1972-73 Virginia Squires Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 42-42
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Kentucky Colonels 4-1
Coach: Al Bianchi (42-42)
Location: Richmond, Virginia; Hampton, Virginia

1972-73 Virginia Squires Roster
1972-73 Virginia Squires Results

The Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 42 wins and 42 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

The Squires scored 9,581 points and surrendered 9,613. Julius Erving tossed in a team-best 2,268 points for Virginia and contributed 867 rebounds. Fatty Taylor dished out 374 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Fatty Taylor added 210 steals, while Jim Eakins blocked 131 shots.

Al Bianchi coached the team. The 1972-73 Virginia Squires lost in the division semifinals.

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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
Julius Erving	F-G-C	71	2993	1804	894	24	5	612	475	262	605	867	298	181	127	326	197	2268
Jim Eakins	C	83	2559	823	430	1	0	479	384	234	499	733	262	0	131	233	287	1244
George Irvine	F-G	79	2075	805	424	33	7	203	169	108	188	296	149	0	0	138	267	1024
Bernie Williams	G	71	1513	831	356	58	10	193	166	60	65	125	137	0	0	136	150	888
Fatty Taylor	G	78	2553	679	316	7	3	248	150	137	181	318	374	210	0	237	266	785
Mike Barr	G	79	2076	612	289	4	1	188	141	76	151	227	254	0	0	185	220	720
Will Franklin	F	73	990	524	218	7	2	179	107	123	166	289	50	0	0	123	157	545
Neil Johnson	F-C	69	1442	429	210	1	0	156	103	156	208	364	158	0	0	131	232	523
Willie Sojourner	C-F	64	1065	410	199	0	0	128	84	121	243	364	75	0	0	80	187	482
Dave Twardzik	G	80	1357	306	141	9	2	212	178	45	113	158	184	0	0	122	202	462
George Gervin	G-F	30	689	341	161	26	6	118	96	34	94	128	34	0	0	54	72	424
Goose Ligon	F-C	12	360	103	58	0	0	43	28	36	58	94	20	0	0	21	40	144
Erwin Mueller	C-F	17	205	53	17	0	0	10	3	17	30	47	26	0	0	22	24	37
Billy Shepherd	G	16	68	35	7	16	4	10	9	2	3	5	8	0	0	8	12	27
Al Sanders	F	4	25	2	2	0	0	6	4	0	5	5	0	0	0	3	4	8
Totals		826	19970	7757	3722	186	40	2785	2097	1411	2609	4020	2029	391	258	1819	2317	9581

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	71	42.2	49.6	20.8	77.6	3.7	8.5	12.2	4.2	2.5	1.8	4.6	2.8	31.9
Jim Eakins	C	83	30.8	52.2	0.0	80.2	2.8	6.0	8.8	3.2	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.5	15.0
George Irvine	F-G	79	26.3	52.7	21.2	83.3	1.4	2.4	3.7	1.9	0.0	0.0	1.7	3.4	13.0
Bernie Williams	G	71	21.3	42.8	17.2	86.0	0.8	0.9	1.8	1.9	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.1	12.5
Fatty Taylor	G	78	32.7	46.5	42.9	60.5	1.8	2.3	4.1	4.8	2.7	0.0	3.0	3.4	10.1
Mike Barr	G	79	26.3	47.2	25.0	75.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	3.2	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.8	9.1
Will Franklin	F	73	13.6	41.6	28.6	59.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.2	7.5
Neil Johnson	F-C	69	20.9	49.0	0.0	66.0	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.4	7.6
Willie Sojourner	C-F	64	16.6	48.5		65.6	1.9	3.8	5.7	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.9	7.5
Dave Twardzik	G	80	17.0	46.1	22.2	84.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	5.8
George Gervin	G-F	30	23.0	47.2	23.1	81.4	1.1	3.1	4.3	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.4	14.1
Goose Ligon	F-C	12	30.0	56.3		65.1	3.0	4.8	7.8	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.3	12.0
Erwin Mueller	C-F	17	12.1	32.1		30.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.4	2.2
Billy Shepherd	G	16	4.3	20.0	25.0	90.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.7
Al Sanders	F	4	6.3	100.0		66.7	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	2.0
Averages		826	24.2	48.0	21.5	75.3	1.7	3.2	4.9	2.5	0.5	0.3	2.2	2.8	11.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	5	219	112	59		0	40	30	14	31	45	16	17	16	148
Jim Eakins	C	5	217	81	48		0	34	28	20	37	57	18	22	22	124
George Gervin	G-F	5	200	77	34		1	34	24	16	22	38	8	18	15	93
Fatty Taylor	G	5	169	38	13		1	15	14	4	17	21	14	18	19	41
Neil Johnson	F-C	5	98	26	13		0	8	6	7	14	21	5	7	16	32
Erwin Mueller	C-F	5	112	18	5		1	7	6	7	12	19	15	11	10	17
George Irvine	F-G	5	53	15	6		0	5	5	2	3	5	5	8	8	17
Mike Barr	G	5	84	18	5		0	6	5	2	4	6	10	10	8	15
Dave Twardzik	G	2	29	7	3		0	6	6	0	1	1	3	1	3	12
Willie Sojourner	C-F	3	20	7	4		0	2	2	3	3	6	2	2	2	10
Bernie Williams	G	3	24	8	3		0	1	1	0	0	0	1	7	4	7
Totals		48	1225	407	193	0	3	158	127	75	144	219	97	121	123	516

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	5	43.8	52.7	75.0	2.8	6.2	9.0	3.2	3.4	3.2	29.6
Jim Eakins	C	5	43.4	59.3	82.4	4.0	7.4	11.4	3.6	4.4	4.4	24.8
George Gervin	G-F	5	40.0	44.2	70.6	3.2	4.4	7.6	1.6	3.6	3.0	18.6
Fatty Taylor	G	5	33.8	34.2	93.3	0.8	3.4	4.2	2.8	3.6	3.8	8.2
Neil Johnson	F-C	5	19.6	50.0	75.0	1.4	2.8	4.2	1.0	1.4	3.2	6.4
Erwin Mueller	C-F	5	22.4	27.8	85.7	1.4	2.4	3.8	3.0	2.2	2.0	3.4
George Irvine	F-G	5	10.6	40.0	100.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.6	3.4
Mike Barr	G	5	16.8	27.8	83.3	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.0	2.0	1.6	3.0
Dave Twardzik	G	2	14.5	42.9	100.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	6.0
Willie Sojourner	C-F	3	6.7	57.1	100.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	3.3
Bernie Williams	G	3	8.0	37.5	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.3	2.3
Averages		826	25.5	47.4	80.4	1.6	3.0	4.6	2.0	2.5	2.6	10.8