Английская Википедия:1972–73 Baltimore Bullets season
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:NBA season In the 1972–73 NBA season, their 12th overall season and tenth and final season in Baltimore, Maryland, the Bullets were led by seventh-year head coach Gene Shue and won a third consecutive Central Division title.
Prior to the season in June, forward Elvin Hayes was acquired in a trade from the Houston Rockets, for forward Jack Marin and draft picks.[1] In the 1972 draft in April, Baltimore selected point guard Kevin Porter in the third round. After a slow start, the Bullets had a strong 10–4 record in December.[2] In the playoffs, they faced their playoff rivals the New York Knicks, and fell in five games in the conference semi-finals;[3] the Knicks went on to win the NBA title.
Following the season, the Bullets made a short move to the new Capital Centre in Landover, a suburb east of Washington, D.C., and became the Шаблон:Nowrap The Bullets would later play 35 regular season games in Baltimore from the 1988–89 through 1996–97 seasons.[4][5]
Draft picks
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
Шаблон:1972–73 NBA Central standings Шаблон:1972–73 NBA East standings
Record vs. opponents
| 1972–73 NBA records | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
| 1972–73 game log | ||||||||||
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| # | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
| 1 | October 10 | @ Cleveland | 102–90 | Rich Rinaldi (26) | 1–0 | |||||
| 2 | October 13 | Atlanta | 98–115 | Phil Chenier (24) | 2–0 | |||||
| 3 | October 15 | @ Phoenix | 98–107 | Chenier, Unseld (22) | 2–1 | |||||
| 4 | October 16 | @ Golden State | 96–97 | Phil Chenier (22) | 2–2 | |||||
| 5 | October 19 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 94–83 | Phil Chenier (24) | 3–2 | |||||
| 6 | October 21 | Boston | 104–101 | Phil Chenier (24) | 3–3 | |||||
| 7 | October 25 | @ Detroit | 115–105 | Mike Riordan (24) | 4–3 | |||||
| 8 | October 27 | New York | 92–88 | Rich Rinaldi (21) | 4–4 | |||||
| 9 | October 28 | @ New York | 90–94 | Mike Riordan (27) | 4–5 | |||||
| 10 | November 3 | @ Boston | 96–109 | Mike Davis (26) | 4–6 | |||||
| 11 | November 4 | N Cleveland | 98–108 | Mike Riordan (25) | 5–6 | |||||
| 12 | November 7 | @ Atlanta | 107–109 (OT) | Mike Riordan (28) | 5–7 | |||||
| 13 | November 8 | Buffalo | 94–126 | Elvin Hayes (25) | 6–7 | |||||
| 14 | November 10 | @ Milwaukee | 82–120 | Elvin Hayes (25) | 6–8 | |||||
| 15 | November 11 | Chicago | 111–106 | Elvin Hayes (30) | 6–9 | |||||
| 16 | November 14 | Houston | 103–104 | Elvin Hayes (22) | 7–9 | |||||
| 17 | November 17 | Phoenix | 106–117 | Phil Chenier (26) | 8–9 | |||||
| 18 | November 18 | @ Chicago | 79–95 | Dave Stallworth (18) | 8–10 | |||||
| 19 | November 21 | @ Buffalo | 124–88 | Phil Chenier (27) | 9–10 | |||||
| 20 | November 22 | Seattle | 90–112 | Elvin Hayes (23) | 10–10 | |||||
| 21 | November 25 | Milwaukee | 101–91 | Elvin Hayes (31) | 10–11 | |||||
| 22 | November 28 | N Houston | 90–108 | Mike Riordan (27) | 11–11 | |||||
| 23 | November 29 | N Houston | 102–94 | Elvin Hayes (30) | 11–12 | |||||
| 24 | December 1 | Houston | 96–103 | Phil Chenier (27) | 12–12 | |||||
| 25 | December 5 | @ Cleveland | 103–100 | Elvin Hayes (27) | 13–12 | |||||
| 26 | December 6 | Portland | 102–115 | Phil Chenier (53) | 14–12 | |||||
| 27 | December 8 | @ Atlanta | 115–134 | Mike Riordan (27) | 14–13 | |||||
| 28 | December 9 | Kansas City–Omaha | 112–120 | Mike Riordan (30) | 15–13 | |||||
| 29 | December 12 | Philadelphia | 102–123 | Mike Riordan (31) | 16–13 | |||||
| 30 | December 15 | Houston | 91–94 | Elvin Hayes (20) | 17–13 | |||||
| 31 | December 16 | N Golden State | 99–105 | Elvin Hayes (33) | 18–13 | |||||
| 32 | December 20 | Los Angeles | 96–90 | Chenier, Hayes (21) | 18–14 | |||||
| 33 | December 23 | Detroit | 97–104 | Flynn Robinson (25) | 19–14 | |||||
| 34 | December 26 | @ Buffalo | 121–104 | Mike Riordan (23) | 20–14 | |||||
| 35 | December 28 | @ Atlanta | 112–111 | Mike Riordan (26) | 21–14 | |||||
| 36 | December 29 | Buffalo | 118–109 | Elvin Hayes (35) | 21–15 | |||||
| 37 | December 30 | @ New York | 98–100 | Elvin Hayes (23) | 21–16 | |||||
| 38 | January 1 | @ Milwaukee | 88–87 | Mike Riordan (23) | 22–16 | |||||
| 39 | January 3 | Cleveland | 80–89 | Elvin Hayes (26) | 23–16 | |||||
| 40 | January 7 | N Boston | 116–98 | Elvin Hayes (24) | 23–17 | |||||
| 41 | January 9 | @ Portland | 105–93 | Elvin Hayes (23) | 24–17 | |||||
| 42 | January 10 | @ Seattle | 98–86 | Mike Riordan (20) | 25–17 | |||||
| 43 | January 14 | @ Phoenix | 95–94 | Chenier, Riordan (22) | 26–17 | |||||
| 44 | January 16 | @ Los Angeles | 112–104 | Elvin Hayes (32) | 27–17 | |||||
| 45 | January 19 | N Philadelphia | 94–110 | Mike Riordan (23) | 28–17 | |||||
| 46 | January 20 | N Seattle | 106–126 | Phil Chenier (26) | 29–17 | |||||
| 47 | January 21 | Philadelphia | 97–108 | Elvin Hayes (33) | 30–17 | |||||
| 48 | January 26 | @ Chicago | 100–110 | Elvin Hayes (34) | 30–18 | |||||
| 49 | January 27 | Buffalo | 87–115 | Phil Chenier (23) | 31–18 | |||||
| 50 | January 28 | @ Cleveland | 102–93 | Elvin Hayes (25) | 32–18 | |||||
| 51 | January 30 | Golden State | 86–104 | Clark, Riordan (24) | 33–18 | |||||
| 52 | February 2 | New York | 77–89 | Wes Unseld (22) | 34–18 | |||||
| 53 | February 4 | N Los Angeles | 125–115 | Clark, Unseld (24) | 34–19 | |||||
| 54 | February 6 | @ Atlanta | 106–112 | Phil Chenier (30) | 34–20 | |||||
| 55 | February 7 | Atlanta | 108–137 | Elvin Hayes (28) | 35–20 | |||||
| 56 | February 9 | @ Buffalo | 101–95 | Chenier, Hayes (24) | 36–20 | |||||
| 57 | February 11 | @ Portland | 102–97 | Elvin Hayes (34) | 37–20 | |||||
| 58 | February 14 | @ Seattle | 107–106 | Elvin Hayes (27) | 38–20 | |||||
| 59 | February 15 | @ Golden State | 96–94 | Phil Chenier (26) | 39–20 | |||||
| 60 | February 16 | @ Los Angeles | 103–121 | Phil Chenier (20) | 39–21 | |||||
| 61 | February 18 | N Milwaukee | 93–96 | Archie Clark (25) | 40–21 | |||||
| 62 | February 21 | Phoenix | 107–98 | Elvin Hayes (33) | 40–22 | |||||
| 63 | February 23 | @ Detroit | 105–107 | Phil Chenier (27) | 40–23 | |||||
| 64 | February 24 | Portland | 110–128 | Archie Clark (31) | 41–23 | |||||
| 65 | February 27 | Cleveland | 95–99 | Chenier, Hayes (26) | 42–23 | |||||
| 66 | February 28 | @ Philadelphia | 96–102 | Phil Chenier (36) | 42–24 | |||||
| 67 | March 3 | @ New York | 97–75 | Elvin Hayes (23) | 43–24 | |||||
| 68 | March 4 | N New York | 97–106 | Archie Clark (24) | 44–24 | |||||
| 69 | March 8 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 93–105 | Mike Riordan (27) | 44–25 | |||||
| 70 | March 9 | @ Houston | 109–104 | Archie Clark (26) | 45–25 | |||||
| 71 | March 10 | N Chicago | 105–99 | Hayes, Riordan (19) | 45–26 | |||||
| 72 | March 13 | Kansas City–Omaha | 99–103 | Phil Chenier (24) | 46–26 | |||||
| 73 | March 14 | @ Boston | 107–111 | Mike Riordan (34) | 46–27 | |||||
| 74 | March 16 | Boston | 97–103 | Elvin Hayes (29) | 47–27 | |||||
| 75 | March 17 | @ Philadelphia | 120–115 | Elvin Hayes (43) | 48–27 | |||||
| 76 | March 18 | Philadelphia | 118–129 | Archie Clark (27) | 49–27 | |||||
| 77 | March 21 | Houston | 118–110 | Archie Clark (24) | 49–28 | |||||
| 78 | March 23 | @ Cleveland | 106–104 | Archie Clark (33) | 50–28 | |||||
| 79 | March 24 | Cleveland | 116–120 (OT) | Stan Love (28) | 51–28 | |||||
| 80 | March 25 | Atlanta | 105–112 | Mike Riordan (23) | 52–28 | |||||
| 81 | March 27 | Detroit | 112–98 | Mike Riordan (18) | 52–29 | |||||
| 82 | March 28 | @ Boston | 101–120 | Phil Chenier (20) | 52–30 | |||||
Playoffs
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| March 30
| @ New York
| L 83–95
| Archie Clark (22)
| Wes Unseld (16)
| Archie Clark (6)
| Madison Square Garden
19,694
| 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2
| April 1
| @ New York
| L 103–123
| Phil Chenier (27)
| Wes Unseld (14)
| Kevin Porter (7)
| Madison Square Garden
19,694
| 0–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| April 4
| New York
| L 96–103
| Elvin Hayes (36)
| Elvin Hayes (14)
| Riordan, Clark (4)
| Baltimore Civic Center
12,289
| 0–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4
| April 6
| New York
| W 97–89
| Elvin Hayes (34)
| Hayes, Unseld (13)
| Archie Clark (10)
| Baltimore Civic Center
12,289
| 1–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 5
| April 8
| @ New York
| L 99–109
| Archie Clark (30)
| Wes Unseld (21)
| Chenier, Unseld (4)
| Madison Square Garden
19,694
| 1–4
|-
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Awards and honors
References
Шаблон:1972–73 NBA season by team Шаблон:Washington Wizards seasons
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Washington Wizards (1963–Present)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ The last time the Washington Bullets played in Baltimore United Press International
- ↑ "Bullets leave Baltimore with win Mavericks fall, 94-87" The Baltimore Sun
