1972–73 Baltimore Bullets season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Baltimore Bullets Washington Wizards 1973 yes 52 30 Central 1 2 Gene Shue Jerry Sachs Abe Pollin Baltimore Civic Center Conference Semi-finals(lost to Knicks 1–4) BAL WDCA WWDC WISZ(Jim Karvellas) Baltimore Bullets Capital Bullets In the 1972–73 Baltimore Bullets season, their 12th overall season and tenth and final season in Baltimore, Maryland, the Bullets were led by seventh-year head coach Gene Shue and won a third consecutive Central Division title. Prior to the season in June, forward Elvin Hayes was acquired in a trade from the Houston Rockets, for forward Jack Marin and draft picks.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J5lRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YBEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4258%2C2505029 Milwaukee Sentinel UPI Bullets gets 'Big E' for Marin, plus June 24, 1972 1, part 2 July 2026 InternetArchiveBot In the 1972 draft in April, Baltimore selected point guard Kevin Porter in the third round. After a slow start, the Bullets had a strong 10–4 record in December.http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/dc/wizards.html Washington Wizards (1963–Present) April 25, 2008 December 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081208132443/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/dc/wizards.html dead In the playoffs, they faced their playoff rivals the New York Knicks, and fell in five games in the conference semi-finals;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DAJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MYwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4423%2C910317 Free Lance-Star Fredericksburg, Virginia Associated Press Roethenberg Fred Knicks eliminate Baltimore Bullets April 9, 1973 6 the Knicks went on to win the NBA title. Following the season, the Bullets made a move of roughly over 30 miles to the new Capital Centre in Landover, a suburb east of Washington, D.C., and became the Capital Bullets.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nKUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dTgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4727%2C577353 Bangor Daily News Maine Associated Press Baltimore five set to become Capital Bullets February 17, 1973 21 The Bullets would later play 35 regular season games in Baltimore from the 1988–89 through 1996–97 seasons.The last time the Washington Bullets played in Baltimore United Press International"Bullets leave Baltimore with win Mavericks fall, 94-87" The Baltimore Sun Draft picks 1972 NBA draft Roster Baltimore Bullets 1972–73 45 Phil Chenier G 6 3 180 California 21 Archie Clark basketball G 6 2 175 Minnesota 11 Elvin Hayes C 6 9 235 Houston 13 Stan Love basketball F 6 9 215 Oregon 24 Jack Marin F 6 6 210 Duke 10 Kevin Porter basketball, born 1950 PG 6 0 170 St. Francis (PA) 33 Rich Rinaldi G 6 3 195 Saint Peter's 6 Mike Riordan basketball SG 6 4 200 Providence 9 Dave Stallworth SF 6 7 200 Wichita State 12 John Tresvant PF 6 7 215 Seattle 41 Wes Unseld F 6 7 245 Louisville Gene Shue Regular season Season standings BAL BAL Game log 1972–73 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 10 @ Cleveland 102–90 Rich Rinaldi (26) 1–0 2 October 13 Atlanta 98–115 Phil Chenier (24) 2–0 3 October 15 @ Phoenix 98–107 Chenier, Unseld (22) 2–1 4 October 16 @ Golden State 96–97 Phil Chenier (22) 2–2 5 October 19 @ Kansas City–Omaha 94–83 Phil Chenier (24) 3–2 6 October 21 Boston 104–101 Phil Chenier (24) 3–3 7 October 25 @ Detroit 115–105 Mike Riordan (24) 4–3 8 October 27 New York 92–88 Rich Rinaldi (21) 4–4 9 October 28 @ New York 90–94 Mike Riordan (27) 4–5 10 November 3 @ Boston 96–109 Mike Davis (26) 4–6 11 November 4 N Cleveland 98–108 Mike Riordan (25) 5–6 12 November 7 @ Atlanta 107–109 (OT) Mike Riordan (28) 5–7 13 November 8 Buffalo 94–126 Elvin Hayes (25) 6–7 14 November 10 @ Milwaukee 82–120 Elvin Hayes (25) 6–8 15 November 11 Chicago 111–106 Elvin Hayes (30) 6–9 16 November 14 Houston 103–104 Elvin Hayes (22) 7–9 17 November 17 Phoenix 106–117 Phil Chenier (26) 8–9 18 November 18 @ Chicago 79–95 Dave Stallworth (18) 8–10 19 November 21 @ Buffalo 124–88 Phil Chenier (27) 9–10 20 November 22 Seattle 90–112 Elvin Hayes (23) 10–10 21 November 25 Milwaukee 101–91 Elvin Hayes (31) 10–11 22 November 28 N Houston 90–108 Mike Riordan (27) 11–11 23 November 29 N Houston 102–94 Elvin Hayes (30) 11–12 24 December 1 Houston 96–103 Phil Chenier (27) 12–12 25 December 5 @ Cleveland 103–100 Elvin Hayes (27) 13–12 26 December 6 Portland 102–115 Phil Chenier (53) 14–12 27 December 8 @ Atlanta 115–134 Mike Riordan (27) 14–13 28 December 9 Kansas City–Omaha 112–120 Mike Riordan (30) 15–13 29 December 12 Philadelphia 102–123 Mike Riordan (31) 16–13 30 December 15 Houston 91–94 Elvin Hayes (20) 17–13 31 December 16 N Golden State 99–105 Elvin Hayes (33) 18–13 32 December 20 Los Angeles 96–90 Chenier, Hayes (21) 18–14 33 December 23 Detroit 97–104 Flynn Robinson (25) 19–14 34 December 26 @ Buffalo 121–104 Mike Riordan (23) 20–14 35 December 28 @ Atlanta 112–111 Mike Riordan (26) 21–14 36 December 29 Buffalo 118–109 Elvin Hayes (35) 21–15 37 December 30 @ New York 98–100 Elvin Hayes (23) 21–16 38 January 1 @ Milwaukee 88–87 Mike Riordan (23) 22–16 39 January 3 Cleveland 80–89 Elvin Hayes (26) 23–16 40 January 7 N Boston 116–98 Elvin Hayes (24) 23–17 41 January 9 @ Portland 105–93 Elvin Hayes (23) 24–17 42 January 10 @ Seattle 98–86 Mike Riordan (20) 25–17 43 January 14 @ Phoenix 95–94 Chenier, Riordan (22) 26–17 44 January 16 @ Los Angeles 112–104 Elvin Hayes (32) 27–17 45 January 19 N Philadelphia 94–110 Mike Riordan (23) 28–17 46 January 20 N Seattle 106–126 Phil Chenier (26) 29–17 47 January 21 Philadelphia 97–108 Elvin Hayes (33) 30–17 48 January 26 @ Chicago 100–110 Elvin Hayes (34) 30–18 49 January 27 Buffalo 87–115 Phil Chenier (23) 31–18 50 January 28 @ Cleveland 102–93 Elvin Hayes (25) 32–18 51 January 30 Golden State 86–104 Clark, Riordan (24) 33–18 52 February 2 New York 77–89 Wes Unseld (22) 34–18 53 February 4 N Los Angeles 125–115 Clark, Unseld (24) 34–19 54 February 6 @ Atlanta 106–112 Phil Chenier (30) 34–20 55 February 7 Atlanta 108–137 Elvin Hayes (28) 35–20 56 February 9 @ Buffalo 101–95 Chenier, Hayes (24) 36–20 57 February 11 @ Portland 102–97 Elvin Hayes (34) 37–20 58 February 14 @ Seattle 107–106 Elvin Hayes (27) 38–20 59 February 15 @ Golden State 96–94 Phil Chenier (26) 39–20 60 February 16 @ Los Angeles 103–121 Phil Chenier (20) 39–21 61 February 18 N Milwaukee 93–96 Archie Clark (25) 40–21 62 February 21 Phoenix 107–98 Elvin Hayes (33) 40–22 63 February 23 @ Detroit 105–107 Phil Chenier (27) 40–23 64 February 24 Portland 110–128 Archie Clark (31) 41–23 65 February 27 Cleveland 95–99 Chenier, Hayes (26) 42–23 66 February 28 @ Philadelphia 96–102 Phil Chenier (36) 42–24 67 March 3 @ New York 97–75 Elvin Hayes (23) 43–24 68 March 4 N New York 97–106 Archie Clark (24) 44–24 69 March 8 @ Kansas City–Omaha 93–105 Mike Riordan (27) 44–25 70 March 9 @ Houston 109–104 Archie Clark (26) 45–25 71 March 10 N Chicago 105–99 Hayes, Riordan (19) 45–26 72 March 13 Kansas City–Omaha 99–103 Phil Chenier (24) 46–26 73 March 14 @ Boston 107–111 Mike Riordan (34) 46–27 74 March 16 Boston 97–103 Elvin Hayes (29) 47–27 75 March 17 @ Philadelphia 120–115 Elvin Hayes (43) 48–27 76 March 18 Philadelphia 118–129 Archie Clark (27) 49–27 77 March 21 Houston 118–110 Archie Clark (24) 49–28 78 March 23 @ Cleveland 106–104 Archie Clark (33) 50–28 79 March 24 Cleveland 116–120 (OT) Stan Love (28) 51–28 80 March 25 Atlanta 105–112 Mike Riordan (23) 52–28 81 March 27 Detroit 112–98 Mike Riordan (18) 52–29 82 March 28 @ Boston 101–120 Phil Chenier (20) 52–30 Playoffs Baltimore Bullets 1973 yes #F15110 white Baltimore Bullets Conference Semi-finals yes yes no #0344AD white 1 1 0 3 |- | 1 | March 30 | @ New York | L 83–95 | Archie Clark (22) | Wes Unseld (16) | Archie Clark (6) | Madison Square Garden19,694 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 1 | @ New York | L 103–123 | Phil Chenier (27) | Wes Unseld (14) | Kevin Porter (7) | Madison Square Garden19,694 | 0–2 |- | 3 | April 4 | New York | L 96–103 | Elvin Hayes (36) | Elvin Hayes (14) | Riordan, Clark (4) | Baltimore Civic Center12,289 | 0–3 |- | 4 | April 6 | New York | W 97–89 | Elvin Hayes (34) | Hayes, Unseld (13) | Archie Clark (10) | Baltimore Civic Center12,289 | 1–3 |- | 5 | April 8 | @ New York | L 99–109 | Archie Clark (30) | Wes Unseld (21) | Chenier, Unseld (4) | Madison Square Garden19,694 | 1–4 |- BAL 1973 yes Awards and honors Elvin Hayes, All-NBA Second Team Mike Riordan, NBA All-Defensive Second Team References Bullets on Basketball Reference Baltimore Category:Washington Wizards seasons Baltimore Bullets Baltimore Bullets Category:1970s in Baltimore