In the 1972âÂÂ73 Baltimore Bullets season, their 12th overall season and tenth and final season in Baltimore, Maryland, the Bullets were led by seventh-year head coach Gene Shue and won a third consecutive Central Division title.
Prior to the season in June, forward Elvin Hayes was acquired in a trade from the Houston Rockets, for forward Jack Marin and draft picks. In the 1972 draft in April, Baltimore selected point guard Kevin Porter in the third round. After a slow start, the Bullets had a strong 10âÂÂ4 record in December. In the playoffs, they faced their playoff rivals the New York Knicks, and fell in five games in the conference semi-finals; the Knicks went on to win the NBA title.
Following the season, the Bullets made a move of roughly over 30 miles to the new Capital Centre in Landover, a suburb east of Washington, D.C., and became the The Bullets would later play 35 regular season games in Baltimore from the 1988âÂÂ89 through 1996âÂÂ97 seasons.
|- | 1 | March 30 | @ New York | L 83âÂÂ95 | Archie Clark (22) | Wes Unseld (16) | Archie Clark (6) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,694 | 0âÂÂ1 |- | 2 | April 1 | @ New York | L 103âÂÂ123 | Phil Chenier (27) | Wes Unseld (14) | Kevin Porter (7) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,694 | 0âÂÂ2 |- | 3 | April 4 | New York | L 96âÂÂ103 | Elvin Hayes (36) | Elvin Hayes (14) | Riordan, Clark (4) | Baltimore Civic Center<br>12,289 | 0âÂÂ3 |- | 4 | April 6 | New York | W 97âÂÂ89 | Elvin Hayes (34) | Hayes, Unseld (13) | Archie Clark (10) | Baltimore Civic Center<br>12,289 | 1âÂÂ3 |- | 5 | April 8 | @ New York | L 99âÂÂ109 | Archie Clark (30) | Wes Unseld (21) | Chenier, Unseld (4) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,694 | 1âÂÂ4 |-