1973–74 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1973–74 San Antonio Spurs season was the first season for the newly named San Antonio Spurs, who had spent the past six seasons as the Dallas Chaparrals in the American Basketball Association. The Spurs made their debut on October 10, 1973, vs the San Diego Conquistadors in San Antonio, losing 121–106.[1] Afterwards, the Spurs would win just 6 of their next 13 games. By the end of November, they would be back to .500. By February the Spurs were at 34–33, but they would win 11 of their next 16 games to finish the season 3rd in the 3 team Western Conference, going to the playoffs. In the 1974 ABA Playoffs, the Spurs lost in the first round 4–3 to the Indiana Pacers.

1973–74 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coachTom Nissalke
General managerJack Ankerson
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record4539 (.536)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Conference: 3rd
Playoff finishWest Division semifinals
(lost to Pacers 3–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWOAI-TV
RadioKKYX

ABA Draft

Player Position Nationality School/club team
Mike D'AntoniMarshall
Craig LittlepagePennsylvania
Kevin KunnertButler
George AdamsIowa
Dwight JonesHouston
Tom HendersonHawaii
John BrownMissouri
John CoughranCalifornia
Kevin JoyceSouth Carolina
Bob FullertonXavier
Bob KilgoreMichigan State
Ron HougeGeorgia
Luke WitteOhio State
Gary MelchionniDuke
John LangAugustana
Gary MelchionniDuke
Jeff OverhouseTexas A&m
Richie FuquaOral Roberts
Henry WilmoreMichigan
Tim DominizValdosta
Bill HarrisNorth Illinois
Mark SibleyNorthwestern
Larry LillyAlabama State
Bob BodellMaryland
Leon HowardWisconsin
Jeff JellisonN.E. Massachusetts

[2]

Regular season

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultSpursOpponentsRecord
1
2

[3]

Season standings

1973–74 ABA Western Standings
Western DivisionWLPCT.GB
Utah Stars5133.607
Indiana Pacers4638.5485
San Antonio Spurs4539.5366
San Diego Conquistadors3747.44014
Denver Rockets3747.44014

[4]

Roster

NumberNamePositionHeightExperienceCollege
10Bird AverittShooting Guard6–1RookiePepperdine
42Roger BrownCenter6–112 yr.Kansas
40Jerry ChambersSmall Forward6–55 yr.Utah
25Coby DietrickPower Forward6–103 yr.San Jose State
44George GervinSmall Forward6–73 yr.Eastern Michigan
11Joe HamiltonPower Guard5–103 yr.North Texas State
54Simmie HillSmall Forward6–73 yr.West Texas A&M
33Rich JonesPower Forward6–64 yr.Memphis
22George KarlPower Guard6–2RookieUniversity of North Carolina
50Goo KennedySmall Forward6–52 yr.Texas Christian University
31Swen NaterCenter6–112nd yr.UCLA
24Bob NetolickyPower Forward6–96 yr.Drake University
13James SilasPower Guard6–12 yr.Stephen F. Austin State
21Skeeter SwiftShooting Guard6–35 yr.East Tennessee State
30Chuck TerrySmall Forward6–6Rookie.California State University, Long Beach
21Bob WarrenShooting Guard6–55 yr.Vanderbilt

ABA Playoffs

Western Division semifinals[5]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1March 30Indiana113–1091–07,438
2April 1Indiana101–1281–16,988
3April 3San Antonio115–962–110,693
4April 4San Antonio89–912–212,079
5April 6Indiana100–1052–310,079
6April 10San Antonio102–863–312,304
7April 12Indiana79–863–410,079

References

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