1972–73 Golden State Warriors season

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Warriors' 27th season in the NBA and 11th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

1972–73 Golden State Warriors season
Head coachAl Attles
ArenaOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record47–35 (.573)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Conference Finals
(eliminated 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1972 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
343Bill ChamberlainF United StatesNorth Carolina
460John TschoglF United StatesUC Santa Barbara
576Charles DudleyG United StatesWashington
693Henry BaconG United StatesLouisville
7110William FranklinF United StatesPurdue
8126John Burks United StatesSan Francisco
9141Bill Duey United StatesCalifornia

Roster
Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 25 United States Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Oregon
SF 24 United States Barry, Rick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Miami (FL)
F 31 United States Ellis, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Francisco
G 10 United States Johnson, Charles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) California
C 52 United States Johnson, George 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Dillard
F/C 43 United States Lee, Clyde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Vanderbilt
SG 23 United States Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
G/F 33 United States Portman, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Creighton
SF 32 United States Russell, Cazzie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Michigan
F/C 42 United States Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Bowling Green
PG 21 United States Williams, Ron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6022.732–30–1128–112–022–4
x-Golden State Warriors 4735.5731327–1418–202–114–12
Phoenix Suns 3844.4632222–1915–251–014–12
Seattle SuperSonics 2656.3173416–2510–290–29–17
Portland Trail Blazers 2161.2563913–288–320–16–20
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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 14Milwaukee81–77Cazzie Russell (20)0–1
2October 16Baltimore96–97Rick Barry (22)1–1
3October 20@ Seattle101–92Jeff Mullins (28)2–1
4October 21@ Portland104–97Jeff Mullins (23)3–1
5October 26Chicago94–93Cazzie Russell (28)3–2
6October 27@ Los Angeles119–91Jeff Mullins (28)4–2
7October 28Atlanta107–122Cazzie Russell (34)5–2
8October 31Detroit104–112Rick Barry (27)6–2
9November 2Portland104–118Cazzie Russell (23)7–2
10November 4New York104–127Rick Barry (26)8–2
11November 7@ Buffalo105–91Jeff Mullins (22)9–2
12November 8@ Boston111–128Rick Barry (34)9–3
13November 10@ Detroit96–121Cazzie Russell (22)9–4
14November 11@ New York103–102 (OT)Rick Barry (27)10–4
15November 14@ Atlanta114–105Nate Thurmond (33)11–4
16November 16Philadelphia106–128Cazzie Russell (21)12–4
17November 17@ Portland97–105Rick Barry (23)12–5
18November 18Buffalo92–120Jeff Mullins (27)13–5
19November 22@ Houston104–132Rick Barry (25)13–6
20November 24@ Chicago96–100Jeff Mullins (22)13–7
21November 25@ Kansas City–Omaha133–114Rick Barry (35)14–7
22November 28Phoenix102–110Jim Barnett (23)15–7
23December 1@ Phoenix106–115Nate Thurmond (32)15–8
24December 2Los Angeles112–103Rick Barry (38)15–9
25December 5Houston101–108Rick Barry (30)16–9
26December 8@ Milwaukee91–124Rick Barry (26)16–10
27December 10@ Cleveland103–100Rick Barry (36)17–10
28December 13@ Detroit110–107Mullins, Russell (26)18–10
29December 15@ Buffalo129–95Jeff Mullins (27)19–10
30December 16N Baltimore99–105Rick Barry (24)19–11
31December 19Boston112–115Nate Thurmond (33)20–11
32December 23Chicago109–127Nate Thurmond (22)21–11
33December 26Seattle97–95Nate Thurmond (25)21–12
34December 28Cleveland105–118Rick Barry (35)22–12
35December 30Kansas City–Omaha107–113Rick Barry (36)23–12
36January 2Los Angeles106–112Rick Barry (30)24–12
37January 4Portland83–108Rick Barry (30)25–12
38January 5@ Seattle128–96Cazzie Russell (22)26–12
39January 6Philadelphia79–111Ron Williams (20)27–12
40January 9Detroit98–105Rick Barry (28)28–12
41January 11@ Kansas City–Omaha108–109Nate Thurmond (27)28–13
42January 12@ Phoenix108–107Jeff Mullins (25)29–13
43January 13Phoenix116–110Nate Thurmond (23)29–14
44January 16Cleveland100–98Cazzie Russell (24)29–15
45January 17N Houston117–123Rick Barry (51)30–15
46January 19@ Chicago115–80Jeff Mullins (24)31–15
47January 21@ Milwaukee108–124Jeff Mullins (17)31–16
48January 25Kansas City–Omaha115–129Rick Barry (30)32–16
49January 26@ Los Angeles84–100Ellis, Russell (16)32–17
50January 27Los Angeles122–107Jeff Mullins (30)32–18
51January 29@ New York84–97Rick Barry (20)32–19
52January 30@ Baltimore86–104Jeff Mullins (22)32–20
53January 31@ Philadelphia131–115Rick Barry (31)33–20
54February 1@ Kansas City–Omaha96–98Cazzie Russell (34)33–21
55February 3Seattle101–123Cazzie Russell (32)34–21
56February 8Portland111–123Nate Thurmond (39)35–21
57February 10@ Milwaukee108–135Nate Thurmond (28)35–22
58February 11@ Chicago101–96Nate Thurmond (26)36–22
59February 13@ Cleveland103–90Rick Barry (36)37–22
60February 15Baltimore96–94Jeff Mullins (30)37–23
61February 16@ Seattle108–114 (OT)Barry, C. Johnson (24)37–24
62February 17Boston110–106Nate Thurmond (29)37–25
63February 20Atlanta115–118Rick Barry (31)38–25
64February 23@ Los Angeles111–106Jeff Mullins (32)39–25
65February 24Milwaukee93–102Rick Barry (25)40–25
66February 27@ Detroit100–114Nate Thurmond (24)40–26
67February 28@ Boston111–118Nate Thurmond (23)40–27
68March 2Kansas City–Omaha112–117Cazzie Russell (37)41–27
69March 3Chicago117–116Rick Barry (33)41–28
70March 6Detroit93–108Jeff Mullins (24)42–28
71March 10@ Atlanta113–117Jeff Mullins (28)42–29
72March 11N Philadelphia93–97Rick Barry (25)43–29
73March 13@ Portland109–101Rick Barry (34)44–29
74March 15Houston125–141Jeff Mullins (26)45–29
75March 16@ Seattle106–116Nate Thurmond (24)45–30
76March 17New York117–108Barry, C. Johnson (24)45–31
77March 20Seattle106–114Jeff Mullins (27)46–31
78March 22Milwaukee108–98Cazzie Russell (23)46–32
79March 23@ Phoenix124–125Rick Barry (22)46–33
80March 24Buffalo101–106Rick Barry (26)47–33
81March 26Phoenix120–114Rick Barry (32)47–34
82March 28Los Angeles96–89Joe Ellis (17)47–35

Playoffs
1973 playoff game log
Conference Semi-finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 30 @ Milwaukee L 90–110 Rick Barry (22) Clyde Lee (10) Jim Barnett (6) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 0–1
2 April 1 @ Milwaukee W 95–92 Cazzie Russell (25) Clyde Lee (17) Walt Hazzard (7) Milwaukee Arena
10,379		 1–1
3 April 5 Milwaukee L 93–113 Jeff Mullins (21) Clyde Lee (17) Jeff Mullins (4) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,493		 1–2
4 April 7 Milwaukee W 102–97 Rick Barry (38) Clyde Lee (21) Jeff Mullins (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,173		 2–2
5 April 10 @ Milwaukee W 100–97 Clyde Lee (21) Clyde Lee (18) Walt Hazzard (5) University of Wisconsin Field House
12,204		 3–2
6 April 13 Milwaukee W 100–86 Jim Barnett (26) Clyde Lee (19) Jim Barnett (7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,175		 4–2
Conference Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 17 @ Los Angeles L 99–101 Nate Thurmond (22) Nate Thurmond (26) Thurmond, Barnett (5) The Forum
17,505		 0–1
2 April 19 @ Los Angeles L 93–104 Rick Barry (29) Clyde Lee (18) Nate Thurmond (6) The Forum
17,505		 0–2
3 April 21 Los Angeles L 70–126 Rick Barry (10) Clyde Lee (18) six players tied (2) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,183		 0–3
4 April 23 Los Angeles W 117–109 Cazzie Russell (33) Nate Thurmond (18) Jeff Mullins (7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,000		 1–3
5 April 25 @ Los Angeles L 118–128 Cazzie Russell (29) Nate Thurmond (15) Thurmond, Mullins (5) The Forum
17,505		 1–4
1973 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1972–73 Golden State Warriors
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