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1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season

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1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coachJack McCloskey
General managerHarry Glickman
Owners
ArenaMemorial Coliseum
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPTV
RadioKOIN
< 1972–73 1974–75 >

The 1973–74 season was the fourth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The Blazers finished at 27–55, a six-game improvement from the previous season.

The season started with promise as Portland opened the year with a 10–8 record. A nine-game losing streak followed and sent the Blazers sinking in the standings. They managed to cling to just under .500 but the months of January and February were unkind. Geoff Petrie and Sidney Wicks each garnered selections to the 1974 NBA All-Star game, but massive deficiencies on defense plagued the Blazers. Their lack of a size and experience at center allowed opponents to score almost at will. The Blazers lost 23 of 25 games and wound up with the worst record in the Western Conference. Coach Jack McCloskey was relieved of his duties at the end of the season.

Draft picks

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Barry Parkhill was the Trail Blazers first round selection elected to go to the American Basketball Association.
Main article: 1973 NBA draft
Information from Sports Reference[2]
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 15 Barry Parkhill G  United States Virginia
4 55 Bird Averitt G  United States Pepperdine
5 74 Bernard Hardin F  United States New Mexico
7 110 Doug Richards G  United States Brigham Young
8 128 Eldridge Broussard N/A  United States Pacific University
9 128 Lee Haven N/A  United States Colorado
10 163 Ron Jones N/A  United States Oregon State

Roster

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Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PG 17 Davis, Charlie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Wake Forest
G 13 Fryer, Bernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) BYU
SF 27 Johnson, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Iowa
SF 44 Johnson, Ollie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Temple
PG 12 Layton, Mo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) USC
C 35 Martin, LaRue 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Loyola Chicago
F 36 Neal, Lloyd 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Tennessee State
SG 45 Petrie, Geoff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Princeton
C 30 Roberson, Rick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Cincinnati
SG 11 Sibley, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Northwestern
PF 4 Smith, Greg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Western Kentucky
F 15 Steele, Larry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Kentucky
SG 17 Verga, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
PF 21 Wicks, Sidney 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

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The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Season standings

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Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 47 35 .573 – 30–11 17–24 – 14–12
Golden State Warriors 44 38 .537 3 23–18 20–20 1–0 15–11
Seattle SuperSonics 36 46 .439 11 22–19 14–27 – 12–14
Phoenix Suns 30 52 .366 17 24–17 6–34 0–1 11–15
Portland Trail Blazers 27 55 .329 20 22–19 5–34 0–2 13–13
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks 59 23 .720 –
2 x-Chicago Bulls 54 28 .659 5
3 x-Detroit Pistons 52 30 .634 7
4 y-Los Angeles Lakers 47 35 .573 12
5 Golden State Warriors 44 38 .537 15
6 Seattle SuperSonics 36 46 .439 23
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings 33 49 .402 26
8 Phoenix Suns 30 52 .366 29
9 Portland Trail Blazers 27 55 .329 32
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 13 Capital 87–132 Geoff Petrie (29) 1–0
2 October 19 Kansas City–Omaha 99–111 Geoff Petrie (25) 2–0
3 October 20 Seattle 108–123 Geoff Petrie (32) 3–0
4 October 23 @ Cleveland 96–103 Sidney Wicks (22) 3–1
5 October 24 @ Philadelphia 110–132 Geoff Petrie (26) 3–2
6 October 26 Atlanta 110–127 Sidney Wicks (30) 4–2
7 October 27 Detroit 111–98 Geoff Petrie (37) 4–3
8 October 28 @ Los Angeles 98–111 Layton, Neal (19) 4–4
9 October 30 Los Angeles 112–114 Geoff Petrie (26) 5–4
10 November 3 New York 100–107 Petrie, Wicks (21) 6–4
11 November 9 Buffalo 108–122 Sidney Wicks (31) 7–4
12 November 10 Chicago 106–104 Geoff Petrie (27) 7–5
13 November 13 @ Milwaukee 100–108 Geoff Petrie (23) 7–6
14 November 14 @ Detroit 111–108 Geoff Petrie (36) 8–6
15 November 15 @ Atlanta 114–123 Geoff Petrie (40) 8–7
16 November 17 @ Houston 96–87 Sidney Wicks (23) 9–7
17 November 20 @ Chicago 101–106 Geoff Petrie (29) 9–8
18 November 22 Seattle 125–131 Geoff Petrie (43) 10–8
19 November 23 @ Seattle 106–127 Sidney Wicks (16) 10–9
20 November 24 Los Angeles 113–108 Geoff Petrie (27) 10–10
21 November 25 @ Los Angeles 109–137 Rick Roberson (23) 10–11
22 November 29 @ Golden State 89–119 Sidney Wicks (26) 10–12
23 November 30 Phoenix 107–99 John Johnson (24) 10–13
24 December 1 Los Angeles 115–134 John Johnson (31) 11–13
25 December 4 @ New York 100–113 Geoff Petrie (28) 11–14
26 December 5 @ Buffalo 110–114 Roberson, Wicks (24) 11–15
27 December 7 @ Milwaukee 86–116 Geoff Petrie (21) 11–16
28 December 8 @ Detroit 91–106 Larry Steele (19) 11–17
29 December 11 Capital 87–82 Sidney Wicks (22) 11–18
30 December 13 @ Phoenix 119–108 Geoff Petrie (25) 12–18
31 December 14 Golden State 101–109 Sidney Wicks (25) 13–18
32 December 16 Milwaukee 121–98 John Johnson (26) 13–19
33 December 18 Phoenix 117–133 Geoff Petrie (37) 14–19
34 December 21 Boston 124–120 (OT) Geoff Petrie (38) 14–20
35 December 22 Philadelphia 105–110 Geoff Petrie (26) 15–20
36 December 27 @ Golden State 118–117 Geoff Petrie (31) 16–20
37 December 28 @ Seattle 93–110 Geoff Petrie (25) 16–21
38 December 30 Chicago 92–99 John Johnson (24) 17–21
39 January 1 Buffalo 120–119 Geoff Petrie (39) 17–22
40 January 4 Houston 119–113 John Johnson (32) 17–23
41 January 6 Golden State 105–106 Petrie, Wicks (26) 18–23
42 January 8 Kansas City–Omaha 110–129 Petrie, Wicks (27) 19–23
43 January 13 @ Kansas City–Omaha 99–103 Geoff Petrie (23) 19–24
44 January 17 @ Atlanta 99–126 Sidney Wicks (23) 19–25
45 January 19 @ Milwaukee 106–121 Sidney Wicks (27) 19–26
46 January 20 @ Chicago 97–99 Sidney Wicks (21) 19–27
47 January 22 @ Kansas City–Omaha 96–103 Sidney Wicks (26) 19–28
48 January 23 @ Detroit 95–121 Bob Verga (22) 19–29
49 January 25 Cleveland 87–84 Sidney Wicks (31) 19–30
50 January 29 Milwaukee 126–106 Sidney Wicks (25) 19–31
51 January 31 @ Phoenix 100–112 Sidney Wicks (38) 19–32
52 February 2 Seattle 97–102 Sidney Wicks (26) 20–32
53 February 3 @ Los Angeles 91–124 Sidney Wicks (24) 20–33
54 February 5 Detroit 104–102 Geoff Petrie (27) 20–34
55 February 6 @ Seattle 94–107 Geoff Petrie (28) 20–35
56 February 8 Kansas City–Omaha 104–99 Sidney Wicks (25) 20–36
57 February 10 Houston 112–106 John Johnson (27) 20–37
58 February 12 Phoenix 104–113 Rick Roberson (37) 21–37
59 February 15 Boston 106–104 Fryer, Roberson (27) 21–38
60 February 16 Cleveland 106–101 Sidney Wicks (22) 21–39
61 February 17 @ Phoenix 100–112 Sidney Wicks (23) 21–40
62 February 19 @ New York 116–119 (OT) Sidney Wicks (34) 21–41
63 February 20 @ Capital 101–116 Petrie, Wicks (26) 21–42
64 February 22 @ Chicago 100–117 Geoff Petrie (22) 21–43
65 February 24 @ Houston 115–133 Geoff Petrie (23) 21–44
66 February 26 Philadelphia 118–110 Geoff Petrie (32) 21–45
67 February 28 @ Golden State 109–129 Geoff Petrie (32) 21–46
68 March 1 Chicago 91–95 Geoff Petrie (33) 22–46
69 March 3 Detroit 99–95 Geoff Petrie (32) 22–47
70 March 5 Los Angeles 102–107 Sidney Wicks (28) 23–47
71 March 9 @ Capital 103–106 Geoff Petrie (22) 23–48
72 March 10 N Buffalo 112–122 Geoff Petrie (26) 23–49
73 March 12 N Boston 93–110 John Johnson (32) 23–50
74 March 15 New York 105–107 Geoff Petrie (29) 24–50
75 March 16 Atlanta 127–128 Geoff Petrie (37) 25–50
76 March 18 @ Kansas City–Omaha 105–114 Geoff Petrie (31) 25–51
77 March 19 @ Cleveland 103–107 Geoff Petrie (34) 25–52
78 March 20 @ Philadelphia 113–106 Geoff Petrie (43) 26–52
79 March 22 @ Boston 118–126 Geoff Petrie (23) 26–53
80 March 24 Milwaukee 120–110 Larry Steele (26) 26–54
81 March 26 @ Golden State 120–143 Geoff Petrie (32) 26–55
82 March 27 Golden State 122–132 Sidney Wicks (30) 27–55

Awards and honors

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Transactions

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Rick Adelman, who was selected by the Trail Blazers in the 1970 NBA Expansion Draft, was traded to the Chicago Bulls on October 14, 1973.
Transactions via Sports Reference[3]

References

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  1. ^ 1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers
  2. ^ "1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
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