1973–74 Golden State Warriors season

1973–74 Golden State Warriors season
Head coach	Al Attles
Arena	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Results
Record	44–38 (.537)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTVU
Radio	KGO (Bill King)

The 1973–74 NBA season was the Warriors' 28th season in the NBA and 12th in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1973 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Kevin Joyce	G	United States	South Carolina
2	29	Derrek Dickey	F	United States	Cincinnati
3	46	Jim Retseck	F	United States	Auburn
4	63	Ron King	G	United States	Florida State
5	80	Nate Stephens	C	United States	Long Beach State
6	97	Bob Lauriski		United States	Utah State
7	114	Steve Smith	F	United States	Loyola Marymount
8	131	Jeff Dawson	G	United States	Illinois
9	146	Everett Fopma		United States	Idaho State
10	160	Fred Lavoroni		United States	Santa Clara

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 25 Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Oregon F 24 Barry, Rick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Miami (FL) G 21 Beard, Butch 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Louisville F 40 Dickey, Derrek 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Cincinnati F 31 Ellis, Joe 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Francisco G 10 Johnson, Charles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) California C 52 Johnson, George 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Dillard F/C 43 Lee, Clyde 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Vanderbilt G 23 Mullins, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke F 32 Russell, Cazzie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Michigan F/C 42 Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Bowling Green	Head coach Al Attles (North Carolina A&T) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	–	30–11	17–24	–	14–12
Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	3	23–18	20–20	1–0	15–11
Seattle SuperSonics	36	46	.439	11	22–19	14–27	–	12–14
Phoenix Suns	30	52	.366	17	24–17	6–34	0–1	11–15
Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	20	22–19	5–34	0–2	13–13

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Milwaukee Bucks	59	23	.720	–
2	x-Chicago Bulls	54	28	.659	5
3	x-Detroit Pistons	52	30	.634	7
4	y-Los Angeles Lakers	47	35	.573	12
5	Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	15
6	Seattle SuperSonics	36	46	.439	23
7	Kansas City–Omaha Kings	33	49	.402	26
8	Phoenix Suns	30	52	.366	29
9	Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	32

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1973–74 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CAP	CHI	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	KCO	LAL	MIL	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA
Atlanta	–	1–5	2–4	4–4	1–3	4–3	0–4	1–3	5–2	1–3	4–0	1–3	1–5	3–3	1–3	2–2	4–0
Boston	5–1	–	5–2	2–4	2–2	4–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	5–2	7–1	3–1	4–0	2–2
Buffalo	4–2	2–5	–	3–3	1–3	5–1	1–3	1–3	4–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	4–4	6–1	3–1	3–1	2–2
Capital	4–4	4–2	3–3	–	1–3	6–1	2–2	3–1	4–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	2–2
Chicago	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	–	4–0	5–2	4–2	4–0	5–2	1–5	3–3	2–2	3–1	4–2	4–2	4–2
Cleveland	3–4	2–4	1–5	1–6	0–4	–	2–2	0–4	4–4	0–4	3–1	0–4	1–5	5–1	1–3	4–0	2–2
Detroit	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–5	2–2	–	5–1	3–1	4–2	4–2	3–4	1–3	2–2	6–0	5–1	5–1
Golden State	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–4	4–0	1–5	–	4–0	3–3	4–2	3–3	1–3	3–1	5–2	3–4	3–3
Houston	2–5	2–4	2–4	3–4	0–4	4–4	1–3	0–4	–	2–2	2–2	0–4	4–2	4–2	2–2	3–1	1–3
Kansas City-Omaha	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–5	4–0	2–4	3–3	2–2	–	1–5	0–7	1–3	1–3	4–2	4–2	2–4
Los Angeles	0–4	2–2	4–0	2–2	5–1	1–3	2–4	2–4	2–2	5–1	–	4–2	2–2	4–0	4–2	4–3	4–3
Milwaukee	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–3	4–0	4–3	3–3	4–0	7–0	2–4	–	2–2	4–0	5–1	6–0	4–2
New York	5–1	2–5	4–4	3–3	2–2	5–1	3–1	3–1	2–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	–	4–3	3–1	2–2	4–0
Philadelphia	3–3	1–7	1–6	2–4	1–3	1–5	2–2	1–3	2–4	3–1	0–4	0–4	3–4	–	3–1	2–2	0–4
Phoenix	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–1	0–6	2–5	2–2	2–4	2–4	1–5	1–3	1–3	–	3–3	4–3
Portland	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–4	0–4	1–5	4–3	1–3	2–4	3–4	0–6	2–2	2–2	3–3	–	3–3
Seattle	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–5	3–3	3–1	4–2	3–4	2–4	0–4	4–0	3–4	3–3	—

Game log

1973–74 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 13	Milwaukee	97–85	Jim Barnett (24)	0–1
2	October 14	@ Phoenix	120–95	Rick Barry (23)	1–1
3	October 17	@ Milwaukee	95–109	Jim Barnett (28)	1–2
4	October 20	Kansas City–Omaha	81–100	Cazzie Russell (26)	2–2
5	October 23	Phoenix	109–121	Cazzie Russell (27)	3–2
6	October 26	@ Seattle	117–110	Cazzie Russell (41)	4–2
7	October 27	Atlanta	125–116	Cazzie Russell (29)	4–3
8	November 2	@ Boston	105–108	Rick Barry (29)	4–4
9	November 3	@ Buffalo	124–121 (OT)	Rick Barry (36)	5–4
10	November 4	@ Kansas City–Omaha	92–91	Rick Barry (26)	6–4
11	November 8	Chicago	112–111	Barry, Mullins (20)	6–5
12	November 10	Buffalo	105–128	Cazzie Russell (46)	7–5
13	November 13	Cleveland	115–128	Rick Barry (43)	8–5
14	November 17	Philadelphia	109–106	Rick Barry (28)	8–6
15	November 20	@ Milwaukee	108–105	Rick Barry (31)	9–6
16	November 22	@ Atlanta	101–99	Jeff Mullins (21)	10–6
17	November 23	N Philadelphia	106–111	Cazzie Russell (36)	11–6
18	November 24	@ New York	107–99	Jim Barnett (24)	12–6
19	November 27	@ Chicago	117–123	Rick Barry (27)	12–7
20	November 29	Portland	89–119	Rick Barry (22)	13–7
21	December 1	Kansas City–Omaha	108–120	Cazzie Russell (37)	14–7
22	December 4	Detroit	112–93	Cazzie Russell (24)	14–8
23	December 5	@ Phoenix	97–103	Jeff Mullins (22)	14–9
24	December 8	Los Angeles	111–135	Rick Barry (50)	15–9
25	December 11	Houston	107–114	Cazzie Russell (49)	16–9
26	December 14	@ Portland	101–109	Cazzie Russell (37)	16–10
27	December 15	Capital	106–93	Rick Barry (32)	16–11
28	December 18	Boston	125–106	Rick Barry (32)	16–12
29	December 21	@ Detroit	104–107	Rick Barry (35)	16–13
30	December 22	@ Chicago	86–110	Cazzie Russell (29)	16–14
31	December 23	@ Kansas City–Omaha	93–101	Barry, Russell (22)	16–15
32	December 27	Portland	118–117	Rick Barry (32)	16–16
33	December 29	Los Angeles	100–102	Cazzie Russell (29)	17–16
34	December 30	@ Seattle	92–96	Cazzie Russell (35)	17–17
35	January 1	Chicago	91–80	Cazzie Russell (24)	17–18
36	January 4	@ Los Angeles	111–114	Jeff Mullins (27)	17–19
37	January 5	Houston	106–108	Rick Barry (34)	18–19
38	January 6	@ Portland	105–106	Rick Barry (37)	18–20
39	January 8	@ Houston	104–92	Rick Barry (22)	19–20
40	January 10	Seattle	89–125	Rick Barry (21)	20–20
41	January 12	New York	96–80	Jeff Mullins (23)	20–21
42	January 17	Phoenix	120–127	Rick Barry (44)	21–21
43	January 19	@ Capital	90–117	Rick Barry (26)	21–22
44	January 20	@ Boston	123–102	Jeff Mullins (29)	22–22
45	January 22	Capital	97–99	Rick Barry (25)	23–22
46	January 26	Cleveland	93–106	Rick Barry (37)	24–22
47	January 29	@ Buffalo	128–121	Rick Barry (30)	25–22
48	January 30	@ Atlanta	129–122	Rick Barry (40)	26–22
49	January 31	@ Houston	109–108	Rick Barry (38)	27–22
50	February 2	Milwaukee	91–120	Jeff Mullins (32)	28–22
51	February 5	Seattle	113–129	Jeff Mullins (23)	29–22
52	February 7	Detroit	110–86	Nate Thurmond (18)	29–23
53	February 9	Kansas City–Omaha	121–120	Rick Barry (41)	29–24
54	February 10	@ Phoenix	121–105	Rick Barry (30)	30–24
55	February 12	Boston	107–102	Rick Barry (37)	30–25
56	February 14	Atlanta	105–121	Rick Barry (33)	31–25
57	February 16	@ New York	107–117	Rick Barry (38)	31–26
58	February 17	@ Chicago	108–105	Nate Thurmond (31)	32–26
59	February 19	@ Cleveland	104–98	Cazzie Russell (37)	33–26
60	February 20	@ Kansas City–Omaha	97–116	Cazzie Russell (27)	33–27
61	February 21	@ Cleveland	122–103	Barry, G. Johnson (23)	34–27
62	February 23	Philadelphia	106–125	Rick Barry (51)	35–27
63	February 26	Phoenix	100–120	Rick Barry (32)	36–27
64	February 28	Portland	109–129	Rick Barry (42)	37–27
65	March 2	Chicago	88–103	Rick Barry (43)	38–27
66	March 3	@ Los Angeles	104–108	Cazzie Russell (29)	38–28
67	March 5	Detroit	95–93	Rick Barry (36)	38–29
68	March 7	@ Milwaukee	97–95	Rick Barry (31)	39–29
69	March 8	@ Philadelphia	106–96	Rick Barry (28)	40–29
70	March 10	@ Capital	107–117	Rick Barry (30)	40–30
71	March 11	@ Detroit	120–108	Rick Barry (40)	41–30
72	March 12	@ Detroit	108–113	Rick Barry (23)	41–31
73	March 14	New York	107–95	Rick Barry (22)	41–32
74	March 15	@ Los Angeles	112–107	Cazzie Russell (35)	42–32
75	March 16	Los Angeles	105–135	Cazzie Russell (34)	43–32
76	March 19	Milwaukee	111–100	Jeff Mullins (25)	43–33
77	March 20	@ Seattle	107–110	Rick Barry (36)	43–34
78	March 21	Buffalo	115–102	Beard, Russell (27)	43–35
79	March 23	Seattle	139–137	Rick Barry (34)	43–36
80	March 24	@ Phoenix	121–134	Cazzie Russell (46)	43–37
81	March 26	Portland	120–143	Rick Barry (64)	44–37
82	March 27	@ Portland	122–132	Cazzie Russell (30)	44–38

Awards and records

• Nate Thurmond, NBA All-Star Game
• Rick Barry, NBA All-Star Game
• Rick Barry, All-NBA First Team
• Nate Thurmond, NBA All-Defensive Second Team