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1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to Warriors 2–4) The 1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' fifth season in the NBA.

Draft picks

Main article: 1972 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
16Russ LeeG/FUnited StatesMarshall
112Julius ErvingSF/SGUnited StatesMassachusetts Amherst
229Chuck TerryFUnited StatesCalifornia State-Long Beach
346George AdamsF/GUnited StatesGardner-Webb
463Art WhiteUnited StatesGeorgetown
579Ron HarrisUnited StatesWichita State
7113Mickey DavisF/GUnited StatesDuquesne
8129Charles KirklandUnited StatesCheyney (PA)
9143Jim RegenoldUnited StatesBall State
10156Jolly SpightUnited StatesSanta Clara

Roster

  • Larry Costello
  • Hubie Brown

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 13, 1972 || @ Phoenix | W 117–105 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || October 14, 1972 || @ Golden State | W 117–105 | | | | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 2–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 17, 1972 || @ Portland | L 108–117 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 2–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || October 20, 1972 || Detroit | W 109–89 | | | | Milwaukee Arena | 3–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || October 21, 1972 || @ Buffalo | W 91–63 | | | | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | 4–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || October 22, 1972 || @ Cleveland | W 104–84 | | | | Cleveland Arena | 5–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || October 25, 1972 || Buffalo | W 109–92 | | | | Milwaukee Arena | 6–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || October 26, 1972 || @ Kansas City–Omaha | W 114–107 | | | | Omaha Civic Auditorium | 7–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || October 28, 1972 || @ Philadelphia | W 96–92 | | | | The Spectrum | 8–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 4, 1972 || Phoenix | W 104–105 | | | | Milwaukee Arena | 8–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 || November 5, 1972 || Philadelphia | W 131–113 | | | | Milwaukee Arena | 9–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 || November 8, 1972 || Seattle | W 116–103 | | | | Milwaukee Arena | 10–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || November 10, 1972 || Baltimore | W 120–82 | | | | Milwaukee Arena | 11–2

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 30 | Golden State | W 110–90 | Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson (22) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24) | Oscar Robertson (12) | Milwaukee Arena 10,746 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 1 | Golden State | L 92–95 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) | five players tied (3) | Milwaukee Arena 10,379 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 5 | @ Golden State | W 113–93 | Oscar Robertson (34) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (18) | Oscar Robertson (8) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,493 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 7 | @ Golden State | L 97–102 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) | Perry, Abdul-Jabbar (14) | Oscar Robertson (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,173 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 10 | Golden State | L 97–100 | four players tied (19) | Perry, Abdul-Jabbar (12) | Oscar Robertson (11) | University of Wisconsin Field House 12,204 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | April 13 | @ Golden State | L 86–100 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14) | Lucius Allen (5) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13,175

2–4

Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
7642.855.471.316.15.030.2
Bob Dandridge7339.147.278.98.22.820.2
Oscar Robertson7337.545.484.74.97.515.5
Lucius Allen8033.748.471.53.55.315.5
Jon McGlocklin8024.450.286.32.03.09.6
Curtis Perry6731.346.165.99.61.89.1
Terry Driscoll5916.342.969.45.00.95.5
Mickey Davis7414.143.882.63.11.05.1
Wali Jones2715.540.788.91.12.15.0
Gary Gregor99.833.371.43.61.03.0
Russ Lee466.038.674.40.90.82.8
Dick Cunningham729.641.058.02.90.52.2
6710.334.070.82.20.61.9

Playoffs

PlayerGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
646.042.854.316.22.822.8
Oscar Robertson642.750.091.24.77.521.2
Lucius Allen633.840.478.62.73.515.7
634.042.170.44.71.213.8
Jon McGlocklin624.250.987.51.22.210.2
Curtis Perry639.748.150.011.52.28.8
52.657.10.00.80.43.2
Mickey Davis69.035.3100.02.00.82.3
Chuck Terry53.680.00.00.60.21.6
Dick Cunningham53.4100.00.00.60.40.4
Terry Driscoll62.70.00.00.00.20.0

Transactions

Free agents

Terry DriscollNovember 15, 1972Baltimore Bullets

Awards and records

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA First Team

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1973.html 1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks]
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