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26-56, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 103.7 points per game, Allowed 109.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 26-56)
Coached by Tom Nissalke (13-32) and Bucky Buckwalter (13-24)
Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum / Attendance: 387,382 (5th of 17 available)
SRS: -5.33 (14th of 17)
1972-73 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 10, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 89 | 113 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Oct 11, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 100 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 13, 1972 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 92 | 84 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 20, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | L | 92 | 101 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 21, 1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 117 | 129 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Oct 22, 1972 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | OT | 120 | 119 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Oct 25, 1972 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 115 | 118 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Oct 27, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | W | 120 | 115 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 29, 1972 | Chicago Bulls | L | 94 | 95 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 1, 1972 | Detroit Pistons | L | 106 | 116 | 4 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 3, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 80 | 105 | 4 | 7 | L 3 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 5, 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 124 | 4 | 8 | L 4 | |||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 8, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 103 | 116 | 4 | 9 | L 5 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 10, 1972 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 106 | 111 | 4 | 10 | L 6 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 12, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 107 | 113 | 4 | 11 | L 7 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 14, 1972 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 80 | 97 | 4 | 12 | L 8 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 15, 1972 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 97 | 106 | 4 | 13 | L 9 | ||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 17, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 92 | 5 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 18, 1972 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 102 | 100 | 6 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 19, 1972 | Buffalo Braves | W | 107 | 84 | 7 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 21, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 88 | 98 | 7 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Nov 22, 1972 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 90 | 112 | 7 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Nov 23, 1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 97 | 110 | 7 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Nov 25, 1972 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 109 | 114 | 7 | 17 | L 4 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Nov 26, 1972 | Detroit Pistons | W | 103 | 96 | 8 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Nov 29, 1972 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 120 | 8 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 1, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 90 | 93 | 8 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 2, 1972 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 80 | 89 | 8 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 3, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | OT | 103 | 105 | 8 | 21 | L 4 | |
| 30 | Wed, Dec 6, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 95 | 91 | 9 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 8, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 119 | 9 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Dec 10, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | W | 110 | 102 | 10 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 13, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | OT | 103 | 104 | 10 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 15, 1972 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 95 | 96 | 10 | 24 | L 2 | |||
| 35 | Sun, Dec 17, 1972 | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 123 | 10 | 25 | L 3 | |||
| 36 | Tue, Dec 19, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 77 | 121 | 10 | 26 | L 4 | ||
| 37 | Wed, Dec 20, 1972 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 110 | 121 | 10 | 27 | L 5 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 38 | Fri, Dec 22, 1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 97 | 109 | 10 | 28 | L 6 | ||
| 39 | Mon, Dec 25, 1972 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 113 | 116 | 10 | 29 | L 7 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Dec 26, 1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 97 | 95 | 11 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Dec 29, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 99 | 91 | 12 | 29 | W 2 | |||
| 42 | Mon, Jan 1, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 103 | 108 | 12 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 3, 1973 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 107 | 100 | 13 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 5, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | L | 96 | 128 | 13 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 7, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 82 | 85 | 13 | 32 | L 2 | |||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 10, 1973 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 86 | 98 | 13 | 33 | L 3 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 12, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | W | 113 | 104 | 14 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 14, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 84 | 86 | 14 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 16, 1973 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 125 | 122 | 15 | 34 | W 1 | ||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 17, 1973 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 104 | 16 | 34 | W 2 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Jan 19, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 124 | 16 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Sat, Jan 20, 1973 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 106 | 126 | 16 | 36 | L 2 | at College Park, MD | |
| 53 | Thu, Jan 25, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 109 | 112 | 16 | 37 | L 3 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Jan 28, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 94 | 130 | 16 | 38 | L 4 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Jan 31, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 118 | 109 | 17 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 2, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | W | 118 | 104 | 18 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 3, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 101 | 123 | 18 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 4, 1973 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 98 | 120 | 18 | 40 | L 2 | |||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 6, 1973 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 118 | 117 | 19 | 40 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Thu, Feb 8, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 112 | 125 | 19 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 11, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | L | 125 | 128 | 19 | 42 | L 2 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 13, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 98 | 101 | 19 | 43 | L 3 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 14, 1973 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 106 | 107 | 19 | 44 | L 4 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Feb 16, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | W | OT | 114 | 108 | 20 | 44 | W 1 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 18, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 106 | 20 | 45 | L 1 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 21, 1973 | N | Houston Rockets | L | 107 | 139 | 20 | 46 | L 2 | at San Antonio, TX | |
| 67 | Fri, Feb 23, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 124 | 120 | 21 | 46 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Sun, Feb 25, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | L | 85 | 88 | 21 | 47 | L 1 | |||
| 69 | Tue, Feb 27, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 130 | 131 | 21 | 48 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Wed, Feb 28, 1973 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 110 | 124 | 21 | 49 | L 3 | ||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 2, 1973 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 139 | 120 | 22 | 49 | W 1 | ||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 3, 1973 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 113 | 23 | 49 | W 2 | ||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 6, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 106 | 23 | 50 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 10, 1973 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 106 | 96 | 24 | 50 | W 1 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 13, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 89 | 104 | 24 | 51 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Fri, Mar 16, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | W | 116 | 106 | 25 | 51 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Sun, Mar 18, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 121 | 112 | 26 | 51 | W 2 | |||
| 78 | Tue, Mar 20, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 106 | 114 | 26 | 52 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Wed, Mar 21, 1973 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 96 | 119 | 26 | 53 | L 2 | |||
| 80 | Fri, Mar 23, 1973 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 112 | 118 | 26 | 54 | L 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sun, Mar 25, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 93 | 109 | 26 | 55 | L 4 | |||
| 82 | Wed, Mar 28, 1973 | Phoenix Suns | L | 125 | 127 | 26 | 56 | L 5 |