The 1972–73 NBA season was the Bucks' fifth season in the NBA.[1]
See main article: article and 1972 NBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | G/F | Marshall | |||
| 1 | 12 | SF/SG | Massachusetts Amherst | |||
| 2 | 29 | F | California State-Long Beach | |||
| 3 | 46 | F/G | Gardner-Webb | |||
| 4 | 63 | Georgetown | ||||
| 5 | 79 | Wichita State | ||||
| 7 | 113 | F/G | Duquesne | |||
| 8 | 129 | Cheyney (PA) | ||||
| 9 | 143 | Ball State | ||||
| 10 | 156 | Santa Clara |
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
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| width=100 | Team | ATL | BAL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCO | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA |
| Atlanta | – | 3–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
| Baltimore | 4–3 | – | 1–5 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| Boston | 5–1 | 5–1 | – | 7–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| Buffalo | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–7 | – | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Chicago | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | – | 3–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 0–8 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | – | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |
| Detroit | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | – | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–4 | |
| Golden State | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | – | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–3 | |
| Houston | 4–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | – | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Kansas City-Omaha | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | – | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | |
| Los Angeles | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | – | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 6–0 | |
| Milwaukee | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–3 | – | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | |
| New York | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | |
| Philadelphia | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–6 | – | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
| Phoenix | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 4–0 | – | 5–2 | 4–2 | |
| Portland | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | – | 3–4 | |
| Seattle | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | — | |
|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1 || October 13, 1972 || @ Phoenix| W 117–105|||| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum| 1–0|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2 || October 14, 1972 || @ Golden State| W 117–105|||| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena| 2–0|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || October 17, 1972 || @ Portland| L 108–117|||| Memorial Coliseum| 2–1|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4 || October 20, 1972 || Detroit| W 109–89|||| Milwaukee Arena| 3–1|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5 || October 21, 1972 || @ Buffalo| W 91–63|||| Buffalo Memorial Auditorium| 4–1|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6 || October 22, 1972 || @ Cleveland| W 104–84|||| Cleveland Arena| 5–1|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7 || October 25, 1972 || Buffalo| W 109–92|||| Milwaukee Arena| 6–1|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 8 || October 26, 1972 || @ Kansas City–Omaha| W 114–107|||| Omaha Civic Auditorium| 7–1|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9 || October 28, 1972 || @ Philadelphia| W 96–92|||| The Spectrum| 8–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 10 || November 4, 1972 || Phoenix| W 104–105|||| Milwaukee Arena| 8–2|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11 || November 5, 1972 || Philadelphia| W 131–113|||| Milwaukee Arena| 9–2|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12 || November 8, 1972 || Seattle| W 116–103|||| Milwaukee Arena| 10–2|-style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13 || November 10, 1972 || Baltimore| W 120–82|||| Milwaukee Arena| 11–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| March 30| Golden State| W 110–90| Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson (22)| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24)| Oscar Robertson (12)| Milwaukee Arena
10,746| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| April 1| Golden State| L 92–95| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26)| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15)| five players tied (3)| Milwaukee Arena
10,379| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| April 5| @ Golden State| W 113–93| Oscar Robertson (34)| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (18)| Oscar Robertson (8)| Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,493| 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| April 7| @ Golden State| L 97–102| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25)| Perry, Abdul-Jabbar (14)| Oscar Robertson (7)| Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
8,173| 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| April 10| Golden State| L 97–100| four players tied (19)| Perry, Abdul-Jabbar (12)| Oscar Robertson (11)| University of Wisconsin Field House
12,204| 2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| April 13| @ Golden State| L 86–100| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27)| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14)| Lucius Allen (5)| Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,175| 2–4|-
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 42.8 | 55.4 | 71.3 | 16.1 | 5.0 | 30.2 | ||||||
| Bob Dandridge | 73 | 39.1 | 47.2 | 78.9 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 20.2 | |||||
| Oscar Robertson | 73 | 37.5 | 45.4 | 84.7 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 15.5 | |||||
| Lucius Allen | 80 | 33.7 | 48.4 | 71.5 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 15.5 | |||||
| Jon McGlocklin | 80 | 24.4 | 50.2 | 86.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 9.6 | |||||
| Curtis Perry | 67 | 31.3 | 46.1 | 65.9 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 9.1 | |||||
| Terry Driscoll | 59 | 16.3 | 42.9 | 69.4 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 5.5 | |||||
| Mickey Davis | 74 | 14.1 | 43.8 | 82.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 5.1 | |||||
| Wali Jones | 27 | 15.5 | 40.7 | 88.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 5.0 | |||||
| Gary Gregor | 9 | 9.8 | 33.3 | 71.4 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 3.0 | |||||
| Russ Lee | 46 | 6.0 | 38.6 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.8 | |||||
| Dick Cunningham | 72 | 9.6 | 41.0 | 58.0 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 2.2 | |||||
| 67 | 10.3 | 34.0 | 70.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 46.0 | 42.8 | 54.3 | 16.2 | 2.8 | 22.8 | ||||||
| Oscar Robertson | 6 | 42.7 | 50.0 | 91.2 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 21.2 | |||||
| Lucius Allen | 6 | 33.8 | 40.4 | 78.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 15.7 | |||||
| 6 | 34.0 | 42.1 | 70.4 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 13.8 | ||||||
| Jon McGlocklin | 6 | 24.2 | 50.9 | 87.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 10.2 | |||||
| Curtis Perry | 6 | 39.7 | 48.1 | 50.0 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 8.8 | |||||
| 5 | 2.6 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.2 | ||||||
| Mickey Davis | 6 | 9.0 | 35.3 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.3 | |||||
| Chuck Terry | 5 | 3.6 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | |||||
| Dick Cunningham | 5 | 3.4 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||||
| Terry Driscoll | 6 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Player | Signed | Former team | |
| Terry Driscoll | November 15, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets |