1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 1973–74 season was the fourth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The Blazers finished at 27–55, a six-game improvement from the previous season.

1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachJack McCloskey
General managerHarry Glickman
Owners
ArenaMemorial Coliseum
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPTV
RadioKOIN

Draft picks
Barry Parkhill was the Trail Blazers first round selection elected to go to the American Basketball Association.
Main article: 1973 NBA draft
Information from Sports Reference[2]
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 15 Barry Parkhill G  United States Virginia
2 20 Jan van Breda Kolff F  United States Vanderbilt
2 34 Phil Lumpkin G  United States Miami (Ohio)
2 36 Rubin Collins G-F  United States Maryland Eastern
4 55 Bird Averitt G  United States Pepperdine
4 56 Mickey Johnson F  United States Aurora
5 74 Bernard Hardin F  United States New Mexico
6 92 Dan Anderson G  United States Southern California
7 110 Doug Richards G  United States Brigham Young
8 128 Eldridge Broussard N/A  United States Pacific University
9 128 Lee Haven N/A  United States Colorado
10 163 Ron Jones N/A  United States Oregon State

Roster
Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 17 Davis, Charlie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Wake Forest
G 13 Fryer, Bernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) BYU
SF 27 Johnson, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Iowa
SF 44 Johnson, Ollie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Temple
PG 12 Layton, Mo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) USC
C 35 Martin, LaRue 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Loyola Chicago
F 36 Neal, Lloyd 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Tennessee State
SG 45 Petrie, Geoff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Princeton
C 30 Roberson, Rick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Cincinnati
SG 11 Sibley, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Northwestern
PF 4 Smith, Greg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Western Kentucky
F 15 Steele, Larry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Kentucky
SG 17 Verga, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
PF 21 Wicks, Sidney 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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 4735.573–30–1117–24–14–12
Golden State Warriors 4438.537323–1820–201–015–11
Seattle SuperSonics 3646.4391122–1914–27–12–14
Phoenix Suns 3052.3661724–176–340–111–15
Portland Trail Blazers 2755.3292022–195–340–213–13
#
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 13Capital87–132Geoff Petrie (29)1–0
2October 19Kansas City–Omaha99–111Geoff Petrie (25)2–0
3October 20Seattle108–123Geoff Petrie (32)3–0
4October 23@ Cleveland96–103Sidney Wicks (22)3–1
5October 24@ Philadelphia110–132Geoff Petrie (26)3–2
6October 26Atlanta110–127Sidney Wicks (30)4–2
7October 27Detroit111–98Geoff Petrie (37)4–3
8October 28@ Los Angeles98–111Layton, Neal (19)4–4
9October 30Los Angeles112–114Geoff Petrie (26)5–4
10November 3New York100–107Petrie, Wicks (21)6–4
11November 9Buffalo108–122Sidney Wicks (31)7–4
12November 10Chicago106–104Geoff Petrie (27)7–5
13November 13@ Milwaukee100–108Geoff Petrie (23)7–6
14November 14@ Detroit111–108Geoff Petrie (36)8–6
15November 15@ Atlanta114–123Geoff Petrie (40)8–7
16November 17@ Houston96–87Sidney Wicks (23)9–7
17November 20@ Chicago101–106Geoff Petrie (29)9–8
18November 22Seattle125–131Geoff Petrie (43)10–8
19November 23@ Seattle106–127Sidney Wicks (16)10–9
20November 24Los Angeles113–108Geoff Petrie (27)10–10
21November 25@ Los Angeles109–137Rick Roberson (23)10–11
22November 29@ Golden State89–119Sidney Wicks (26)10–12
23November 30Phoenix107–99John Johnson (24)10–13
24December 1Los Angeles115–134John Johnson (31)11–13
25December 4@ New York100–113Geoff Petrie (28)11–14
26December 5@ Buffalo110–114Roberson, Wicks (24)11–15
27December 7@ Milwaukee86–116Geoff Petrie (21)11–16
28December 8@ Detroit91–106Larry Steele (19)11–17
29December 11Capital87–82Sidney Wicks (22)11–18
30December 13@ Phoenix119–108Geoff Petrie (25)12–18
31December 14Golden State101–109Sidney Wicks (25)13–18
32December 16Milwaukee121–98John Johnson (26)13–19
33December 18Phoenix117–133Geoff Petrie (37)14–19
34December 21Boston124–120 (OT)Geoff Petrie (38)14–20
35December 22Philadelphia105–110Geoff Petrie (26)15–20
36December 27@ Golden State118–117Geoff Petrie (31)16–20
37December 28@ Seattle93–110Geoff Petrie (25)16–21
38December 30Chicago92–99John Johnson (24)17–21
39January 1Buffalo120–119Geoff Petrie (39)17–22
40January 4Houston119–113John Johnson (32)17–23
41January 6Golden State105–106Petrie, Wicks (26)18–23
42January 8Kansas City–Omaha110–129Petrie, Wicks (27)19–23
43January 13@ Kansas City–Omaha99–103Geoff Petrie (23)19–24
44January 17@ Atlanta99–126Sidney Wicks (23)19–25
45January 19@ Milwaukee106–121Sidney Wicks (27)19–26
46January 20@ Chicago97–99Sidney Wicks (21)19–27
47January 22@ Kansas City–Omaha96–103Sidney Wicks (26)19–28
48January 23@ Detroit95–121Bob Verga (22)19–29
49January 25Cleveland87–84Sidney Wicks (31)19–30
50January 29Milwaukee126–106Sidney Wicks (25)19–31
51January 31@ Phoenix100–112Sidney Wicks (38)19–32
52February 2Seattle97–102Sidney Wicks (26)20–32
53February 3@ Los Angeles91–124Sidney Wicks (24)20–33
54February 5Detroit104–102Geoff Petrie (27)20–34
55February 6@ Seattle94–107Geoff Petrie (28)20–35
56February 8Kansas City–Omaha104–99Sidney Wicks (25)20–36
57February 10Houston112–106John Johnson (27)20–37
58February 12Phoenix104–113Rick Roberson (37)21–37
59February 15Boston106–104Fryer, Roberson (27)21–38
60February 16Cleveland106–101Sidney Wicks (22)21–39
61February 17@ Phoenix100–112Sidney Wicks (23)21–40
62February 19@ New York116–119 (OT)Sidney Wicks (34)21–41
63February 20@ Capital101–116Petrie, Wicks (26)21–42
64February 22@ Chicago100–117Geoff Petrie (22)21–43
65February 24@ Houston115–133Geoff Petrie (23)21–44
66February 26Philadelphia118–110Geoff Petrie (32)21–45
67February 28@ Golden State109–129Geoff Petrie (32)21–46
68March 1Chicago91–95Geoff Petrie (33)22–46
69March 3Detroit99–95Geoff Petrie (32)22–47
70March 5Los Angeles102–107Sidney Wicks (28)23–47
71March 9@ Capital103–106Geoff Petrie (22)23–48
72March 10N Buffalo112–122Geoff Petrie (26)23–49
73March 12N Boston93–110John Johnson (32)23–50
74March 15New York105–107Geoff Petrie (29)24–50
75March 16Atlanta127–128Geoff Petrie (37)25–50
76March 18@ Kansas City–Omaha105–114Geoff Petrie (31)25–51
77March 19@ Cleveland103–107Geoff Petrie (34)25–52
78March 20@ Philadelphia113–106Geoff Petrie (43)26–52
79March 22@ Boston118–126Geoff Petrie (23)26–53
80March 24Milwaukee120–110Larry Steele (26)26–54
81March 26@ Golden State120–143Geoff Petrie (32)26–55
82March 27Golden State122–132Sidney Wicks (30)27–55

Awards and honors

Transactions
Rick Adelman, who was selected by the Trail Blazers in the 1970 NBA Expansion Draft, was traded to the Chicago Bulls on October 14, 1973.
Transactions via Sports Reference[3]

References
  1. 1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers
  2. "1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  3. "1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
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