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.
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.
September 11, 1972 – 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.
December 6, 1972 – Waived guard Dave Wohl, who was claimed by the Buffalo Braves
April 24, 1973 – 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 – Guard-forward Terry Dischinger retired
June 27, 1973 – Signed free agent guard Bernie Fryer
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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 seasonHead coachJack McCloskeyGeneral managerHarry GlickmanOwnersHerman Sarkowsky Larry WeinbergArenaMemorial ColiseumResultsRecord21 61 256 PlaceDivision 5th Pacific Conference 9th Western Playoff finishDid not qualifyStats at Basketball Reference comLocal mediaTelevisionKPTVRadioKOIN lt 1971 72 1973 74 gt Contents 1 Draft picks 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3 1 Season standings 3 2 Record vs opponents 3 3 Game log 4 Player statistics 5 Awards and honors 6 Transactions 7 ReferencesDraft picks edit nbsp 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 Team1 1 LaRue Martin C nbsp United States Loyola Illinois 2 14 Bob Davis F nbsp United States Weber State2 26 Dave Twardzik G nbsp United States Old Dominion2 30 Ollie Johnson F nbsp United States Temple3 31 Lloyd Neal F C nbsp United States Tennessee StateRoster editPortland Trail Blazers rostervte Players CoachesPos No Name Height Weight DOB FromPG 12 nbsp Adelman Rick 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 175 lb 79 kg Loyola MarymountSF 25 nbsp Davis Bob 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 215 lb 98 kg Weber StateSG 17 nbsp Davis Charlie 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 160 lb 73 kg Wake ForestSF 42 nbsp Dischinger Terry 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 189 lb 86 kg PurdueSF 44 nbsp Johnson Ollie 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 200 lb 91 kg TempleC 35 nbsp Martin LaRue 6 ft 11 in 2 11 m 208 lb 94 kg Loyola ChicagoC 36 nbsp Neal Lloyd 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 225 lb 102 kg Tennessee StatePF 45 nbsp Petrie Geoff 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 210 lb 95 kg PrincetonSF 4 nbsp Smith Greg 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 195 lb 88 kg Western KentuckyC 43 nbsp Smith William 7 ft 0 in 2 13 m 210 lb 95 kg SyracuseSG 15 nbsp Steele Larry 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 190 lb 86 kg KentuckyPF 34 nbsp Turner Bill 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 220 lb 100 kg AkronPF 21 nbsp Wicks Sidney 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 225 lb 102 kg UCLAPG 13 nbsp Wohl Dave 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 185 lb 84 kg Penn Head coach nbsp Jack McCloskey Penn Assistant coach es Neil JohnstonLegend C Team captain DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended nbsp Injured Roster Last transaction access date Regular season edit nbsp The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum Season standings edit Pacific Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Divy Los Angeles Lakers 60 22 732 30 11 28 11 2 0 22 4x Golden State Warriors 47 35 573 13 27 14 18 20 2 1 14 12Phoenix Suns 38 44 463 22 22 19 15 25 1 0 14 12Seattle SuperSonics 26 56 317 34 16 25 10 29 0 2 9 17Portland Trail Blazers 21 61 256 39 13 28 8 32 0 1 6 20 Western ConferencevteTeam W L PCT1 z Milwaukee Bucks 60 22 7322 y Los Angeles Lakers 60 22 7323 x Chicago Bulls 51 31 6224 x Golden State Warriors 47 35 5735 Detroit Pistons 40 42 4886 Phoenix Suns 38 44 4637 Kansas City Omaha Kings 36 46 4398 Seattle SuperSonics 26 56 3179 Portland Trail Blazers 21 61 256z clinched division title y clinched division title x clinched playoff spotRecord vs opponents edit 1972 73 NBA RecordsTeam ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEAAtlanta 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 1Baltimore 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 0Boston 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 0Buffalo 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 2Chicago 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 1Cleveland 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 1Detroit 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 4Golden 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 3Houston 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 2Kansas 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 2Los 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 0Milwaukee 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 1New 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 0Philadelphia 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 3Phoenix 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 2Portland 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 4Seattle 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 edit 1972 73 Game log Date Opponent Score High points Record1 October 13 Seattle 92 84 Sidney Wicks 26 0 12 October 14 Phoenix 124 120 Geoff Petrie 30 0 23 October 17 Milwaukee 108 111 Sidney Wicks 33 1 24 October 20 Los Angeles 104 126 Adelman Dischinger 16 1 35 October 21 Golden State 104 97 Sidney Wicks 28 1 46 October 22 Seattle 119 120 OT Geoff Petrie 29 1 57 October 24 Atlanta 118 110 Sidney Wicks 31 1 68 October 27 Chicago 118 95 Geoff Petrie 30 1 79 October 29 Detroit 119 111 Sidney Wicks 31 1 810 November 2 Golden State 104 118 Sidney Wicks 30 1 911 November 4 Los Angeles 134 120 Petrie Wicks 26 1 1012 November 6 New York 111 95 Sidney Wicks 21 1 1113 November 12 Kansas City Omaha 100 102 Lloyd Neal 29 1 1214 November 14 Cleveland 91 100 Sidney Wicks 27 3 1115 November 17 Golden State 97 105 Petrie Wicks 25 4 1116 November 18 Seattle 102 100 Sidney Wicks 27 4 1217 November 21 New York 80 108 Ollie Johnson 17 4 1318 November 22 Boston 107 126 Sidney Wicks 23 4 1419 November 25 Philadelphia 117 106 Sidney Wicks 30 5 1420 November 26 Cleveland 105 102 Geoff Petrie 27 6 1421 November 28 Detroit 116 120 Geoff Petrie 39 6 1522 November 29 Kansas City Omaha 102 110 Geoff Petrie 23 6 1623 December 2 Atlanta 106 103 Geoff Petrie 30 6 1724 December 5 Atlanta 121 122 Geoff Petrie 39 6 1825 December 6 Baltimore 102 115 Geoff Petrie 36 6 1926 December 8 Houston 108 114 Geoff Petrie 34 6 2027 December 9 Phoenix 97 116 Charlie Davis 20 6 2128 December 10 Los Angeles 101 137 Geoff Petrie 18 6 2229 December 12 Milwaukee 115 94 Charlie Davis 17 6 2330 December 15 Seattle 96 95 Geoff Petrie 29 7 2331 December 16 Boston 123 116 Geoff Petrie 38 7 2432 December 18 Kansas City Omaha 95 113 Sidney Wicks 23 7 2533 December 19 Chicago 109 100 Sidney Wicks 31 8 2534 December 20 Milwaukee 104 123 Sidney Wicks 32 8 2635 December 22 Chicago 127 97 Geoff Petrie 24 8 2736 December 25 Seattle 113 116 Sidney Wicks 38 9 2737 December 26 Los Angeles 92 116 Sidney Wicks 17 9 2838 December 29 Phoenix 99 106 Sidney Wicks 32 9 2939 December 30 Phoenix 107 104 Sidney Wicks 33 9 3040 January 2 Kansas City Omaha 87 104 Sidney Wicks 23 10 3041 January 4 Golden State 83 108 Sidney Wicks 22 10 3142 January 5 Philadelphia 102 135 Geoff Petrie 29 11 3143 January 7 Detroit 101 96 Geoff Petrie 35 11 3244 January 9 Baltimore 105 93 Geoff Petrie 30 11 3345 January 12 Buffalo 100 120 Sidney Wicks 25 11 3446 January 15 Detroit 101 112 Sidney Wicks 29 11 3547 January 16 Chicago 89 100 Geoff Petrie 21 11 3648 January 17 Boston 99 117 Geoff Petrie 20 11 3749 January 19 Milwaukee 105 108 Sidney Wicks 31 11 3850 January 20 Houston 130 115 Geoff Petrie 51 12 3851 January 26 Phoenix 120 116 Sidney Wicks 33 12 3952 January 27 Phoenix 117 109 Geoff Petrie 33 13 3953 January 30 Houston 123 120 Sidney Wicks 28 13 4054 February 3 Kansas City Omaha 105 97 Sidney Wicks 26 13 4155 February 6 Seattle 118 117 Sidney Wicks 31 13 4256 February 8 Golden State 111 123 Geoff Petrie 42 13 4357 February 9 Philadelphia 105 116 Lloyd Neal 33 14 4358 February 11 Baltimore 102 97 Geoff Petrie 30 14 4459 February 13 Buffalo 100 120 Geoff Petrie 25 15 4460 February 16 Boston 112 105 Geoff Petrie 31 15 4561 February 17 Los Angeles 110 103 Geoff Petrie 27 15 4662 February 18 Phoenix 119 118 Geoff Petrie 23 16 4663 February 20 New York 106 110 Sidney Wicks 31 16 4764 February 23 Cleveland 102 121 Geoff Petrie 22 16 4865 February 24 Baltimore 110 128 Sidney Wicks 25 16 4966 February 25 N Philadelphia 111 115 Sidney Wicks 30 16 5067 February 27 Chicago 125 110 Geoff Petrie 26 16 5168 March 2 Cleveland 92 106 Sidney Wicks 29 17 5169 March 4 Detroit 113 109 Neal Petrie 24 17 5270 March 6 Los Angeles 114 102 Sidney Wicks 26 17 5371 March 8 Atlanta 129 135 Geoff Petrie 22 17 5472 March 9 Milwaukee 96 116 Steele Wicks 14 17 5573 March 10 Buffalo 101 106 Sidney Wicks 33 17 5674 March 13 Golden State 109 101 Geoff Petrie 33 17 5775 March 16 Houston 128 141 Geoff Petrie 51 18 5776 March 18 New York 96 99 Geoff Petrie 34 19 5777 March 19 Kansas City Omaha 105 106 Sidney Wicks 26 19 5878 March 20 Chicago 109 123 Geoff Petrie 32 19 5979 March 21 Detroit 109 122 Sidney Wicks 27 19 6080 March 23 Seattle 118 112 Geoff Petrie 41 20 6081 March 25 Buffalo 107 113 OT Geoff Petrie 39 21 6082 March 26 Milwaukee 118 99 Geoff Petrie 29 21 61Player statistics editLegend 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 gamePlayer GP GS MPG FG 3FG FT RPG APG SPG BPG PPGAwards and honors editSidney Wicks NBA All Star Lloyd Neal NBA All Rookie Team 1st TeamTransactions editJuly 31 1972 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 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 Waived guard Charlie Yelverton October 2 1972 Traded center Dale Schlueter to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for guard Dave Wohl October 10 1972 Claimed forward Bill Turner off waivers from the Golden State Warriors October 24 1972 Traded a third round pick in the 1974 NBA draft to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for guard Charlie Davis October 27 1972 Traded guard forward Stan McKenzie basketball to the Houston Rockets in exchange for guard forward Greg Smith November 13 1972 Waived forward Bill Turner December 6 1972 Waived guard Dave Wohl who was claimed by the Buffalo Braves April 24 1973 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 Guard forward Terry Dischinger retired June 27 1973 Signed free agent guard Bernie FryerTransactions from Sports Reference 2 References edit 1972 73 Portland Trail Blazers 1972 73 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions Basketball Reference com Sports Reference LLC Retrieved October 25 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1972 73 Portland Trail Blazers season amp oldid 1172533328, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,