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.

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