1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season

NBA season
team = Philadelphia 76ers
misc =
end_year = 1973
wins = 9
losses = 73
division = Atlantic
division_place = 4
conf_place = 8
coach = Roy Rubin, Kevin Lougherty
arena = The Spectrum
owners = Irv Kosloff
television = WTAF-TV
radio = WCAU-AM (limited broadcasts)
playoffs = Did not qualify
bbr_team = PHI

In the 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season, the 76ers lost their first 15 games of the season, and a few months later set a then-record 20 game losing streak in a single season. Their record following the 20 game losing streak was 4–58, and the team at that point had just lost 34 of 35 games. The 76ers finished the season with a 9–73 record, earning the nickname from the skeptical Philadelphia media of the "Nine and 73-ers". The 76ers finished an NBA-record 59 games behind the Atlantic Division champion Boston Celtics. The nine wins by the 1972–73 squad is the second fewest in NBA history—to the six games won by the Providence Steamrollers in the 48 game 1947–48 season. The 73 losses, although threatened many times, remains the all-time low-water mark for any NBA franchise. Only six seasons earlier, the 76ers had set the NBA record for most wins in a season.

Offseason

NBA Draft