Temporada 1972-73 de los Kansas City-Omaha Kings
# Temporada 1972-73 de los Kansas City-Omaha Kings

La temporada 1972-73 fue la vigésimo quinta de los Kings en la NBA, y la primera a caballo entre las ciudades de Kansas City y Omaha, dejando atrás la denominación de Royals. La temporada regular acabó con 36 victorias y 46 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 19 | Sam Sibert | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Kentucky State* |
| 2 | 28 | Mike Ratliff | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Wisconsin-Eau Claire* |
| 3 | 38 | Ron Riley | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Southern California |
| 4 | 53 | Frank Schade | Base | Estados Unidos | Wisconsin-Eau Claire* |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Milwaukee Bucks | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 33–5 | 25–15 | 2–2 | 15–5 |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 51 | 31 | .622 | 9 | 29–12 | 20–19 | 2–0 | 10–10 |
| Detroit Pistons | 40 | 42 | .488 | 20 | 26–15 | 13–25 | 1–2 | 9–11 |
| Kansas City–Omaha Kings | 36 | 46 | .439 | 24 | 24–17 | 12–29 | – | 6–14 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tiny Archibald | 24 | 80 | 46.0 | 12.9 | 26.3 | .488 | 8.3 | 9.8 | .847 | 2.8 | 11.4 | 2.6 | 34.0 |
| 2 | Sam Lacey | 24 | 79 | 37.1 | 6.0 | 12.6 | .474 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .708 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Matt Guokas | 28 | 79 | 36.0 | 4.1 | 7.2 | .570 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .822 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 9.1 |
| 4 | Tom Van Arsdale | 29 | 49 | 26.2 | 5.1 | 11.2 | .457 | 2.2 | 2.9 | .786 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 12.4 |
| 5 | Nate Williams | 22 | 80 | 24.7 | 5.2 | 10.9 | .477 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .797 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 11.8 |
| 6 | Ron Riley | 22 | 74 | 22.1 | 3.7 | 8.6 | .431 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .681 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 8.4 |
| 7 | John Block | 28 | 25 | 19.3 | 3.2 | 7.2 | .444 | 2.6 | 3.0 | .842 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 9.0 |
| 8 | Johnny Green | 39 | 66 | 18.9 | 2.9 | 4.8 | .599 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .679 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
| 9 | John Mengelt | 23 | 12 | 17.7 | 2.2 | 5.7 | .382 | 0.9 | 1.6 | .579 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 5.3 |
| 10 | Don Kojis | 34 | 77 | 16.1 | 3.6 | 7.5 | .480 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .774 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 8.5 |
| 11 | Mike Ratliff | 21 | 58 | 11.7 | 1.7 | 4.1 | .417 | 0.8 | 1.4 | .536 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 4.2 |
| 12 | Dick Gibbs | 24 | 66 | 11.1 | 1.2 | 3.3 | .362 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .746 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
| 13 | Toby Kimball | 30 | 67 | 9.6 | 1.4 | 3.3 | .436 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .657 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 14 | Frank Schade | 23 | 9 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | .286 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 15 | Ken Durrett | 24 | 8 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | .381 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .750 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| 16 | Pete Cross | 24 | 3 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Sam Sibert | 23 | 5 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 2.6 | .308 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .800 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Tiny Archibald | Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star Líder de anotación de la NBA Líder en asistencias de la NBA |
