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1973–74 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season

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1973–74 Kansas City-Omaha Kings season
Head coachBob Cousy
Draff Young
Phil Johnson
OwnersLeon Karosen
Robert Margolin
H. Paul Rosenberg
ArenaMunicipal Auditorium
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKMBC-TV/KETV
RadioKCMO/KFAB
< 1972–73 1974–75 >

The 1973–74 NBA season was the Kings 25th season in the NBA and their second season in the city of Kansas City.[1]

Draft picks

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Main article: 1973 NBA draft

Roster

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Kansas City-Omaha Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 10 Archibald, Nate 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UTEP
F 11 Behagen, Ron 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Minnesota
F 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) USC
G 5 D'Antoni, Mike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Marshall
F 33 Durrett, Ken 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle
F 21 Kojis, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Marquette
G 15 Komives, Howard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Bowling Green
C 44 Lacey, Sam 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) New Mexico State
G 23 Manakas, Ted 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Princeton
F 31 McNeil, Larry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Marquette
F 24 Walker, Jimmy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Providence
G/F 22 Williams, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Utah State
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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Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 59 23 .720 – 31–7 24–16 4–0 14–6
x-Chicago Bulls 54 28 .659 5 32–9 21–19 1–0 13–7
x-Detroit Pistons 52 30 .634 7 29–12 23–17 0–1 9–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings 33 49 .402 26 20–21 13–28 – 4–16
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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 10 Chicago 105–90 Nate Archibald (42) 0–1
2 October 12 Chicago 84–88 Nate Archibald (29) 1–1
3 October 13 @ Atlanta 117–102 John Block (26) 2–1
4 October 17 @ Seattle 108–106 Nate Archibald (27) 3–1
5 October 19 @ Portland 99–111 Nate Archibald (21) 3–2
6 October 20 @ Golden State 81–100 Ken Durrett (17) 3–3
7 October 24 Los Angeles 92–91 Sam Lacey (24) 3–4
8 October 26 Phoenix 93–98 Ron Behagen (20) 4–4
9 October 28 Buffalo 112–100 John Block (27) 4–5
10 October 30 Milwaukee 112–78 John Block (25) 4–6
11 November 2 Seattle 115–109 Jimmy Walker (24) 4–7
12 November 4 Golden State 92–91 Ron Behagen (21) 4–8
13 November 9 Capital 109–96 Jimmy Walker (24) 4–9
14 November 10 @ Milwaukee 83–84 Jimmy Walker (20) 4–10
15 November 11 @ Cleveland 103–93 Jimmy Walker (27) 5–10
16 November 14 Houston 116–118 (OT) Jimmy Walker (31) 6–10
17 November 16 @ Detroit 98–125 McNeill, Williams (21) 6–11
18 November 17 Boston 123–110 Nate Williams (27) 6–12
19 November 20 Philadelphia 109–103 Jimmy Walker (18) 6–13
20 November 21 Philadelphia 103–90 Nate Williams (22) 6–14
21 November 23 @ Boston 102–119 Jimmy Walker (25) 6–15
22 November 24 @ Buffalo 131–143 Nate Williams (28) 6–16
23 November 25 Seattle 104–99 Nate Archibald (21) 6–17
24 November 27 Atlanta 129–110 Nate Archibald (28) 6–18
25 November 29 @ Phoenix 99–119 Nate Archibald (24) 6–19
26 November 30 @ Los Angeles 107–123 Don Kojis (22) 6–20
27 December 1 @ Golden State 108–120 Sam Lacey (26) 6–21
28 December 5 Atlanta 105–117 Jimmy Walker (29) 7–21
29 December 7 @ Philadelphia 113–102 Jimmy Walker (32) 8–21
30 December 9 Detroit 86–80 Jimmy Walker (17) 8–22
31 December 11 @ Chicago 104–105 Jimmy Walker (27) 8–23
32 December 15 @ New York 107–116 Nate Williams (25) 8–24
33 December 16 Detroit 104–105 Jimmy Walker (25) 9–24
34 December 19 Cleveland 92–106 Don Kojis (24) 10–24
35 December 20 Capital 98–92 Jimmy Walker (20) 10–25
36 December 22 Buffalo 112–122 Jimmy Walker (24) 11–25
37 December 23 Golden State 93–101 Jimmy Walker (26) 12–25
38 December 26 @ Houston 95–110 Jimmy Walker (16) 12–26
39 December 27 @ Cleveland 110–100 Walker, Williams (26) 13–26
40 December 29 @ Capital 106–102 Nate Archibald (24) 14–26
41 December 30 New York 102–85 Larry McNeill (16) 14–27
42 January 2 Boston 97–109 Nate Archibald (26) 15–27
43 January 3 @ Milwaukee 105–120 Nate Williams (30) 15–28
44 January 4 Phoenix 97–122 Sam Lacey (21) 16–28
45 January 6 @ Los Angeles 105–109 Nate Archibald (31) 16–29
46 January 8 @ Portland 110–129 John Block (18) 16–30
47 January 9 @ Seattle 96–100 Nate Williams (28) 16–31
48 January 11 @ Phoenix 117–100 Jimmy Walker (25) 17–31
49 January 13 Portland 99–103 Nate Archibald (26) 18–31
50 January 18 Los Angeles 116–115 Nate Williams (24) 18–32
51 January 19 Cleveland 108–111 Jimmy Walker (22) 19–32
52 January 20 @ Detroit 79–105 Don Kojis (12) 19–33
53 January 22 Portland 96–103 Nate Archibald (31) 20–33
54 January 25 @ Buffalo 118–113 Jimmy Walker (26) 21–33
55 January 27 @ Boston 98–119 Behagen, Lacey (17) 21–34
56 January 30 New York 108–88 Lacey, Williams (16) 21–35
57 February 1 @ Chicago 88–99 Nate Williams (26) 21–36
58 February 6 Chicago 112–95 Nate Williams (20) 21–37
59 February 8 @ Portland 104–99 Jimmy Walker (27) 22–37
60 February 9 @ Golden State 121–120 Jimmy Walker (36) 23–37
61 February 10 @ Seattle 103–119 Nate Williams (16) 23–38
62 February 12 @ Detroit 106–113 Nate Williams (23) 23–39
63 February 13 @ Capital 87–89 Jimmy Walker (24) 23–40
64 February 15 @ Philadelphia 89–92 Nate Williams (22) 23–41
65 February 19 Los Angeles 86–92 Jimmy Walker (30) 24–41
66 February 20 Golden State 97–116 Jimmy Walker (27) 25–41
67 February 22 Phoenix 104–119 Jimmy Walker (34) 26–41
68 February 24 Milwaukee 100–93 Jimmy Walker (26) 26–42
69 February 26 @ Houston 101–118 Jimmy Walker (24) 26–43
70 February 27 @ Atlanta 85–76 Don Kojis (20) 27–43
71 March 1 @ Los Angeles 100–107 Sam Lacey (22) 27–44
72 March 3 @ Phoenix 100–113 Jimmy Walker (26) 27–45
73 March 4 @ Milwaukee 103–109 Behagen, Walker (24) 27–46
74 March 6 Milwaukee 111–99 Jimmy Walker (25) 27–47
75 March 9 Seattle 96–106 Don Kojis (27) 28–47
76 March 12 @ Chicago 93–91 Jimmy Walker (28) 29–47
77 March 17 Houston 114–125 Don Kojis (30) 30–47
78 March 18 Portland 105–114 Jimmy Walker (38) 31–47
79 March 20 Chicago 87–86 Jimmy Walker (19) 31–48
80 March 22 Detroit 105–107 Ken Durrett (24) 32–48
81 March 23 @ New York 107–106 Jimmy Walker (28) 33–48
82 March 26 @ Milwaukee 98–118 Sam Lacey (21) 33–49

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ 1973–74 Kansas City-Omaha Kings
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