1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers season

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.

1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachJack McCloskey
ArenaMemorial Coliseum
Results
Record21–61 (.256)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPTV
RadioKOIN

Draft picks
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
Roster listing
Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)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 University
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) Pennsylvania
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

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 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—

Player statistics
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

Transactions
Transactions from Sports Reference[2]

References
  1. 1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers
  2. "1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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