1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers 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
< 1971–72 1973–74 >

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.

Draft picks[edit]

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[edit]

Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PG 12 Adelman, Rick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Loyola Marymount
SF 25 Davis, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Weber State
SG 17 Davis, Charlie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Wake Forest
SF 42 Dischinger, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Purdue
SF 44 Johnson, Ollie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Temple
C 35 Martin, LaRue 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Loyola Chicago
C 36 Neal, Lloyd 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Tennessee State
PF 45 Petrie, Geoff 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Princeton
SF 4 Smith, Greg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Western Kentucky
C 43 Smith, William 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Syracuse
SG 15 Steele, Larry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kentucky
PF 34 Turner, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Akron
PF 21 Wicks, Sidney 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
PG 13 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[edit]

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

Season standings[edit]

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 60 22 .732 – 30–11 28–11 2–0 22–4
x-Golden State Warriors 47 35 .573 13 27–14 18–20 2–1 14–12
Phoenix Suns 38 44 .463 22 22–19 15–25 1–0 14–12
Seattle SuperSonics 26 56 .317 34 16–25 10–29 0–2 9–17
Portland Trail Blazers 21 61 .256 39 13–28 8–32 0–1 6–20
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks 60 22 .732
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers 60 22 .732
3 x-Chicago Bulls 51 31 .622
4 x-Golden State Warriors 47 35 .573
5 Detroit Pistons 40 42 .488
6 Phoenix Suns 38 44 .463
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings 36 46 .439
8 Seattle SuperSonics 26 56 .317
9 Portland Trail Blazers 21 61 .256
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1972–73 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta – 3–4 1–5 5–1 2–2 3–4 2–2 1–3 4–4 2–2 3–1 1–3 3–3 6–0 3–1 4–0 3–1
Baltimore 4–3 – 1–5 5–1 0–4 8–0 2–2 3–1 5–2 3–1 1–3 2–2 3–3 5–1 2–2 4–0 4–0
Boston 5–1 5–1 – 7–0 3–1 5–1 3–1 3–1 5–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 4–4 7–0 4–0 4–0 4–0
Buffalo 1–5 1–5 0–7 – 2–2 1–5 1–3 0–4 1–5 1–3 0–4 0–4 1–6 7–1 1–3 2–2 2–2
Chicago 2–2 4–0 1–3 2–2 – 3–1 3–4 3–3 4–0 5–2 1–5 2–4 3–1 4–0 4–2 5–1 5–1
Cleveland 4–3 0–8 1–5 5–1 1–3 – 1–3 1–3 4–3 2–2 1–3 1–3 0–6 6–0 1–3 1–3 3–1
Detroit 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 4–3 3–1 – 2–4 1–3 3–3 1–5 2–5 1–3 3–1 4–2 6–0 2–4
Golden State 3–1 1–3 1–3 4–0 3–3 3–1 4–2 – 3–1 4–2 3–4 1–5 2–2 4–0 2–4 5–1 4–3
Houston 4–4 2–5 1–5 5–1 0–4 3–4 3–1 1–3 – 0–4 1–3 1–3 1–5 5–1 2–2 2–2 2–2
Kansas City-Omaha 2–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–5 2–2 3–3 2–4 4–0 – 1–5 1–6 0–4 3–1 3–3 4–2 4–2
Los Angeles 1–3 3–1 0–4 4–0 5–1 3–1 5–1 4–3 3–1 5–1 – 3–3 2–2 4–0 6–1 6–0 6–0
Milwaukee 3–1 2–2 2–2 4–0 4–2 3–1 5–2 5–1 3–1 6–1 3–3 – 2–2 3–1 5–1 5–1 5–1
New York 3–3 3–3 4–4 6–1 1–3 6–0 3–1 2–2 5–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 – 6–1 3–1 3–1 4–0
Philadelphia 0–6 1–5 0–7 1–7 0–4 0–6 1–3 0–4 1–5 1–3 0–4 1–3 1–6 – 0–4 1–3 1–3
Phoenix 1–3 2–2 0–4 3–1 2–4 3–1 2–4 4–2 2–2 3–3 1–6 1–5 1–3 4–0 – 5–2 4–2
Portland 0–4 0–4 0–4 2–2 1–5 3–1 0–6 1–5 2–2 2–4 0–6 1–5 1–3 3–1 2–5 – 3–4
Seattle 1–3 0–4 0–4 2–2 1–5 1–3 4–2 3–4 2–2 2–4 0–6 1–5 0–4 3–1 2–4 4–3 —

Game log[edit]

1972–73 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 13 Seattle 92–84 Sidney Wicks (26) 0–1
2 October 14 Phoenix 124–120 Geoff Petrie (30) 0–2
3 October 17 Milwaukee 108–111 Sidney Wicks (33) 1–2
4 October 20 @ Los Angeles 104–126 Adelman, Dischinger (16) 1–3
5 October 21 Golden State 104–97 Sidney Wicks (28) 1–4
6 October 22 @ Seattle 119–120 (OT) Geoff Petrie (29) 1–5
7 October 24 Atlanta 118–110 Sidney Wicks (31) 1–6
8 October 27 Chicago 118–95 Geoff Petrie (30) 1–7
9 October 29 Detroit 119–111 Sidney Wicks (31) 1–8
10 November 2 @ Golden State 104–118 Sidney Wicks (30) 1–9
11 November 4 Los Angeles 134–120 Petrie, Wicks (26) 1–10
12 November 6 New York 111–95 Sidney Wicks (21) 1–11
13 November 12 Kansas City–Omaha 100–102 Lloyd Neal (29) 1–12
14 November 14 Cleveland 91–100 Sidney Wicks (27) 3–11
15 November 17 Golden State 97–105 Petrie, Wicks (25) 4–11
16 November 18 Seattle 102–100 Sidney Wicks (27) 4–12
17 November 21 @ New York 80–108 Ollie Johnson (17) 4–13
18 November 22 @ Boston 107–126 Sidney Wicks (23) 4–14
19 November 25 @ Philadelphia 117–106 Sidney Wicks (30) 5–14
20 November 26 @ Cleveland 105–102 Geoff Petrie (27) 6–14
21 November 28 @ Detroit 116–120 Geoff Petrie (39) 6–15
22 November 29 @ Kansas City–Omaha 102–110 Geoff Petrie (23) 6–16
23 December 2 Atlanta 106–103 Geoff Petrie (30) 6–17
24 December 5 @ Atlanta 121–122 Geoff Petrie (39) 6–18
25 December 6 @ Baltimore 102–115 Geoff Petrie (36) 6–19
26 December 8 @ Houston 108–114 Geoff Petrie (34) 6–20
27 December 9 @ Phoenix 97–116 Charlie Davis (20) 6–21
28 December 10 @ Los Angeles 101–137 Geoff Petrie (18) 6–22
29 December 12 Milwaukee 115–94 Charlie Davis (17) 6–23
30 December 15 @ Seattle 96–95 Geoff Petrie (29) 7–23
31 December 16 Boston 123–116 Geoff Petrie (38) 7–24
32 December 18 @ Kansas City–Omaha 95–113 Sidney Wicks (23) 7–25
33 December 19 @ Chicago 109–100 Sidney Wicks (31) 8–25
34 December 20 @ Milwaukee 104–123 Sidney Wicks (32) 8–26
35 December 22 Chicago 127–97 Geoff Petrie (24) 8–27
36 December 25 Seattle 113–116 Sidney Wicks (38) 9–27
37 December 26 @ Los Angeles 92–116 Sidney Wicks (17) 9–28
38 December 29 @ Phoenix 99–106 Sidney Wicks (32) 9–29
39 December 30 Phoenix 107–104 Sidney Wicks (33) 9–30
40 January 2 Kansas City–Omaha 87–104 Sidney Wicks (23) 10–30
41 January 4 @ Golden State 83–108 Sidney Wicks (22) 10–31
42 January 5 Philadelphia 102–135 Geoff Petrie (29) 11–31
43 January 7 Detroit 101–96 Geoff Petrie (35) 11–32
44 January 9 Baltimore 105–93 Geoff Petrie (30) 11–33
45 January 12 @ Buffalo 100–120 Sidney Wicks (25) 11–34
46 January 15 @ Detroit 101–112 Sidney Wicks (29) 11–35
47 January 16 @ Chicago 89–100 Geoff Petrie (21) 11–36
48 January 17 @ Boston 99–117 Geoff Petrie (20) 11–37
49 January 19 @ Milwaukee 105–108 Sidney Wicks (31) 11–38
50 January 20 @ Houston 130–115 Geoff Petrie (51) 12–38
51 January 26 Phoenix 120–116 Sidney Wicks (33) 12–39
52 January 27 @ Phoenix 117–109 Geoff Petrie (33) 13–39
53 January 30 Houston 123–120 Sidney Wicks (28) 13–40
54 February 3 Kansas City–Omaha 105–97 Sidney Wicks (26) 13–41
55 February 6 Seattle 118–117 Sidney Wicks (31) 13–42
56 February 8 @ Golden State 111–123 Geoff Petrie (42) 13–43
57 February 9 Philadelphia 105–116 Lloyd Neal (33) 14–43
58 February 11 Baltimore 102–97 Geoff Petrie (30) 14–44
59 February 13 Buffalo 100–120 Geoff Petrie (25) 15–44
60 February 16 Boston 112–105 Geoff Petrie (31) 15–45
61 February 17 Los Angeles 110–103 Geoff Petrie (27) 15–46
62 February 18 @ Phoenix 119–118 Geoff Petrie (23) 16–46
63 February 20 @ New York 106–110 Sidney Wicks (31) 16–47
64 February 23 @ Cleveland 102–121 Geoff Petrie (22) 16–48
65 February 24 @ Baltimore 110–128 Sidney Wicks (25) 16–49
66 February 25 N Philadelphia 111–115 Sidney Wicks (30) 16–50
67 February 27 Chicago 125–110 Geoff Petrie (26) 16–51
68 March 2 Cleveland 92–106 Sidney Wicks (29) 17–51
69 March 4 Detroit 113–109 Neal, Petrie (24) 17–52
70 March 6 Los Angeles 114–102 Sidney Wicks (26) 17–53
71 March 8 @ Atlanta 129–135 Geoff Petrie (22) 17–54
72 March 9 @ Milwaukee 96–116 Steele, Wicks (14) 17–55
73 March 10 @ Buffalo 101–106 Sidney Wicks (33) 17–56
74 March 13 Golden State 109–101 Geoff Petrie (33) 17–57
75 March 16 Houston 128–141 Geoff Petrie (51) 18–57
76 March 18 New York 96–99 Geoff Petrie (34) 19–57
77 March 19 @ Kansas City–Omaha 105–106 Sidney Wicks (26) 19–58
78 March 20 @ Chicago 109–123 Geoff Petrie (32) 19–59
79 March 21 @ Detroit 109–122 Sidney Wicks (27) 19–60
80 March 23 @ Seattle 118–112 Geoff Petrie (41) 20–60
81 March 25 Buffalo 107–113 (OT) Geoff Petrie (39) 21–60
82 March 26 Milwaukee 118–99 Geoff Petrie (29) 21–61

Player statistics[edit]

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[edit]

Transactions[edit]

Transactions from Sports Reference[2]

References[edit]

  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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