1972-73 Atlanta Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-36, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (46-36)

Executive: Richie Guerin

PTS/G: 112.4 (3rd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 112.3 (12th of 17)

SRS: -0.15 (9th of 17) Pace: 113.8 (4th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.0 (9th of 17) Def Rtg: 98.0 (9th of 17) Net Rtg: +0.1 (9th of 17)

Expected W-L: 41-41 (9th of 17)

Arena: Omni Coliseum

NBA 1973 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 10, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		120	109	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Oct 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		98	115	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Oct 15, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		109	101	2	1	W 1
4	Tue, Oct 17, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		115	119	2	2	L 1	7,686
5	Fri, Oct 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		108	120	2	3	L 2
6	Sat, Oct 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L		101	108	2	4	L 3
7	Tue, Oct 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	110	3	4	W 1
8	Wed, Oct 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		118	115	4	4	W 2
9	Sat, Oct 28, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		107	122	4	5	L 1
10	Tue, Oct 31, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		105	106	4	6	L 2
11	Fri, Nov 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		114	108	5	6	W 1
12	Sat, Nov 4, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		128	120	6	6	W 2
13	Tue, Nov 7, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	109	107	7	6	W 3
14	Thu, Nov 9, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		99	101	7	7	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 11, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	102	8	7	W 1
16	Tue, Nov 14, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		105	114	8	8	L 1
17	Sat, Nov 18, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		126	122	9	8	W 1
18	Sun, Nov 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		98	109	9	9	L 1
19	Tue, Nov 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	110	113	9	10	L 2
20	Thu, Nov 23, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		110	97	10	10	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 25, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		99	100	10	11	L 1
22	Sun, Nov 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	108	10	12	L 2
23	Wed, Nov 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		98	109	10	13	L 3
24	Fri, Dec 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	114	109	11	13	W 1
25	Sat, Dec 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	103	12	13	W 2
26	Tue, Dec 5, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		122	121	13	13	W 3
27	Thu, Dec 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	OT	94	89	14	13	W 4
28	Fri, Dec 8, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		134	115	15	13	W 5
29	Sun, Dec 10, 1972	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L		115	130	15	14	L 1
30	Tue, Dec 12, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		93	114	15	15	L 2
31	Wed, Dec 13, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	120	16	15	W 1
32	Sat, Dec 16, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		100	94	17	15	W 2
33	Tue, Dec 19, 1972	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		119	102	18	15	W 3
34	Fri, Dec 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		110	109	19	15	W 4
35	Sat, Dec 23, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	112	20	15	W 5
36	Tue, Dec 26, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		96	115	20	16	L 1
37	Wed, Dec 27, 1972	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		121	120	21	16	W 1			at Pittsburgh, PA
38	Thu, Dec 28, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		111	112	21	17	L 1
39	Sat, Dec 30, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		120	110	22	17	W 1
40	Tue, Jan 2, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		90	100	22	18	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 3, 1973	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	105	22	19	L 2
42	Fri, Jan 5, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		108	126	22	20	L 3	9,179
43	Sat, Jan 6, 1973	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		116	111	23	20	W 1
44	Tue, Jan 9, 1973	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		120	114	24	20	W 2
45	Thu, Jan 11, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		107	122	24	21	L 1
46	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		109	133	24	22	L 2	14,354
47	Sun, Jan 14, 1973	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	102	24	23	L 3
48	Tue, Jan 16, 1973	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	OT	130	129	25	23	W 1
49	Wed, Jan 17, 1973	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		122	105	26	23	W 2
50	Thu, Jan 18, 1973	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		125	127	26	24	L 1
51	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		96	84	27	24	W 1
52	Fri, Jan 26, 1973	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		118	82	28	24	W 2
53	Sat, Jan 27, 1973	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		129	126	29	24	W 3
54	Sun, Jan 28, 1973	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		108	116	29	25	L 1
55	Tue, Jan 30, 1973	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		123	126	29	26	L 2
56	Fri, Feb 2, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		100	99	30	26	W 1	10,072
57	Sat, Feb 3, 1973	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		105	101	31	26	W 2
58	Tue, Feb 6, 1973	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		112	106	32	26	W 3
59	Wed, Feb 7, 1973	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		108	137	32	27	L 1
60	Thu, Feb 8, 1973	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	OT	132	136	32	28	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 10, 1973	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		103	91	33	28	W 1
62	Sun, Feb 11, 1973	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		115	107	34	28	W 2
63	Fri, Feb 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		111	104	35	28	W 3
64	Sun, Feb 18, 1973	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		99	92	36	28	W 4
65	Tue, Feb 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		115	118	36	29	L 1
66	Fri, Feb 23, 1973	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		120	124	36	30	L 2
67	Tue, Feb 27, 1973	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		131	130	37	30	W 1
68	Fri, Mar 2, 1973	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		130	107	38	30	W 2
69	Sat, Mar 3, 1973	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		136	125	39	30	W 3
70	Sun, Mar 4, 1973	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		138	130	40	30	W 4
71	Thu, Mar 8, 1973	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		135	129	41	30	W 5
72	Sat, Mar 10, 1973	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		117	113	42	30	W 6
73	Sun, Mar 11, 1973	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		118	129	42	31	L 1
74	Tue, Mar 13, 1973	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	115	42	32	L 2
75	Fri, Mar 16, 1973	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		135	127	43	32	W 1
76	Sun, Mar 18, 1973	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	105	43	33	L 1
77	Tue, Mar 20, 1973	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	112	44	33	W 1
78	Wed, Mar 21, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		98	93	45	33	W 2
79	Fri, Mar 23, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	124	45	34	L 1	15,320
80	Sat, Mar 24, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		113	111	46	34	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sun, Mar 25, 1973	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		105	112	46	35	L 1
82	Tue, Mar 27, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		110	117	46	36	L 2	6,390

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Sun, Apr 1, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	109	134	0	1	L 1	11,909
2	Wed, Apr 4, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	113	126	0	2	L 2
3	Fri, Apr 6, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	118	105	1	2	W 1	15,320
4	Sun, Apr 8, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	97	94	2	2	W 2
5	Wed, Apr 11, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	101	108	2	3	L 1	12,525
6	Fri, Apr 13, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	103	121	2	4	L 2

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