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55-29, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division (Game Results)
ABA Season Summary
Scored 115.6 points per game, Allowed 110.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 56-28)
Coached by LaDell Andersen (55-29)
Arena: Salt Palace ▪ Attendance: NA
SRS: 5.01 (2nd of 10)
Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-0) versus San Diego Conquistadors
1972-73 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 12, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 115 | 104 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 14, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 106 | 90 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 18, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 103 | 107 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 20, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 127 | 111 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 5 | Sat, Oct 21, 1972 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 92 | 112 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Oct 22, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | L | 116 | 119 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Oct 26, 1972 | Memphis Tams | W | 151 | 98 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Oct 27, 1972 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 123 | 107 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Oct 28, 1972 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 132 | 110 | 6 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 10 | Mon, Oct 30, 1972 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 117 | 106 | 7 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Oct 31, 1972 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 103 | 116 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 1, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 122 | 113 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 3, 1972 | @ | Memphis Tams | L | OT | 117 | 118 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Nov 4, 1972 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | W | 125 | 122 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Mon, Nov 6, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 124 | 112 | 10 | 5 | W 2 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 16 | Wed, Nov 8, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 124 | 135 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 9, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 120 | 101 | 11 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 11, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | L | 109 | 129 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 14, 1972 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | L | 111 | 122 | 11 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Nov 16, 1972 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 127 | 131 | 11 | 9 | L 3 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 17, 1972 | @ | Memphis Tams | L | OT | 117 | 123 | 11 | 10 | L 4 | |
| 22 | Tue, Nov 21, 1972 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 100 | 106 | 11 | 11 | L 5 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Nov 22, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 119 | 113 | 12 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Nov 24, 1972 | New York Nets | L | 102 | 109 | 12 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Nov 25, 1972 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 94 | 97 | 12 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Nov 28, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 109 | 120 | 12 | 14 | L 3 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 27 | Wed, Nov 29, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | W | 105 | 97 | 13 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Nov 30, 1972 | Denver Rockets | W | 111 | 95 | 14 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 2, 1972 | Indiana Pacers | W | 111 | 105 | 15 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 6, 1972 | Carolina Cougars | W | 119 | 108 | 16 | 14 | W 4 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 8, 1972 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 128 | 95 | 17 | 14 | W 5 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 12, 1972 | Virginia Squires | W | 123 | 104 | 18 | 14 | W 6 | |||
| 33 | Thu, Dec 14, 1972 | Memphis Tams | W | 147 | 90 | 19 | 14 | W 7 | |||
| 34 | Mon, Dec 18, 1972 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 146 | 126 | 20 | 14 | W 8 | |||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 21, 1972 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 118 | 112 | 21 | 14 | W 9 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Dec 22, 1972 | @ | New York Nets | W | 97 | 84 | 22 | 14 | W 10 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 23, 1972 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 117 | 123 | 22 | 15 | L 1 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 38 | Tue, Dec 26, 1972 | Memphis Tams | W | 119 | 112 | 23 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Thu, Dec 28, 1972 | New York Nets | W | 128 | 90 | 24 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Dec 30, 1972 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 111 | 89 | 25 | 15 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 3, 1973 | Denver Rockets | W | 108 | 103 | 26 | 15 | W 4 | |||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 5, 1973 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | L | 106 | 115 | 26 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 6, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 125 | 118 | 27 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 7, 1973 | @ | New York Nets | W | 113 | 104 | 28 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 9, 1973 | Memphis Tams | W | 115 | 111 | 29 | 16 | W 3 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 13, 1973 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 105 | 96 | 30 | 16 | W 4 | |||
| 47 | Mon, Jan 15, 1973 | Carolina Cougars | W | 128 | 110 | 31 | 16 | W 5 | |||
| 48 | Wed, Jan 17, 1973 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 117 | 104 | 32 | 16 | W 6 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Jan 19, 1973 | San Diego Conquistadors | L | OT | 116 | 122 | 32 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Jan 21, 1973 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | L | 92 | 97 | 32 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Tue, Jan 23, 1973 | Denver Rockets | W | 108 | 104 | 33 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Wed, Jan 24, 1973 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 111 | 103 | 34 | 18 | W 2 | ||
| 53 | Fri, Jan 26, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 127 | 121 | 35 | 18 | W 3 | at Richmond, VA | |
| 54 | Sat, Jan 27, 1973 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 123 | 104 | 36 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 55 | Mon, Jan 29, 1973 | Virginia Squires | L | 121 | 122 | 36 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 56 | Wed, Jan 31, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | W | 122 | 107 | 37 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 2, 1973 | @ | Memphis Tams | L | 110 | 114 | 37 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 3, 1973 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | L | 121 | 126 | 37 | 21 | L 2 | at Denton, TX | |
| 59 | Sun, Feb 4, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 86 | 113 | 37 | 22 | L 3 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 10, 1973 | Carolina Cougars | L | 99 | 111 | 37 | 23 | L 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Mon, Feb 12, 1973 | Denver Rockets | W | 119 | 107 | 38 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 14, 1973 | New York Nets | W | 117 | 90 | 39 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 16, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | W | 124 | 114 | 40 | 23 | W 3 | |||
| 64 | Sat, Feb 17, 1973 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 115 | 114 | 41 | 23 | W 4 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 18, 1973 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 90 | 109 | 41 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Mon, Feb 19, 1973 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 99 | 89 | 42 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 27, 1973 | Kentucky Colonels | W | 103 | 97 | 43 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 1, 1973 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 119 | 112 | 44 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 3, 1973 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 118 | 107 | 45 | 24 | W 4 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 4, 1973 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | OT | 125 | 133 | 45 | 25 | L 1 | |
| 71 | Mon, Mar 5, 1973 | Virginia Squires | W | 117 | 110 | 46 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 7, 1973 | Carolina Cougars | W | 128 | 118 | 47 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 9, 1973 | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 114 | 105 | 48 | 25 | W 3 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 11, 1973 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 112 | 101 | 49 | 25 | W 4 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 13, 1973 | @ | Dallas Chaparrals | W | 131 | 118 | 50 | 25 | W 5 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 14, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 106 | 113 | 50 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Sat, Mar 17, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 112 | 103 | 51 | 26 | W 1 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 78 | Sun, Mar 18, 1973 | @ | Kentucky Colonels | W | 100 | 99 | 52 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 20, 1973 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | L | 113 | 120 | 52 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 21, 1973 | Virginia Squires | W | 134 | 115 | 53 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 24, 1973 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 104 | 119 | 53 | 28 | L 1 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 82 | Sun, Mar 25, 1973 | @ | Memphis Tams | L | 117 | 133 | 53 | 29 | L 2 | ||
| 83 | Tue, Mar 27, 1973 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 115 | 109 | 54 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 84 | Wed, Mar 28, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | W | 138 | 136 | 55 | 29 | W 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Apr 2, 1973 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 107 | 93 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Apr 4, 1973 | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 103 | 92 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Apr 7, 1973 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 97 | 96 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 8, 1973 | @ | San Diego Conquistadors | W | 120 | 98 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Apr 12, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | W | 124 | 107 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Apr 14, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | L | 110 | 116 | 5 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Mon, Apr 16, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 108 | 118 | 5 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Apr 18, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 104 | 103 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Apr 19, 1973 | Indiana Pacers | L | 102 | 104 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Apr 21, 1973 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 98 | 107 | 6 | 4 | L 2 |