1973–74 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 1973–74 NBA season was the 76ers 25th season in the NBA & 11th season in Philadelphia. The team improved from a league history worst 9 wins to 25 wins, thanks to a fruitful 1973 NBA draft which yielded overall #1 pick Doug Collins. Eventual 76er mainstays George McGinnis and Caldwell Jones were also selected by the team, but both would opt for the ABA.

1973–74 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachGene Shue
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record25–57 (.305)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Atlantic)
Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTAF-TV
RadioWCAU
(Bill Campbell)

Fred Carter was the team's leading scorer who averaged over 20 points a game & Doug Collins was a rookie on this squad who was the #1 overall draft choice from Illinois State in the 1973 draft.[1]

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1973 NBA draft

This table only displays picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
11Doug CollinsSG United StatesIllinois State
118Raymond LewisG United StatesCal State LA
221Allan BristowSF/SG United StatesVirginia Tech
222George McGinnisPF/C United StatesIndiana
232Caldwell JonesC/PF United StatesAlbany State

Roster
Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 11 Boyd, Freddie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oregon State
F 44 Bristow, Allan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia Tech
G 3 Carter, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Mount St. Mary's
G 20 Collins, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Illinois State
C 25 Ellis, Leroy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) St. John's
F 26 Freeman, Rod 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Vanderbilt
F 7 Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Connecticut
G 34 May, Don 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Dayton
F 50 Mix, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Toledo
C 42 Rackley, Luther 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Xavier
G/F 5 Van Arsdale, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Indiana
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Boston Celtics 5626.683–26–621–189–217–5
x-New York Knicks 4933.598728–1321–190–110–12
x-Buffalo Braves 4240.5121419–1317–216–612–10
Philadelphia 76ers 2557.3053114–239–302–45–17
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics5626.683–
2 x-New York Knicks4933.5987
3 y-Capital Bullets4735.5739
4 x-Buffalo Braves4240.51214
5 Atlanta Hawks3547.42721
6 Houston Rockets3250.39024
7 Cleveland Cavaliers2953.35427
8 Philadelphia 76ers2557.30531
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 10Houston104–88Fred Boyd (17)0–1
2October 13Boston111–106Tom Van Arsdale (25)0–2
3October 16@ Houston106–101Fred Carter (29)1–2
4October 19@ Boston102–133Tom Van Arsdale (28)1–3
5October 20@ Buffalo110–116Tom Van Arsdale (35)1–4
6October 24Portland110–132Steve Mix (38)2–4
7October 26Milwaukee98–92Carter, Van Arsdale (19)2–5
8October 27@ New York90–96Fred Carter (19)2–6
9October 28@ Capital99–119Fred Carter (23)2–7
10November 3Capital112–84Tom Van Arsdale (17)2–8
11November 7Phoenix115–122Fred Carter (32)3–8
12November 9New York91–94Fred Carter (28)4–8
13November 10@ Atlanta97–120LeRoy Ellis (18)4–9
14November 13@ Houston83–97Tom Van Arsdale (17)4–10
15November 15@ Phoenix94–116Fred Carter (24)4–11
16November 17@ Golden State109–106Tom Van Arsdale (25)5–11
17November 18@ Seattle91–95LeRoy Ellis (17)5–12
18November 20@ Kansas City–Omaha109–103Tom Van Arsdale (28)6–12
19November 21@ Kansas City–Omaha103–90Tom Van Arsdale (28)7–12
20November 23N Golden State106–111Tom Van Arsdale (27)7–13
21November 25@ Milwaukee96–105Steve Mix (17)7–14
22November 28Chicago96–101Fred Carter (29)8–14
23November 30@ Cleveland110–112Tom Van Arsdale (29)8–15
24December 1Houston106–108 (OT)Ellis, Mix (24)9–15
25December 5Cleveland89–75Larry Jones (16)9–16
26December 6@ Chicago98–103Fred Carter (30)9–17
27December 7Kansas City–Omaha113–102Jones, Van Arsdale (20)9–18
28December 8Milwaukee105–92Fred Carter (24)9–19
29December 12Seattle100–93Fred Carter (22)9–20
30December 14@ Detroit96–93Fred Carter (23)10–20
31December 15Detroit99–89Fred Carter (16)10–21
32December 19@ Phoenix101–98Steve Mix (23)11–21
33December 21@ Los Angeles107–116Fred Carter (28)11–22
34December 22@ Portland105–110Fred Carter (27)11–23
35December 26@ Atlanta118–145Fred Carter (25)11–24
36December 27@ Milwaukee107–129Fred Carter (26)11–25
37December 29@ New York92–112Fred Carter (23)11–26
38December 31@ Boston97–106Tom Van Arsdale (27)11–27
39January 2Houston101–99Fred Carter (20)11–28
40January 4New York75–78Fred Carter (17)12–28
41January 5N Boston102–108 (OT)Tom Van Arsdale (34)12–29
42January 9Cleveland86–90Steve Mix (24)13–29
43January 11N Atlanta121–100Fred Carter (30)14–29
44January 12Los Angeles108–101Fred Carter (24)14–30
45January 13@ Cleveland94–96Boyd, Carter (24)14–31
46January 18Seattle116–104Steve Mix (19)14–32
47January 20Buffalo112–129Don May (28)15–32
48January 22@ Buffalo109–119Steve Mix (27)15–33
49January 25@ Boston97–112Tom Van Arsdale (32)15–34
50January 26@ New York98–122Tom Van Arsdale (26)15–35
51February 1N Boston105–106Fred Carter (28)15–36
52February 2Chicago105–89Steve Mix (21)15–37
53February 3N Buffalo98–112Steve Mix (24)15–38
54February 6Buffalo114–98Fred Carter (27)15–39
55February 8Atlanta84–104Carter, Van Arsdale (22)16–39
56February 9@ Capital75–108Fred Carter (15)16–40
57February 10Capital94–95Fred Carter (22)17–40
58February 11@ Atlanta116–95Tom Van Arsdale (35)18–40
59February 13Buffalo129–106Tom Van Arsdale (29)18–41
60February 15Kansas City–Omaha89–92Fred Carter (26)19–41
61February 17Detroit118–107Steve Mix (27)19–42
62February 20@ Houston98–115Tom Van Arsdale (20)19–43
63February 22@ Los Angeles103–104Fred Carter (22)19–44
64February 23@ Golden State106–125Fred Carter (22)19–45
65February 24@ Seattle105–115Tom Van Arsdale (26)19–46
66February 26@ Portland118–110Tom Van Arsdale (29)20–46
67March 1Cleveland110–93Tom Van Arsdale (25)20–47
68March 2Buffalo103–99Fred Carter (35)20–48
69March 6Capital99–112Steve Mix (27)21–48
70March 8Golden State106–96Steve Mix (23)21–49
71March 10New York108–109Fred Carter (34)22–49
72March 12@ Capital101–112Fred Carter (23)22–50
73March 13Los Angeles121–100Ellis, Van Arsdale (18)22–51
74March 15N Phoenix101–108Steve Mix (27)23–51
75March 16Boston146–127Fred Carter (31)23–52
76March 17@ Cleveland99–115Tom Van Arsdale (23)23–53
77March 19@ Chicago94–103Tom Van Arsdale (25)23–54
78March 20Portland113–106Fred Carter (24)23–55
79March 22Atlanta107–106Tom Van Arsdale (25)23–56
80March 23@ Detroit97–89Tom Van Arsdale (25)24–56
81March 26@ New York90–117Fred Carter (18)24–57
82March 27Boston108–117Fred Carter (31)25–57

References
  1. 1973–74 Philadelphia 76ers
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