1972-73 Kentucky Colonels Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 56-28
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 11-8 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Virginia Squires 4-1
Division Finals - Defeated Carolina Cougars 4-3
Finals - Lost to Indiana Pacers 4-3
Coach: Joe Mullaney (56-28)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky

1972-73 Kentucky Colonels Roster
1972-73 Kentucky Colonels Results

The Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 56 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-8.

The Colonels led the league with just 8,860 points allowed. Kentucky scored 9,401 points. Dan Issel scored a team-best 2,292 points for the squad, while Artis Gilmore netted 18 or more per game, too. Artis Gilmore contributed 1,476 rebounds. Lou Dampier dished out 521 assists for the team.

Defensively, Mike Gale added 131 thefts, and Artis Gilmore blocked 259 shots.

Joe Mullaney coached the team. The 1972-73 Kentucky Colonels lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	84	3531	1757	902	15	3	635	485	329	593	922	220	0	0	216	255	2292
Artis Gilmore	C	84	3502	1228	687	2	1	572	368	449	1027	1476	295	0	259	286	302	1743
Lou Dampier	G	80	3039	1143	515	155	54	334	262	55	158	213	521	0	0	188	216	1346
Walt Simon	F-G	83	2403	897	432	17	3	191	143	122	273	395	336	0	0	156	271	1010
Rick Mount	G	61	1780	804	369	30	9	198	159	50	88	138	194	0	0	119	172	906
Mike Gale	G	81	1854	463	218	6	1	143	100	78	163	241	248	131	0	108	207	537
Jimmy O'Brien	G	68	1014	317	126	9	0	89	68	27	65	92	174	0	0	77	103	320
Claude Virden	F	31	825	327	130	2	0	59	46	49	105	154	74	0	0	49	84	306
Pierce Russell	F-G	59	618	266	119	17	2	78	49	54	75	129	61	0	0	33	80	289
Wendell Ladner	F	37	659	318	109	38	8	58	44	57	124	181	72	0	0	52	132	270
Bill Chamberlain	F	43	566	248	101	3	1	55	34	56	51	107	69	0	0	54	81	237
Ron Thomas	F	31	369	132	62	2	0	41	21	53	62	115	23	0	0	21	73	145
Totals		742	20160	7900	3770	296	82	2453	1779	1379	2784	4163	2287	131	259	1359	1976	9401

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	84	42.0	51.3	20.0	76.4	3.9	7.1	11.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.0	27.3
Artis Gilmore	C	84	41.7	55.9	50.0	64.3	5.3	12.2	17.6	3.5	0.0	3.1	3.4	3.6	20.8
Lou Dampier	G	80	38.0	45.1	34.8	78.4	0.7	2.0	2.7	6.5	0.0	0.0	2.4	2.7	16.8
Walt Simon	F-G	83	29.0	48.2	17.6	74.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.3	12.2
Rick Mount	G	61	29.2	45.9	30.0	80.3	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.2	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	14.9
Mike Gale	G	81	22.9	47.1	16.7	69.9	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.1	1.6	0.0	1.3	2.6	6.6
Jimmy O'Brien	G	68	14.9	39.7	0.0	76.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.5	4.7
Claude Virden	F	31	26.6	39.8	0.0	78.0	1.6	3.4	5.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.7	9.9
Pierce Russell	F-G	59	10.5	44.7	11.8	62.8	0.9	1.3	2.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.4	4.9
Wendell Ladner	F	37	17.8	34.3	21.1	75.9	1.5	3.4	4.9	1.9	0.0	0.0	1.4	3.6	7.3
Bill Chamberlain	F	43	13.2	40.7	33.3	61.8	1.3	1.2	2.5	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.9	5.5
Ron Thomas	F	31	11.9	47.0	0.0	51.2	1.7	2.0	3.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.4	4.7
Averages		742	27.2	47.7	27.7	72.5	1.9	3.8	5.6	3.1	0.2	0.3	1.8	2.7	12.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	19	825	398	198		1	156	124	60	165	225	28	47	71	521
Artis Gilmore	C	19	780	261	142		0	123	77	84	176	260	75	63	68	361
Rick Mount	G	19	676	293	119		10	87	73	21	26	47	49	42	48	321
Walt Simon	F-G	19	639	207	92		0	31	27	19	74	93	79	38	67	211
Lou Dampier	G	12	411	126	65		10	30	21	6	19	25	39	19	35	161
Wendell Ladner	F	19	269	142	55		14	14	12	18	38	56	21	25	67	136
Jimmy O'Brien	G	19	435	93	33		1	45	39	9	25	34	82	33	35	106
Ron Thomas	F	17	247	77	38		0	23	9	28	47	75	13	24	44	85
Mike Gale	G	12	291	58	23		0	23	20	8	22	30	40	15	41	66
Pierce Russell	F-G	12	37	12	7		0	6	3	5	7	12	2	1	5	17
Totals		167	4610	1667	772	0	36	538	405	258	599	857	428	307	481	1985

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	19	43.4	49.7	79.5	3.2	8.7	11.8	1.5	2.5	3.7	27.4
Artis Gilmore	C	19	41.1	54.4	62.6	4.4	9.3	13.7	3.9	3.3	3.6	19.0
Rick Mount	G	19	35.6	40.6	83.9	1.1	1.4	2.5	2.6	2.2	2.5	16.9
Walt Simon	F-G	19	33.6	44.4	87.1	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.2	2.0	3.5	11.1
Lou Dampier	G	12	34.3	51.6	70.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.3	1.6	2.9	13.4
Wendell Ladner	F	19	14.2	38.7	85.7	0.9	2.0	2.9	1.1	1.3	3.5	7.2
Jimmy O'Brien	G	19	22.9	35.5	86.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.3	1.7	1.8	5.6
Ron Thomas	F	17	14.5	49.4	39.1	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.8	1.4	2.6	5.0
Mike Gale	G	12	24.3	39.7	87.0	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	1.3	3.4	5.5
Pierce Russell	F-G	12	3.1	58.3	50.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.4
Averages		742	27.6	46.3	75.3	1.5	3.6	5.1	2.6	1.8	2.9	11.9