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21-61, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jack Ramsay (21-61)
Points Per Game: 103.3 (16th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 112.5 (14th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 19-63 (16th of 17)
Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 321,710 (9th of 17)
SRS: -8.85 (16th of 17)
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 10, 1972 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 109 | 120 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 13, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 104 | 101 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 14, 1972 | Houston Rockets | L | 113 | 121 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 17, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 122 | 114 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 20, 1972 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 118 | 126 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 21, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 63 | 91 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 24, 1972 | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 105 | 2 | 5 | L 3 | |||
| 8 | Wed, Oct 25, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 92 | 109 | 2 | 6 | L 4 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Oct 28, 1972 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 102 | 113 | 2 | 7 | L 5 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 3, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 97 | 124 | 2 | 8 | L 6 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 4, 1972 | Chicago Bulls | W | 101 | 99 | 3 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 7, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | L | 91 | 105 | 3 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 8, 1972 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 94 | 126 | 3 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 10, 1972 | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 106 | 3 | 11 | L 3 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 14, 1972 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 100 | 106 | 3 | 12 | L 4 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 16 | Fri, Nov 17, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 103 | 3 | 13 | L 5 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 18, 1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 92 | 120 | 3 | 14 | L 6 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 19, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 84 | 107 | 3 | 15 | L 7 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 21, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 88 | 124 | 3 | 16 | L 8 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 24, 1972 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 96 | 4 | 16 | W 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 25, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 90 | 103 | 4 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Nov 28, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 94 | 101 | 4 | 18 | L 2 | |||
| 23 | Thu, Nov 30, 1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 116 | 127 | 4 | 19 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 1, 1972 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 93 | 90 | 5 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 2, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 119 | 5 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 5, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | W | 108 | 97 | 6 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 8, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 91 | 89 | 7 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 9, 1972 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 94 | 105 | 7 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Tue, Dec 12, 1972 | Houston Rockets | W | 95 | 94 | 8 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 15, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | L | 95 | 129 | 8 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 16, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 126 | 103 | 9 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 19, 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 126 | 9 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 33 | Fri, Dec 22, 1972 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 109 | 110 | 9 | 24 | L 2 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 26, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 104 | 121 | 9 | 25 | L 3 | |||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 28, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 86 | 107 | 9 | 26 | L 4 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Dec 29, 1972 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 118 | 109 | 10 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 30, 1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 110 | 120 | 10 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 2, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 114 | 110 | 11 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 5, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 106 | 129 | 11 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 6, 1973 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 96 | 110 | 11 | 29 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 7, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 96 | 119 | 11 | 30 | L 3 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 9, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 106 | 102 | 12 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 12, 1973 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 120 | 100 | 13 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 16, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 106 | 13 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 18, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 127 | 125 | 14 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 19, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | W | 108 | 98 | 15 | 31 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 21, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 104 | 15 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Jan 25, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 92 | 99 | 15 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 49 | Fri, Jan 26, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 82 | 118 | 15 | 34 | L 3 | |||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 27, 1973 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 87 | 115 | 15 | 35 | L 4 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 28, 1973 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 101 | 96 | 16 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 30, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 104 | 17 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 2, 1973 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 108 | 114 | 17 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 3, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 101 | 105 | 17 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 4, 1973 | N | Houston Rockets | L | 118 | 130 | 17 | 38 | L 3 | at San Antonio, TX | |
| 56 | Tue, Feb 6, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 107 | 17 | 39 | L 4 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 9, 1973 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 95 | 101 | 17 | 40 | L 5 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 11, 1973 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 128 | 125 | 18 | 40 | W 1 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 13, 1973 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 100 | 120 | 18 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 14, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 107 | 124 | 18 | 42 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 16, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 98 | 102 | 18 | 43 | L 3 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 18, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 98 | 122 | 18 | 44 | L 4 | ||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 20, 1973 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 113 | 106 | 19 | 44 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Feb 23, 1973 | Phoenix Suns | L | 106 | 125 | 19 | 45 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Sat, Feb 24, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 125 | 19 | 46 | L 2 | ||
| 66 | Tue, Feb 27, 1973 | Houston Rockets | L | 105 | 112 | 19 | 47 | L 3 | |||
| 67 | Fri, Mar 2, 1973 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 120 | 139 | 19 | 48 | L 4 | |||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 4, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 125 | 19 | 49 | L 5 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 6, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 127 | 19 | 50 | L 6 | |||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 8, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | W | 112 | 102 | 20 | 50 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 10, 1973 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 106 | 101 | 21 | 50 | W 2 | |||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 13, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 121 | 21 | 51 | L 1 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 16, 1973 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 100 | 121 | 21 | 52 | L 2 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 17, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 97 | 114 | 21 | 53 | L 3 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 18, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 101 | 102 | 21 | 54 | L 4 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 20, 1973 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 115 | 119 | 21 | 55 | L 5 | ||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 21, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | OT | 124 | 134 | 21 | 56 | L 6 | |
| 78 | Fri, Mar 23, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 101 | 121 | 21 | 57 | L 7 | ||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 24, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 101 | 106 | 21 | 58 | L 8 | ||
| 80 | Sun, Mar 25, 1973 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | OT | 107 | 113 | 21 | 59 | L 9 | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Tue, Mar 27, 1973 | N | Houston Rockets | L | 111 | 121 | 21 | 60 | L 10 | at San Antonio, TX | |
| 82 | Wed, Mar 28, 1973 | N | Houston Rockets | L | 122 | 138 | 21 | 61 | L 11 | at San Diego, CA |