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1972–73 Chicago Bulls season

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Bulls' seventh season in the NBA.[1][2]

1972–73 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachDick Motta
General managerPat Williams
Owner(s)Dick Klein and Elmer Rich sold team to Arthur Wirtz group
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record51–31 (.622)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishConference semifinals
(lost to Lakers 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWIND
(Jack Fleming, Bill Berg)
< 1971–72 1973–74 >

Offseason

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Draft picks

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Main article: 1972 NBA draft

Roster

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1972–73 Chicago Bulls roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C20Awtrey, Dennis6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)235 lb (107 kg)1948-02-22Santa Clara
C18Boerwinkle, Tom7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)265 lb (120 kg)1945-08-23Tennessee
F23Garrett, Rowland6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg)1950-07-16Florida State
F24Heard, Gar6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)219 lb (99 kg)1948-05-03Oklahoma
G21King, Jim6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)175 lb (79 kg)1941-02-07Tulsa
F10Love, Bob6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg)1942-12-08Southern
F54Porter, Howard6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)220 lb (100 kg)1948-08-31Villanova
C14Ray, Clifford6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)230 lb (104 kg)1949-01-21Oklahoma
G4Sloan, Jerry6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)195 lb (88 kg)1942-03-28Evansville
G2Van Lier, Norm6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)173 lb (78 kg)1947-04-01Saint Francis (PA)
F25Walker, Chet6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)212 lb (96 kg)1940-02-22Bradley
G8Weiss, Bob6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)180 lb (82 kg)1942-05-07Penn State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 20, 1972

Regular season

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Season standings

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Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks6022.732–33–525–152–215–5
x-Chicago Bulls5131.622929–1220–192–010–10
Detroit Pistons4042.4882026–1513–251–29–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings3646.4392424–1712–29–6–14
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1z-Milwaukee Bucks6022.732
2y-Los Angeles Lakers6022.732
3x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4x-Golden State Warriors4735.573
5Detroit Pistons4042.488
6Phoenix Suns3844.463
7Kansas City–Omaha Kings3646.439
8Seattle SuperSonics2656.317
9Portland Trail Blazers2161.256
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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1972–73 NBA Records
TeamATLBALBOSBUFCHICLEDETGSWHOUKCOLALMILNYKPHIPHOPORSEA
Atlanta—3–41–55–12–23–42–21–34–42–23–11–33–36–03–14–03–1
Baltimore4–3—1–55–10–48–02–23–15–23–11–32–23–35–12–24–04–0
Boston5–15–1—7–03–15–13–13–15–13–14–02–24–47–04–04–04–0
Buffalo1–51–50–7—2–21–51–30–41–51–30–40–41–67–11–32–22–2
Chicago2–24–01–32–2—3–13–43–34–05–21–52–43–14–04–25–15–1
Cleveland4–30–81–55–11–3—1–31–34–32–21–31–30–66–01–31–33–1
Detroit2–22–21–33–14–33–1—2–41–33–31–52–51–33–14–26–02–4
Golden State3–11–31–34–03–33–14–2—3–14–23–41–52–24–02–45–14–3
Houston4–42–51–55–10–43–43–11–3—0–41–31–31–55–12–22–22–2
Kansas City-Omaha2–21–31–33–12–52–23–32–44–0—1–51–60–43–13–34–24–2
Los Angeles1–33–10–44–05–13–15–14–33–15–1—3–32–24–06–16–06–0
Milwaukee3–12–22–24–04–23–15–25–13–16–13–3—2–23–15–15–15–1
New York3–33–34–46–11–36–03–12–25–14–02–22–2—6–13–13–14–0
Philadelphia0–61–50–71–70–40–61–30–41–51–30–41–31–6—0–41–31–3
Phoenix1–32–20–43–12–43–12–44–22–23–31–61–51–34–0—5–24–2
Portland0–40–40–42–21–53–10–61–52–22–40–61–51–33–12–5—3–4
Seattle1–30–40–42–21–51–34–23–42–22–40–61–50–43–12–44–3—

Game log

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1972–73 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 10Philadelphia89–95Chet Walker (24)1–0
2October 13@ Detroit91–100Bob Love (20)1–1
3October 14Boston96–88Norm Van Lier (18)1–2
4October 21@ Houston130–97Bob Love (24)2–2
5October 22@ Los Angeles99–104Chet Walker (22)2–3
6October 24@ Phoenix107–106Bob Love (29)3–3
7October 26@ Golden State94–93Bob Love (30)4–3
8October 27@ Portland118–95Bob Love (26)5–3
9October 29@ Seattle95–94Chet Walker (28)6–3
10October 31Kansas City–Omaha95–104Chet Walker (25)7–3
11November 3Phoenix100–115Bob Love (34)8–3
12November 4@ Buffalo99–101Bob Love (27)8–4
13November 11@ Baltimore111–106Norm Van Lier (28)9–4
14November 14Seattle80–97Norm Van Lier (26)10–4
15November 17@ Detroit96–109Gar Heard (20)10–5
16November 18Baltimore79–95Gar Heard (31)11–5
17November 21Houston105–113Jerry Sloan (31)12–5
18November 24Golden State96–100Chet Walker (35)13–5
19November 25@ Atlanta100–99Chet Walker (25)14–5
20November 28Kansas City–Omaha92–91Chet Walker (27)14–6
21November 29@ Milwaukee97–105Heard, Weiss (18)14–7
22December 1@ Kansas City–Omaha106–97 (OT)Chet Walker (32)15–7
23December 2Seattle80–89Chet Walker (22)16–7
24December 5Detroit108–130Chet Walker (26)17–7
25December 7Atlanta94–89 (OT)Bob Love (26)17–8
26December 8@ Philadelphia118–102Bob Love (30)18–8
27December 9Buffalo94–105Gar Heard (29)19–8
28December 12Los Angeles106–105 (OT)Bob Weiss (21)19–9
29December 15New York86–90Bob Love (18)20–9
30December 16@ New York83–97Chet Walker (17)20–10
31December 19Portland109–100Chet Walker (25)20–11
32December 22@ Portland127–97Bob Love (33)21–11
33December 23@ Golden State109–127Bob Love (22)21–12
34December 25@ Phoenix108–115Bob Love (29)21–13
35December 26Kansas City–Omaha103–117Bob Love (30)22–13
36December 29@ Boston106–99Bob Love (41)23–13
37December 30Milwaukee92–99Bob Love (28)24–13
38January 2Atlanta90–100Chet Walker (26)25–13
39January 4Houston97–111Love, Walker (25)26–13
40January 5Phoenix126–115Bob Love (36)26–14
41January 7Buffalo96–119Bob Love (23)27–14
42January 9Philadelphia110–126Gar Heard (27)28–14
43January 10@ Kansas City–Omaha100–102Bob Love (36)28–15
44January 12Los Angeles109–97Bob Love (30)28–16
45January 14@ Milwaukee95–100Sloan, Walker (20)28–17
46January 16Portland89–100Love, Heard (27)29–17
47January 19Golden State115–80Bob Love (23)29–18
48January 20@ Detroit92–112Bob Love (32)29–19
49January 26Baltimore100–110Bob Love (24)30–19
50January 28Detroit105–110Norm Van Lier (29)31–19
51January 30@ Los Angeles92–95Norm Van Lier (26)31–20
52February 2@ Seattle104–118Norm Van Lier (29)31–21
53February 4Milwaukee99–121Bob Love (49)32–21
54February 6Kansas City–Omaha107–114Bob Love (49)33–21
55February 9@ Cleveland103–97Bob Love (44)34–21
56February 10@ Kansas City–Omaha102–101Bob Love (34)35–21
57February 11Golden State101–96Chet Walker (36)35–22
58February 13Boston105–101Jerry Sloan (20)35–23
59February 14@ New York100–98Bob Love (21)36–23
60February 16Cleveland92–100Bob Love (27)37–23
61February 18@ Houston110–99Chet Walker (23)38–23
62February 20Los Angeles89–103Chet Walker (25)39–23
63February 23New York83–84Bob Love (24)40–23
64February 24Phoenix100–122Bob Love (30)41–23
65February 25@ Seattle88–85Bob Weiss (24)42–23
66February 27@ Portland125–110Chet Walker (31)43–23
67March 2@ Los Angeles88–108Van Lier, Walker (15)43–24
68March 3@ Golden State117–116Bob Love (29)44–24
69March 4@ Phoenix118–117 (OT)Bob Love (25)45–24
70March 6@ Milwaukee88–96Chet Walker (27)45–25
71March 8@ Buffalo102–112Bob Love (33)45–26
72March 9N Philadelphia84–104Bob Love (26)46–26
73March 10N Baltimore105–99Norm Van Lier (28)47–26
74March 13Seattle89–104Jim King (20)48–26
75March 16Milwaukee99–91 (OT)Chet Walker (30)48–27
76March 17Detroit99–97Chet Walker (22)48–28
77March 18@ Detroit119–107Norm Van Lier (24)49–28
78March 20Portland109–123Bob Love (26)50–28
79March 21@ Boston105–106Chet Walker (20)50–29
80March 24@ Atlanta111–113Norm Van Lier (26)50–30
81March 25@ Cleveland105–112Bob Love (29)50–31
82March 27Cleveland105–121Chet Walker (30)51–31

Playoffs

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1973 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 3–4 (home: 3–0; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1March 30@ Los AngelesL 104–107 (OT)Bob Love (21)Dennis Awtrey (15)Dennis Awtrey (6)The Forum
16,341		0–1
2April 1@ Los AngelesL 93–108Bob Love (32)Chet Walker (11)Tom Boerwinkle (9)The Forum
17,368		0–2
3April 6Los AngelesW 96–86Chet Walker (30)Dennis Awtrey (14)Norm Van Lier (8)Chicago Stadium
14,606		1–2
4April 8Los AngelesW 98–94Bob Love (38)Bob Love (13)Bob Love (6)Chicago Stadium
14,181		2–2
5April 10@ Los AngelesL 102–123Bob Love (27)Bob Love (14)Awtrey, Van Lier (5)The Forum
17,505		2–3
6April 13Los AngelesW 101–93Jerry Sloan (27)Dennis Awtrey (14)Dennis Awtrey (8)Chicago Stadium
18,096		3–3
7April 15@ Los AngelesL 92–95Norm Van Lier (28)Norm Van Lier (14)Bob Love (5)The Forum
17,505		3–4
1973 schedule

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ "N.B.A. Approves Sale of Bulls". Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ 1972–73 Chicago Bulls
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