1971-1972 Denver Rockets: 34-50 .405
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 25-15 (4619 points scored, 4401 allowed) Road record: 7-33 (4378 points scored, 4700 allowed) Other sites: 2-2 (399 points scored, 399 allowed) Head Coach: Alex Hannum 9396 points scored (9th of 11 teams), 9500 points allowed (7th) ABA Averages: 113.5 points/game (9538.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Byron Beck 6'9 225 26 Denver Art Becker 6'6 205 29 Arizona State Larry Brown 5'9 160 31 North Carolina Frank Card 6'7 195 27 South Carolina State Julian Hammond 6'5 205 28 Tulsa Julius Keye 6'10 200 25 Alcorn State Steve Mix 6'7 215 24 Toledo Marv Roberts 6'8 200 21 Utah State Dave Robisch 6'10 235 22 Kansas Ralph Simpson 6'5 200 22 Michigan State Al Smith 6'1 185 24 Bradley Dwight Waller 6'6 220 26 Tennessee State Chuck Williams 6'2 175 25 Colorado Steve Wilson 6'5 185 23 Hanover Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Ralph Simpson 84 3006 920 2000 3 22 457 568 171 227 398 258 266 244 2300 27.4 C Dave Robisch 84 2420 505 1138 0 5 294 419 287 517 804 201 113 251 1304 15.5 F Art Becker 84 2193 435 954 0 3 165 195 167 304 471 113 132 271 1035 12.3 C Byron Beck 66 1816 337 669 0 3 140 166 171 357 528 136 96 213 814 12.3 G Al Smith 83 1764 292 675 32 107 153 211 85 141 226 249 163 244 769 9.3 G Chuck Williams 84 1580 263 583 0 4 205 275 62 95 157 160 98 144 731 8.7 G Larry Brown 76 2012 243 556 5 25 198 244 53 113 166 549 217 207 689 9.1 F Frank Card 73 1443 225 495 0 1 112 172 141 189 330 79 115 204 562 7.7 F Marv Roberts 68 1047 217 533 1 4 86 120 121 173 294 61 77 150 521 7.7 F Julius Keye 84 2557 192 476 0 2 108 174 315 667 982 153 139 346 492 5.9 F Julian Hammond 25 411 66 140 0 0 31 50 48 67 115 29 30 47 163 6.5 G Steve Wilson 9 36 5 23 0 2 4 7 3 1 4 6 3 9 14 1.6 F Dwight Waller 2 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 1 3 4 2.0 F Steve Mix 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 03/31/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 96-102 04/01/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 106-105 04/04/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 120-122 (OT) 04/06/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 112-96 04/08/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 79-91 04/09/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 106-99 04/13/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 89-91 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Ralph Simpson 7 291 70 162 0 2 47 57 31 24 18 21 187 26.7 C Byron Beck 7 264 56 115 1 4 26 28 72 14 15 29 139 19.9 C Dave Robisch 7 288 50 138 0 0 37 52 99 15 15 25 137 19.6 G Larry Brown 7 211 21 50 0 3 23 24 10 36 14 25 65 9.3 F Julius Keye 7 302 27 59 0 0 3 8 113 20 10 30 57 8.1 G Chuck Williams 7 108 18 42 0 0 9 12 19 6 6 14 45 6.4 F Art Becker 7 94 14 31 0 1 6 9 12 4 7 18 34 4.9 G Al Smith 7 99 12 27 2 3 4 5 18 7 7 14 30 4.3 F Frank Card 4 28 4 8 0 0 0 1 7 3 1 10 8 2.0 F Marv Roberts 3 20 2 7 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 6 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1971 at Utah Stars L 121-135 0-1 10/15/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 104-115 0-2 10/16/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors L 136-140 0-3 10/19/1971 vs Indiana Pacers L 117-122 0-4 10/23/1971 vs New York Nets W 100-96 1-4 10/26/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 115-100 2-4 10/29/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 119-111 3-4 10/30/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 105-133 3-5 10/31/1971 at Memphis Pros L 106-117 3-6 11/02/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 133-114 4-6 11/09/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels L 96-106 4-7 11/11/1971 vs Utah Stars L 106-112 4-8 11/13/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 92-97 4-9 11/16/1971 vs Indiana Pacers W 111-108 5-9 11/17/1971 at Carolina Cougars L 101-113 5-10 11/19/1971 at Virginia Squires W 115-113 6-10 11/20/1971 vs The Floridians W 117-97 7-10 11/23/1971 at Dallas Chaparrals L 101-104 7-11 11/24/1971 at The Floridians L 129-133 7-12 11/26/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 96-110 7-13 11/27/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 128-109 8-13 11/30/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 106-91 9-13 12/04/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels L 102-109 9-14 12/05/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 118-114 10-14 12/07/1971 at The Floridians L 105-107 10-15 12/08/1971 at Memphis Pros L 91-109 10-16 12/10/1971 at Utah Stars L 102-110 10-17 12/11/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 130-125 11-17 12/14/1971 vs New York Nets W 119-118 12-17 12/17/1971 at Utah Stars L 109-136 12-18 12/18/1971 at Memphis Pros L 94-103 12-19 12/21/1971 vs Indiana Pacers W 113-109 13-19 12/23/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 101-104 13-20 12/28/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 114-105 14-20 12/30/1971 vs Utah Stars L 98-103 14-21 12/31/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 108-91 15-21 01/02/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 103-84 16-21 01/04/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 103-106 16-22 01/07/1972 at New York Nets W 107-104 17-22 01/08/1972 at Memphis Pros L 122-134 17-23 01/11/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 99-114 17-24 01/12/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 102-107 17-25 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/13/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors L 116-118 17-26 01/15/1972 at Virginia Squires L 107-116 17-27 01/16/1972 vs Utah Stars W 110-102 18-27 01/19/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 116-92 19-27 01/21/1972 at Memphis Pros W 110-98 20-27 01/22/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 93-94 20-28 01/23/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 130-123 21-28 01/27/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 98-99 21-29 02/01/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 108-117 21-30 02/02/1972 at Utah Stars W 122-116 22-30 02/04/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 102-118 22-31 02/05/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 106-117 22-32 02/06/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 115-107 23-32 02/08/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 136-124 24-32 02/09/1972 at Virginia Squires L 111-124 24-33 02/11/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 105-110 24-34 02/12/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 111-133 24-35 02/13/1972 vs Virginia Squires L 123-124 24-36 02/15/1972 vs The Floridians L 124-125 24-37 02/20/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 146-123 25-37 02/22/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 121-105 26-37 02/24/1972 at The Floridians L 118-130 26-38 02/25/1972 at New York Nets L 116-124 26-39 02/27/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 113-105 27-39 03/01/1972 vs The Floridians W 138-125 28-39 03/04/1972 at Utah Stars L 130-136 28-40 03/05/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 137-129 29-40 03/07/1972 vs Utah Stars L 108-116 29-41 03/09/1972 at Memphis Pros L 102-113 29-42 03/10/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 115-127 29-43 03/11/1972 at New York Nets L 114-132 29-44 03/12/1972 vs Memphis Pros L 100-105 29-45 03/14/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 123-106 30-45 03/16/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 131-121 31-45 03/17/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals W 91-87 32-45 03/19/1972 vs Utah Stars L 113-125 32-46 03/21/1972 at Utah Stars L 120-132 32-47 03/22/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 96-105 32-48 03/24/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 93-92 33-48 03/25/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 117-134 33-49 03/26/1972 vs New York Nets W 108-91 34-49 03/29/1972 vs Utah Stars L 109-112 34-50 |