1972–73 Detroit Pistons season

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 25th season in the NBA and 16th season in the city of Detroit.[1] The team played at Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit.

1972–73 Detroit Pistons season
Head coach
General managerEd Coil
Owner(s)Fred Zollner
ArenaCobo Center
Results
Record40–42 (.488)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Midwest)
Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The Pistons finished with a 40-42 (.488) record, 3rd place in the Midwest Division. The team was led guard Dave Bing (22.4 ppg, 7.8 apg, NBA All-Star), center Bob Lanier (23.8 ppg, 14.9 rpg, NBA All-Star) and forward Curtis Rowe (16.1 ppg).[1] Coach Earl Lloyd was fired after 7 games, replaced by former Pistons player Ray Scott, who led the team to a 38–37 record under his direction. Lanier credited Scott with an improved culture, stating, “He took over and we started playing collectively as a unit. We had a good feeling, and we related well with one another.”[2]

Draft picks
Main article: 1972 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
19Bob NashForward United StatesHawaii
217Chris FordGuard United StatesVillanova

Roster
Detroit Pistons roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 21 Bing, Dave (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1943-11-24 Syracuse
C 20 Davis, Jim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1941-12-18 Colorado
SG 42 Ford, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1949-01-11 Villanova
C 16 Lanier, Bob (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1948-09-10 St. Bonaventure
SG 22 Lantz, Stu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-07-13 Nebraska
SG 15 Mengelt, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1949-10-16 Auburn
SF 33 Nash, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-08-24 Hawaiʻi
SF 8 Norwood, Willie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1947-08-08 Alcorn State
PF 18 Rowe, Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1949-07-02 UCLA
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 5, 1973

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 6022.732–33–525–152–215–5
x-Chicago Bulls 5131.622929–1220–192–010–10
Detroit Pistons 4042.4882026–1513–251–29–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings 3646.4392424–1712–29–6–14
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6022.732
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers6022.732
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-Golden State Warriors4735.573
5 Detroit Pistons4042.488
6 Phoenix Suns3844.463
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings3646.439
8 Seattle SuperSonics2656.317
9 Portland Trail Blazers2161.256
z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1972–73 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta —3–41–55–12–23–42–21–34–42–23–11–33–36–03–14–03–1
Baltimore 4–3—1–55–10–48–02–23–15–23–11–32–23–35–12–24–04–0
Boston 5–15–1—7–03–15–13–13–15–13–14–02–24–47–04–04–04–0
Buffalo 1–51–50–7—2–21–51–30–41–51–30–40–41–67–11–32–22–2
Chicago 2–24–01–32–2—3–13–43–34–05–21–52–43–14–04–25–15–1
Cleveland 4–30–81–55–11–3—1–31–34–32–21–31–30–66–01–31–33–1
Detroit 2–22–21–33–14–33–1—2–41–33–31–52–51–33–14–26–02–4
Golden State 3–11–31–34–03–33–14–2—3–14–23–41–52–24–02–45–14–3
Houston 4–42–51–55–10–43–43–11–3—0–41–31–31–55–12–22–22–2
Kansas City-Omaha 2–21–31–33–12–52–23–32–44–0—1–51–60–43–13–34–24–2
Los Angeles 1–33–10–44–05–13–15–14–33–15–1—3–32–24–06–16–06–0
Milwaukee 3–12–22–24–04–23–15–25–13–16–13–3—2–23–15–15–15–1
New York 3–33–34–46–11–36–03–12–25–14–02–22–2—6–13–13–14–0
Philadelphia 0–61–50–71–70–40–61–30–41–51–30–41–31–6—0–41–31–3
Phoenix 1–32–20–43–12–43–12–44–22–23–31–61–51–34–0—5–24–2
Portland 0–40–40–42–21–53–10–61–52–22–40–61–51–33–12–5—3–4
Seattle 1–30–40–42–21–51–34–23–42–22–40–61–50–43–12–44–3—

Game log
1972–73 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 11Boston121–108Bing, Lanier (28)0–1
2October 13Chicago91–100Bob Lanier (21)1–1
3October 14@ Kansas City–Omaha101–113Bob Lanier (31)1–2
4October 20@ Milwaukee86–109Curtis Rowe (21)1–3
5October 21Cleveland96–103Dave Bing (28)2–3
6October 25Baltimore115–105Curtis Rowe (26)2–4
7October 27@ Houston118–130Bob Lanier (36)2–5
8October 29@ Portland119–111Bob Lanier (33)3–5
9October 31@ Golden State104–112Dave Bing (25)3–6
10November 1@ Seattle116–106Dave Bing (36)4–6
11November 3@ Los Angeles107–116Bob Lanier (37)4–7
12November 4N Houston118–108Bob Lanier (42)4–8
13November 10Golden State96–121Curtis Rowe (31)5–8
14November 11@ Boston118–121Bob Lanier (37)5–9
15November 15Los Angeles110–99Bing, Foster, Lanier (20)5–10
16November 17Chicago96–109Dave Bing (25)6–10
17November 21Atlanta110–113 (OT)Bob Lanier (34)7–10
18November 23@ Phoenix122–128Curtis Rowe (26)7–11
19November 24@ Los Angeles123–140Dave Bing (29)7–12
20November 26@ Seattle96–103Fred Foster (23)7–13
21November 28Portland116–120Bob Lanier (48)8–13
22November 30Buffalo116–127Adams, Rowe (19)9–13
23December 1@ Cleveland114–113Dave Bing (37)10–13
24December 5@ Chicago108–130Bob Lanier (19)10–14
25December 6Phoenix105–114Bob Lanier (34)11–14
26December 8Kansas City–Omaha100–113Bob Lanier (37)12–14
27December 9@ Milwaukee107–103Bob Lanier (22)13–14
28December 13Golden State110–107Curtis Rowe (26)13–15
29December 15@ Kansas City–Omaha132–140 (OT)Bob Lanier (25)13–16
30December 16Houston123–112Bob Lanier (36)13–17
31December 20Philadelphia113–141Curtis Rowe (35)14–17
32December 22Seattle97–109Bob Lanier (23)15–17
33December 23@ Baltimore97–104Dave Bing (27)15–18
34December 25@ New York110–113Dave Bing (35)15–19
35December 26Milwaukee105–112Stu Lantz (37)16–19
36December 28@ Milwaukee91–115Dave Bing (28)16–20
37December 29New York99–94Bob Lanier (38)16–21
38January 3Phoenix105–119Bob Lanier (38)17–21
39January 5@ Kansas City–Omaha100–103Willie Norwood (19)17–22
40January 6Atlanta116–111Dave Bing (26)17–23
41January 7@ Portland101–96Bob Lanier (32)18–23
42January 9@ Golden State98–105Curtis Rowe (27)18–24
43January 10@ Phoenix121–123Dave Bing (29)18–25
44January 12@ Seattle104–113Bob Lanier (25)18–26
45January 15Portland101–112Dave Bing (31)19–26
46January 16@ Atlanta129–130 (OT)Dave Bing (32)19–27
47January 17Seattle106–104Dave Bing (26)19–28
48January 19@ Buffalo98–108Curtis Rowe (22)19–29
49January 20Chicago92–112Bing, Norwood (21)20–29
50January 26Milwaukee117–105Curtis Rowe (30)20–30
51January 28@ Chicago105–110Dave Bing (32)20–31
52January 30@ Atlanta126–123Bob Lanier (40)21–31
53January 31New York91–94Bob Lanier (30)22–31
54February 2Philadelphia104–114Bob Lanier (26)23–31
55February 6@ Buffalo107–105Dave Bing (25)24–31
56February 7Phoenix107–113Bob Lanier (26)25–31
57February 9@ Boston104–95Bob Lanier (27)26–31
58February 10@ New York93–107Bob Lanier (25)26–32
59February 13Milwaukee110–96Bob Lanier (29)26–33
60February 16@ Philadelphia106–119Dave Bing (42)26–34
61February 17Cleveland106–104Bob Lanier (38)26–35
62February 18Kansas City–Omaha100–144Bob Lanier (25)27–35
63February 21Los Angeles98–106Bob Lanier (25)28–35
64February 23Baltimore105–107Bob Lanier (30)29–35
65February 25Houston112–129Bob Lanier (42)30–35
66February 27Golden State100–114Curtis Rowe (25)31–35
67March 2Boston115–101Bob Lanier (40)31–36
68March 3Seattle115–113Dave Bing (26)31–37
69March 4@ Portland113–109Bob Lanier (31)32–37
70March 6@ Golden State93–108John Mengelt (23)32–38
71March 10@ Phoenix117–110Bob Lanier (27)33–38
72March 11@ Los Angeles117–141Don Adams (20)33–39
73March 14Los Angeles121–112Dave Bing (23)33–40
74March 16Buffalo100–121Don Adams (36)34–40
75March 17@ Chicago99–97John Mengelt (29)35–40
76March 18Chicago119–107Dave Bing (24)35–41
77March 19N Milwaukee118–99Bob Lanier (24)35–42
78March 21Portland109–122Bob Lanier (33)36–42
79March 24Kansas City–Omaha98–110Ford, Rowe (20)37–42
80March 25N Philadelphia96–115Bob Lanier (27)38–42
81March 27@ Baltimore112–98Dave Bing (30)39–42
82March 28@ Cleveland131–119 (OT)Dave Bing (34)40–42

References
  1. "1972-73 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  2. "Chevette to Corvette No. 27: The 1972-73 Detroit Pistons". November 7, 2011.
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