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1972-73 Virginia Squires Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 42-42, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Al Bianchi (42-42)

PTS/G: 114.1 (4th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 114.4 (8th of 10)

SRS: -0.38 (6th of 10) Pace: 112.5 (2nd of 10)

Off Rtg: 102.4 (5th of 10) Def Rtg: 102.7 (7th of 10) Net Rtg: -0.3 (6th of 10)

Expected W-L: 41-43 (6th of 10)

Arena: Norfolk Scope

ABA 1973 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-4) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
34	Mike Barr	SG	6-3	180	October 19, 1950	us US	R	Duquesne
25	Jim Eakins	C	6-11	215	May 24, 1946	us US	4	BYU
32	Julius Erving	SF	6-7	210	February 22, 1950	us US	1	UMass
23	Bill Franklin	PF	6-7	220	October 19, 1949	us US	R	Purdue
44	George Gervin	SG	6-7	180	April 27, 1952	us US	R	Eastern Michigan
30	George Irvine	SF	6-6	200	February 1, 1948	us US	2	Washington
24	Neil Johnson	PF	6-7	220	April 17, 1943	us US	6	Tulsa, Creighton
12	Goose Ligon	PF	6-7	210	February 22, 1944	us US	5
51	Erwin Mueller	PF	6-8	230	March 12, 1944	us US	6	San Francisco
3	Al Sanders	PF	6-7	240	January 1, 1950	us US	R	LSU
21	Billy Shepherd	PG	5-10	160	November 18, 1949	us US	R	Butler
35	Willie Sojourner	C	6-8	225	September 10, 1948	us US	1	Weber State
14	Fatty Taylor	PG	6-0	175	March 13, 1946	us US	3	Dodge City Community College, La Salle
13	Dave Twardzik	PG	6-1	175	September 20, 1950	us US	R	Old Dominion
11	Bernie Williams	SG	6-3	175	December 30, 1945	us US	3	La Salle

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

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Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	12.5	25.1	.499	.497	6.7	8.6	.776	3.7	8.5	12.2	4.2	2.5	1.8	4.6	2.8	31.9
2	Fatty Taylor	26	78		32.7	4.1	8.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.429	4.0	8.6	.466	.468	1.9	3.2	.605	1.8	2.3	4.1	4.8	2.7		3.0	3.4	10.1
3	Jim Eakins	26	83		30.8	5.2	9.9	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	5.2	9.9	.523	.522	4.6	5.8	.802	2.8	6.0	8.8	3.2		1.6	2.8	3.5	15.0
4	Goose Ligon	28	12		30.0	4.8	8.6	.563	0.0	0.0		4.8	8.6	.563	.563	2.3	3.6	.651	3.0	4.8	7.8	1.7			1.8	3.3	12.0
5	Mike Barr	22	79		26.3	3.7	7.7	.472	0.0	0.1	.250	3.6	7.7	.474	.473	1.8	2.4	.750	1.0	1.9	2.9	3.2			2.3	2.8	9.1
6	George Irvine	24	79		26.3	5.4	10.2	.527	0.1	0.4	.212	5.3	9.8	.540	.531	2.1	2.6	.833	1.4	2.4	3.7	1.9			1.7	3.4	13.0
7	George Gervin	20	30		23.0	5.4	11.4	.472	0.2	0.9	.231	5.2	10.5	.492	.481	3.2	3.9	.814	1.1	3.1	4.3	1.1			1.8	2.4	14.1
8	Bernie Williams	27	71		21.3	5.0	11.7	.428	0.1	0.8	.172	4.9	10.9	.448	.434	2.3	2.7	.860	0.8	0.9	1.8	1.9			1.9	2.1	12.5
9	Neil Johnson	29	69		20.9	3.0	6.2	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	6.2	.491	.490	1.5	2.3	.660	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.3			1.9	3.4	7.6
10	Dave Twardzik	22	80		17.0	1.8	3.8	.461	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	3.7	.468	.464	2.2	2.7	.840	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.3			1.5	2.5	5.8
11	Willie Sojourner	24	64		16.6	3.1	6.4	.485	0.0	0.0		3.1	6.4	.485	.485	1.3	2.0	.656	1.9	3.8	5.7	1.2			1.3	2.9	7.5
12	Bill Franklin	23	73		13.6	3.0	7.2	.416	0.0	0.1	.286	3.0	7.1	.418	.418	1.5	2.5	.598	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.7			1.7	2.2	7.5
13	Erwin Mueller	28	17		12.1	1.0	3.1	.321	0.0	0.0		1.0	3.1	.321	.321	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		0.5	0.5	1.000	1.000	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	0.2	1.2	.158	.257	0.6	0.6	.900	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5			0.5	0.8	1.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	22	5		43.8	11.8	22.4	.527	0.0	0.6	.000	11.8	21.8	.541	.527	6.0	8.0	.750	2.8	6.2	9.0	3.2			3.4	3.2	29.6
2	Jim Eakins	26	5		43.4	9.6	16.2	.593	0.0	0.0		9.6	16.2	.593	.593	5.6	6.8	.824	4.0	7.4	11.4	3.6			4.4	4.4	24.8
3	George Gervin	20	5		40.0	6.8	15.4	.442	0.2	1.0	.200	6.6	14.4	.458	.448	4.8	6.8	.706	3.2	4.4	7.6	1.6			3.6	3.0	18.6
4	Fatty Taylor	26	5		33.8	2.6	7.6	.342	0.2	0.4	.500	2.4	7.2	.333	.355	2.8	3.0	.933	0.8	3.4	4.2	2.8			3.6	3.8	8.2
5	Erwin Mueller	28	5		22.4	1.0	3.6	.278	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.8	3.4	.235	.306	1.2	1.4	.857	1.4	2.4	3.8	3.0			2.2	2.0	3.4
6	Neil Johnson	29	5		19.6	2.6	5.2	.500	0.0	0.0		2.6	5.2	.500	.500	1.2	1.6	.750	1.4	2.8	4.2	1.0			1.4	3.2	6.4
7	Mike Barr	22	5		16.8	1.0	3.6	.278	0.0	0.0		1.0	3.6	.278	.278	1.0	1.2	.833	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.0			2.0	1.6	3.0
8	Dave Twardzik	22	2		14.5	1.5	3.5	.429	0.0	0.0		1.5	3.5	.429	.429	3.0	3.0	1.000	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5			0.5	1.5	6.0
9	George Irvine	24	5		10.6	1.2	3.0	.400	0.0	0.0		1.2	3.0	.400	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0			1.6	1.6	3.4
10	Bernie Williams	27	3		8.0	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	2.3	.429	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3			2.3	1.3	2.3
11	Willie Sojourner	24	3		6.7	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.3	.571	.571	0.7	0.7	1.000	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7			0.7	0.7	3.3

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	22	71		2993	894	1804	.496	5	24	.208	889	1780	.499	.497	475	612	.776	262	605	867	298	181	127	326	197	2268
2	Jim Eakins	26	83		2559	430	823	.522	0	1	.000	430	822	.523	.522	384	479	.802	234	499	733	262		131	233	287	1244
3	Fatty Taylor	26	78		2553	316	679	.465	3	7	.429	313	672	.466	.468	150	248	.605	137	181	318	374	210		237	266	785
4	Mike Barr	22	79		2076	289	612	.472	1	4	.250	288	608	.474	.473	141	188	.750	76	151	227	254			185	220	720
5	George Irvine	24	79		2075	424	805	.527	7	33	.212	417	772	.540	.531	169	203	.833	108	188	296	149			138	267	1024
6	Bernie Williams	27	71		1513	356	831	.428	10	58	.172	346	773	.448	.434	166	193	.860	60	65	125	137			136	150	888
7	Neil Johnson	29	69		1442	210	429	.490	0	1	.000	210	428	.491	.490	103	156	.660	156	208	364	158			131	232	523
8	Dave Twardzik	22	80		1357	141	306	.461	2	9	.222	139	297	.468	.464	178	212	.840	45	113	158	184			122	202	462
9	Willie Sojourner	24	64		1065	199	410	.485	0	0		199	410	.485	.485	84	128	.656	121	243	364	75			80	187	482
10	Bill Franklin	23	73		990	218	524	.416	2	7	.286	216	517	.418	.418	107	179	.598	123	166	289	50			123	157	545
11	George Gervin	20	30		689	161	341	.472	6	26	.231	155	315	.492	.481	96	118	.814	34	94	128	34			54	72	424
12	Goose Ligon	28	12		360	58	103	.563	0	0		58	103	.563	.563	28	43	.651	36	58	94	20			21	40	144
13	Erwin Mueller	28	17		205	17	53	.321	0	0		17	53	.321	.321	3	10	.300	17	30	47	26			22	24	37
14	Billy Shepherd	23	16		68	7	35	.200	4	16	.250	3	19	.158	.257	9	10	.900	2	3	5	8			8	12	27
15	Al Sanders	23	4		25	2	2	1.000	0	0		2	2	1.000	1.000	4	6	.667	0	5	5	0			3	4	8
			84		19970	3722	7757	.480	40	186	.215	3682	7571	.486	.482	2097	2785	.753	1411	2609	4020	2029			1819	2317	9581

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	22	5		219	59	112	.527	0	3	.000	59	109	.541	.527	30	40	.750	14	31	45	16			17	16	148
2	Jim Eakins	26	5		217	48	81	.593	0	0		48	81	.593	.593	28	34	.824	20	37	57	18			22	22	124
3	George Gervin	20	5		200	34	77	.442	1	5	.200	33	72	.458	.448	24	34	.706	16	22	38	8			18	15	93
4	Fatty Taylor	26	5		169	13	38	.342	1	2	.500	12	36	.333	.355	14	15	.933	4	17	21	14			18	19	41
5	Erwin Mueller	28	5		112	5	18	.278	1	1	1.000	4	17	.235	.306	6	7	.857	7	12	19	15			11	10	17
6	Neil Johnson	29	5		98	13	26	.500	0	0		13	26	.500	.500	6	8	.750	7	14	21	5			7	16	32
7	Mike Barr	22	5		84	5	18	.278	0	0		5	18	.278	.278	5	6	.833	2	4	6	10			10	8	15
8	George Irvine	24	5		53	6	15	.400	0	0		6	15	.400	.400	5	5	1.000	2	3	5	5			8	8	17
9	Dave Twardzik	22	2		29	3	7	.429	0	0		3	7	.429	.429	6	6	1.000	0	1	1	3			1	3	12
10	Bernie Williams	27	3		24	3	8	.375	0	1	.000	3	7	.429	.375	1	1	1.000	0	0	0	1			7	4	7
11	Willie Sojourner	24	3		20	4	7	.571	0	0		4	7	.571	.571	2	2	1.000	3	3	6	2			2	2	10

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Julius Erving	22	71	2993	27.7	.547	.013	.339	8.6	19.5	14.1	15.7	2.6	2.3	13.6	29.6		6.8	3.0	9.8	.157
2	Jim Eakins	26	83	2559	19.2	.602	.001	.582	9.0	18.8	14.0	13.4		2.8	18.4	18.3		6.5	2.6	9.0	.170
3	Fatty Taylor	26	78	2553	12.6	.498	.010	.365	5.3	6.9	6.1	18.1	3.6		23.1	14.8		0.6	1.9	2.6	.048
4	Mike Barr	22	79	2076	8.8	.518	.007	.307	3.6	7.0	5.3	15.4			21.0	15.7		1.3	1.4	2.7	.062
5	George Irvine	24	79	2075	13.9	.573	.041	.252	5.1	8.8	7.0	9.9			13.4	18.4		4.2	1.3	5.5	.127
6	Bernie Williams	27	71	1513	12.2	.485	.070	.232	3.9	4.2	4.0	13.0			12.9	25.7		0.0	0.8	0.8	.026
7	Neil Johnson	29	69	1442	11.4	.525	.002	.364	10.6	13.9	12.3	13.9			20.8	16.1		1.1	1.4	2.5	.082
8	Dave Twardzik	22	80	1357	9.5	.579	.029	.693	3.3	8.0	5.7	16.4			23.4	14.2		2.0	1.0	3.0	.107
9	Willie Sojourner	24	64	1065	14.3	.517	.000	.312	11.2	22.1	16.7	9.5			14.6	19.0		0.8	1.1	1.9	.086
10	Bill Franklin	23	73	990	10.8	.452	.013	.342	12.2	16.2	14.2	7.1			16.9	27.1		-1.1	0.9	-0.2	-0.009
11	George Gervin	20	30	689	16.0	.540	.076	.346	4.8	13.2	9.1	7.1			12.1	24.0		1.1	0.5	1.6	.112
12	Goose Ligon	28	12	360	14.5	.591	.000	.417	9.8	15.6	12.7	7.2			14.7	14.7		0.7	0.3	1.0	.132
13	Erwin Mueller	28	17	205	2.9	.322	.000	.189	8.1	14.1	11.2	14.9			27.7	14.3		-0.5	0.2	-0.3	-0.071
14	Billy Shepherd	23	16	68	-0.2	.343	.457	.286	2.9	4.3	3.6	14.2			16.9	25.8		-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.183
15	Al Sanders	23	4	25	6.6	.862	.000	3.000	0.0	19.3	9.7	0.0			39.3	11.3		0.1	0.0	0.1	.209

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Julius Erving	22	5	219	24.9	.571	.027	.357			11.6	14.1			11.6	27.4		0.7	-0.2	0.6	.123
2	Jim Eakins	26	5	217	23.8	.646	.000	.420			14.8	14.6			18.7	22.3		1.0	-0.2	0.8	.168
3	George Gervin	20	5	200	13.6	.506	.065	.442			10.7	6.5			16.4	22.5		0.2	-0.1	0.0	.008
4	Fatty Taylor	26	5	169	3.6	.460	.053	.395			7.0	11.7			28.8	15.2		0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.039
5	Erwin Mueller	28	5	112	4.9	.403	.056	.389			9.6	18.0			34.3	11.7		-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.074
6	Neil Johnson	29	5	98	10.3	.542	.000	.308			12.1	7.8			19.2	15.3		0.1	-0.1	0.0	.021
7	Mike Barr	22	5	84	0.0	.363	.000	.333			4.0	16.3			32.6	15.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.101
8	George Irvine	24	5	53	3.5	.494	.000	.333			5.3	14.0			31.7	19.5		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.008
9	Dave Twardzik	22	2	29	16.0	.622	.000	.857			1.9	15.1			9.4	15.0		0.1	0.0	0.1	.117
10	Bernie Williams	27	3	24	-12.8	.415	.125	.125			0.0	6.3			45.3	26.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.071
11	Willie Sojourner	24	3	20	23.6	.635	.000	.286			16.9	17.0			20.2	20.3		0.1	0.0	0.1	.127

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