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NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1972β73 season was the third season of the
Portland Trail Blazers in the
National Basketball Association (NBA).
[1] After finishing the previous season at 18β64, 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 21β61, a marginal three-game improvement from the previous season.
LaRue Martin was the Trail Blazers first overall pick.
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.
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
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
The Trail Blazers played their home games at
Veterans Memorial Coliseum .
z β clinched division title
y β clinched division title
x β clinched playoff spot
1972β73 NBA Records
Team
ATL
BAL
BOS
BUF
CHI
CLE
DET
GSW
HOU
KCO
LAL
MIL
NYK
PHI
PHO
POR
SEA
Atlanta
β
3β4
1β5
5β1
2β2
3β4
2β2
1β3
4β4
2β2
3β1
1β3
3β3
6β0
3β1
4β0
3β1
Baltimore
4β3
β
1β5
5β1
0β4
8β0
2β2
3β1
5β2
3β1
1β3
2β2
3β3
5β1
2β2
4β0
4β0
Boston
5β1
5β1
β
7β0
3β1
5β1
3β1
3β1
5β1
3β1
4β0
2β2
4β4
7β0
4β0
4β0
4β0
Buffalo
1β5
1β5
0β7
β
2β2
1β5
1β3
0β4
1β5
1β3
0β4
0β4
1β6
7β1
1β3
2β2
2β2
Chicago
2β2
4β0
1β3
2β2
β
3β1
3β4
3β3
4β0
5β2
1β5
2β4
3β1
4β0
4β2
5β1
5β1
Cleveland
4β3
0β8
1β5
5β1
1β3
β
1β3
1β3
4β3
2β2
1β3
1β3
0β6
6β0
1β3
1β3
3β1
Detroit
2β2
2β2
1β3
3β1
4β3
3β1
β
2β4
1β3
3β3
1β5
2β5
1β3
3β1
4β2
6β0
2β4
Golden State
3β1
1β3
1β3
4β0
3β3
3β1
4β2
β
3β1
4β2
3β4
1β5
2β2
4β0
2β4
5β1
4β3
Houston
4β4
2β5
1β5
5β1
0β4
3β4
3β1
1β3
β
0β4
1β3
1β3
1β5
5β1
2β2
2β2
2β2
Kansas City-Omaha
2β2
1β3
1β3
3β1
2β5
2β2
3β3
2β4
4β0
β
1β5
1β6
0β4
3β1
3β3
4β2
4β2
Los Angeles
1β3
3β1
0β4
4β0
5β1
3β1
5β1
4β3
3β1
5β1
β
3β3
2β2
4β0
6β1
6β0
6β0
Milwaukee
3β1
2β2
2β2
4β0
4β2
3β1
5β2
5β1
3β1
6β1
3β3
β
2β2
3β1
5β1
5β1
5β1
New York
3β3
3β3
4β4
6β1
1β3
6β0
3β1
2β2
5β1
4β0
2β2
2β2
β
6β1
3β1
3β1
4β0
Philadelphia
0β6
1β5
0β7
1β7
0β4
0β6
1β3
0β4
1β5
1β3
0β4
1β3
1β6
β
0β4
1β3
1β3
Phoenix
1β3
2β2
0β4
3β1
2β4
3β1
2β4
4β2
2β2
3β3
1β6
1β5
1β3
4β0
β
5β2
4β2
Portland
0β4
0β4
0β4
2β2
1β5
3β1
0β6
1β5
2β2
2β4
0β6
1β5
1β3
3β1
2β5
β
3β4
Seattle
1β3
0β4
0β4
2β2
1β5
1β3
4β2
3β4
2β2
2β4
0β6
1β5
0β4
3β1
2β4
4β3
β
1972β73 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 13
Seattle
92β84
Sidney Wicks (26)
0β1
2
October 14
Phoenix
124β120
Geoff Petrie (30)
0β2
3
October 17
Milwaukee
108β111
Sidney Wicks (33)
1β2
4
October 20
@
Los Angeles
104β126
Adelman ,
Dischinger (16)
1β3
5
October 21
Golden State
104β97
Sidney Wicks (28)
1β4
6
October 22
@ Seattle
119β120 (OT)
Geoff Petrie (29)
1β5
7
October 24
Atlanta
118β110
Sidney Wicks (31)
1β6
8
October 27
Chicago
118β95
Geoff Petrie (30)
1β7
9
October 29
Detroit
119β111
Sidney Wicks (31)
1β8
10
November 2
@ Golden State
104β118
Sidney Wicks (30)
1β9
11
November 4
Los Angeles
134β120
Petrie, Wicks (26)
1β10
12
November 6
New York
111β95
Sidney Wicks (21)
1β11
13
November 12
Kansas CityβOmaha
100β102
Lloyd Neal (29)
1β12
14
November 14
Cleveland
91β100
Sidney Wicks (27)
3β11
15
November 17
Golden State
97β105
Petrie, Wicks (25)
4β11
16
November 18
Seattle
102β100
Sidney Wicks (27)
4β12
17
November 21
@ New York
80β108
Ollie Johnson (17)
4β13
18
November 22
@
Boston
107β126
Sidney Wicks (23)
4β14
19
November 25
@
Philadelphia
117β106
Sidney Wicks (30)
5β14
20
November 26
@ Cleveland
105β102
Geoff Petrie (27)
6β14
21
November 28
@ Detroit
116β120
Geoff Petrie (39)
6β15
22
November 29
@ Kansas CityβOmaha
102β110
Geoff Petrie (23)
6β16
23
December 2
Atlanta
106β103
Geoff Petrie (30)
6β17
24
December 5
@ Atlanta
121β122
Geoff Petrie (39)
6β18
25
December 6
@
Baltimore
102β115
Geoff Petrie (36)
6β19
26
December 8
@
Houston
108β114
Geoff Petrie (34)
6β20
27
December 9
@ Phoenix
97β116
Charlie Davis (20)
6β21
28
December 10
@ Los Angeles
101β137
Geoff Petrie (18)
6β22
29
December 12
Milwaukee
115β94
Charlie Davis (17)
6β23
30
December 15
@ Seattle
96β95
Geoff Petrie (29)
7β23
31
December 16
Boston
123β116
Geoff Petrie (38)
7β24
32
December 18
@ Kansas CityβOmaha
95β113
Sidney Wicks (23)
7β25
33
December 19
@ Chicago
109β100
Sidney Wicks (31)
8β25
34
December 20
@ Milwaukee
104β123
Sidney Wicks (32)
8β26
35
December 22
Chicago
127β97
Geoff Petrie (24)
8β27
36
December 25
Seattle
113β116
Sidney Wicks (38)
9β27
37
December 26
@ Los Angeles
92β116
Sidney Wicks (17)
9β28
38
December 29
@ Phoenix
99β106
Sidney Wicks (32)
9β29
39
December 30
Phoenix
107β104
Sidney Wicks (33)
9β30
40
January 2
Kansas CityβOmaha
87β104
Sidney Wicks (23)
10β30
41
January 4
@ Golden State
83β108
Sidney Wicks (22)
10β31
42
January 5
Philadelphia
102β135
Geoff Petrie (29)
11β31
43
January 7
Detroit
101β96
Geoff Petrie (35)
11β32
44
January 9
Baltimore
105β93
Geoff Petrie (30)
11β33
45
January 12
@
Buffalo
100β120
Sidney Wicks (25)
11β34
46
January 15
@ Detroit
101β112
Sidney Wicks (29)
11β35
47
January 16
@ Chicago
89β100
Geoff Petrie (21)
11β36
48
January 17
@ Boston
99β117
Geoff Petrie (20)
11β37
49
January 19
@ Milwaukee
105β108
Sidney Wicks (31)
11β38
50
January 20
@ Houston
130β115
Geoff Petrie (51)
12β38
51
January 26
Phoenix
120β116
Sidney Wicks (33)
12β39
52
January 27
@ Phoenix
117β109
Geoff Petrie (33)
13β39
53
January 30
Houston
123β120
Sidney Wicks (28)
13β40
54
February 3
Kansas CityβOmaha
105β97
Sidney Wicks (26)
13β41
55
February 6
Seattle
118β117
Sidney Wicks (31)
13β42
56
February 8
@ Golden State
111β123
Geoff Petrie (42)
13β43
57
February 9
Philadelphia
105β116
Lloyd Neal (33)
14β43
58
February 11
Baltimore
102β97
Geoff Petrie (30)
14β44
59
February 13
Buffalo
100β120
Geoff Petrie (25)
15β44
60
February 16
Boston
112β105
Geoff Petrie (31)
15β45
61
February 17
Los Angeles
110β103
Geoff Petrie (27)
15β46
62
February 18
@ Phoenix
119β118
Geoff Petrie (23)
16β46
63
February 20
@ New York
106β110
Sidney Wicks (31)
16β47
64
February 23
@ Cleveland
102β121
Geoff Petrie (22)
16β48
65
February 24
@ Baltimore
110β128
Sidney Wicks (25)
16β49
66
February 25
N Philadelphia
111β115
Sidney Wicks (30)
16β50
67
February 27
Chicago
125β110
Geoff Petrie (26)
16β51
68
March 2
Cleveland
92β106
Sidney Wicks (29)
17β51
69
March 4
Detroit
113β109
Neal, Petrie (24)
17β52
70
March 6
Los Angeles
114β102
Sidney Wicks (26)
17β53
71
March 8
@ Atlanta
129β135
Geoff Petrie (22)
17β54
72
March 9
@ Milwaukee
96β116
Steele , Wicks (14)
17β55
73
March 10
@ Buffalo
101β106
Sidney Wicks (33)
17β56
74
March 13
Golden State
109β101
Geoff Petrie (33)
17β57
75
March 16
Houston
128β141
Geoff Petrie (51)
18β57
76
March 18
New York
96β99
Geoff Petrie (34)
19β57
77
March 19
@ Kansas CityβOmaha
105β106
Sidney Wicks (26)
19β58
78
March 20
@ Chicago
109β123
Geoff Petrie (32)
19β59
79
March 21
@ Detroit
109β122
Sidney Wicks (27)
19β60
80
March 23
@ Seattle
118β112
Geoff Petrie (41)
20β60
81
March 25
Buffalo
107β113 (OT)
Geoff Petrie (39)
21β60
82
March 26
Milwaukee
118β99
Geoff Petrie (29)
21β61
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3FG%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
July 31, 1972 β Traded a second round pick in the
1973 NBA draft to the
Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for forward
Fred Foster , who was traded again that day by the Trail Blazers to the
Detroit Pistons in exchange for guard-forward
Terry Dischinger .
September 11, 1972 β Waived forwards
Ron Knight and
Jim Marsh and received a second round pick in the 1974 NBA Draft from the Philadelphia 76ers as compensation for signing veteran free agent forward
Gary Gregor .
September 19, 1972 β Waived guard
Charlie Yelverton
October 2, 1972 β Traded center
Dale Schlueter to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for guard
Dave Wohl .
October 10, 1972 β Claimed forward
Bill Turner off waivers from the
Golden State Warriors .
October 24, 1972 β Traded a third round pick in the
1974 NBA draft to the
Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for guard
Charlie Davis .
October 27, 1972 β Traded guard-forward
Stan McKenzie (basketball) to the
Houston Rockets in exchange for guard-forward
Greg Smith
November 13, 1972 β Waived forward Bill Turner
December 6, 1972 β Waived guard Dave Wohl, who was claimed by the
Buffalo Braves
April 24, 1973 β Traded a first round and third round pick in the 1973 NBA Draft to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for forward
John Johnson and forward-center
Rick Roberson and a first-round pick in the 1973 NBA Draft.
June 21, 1973 β Guard-forward Terry Dischinger retired
June 27, 1973 β Signed free agent guard
Bernie Fryer
Transactions from Sports Reference
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