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1972-73 Atlanta Hawks

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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.

Regular Season

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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

Playoffs

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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