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1972-73 Golden State Warriors Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Attles (47-35)

Points Per Game: 108.8 (7th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.7 (8th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-33 (7th of 17)

Arena: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena ▪ Attendance: 244,504 (13th of 17)

SRS: 3.12 (6th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks

1972-73 Golden State Warriors:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
1-44 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman G 6-2 185 April 15, 1942 8 University of California, Los Angeles
25 Jim Barnett G-F 6-4 170 July 7, 1944 6 University of Oregon
24 Rick Barry F 6-7 205 March 28, 1944 6 University of Miami
31 Joe Ellis F-G 6-6 175 May 3, 1944 6 University of San Francisco
10 Charles Johnson G 6-0 170 March 31, 1949 R University of California
52 George Johnson C-F 6-11 205 December 18, 1948 R Dillard University
43 Clyde Lee F-C 6-10 205 March 14, 1944 6 Vanderbilt University
23 Jeff Mullins G-F 6-4 190 March 18, 1942 8 Duke University
33 Bob Portman F 6-5 200 March 22, 1947 3 Creighton University
32 Cazzie Russell F-G 6-5 218 June 7, 1944 6 University of Michigan
42 Nate Thurmond C-F 6-11 225 July 25, 1941 9 Bowling Green State University
21 Ron Williams G 6-3 188 September 24, 1944 4 West Virginia University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19730 3715 8163 .455 1493 1871 .798 4405 1985 1693 8923 108.8
Opponent 82 19730 3603 8163 .441 1463 1891 .774 4265 2034 1766 8669 105.7

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Rick Barry 28 82 3075 737 1630 .452 358 397 .902 728 399 245 1832
2 Jeff Mullins 30 81 3005 651 1321 .493 143 172 .831 363 337 201 1445
3 Nate Thurmond 31 79 3419 517 1159 .446 315 439 .718 1349 280 240 1349
4 Cazzie Russell 28 80 2429 541 1182 .458 172 199 .864 350 187 171 1254
5 Jim Barnett 28 82 2215 394 844 .467 183 217 .843 255 301 150 971
6 Joe Ellis 28 74 1054 199 487 .409 69 93 .742 282 88 143 467
7 Ron Williams 28 73 1016 180 409 .440 75 83 .904 81 114 108 435
8 Clyde Lee 28 66 1476 170 365 .466 74 131 .565 598 34 183 414
9 Charles Johnson 23 70 887 171 400 .428 33 46 .717 132 118 105 375
10 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 46 629 82 196 .418 44 51 .863 78 112 91 208
11 George Johnson 24 56 349 41 100 .410 7 17 .412 138 8 40 89
12 Bob Portman 25 32 176 32 70 .457 20 26 .769 51 7 16 84

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Rick Barry 28 82 37.5 9.0 19.9 .452 4.4 4.8 .902 8.9 4.9 3.0 22.3
2 Jeff Mullins 30 81 37.1 8.0 16.3 .493 1.8 2.1 .831 4.5 4.2 2.5 17.8
3 Nate Thurmond 31 79 43.3 6.5 14.7 .446 4.0 5.6 .718 17.1 3.5 3.0 17.1
4 Cazzie Russell 28 80 30.4 6.8 14.8 .458 2.2 2.5 .864 4.4 2.3 2.1 15.7
5 Jim Barnett 28 82 27.0 4.8 10.3 .467 2.2 2.6 .843 3.1 3.7 1.8 11.8
6 Clyde Lee 28 66 22.4 2.6 5.5 .466 1.1 2.0 .565 9.1 0.5 2.8 6.3
7 Joe Ellis 28 74 14.2 2.7 6.6 .409 0.9 1.3 .742 3.8 1.2 1.9 6.3
8 Ron Williams 28 73 13.9 2.5 5.6 .440 1.0 1.1 .904 1.1 1.6 1.5 6.0
9 Charles Johnson 23 70 12.7 2.4 5.7 .428 0.5 0.7 .717 1.9 1.7 1.5 5.4
10 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 46 13.7 1.8 4.3 .418 1.0 1.1 .863 1.7 2.4 2.0 4.5
11 Bob Portman 25 32 5.5 1.0 2.2 .457 0.6 0.8 .769 1.6 0.2 0.5 2.6
12 George Johnson 24 56 6.2 0.7 1.8 .410 0.1 0.3 .412 2.5 0.1 0.7 1.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Rick Barry 28 82 3075 8.6 19.1 .452 4.2 4.6 .902 8.5 4.7 2.9 21.4
2 Cazzie Russell 28 80 2429 8.0 17.5 .458 2.5 2.9 .864 5.2 2.8 2.5 18.6
3 Jeff Mullins 30 81 3005 7.8 15.8 .493 1.7 2.1 .831 4.3 4.0 2.4 17.3
4 Bob Portman 25 32 176 6.5 14.3 .457 4.1 5.3 .769 10.4 1.4 3.3 17.2
5 Joe Ellis 28 74 1054 6.8 16.6 .409 2.4 3.2 .742 9.6 3.0 4.9 16.0
6 Jim Barnett 28 82 2215 6.4 13.7 .467 3.0 3.5 .843 4.1 4.9 2.4 15.8
7 Ron Williams 28 73 1016 6.4 14.5 .440 2.7 2.9 .904 2.9 4.0 3.8 15.4
8 Charles Johnson 23 70 887 6.9 16.2 .428 1.3 1.9 .717 5.4 4.8 4.3 15.2
9 Nate Thurmond 31 79 3419 5.4 12.2 .446 3.3 4.6 .718 14.2 2.9 2.5 14.2
10 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 46 629 4.7 11.2 .418 2.5 2.9 .863 4.5 6.4 5.2 11.9
11 Clyde Lee 28 66 1476 4.1 8.9 .466 1.8 3.2 .565 14.6 0.8 4.5 10.1
12 George Johnson 24 56 349 4.2 10.3 .410 0.7 1.8 .412 14.2 0.8 4.1 9.2

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Rick Barry 28 82 3075 20.4 .508 .452 10.8 18.5 5.2 5.0 10.2
2 Nate Thurmond 31 79 3419 17.3 .499 .446 18.0 10.4 3.2 6.7 9.9
3 Jeff Mullins 30 81 3005 15.5 .517 .493 5.5 15.5 4.8 3.5 8.3
4 Jim Barnett 28 82 2215 15.2 .517 .467 5.2 17.8 3.3 2.8 6.1
5 Cazzie Russell 28 80 2429 15.0 .494 .458 6.6 10.7 2.5 2.7 5.2
6 Clyde Lee 28 66 1476 12.2 .490 .466 18.4 2.8 0.7 2.6 3.4
7 Ron Williams 28 73 1016 12.2 .488 .440 3.6 14.7 0.8 1.1 1.9
8 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 46 629 12.1 .476 .418 5.6 22.0 0.3 0.9 1.2
9 Joe Ellis 28 74 1054 13.2 .442 .409 12.2 11.1 -0.5 1.6 1.1
10 Charles Johnson 23 70 887 12.5 .446 .428 6.8 17.8 -0.3 1.2 0.9
11 Bob Portman 25 32 176 16.1 .516 .457 13.2 5.2 0.3 0.3 0.5
12 George Johnson 24 56 349 10.1 .414 .410 18.0 2.8 -0.3 0.6 0.3

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Rick Barry 28 11 292 65 164 50 55 54 24 41 180 .396 .909 26.5 16.4 4.9 2.2
2 Jeff Mullins 30 11 409 72 168 21 29 46 43 32 165 .429 .724 37.2 15.0 4.2 3.9
3 Cazzie Russell 28 11 263 72 147 19 22 36 17 24 163 .490 .864 23.9 14.8 3.3 1.5
4 Nate Thurmond 31 11 460 64 161 32 40 145 40 30 160 .398 .800 41.8 14.5 13.2 3.6
5 Jim Barnett 28 11 336 60 147 23 27 39 39 28 143 .408 .852 30.5 13.0 3.5 3.5
6 Clyde Lee 28 11 413 48 103 21 32 173 16 43 117 .466 .656 37.5 10.6 15.7 1.5
7 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 11 215 30 84 12 12 20 28 24 72 .357 1.000 19.5 6.5 1.8 2.5
8 Joe Ellis 28 10 100 12 38 0 0 18 7 18 24 .316 10.0 2.4 1.8 0.7
9 Charles Johnson 23 6 70 10 26 3 6 10 11 4 23 .385 .500 11.7 3.8 1.7 1.8
10 George Johnson 24 9 45 6 15 1 4 14 3 7 13 .400 .250 5.0 1.4 1.6 0.3
11 Ron Williams 28 3 20 4 6 1 1 1 5 1 9 .667 1.000 6.7 3.0 0.3 1.7
12 Bob Portman 25 3 17 2 10 4 4 5 1 0 8 .200 1.000 5.7 2.7 1.7 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Cazzie Russell 28 11 263 18.6 .520 .490 6.5 11.4 0.6 0.2 0.8
2 Clyde Lee 28 11 413 14.5 .500 .466 20.0 5.3 0.3 0.5 0.8
3 Nate Thurmond 31 11 460 14.8 .448 .398 15.1 12.4 0.0 0.5 0.5
4 Rick Barry 28 11 292 17.7 .478 .396 8.8 13.3 0.3 0.2 0.5
5 Jeff Mullins 30 11 409 12.5 .456 .429 5.4 15.8 0.1 0.3 0.4
6 Jim Barnett 28 11 336 13.1 .450 .408 5.5 17.5 0.0 0.3 0.3
7 Ron Williams 28 3 20 22.8 .699 .667 2.4 38.9 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 George Johnson 24 9 45 9.8 .388 .400 14.9 9.4 -0.1 0.0 0.0
9 Charles Johnson 23 6 70 11.8 .402 .385 6.8 22.5 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Bob Portman 25 3 17 11.6 .340 .200 14.1 8.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 30 11 215 9.5 .403 .357 4.4 18.5 -0.2 0.2 -0.1
12 Joe Ellis 28 10 100 4.1 .316 .316 8.6 9.7 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Rick Barry $237,500
2 Cazzie Russell *$215,000
3 Jim Barnett *$81,667
4 Ron Williams *$54,167
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)