1972–73 Kansas City-Omaha Kings season
Head coachBob Cousy
General managerJoe Axelson
OwnersMax Jacobs
Jeremy Jacobs
ArenaMunicipal Auditorium
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKMBC-TV/KETV
RadioKCMO/KFAB

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Kings 24th season in the NBA and their first season in the cities of Kansas City and Omaha.[1] This season, Nate Archibald won the scoring and assist titles and made the All-NBA 1st Team, but the Kings missed the playoffs.

Draft picks

Roster

Kansas City-Omaha Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 10 Archibald, Nate 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UTEP
F 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) USC
F 33 Durrett, Ken 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle
PF 20 Green, Johnny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Michigan State
F 18 Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Connecticut
F 21 Kojis, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Marquette
C 44 Lacey, Sam 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) New Mexico State
C 43 Ratliff, Mike 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) UW–Eau Claire
G 15 Schade, Frank 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UW–Eau Claire
G/F 22 Williams, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Utah State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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 – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
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 11Los Angeles129–94Nate Archibald (31)0–1
2October 14Detroit101–113Nate Archibald (38)1–1
3October 19Baltimore94–83Nate Archibald (34)1–2
4October 21Atlanta101–108Nate Archibald (43)2–2
5October 24Los Angeles114–94Nate Archibald (33)2–3
6October 26Milwaukee114–107Nate Archibald (28)2–4
7October 28@ Buffalo113–102Nate Archibald (34)3–4
8October 29@ Cleveland97–115Nate Archibald (35)3–5
9October 31@ Chicago95–104Nate Archibald (30)3–6
10November 1New York122–85Nate Archibald (19)3–7
11November 3@ Philadelphia114–101Nate Archibald (38)4–7
12November 4@ Boston118–107Nate Archibald (35)5–7
13November 8Philadelphia107–125Nate Archibald (34)6–7
14November 10@ Seattle111–106Nate Archibald (34)7–7
15November 12@ Portland100–102Nate Archibald (28)7–8
16November 14Buffalo100–106Nate Archibald (23)8–8
17November 15Seattle97–106Nate Archibald (47)9–8
18November 17Cleveland96–115Nate Archibald (40)10–8
19November 18Houston117–127Nate Archibald (51)11–8
20November 21Phoenix96–101Nate Archibald (37)12–8
21November 24@ Milwaukee106–115Nate Archibald (26)12–9
22November 25Golden State133–114Nate Archibald (37)12–10
23November 28@ Chicago92–91Nate Archibald (32)13–10
24November 29Portland102–110Nate Archibald (32)14–10
25December 1Chicago106–97 (OT)Nate Archibald (36)14–11
26December 2@ Houston114–109Nate Archibald (36)15–11
27December 5@ New York103–125Nate Archibald (26)15–12
28December 6@ Philadelphia117–122Nate Archibald (34)15–13
29December 8@ Detroit100–113Nate Archibald (32)15–14
30December 9@ Baltimore112–120Nate Archibald (29)15–15
31December 10Atlanta115–130Nate Archibald (41)16–15
32December 12Cleveland99–100Nate Archibald (41)17–15
33December 15Detroit132–140 (OT)Nate Archibald (41)18–15
34December 17@ Phoenix102–112Nate Archibald (26)18–16
35December 18Portland95–113Nate Archibald (30)19–16
36December 19@ Atlanta102–119Nate Archibald (33)19–17
37December 20Seattle110–121Nate Archibald (35)20–17
38December 22Boston118–90Nate Archibald (32)20–18
39December 25Milwaukee104–99Nate Archibald (20)20–19
40December 26@ Chicago103–117Nate Archibald (34)20–20
41December 29@ Los Angeles92–121Nate Archibald (21)20–21
42December 30@ Golden State107–113Nate Archibald (45)20–22
43January 2@ Portland87–104Nate Archibald (29)20–23
44January 3@ Seattle100–107Nate Archibald (29)20–24
45January 5Detroit100–103Sam Lacey (28)21–24
46January 6Phoenix118–112Nate Archibald (34)21–25
47January 9New York116–115 (OT)Nate Archibald (52)21–26
48January 10Chicago100–102Nate Archibald (37)22–26
49January 11Golden State108–109Nate Archibald (42)23–26
50January 12@ Milwaukee98–117Nate Archibald (19)23–27
51January 15Philadelphia108–135Nate Archibald (30)24–27
52January 16Seattle125–122Nate Archibald (48)24–28
53January 18@ Phoenix119–96Nate Archibald (32)25–28
54January 21@ Los Angeles102–123Nate Archibald (23)25–29
55January 25@ Golden State115–129Nate Archibald (39)25–30
56January 27@ Atlanta126–129Nate Archibald (52)25–31
57February 1Golden State96–98Nate Archibald (37)26–31
58February 3@ Portland105–97Nate Archibald (39)27–31
59February 4@ Seattle120–98Nate Archibald (31)28–31
60February 6@ Chicago107–114Nate Archibald (35)28–32
61February 7Milwaukee98–105Nate Archibald (39)29–32
62February 9@ Houston121–116Nate Archibald (37)30–32
63February 10Chicago102–101Nate Archibald (42)30–33
64February 13Houston118–132Nate Archibald (49)31–33
65February 14Boston104–101Nate Archibald (34)31–34
66February 17@ Milwaukee104–111Nate Archibald (33)31–35
67February 18@ Detroit100–144Matt Guokas (17)31–36
68February 20@ Buffalo106–113Nate Williams (27)31–37
69February 22Milwaukee116–113 (OT)Nate Archibald (43)31–38
70February 25Phoenix111–109Nate Archibald (33)31–39
71February 27@ Los Angeles107–103Nate Archibald (30)32–39
72February 28@ Phoenix109–107Nate Archibald (41)33–39
73March 2@ Golden State112–117Nate Archibald (34)33–40
74March 8Baltimore93–105Nate Archibald (29)34–40
75March 10@ New York102–125Nate Archibald (25)34–41
76March 13@ Baltimore99–103Nate Archibald (42)34–42
77March 16@ Cleveland99–114Nate Archibald (36)34–43
78March 18@ Boston105–109Nate Archibald (35)34–44
79March 19Portland105–106Nate Archibald (37)35–44
80March 20Buffalo115–119Nate Archibald (44)36–44
81March 21Los Angeles124–118Nate Williams (22)36–45
82March 24@ Detroit98–110Matt Guokas (24)36–46

Awards and records

References

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