1972–73 Golden State Warriors season

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Warriors' 27th season in the NBA and 11th in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

1972–73 Golden State Warriors season
Head coachAl Attles
ArenaOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record47–35 (.573)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Conference Finals
(eliminated 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1972 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
343Bill ChamberlainF United StatesNorth Carolina
460John TschoglF United StatesUC Santa Barbara
576Charles DudleyG United StatesWashington
693Henry BaconG United StatesLouisville
7110William FranklinF United StatesPurdue
8126John Burks United StatesSan Francisco
9141Bill Duey United StatesCalifornia

Roster
Golden State Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 25 Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Oregon
SF 24 Barry, Rick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Miami (FL)
F 31 Ellis, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Francisco
G 10 Johnson, Charles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) California
C 52 Johnson, George 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Dillard
F/C 43 Lee, Clyde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Vanderbilt
SG 23 Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
G/F 33 Portman, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Creighton
SF 32 Russell, Cazzie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Michigan
F/C 42 Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Bowling Green
PG 21 Williams, Ron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6022.732–30–1128–112–022–4
x-Golden State Warriors 4735.5731327–1418–202–114–12
Phoenix Suns 3844.4632222–1915–251–014–12
Seattle SuperSonics 2656.3173416–2510–290–29–17
Portland Trail Blazers 2161.2563913–288–320–16–20
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6022.732
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers6022.732
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-Golden State Warriors4735.573
5 Detroit Pistons4042.488
6 Phoenix Suns3844.463
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings3646.439
8 Seattle SuperSonics2656.317
9 Portland Trail Blazers2161.256
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1972–73 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta –3–41–55–12–23–42–21–34–42–23–11–33–36–03–14–03–1
Baltimore 4–3–1–55–10–48–02–23–15–23–11–32–23–35–12–24–04–0
Boston 5–15–1–7–03–15–13–13–15–13–14–02–24–47–04–04–04–0
Buffalo 1–51–50–7–2–21–51–30–41–51–30–40–41–67–11–32–22–2
Chicago 2–24–01–32–2–3–13–43–34–05–21–52–43–14–04–25–15–1
Cleveland 4–30–81–55–11–3–1–31–34–32–21–31–30–66–01–31–33–1
Detroit 2–22–21–33–14–33–1–2–41–33–31–52–51–33–14–26–02–4
Golden State 3–11–31–34–03–33–14–2–3–14–23–41–52–24–02–45–14–3
Houston 4–42–51–55–10–43–43–11–3–0–41–31–31–55–12–22–22–2
Kansas City-Omaha 2–21–31–33–12–52–23–32–44–0–1–51–60–43–13–34–24–2
Los Angeles 1–33–10–44–05–13–15–14–33–15–1–3–32–24–06–16–06–0
Milwaukee 3–12–22–24–04–23–15–25–13–16–13–3–2–23–15–15–15–1
New York 3–33–34–46–11–36–03–12–25–14–02–22–2–6–13–13–14–0
Philadelphia 0–61–50–71–70–40–61–30–41–51–30–41–31–6–0–41–31–3
Phoenix 1–32–20–43–12–43–12–44–22–23–31–61–51–34–0–5–24–2
Portland 0–40–40–42–21–53–10–61–52–22–40–61–51–33–12–5–3–4
Seattle 1–30–40–42–21–51–34–23–42–22–40–61–50–43–12–44–3—

Playoffs
1973 playoff game log
Conference Semi-finals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 30 @ Milwaukee L 90–110 Rick Barry (22) Clyde Lee (10) Jim Barnett (6) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 0–1
2 April 1 @ Milwaukee W 95–92 Cazzie Russell (25) Clyde Lee (17) Walt Hazzard (7) Milwaukee Arena
10,379		 1–1
3 April 5 Milwaukee L 93–113 Jeff Mullins (21) Clyde Lee (17) Jeff Mullins (4) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,493		 1–2
4 April 7 Milwaukee W 102–97 Rick Barry (38) Clyde Lee (21) Jeff Mullins (6) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,173		 2–2
5 April 10 @ Milwaukee W 100–97 Clyde Lee (21) Clyde Lee (18) Walt Hazzard (5) University of Wisconsin Field House
12,204		 3–2
6 April 13 Milwaukee W 100–86 Jim Barnett (26) Clyde Lee (19) Jim Barnett (7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,175		 4–2
Conference Finals: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 17 @ Los Angeles L 99–101 Nate Thurmond (22) Nate Thurmond (26) Thurmond, Barnett (5) The Forum
17,505		 0–1
2 April 19 @ Los Angeles L 93–104 Rick Barry (29) Clyde Lee (18) Nate Thurmond (6) The Forum
17,505		 0–2
3 April 21 Los Angeles L 70–126 Rick Barry (10) Clyde Lee (18) six players tied (2) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,183		 0–3
4 April 23 Los Angeles W 117–109 Cazzie Russell (33) Nate Thurmond (18) Jeff Mullins (7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,000		 1–3
5 April 25 @ Los Angeles L 118–128 Cazzie Russell (29) Nate Thurmond (15) Thurmond, Mullins (5) The Forum
17,505		 1–4
1973 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1972–73 Golden State Warriors
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