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1972-73 Milwaukee Bucks

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60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 107.2 points per game, Allowed 99.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 62-20)
Coached by Larry Costello (60-22)

Arena: Milwaukee Arena / Attendance: 372,951 (6th of 17 available)

SRS: 7.84 (2nd of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Golden State Warriors

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 Fri, Oct 13, 1972 @ Phoenix Suns W 117 105 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 14, 1972 @ Golden State Warriors W 81 77 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Oct 17, 1972 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 108 111 2 1 L 1
4 Fri, Oct 20, 1972 Detroit Pistons W 109 86 3 1 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 21, 1972 @ Buffalo Braves W 91 63 4 1 W 2
6 Sun, Oct 22, 1972 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 84 5 1 W 3
7 Wed, Oct 25, 1972 Buffalo Braves W 109 92 6 1 W 4
8 Thu, Oct 26, 1972 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 114 107 7 1 W 5
9 Sat, Oct 28, 1972 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 96 92 8 1 W 6
10 Sat, Nov 4, 1972 Phoenix Suns L 104 105 8 2 L 1
11 Sun, Nov 5, 1972 Philadelphia 76ers W 131 113 9 2 W 1
12 Wed, Nov 8, 1972 Seattle Supersonics W 116 103 10 2 W 2
13 Fri, Nov 10, 1972 Baltimore Bullets W 120 82 11 2 W 3
14 Sat, Nov 11, 1972 @ Atlanta Hawks L 102 111 11 3 L 1
15 Tue, Nov 14, 1972 Los Angeles Lakers L 92 95 11 4 L 2
16 Fri, Nov 17, 1972 @ Boston Celtics W 95 88 12 4 W 1
17 Sat, Nov 18, 1972 @ New York Knickerbockers L 86 87 12 5 L 1
18 Tue, Nov 21, 1972 Boston Celtics L 102 116 12 6 L 2
19 Fri, Nov 24, 1972 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 115 106 13 6 W 1
20 Sat, Nov 25, 1972 @ Baltimore Bullets W 101 91 14 6 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Nov 26, 1972 Atlanta Hawks W 108 96 15 6 W 3
22 Wed, Nov 29, 1972 Chicago Bulls W 105 97 16 6 W 4
23 Fri, Dec 1, 1972 New York Knickerbockers W 100 74 17 6 W 5
24 Sun, Dec 3, 1972 @ Phoenix Suns W 119 101 18 6 W 6
25 Tue, Dec 5, 1972 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 94 116 18 7 L 1
26 Wed, Dec 6, 1972 @ Seattle Supersonics L 91 95 18 8 L 2
27 Fri, Dec 8, 1972 Golden State Warriors W 124 91 19 8 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 9, 1972 Detroit Pistons L 103 107 19 9 L 1
29 Tue, Dec 12, 1972 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 115 94 20 9 W 1
30 Wed, Dec 13, 1972 @ Seattle Supersonics W OT 104 103 21 9 W 2
31 Fri, Dec 15, 1972 Cleveland Cavaliers W 98 82 22 9 W 3
32 Tue, Dec 19, 1972 Seattle Supersonics W 121 77 23 9 W 4
33 Wed, Dec 20, 1972 Portland Trail Blazers W 123 104 24 9 W 5
34 Sat, Dec 23, 1972 Boston Celtics W 104 98 25 9 W 6
35 Mon, Dec 25, 1972 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 104 99 26 9 W 7
36 Tue, Dec 26, 1972 @ Detroit Pistons L 105 112 26 10 L 1
37 Thu, Dec 28, 1972 Detroit Pistons W 115 91 27 10 W 1
38 Fri, Dec 29, 1972 @ Houston Rockets W 114 101 28 10 W 2
39 Sat, Dec 30, 1972 @ Chicago Bulls L 92 99 28 11 L 1
40 Mon, Jan 1, 1973 Baltimore Bullets L 87 88 28 12 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 2, 1973 @ New York Knickerbockers L 92 102 28 13 L 3
42 Wed, Jan 3, 1973 Atlanta Hawks W 105 97 29 13 W 1
43 Sat, Jan 6, 1973 Buffalo Braves W 110 96 30 13 W 2
44 Sun, Jan 7, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers W 99 92 31 13 W 3
45 Fri, Jan 12, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 117 98 32 13 W 4
46 Sun, Jan 14, 1973 Chicago Bulls W 100 95 33 13 W 5
47 Tue, Jan 16, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 108 92 34 13 W 6
48 Fri, Jan 19, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers W 108 105 35 13 W 7
49 Sun, Jan 21, 1973 Golden State Warriors W 124 108 36 13 W 8
50 Thu, Jan 25, 1973 N Houston Rockets L 125 129 36 14 L 1 at Madison, WI
51 Fri, Jan 26, 1973 @ Detroit Pistons W 117 105 37 14 W 1
52 Tue, Jan 30, 1973 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 98 112 37 15 L 1
53 Fri, Feb 2, 1973 @ Buffalo Braves W 114 108 38 15 W 1
54 Sun, Feb 4, 1973 @ Chicago Bulls L 99 121 38 16 L 1
55 Tue, Feb 6, 1973 Phoenix Suns W 126 111 39 16 W 1
56 Wed, Feb 7, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 98 105 39 17 L 1
57 Fri, Feb 9, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers W 109 88 40 17 W 1
58 Sat, Feb 10, 1973 Golden State Warriors W 135 108 41 17 W 2
59 Sun, Feb 11, 1973 @ Boston Celtics L 96 120 41 18 L 1
60 Tue, Feb 13, 1973 @ Detroit Pistons W 110 96 42 18 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 14, 1973 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 106 42 19 L 1
62 Fri, Feb 16, 1973 Houston Rockets W 105 103 43 19 W 1
63 Sat, Feb 17, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 111 104 44 19 W 2
64 Sun, Feb 18, 1973 N Baltimore Bullets L 93 96 44 20 L 1 at College Park, MD
65 Tue, Feb 20, 1973 N Cleveland Cavaliers W 118 100 45 20 W 1 at Madison, WI
66 Thu, Feb 22, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 116 113 46 20 W 2 at Omaha, NE
67 Sat, Feb 24, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors L 93 102 46 21 L 1
68 Sun, Feb 25, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 82 91 46 22 L 2
69 Wed, Feb 28, 1973 Seattle Supersonics W 124 110 47 22 W 1
70 Thu, Mar 1, 1973 New York Knickerbockers W 114 100 48 22 W 2
71 Sun, Mar 4, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 116 101 49 22 W 3
72 Tue, Mar 6, 1973 Chicago Bulls W 96 88 50 22 W 4
73 Fri, Mar 9, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers W 116 96 51 22 W 5
74 Mon, Mar 12, 1973 Phoenix Suns W 126 95 52 22 W 6
75 Fri, Mar 16, 1973 @ Chicago Bulls W 99 91 53 22 W 7
76 Sun, Mar 18, 1973 @ Atlanta Hawks W 105 104 54 22 W 8
77 Mon, Mar 19, 1973 N Detroit Pistons W 118 99 55 22 W 9 at Madison, WI
78 Wed, Mar 21, 1973 @ Seattle Supersonics W 119 96 56 22 W 10
79 Thu, Mar 22, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors W 108 98 57 22 W 11
80 Sun, Mar 25, 1973 @ Phoenix Suns W 114 112 58 22 W 12
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Mon, Mar 26, 1973 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 118 99 59 22 W 13
82 Tue, Mar 27, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 85 84 60 22 W 14

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 30, 1973 Golden State Warriors W 110 90 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 1, 1973 Golden State Warriors L 92 95 1 1 L 1
3 Thu, Apr 5, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors W 113 93 2 1 W 1
4 Sat, Apr 7, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors L 97 102 2 2 L 1
5 Tue, Apr 10, 1973 Golden State Warriors L 97 100 2 3 L 2
6 Fri, Apr 13, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors L 86 100 2 4 L 3