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56-28, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Joe Mullaney (56-28)
Points Per Game: 111.9 (5th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.5 (1st of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 58-26 (1st of 10)
Arena: Freedom Hall ▪ Attendance: NA
SRS: 5.62 (1st of 10)
Playoffs:
Lost ABA Finals (4-3) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Carolina Cougars
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Virginia Squires
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 13, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | L | 90 | 114 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 14, 1972 | Virginia Squires | W | 130 | 110 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 18, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | L | 100 | 105 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 21, 1972 | Utah Stars | W | 112 | 92 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Oct 25, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 116 | 108 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 27, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 112 | 114 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 7 | Sat, Oct 28, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 106 | 82 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Mon, Oct 30, 1972 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 106 | 117 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 31, 1972 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 119 | 109 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 3, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 116 | 118 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 4, 1972 | Utah Stars | L | 122 | 125 | 5 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 8, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | L | 111 | 126 | 5 | 7 | L 3 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 10, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 122 | 117 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 14 | Sat, Nov 11, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 116 | 99 | 7 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 15, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 99 | 104 | 7 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 17, 1972 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 115 | 122 | 7 | 9 | L 2 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 17 | Sat, Nov 18, 1972 | San Diego Conquistadors | L | 104 | 112 | 7 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 19, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | L | 115 | 118 | 7 | 11 | L 4 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 22, 1972 | Memphis Tams | W | 123 | 109 | 8 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 24, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 99 | 109 | 8 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 25, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 115 | 111 | 9 | 12 | W 1 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 22 | Tue, Nov 28, 1972 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 133 | 111 | 10 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Nov 29, 1972 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 114 | 113 | 11 | 12 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Nov 30, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 107 | 102 | 12 | 12 | W 4 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 1, 1972 | @ | Memphis Tams | W | 127 | 107 | 13 | 12 | W 5 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 3, 1972 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 109 | 91 | 14 | 12 | W 6 | |||
| 27 | Wed, Dec 6, 1972 | Virginia Squires | W | 119 | 105 | 15 | 12 | W 7 | |||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 8, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 121 | 114 | 16 | 12 | W 8 | |||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 13, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | W | 119 | 112 | 17 | 12 | W 9 | |||
| 30 | Thu, Dec 14, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 113 | 121 | 17 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 15, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | W | 118 | 110 | 18 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 16, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 117 | 110 | 19 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Fri, Dec 22, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 128 | 116 | 20 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 23, 1972 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 116 | 105 | 21 | 13 | W 4 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 26, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 129 | 120 | 22 | 13 | W 5 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 27, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 105 | 101 | 23 | 13 | W 6 | |||
| 37 | Fri, Dec 29, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 131 | 104 | 24 | 13 | W 7 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 30, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 91 | 104 | 24 | 14 | L 1 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 39 | Wed, Jan 3, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | W | 109 | 107 | 25 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 5, 1973 | Utah Stars | W | 115 | 106 | 26 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 6, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 109 | 113 | 26 | 15 | L 1 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 42 | Tue, Jan 9, 1973 | Virginia Squires | W | 113 | 106 | 27 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 12, 1973 | @ | Memphis Tams | W | 104 | 101 | 28 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 13, 1973 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 96 | 105 | 28 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 14, 1973 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 100 | 97 | 29 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 17, 1973 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 104 | 117 | 29 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Thu, Jan 18, 1973 | @ | Memphis Tams | W | 104 | 100 | 30 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 20, 1973 | Memphis Tams | W | 115 | 103 | 31 | 17 | W 2 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 21, 1973 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 118 | 111 | 32 | 17 | W 3 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Jan 23, 1973 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 131 | 112 | 33 | 17 | W 4 | ||
| 51 | Wed, Jan 24, 1973 | Denver Rockets | L | 87 | 98 | 33 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 52 | Thu, Jan 25, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 94 | 96 | 33 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 53 | Sat, Jan 27, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 106 | 99 | 34 | 19 | W 1 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 54 | Sun, Jan 28, 1973 | Carolina Cougars | W | 111 | 103 | 35 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 55 | Wed, Jan 31, 1973 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 109 | 99 | 36 | 19 | W 3 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 2, 1973 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 118 | 106 | 37 | 19 | W 4 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 3, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 103 | 110 | 37 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 4, 1973 | Carolina Cougars | L | 99 | 104 | 37 | 21 | L 2 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 10, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 100 | 105 | 37 | 22 | L 3 | at Richmond, VA | |
| 60 | Sun, Feb 11, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | W | 98 | 87 | 38 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 13, 1973 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 110 | 103 | 39 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 14, 1973 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 111 | 103 | 40 | 22 | W 3 | ||
| 63 | Thu, Feb 15, 1973 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 108 | 120 | 40 | 23 | L 1 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 64 | Sat, Feb 17, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 112 | 105 | 41 | 23 | W 1 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 65 | Sun, Feb 18, 1973 | New York Nets | W | 94 | 85 | 42 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 21, 1973 | Memphis Tams | W | 125 | 109 | 43 | 23 | W 3 | |||
| 67 | Sat, Feb 24, 1973 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 107 | 102 | 44 | 23 | W 4 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Feb 25, 1973 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 86 | 87 | 44 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Feb 27, 1973 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 97 | 103 | 44 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Wed, Feb 28, 1973 | Virginia Squires | W | 117 | 97 | 45 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 2, 1973 | New York Nets | L | 107 | 109 | 45 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 4, 1973 | Memphis Tams | W | 121 | 91 | 46 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 6, 1973 | @ | Memphis Tams | W | 131 | 107 | 47 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 74 | Wed, Mar 7, 1973 | @ | New York Nets | L | 89 | 91 | 47 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Fri, Mar 9, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 119 | 113 | 48 | 27 | W 1 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 76 | Sat, Mar 10, 1973 | @ | Memphis Tams | W | 121 | 110 | 49 | 27 | W 2 | ||
| 77 | Sun, Mar 11, 1973 | Denver Rockets | W | 119 | 82 | 50 | 27 | W 3 | |||
| 78 | Tue, Mar 13, 1973 | Memphis Tams | W | 139 | 103 | 51 | 27 | W 4 | |||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 18, 1973 | Utah Stars | L | 99 | 100 | 51 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 21, 1973 | Memphis Tams | W | 131 | 109 | 52 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 23, 1973 | @ | New York Nets | W | 115 | 91 | 53 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 82 | Sat, Mar 24, 1973 | New York Nets | W | 126 | 96 | 54 | 28 | W 3 | |||
| 83 | Sun, Mar 25, 1973 | Virginia Squires | W | 111 | 95 | 55 | 28 | W 4 | |||
| 84 | Wed, Mar 28, 1973 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 118 | 97 | 56 | 28 | W 5 | at Greensboro, NC |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Mar 30, 1973 | Virginia Squires | W | 129 | 101 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Apr 1, 1973 | Virginia Squires | L | 94 | 109 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Apr 3, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | OT | 115 | 113 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Fri, Apr 6, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 108 | 90 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Apr 7, 1973 | Virginia Squires | W | 114 | 103 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 6 | Wed, Apr 11, 1973 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 113 | 103 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Apr 14, 1973 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 105 | 125 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Apr 16, 1973 | Carolina Cougars | W | 108 | 94 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Wed, Apr 18, 1973 | Carolina Cougars | L | 91 | 102 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Apr 20, 1973 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 107 | 112 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Apr 21, 1973 | Carolina Cougars | W | 119 | 100 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Apr 24, 1973 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 107 | 96 | 8 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 13 | Sat, Apr 28, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | L | OT | 107 | 111 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Apr 30, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | W | 114 | 102 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Thu, May 3, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 92 | 88 | 10 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, May 5, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 86 | 90 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Tue, May 8, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | L | 86 | 89 | 10 | 7 | L 2 | |||
| 18 | Thu, May 10, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 109 | 93 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, May 12, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | L | 81 | 88 | 11 | 8 | L 1 |