1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Bucks' fifth season in the NBA.[1]

1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coachLarry Costello
General managerWayne Embry
PresidentJohn Steinmiller (vice)
OwnersMilwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro)
ArenaMilwaukee Arena
Results
Record60–22 (.732)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishConference semifinals
(lost to Warriors 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Draft picks
Main article: 1972 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
16Russ LeeG/F United StatesMarshall
112Julius ErvingSF/SG United StatesMassachusetts Amherst
229Chuck TerryF United StatesCalifornia State-Long Beach
346George AdamsF/G United StatesGardner-Webb
463Art White United StatesGeorgetown
579Ron Harris United StatesWichita State
7113Mickey DavisF/G United StatesDuquesne
8129Charles Kirkland United StatesCheyney (PA)
9143Jim Regenold United StatesBall State
10156Jolly Spight United StatesSanta Clara

Roster
Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 33 Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1947–04–16 UCLA
G 42 Allen, Lucius 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1947–09–26 UCLA
C 34 Cunningham, Dick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1946–07–11 Murray State
F 10 Dandridge, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1947–11–15 Norfolk State
G 20 Davis, Mickey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950–06–16 Duquesne
F 7 Driscoll, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1947–08–28 Boston College
F 21 Lee, Russ 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1950–01–27 Marshall
G 14 McGlocklin, Jon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1943–06–10 Indiana
F 18 Perry, Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1948–09–13 Missouri State
G 1 Robertson, Oscar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1938–11–24 Cincinnati
C 54 Schlueter, Dale 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1945–11–12 Colorado State
F 31 Terry, Chuck 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1950–09–27 Long Beach State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 6022.732–33–525–152–215–5
x-Chicago Bulls 5131.622929–1220–192–010–10
Detroit Pistons 4042.4882026–1513–251–29–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings 3646.4392424–1712–29–6–14
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6022.732
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers6022.732
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-Golden State Warriors4735.573
5 Detroit Pistons4042.488
6 Phoenix Suns3844.463
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings3646.439
8 Seattle SuperSonics2656.317
9 Portland Trail Blazers2161.256
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1972–73 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta –3–41–55–12–23–42–21–34–42–23–11–33–36–03–14–03–1
Baltimore 4–3–1–55–10–48–02–23–15–23–11–32–23–35–12–24–04–0
Boston 5–15–1–7–03–15–13–13–15–13–14–02–24–47–04–04–04–0
Buffalo 1–51–50–7–2–21–51–30–41–51–30–40–41–67–11–32–22–2
Chicago 2–24–01–32–2–3–13–43–34–05–21–52–43–14–04–25–15–1
Cleveland 4–30–81–55–11–3–1–31–34–32–21–31–30–66–01–31–33–1
Detroit 2–22–21–33–14–33–1–2–41–33–31–52–51–33–14–26–02–4
Golden State 3–11–31–34–03–33–14–2–3–14–23–41–52–24–02–45–14–3
Houston 4–42–51–55–10–43–43–11–3–0–41–31–31–55–12–22–22–2
Kansas City-Omaha 2–21–31–33–12–52–23–32–44–0–1–51–60–43–13–34–24–2
Los Angeles 1–33–10–44–05–13–15–14–33–15–1–3–32–24–06–16–06–0
Milwaukee 3–12–22–24–04–23–15–25–13–16–13–3–2–23–15–15–15–1
New York 3–33–34–46–11–36–03–12–25–14–02–22–2–6–13–13–14–0
Philadelphia 0–61–50–71–70–40–61–30–41–51–30–41–31–6–0–41–31–3
Phoenix 1–32–20–43–12–43–12–44–22–23–31–61–51–34–0–5–24–2
Portland 0–40–40–42–21–53–10–61–52–22–40–61–51–33–12–5–3–4
Seattle 1–30–40–42–21–51–34–23–42–22–40–61–50–43–12–44–3—

Game log
1972–73 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 13@ Phoenix117–105Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (41)1–0
2October 14@ Golden State81–77Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)2–0
3October 17@ Portland108–111Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (49)2–1
4October 20Detroit86–109Bob Dandridge (27)3–1
5October 21@ Buffalo91–63Oscar Robertson (27)4–1
6October 22@ Cleveland104–84Bob Dandridge (27)5–1
7October 25Buffalo92–109Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25)6–1
8October 26@ Kansas City–Omaha114–107Bob Dandridge (33)7–1
9October 28@ Philadelphia96–92Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (23)8–1
10November 4Phoenix105–104Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22)8–2
11November 5Philadelphia113–131Bob Dandridge (26)9–2
12November 8Seattle103–116Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)10–2
13November 10Baltimore82–120Lucius Allen (24)11–2
14November 11@ Atlanta102–111Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)11–3
15November 14Los Angeles95–92Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37)11–4
16November 17@ Boston95–88Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32)12–4
17November 18@ New York86–87Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32)12–5
18November 21Boston116–102Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)12–6
19November 24Kansas City–Omaha106–115Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26)13–6
20November 25@ Baltimore101–91Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28)14–6
21November 26Atlanta96–108Bob Dandridge (29)15–6
22November 29Chicago97–105Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)16–6
23December 1New York74–100Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (40)17–6
24December 3@ Phoenix119–101Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)18–6
25December 5@ Los Angeles94–116Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)18–7
26December 6@ Seattle91–95Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)18–8
27December 8Golden State91–124Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (19)19–8
28December 9Detroit107–103Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)19–9
29December 12@ Portland115–94Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)20–9
30December 13@ Seattle104–103 (OT)Dandridge, Robertson (25)21–9
31December 15Cleveland82–98Bob Dandridge (18)22–9
32December 19Seattle77–121Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33)23–9
33December 20Portland104–123Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)24–9
34December 23Boston98–104Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26)25–9
35December 25@ Kansas City–Omaha104–99Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32)26–9
36December 26@ Detroit105–112Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (43)26–10
37December 28Detroit91–115Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (44)27–10
38December 29@ Houston114–101Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (39)28–10
39December 30@ Chicago92–99Lucius Allen (26)28–11
40January 1Baltimore88–87Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)28–12
41January 2@ New York92–102Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)28–13
42January 3Atlanta97–105Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26)29–13
43January 6Buffalo96–110Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37)30–13
44January 7Los Angeles92–99Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37)31–13
45January 12Kansas City–Omaha98–117Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)32–13
46January 14Chicago95–100Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)33–13
47January 16Philadelphia92–108Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28)34–13
48January 19Portland105–108Bob Dandridge (31)35–13
49January 21Golden State108–124Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)36–13
50January 25N Houston125–129Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (48)36–14
51January 26@ Detroit117–105Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)37–14
52January 30@ Cleveland98–112Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28)37–15
53February 2@ Buffalo114–108Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38)38–15
54February 4@ Chicago99–121Lucius Allen (28)38–16
55February 6Phoenix111–126Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35)39–16
56February 7@ Kansas City–Omaha98–105Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)39–17
57February 9Los Angeles88–109Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)40–17
58February 10Golden State108–135Bob Dandridge (36)41–17
59February 11@ Boston96–120Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25)41–18
60February 13@ Detroit110–96Abdul-Jabbar, Dandridge (28)42–18
61February 14@ Philadelphia104–106Bob Dandridge (38)42–19
62February 16Houston103–105Oscar Robertson (31)43–19
63February 17Kansas City–Omaha104–111Lucius Allen (25)44–19
64February 18N Baltimore93–96Bob Dandridge (20)44–20
65February 20N Cleveland118–100Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson (28)45–20
66February 22@ Kansas City–Omaha116–113 (OT)Lucius Allen (32)46–20
67February 24@ Golden State93–102Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)46–21
68February 25@ Los Angeles82–91Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (21)46–22
69February 28Seattle110–124Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26)47–22
70March 1New York100–114Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)48–22
71March 4@ Houston116–101Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29)49–22
72March 6Chicago88–96Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)50–22
73March 9Portland96–116Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25)51–22
74March 12Phoenix95–126Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34)52–22
75March 16@ Chicago99–91 (OT)Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24)53–22
76March 18@ Atlanta105–104Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22)54–22
77March 19N Detroit118–99Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)55–22
78March 21@ Seattle119–96Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)56–22
79March 22@ Golden State108–98Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)57–22
80March 25@ Phoenix114–112Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36)58–22
81March 26@ Portland118–99Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31)59–22
82March 27@ Los Angeles85–84Oscar Robertson (25)60–22

Playoffs
1973 playoff game log
Conference Semi-finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 30 Golden State W 110–90 Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson (22) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24) Oscar Robertson (12) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 1–0
2 April 1 Golden State L 92–95 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) five players tied (3) Milwaukee Arena
10,379		 1–1
3 April 5 @ Golden State W 113–93 Oscar Robertson (34) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (18) Oscar Robertson (8) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,493		 2–1
4 April 7 @ Golden State L 97–102 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) Perry, Abdul-Jabbar (14) Oscar Robertson (7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,173		 2–2
5 April 10 Golden State L 97–100 four players tied (19) Perry, Abdul-Jabbar (12) Oscar Robertson (11) University of Wisconsin Field House
12,204		 2–3
6 April 13 @ Golden State L 86–100 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14) Lucius Allen (5) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,175		 2–4
1973 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7642.855.471.316.15.030.2
Bob Dandridge 7339.147.278.98.22.820.2
Oscar Robertson 7337.545.484.74.97.515.5
Lucius Allen 8033.748.471.53.55.315.5
Jon McGlocklin 8024.450.286.32.03.09.6
Curtis Perry 6731.346.165.99.61.89.1
Terry Driscoll 5916.342.969.45.00.95.5
Mickey Davis 7414.143.882.63.11.05.1
Wali Jones 2715.540.788.91.12.15.0
Gary Gregor 99.833.371.43.61.03.0
Russ Lee 466.038.674.40.90.82.8
Dick Cunningham 729.641.058.02.90.52.2
Chuck Terry 6710.334.070.82.20.61.9

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 646.042.854.316.22.822.8
Oscar Robertson 642.750.091.24.77.521.2
Lucius Allen 633.840.478.62.73.515.7
Bob Dandridge 634.042.170.44.71.213.8
Jon McGlocklin 624.250.987.51.22.210.2
Curtis Perry 639.748.150.011.52.28.8
Russ Lee 52.657.10.00.80.43.2
Mickey Davis 69.035.3100.02.00.82.3
Chuck Terry 53.680.00.00.60.21.6
Dick Cunningham 53.4100.00.00.60.40.4
Terry Driscoll 62.70.00.00.00.20.0

Transactions

Free agents
PlayerSignedFormer team
Terry Driscoll November 15, 1972 Baltimore Bullets

Awards and records

References
  1. 1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks
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