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32-50, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (32-50)
Points Per Game: 102.7 (17th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.3 (7th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-48 (12th of 17)
Arena: Cleveland Arena ▪ Attendance: 186,477 (16th of 17)
SRS: -2.64 (13th 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 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 90 | 102 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 13, 1972 | Houston Rockets | L | 108 | 109 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Oct 15, 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 83 | 95 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 20, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 89 | 92 | 0 | 4 | L 4 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 21, 1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 96 | 103 | 0 | 5 | L 5 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Oct 22, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 84 | 104 | 0 | 6 | L 6 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 24, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 90 | 123 | 0 | 7 | L 7 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Oct 25, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 113 | 108 | 1 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Oct 27, 1972 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 123 | 1 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Oct 29, 1972 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 115 | 97 | 2 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Oct 31, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 126 | 116 | 3 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 3, 1972 | Buffalo Braves | W | 124 | 97 | 4 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 4, 1972 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 98 | 108 | 4 | 9 | L 1 | at College Park, MD | |
| 14 | Sun, Nov 5, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | L | 106 | 107 | 4 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 8, 1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 99 | 107 | 4 | 11 | L 3 | ||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 10, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 88 | 118 | 4 | 12 | L 4 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Nov 12, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 113 | 107 | 5 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Nov 14, 1972 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 91 | 100 | 5 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 17, 1972 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 96 | 115 | 5 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 19, 1972 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 109 | 98 | 6 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 21, 1972 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 98 | 88 | 7 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 25, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 103 | 90 | 8 | 14 | W 3 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Nov 26, 1972 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 102 | 105 | 8 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Nov 28, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 84 | 107 | 8 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 1, 1972 | Detroit Pistons | L | 113 | 114 | 8 | 17 | L 3 | |||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 3, 1972 | Seattle Supersonics | W | OT | 105 | 103 | 9 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 5, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 100 | 103 | 9 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 8, 1972 | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 96 | 9 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 9, 1972 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 88 | 123 | 9 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 10, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | L | 100 | 103 | 9 | 21 | L 4 | |||
| 31 | Tue, Dec 12, 1972 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 99 | 100 | 9 | 22 | L 5 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 32 | Fri, Dec 15, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 82 | 98 | 9 | 23 | L 6 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 16, 1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 94 | 100 | 9 | 24 | L 7 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Dec 17, 1972 | Houston Rockets | L | 109 | 110 | 9 | 25 | L 8 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 22, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 87 | 98 | 9 | 26 | L 9 | |||
| 36 | Tue, Dec 26, 1972 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 115 | 96 | 10 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Thu, Dec 28, 1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 105 | 118 | 10 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Dec 29, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 91 | 99 | 10 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 2, 1973 | Phoenix Suns | W | 111 | 88 | 11 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 3, 1973 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 80 | 89 | 11 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 6, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 108 | 93 | 12 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 7, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 102 | 97 | 13 | 29 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 9, 1973 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 102 | 106 | 13 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 12, 1973 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 2OT | 113 | 109 | 14 | 30 | W 1 | at Pittsburgh, PA |
| 45 | Sat, Jan 13, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 123 | 115 | 15 | 30 | W 2 | ||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 16, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 100 | 98 | 16 | 30 | W 3 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 19, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 108 | 104 | 17 | 30 | W 4 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 20, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 84 | 96 | 17 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Fri, Jan 26, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 100 | 18 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Sun, Jan 28, 1973 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 93 | 102 | 18 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Jan 30, 1973 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 112 | 98 | 19 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Wed, Jan 31, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 89 | 94 | 19 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Sat, Feb 3, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 90 | 95 | 19 | 34 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 4, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 114 | 19 | 35 | L 3 | |||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 6, 1973 | Boston Celtics | W | 110 | 105 | 20 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Thu, Feb 8, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | OT | 136 | 132 | 21 | 35 | W 2 | |
| 57 | Fri, Feb 9, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | L | 97 | 103 | 21 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 11, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 107 | 115 | 21 | 37 | L 2 | |||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 13, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | L | 90 | 103 | 21 | 38 | L 3 | |||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 16, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 92 | 100 | 21 | 39 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 17, 1973 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 104 | 22 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 18, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | W | 122 | 98 | 23 | 39 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 20, 1973 | N | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 100 | 118 | 23 | 40 | L 1 | at Madison, WI | |
| 64 | Fri, Feb 23, 1973 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 121 | 102 | 24 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 25, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 92 | 105 | 24 | 41 | L 1 | |||
| 66 | Tue, Feb 27, 1973 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 95 | 99 | 24 | 42 | L 2 | ||
| 67 | Fri, Mar 2, 1973 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 92 | 106 | 24 | 43 | L 3 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 4, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 84 | 127 | 24 | 44 | L 4 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 6, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 110 | 24 | 45 | L 5 | ||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 7, 1973 | N | Houston Rockets | W | 118 | 100 | 25 | 45 | W 1 | at San Antonio, TX | |
| 71 | Sat, Mar 10, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 116 | 131 | 25 | 46 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 13, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 115 | 107 | 26 | 46 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 16, 1973 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 114 | 99 | 27 | 46 | W 2 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 17, 1973 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 114 | 97 | 28 | 46 | W 3 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 18, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | W | 102 | 101 | 29 | 46 | W 4 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 20, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 131 | 105 | 30 | 46 | W 5 | |||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 21, 1973 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 112 | 109 | 31 | 46 | W 6 | ||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 23, 1973 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 104 | 106 | 31 | 47 | L 1 | |||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 24, 1973 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | OT | 116 | 120 | 31 | 48 | L 2 | |
| 80 | Sun, Mar 25, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | W | 112 | 105 | 32 | 48 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Tue, Mar 27, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 105 | 121 | 32 | 49 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Wed, Mar 28, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 119 | 131 | 32 | 50 | L 2 |