1972–73 Atlanta Hawks season

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Hawks' 24th season in the NBA and fifth season in Atlanta.[1] The team moved their home games from the Alexander Memorial Coliseum to The Omni Coliseum. The Hawks registered a 46–36 record during the regular-season, but went 2–4 against the Boston Celtics in postseason.

1972–73 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coachCotton Fitzsimmons
ArenaOmni Coliseum
Results
Record46–36 (.561)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Semifinals
(eliminated 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTCG
RadioWSB

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1972 NBA draft

Roster
Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 8 Bellamy, Walt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Indiana
C 31 Christian, Bob 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Grambling State
G 3 Gilliam, Herm 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Purdue
G/F 23 Hudson, Lou 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Minnesota
G 44 Maravich, Pete 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 197 lb (89 kg) LSU
F/C 30 Trapp, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Long Beach State
F 12 Washington, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Villanova
G/F 33 Wetzel, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Virginia Tech
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season
Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Baltimore Bullets 5230.634–24–921–177–417–5
x-Atlanta Hawks 4636.561628–1317–231–010–12
Houston Rockets 3349.4021914–1410–289–79–13
Cleveland Cavaliers 3250.3902020–2110–272–28–14
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Boston Celtics6814.829
2 x-New York Knicks5725.695
3 y-Baltimore Bullets5230.634
4 x-Atlanta Hawks4636.561
5 Houston Rockets3349.402
6 Cleveland Cavaliers3250.390
7 Buffalo Braves2161.256
8 Philadelphia 76ers973.110

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 10@ Buffalo120–109Pete Maravich (34)1–0
2October 13@ Baltimore98–115Pete Maravich (27)1–1
3October 15New York101–109Lou Hudson (32)2–1
4October 17Boston119–115Lou Hudson (27)2–2
5October 20@ Houston108–120Pete Maravich (39)2–3
6October 21@ Kansas City–Omaha101–108Herm Gilliam (22)2–4
7October 24@ Portland118–110Lou Hudson (27)3–4
8October 25@ Seattle118–115Lou Hudson (33)4–4
9October 28@ Golden State107–122Lou Hudson (28)4–5
10October 31Houston106–105Walt Bellamy (23)4–6
11November 3@ Houston114–108Hudson, Maravich (31)5–6
12November 4Philadelphia120–128Pete Maravich (44)6–6
13November 7Baltimore107–109 (OT)Pete Maravich (28)7–6
14November 9@ New York99–101Pete Maravich (25)7–7
15November 11Milwaukee102–111Lou Hudson (32)8–7
16November 14Golden State114–105Lou Hudson (20)8–8
17November 18Phoenix122–126Pete Maravich (45)9–8
18November 19@ Cleveland98–109Lou Hudson (28)9–9
19November 21@ Detroit110–113 (OT)Lou Hudson (26)9–10
20November 23Seattle97–110Walt Bellamy (33)10–10
21November 25Chicago100–99Lou Hudson (25)10–11
22November 26@ Milwaukee96–108Pete Maravich (23)10–12
23November 29@ Phoenix98–109Lou Hudson (30)10–13
24December 1@ Los Angeles114–109 (OT)Pete Maravich (31)11–13
25December 2@ Portland106–103Lou Hudson (25)12–13
26December 5Portland121–122Pete Maravich (31)13–13
27December 7@ Chicago94–89 (OT)Pete Maravich (39)14–13
28December 8Baltimore115–134Pete Maravich (37)15–13
29December 10@ Kansas City–Omaha115–130Lou Hudson (43)15–14
30December 12@ New York93–114Lou Hudson (27)15–15
31December 13New York120–121Pete Maravich (37)16–15
32December 16Cleveland94–100Lou Hudson (26)17–15
33December 19Kansas City–Omaha102–119Lou Hudson (27)18–15
34December 22@ Buffalo110–109Lou Hudson (33)19–15
35December 23Philadelphia112–124Pete Maravich (42)20–15
36December 26@ Cleveland96–115Lou Hudson (27)20–16
37December 27N Philadelphia120–121Lou Hudson (34)21–16
38December 28Baltimore112–111Lou Hudson (26)21–17
39December 30Buffalo110–120Pete Maravich (31)22–17
40January 2@ Chicago90–100Pete Maravich (38)22–18
41January 3@ Milwaukee97–105Walt Bellamy (23)22–19
42January 5Boston126–108Steve Bracey (25)22–20
43January 6@ Detroit116–111Pete Maravich (30)23–20
44January 9Houston114–120Bellamy, Maravich (26)24–20
45January 11New York122–107Pete Maravich (23)24–21
46January 12@ Boston109–133Pete Maravich (26)24–22
47January 14Los Angeles102–100Pete Maravich (28)24–23
48January 16Detroit129–130 (OT)Lou Hudson (33)25–23
49January 17@ Philadelphia122–105Pete Maravich (25)26–23
50January 18Buffalo127–125Walt Bellamy (32)26–24
51January 20Cleveland84–96Herm Gilliam (24)27–24
52January 26@ Buffalo118–82Lou Hudson (31)28–24
53January 27Kansas City–Omaha126–129Lou Hudson (35)29–24
54January 28@ Houston108–116Lou Hudson (37)29–25
55January 30Detroit126–123Pete Maravich (35)29–26
56February 2@ Boston100–99Pete Maravich (37)30–26
57February 3Buffalo101–105Lou Hudson (32)31–26
58February 6Baltimore106–112Lou Hudson (36)32–26
59February 7@ Baltimore108–137Pete Maravich (24)32–27
60February 8Cleveland136–132 (OT)Lou Hudson (38)32–28
61February 10Houston91–103Lou Hudson (29)33–28
62February 11@ Cleveland115–107Lou Hudson (34)34–28
63February 16@ Phoenix111–104Pete Maravich (40)35–28
64February 18@ Los Angeles99–92Pete Maravich (31)36–28
65February 20@ Golden State115–118Lou Hudson (38)36–29
66February 23@ Seattle120–124Lou Hudson (39)36–30
67February 27Seattle130–131Pete Maravich (38)37–30
68March 2@ Philadelphia130–107Lou Hudson (29)38–30
69March 3Houston125–136Walt Bellamy (33)39–30
70March 4Philadelphia130–138Pete Maravich (38)40–30
71March 8Portland129–135Pete Maravich (39)41–30
72March 10Golden State113–117Lou Hudson (27)42–30
73March 11@ Houston118–129Pete Maravich (35)42–31
74March 13@ Cleveland107–115Pete Maravich (31)42–32
75March 16Phoenix127–135Lou Hudson (38)43–32
76March 18Milwaukee105–104Lou Hudson (28)43–33
77March 20Los Angeles112–114Lou Hudson (34)44–33
78March 21@ New York98–93Lou Hudson (32)45–33
79March 23@ Boston108–124Pete Maravich (29)45–34
80March 24Chicago111–113Lou Hudson (32)46–34
81March 25@ Baltimore105–112Walt Bellamy (30)46–35
82March 27Boston117–110Pete Maravich (30)46–36

Playoffs
1973 playoff game log
Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 1 @ Boston L 109–134 Lou Hudson (28) Jim Washington (14) Hudson, Maravich (5) Boston Garden
11,907		 0–1
2 April 4 Boston L 113–126 Pete Maravich (34) Walt Bellamy (11) Pete Maravich (10) Omni Coliseum
11,588		 0–2
3 April 6 @ Boston W 118–105 Lou Hudson (37) Walt Bellamy (12) Pete Maravich (11) Boston Garden
15,320		 1–2
4 April 8 Boston W 97–94 Pete Maravich (37) Jim Washington (15) Herm Gilliam (7) Omni Coliseum
11,675		 2–2
5 April 11 @ Boston L 101–108 Pete Maravich (34) Walt Bellamy (16) Herm Gilliam (6) Boston Garden
12,525		 2–3
6 April 13 Boston L 103–121 Lou Hudson (35) Washington, Bellamy (13) Bellamy, Gilliam (5) Omni Coliseum
16,181		 2–4
1973 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1972–73 Atlanta Hawks
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