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1972-73 Virginia Squires Roster and Statistics

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42-42, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Bianchi (42-42)

Points Per Game: 114.1 (4th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 114.4 (8th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 41-43 (6th of 10)

Arena: Norfolk Scope ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -0.29 (6th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Kentucky Colonels

1972-73 Virginia Squires:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Mike Barr G 6-3 180 October 19, 1950 R Duquesne University
25 Jim Eakins C 6-11 215 May 24, 1946 4 Brigham Young University
32 Julius Erving F-G 6-6 200 February 22, 1950 1 University of Massachusetts Amherst
23 William Franklin F 6-7 220 October 19, 1949 R Purdue University
44 George Gervin G-F 6-7 180 April 27, 1952 R Eastern Michigan University
30 George Irvine F-G 6-6 200 February 1, 1948 2 University of Washington
24 Neil Johnson F-C 6-7 220 April 17, 1943 6 Creighton University
12 Goose Ligon F-C 6-7 210 February 22, 1944 5
51 Erwin Mueller C-F 6-8 230 March 12, 1944 6 University of San Francisco
3 Al Sanders F 6-7 240 January 1, 1950 R Louisiana State University
21 Billy Shepherd G 5-10 160 November 18, 1949 R Butler University
35 Willard Sojourner C-F 6-8 225 September 10, 1948 1 Weber State University
14 Fatty Taylor G 6-0 175 March 13, 1946 3 La Salle University
13 Dave Twardzik G 6-1 175 September 20, 1950 R Old Dominion University
11 Bernie Williams G 6-3 175 December 30, 1945 3 La Salle 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 84 19970 3722 7757 .480 40 186 .215 2097 2785 .753 1411 2609 4020 2029 1819 2317 9581 114.1
Opponent 84 19970 3638 7727 .471 88 319 .276 2249 3031 .742 1523 2654 4177 1932 1832 2158 9613 114.4

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 Julius Erving 22 71 2993 894 1804 .496 5 24 .208 475 612 .776 262 605 867 298 181 127 326 197 2268
2 Jim Eakins 26 83 2559 430 823 .522 0 1 .000 384 479 .802 234 499 733 262 131 233 287 1244
3 George Irvine 24 79 2075 424 805 .527 7 33 .212 169 203 .833 108 188 296 149 138 267 1024
4 Bernie Williams 27 71 1513 356 831 .428 10 58 .172 166 193 .860 60 65 125 137 136 150 888
5 Fatty Taylor 26 78 2553 316 679 .465 3 7 .429 150 248 .605 137 181 318 374 210 237 266 785
6 Mike Barr 22 79 2076 289 612 .472 1 4 .250 141 188 .750 76 151 227 254 185 220 720
7 William Franklin 23 73 990 218 524 .416 2 7 .286 107 179 .598 123 166 289 50 123 157 545
8 Neil Johnson 29 69 1442 210 429 .490 0 1 .000 103 156 .660 156 208 364 158 131 232 523
9 Willard Sojourner 24 64 1065 199 410 .485 0 0 84 128 .656 121 243 364 75 80 187 482
10 Dave Twardzik 22 80 1357 141 306 .461 2 9 .222 178 212 .840 45 113 158 184 122 202 462
11 George Gervin 20 30 689 161 341 .472 6 26 .231 96 118 .814 34 94 128 34 54 72 424
12 Goose Ligon 28 12 360 58 103 .563 0 0 28 43 .651 36 58 94 20 21 40 144
13 Erwin Mueller 28 17 205 17 53 .321 0 0 3 10 .300 17 30 47 26 22 24 37
14 Billy Shepherd 23 16 68 7 35 .200 4 16 .250 9 10 .900 2 3 5 8 8 12 27
15 Al Sanders 23 4 25 2 2 1.000 0 0 4 6 .667 0 5 5 0 3 4 8

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 Julius Erving 22 71 42.2 12.6 25.4 .496 0.1 0.3 .208 6.7 8.6 .776 3.7 8.5 12.2 4.2 2.5 1.8 4.6 2.8 31.9
2 Jim Eakins 26 83 30.8 5.2 9.9 .522 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 5.8 .802 2.8 6.0 8.8 3.2 1.6 2.8 3.5 15.0
3 George Gervin 20 30 23.0 5.4 11.4 .472 0.2 0.9 .231 3.2 3.9 .814 1.1 3.1 4.3 1.1 1.8 2.4 14.1
4 George Irvine 24 79 26.3 5.4 10.2 .527 0.1 0.4 .212 2.1 2.6 .833 1.4 2.4 3.7 1.9 1.7 3.4 13.0
5 Bernie Williams 27 71 21.3 5.0 11.7 .428 0.1 0.8 .172 2.3 2.7 .860 0.8 0.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 12.5
6 Goose Ligon 28 12 30.0 4.8 8.6 .563 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.6 .651 3.0 4.8 7.8 1.7 1.8 3.3 12.0
7 Fatty Taylor 26 78 32.7 4.1 8.7 .465 0.0 0.1 .429 1.9 3.2 .605 1.8 2.3 4.1 4.8 2.7 3.0 3.4 10.1
8 Mike Barr 22 79 26.3 3.7 7.7 .472 0.0 0.1 .250 1.8 2.4 .750 1.0 1.9 2.9 3.2 2.3 2.8 9.1
9 Neil Johnson 29 69 20.9 3.0 6.2 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.3 .660 2.3 3.0 5.3 2.3 1.9 3.4 7.6
10 Willard Sojourner 24 64 16.6 3.1 6.4 .485 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.0 .656 1.9 3.8 5.7 1.2 1.3 2.9 7.5
11 William Franklin 23 73 13.6 3.0 7.2 .416 0.0 0.1 .286 1.5 2.5 .598 1.7 2.3 4.0 0.7 1.7 2.2 7.5
12 Dave Twardzik 22 80 17.0 1.8 3.8 .461 0.0 0.1 .222 2.2 2.7 .840 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.3 1.5 2.5 5.8
13 Erwin Mueller 28 17 12.1 1.0 3.1 .321 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 .300 1.0 1.8 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.4 2.2
14 Al Sanders 23 4 6.3 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.0 0.8 1.0 2.0
15 Billy Shepherd 23 16 4.3 0.4 2.2 .200 0.3 1.0 .250 0.6 0.6 .900 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.7

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 Julius Erving 22 71 2993 10.8 21.7 .496 0.1 0.3 .208 5.7 7.4 .776 3.2 7.3 10.4 3.6 2.2 1.5 3.9 2.4 27.3
2 George Gervin 20 30 689 8.4 17.8 .472 0.3 1.4 .231 5.0 6.2 .814 1.8 4.9 6.7 1.8 2.8 3.8 22.2
3 Bernie Williams 27 71 1513 8.5 19.8 .428 0.2 1.4 .172 3.9 4.6 .860 1.4 1.5 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.6 21.1
4 William Franklin 23 73 990 7.9 19.1 .416 0.1 0.3 .286 3.9 6.5 .598 4.5 6.0 10.5 1.8 4.5 5.7 19.8
5 George Irvine 24 79 2075 7.4 14.0 .527 0.1 0.6 .212 2.9 3.5 .833 1.9 3.3 5.1 2.6 2.4 4.6 17.8
6 Jim Eakins 26 83 2559 6.0 11.6 .522 0.0 0.0 .000 5.4 6.7 .802 3.3 7.0 10.3 3.7 1.8 3.3 4.0 17.5
7 Willard Sojourner 24 64 1065 6.7 13.9 .485 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 .656 4.1 8.2 12.3 2.5 2.7 6.3 16.3
8 Goose Ligon 28 12 360 5.8 10.3 .563 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 .651 3.6 5.8 9.4 2.0 2.1 4.0 14.4
9 Billy Shepherd 23 16 68 3.7 18.5 .200 2.1 8.5 .250 4.8 5.3 .900 1.1 1.6 2.6 4.2 4.2 6.4 14.3
10 Neil Johnson 29 69 1442 5.2 10.7 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.9 .660 3.9 5.2 9.1 3.9 3.3 5.8 13.1
11 Mike Barr 22 79 2076 5.0 10.6 .472 0.0 0.1 .250 2.4 3.3 .750 1.3 2.6 3.9 4.4 3.2 3.8 12.5
12 Dave Twardzik 22 80 1357 3.7 8.1 .461 0.1 0.2 .222 4.7 5.6 .840 1.2 3.0 4.2 4.9 3.2 5.4 12.3
13 Al Sanders 23 4 25 2.9 2.9 1.000 0.0 0.0 5.8 8.6 .667 0.0 7.2 7.2 0.0 4.3 5.8 11.5
14 Fatty Taylor 26 78 2553 4.5 9.6 .465 0.0 0.1 .429 2.1 3.5 .605 1.9 2.6 4.5 5.3 3.0 3.3 3.8 11.1
15 Erwin Mueller 28 17 205 3.0 9.3 .321 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 .300 3.0 5.3 8.3 4.6 3.9 4.2 6.5

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 Julius Erving 22 71 2993 27.7 .547 .497 8.6 19.5 14.1 15.7 2.6 2.3 13.6 29.6 6.8 3.0 9.8
2 Jim Eakins 26 83 2559 19.2 .602 .522 9.0 18.8 14.0 13.4 2.8 18.4 18.3 6.5 2.6 9.0
3 George Irvine 24 79 2075 13.9 .573 .531 5.1 8.8 7.0 9.9 13.4 18.4 4.2 1.3 5.5
4 Dave Twardzik 22 80 1357 9.5 .579 .464 3.3 8.0 5.7 16.4 23.4 14.2 2.0 1.0 3.0
5 Mike Barr 22 79 2076 8.8 .518 .473 3.6 7.0 5.3 15.4 21.0 15.7 1.3 1.4 2.7
6 Fatty Taylor 26 78 2553 12.6 .498 .468 5.3 6.9 6.1 18.1 3.6 23.1 14.8 0.6 1.9 2.6
7 Neil Johnson 29 69 1442 11.4 .525 .490 10.6 13.9 12.3 13.9 20.8 16.1 1.1 1.4 2.5
8 Willard Sojourner 24 64 1065 14.3 .517 .485 11.2 22.1 16.7 9.5 14.6 19.0 0.8 1.1 1.9
9 George Gervin 20 30 689 16.0 .540 .481 4.8 13.2 9.1 7.1 12.1 24.0 1.1 0.5 1.6
10 Goose Ligon 28 12 360 14.5 .591 .563 9.8 15.6 12.7 7.2 14.7 14.7 0.7 0.3 1.0
11 Bernie Williams 27 71 1513 12.2 .485 .434 3.9 4.2 4.0 13.0 12.9 25.7 0.0 0.8 0.8
12 Al Sanders 23 4 25 6.6 .862 1.000 0.0 19.3 9.7 0.0 39.3 11.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
13 William Franklin 23 73 990 10.8 .452 .418 12.2 16.2 14.2 7.1 16.9 27.1 -1.1 0.9 -0.2
14 Erwin Mueller 28 17 205 2.9 .322 .321 8.1 14.1 11.2 14.9 27.7 14.3 -0.5 0.2 -0.3
15 Billy Shepherd 23 16 68 -0.2 .343 .257 2.9 4.3 3.6 14.2 16.9 25.8 -0.3 0.0 -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 Julius Erving 22 5 219 59 112 0 3 30 40 14 45 16 17 16 148 .527 .000 .750 43.8 29.6 9.0 3.2
2 Jim Eakins 26 5 217 48 81 0 0 28 34 20 57 18 22 22 124 .593 .824 43.4 24.8 11.4 3.6
3 George Gervin 20 5 200 34 77 1 5 24 34 16 38 8 18 15 93 .442 .200 .706 40.0 18.6 7.6 1.6
4 Fatty Taylor 26 5 169 13 38 1 2 14 15 4 21 14 18 19 41 .342 .500 .933 33.8 8.2 4.2 2.8
5 Neil Johnson 29 5 98 13 26 0 0 6 8 7 21 5 7 16 32 .500 .750 19.6 6.4 4.2 1.0
6 Erwin Mueller 28 5 112 5 18 1 1 6 7 7 19 15 11 10 17 .278 1.000 .857 22.4 3.4 3.8 3.0
7 George Irvine 24 5 53 6 15 0 0 5 5 2 5 5 8 8 17 .400 1.000 10.6 3.4 1.0 1.0
8 Mike Barr 22 5 84 5 18 0 0 5 6 2 6 10 10 8 15 .278 .833 16.8 3.0 1.2 2.0
9 Dave Twardzik 22 2 29 3 7 0 0 6 6 0 1 3 1 3 12 .429 1.000 14.5 6.0 0.5 1.5
10 Willard Sojourner 24 3 20 4 7 0 0 2 2 3 6 2 2 2 10 .571 1.000 6.7 3.3 2.0 0.7
11 Bernie Williams 27 3 24 3 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 4 7 .375 .000 1.000 8.0 2.3 0.0 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jim Eakins 26 5 217 23.8 .646 .593 14.8 14.6 18.7 22.3 1.0 -0.2 0.8
2 Julius Erving 22 5 219 24.9 .571 .527 11.6 14.1 11.6 27.4 0.7 -0.2 0.6
3 Dave Twardzik 22 2 29 16.0 .622 .429 1.9 15.1 9.4 15.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Willard Sojourner 24 3 20 23.6 .635 .571 16.9 17.0 20.2 20.3 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Bernie Williams 27 3 24 -12.8 .415 .375 0.0 6.3 45.3 26.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Neil Johnson 29 5 98 10.3 .542 .500 12.1 7.8 19.2 15.3 0.1 -0.1 0.0
7 George Irvine 24 5 53 3.5 .494 .400 5.3 14.0 31.7 19.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 George Gervin 20 5 200 13.6 .506 .448 10.7 6.5 16.4 22.5 0.2 -0.1 0.0
9 Fatty Taylor 26 5 169 3.6 .460 .355 7.0 11.7 28.8 15.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
10 Mike Barr 22 5 84 0.0 .363 .278 4.0 16.3 32.6 15.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
11 Erwin Mueller 28 5 112 4.9 .403 .306 9.6 18.0 34.3 11.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2