1973–74 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season

The 1973–74 NBA season was the Kings 25th season in the NBA and their second season in the city of Kansas City.[1]

1973–74 Kansas City-Omaha Kings season
Head coachBob Cousy
Draff Young
Phil Johnson
OwnersLeon Karosen
Robert Margolin
H. Paul Rosenberg
ArenaMunicipal Auditorium
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKMBC-TV/KETV
RadioKCMO/KFAB

Draft picks
Main article: 1973 NBA draft

Roster
Kansas City-Omaha Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 10 Archibald, Nate 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UTEP
F 11 Behagen, Ron 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Minnesota
F 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) USC
G 5 D'Antoni, Mike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Marshall
F 33 Durrett, Ken 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle
F 21 Kojis, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Marquette
G 15 Komives, Howard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Bowling Green
C 44 Lacey, Sam 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) New Mexico State
G 23 Manakas, Ted 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Princeton
F 31 McNeil, Larry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Marquette
F 24 Walker, Jimmy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Providence
G/F 22 Williams, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Utah State
Head coach
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 5923.720–31–724–164–014–6
x-Chicago Bulls 5428.659532–921–191–013–7
x-Detroit Pistons 5230.634729–1223–170–19–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings 3349.4022620–2113–28–4–16
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks5923.720–
2 x-Chicago Bulls5428.6595
3 x-Detroit Pistons5230.6347
4 y-Los Angeles Lakers4735.57312
5 Golden State Warriors4438.53715
6 Seattle SuperSonics3646.43923
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings3349.40226
8 Phoenix Suns3052.36629
9 Portland Trail Blazers2755.32932
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1973–74 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CAP CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta —1–52–44–41–34–30–41–35–21–34–01–31–53–31–32–24–0
Boston 5–1—5–22–42–24–23–13–14–23–12–22–25–27–13–14–02–2
Buffalo 4–22–5—3–31–35–11–31–34–22–20–41–34–46–13–13–12–2
Capital 4–44–23–3—1–36–12–23–14–33–12–21–33–34–22–23–12–2
Chicago 3–12–23–13–1—4–05–24–24–05–21–53–32–23–14–24–24–2
Cleveland 3–42–41–51–60–4—2–20–44–40–43–10–41–55–11–34–02–2
Detroit 4–01–33–12–22–52–2—5–13–14–24–23–41–32–26–05–15–1
Golden State 3–11–33–11–32–44–01–5—4–03–34–23–31–33–15–23–43–3
Houston 2–52–42–43–40–44–41–30–4—2–22–20–44–24–22–23–11–3
Kansas City-Omaha 3–11–32–21–32–54–02–43–32–2—1–50–71–31–34–24–22–4
Los Angeles 0–42–24–02–25–11–32–42–42–25–1—4–22–24–04–24–34–3
Milwaukee 3–12–23–13–13–34–04–33–34–07–02–4—2–24–05–16–04–2
New York 5–12–54–43–32–25–13–13–12–43–12–22–2—4–33–12–24–0
Philadelphia 3–31–71–62–41–31–52–21–32–43–10–40–43–4—3–12–20–4
Phoenix 3–11–31–32–22–43–10–62–52–22–42–41–51–31–3—3–34–3
Portland 2–20–41–31–32–40–41–54–31–32–43–40–62–22–23–3—3–3
Seattle 0–42–22–22–22–42–21–53–33–14–23–42–40–44–03–43–3—

Game log
1973–74 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 10Chicago105–90Nate Archibald (42)0–1
2October 12Chicago84–88Nate Archibald (29)1–1
3October 13@ Atlanta117–102John Block (26)2–1
4October 17@ Seattle108–106Nate Archibald (27)3–1
5October 19@ Portland99–111Nate Archibald (21)3–2
6October 20@ Golden State81–100Ken Durrett (17)3–3
7October 24Los Angeles92–91Sam Lacey (24)3–4
8October 26Phoenix93–98Ron Behagen (20)4–4
9October 28Buffalo112–100John Block (27)4–5
10October 30Milwaukee112–78John Block (25)4–6
11November 2Seattle115–109Jimmy Walker (24)4–7
12November 4Golden State92–91Ron Behagen (21)4–8
13November 9Capital109–96Jimmy Walker (24)4–9
14November 10@ Milwaukee83–84Jimmy Walker (20)4–10
15November 11@ Cleveland103–93Jimmy Walker (27)5–10
16November 14Houston116–118 (OT)Jimmy Walker (31)6–10
17November 16@ Detroit98–125McNeill, Williams (21)6–11
18November 17Boston123–110Nate Williams (27)6–12
19November 20Philadelphia109–103Jimmy Walker (18)6–13
20November 21Philadelphia103–90Nate Williams (22)6–14
21November 23@ Boston102–119Jimmy Walker (25)6–15
22November 24@ Buffalo131–143Nate Williams (28)6–16
23November 25Seattle104–99Nate Archibald (21)6–17
24November 27Atlanta129–110Nate Archibald (28)6–18
25November 29@ Phoenix99–119Nate Archibald (24)6–19
26November 30@ Los Angeles107–123Don Kojis (22)6–20
27December 1@ Golden State108–120Sam Lacey (26)6–21
28December 5Atlanta105–117Jimmy Walker (29)7–21
29December 7@ Philadelphia113–102Jimmy Walker (32)8–21
30December 9Detroit86–80Jimmy Walker (17)8–22
31December 11@ Chicago104–105Jimmy Walker (27)8–23
32December 15@ New York107–116Nate Williams (25)8–24
33December 16Detroit104–105Jimmy Walker (25)9–24
34December 19Cleveland92–106Don Kojis (24)10–24
35December 20Capital98–92Jimmy Walker (20)10–25
36December 22Buffalo112–122Jimmy Walker (24)11–25
37December 23Golden State93–101Jimmy Walker (26)12–25
38December 26@ Houston95–110Jimmy Walker (16)12–26
39December 27@ Cleveland110–100Walker, Williams (26)13–26
40December 29@ Capital106–102Nate Archibald (24)14–26
41December 30New York102–85Larry McNeill (16)14–27
42January 2Boston97–109Nate Archibald (26)15–27
43January 3@ Milwaukee105–120Nate Williams (30)15–28
44January 4Phoenix97–122Sam Lacey (21)16–28
45January 6@ Los Angeles105–109Nate Archibald (31)16–29
46January 8@ Portland110–129John Block (18)16–30
47January 9@ Seattle96–100Nate Williams (28)16–31
48January 11@ Phoenix117–100Jimmy Walker (25)17–31
49January 13Portland99–103Nate Archibald (26)18–31
50January 18Los Angeles116–115Nate Williams (24)18–32
51January 19Cleveland108–111Jimmy Walker (22)19–32
52January 20@ Detroit79–105Don Kojis (12)19–33
53January 22Portland96–103Nate Archibald (31)20–33
54January 25@ Buffalo118–113Jimmy Walker (26)21–33
55January 27@ Boston98–119Behagen, Lacey (17)21–34
56January 30New York108–88Lacey, Williams (16)21–35
57February 1@ Chicago88–99Nate Williams (26)21–36
58February 6Chicago112–95Nate Williams (20)21–37
59February 8@ Portland104–99Jimmy Walker (27)22–37
60February 9@ Golden State121–120Jimmy Walker (36)23–37
61February 10@ Seattle103–119Nate Williams (16)23–38
62February 12@ Detroit106–113Nate Williams (23)23–39
63February 13@ Capital87–89Jimmy Walker (24)23–40
64February 15@ Philadelphia89–92Nate Williams (22)23–41
65February 19Los Angeles86–92Jimmy Walker (30)24–41
66February 20Golden State97–116Jimmy Walker (27)25–41
67February 22Phoenix104–119Jimmy Walker (34)26–41
68February 24Milwaukee100–93Jimmy Walker (26)26–42
69February 26@ Houston101–118Jimmy Walker (24)26–43
70February 27@ Atlanta85–76Don Kojis (20)27–43
71March 1@ Los Angeles100–107Sam Lacey (22)27–44
72March 3@ Phoenix100–113Jimmy Walker (26)27–45
73March 4@ Milwaukee103–109Behagen, Walker (24)27–46
74March 6Milwaukee111–99Jimmy Walker (25)27–47
75March 9Seattle96–106Don Kojis (27)28–47
76March 12@ Chicago93–91Jimmy Walker (28)29–47
77March 17Houston114–125Don Kojis (30)30–47
78March 18Portland105–114Jimmy Walker (38)31–47
79March 20Chicago87–86Jimmy Walker (19)31–48
80March 22Detroit105–107Ken Durrett (24)32–48
81March 23@ New York107–106Jimmy Walker (28)33–48
82March 26@ Milwaukee98–118Sam Lacey (21)33–49

Awards and records

References
  1. 1973–74 Kansas City-Omaha Kings
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