1973–74 Philadelphia 76ers season

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1973–74 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachGene Shue
ArenaThe Spectrum
Results
Record25–57 (.305)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Atlantic)
Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTAF-TV
RadioWCAU
(Bill Campbell)
< 1972–73 1974–75 >

The 1973–74 NBA season was the 76ers 25th season in the NBA & 11th season in Philadelphia. The team improved from a league history worst 9 wins to 25 wins, thanks to a fruitful 1973 NBA draft which yielded overall #1 pick Doug Collins. Eventual 76er mainstays George McGinnis and Caldwell Jones were also selected by the team, but both would opt for the ABA.

Fred Carter was the team's leading scorer who averaged over 20 points a game & Doug Collins was a rookie on this squad who was the #1 overall draft choice from Illinois State in the 1973 draft.[1]

Offseason

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Draft picks

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Main article: 1973 NBA draft

This table only displays picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 1 Doug Collins SG  United States Illinois State
1 18 Raymond Lewis G  United States Cal State LA
2 21 Allan Bristow SF/SG  United States Virginia Tech
2 22 George McGinnis PF/C  United States Indiana
2 32 Caldwell Jones C/PF  United States Albany State

Roster

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Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 11 Boyd, Freddie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oregon State
F 44 Bristow, Allan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia Tech
G 3 Carter, Fred 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Mount St. Mary's
G 20 Collins, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Illinois State
C 25 Ellis, Leroy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) St. John's
F 26 Freeman, Rod 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Vanderbilt
F 7 Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Connecticut
G 34 May, Don 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Dayton
F 50 Mix, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Toledo
C 42 Rackley, Luther 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Xavier
G/F 5 Van Arsdale, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Indiana
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

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Season standings

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Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Boston Celtics 56 26 .683 – 26–6 21–18 9–2 17–5
x-New York Knicks 49 33 .598 7 28–13 21–19 0–1 10–12
x-Buffalo Braves 42 40 .512 14 19–13 17–21 6–6 12–10
Philadelphia 76ers 25 57 .305 31 14–23 9–30 2–4 5–17
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics 56 26 .683 –
2 x-New York Knicks 49 33 .598 7
3 y-Capital Bullets 47 35 .573 9
4 x-Buffalo Braves 42 40 .512 14
5 Atlanta Hawks 35 47 .427 21
6 Houston Rockets 32 50 .390 24
7 Cleveland Cavaliers 29 53 .354 27
8 Philadelphia 76ers 25 57 .305 31
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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1973–74 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CAP CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta — 1–5 2–4 4–4 1–3 4–3 0–4 1–3 5–2 1–3 4–0 1–3 1–5 3–3 1–3 2–2 4–0
Boston 5–1 — 5–2 2–4 2–2 4–2 3–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 5–2 7–1 3–1 4–0 2–2
Buffalo 4–2 2–5 — 3–3 1–3 5–1 1–3 1–3 4–2 2–2 0–4 1–3 4–4 6–1 3–1 3–1 2–2
Capital 4–4 4–2 3–3 — 1–3 6–1 2–2 3–1 4–3 3–1 2–2 1–3 3–3 4–2 2–2 3–1 2–2
Chicago 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 — 4–0 5–2 4–2 4–0 5–2 1–5 3–3 2–2 3–1 4–2 4–2 4–2
Cleveland 3–4 2–4 1–5 1–6 0–4 — 2–2 0–4 4–4 0–4 3–1 0–4 1–5 5–1 1–3 4–0 2–2
Detroit 4–0 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–5 2–2 — 5–1 3–1 4–2 4–2 3–4 1–3 2–2 6–0 5–1 5–1
Golden State 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 2–4 4–0 1–5 — 4–0 3–3 4–2 3–3 1–3 3–1 5–2 3–4 3–3
Houston 2–5 2–4 2–4 3–4 0–4 4–4 1–3 0–4 — 2–2 2–2 0–4 4–2 4–2 2–2 3–1 1–3
Kansas City-Omaha 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–3 2–5 4–0 2–4 3–3 2–2 — 1–5 0–7 1–3 1–3 4–2 4–2 2–4
Los Angeles 0–4 2–2 4–0 2–2 5–1 1–3 2–4 2–4 2–2 5–1 — 4–2 2–2 4–0 4–2 4–3 4–3
Milwaukee 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–3 4–0 4–3 3–3 4–0 7–0 2–4 — 2–2 4–0 5–1 6–0 4–2
New York 5–1 2–5 4–4 3–3 2–2 5–1 3–1 3–1 2–4 3–1 2–2 2–2 — 4–3 3–1 2–2 4–0
Philadelphia 3–3 1–7 1–6 2–4 1–3 1–5 2–2 1–3 2–4 3–1 0–4 0–4 3–4 — 3–1 2–2 0–4
Phoenix 3–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 2–4 3–1 0–6 2–5 2–2 2–4 2–4 1–5 1–3 1–3 — 3–3 4–3
Portland 2–2 0–4 1–3 1–3 2–4 0–4 1–5 4–3 1–3 2–4 3–4 0–6 2–2 2–2 3–3 — 3–3
Seattle 0–4 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–4 2–2 1–5 3–3 3–1 4–2 3–4 2–4 0–4 4–0 3–4 3–3 —

Game log

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1973–74 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 10 Houston 104–88 Fred Boyd (17) 0–1
2 October 13 Boston 111–106 Tom Van Arsdale (25) 0–2
3 October 16 @ Houston 106–101 Fred Carter (29) 1–2
4 October 19 @ Boston 102–133 Tom Van Arsdale (28) 1–3
5 October 20 @ Buffalo 110–116 Tom Van Arsdale (35) 1–4
6 October 24 Portland 110–132 Steve Mix (38) 2–4
7 October 26 Milwaukee 98–92 Carter, Van Arsdale (19) 2–5
8 October 27 @ New York 90–96 Fred Carter (19) 2–6
9 October 28 @ Capital 99–119 Fred Carter (23) 2–7
10 November 3 Capital 112–84 Tom Van Arsdale (17) 2–8
11 November 7 Phoenix 115–122 Fred Carter (32) 3–8
12 November 9 New York 91–94 Fred Carter (28) 4–8
13 November 10 @ Atlanta 97–120 LeRoy Ellis (18) 4–9
14 November 13 @ Houston 83–97 Tom Van Arsdale (17) 4–10
15 November 15 @ Phoenix 94–116 Fred Carter (24) 4–11
16 November 17 @ Golden State 109–106 Tom Van Arsdale (25) 5–11
17 November 18 @ Seattle 91–95 LeRoy Ellis (17) 5–12
18 November 20 @ Kansas City–Omaha 109–103 Tom Van Arsdale (28) 6–12
19 November 21 @ Kansas City–Omaha 103–90 Tom Van Arsdale (28) 7–12
20 November 23 N Golden State 106–111 Tom Van Arsdale (27) 7–13
21 November 25 @ Milwaukee 96–105 Steve Mix (17) 7–14
22 November 28 Chicago 96–101 Fred Carter (29) 8–14
23 November 30 @ Cleveland 110–112 Tom Van Arsdale (29) 8–15
24 December 1 Houston 106–108 (OT) Ellis, Mix (24) 9–15
25 December 5 Cleveland 89–75 Larry Jones (16) 9–16
26 December 6 @ Chicago 98–103 Fred Carter (30) 9–17
27 December 7 Kansas City–Omaha 113–102 Jones, Van Arsdale (20) 9–18
28 December 8 Milwaukee 105–92 Fred Carter (24) 9–19
29 December 12 Seattle 100–93 Fred Carter (22) 9–20
30 December 14 @ Detroit 96–93 Fred Carter (23) 10–20
31 December 15 Detroit 99–89 Fred Carter (16) 10–21
32 December 19 @ Phoenix 101–98 Steve Mix (23) 11–21
33 December 21 @ Los Angeles 107–116 Fred Carter (28) 11–22
34 December 22 @ Portland 105–110 Fred Carter (27) 11–23
35 December 26 @ Atlanta 118–145 Fred Carter (25) 11–24
36 December 27 @ Milwaukee 107–129 Fred Carter (26) 11–25
37 December 29 @ New York 92–112 Fred Carter (23) 11–26
38 December 31 @ Boston 97–106 Tom Van Arsdale (27) 11–27
39 January 2 Houston 101–99 Fred Carter (20) 11–28
40 January 4 New York 75–78 Fred Carter (17) 12–28
41 January 5 N Boston 102–108 (OT) Tom Van Arsdale (34) 12–29
42 January 9 Cleveland 86–90 Steve Mix (24) 13–29
43 January 11 N Atlanta 121–100 Fred Carter (30) 14–29
44 January 12 Los Angeles 108–101 Fred Carter (24) 14–30
45 January 13 @ Cleveland 94–96 Boyd, Carter (24) 14–31
46 January 18 Seattle 116–104 Steve Mix (19) 14–32
47 January 20 Buffalo 112–129 Don May (28) 15–32
48 January 22 @ Buffalo 109–119 Steve Mix (27) 15–33
49 January 25 @ Boston 97–112 Tom Van Arsdale (32) 15–34
50 January 26 @ New York 98–122 Tom Van Arsdale (26) 15–35
51 February 1 N Boston 105–106 Fred Carter (28) 15–36
52 February 2 Chicago 105–89 Steve Mix (21) 15–37
53 February 3 N Buffalo 98–112 Steve Mix (24) 15–38
54 February 6 Buffalo 114–98 Fred Carter (27) 15–39
55 February 8 Atlanta 84–104 Carter, Van Arsdale (22) 16–39
56 February 9 @ Capital 75–108 Fred Carter (15) 16–40
57 February 10 Capital 94–95 Fred Carter (22) 17–40
58 February 11 @ Atlanta 116–95 Tom Van Arsdale (35) 18–40
59 February 13 Buffalo 129–106 Tom Van Arsdale (29) 18–41
60 February 15 Kansas City–Omaha 89–92 Fred Carter (26) 19–41
61 February 17 Detroit 118–107 Steve Mix (27) 19–42
62 February 20 @ Houston 98–115 Tom Van Arsdale (20) 19–43
63 February 22 @ Los Angeles 103–104 Fred Carter (22) 19–44
64 February 23 @ Golden State 106–125 Fred Carter (22) 19–45
65 February 24 @ Seattle 105–115 Tom Van Arsdale (26) 19–46
66 February 26 @ Portland 118–110 Tom Van Arsdale (29) 20–46
67 March 1 Cleveland 110–93 Tom Van Arsdale (25) 20–47
68 March 2 Buffalo 103–99 Fred Carter (35) 20–48
69 March 6 Capital 99–112 Steve Mix (27) 21–48
70 March 8 Golden State 106–96 Steve Mix (23) 21–49
71 March 10 New York 108–109 Fred Carter (34) 22–49
72 March 12 @ Capital 101–112 Fred Carter (23) 22–50
73 March 13 Los Angeles 121–100 Ellis, Van Arsdale (18) 22–51
74 March 15 N Phoenix 101–108 Steve Mix (27) 23–51
75 March 16 Boston 146–127 Fred Carter (31) 23–52
76 March 17 @ Cleveland 99–115 Tom Van Arsdale (23) 23–53
77 March 19 @ Chicago 94–103 Tom Van Arsdale (25) 23–54
78 March 20 Portland 113–106 Fred Carter (24) 23–55
79 March 22 Atlanta 107–106 Tom Van Arsdale (25) 23–56
80 March 23 @ Detroit 97–89 Tom Van Arsdale (25) 24–56
81 March 26 @ New York 90–117 Fred Carter (18) 24–57
82 March 27 Boston 108–117 Fred Carter (31) 25–57

References

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  1. ^ 1973–74 Philadelphia 76ers
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