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.

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