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46-36, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 112.4 points per game, Allowed 112.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 41-41)
Coached by Cotton Fitzsimmons (46-36)
Arena: Omni Coliseum / Attendance: 304,802 (10th of 17 available)
SRS: -0.16 (9th of 17)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
1972-73 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 10, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 120 | 109 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 13, 1972 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 98 | 115 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Oct 15, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 101 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 17, 1972 | Boston Celtics | L | 115 | 119 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 20, 1972 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 108 | 120 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 21, 1972 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 101 | 108 | 2 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 24, 1972 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 118 | 110 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Oct 25, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 118 | 115 | 4 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Oct 28, 1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 107 | 122 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 31, 1972 | Houston Rockets | L | 105 | 106 | 4 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 3, 1972 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 108 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 4, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 128 | 120 | 6 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 7, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 109 | 107 | 7 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 14 | Thu, Nov 9, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 99 | 101 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 11, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 111 | 102 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 14, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | L | 105 | 114 | 8 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 18, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | W | 126 | 122 | 9 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 19, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 98 | 109 | 9 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 21, 1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 110 | 113 | 9 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Nov 23, 1972 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 110 | 97 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 25, 1972 | Chicago Bulls | L | 99 | 100 | 10 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Sun, Nov 26, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 96 | 108 | 10 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Nov 29, 1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 98 | 109 | 10 | 13 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 1, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 114 | 109 | 11 | 13 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Dec 2, 1972 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 106 | 103 | 12 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 5, 1972 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 122 | 121 | 13 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 7, 1972 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 94 | 89 | 14 | 13 | W 4 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 8, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 134 | 115 | 15 | 13 | W 5 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 10, 1972 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 115 | 130 | 15 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 12, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 114 | 15 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 13, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 121 | 120 | 16 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 16, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 100 | 94 | 17 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 19, 1972 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 119 | 102 | 18 | 15 | W 3 | |||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 22, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 110 | 109 | 19 | 15 | W 4 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 23, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 124 | 112 | 20 | 15 | W 5 | |||
| 36 | Tue, Dec 26, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 96 | 115 | 20 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Wed, Dec 27, 1972 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 121 | 120 | 21 | 16 | W 1 | at Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 38 | Thu, Dec 28, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 111 | 112 | 21 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 39 | Sat, Dec 30, 1972 | Buffalo Braves | W | 120 | 110 | 22 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 2, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 90 | 100 | 22 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 3, 1973 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 97 | 105 | 22 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 5, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 126 | 22 | 20 | L 3 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 6, 1973 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 116 | 111 | 23 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 9, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 120 | 114 | 24 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 11, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 107 | 122 | 24 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 12, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 133 | 24 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 14, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 102 | 24 | 23 | L 3 | |||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 16, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 130 | 129 | 25 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 17, 1973 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 122 | 105 | 26 | 23 | W 2 | ||
| 50 | Thu, Jan 18, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | L | 125 | 127 | 26 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 20, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 96 | 84 | 27 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Jan 26, 1973 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 118 | 82 | 28 | 24 | W 2 | ||
| 53 | Sat, Jan 27, 1973 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 129 | 126 | 29 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 54 | Sun, Jan 28, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 108 | 116 | 29 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Jan 30, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | L | 123 | 126 | 29 | 26 | L 2 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 2, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 100 | 99 | 30 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 3, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | W | 105 | 101 | 31 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 6, 1973 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 112 | 106 | 32 | 26 | W 3 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 7, 1973 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 108 | 137 | 32 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Thu, Feb 8, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | OT | 132 | 136 | 32 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 10, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 103 | 91 | 33 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 11, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 115 | 107 | 34 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 16, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 111 | 104 | 35 | 28 | W 3 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 18, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 99 | 92 | 36 | 28 | W 4 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 20, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 115 | 118 | 36 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Fri, Feb 23, 1973 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 120 | 124 | 36 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 27, 1973 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 131 | 130 | 37 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 2, 1973 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 130 | 107 | 38 | 30 | W 2 | ||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 3, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 136 | 125 | 39 | 30 | W 3 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 4, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 138 | 130 | 40 | 30 | W 4 | |||
| 71 | Thu, Mar 8, 1973 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 135 | 129 | 41 | 30 | W 5 | |||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 10, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | W | 117 | 113 | 42 | 30 | W 6 | |||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 11, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 118 | 129 | 42 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Tue, Mar 13, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 107 | 115 | 42 | 32 | L 2 | ||
| 75 | Fri, Mar 16, 1973 | Phoenix Suns | W | 135 | 127 | 43 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Sun, Mar 18, 1973 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 104 | 105 | 43 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 77 | Tue, Mar 20, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 114 | 112 | 44 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Wed, Mar 21, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 98 | 93 | 45 | 33 | W 2 | ||
| 79 | Fri, Mar 23, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 124 | 45 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Sat, Mar 24, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | W | 113 | 111 | 46 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sun, Mar 25, 1973 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 105 | 112 | 46 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Tue, Mar 27, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 117 | 46 | 36 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Apr 1, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 134 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Apr 4, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 126 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Apr 6, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 118 | 105 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 8, 1973 | Boston Celtics | W | 97 | 94 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Apr 11, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 101 | 108 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Apr 13, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 121 | 2 | 4 | L 2 |