The 1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' fifth season in the NBA.1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 Russ Lee G/F Marshall 1 12 Julius Erving SF/SG Massachusetts Amherst 2 29 Chuck Terry F California State-Long Beach 3 46 George Adams F/G Gardner-Webb 4 63 Art White Georgetown 5 79 Ron Harris Wichita State 7 113 Mickey Davis F/G Duquesne 8 129 Charles Kirkland Cheyney (PA) 9 143 Jim Regenold Ball State 10 156 Jolly Spight Santa Clara

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 13, 1972 || @ Phoenix | W 117–105

| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || October 14, 1972 || @ Golden State | W 117–105

| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 2–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 17, 1972 || @ Portland | L 108–117

| Memorial Coliseum | 2–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || October 20, 1972 || Detroit | W 109–89

| Milwaukee Arena | 3–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || October 21, 1972 || @ Buffalo | W 91–63

| Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | 4–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || October 22, 1972 || @ Cleveland | W 104–84

| Cleveland Arena | 5–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || October 25, 1972 || Buffalo | W 109–92

| Milwaukee Arena | 6–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || October 26, 1972 || @ Kansas City–Omaha | W 114–107

| Omaha Civic Auditorium | 7–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || October 28, 1972 || @ Philadelphia | W 96–92

| The Spectrum | 8–1

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 4, 1972 || Phoenix | W 104–105

| Milwaukee Arena | 8–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 || November 5, 1972 || Philadelphia | W 131–113

| Milwaukee Arena | 9–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 || November 8, 1972 || Seattle | W 116–103

| Milwaukee Arena | 10–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || November 10, 1972 || Baltimore | W 120–82

| Milwaukee Arena | 11–2

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 30 | Golden State | W 110–90 | Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson (22) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24) | Oscar Robertson (12) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 1 | Golden State | L 92–95 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) | five players tied (3) | Milwaukee Arena10,379 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 5 | @ Golden State | W 113–93 | Oscar Robertson (34) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (18) | Oscar Robertson (8) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena8,493 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 7 | @ Golden State | L 97–102 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) | Perry, Abdul-Jabbar (14) | Oscar Robertson (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena8,173 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 10 | Golden State | L 97–100 | four players tied (19) | Perry, Abdul-Jabbar (12) | Oscar Robertson (11) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,204 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | April 13 | @ Golden State | L 86–100 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14) | Lucius Allen (5) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,175 | 2–4

Player statistics

Season Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 76 42.8 55.4 71.3 16.1 5.0 30.2 Bob Dandridge 73 39.1 47.2 78.9 8.2 2.8 20.2 Oscar Robertson 73 37.5 45.4 84.7 4.9 7.5 15.5 Lucius Allen 80 33.7 48.4 71.5 3.5 5.3 15.5 Jon McGlocklin 80 24.4 50.2 86.3 2.0 3.0 9.6 Curtis Perry 67 31.3 46.1 65.9 9.6 1.8 9.1 Terry Driscoll 59 16.3 42.9 69.4 5.0 0.9 5.5 Mickey Davis 74 14.1 43.8 82.6 3.1 1.0 5.1 Wali Jones 27 15.5 40.7 88.9 1.1 2.1 5.0 Gary Gregor 9 9.8 33.3 71.4 3.6 1.0 3.0 Russ Lee 46 6.0 38.6 74.4 0.9 0.8 2.8 Dick Cunningham 72 9.6 41.0 58.0 2.9 0.5 2.2 67 10.3 34.0 70.8 2.2 0.6 1.9

Playoffs Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 6 46.0 42.8 54.3 16.2 2.8 22.8 Oscar Robertson 6 42.7 50.0 91.2 4.7 7.5 21.2 Lucius Allen 6 33.8 40.4 78.6 2.7 3.5 15.7 6 34.0 42.1 70.4 4.7 1.213.8 Jon McGlocklin 6 24.2 50.9 87.5 1.2 2.2 10.2 Curtis Perry 6 39.7 48.1 50.0 11.5 2.2 8.8 5 2.6 57.1 0.0 0.8 0.4 3.2 Mickey Davis 6 9.0 35.3 100.0 2.0 0.8 2.3 Chuck Terry 5 3.6 80.0 0.0 0.6 0.2 1.6 Dick Cunningham 5 3.4 100.0 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 Terry Driscoll 6 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0

Transactions Free agents Player Signed Former teamTerry DriscollNovember 15, 1972Baltimore Bullets

Awards and records Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA First Team

References