Philadelphia 76ers 1972-73 Roster and Stats

The 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers endured one of the toughest seasons in NBA history. They finished with a record of 9-73, setting a then-record for the fewest wins in an 82-game season. The team’s struggles were evident as they lacked cohesion and consistent scoring threats. Fred Carter led the team in scoring, but his efforts were not enough to turn the tide for the beleaguered squad.

Coached by Roy Rubin, who was replaced mid-season by Kevin Loughery, the 76ers faced challenges on both ends of the court, with defensive lapses and offensive inefficiency being prominent issues. This season remains a significant low point in the franchise’s history, highlighting the challenges of rebuilding and the impact of roster instability. Despite the dismal record, the season set the stage for future rebuilding efforts that eventually led to the team’s resurgence later in the decade.

Regular Season Record: 9-73
Playoff Result: Did not make playoffs

Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats for 1972-73 Season

POINTS

Fred Carter

20.0

REBOUNDS

Bill Bridges

12.2

ASSISTS

Kevin Loughery

4.4

	Regular Season							Playoffs
Player	GP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3P%	GP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3P%
Fred Carter	81	20.0	5.8	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Block	48	17.9	9.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom Van Arsdale	30	17.6	5.7	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bill Bridges	10	14.0	12.2	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevin Loughery	32	13.9	3.5	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leroy Ellis	69	13.7	10.4	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Don May	26	11.9	5.3	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Manny Leaks	82	11.0	7.9	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Trapp	39	10.7	4.7	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Freddie Boyd	82	10.5	2.4	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeff Halliburton	31	9.5	2.6	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dave Sorenson	48	5.9	3.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hal Greer	38	5.6	2.8	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dale Schlueter	78	5.4	4.4	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Price	57	5.1	2.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dennis Awtrey	3	2.3	4.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mel Counts	7	1.4	2.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luther Green	5	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Rule	3	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Philadelphia 76ers 1972-73 Regular Season Game Log

Here is the game log for the 1972-73 season for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Date	Opponent	Result	High Scorer
Oct 10, 1972	@ Chicago Bulls	L 95-89	Fred Carter (22 pts)
Oct 11, 1972	vs. Seattle SuperSonics	L 105-100	Fred Carter (23 pts)
Oct 13, 1972	vs. Buffalo Braves	L 104-101	Fred Carter (28 pts)
Oct 17, 1972	@ Buffalo Braves	L 122-114	John Block (27 pts)
Oct 21, 1972	@ New York Knicks	L 111-88	John Block (19 pts)
Oct 23, 1972	@ Boston Celtics	L 105-85	John Block (21 pts)
Oct 25, 1972	vs. Cleveland Cavaliers	L 113-108	Fred Carter (39 pts)
Oct 28, 1972	vs. Milwaukee Bucks	L 96-92	Fred Carter (20 pts)
Oct 31, 1972	@ Cleveland Cavaliers	L 126-116	John Block (21 pts)
Nov 01, 1972	vs. Houston Rockets	L 108-104	Fred Carter (25 pts)
Nov 03, 1972	vs. Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L 114-101	Fred Carter (32 pts)
Nov 04, 1972	@ Atlanta Hawks	L 128-120	John Block (27 pts)
Nov 05, 1972	@ Milwaukee Bucks	L 131-113	Fred Carter (29 pts)
Nov 08, 1972	@ Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L 125-107	John Block (35 pts)
Nov 10, 1972	vs. New York Knicks	L 125-106	Leroy Ellis (24 pts)
Nov 11, 1972	@ Houston Rockets	W 114-112	John Block (31 pts)
Nov 12, 1972	@ Phoenix Suns	L 119-108	John Trapp (22 pts)
Nov 16, 1972	@ Golden State Warriors	L 128-106	Fred Carter (22 pts)
Nov 17, 1972	@ Seattle SuperSonics	L 105-92	John Block (17 pts)
Nov 19, 1972	@ Los Angeles Lakers	L 135-95	Leroy Ellis (27 pts)
Nov 24, 1972	@ Buffalo Braves	L 105-96	Fred Carter (18 pts)
Nov 25, 1972	vs. Portland Trail Blazers	L 117-106	Kevin Loughery (38 pts)
Nov 28, 1972	@ Buffalo Braves	W 101-94	Kevin Loughery (23 pts)
Nov 29, 1972	vs. New York Knicks	L 139-91	Fred Carter (21 pts)
Dec 01, 1972	vs. Boston Celtics	L 105-99	Fred Carter (29 pts)
Dec 02, 1972	@ Boston Celtics	L 131-120	Leroy Ellis (22 pts)
Dec 06, 1972	vs. Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W 122-117	John Trapp (35 pts)
Dec 07, 1972	vs. Phoenix Suns	L 117-102	Kevin Loughery (25 pts)
Dec 08, 1972	vs. Chicago Bulls	L 118-102	Fred Carter (31 pts)
Dec 09, 1972	@ New York Knicks	L 120-109	John Block (21 pts)
Dec 12, 1972	@ Baltimore Bullets	L 123-102	Fred Carter (21 pts)
Dec 13, 1972	vs. Los Angeles Lakers	L 128-90	Fred Carter (16 pts)
Dec 16, 1972	vs. Buffalo Braves	L 126-103	Leroy Ellis (23 pts)
Dec 20, 1972	@ Detroit Pistons	L 141-113	Kevin Loughery (27 pts)
Dec 22, 1972	@ Houston Rockets	L 116-103	John Trapp (17 pts)
Dec 23, 1972	@ Atlanta Hawks	L 124-112	Kevin Loughery (27 pts)
Dec 27, 1972	@ Atlanta Hawks	L 121-120	Fred Carter (26 pts)
Dec 30, 1972	@ Boston Celtics	L 117-107	Fred Carter (26 pts)
Jan 02, 1973	@ Buffalo Braves	L 114-110	Fred Carter (23 pts)
Jan 05, 1973	@ Portland Trail Blazers	L 135-102	Fred Carter (23 pts)
Jan 06, 1973	@ Golden State Warriors	L 111-79	John Block (23 pts)
Jan 07, 1973	@ Seattle SuperSonics	W 85-82	Fred Carter (23 pts)
Jan 09, 1973	@ Chicago Bulls	L 126-110	Fred Carter (27 pts)
Jan 10, 1973	vs. Los Angeles Lakers	L 120-96	John Block (20 pts)
Jan 12, 1973	@ Cleveland Cavaliers	L 113-109	Fred Carter (40 pts)
Jan 13, 1973	vs. Boston Celtics	L 111-95	Fred Carter (24 pts)
Jan 15, 1973	@ Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L 135-108	Freddie Boyd (24 pts)
Jan 16, 1973	@ Milwaukee Bucks	L 108-92	Fred Carter (21 pts)
Jan 17, 1973	vs. Atlanta Hawks	L 122-105	John Block (25 pts)
Jan 19, 1973	@ Baltimore Bullets	L 110-94	Mike Price (17 pts)
Jan 21, 1973	@ Baltimore Bullets	L 108-97	Manny Leaks (20 pts)
Jan 26, 1973	@ Cleveland Cavaliers	L 105-100	Fred Carter (25 pts)
Jan 28, 1973	vs. Buffalo Braves	L 101-96	Tom Van Arsdale (24 pts)
Jan 30, 1973	@ Buffalo Braves	L 105-104	Fred Carter (25 pts)
Jan 31, 1973	vs. Golden State Warriors	L 131-115	Fred Carter (23 pts)
Feb 02, 1973	@ Detroit Pistons	L 114-104	Fred Carter (18 pts)
Feb 03, 1973	vs. Boston Celtics	L 104-100	Tom Van Arsdale (25 pts)
Feb 04, 1973	@ Boston Celtics	L 123-115	Tom Van Arsdale (29 pts)
Feb 06, 1973	@ Houston Rockets	L 123-117	Freddie Boyd (26 pts)
Feb 09, 1973	@ Portland Trail Blazers	L 116-105	Fred Carter (19 pts)
Feb 10, 1973	@ Phoenix Suns	L 126-121	Fred Carter (35 pts)
Feb 11, 1973	@ Los Angeles Lakers	L 108-90	Freddie Boyd (28 pts)
Feb 14, 1973	vs. Milwaukee Bucks	W 106-104	Leroy Ellis (36 pts)
Feb 16, 1973	vs. Detroit Pistons	W 119-106	Fred Carter (27 pts)
Feb 17, 1973	@ New York Knicks	L 107-89	Fred Carter (19 pts)
Feb 18, 1973	vs. New York Knicks	W 114-98	Tom Van Arsdale (29 pts)
Feb 23, 1973	@ Houston Rockets	L 138-116	Jeff Halliburton (21 pts)
Feb 25, 1973	vs. Portland Trail Blazers	W 115-111	Tom Van Arsdale (29 pts)
Feb 28, 1973	vs. Baltimore Bullets	W 102-96	Fred Carter (24 pts)
Mar 02, 1973	vs. Atlanta Hawks	L 130-107	Fred Carter (20 pts)
Mar 04, 1973	@ Atlanta Hawks	L 138-130	Fred Carter (29 pts)
Mar 07, 1973	vs. New York Knicks	L 120-94	Fred Carter (18 pts)
Mar 09, 1973	@ Chicago Bulls	L 104-84	Tom Van Arsdale (23 pts)
Mar 10, 1973	vs. Seattle SuperSonics	L 106-96	Freddie Boyd (25 pts)
Mar 11, 1973	@ Golden State Warriors	L 97-93	Fred Carter (18 pts)
Mar 14, 1973	vs. Phoenix Suns	L 120-114	Don May (21 pts)
Mar 17, 1973	vs. Baltimore Bullets	L 120-115	Fred Carter (39 pts)
Mar 18, 1973	@ Baltimore Bullets	L 129-118	Fred Carter (23 pts)
Mar 20, 1973	@ Cleveland Cavaliers	L 131-105	Freddie Boyd (21 pts)
Mar 21, 1973	vs. Cleveland Cavaliers	L 112-109	Tom Van Arsdale (22 pts)
Mar 23, 1973	vs. Houston Rockets	L 132-112	Dave Sorenson (16 pts)
Mar 25, 1973	@ Detroit Pistons	L 115-96	Dave Sorenson (20 pts)

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Philadelphia 76ers 1972-73 Roster and Stats

Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats for 1972-73 Season

Philadelphia 76ers 1972-73 Regular Season Game Log