 220 720 9.1 F Will Franklin 73 990 218 524 2 7 107 179 123 166 289 50 123 157 545 7.5 F Neil Johnson 69 1442 210 429 0 1 103 156 156 208 364 158 131 232 523 7.6 C Willie Sojourner 64 1065 199 410 0 0 84 128 121 243 364 75 80 187 482 7.5 G Dave Twardzik 80 1357 141 306 2 9 178 212 45 113 158 184 122 202 462 5.8 G George Gervin 30 689 161 341 6 26 96 118 34 94 128 34 54 72 424 14.1 F Goose Ligon 12 360 58 103 0 0 28 43 36 58 94 20 21 40 144 12.0 F Erwin Mueller 17 205 17 53 0 0 3 10 17 30 47 26 22 24 37 2.2 G Billy Shepherd 16 68 7 35 4 16 9 10 2 3 5 8 8 12 27 1.7 F Al Sanders 4 25 2 2 0 0 4 6 0 5 5 0 3 4 8 2.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/30/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 101-129 04/01/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 109-94 04/03/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 113-115 (OT) 04/06/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 90-108 04/07/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 103-114 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Julius Erving 5 219 59 112 0 3 30 40 14 31 45 16 17 16 148 29.6 C Jim Eakins 5 217 48 81 0 0 28 34 20 37 57 18 22 22 124 24.8 G George Gervin 5 200 34 77 1 5 24 34 16 22 38 8 18 15 93 18.6 G Fatty Taylor 5 169 13 38 1 2 14 15 4 17 21 14 18 19 41 8.2 F Neil Johnson 5 98 13 26 0 0 6 8 7 14 21 5 7 16 32 6.4 F Erwin Mueller 5 112 5 18 1 1 6 7 7 12 19 15 11 10 17 3.4 F George Irvine 5 53 6 15 0 0 5 5 2 3 5 5 8 8 17 3.4 G Mike Barr 5 84 5 18 0 0 5 6 2 4 6 10 10 8 15 3.0 G Dave Twardzik 2 29 3 7 0 0 6 6 0 1 1 3 1 3 12 6.0 C Willie Sojourner 3 20 4 7 0 0 2 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 10 3.3 G Bernie Williams 3 24 3 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 4 7 2.3
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 115-123 0-1 10/14/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 110-130 0-2 10/17/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors L 112-117 0-3 10/18/1972 at Denver Rockets L 109-115 0-4 10/20/1972 at New York Nets W 130-120 1-4 10/21/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 119-110 2-4 10/24/1972 at Memphis Tams W 123-111 3-4 10/26/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 155-111 4-4 10/27/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 103-108 4-5 10/28/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 109-141 4-6 10/31/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 120-114 5-6 11/01/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 109-120 5-7 11/03/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 127-123 6-7 11/05/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors L 121-132 6-8 11/08/1972 at Denver Rockets W 116-111 7-8 11/09/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 134-126 8-8 11/10/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 125-97 9-8 11/11/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 128-136 9-9 11/14/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 118-127 9-10 11/16/1972 vs Utah Stars W 131-127 10-10 11/17/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 122-115 11-10 11/19/1972 at Memphis Tams L 118-130 11-11 11/22/1972 at New York Nets L 105-109 11-12 11/23/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 116-106 12-12 11/25/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 122-108 13-12 11/28/1972 at Memphis Tams W 120-115 14-12 11/29/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 128-117 15-12 12/02/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 111-107 16-12 12/03/1972 at Memphis Tams L 115-124 16-13 12/06/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 105-119 16-14 12/07/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 132-129 17-14 12/08/1972 at New York Nets L 124-126 17-15 12/09/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 101-98 18-15 12/12/1972 at Utah Stars L 104-123 18-16 12/14/1972 at Denver Rockets L 99-103 18-17 12/15/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 97-113 18-18 12/16/1972 vs New York Nets W 124-107 19-18 12/17/1972 at New York Nets L 108-112 19-19 12/23/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 112-107 20-19 12/26/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 126-131 20-20 12/27/1972 at Denver Rockets L 113-115 20-21 12/28/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 124-117 21-21 | Date Opponent Result Record 12/30/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 120-104 22-21 01/04/1973 vs New York Nets W 128-97 23-21 01/05/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 118-135 23-22 01/06/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 113-109 24-22 01/09/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 106-113 24-23 01/12/1973 at New York Nets W 103-93 25-23 01/16/1973 at Memphis Tams W 127-122 26-23 01/18/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 116-110 27-23 01/19/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 121-129 27-24 01/20/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 110-121 27-25 01/26/1973 vs Utah Stars L 121-127 27-26 01/27/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 99-106 27-27 01/29/1973 at Utah Stars W 122-121 28-27 01/30/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals L 129-135 28-28 01/31/1973 at New York Nets W 100-94 29-28 02/01/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 98-113 29-29 02/03/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 142-125 30-29 02/08/1973 vs New York Nets W 123-108 31-29 02/10/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 105-100 32-29 02/12/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 119-127 32-30 02/17/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 105-112 32-31 02/20/1973 at Memphis Tams L 103-107 32-32 02/24/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 126-115 33-32 02/28/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 97-117 33-33 03/01/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 125-124 34-33 03/02/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 112-100 35-33 03/04/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors L 110-115 35-34 03/05/1973 at Utah Stars L 110-117 35-35 03/06/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 121-105 36-35 03/08/1973 vs New York Nets W 130-118 37-35 03/09/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 113-119 37-36 03/10/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 106-103 38-36 03/14/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 125-114 39-36 03/16/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 123-118 40-36 03/17/1973 vs Utah Stars L 103-112 40-37 03/18/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 105-119 40-38 03/20/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals L 120-122 40-39 03/22/1973 at Utah Stars L 115-134 40-40 03/23/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors L 92-104 40-41 03/24/1973 vs Utah Stars W 119-104 41-41 03/25/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 95-111 41-42 03/28/1973 vs New York Nets W 121-106 42-42 |