1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 1972–73 season was the third season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] After finishing the previous season at 18–64, the Blazers earned the first overall selection in the 1972 NBA draft, and infamously picked LaRue Martin over future Hall-of-Famer Bob McAdoo. LaRue would average seven points per game over a four-season NBA career. The Blazers finished at 21–61, a marginal three-game improvement from the previous season.

1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachJack McCloskey
General managerHarry Glickman
Owners
ArenaMemorial Coliseum
Results
Record21–61 (.256)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPTV
RadioKOIN

Draft picks
LaRue Martin was the Trail Blazers first overall pick.
Main article: 1972 NBA draft

Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as any other picks by the franchise who played at least one NBA game.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 1 LaRue Martin C  United States Loyola (Illinois)
2 14 Bob Davis F  United States Weber State
2 26 Dave Twardzik G  United States Old Dominion
2 30 Ollie Johnson F  United States Temple
3 31 Lloyd Neal F/C  United States Tennessee State

Roster
Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 12 United States Adelman, Rick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Loyola Marymount
SF 25 United States Davis, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Weber State
SG 17 United States Davis, Charlie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Wake Forest
SF 42 United States Dischinger, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Purdue
SF 44 United States Johnson, Ollie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Temple
C 35 United States Martin, LaRue 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Loyola Chicago
C 36 United States Neal, Lloyd 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Tennessee State
PF 45 United States Petrie, Geoff 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Princeton
SF 4 United States Smith, Greg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Western Kentucky
C 43 United States Smith, William 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Syracuse
SG 15 United States Steele, Larry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kentucky
PF 34 United States Turner, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Akron
PF 21 United States Wicks, Sidney 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
PG 13 United States Wohl, Dave 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Penn
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
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Regular season
The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

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 13Seattle92–84Sidney Wicks (26)0–1
2October 14Phoenix124–120Geoff Petrie (30)0–2
3October 17Milwaukee108–111Sidney Wicks (33)1–2
4October 20@ Los Angeles104–126Adelman, Dischinger (16)1–3
5October 21Golden State104–97Sidney Wicks (28)1–4
6October 22@ Seattle119–120 (OT)Geoff Petrie (29)1–5
7October 24Atlanta118–110Sidney Wicks (31)1–6
8October 27Chicago118–95Geoff Petrie (30)1–7
9October 29Detroit119–111Sidney Wicks (31)1–8
10November 2@ Golden State104–118Sidney Wicks (30)1–9
11November 4Los Angeles134–120Petrie, Wicks (26)1–10
12November 6New York111–95Sidney Wicks (21)1–11
13November 12Kansas City–Omaha100–102Lloyd Neal (29)1–12
14November 14Cleveland91–100Sidney Wicks (27)3–11
15November 17Golden State97–105Petrie, Wicks (25)4–11
16November 18Seattle102–100Sidney Wicks (27)4–12
17November 21@ New York80–108Ollie Johnson (17)4–13
18November 22@ Boston107–126Sidney Wicks (23)4–14
19November 25@ Philadelphia117–106Sidney Wicks (30)5–14
20November 26@ Cleveland105–102Geoff Petrie (27)6–14
21November 28@ Detroit116–120Geoff Petrie (39)6–15
22November 29@ Kansas City–Omaha102–110Geoff Petrie (23)6–16
23December 2Atlanta106–103Geoff Petrie (30)6–17
24December 5@ Atlanta121–122Geoff Petrie (39)6–18
25December 6@ Baltimore102–115Geoff Petrie (36)6–19
26December 8@ Houston108–114Geoff Petrie (34)6–20
27December 9@ Phoenix97–116Charlie Davis (20)6–21
28December 10@ Los Angeles101–137Geoff Petrie (18)6–22
29December 12Milwaukee115–94Charlie Davis (17)6–23
30December 15@ Seattle96–95Geoff Petrie (29)7–23
31December 16Boston123–116Geoff Petrie (38)7–24
32December 18@ Kansas City–Omaha95–113Sidney Wicks (23)7–25
33December 19@ Chicago109–100Sidney Wicks (31)8–25
34December 20@ Milwaukee104–123Sidney Wicks (32)8–26
35December 22Chicago127–97Geoff Petrie (24)8–27
36December 25Seattle113–116Sidney Wicks (38)9–27
37December 26@ Los Angeles92–116Sidney Wicks (17)9–28
38December 29@ Phoenix99–106Sidney Wicks (32)9–29
39December 30Phoenix107–104Sidney Wicks (33)9–30
40January 2Kansas City–Omaha87–104Sidney Wicks (23)10–30
41January 4@ Golden State83–108Sidney Wicks (22)10–31
42January 5Philadelphia102–135Geoff Petrie (29)11–31
43January 7Detroit101–96Geoff Petrie (35)11–32
44January 9Baltimore105–93Geoff Petrie (30)11–33
45January 12@ Buffalo100–120Sidney Wicks (25)11–34
46January 15@ Detroit101–112Sidney Wicks (29)11–35
47January 16@ Chicago89–100Geoff Petrie (21)11–36
48January 17@ Boston99–117Geoff Petrie (20)11–37
49January 19@ Milwaukee105–108Sidney Wicks (31)11–38
50January 20@ Houston130–115Geoff Petrie (51)12–38
51January 26Phoenix120–116Sidney Wicks (33)12–39
52January 27@ Phoenix117–109Geoff Petrie (33)13–39
53January 30Houston123–120Sidney Wicks (28)13–40
54February 3Kansas City–Omaha105–97Sidney Wicks (26)13–41
55February 6Seattle118–117Sidney Wicks (31)13–42
56February 8@ Golden State111–123Geoff Petrie (42)13–43
57February 9Philadelphia105–116Lloyd Neal (33)14–43
58February 11Baltimore102–97Geoff Petrie (30)14–44
59February 13Buffalo100–120Geoff Petrie (25)15–44
60February 16Boston112–105Geoff Petrie (31)15–45
61February 17Los Angeles110–103Geoff Petrie (27)15–46
62February 18@ Phoenix119–118Geoff Petrie (23)16–46
63February 20@ New York106–110Sidney Wicks (31)16–47
64February 23@ Cleveland102–121Geoff Petrie (22)16–48
65February 24@ Baltimore110–128Sidney Wicks (25)16–49
66February 25N Philadelphia111–115Sidney Wicks (30)16–50
67February 27Chicago125–110Geoff Petrie (26)16–51
68March 2Cleveland92–106Sidney Wicks (29)17–51
69March 4Detroit113–109Neal, Petrie (24)17–52
70March 6Los Angeles114–102Sidney Wicks (26)17–53
71March 8@ Atlanta129–135Geoff Petrie (22)17–54
72March 9@ Milwaukee96–116Steele, Wicks (14)17–55
73March 10@ Buffalo101–106Sidney Wicks (33)17–56
74March 13Golden State109–101Geoff Petrie (33)17–57
75March 16Houston128–141Geoff Petrie (51)18–57
76March 18New York96–99Geoff Petrie (34)19–57
77March 19@ Kansas City–Omaha105–106Sidney Wicks (26)19–58
78March 20@ Chicago109–123Geoff Petrie (32)19–59
79March 21@ Detroit109–122Sidney Wicks (27)19–60
80March 23@ Seattle118–112Geoff Petrie (41)20–60
81March 25Buffalo107–113 (OT)Geoff Petrie (39)21–60
82March 26Milwaukee118–99Geoff Petrie (29)21–61

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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and honors

Transactions
Transactions from Sports Reference[2]

References
  1. 1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers
  2. "1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
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