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1973 ABA Playoffs Summary

1972 Playoffs Summary 1974 Playoffs Summary

League Champion: Indiana Pacers

Playoffs MVP: George McGinnis

1973 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Dan Issel (521)

TRB: Artis Gilmore (260)

AST: Freddie Lewis (91)

WS: Dan Issel (3.6)

Playoff Series

Playoff Series Table

Indiana Pacers over Kentucky Colonels (4-3)

Game 1	Sat, April 28	Indiana Pacers	111	@ Kentucky Colonels	107
Game 2	Mon, April 30	Indiana Pacers	102	@ Kentucky Colonels	114
Game 3	Thu, May 3	Kentucky Colonels	92	@ Indiana Pacers	88
Game 4	Sat, May 5	Kentucky Colonels	86	@ Indiana Pacers	90
Game 5	Tue, May 8	Indiana Pacers	89	@ Kentucky Colonels	86
Game 6	Thu, May 10	Kentucky Colonels	109	@ Indiana Pacers	93
Game 7	Sat, May 12	Indiana Pacers	88	@ Kentucky Colonels	81

Kentucky Colonels over Carolina Cougars (4-3)

Game 1	Wed, April 11	Kentucky Colonels	113	@ Carolina Cougars	103
Game 2	Sat, April 14	Kentucky Colonels	105	@ Carolina Cougars	125
Game 3	Mon, April 16	Carolina Cougars	94	@ Kentucky Colonels	108
Game 4	Wed, April 18	Carolina Cougars	102	@ Kentucky Colonels	91
Game 5	Fri, April 20	Kentucky Colonels	107	@ Carolina Cougars	112
Game 6	Sat, April 21	Carolina Cougars	100	@ Kentucky Colonels	119
Game 7	Tue, April 24	Kentucky Colonels	107	@ Carolina Cougars	96

Indiana Pacers over Utah Stars (4-2)

Game 1	Thu, April 12	Indiana Pacers	107	@ Utah Stars	124
Game 2	Sat, April 14	Indiana Pacers	116	@ Utah Stars	110
Game 3	Mon, April 16	Utah Stars	108	@ Indiana Pacers	118
Game 4	Wed, April 18	Utah Stars	104	@ Indiana Pacers	103
Game 5	Thu, April 19	Indiana Pacers	104	@ Utah Stars	102
Game 6	Sat, April 21	Utah Stars	98	@ Indiana Pacers	107

Carolina Cougars over New York Nets (4-1)

Game 1	Fri, March 30	New York Nets	96	@ Carolina Cougars	104
Game 2	Sat, March 31	New York Nets	114	@ Carolina Cougars	111
Game 3	Tue, April 3	Carolina Cougars	101	@ New York Nets	91
Game 4	Thu, April 5	Carolina Cougars	112	@ New York Nets	108
Game 5	Fri, April 6	New York Nets	113	@ Carolina Cougars	136

Kentucky Colonels over Virginia Squires (4-1)

Game 1	Fri, March 30	Virginia Squires	101	@ Kentucky Colonels	129
Game 2	Sun, April 1	Virginia Squires	109	@ Kentucky Colonels	94
Game 3	Tue, April 3	Kentucky Colonels	115	@ Virginia Squires	113
Game 4	Fri, April 6	Kentucky Colonels	108	@ Virginia Squires	90
Game 5	Sat, April 7	Virginia Squires	103	@ Kentucky Colonels	114

Indiana Pacers over Denver Rockets (4-1)

Game 1	Sat, March 31	Denver Rockets	91	@ Indiana Pacers	114
Game 2	Sun, April 1	Denver Rockets	93	@ Indiana Pacers	106
Game 3	Tue, April 3	Indiana Pacers	94	@ Denver Rockets	105
Game 4	Thu, April 5	Indiana Pacers	97	@ Denver Rockets	95
Game 5	Sat, April 7	Denver Rockets	107	@ Indiana Pacers	121

Utah Stars over San Diego Conquistadors (4-0)

Game 1	Mon, April 2	San Diego Conquistadors	93	@ Utah Stars	107
Game 2	Wed, April 4	San Diego Conquistadors	92	@ Utah Stars	103
Game 3	Sat, April 7	Utah Stars	97	@ San Diego Conquistadors	96
Game 4	Sun, April 8	Utah Stars	120	@ San Diego Conquistadors	98

Per Game Stats

Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Carolina Cougars	12	242.1	41.6	88.3	.471	0.8	2.9	.286	40.8	85.3	.478	24.0	33.7	.713			48.6	19.4			19.9	27.5	108.0
2	Utah Stars	10	240.0	41.3	86.2	.479	0.5	2.8	.179	40.8	83.4	.489	24.2	29.8	.812			50.3	21.1			20.0	27.8	107.3
3	Kentucky Colonels	19	242.6	40.6	87.7	.463	1.9	5.9	.319	38.7	81.8	.474	21.3	28.3	.753			45.1	22.5			16.2	25.3	104.5
4	New York Nets	5	245.0	39.6	77.8	.509	0.6	2.4	.250	39.0	75.4	.517	24.6	35.0	.703			41.0	18.6			19.2	28.4	104.4
5	Virginia Squires	5	245.0	38.6	81.4	.474	0.6	2.4	.250	38.0	79.0	.481	25.4	31.6	.804			43.8	19.4			24.2	24.6	103.2
6	Indiana Pacers	18	241.4	38.8	89.8	.432	1.5	6.2	.241	37.3	83.6	.446	23.6	31.1	.760			52.4	20.7			15.9	25.6	102.7
7	Denver Rockets	5	240.0	36.6	92.2	.397	0.4	3.4	.118	36.2	88.8	.408	24.6	33.2	.741			50.8	18.0			16.4	28.0	98.2
8	San Diego Conquistadors	4	240.0	36.3	98.0	.370	2.5	7.5	.333	33.8	90.5	.373	19.8	28.5	.693			51.8	16.0			19.3	23.0	94.8
	League Average	10	241.9	39.8	87.9	.452	1.2	4.6	.267	38.5	83.3	.463	23.2	30.9	.751			48.4	20.4			18.1	26.2	104.0

Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kentucky Colonels	19	242.6	38.4	87.8	.437	0.7	3.8	.192	37.6	84.0	.448	23.0	29.9	.768			51.3	18.5			19.9	24.7	100.5
2	Indiana Pacers	18	241.4	39.1	88.8	.440	0.9	4.4	.200	38.2	84.4	.453	21.6	29.2	.739			49.0	20.7			16.9	26.9	100.7
3	Utah Stars	10	240.0	39.1	94.3	.415	1.9	7.0	.271	37.2	87.3	.426	23.3	32.6	.715			50.4	18.5			16.2	25.2	103.4
4	Carolina Cougars	12	242.1	40.0	83.3	.480	1.8	5.0	.350	38.3	78.3	.489	24.3	32.8	.740			43.4	19.2			18.4	26.4	106.0
5	Denver Rockets	5	240.0	40.0	88.2	.454	2.4	7.2	.333	37.6	81.0	.464	24.0	30.4	.789			50.0	24.6			16.4	27.4	106.4
6	San Diego Conquistadors	4	240.0	41.0	85.3	.481	0.8	3.3	.231	40.3	82.0	.491	24.0	27.8	.865			50.0	24.5			20.3	27.0	106.8
7	Virginia Squires	5	245.0	43.6	88.0	.495	1.2	3.4	.353	42.4	84.6	.501	23.6	29.6	.797			43.2	24.4			15.8	26.2	112.0
8	New York Nets	5	245.0	43.0	84.4	.509	1.0	2.0	.500	42.0	82.4	.510	25.8	37.6	.686			45.0	21.6			20.4	29.4	112.8
	League Average	10	241.9	39.8	87.9	.452	1.2	4.6	.267	38.5	83.3	.463	23.2	30.9	.751			48.4	20.4			18.1	26.2	104.0

Total Stats

Total Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kentucky Colonels	19	4610	772	1667	.463	36	113	.319	736	1554	.474	405	538	.753			857	428			307	481	1985
2	Indiana Pacers	18	4345	698	1617	.432	27	112	.241	671	1505	.446	425	559	.760			944	373			287	461	1848
3	Carolina Cougars	12	2905	499	1059	.471	10	35	.286	489	1024	.478	288	404	.713			583	233			239	330	1296
4	Utah Stars	10	2400	413	862	.479	5	28	.179	408	834	.489	242	298	.812			503	211			200	278	1073
5	New York Nets	5	1225	198	389	.509	3	12	.250	195	377	.517	123	175	.703			205	93			96	142	522
6	Virginia Squires	5	1225	193	407	.474	3	12	.250	190	395	.481	127	158	.804			219	97			121	123	516
7	Denver Rockets	5	1200	183	461	.397	2	17	.118	181	444	.408	123	166	.741			254	90			82	140	491
8	San Diego Conquistadors	4	960	145	392	.370	10	30	.333	135	362	.373	79	114	.693			207	64			77	92	379
	League Average	10	2359	388	857	.452	12	45	.267	376	812	.463	227	302	.751			472	199			176	256	1014

Total Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	San Diego Conquistadors	4	960	164	341	.481	3	13	.231	161	328	.491	96	111	.865			200	98			81	108	427
2	Denver Rockets	5	1200	200	441	.454	12	36	.333	188	405	.464	120	152	.789			250	123			82	137	532
3	Virginia Squires	5	1225	218	440	.495	6	17	.353	212	423	.501	118	148	.797			216	122			79	131	560
4	New York Nets	5	1225	215	422	.509	5	10	.500	210	412	.510	129	188	.686			225	108			102	147	564
5	Utah Stars	10	2400	391	943	.415	19	70	.271	372	873	.426	233	326	.715			504	185			162	252	1034
6	Carolina Cougars	12	2905	480	999	.480	21	60	.350	459	939	.489	291	393	.740			521	230			221	317	1272
7	Indiana Pacers	18	4345	704	1599	.440	16	80	.200	688	1519	.453	388	525	.739			882	372			304	485	1812
8	Kentucky Colonels	19	4610	729	1669	.437	14	73	.192	715	1596	.448	437	569	.768			974	351			378	470	1909
	League Average	10	2359	388	857	.452	12	45	.267	376	812	.463	227	302	.751			472	199			176	256	1014

Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats Table
																Offense Four Factors					Defense Four Factors
Rk	Team	Age	W	L	W/L%	PW	PL	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%		eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA		eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	Kentucky Colonels	25.3	11	8	.579	12	7	101.0	97.1	+3.9	102.3	.323	.068	.521		.474	13.9		.243		.441	16.5		.262
2	Utah Stars	28.3	6	4	.600	6	4	100.4	96.7	+3.7	106.9	.346	.032	.540		.482	16.8		.281		.425	13.0		.247
3	Carolina Cougars	27.6	7	5	.583	7	5	103.8	101.8	+2.0	103.2	.381	.033	.524		.476	16.2		.272		.491	15.9		.291
4	Indiana Pacers	26.6	12	6	.667	10	8	97.6	95.7	+1.9	104.6	.346	.069	.496		.440	13.3		.263		.445	14.2		.243
5	Denver Rockets	25.0	1	4	.200	1	4	92.2	99.9	-7.7	106.5	.360	.037	.460		.399	13.3		.267		.467	13.9		.272
6	New York Nets	25.4	1	4	.200	1	4	102.7	110.9	-8.2	99.6	.450	.031	.560		.513	17.1		.316		.515	16.8		.306
7	Virginia Squires	24.3	1	4	.200	1	4	101.1	109.7	-8.6	100.0	.388	.029	.541		.478	20.3		.312		.502	13.5		.268
8	San Diego Conquistadors	26.5	0	4	.000	1	3	89.3	100.7	-11.4	106.0	.291	.077	.429		.383	14.8		.202		.485	17.2		.282
	League Average	26.3				5	5	99.5	99.5		103.7	.352	.052	.512		.459	15.1		.264		.459	15.1		.264

Playoff Leaders

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1973 ABA Playoffs

Player Stats

East Division Semis

West Division Semis

East Division Finals

Kentucky Colonels vs. Carolina Cougars

West Division Finals

Indiana Pacers vs. Utah Stars

Finals

1972-73 Reg. Season Summary