1972–73 Kansas City–Omaha Kings season

The 1972–73 NBA season was the Kings' 24th season in the NBA and their first season in the cities of Kansas City and Omaha.^[1] This season, Nate Archibald won the scoring and assist titles and made the All-NBA 1st Team, but the Kings missed the playoffs.

1972–73 Kansas City-Omaha Kings season
Head coach	Bob Cousy
General manager	Joe Axelson
Owners	Max Jacobs Jeremy Jacobs
Arena	Municipal Auditorium Omaha Civic Auditorium
Results
Record	36–46 (.439)
Place	Division: 4th (Midwest) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KMBC-TV/KETV
Radio	KCMO/KFAB
< 1971–72 1973–74 >

Draft picks

Main article: 1972 NBA draft

Roster

Kansas City-Omaha Kings roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 10 Nate Archibald 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UTEP F 34 John Block 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) USC F 33 Ken Durrett 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle PF 20 Johnny Green 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Michigan State F 18 Toby Kimball 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Connecticut F 21 Don Kojis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Marquette C 44 Sam Lacey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) New Mexico State C 43 Mike Ratliff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) UW–Eau Claire G 15 Frank Schade 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UW–Eau Claire G/F 22 Nate Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Utah State

Head coach Bob Cousy Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	60	22	.732	–	33–5	25–15	2–2	15–5
x-Chicago Bulls	51	31	.622	9	29–12	20–19	2–0	10–10
Detroit Pistons	40	42	.488	20	26–15	13–25	1–2	9–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings	36	46	.439	24	24–17	12–29	–	6–14

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT
1	z-Milwaukee Bucks	60	22	.732
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	60	22	.732
3	x-Chicago Bulls	51	31	.622
4	x-Golden State Warriors	47	35	.573
5	Detroit Pistons	40	42	.488
6	Phoenix Suns	38	44	.463
7	Kansas City–Omaha Kings	36	46	.439
8	Seattle SuperSonics	26	56	.317
9	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1972–73 game log Total: 36–46
October Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 1 October 11 Los Angeles L 129–129 Nate Archibald (31) 0–1 2 October 14 Detroit W 113–101 Nate Archibald (38) 1–1 3 October 19 Baltimore L 83–94 Nate Archibald (34) 1–2 4 October 21 Atlanta W 108–101 Nate Archibald (43) 2–2 5 October 24 Los Angeles L 94–114 Nate Archibald (33) 2–3 6 October 26 Milwaukee L 107–114 Nate Archibald (28) 2–4 7 October 28 @ Buffalo W 113–102 Nate Archibald (34) 3–4 8 October 29 @ Cleveland L 97–115 Nate Archibald (35) 3–5 9 October 31 @ Chicago L 95–104 Nate Archibald (30) 3–6
November Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 10 November 1 New York L 85–122 Nate Archibald (19) 3–7 11 November 3 @ Philadelphia W 114–101 Nate Archibald (38) 4–7 12 November 4 @ Boston W 118–107 Nate Archibald (35) 5–7 13 November 8 Philadelphia W 125–107 Nate Archibald (34) 6–7 14 November 10 @ Seattle W 111–106 Nate Archibald (34) 7–7 15 November 12 @ Portland L 100–102 Nate Archibald (28) 7–8 16 November 14 Buffalo W 106–100 Nate Archibald (23) 8–8 17 November 15 Seattle W 106–97 Nate Archibald (47) 9–8 18 November 17 Cleveland W 115–96 Nate Archibald (40) 10–8 19 November 18 Houston W 127–117 Nate Archibald (51) 11–8 20 November 21 Phoenix W 101–96 Nate Archibald (37) 12–8 21 November 24 @ Milwaukee L 106–115 Nate Archibald (26) 12–9 22 November 25 Golden State L 114–133 Nate Archibald (37) 12–10 23 November 28 @ Chicago W 92–91 Nate Archibald (32) 13–10 24 November 29 Portland W 110–102 Nate Archibald (32) 14–10
December Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 25 December 1 Chicago L 97–106 (OT) Nate Archibald (36) 14–11 26 December 2 @ Houston W 114–109 Nate Archibald (36) 15–11 27 December 5 @ New York L 103–125 Nate Archibald (26) 15–12 28 December 6 @ Philadlephia L 117–122 Nate Archibald (34) 15–13 29 December 8 @ Detroit L 100–113 Nate Archibald (32) 15–14 30 December 9 @ Baltimore L 112–120 Nate Archibald (29) 15–15 31 December 10 Atlanta W 130–115 Nate Archibald (41) 16–15 32 December 12 Cleveland W 100–99 Nate Archibald (41) 17–15 33 December 15 Detroit W 140–132 (OT) Nate Archibald (41) 18–15 34 December 17 @ Phoenix L 102–112 Nate Archibald (26) 18–16 35 December 18 Portland W 113–95 Nate Archibald (30) 19–16 36 December 19 @ Atlanta L 102–119 Nate Archibald (33) 19–17 37 December 20 Seattle W 121–110 Nate Archibald (35) 20–17 38 December 22 Boston L 90–118 Nate Archibald (32) 20–18 39 December 25 Milwaukee L 99–104 Nate Archibald (20) 20–19 40 December 26 @ Chicago L 103–117 Nate Archibald (34) 20–20 41 December 29 @ Los Angeles L 92–121 Nate Archibald (21) 20–21 42 December 30 @ Golden State L 107–113 Nate Archibald (45) 20–22
January Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 43 January 2 @ Portland L 87–104 Nate Archibald (29) 20–23 44 January 3 @ Seattle L 100–107 Nate Archibald (29) 20–24 45 January 5 Detroit L 100–103 Sam Lacey (28) 21–24 46 January 6 Phoenix L 118–112 Nate Archibald (34) 21–25 47 January 9 New York L 115–116 (OT) Nate Archibald (52) 21–26 48 January 10 Chicago W 102–100 Nate Archibald (37) 22–26 49 January 11 Golden State W 109–108 Nate Archibald (42) 23–26 50 January 12 @ Milwaukee L 98–117 Nate Archibald (19) 23–27 51 January 15 Philadelphia W 135–108 Nate Archibald (30) 24–27 52 January 16 Seattle L 122–125 Nate Archibald (48) 24–28 53 January 18 @ Phoenix W 119–96 Nate Archibald (32) 25–28 54 January 21 @ Los Angeles L 102–123 Nate Archibald (23) 25–29 55 January 25 @ Golden State L 115–129 Nate Archibald (39) 25–30 56 January 27 @ Atlanta L 126–129 Nate Archibald (52) 25–31
February Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 57 February 1 Golden State W 98–96 Nate Archibald (37) 26–31 58 February 3 @ Portland W 105–97 Nate Archibald (39) 27–31 59 February 4 @ Seattle W 120–98 Nate Archibald (31) 28–31 60 February 6 @ Chicago L 107–114 Nate Archibald (35) 28–32 61 February 7 Milwaukee W 105–98 Nate Archibald (39) 29–32 62 February 9 @ Houston W 121–116 Nate Archibald (37) 30–32 63 February 10 Chicago L 101–102 Nate Archibald (42) 30–33 64 February 13 Houston W 132–118 Nate Archibald (49) 31–33 65 February 14 Boston L 101–104 Nate Archibald (34) 31–34 66 February 17 @ Milwaukee L 104–111 Nate Archibald (33) 31–35 67 February 18 @ Detroit L 100–144 Matt Guokas (17) 31–36 68 February 20 @ Buffalo L 106–113 Nate Williams (27) 31–37 69 February 22 Milwaukee L 113–116 (OT) Nate Archibald (43) 31–38 70 February 25 Phoenix L 109–111 Nate Archibald (33) 31–39 71 February 27 @ Los Angeles W 107–103 Nate Archibald (30) 32–39 72 February 28 @ Phoenix W 109–107 Nate Archibald (41) 33–39
March Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 73 March 2 @ Golden State L 112–117 Nate Archibald (34) 33–40 74 March 8 Baltimore W 105–93 Nate Archibald (29) 34–40 75 March 10 @ New York L 102–125 Nate Archibald (25) 34–41 76 March 13 @ Baltimore L 99–103 Nate Archibald (42) 34–42 77 March 16 @ Cleveland L 99–114 Nate Archibald (36) 34–43 78 March 18 @ Boston L 105–109 Nate Archibald (35) 34–44 79 March 19 Portland W 106–105 Nate Archibald (37) 35–44 80 March 20 Buffalo W 119–115 Nate Archibald (44) 36–44 81 March 21 Los Angeles L 118–124 Nate Williams (22) 36–45 82 March 24 @ Detroit L 98–110 Matt Guokas (24) 36–46

Awards and records

• Joe Axelson, NBA Executive of the Year Award
• Nate Archibald, All-NBA First Team