1972–73 Golden State Warriors season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Golden State Warriors 1973 47 35 Pacific 2 4 Al Attles Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena West Conference Finals(eliminated 1–4) GSW The 1972–73 Golden State Warriors season was the Warriors' 27th season in the NBA and 11th in the San Francisco Bay Area.1972–73 Golden State Warriors Offseason Draft picks 1972 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 3 43 Bill Chamberlain F North Carolina 4 60 John Tschogl F UC Santa Barbara 5 76 Charles Dudley G Washington 6 93 Henry Bacon G Louisville 7 110 William Franklin F Purdue 8 126 John Burks San Francisco 9 141 Bill Duey California Roster Golden State Warriors #FFC62C #012F6B #012F6B #FFC62C 25 Jim Barnett basketball G 6 4 170 Oregon 24 Rick Barry SF 6 7 205 Miami (FL) 31 Joe Ellis basketball F 6 6 175 San Francisco 10 Charles Johnson basketball, born 1949 G 6 0 170 California 52 George Johnson George T. Johnson C 6 11 205 Dillard University 43 Clyde Lee C/F 6 10 205 Vanderbilt 23 Jeff Mullins basketball SG 6 4 190 Duke 33 Bob Portman G/F 6 5 200 Creighton 32 Cazzie Russell SF 6 5 218 Michigan 42 Nate Thurmond C/F 6 11 225 Bowling Green 21 Ron Williams basketball PG 6 3 188 West Virginia Al Attles (North Carolina A&T) Regular season Season standings GSW GSW z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1972–73 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 14 Milwaukee 81–77 Cazzie Russell (20) 0–1 2 October 16 Baltimore 96–97 Rick Barry (22) 1–1 3 October 20 @ Seattle 101–92 Jeff Mullins (28) 2–1 4 October 21 @ Portland 104–97 Jeff Mullins (23) 3–1 5 October 26 Chicago 94–93 Cazzie Russell (28) 3–2 6 October 27 @ Los Angeles 119–91 Jeff Mullins (28) 4–2 7 October 28 Atlanta 107–122 Cazzie Russell (34) 5–2 8 October 31 Detroit 104–112 Rick Barry (27) 6–2 9 November 2 Portland 104–118 Cazzie Russell (23) 7–2 10 November 4 New York 104–127 Rick Barry (26) 8–2 11 November 7 @ Buffalo 105–91 Jeff Mullins (22) 9–2 12 November 8 @ Boston 111–128 Rick Barry (34) 9–3 13 November 10 @ Detroit 96–121 Cazzie Russell (22) 9–4 14 November 11 @ New York 103–102 (OT) Rick Barry (27) 10–4 15 November 14 @ Atlanta 114–105 Nate Thurmond (33) 11–4 16 November 16 Philadelphia 106–128 Cazzie Russell (21) 12–4 17 November 17 @ Portland 97–105 Rick Barry (23) 12–5 18 November 18 Buffalo 92–120 Jeff Mullins (27) 13–5 19 November 22 @ Houston 104–132 Rick Barry (25) 13–6 20 November 24 @ Chicago 96–100 Jeff Mullins (22) 13–7 21 November 25 @ Kansas City–Omaha 133–114 Rick Barry (35) 14–7 22 November 28 Phoenix 102–110 Jim Barnett (23) 15–7 23 December 1 @ Phoenix 106–115 Nate Thurmond (32) 15–8 24 December 2 Los Angeles 112–103 Rick Barry (38) 15–9 25 December 5 Houston 101–108 Rick Barry (30) 16–9 26 December 8 @ Milwaukee 91–124 Rick Barry (26) 16–10 27 December 10 @ Cleveland 103–100 Rick Barry (36) 17–10 28 December 13 @ Detroit 110–107 Mullins, Russell (26) 18–10 29 December 15 @ Buffalo 129–95 Jeff Mullins (27) 19–10 30 December 16 N Baltimore 99–105 Rick Barry (24) 19–11 31 December 19 Boston 112–115 Nate Thurmond (33) 20–11 32 December 23 Chicago 109–127 Nate Thurmond (22) 21–11 33 December 26 Seattle 97–95 Nate Thurmond (25) 21–12 34 December 28 Cleveland 105–118 Rick Barry (35) 22–12 35 December 30 Kansas City–Omaha 107–113 Rick Barry (36) 23–12 36 January 2 Los Angeles 106–112 Rick Barry (30) 24–12 37 January 4 Portland 83–108 Rick Barry (30) 25–12 38 January 5 @ Seattle 128–96 Cazzie Russell (22) 26–12 39 January 6 Philadelphia 79–111 Ron Williams (20) 27–12 40 January 9 Detroit 98–105 Rick Barry (28) 28–12 41 January 11 @ Kansas City–Omaha 108–109 Nate Thurmond (27) 28–13 42 January 12 @ Phoenix 108–107 Jeff Mullins (25) 29–13 43 January 13 Phoenix 116–110 Nate Thurmond (23) 29–14 44 January 16 Cleveland 100–98 Cazzie Russell (24) 29–15 45 January 17 N Houston 117–123 Rick Barry (51) 30–15 46 January 19 @ Chicago 115–80 Jeff Mullins (24) 31–15 47 January 21 @ Milwaukee 108–124 Jeff Mullins (17) 31–16 48 January 25 Kansas City–Omaha 115–129 Rick Barry (30) 32–16 49 January 26 @ Los Angeles 84–100 Ellis, Russell (16) 32–17 50 January 27 Los Angeles 122–107 Jeff Mullins (30) 32–18 51 January 29 @ New York 84–97 Rick Barry (20) 32–19 52 January 30 @ Baltimore 86–104 Jeff Mullins (22) 32–20 53 January 31 @ Philadelphia 131–115 Rick Barry (31) 33–20 54 February 1 @ Kansas City–Omaha 96–98 Cazzie Russell (34) 33–21 55 February 3 Seattle 101–123 Cazzie Russell (32) 34–21 56 February 8 Portland 111–123 Nate Thurmond (39) 35–21 57 February 10 @ Milwaukee 108–135 Nate Thurmond (28) 35–22 58 February 11 @ Chicago 101–96 Nate Thurmond (26) 36–22 59 February 13 @ Cleveland 103–90 Rick Barry (36) 37–22 60 February 15 Baltimore 96–94 Jeff Mullins (30) 37–23 61 February 16 @ Seattle 108–114 (OT) Barry, C. Johnson (24) 37–24 62 February 17 Boston 110–106 Nate Thurmond (29) 37–25 63 February 20 Atlanta 115–118 Rick Barry (31) 38–25 64 February 23 @ Los Angeles 111–106 Jeff Mullins (32) 39–25 65 February 24 Milwaukee 93–102 Rick Barry (25) 40–25 66 February 27 @ Detroit 100–114 Nate Thurmond (24) 40–26 67 February 28 @ Boston 111–118 Nate Thurmond (23) 40–27 68 March 2 Kansas City–Omaha 112–117 Cazzie Russell (37) 41–27 69 March 3 Chicago 117–116 Rick Barry (33) 41–28 70 March 6 Detroit 93–108 Jeff Mullins (24) 42–28 71 March 10 @ Atlanta 113–117 Jeff Mullins (28) 42–29 72 March 11 N Philadelphia 93–97 Rick Barry (25) 43–29 73 March 13 @ Portland 109–101 Rick Barry (34) 44–29 74 March 15 Houston 125–141 Jeff Mullins (26) 45–29 75 March 16 @ Seattle 106–116 Nate Thurmond (24) 45–30 76 March 17 New York 117–108 Barry, C. Johnson (24) 45–31 77 March 20 Seattle 106–114 Jeff Mullins (27) 46–31 78 March 22 Milwaukee 108–98 Cazzie Russell (23) 46–32 79 March 23 @ Phoenix 124–125 Rick Barry (22) 46–33 80 March 24 Buffalo 101–106 Rick Barry (26) 47–33 81 March 26 Phoenix 120–114 Rick Barry (32) 47–34 82 March 28 Los Angeles 96–89 Joe Ellis (17) 47–35 Playoffs Golden State Warriors 1973 yes Golden State Warriors Conference Semi-finals yes yes no 2 1 2 1 |- | 1 | March 30 | @ Milwaukee | L 90–110 | Rick Barry (22) | Clyde Lee (10) | Jim Barnett (6) | Milwaukee Arena10,746 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 1 | @ Milwaukee | W 95–92 | Cazzie Russell (25) | Clyde Lee (17) | Walt Hazzard (7) | Milwaukee Arena10,379 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 5 | Milwaukee | L 93–113 | Jeff Mullins (21) | Clyde Lee (17) | Jeff Mullins (4) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena8,493 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 7 | Milwaukee | W 102–97 | Rick Barry (38) | Clyde Lee (21) | Jeff Mullins (6) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena8,173 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 10 | @ Milwaukee | W 100–97 | Clyde Lee (21) | Clyde Lee (18) | Walt Hazzard (5) | University of Wisconsin Field House12,204 | 3–2 |- | 6 | April 13 | Milwaukee | W 100–86 | Jim Barnett (26) | Clyde Lee (19) | Jim Barnett (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,175 | 4–2 |- Golden State Warriors Conference Finals yes no 1 1 0 3 |- | 1 | April 17 | @ Los Angeles | L 99–101 | Nate Thurmond (22) | Nate Thurmond (26) | Thurmond, Barnett (5) | The Forum17,505 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 19 | @ Los Angeles | L 93–104 | Rick Barry (29) | Clyde Lee (18) | Nate Thurmond (6) | The Forum17,505 | 0–2 |- | 3 | April 21 | Los Angeles | L 70–126 | Rick Barry (10) | Clyde Lee (18) | six players tied (2) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,183 | 0–3 |- | 4 | April 23 | Los Angeles | W 117–109 | Cazzie Russell (33) | Nate Thurmond (18) | Jeff Mullins (7) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena8,000 | 1–3 |- | 5 | April 25 | @ Los Angeles | L 118–128 | Cazzie Russell (29) | Nate Thurmond (15) | Thurmond, Mullins (5) | The Forum17,505 | 1–4 |- GSW yes 1973 Awards and records Nate Thurmond, NBA All-Star Game Rick Barry, NBA All-Star Game Rick Barry, All-NBA Second Team Nate Thurmond, NBA All-Defensive Second Team References Golden State Category:Golden State Warriors seasons Golden Golden Category:1970s in Oakland, California