1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season
1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season | |
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Head coach | Jack McCloskey |
General manager | Harry Glickman |
Owners | |
Arena | Memorial Coliseum |
Results | |
Record | 27–55 (.329) |
Place | Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 9th (Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KPTV |
Radio | KOIN |
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.
Draft picks[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Barry_Parkhill.jpg/150px-Barry_Parkhill.jpg)
Barry Parkhill was the Trail Blazers first round selection elected to go to the American Basketball Association.
- Information from Sports Reference[2]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 15 | Barry Parkhill | G | ![]() |
Virginia |
2 | 20 | Jan van Breda Kolff | F | ![]() |
Vanderbilt |
2 | 34 | Phil Lumpkin | G | ![]() |
Miami (Ohio) |
2 | 36 | Rubin Collins | G-F | ![]() |
Maryland Eastern |
4 | 55 | Bird Averitt | G | ![]() |
Pepperdine |
4 | 56 | Mickey Johnson | F | ![]() |
Aurora |
5 | 74 | F | ![]() |
New Mexico | |
6 | 92 | Dan Anderson | G | ![]() |
Southern California |
7 | 110 | G | ![]() |
Brigham Young | |
8 | 128 | Eldridge Broussard | N/A | ![]() |
Pacific University |
9 | 128 | N/A | ![]() |
Colorado | |
10 | 163 | N/A | ![]() |
Oregon State |
Roster[]
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Regular season[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum_%282%29_%28Portland%29.jpg/220px-Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum_%282%29_%28Portland%29.jpg)
The Trail Blazers played their home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Season standings[]
Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
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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 | ||||
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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[]
1973–74 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Awards and honors[]
- Sidney Wicks, NBA All-Star
- Geoff Petrie, NBA All-Star
Transactions[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Rick_Adelman.png/175px-Rick_Adelman.png)
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.
- September 27, 1973 – Waived forward Bob Davis
- October 1, 1973 – Signed free agent guard Mo Layton
- October 14, 1973 – Traded guard Rick Adelman to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for a second round pick in the 1974 NBA Draft (Phil Lumpkin was chosen).
- October 31, 1973 – Waived guard Charlie Davis and signed free agent guard Mark Sibley
- December 1, 1973 – Waived guard Mo Layton
- December 26, 1973 – Signed free agent guard Bob Verga
- January 8, 1974 – Waived guard Bernie Fryer
- May 20, 1974 – Forward Ollie Johnson was selected by the New Orleans Jazz in the 1974 NBA Expansion Draft
- June 12, 1974 – Waived guards Mark Sibley and Bob Verga
- Transactions via Sports Reference[3]
References[]
- ^ 1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers
- ^ "1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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