1969-1970 Denver Rockets: 51-33 .607
Next Season Home record: 36-4 (4847 points scored, 4341 allowed) Road record: 11-26 (4023 points scored, 4168 allowed) Other sites: 4-3 (827 points scored, 819 allowed) Head Coaches: John McLendon (9-19), Joe Belmont (42-14) 9697 points scored (3rd of 11 teams), 9328 points allowed (5th) ABA Averages: 113.0 points/game (9494.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Cliff Anderson 6'2 200 25 St. Joseph's Byron Beck 6'9 225 24 Denver Jeff Congdon 6'1 180 26 Brigham Young Julian Hammond 6'5 205 26 Tulsa Spencer Haywood 6'8 225 20 Detroit Larry Jones 6'2 180 27 Toledo Julius Keye 6'10 200 23 Alcorn State Lonnie Lynn 6'7 215 26 Wilberforce Walt Piatkowski 6'8 220 24 Bowling Green Floyd Theard 6'1 170 25 Kentucky Dwight Waller 6'6 220 24 Tennessee State Ben Warley 6'5 200 33 Tennessee State Greg Wittman 6'8 210 22 Western Carolina Lonnie Wright 6'2 205 25 Colorado State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Spencer Haywood 84 3808 986 1998 0 11 547 705 533 1104 1637 190 253 221 2519 30.0 G Larry Jones 75 3027 625 1441 41 165 579 732 143 248 391 426 237 228 1870 24.9 C Byron Beck 79 2454 440 841 0 2 137 174 250 514 764 112 137 293 1017 12.9 G Lonnie Wright 79 2237 393 952 54 193 121 175 49 167 216 149 97 278 961 12.2 F Julian Hammond 69 1847 329 660 0 1 169 243 204 267 471 109 158 183 827 12.0 G Jeff Congdon 83 2461 299 775 63 178 151 192 52 181 233 446 205 205 812 9.8 F Julius Keye 77 1641 245 618 0 7 116 193 188 342 530 47 99 209 606 7.9 F Walt Piatkowski 74 1302 215 535 11 50 76 99 106 146 252 41 75 180 517 7.0 F Greg Wittman 50 453 80 204 4 17 32 59 30 68 98 15 36 87 196 3.9 F Ben Warley 42 475 60 170 15 58 58 76 26 84 110 30 36 98 193 4.6 G Floyd Theard 25 406 39 113 0 1 18 28 8 43 51 44 45 49 96 3.8 F Lonnie Lynn 12 140 20 46 0 0 8 12 15 35 50 4 7 18 48 4.0 F Dwight Waller 7 87 10 24 0 1 9 19 16 22 38 4 16 12 29 4.1 G Cliff Anderson 3 22 2 4 0 0 2 6 1 3 4 4 3 3 6 2.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/17/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 130-111 04/18/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 143-133 04/19/1970 at Washington Capitols L 120-125 04/22/1970 at Washington Capitols L 114-131 04/23/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 132-110 04/25/1970 at Washington Capitols L 111-116 04/28/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 143-119 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 04/30/1970 vs Los Angeles Stars W 123-113 (OT) 05/01/1970 vs Los Angeles Stars L 105-114 05/04/1970 at Los Angeles Stars L 113-119 05/05/1970 at Los Angeles Stars L 110-114 05/09/1970 vs Los Angeles Stars L 107-109 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Spencer Haywood 12 568 185 362 1 5 69 83 237 39 41 31 440 36.7 G Larry Jones 12 535 113 207 5 20 88 101 64 76 29 41 319 26.6 F Julian Hammond 12 395 85 170 0 0 22 36 79 34 27 49 192 16.0 C Byron Beck 12 439 77 176 1 4 36 47 144 19 24 41 191 15.9 G Jeff Congdon 12 313 43 118 16 50 24 32 33 68 25 41 126 10.5 G Lonnie Wright 11 334 32 109 2 8 18 23 32 44 11 33 84 7.6 F Ben Warley 10 129 16 38 7 16 6 10 29 11 9 27 45 4.5 F Walt Piatkowski 6 50 12 24 1 4 2 4 11 4 2 9 27 4.5 F Julius Keye 7 138 10 42 0 1 3 6 31 6 10 16 23 3.3 F Greg Wittman 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/19/1969 vs New Orleans Buccaneers L 103-109 0-1 10/21/1969 at Dallas Chaparrals L 108-120 0-2 10/22/1969 at Indiana Pacers L 107-117 0-3 10/24/1969 at New York Nets L 91-97 0-4 10/25/1969 at Washington Capitols L 82-99 0-5 10/26/1969 vs Pittsburgh Pipers L 105-127 0-6 10/28/1969 at Los Angeles Stars L 118-126 0-7 10/31/1969 vs Washington Capitols W 116-106 1-7 11/01/1969 vs Los Angeles Stars W 121-88 2-7 11/05/1969 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 105-119 2-8 11/06/1969 at Kentucky Colonels L 119-145 2-9 11/07/1969 at Carolina Cougars L 104-105 2-10 11/08/1969 at Indiana Pacers L 96-99 2-11 11/12/1969 at Pittsburgh Pipers W 125-114 3-11 11/13/1969 at Kentucky Colonels L 104-109 3-12 11/14/1969 vs New York Nets W 100-83 4-12 11/16/1969 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 89-87 5-12 11/18/1969 vs Indiana Pacers L 105-108 5-13 11/21/1969 at Dallas Chaparrals W 103-100 6-13 11/26/1969 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 105-109 6-14 11/28/1969 at Dallas Chaparrals W 109-103 7-14 11/29/1969 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 101-105 7-15 11/30/1969 at Miami Floridians L 98-103 7-16 12/02/1969 at Pittsburgh Pipers W 127-101 8-16 12/03/1969 at Washington Capitols L 87-99 8-17 12/06/1969 at Washington Capitols W 108-97 9-17 12/07/1969 at New York Nets L 96-102 9-18 12/08/1969 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 99-105 9-19 12/11/1969 at Washington Capitols L 113-126 9-20 12/14/1969 at Los Angeles Stars W 122-101 10-20 12/18/1969 vs New York Nets W 108-105 11-20 12/19/1969 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 97-102 11-21 12/20/1969 at Miami Floridians W 123-114 12-21 12/23/1969 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 102-96 13-21 12/26/1969 vs Miami Floridians W 141-122 14-21 12/28/1969 vs Kentucky Colonels W 135-112 15-21 12/30/1969 vs Los Angeles Stars W 123-116 16-21 01/02/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 129-113 17-21 01/04/1970 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 122-85 18-21 01/06/1970 at Los Angeles Stars W 120-112 19-21 01/07/1970 at Washington Capitols W 129-118 20-21 01/09/1970 vs Los Angeles Stars W 124-119 21-21 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/13/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 138-122 22-21 01/15/1970 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 126-123 23-21 01/18/1970 vs Carolina Cougars W 135-112 24-21 01/22/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 130-121 25-21 01/25/1970 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 127-118 26-21 01/30/1970 at New York Nets L 98-115 26-22 01/31/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 109-104 27-22 02/01/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 105-118 27-23 02/02/1970 at Los Angeles Stars W 115-113 28-23 02/03/1970 vs Washington Capitols L 125-142 28-24 02/05/1970 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 125-98 29-24 02/06/1970 at Los Angeles Stars L 103-117 29-25 02/08/1970 vs Miami Floridians W 115-103 30-25 02/12/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 125-111 31-25 02/18/1970 at Los Angeles Stars W 118-107 32-25 02/22/1970 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 113-107 33-25 02/25/1970 vs Carolina Cougars W 120-110 34-25 02/27/1970 vs Indiana Pacers W 132-100 35-25 03/01/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 137-128 36-25 03/03/1970 at Dallas Chaparrals L 130-142 36-26 03/04/1970 at Los Angeles Stars L 122-135 36-27 03/05/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 114-97 37-27 03/07/1970 at Washington Capitols L 128-144 37-28 03/08/1970 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 108-103 38-28 03/10/1970 at Dallas Chaparrals L 116-124 38-29 03/11/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 126-106 39-29 03/12/1970 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 105-113 39-30 03/13/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 103-98 40-30 03/15/1970 at Miami Floridians W 126-111 41-30 03/17/1970 at Kentucky Colonels L 110-119 41-31 03/18/1970 at Indiana Pacers W 128-112 42-31 03/19/1970 at Pittsburgh Pipers L 92-94 42-32 03/21/1970 vs Carolina Cougars W 128-105 43-32 03/27/1970 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 103-92 44-32 03/28/1970 at Dallas Chaparrals L 126-150 44-33 03/31/1970 vs Los Angeles Stars W 119-98 45-33 04/03/1970 vs New York Nets W 105-102 46-33 04/05/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 112-98 47-33 04/08/1970 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 152-113 48-33 04/10/1970 vs Miami Floridians W 145-141 49-33 04/12/1970 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 132-123 50-33 04/15/1970 vs Los Angeles Stars W 152-116 51-33 |