# 1972–73 Golden State Warriors season

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Warriors' 27th season in the NBA and 11th in the San Francisco Bay Area.

## Offseason
### Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 3 | 43 | Bill Chamberlain | F | United States | North Carolina |
| 4 | 60 | John Tschogl | F | United States | UC Santa Barbara |
| 5 | 76 | Charles Dudley | G | United States | Washington |
| 6 | 93 | Henry Bacon | G | United States | Louisville |
| 7 | 110 | William Franklin | F | United States | Purdue |
| 8 | 126 | John Burks | | United States | San Francisco |
| 9 | 141 | Bill Duey | | United States | California |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Pacific Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| y-Los Angeles Lakers | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 30–11 | 28–11 | 2–0 | 22–4 |
| x-Golden State Warriors | 47 | 35 | .573 | 13 | 27–14 | 18–20 | 2–1 | 14–12 |
| Phoenix Suns | 38 | 44 | .463 | 22 | 22–19 | 15–25 | 1–0 | 14–12 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 26 | 56 | .317 | 34 | 16–25 | 10–29 | 0–2 | 9–17 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 21 | 61 | .256 | 39 | 13–28 | 8–32 | 0–1 | 6–20 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT |
| 1 | z-Milwaukee Bucks | 60 | 22 | .732 |
| 2 | y-Los Angeles Lakers | 60 | 22 | .732 |
| 3 | x-Chicago Bulls | 51 | 31 | .622 |
| 4 | x-Golden State Warriors | 47 | 35 | .573 |
| 5 | Detroit Pistons | 40 | 42 | .488 |
| 6 | Phoenix Suns | 38 | 44 | .463 |
| 7 | Kansas City–Omaha Kings | 36 | 46 | .439 |
| 8 | Seattle SuperSonics | 26 | 56 | .317 |
| 9 | Portland Trail Blazers | 21 | 61 | .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 | – | 3–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Baltimore | 4–3 | – | 1–5 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Boston | 5–1 | 5–1 | – | 7–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Buffalo | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–7 | – | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Chicago | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | – | 3–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 0–8 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | – | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Detroit | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | – | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–4 |
| Golden State | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | – | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–3 |
| Houston | 4–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | – | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Kansas City-Omaha | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | – | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| Los Angeles | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | – | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 6–0 |
| Milwaukee | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–3 | – | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| New York | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Philadelphia | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–6 | – | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Phoenix | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 4–0 | – | 5–2 | 4–2 |
| Portland | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | – | 3–4 |
| Seattle | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | — |

### Game log
## Playoffs

1973 playoff game log :
Conference Semi-finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 30
@ Milwaukee
L 90–110
Rick Barry (22)
Clyde Lee (10)
Jim Barnett (6)
Milwaukee Arena 10,746
0–1
2
April 1
@ Milwaukee
W 95–92
Cazzie Russell (25)
Clyde Lee (17)
Walt Hazzard (7)
Milwaukee Arena 10,379
1–1
3
April 5
Milwaukee
L 93–113
Jeff Mullins (21)
Clyde Lee (17)
Jeff Mullins (4)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,493
1–2
4
April 7
Milwaukee
W 102–97
Rick Barry (38)
Clyde Lee (21)
Jeff Mullins (6)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,173
2–2
5
April 10
@ Milwaukee
W 100–97
Clyde Lee (21)
Clyde Lee (18)
Walt Hazzard (5)
University of Wisconsin Field House 12,204
3–2
6
April 13
Milwaukee
W 100–86
Jim Barnett (26)
Clyde Lee (19)
Jim Barnett (7)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13,175
4–2 :
Conference Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 17
@ Los Angeles
L 99–101
Nate Thurmond (22)
Nate Thurmond (26)
Thurmond, Barnett (5)
The Forum 17,505
0–1
2
April 19
@ Los Angeles
L 93–104
Rick Barry (29)
Clyde Lee (18)
Nate Thurmond (6)
The Forum 17,505
0–2
3
April 21
Los Angeles
L 70–126
Rick Barry (10)
Clyde Lee (18)
six players tied (2)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 13,183
0–3
4
April 23
Los Angeles
W 117–109
Cazzie Russell (33)
Nate Thurmond (18)
Jeff Mullins (7)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,000
1–3
5
April 25
@ Los Angeles
L 118–128
Cazzie Russell (29)
Nate Thurmond (15)
Thurmond, Mullins (5)
The Forum 17,505
1–4 :
1973 schedule :

## 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