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1972-1973 Denver Rockets: 47-37 .560
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-9 (4455 points scored, 4115 allowed) Road record: 14-28 (4481 points scored, 4623 allowed) Other sites: 3-0 (368 points scored, 349 allowed)

Head Coach: Alex Hannum 9304 points scored (8th of 10 teams), 9087 points allowed (2nd) ABA Averages: 111.6 points/game (9374.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Byron Beck 6'9 225 27 Denver Dave Bustion 6'8 215 23 Denver Frank Card 6'7 195 28 South Carolina State Warren Jabali 6'2 200 26 Wichita State Julius Keye 6'10 200 26 Alcorn State Willie Long 6'8 225 22 New Mexico Marv Roberts 6'8 200 22 Utah State Dave Robisch 6'10 235 23 Kansas Ralph Simpson 6'5 200 23 Michigan State Al Smith 6'1 185 25 Bradley Claude Terry 6'4 195 22 Stanford John Trapp 6'7 210 27 Nevada - Las Vegas
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 81 2589 732 1670 5 24 421 556 140 231 371 222 127 283 241 1890 23.3 G Warren Jabali 82 2738 441 974 36 140 480 596 129 295 424 539 175 302 280 1398 17.0 C Dave Robisch 83 2647 521 1010 0 1 309 409 248 496 744 170 134 271 1351 16.3 C Byron Beck 77 2303 466 879 2 7 158 198 203 334 537 107 126 267 1092 14.2 F Marv Roberts 77 1959 374 807 1 3 201 255 180 218 398 95 110 194 950 12.3 G Al Smith 83 2343 315 767 17 90 272 352 68 146 214 477 261 295 919 11.1 F Willie Long 56 1050 183 458 0 2 138 177 99 191 290 43 95 147 504 9.0 F Julius Keye 83 3016 163 375 3 8 130 233 275 617 892 180 226 134 269 459 5.5 G Claude Terry 68 667 120 285 10 24 74 114 45 30 75 62 69 111 324 4.8 F Dave Bustion 47 355 58 133 0 0 42 59 39 62 101 21 54 82 158 3.4 F John Trapp 24 342 54 128 0 2 19 32 27 45 72 20 25 76 127 5.3 F Frank Card 4 36 6 15 0 0 9 13 4 3 7 0 3 4 21 5.2


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 03/31/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 91-114 04/01/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 93-106 04/03/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 105-94 04/05/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 95-97 04/07/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 107-121
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 5 197 51 138 2 6 28 37 8 16 24 14 15 20 132 26.4 C Dave Robisch 5 184 40 85 0 0 21 31 30 38 68 8 1 21 101 20.2 C Byron Beck 4 130 28 63 0 0 13 17 19 20 39 5 9 16 69 17.2 F Julius Keye 5 203 20 34 0 1 9 17 28 40 68 16 11 16 49 9.8 G Al Smith 5 185 15 54 0 2 18 20 10 15 25 26 18 17 48 9.6 G Warren Jabali 5 126 9 27 0 6 12 16 2 5 7 14 11 11 30 6.0 F John Trapp 5 51 7 16 0 0 8 12 4 3 7 2 1 13 22 4.4 F Willie Long 4 53 5 20 0 0 5 6 4 5 9 1 11 13 15 3.8 F Dave Bustion 1 11 2 7 0 0 6 7 0 1 1 1 1 3 10 10.0 F Marv Roberts 2 24 4 8 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 1 0 5 10 5.0 G Claude Terry 4 36 2 9 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 5 5 1.2

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1972 at Utah Stars L 104-115 0-1 10/13/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 109-100 1-1 10/14/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 96-90 2-1 10/18/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 115-109 3-1 10/20/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-99 4-1 10/25/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 112-118 4-2 10/26/1972 at Virginia Squires L 111-155 4-3 10/27/1972 at New York Nets L 112-117 4-4 10/28/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 106-119 4-5 10/31/1972 vs Utah Stars W 116-103 5-5 11/01/1972 at Utah Stars L 113-122 5-6 11/03/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals W 107-94 6-6 11/05/1972 vs New York Nets W 137-107 7-6 11/08/1972 vs Virginia Squires L 111-116 7-7 11/11/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 114-111 8-7 11/14/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-108 9-7 11/18/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 111-103 10-7 11/19/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors L 116-122 10-8 11/21/1972 vs Utah Stars W 106-100 11-8 11/24/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 130-111 12-8 11/29/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 113-114 12-9 11/30/1972 at Utah Stars L 95-111 12-10 12/02/1972 vs Memphis Tams W 127-99 13-10 12/06/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 104-110 13-11 12/07/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 102-89 14-11 12/08/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 104-107 14-12 12/09/1972 at Virginia Squires L 98-101 14-13 12/12/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 110-103 15-13 12/14/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 103-99 16-13 12/15/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 99-104 16-14 12/16/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 110-117 16-15 12/17/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors L 104-113 16-16 12/19/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 137-115 17-16 12/21/1972 vs New York Nets W 106-96 18-16 12/22/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 116-128 18-17 12/26/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 103-101 19-17 12/27/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 115-113 20-17 12/30/1972 vs New York Nets W 136-98 21-17 01/03/1973 at Utah Stars L 103-108 21-18 01/04/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 125-111 22-18 01/07/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 111-113 22-19 01/09/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors L 109-113 22-20
Date Opponent Result Record 01/10/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 106-105 23-20 01/11/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 113-109 24-20 01/12/1973 at Indiana Pacers W 128-119 25-20 01/16/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 113-130 25-21 01/17/1973 at New York Nets L 92-102 25-22 01/18/1973 at Virginia Squires L 110-116 25-23 01/19/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 113-117 25-24 01/21/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 111-118 25-25 01/23/1973 at Utah Stars L 104-108 25-26 01/24/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 98-87 26-26 01/26/1973 at Memphis Tams L 107-114 26-27 01/28/1973 vs New York Nets W 106-77 27-27 01/31/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 134-106 28-27 02/01/1973 at Indiana Pacers W 97-92 29-27 02/02/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 105-113 29-28 02/04/1973 at Memphis Tams W 104-99 30-28 02/11/1973 vs Carolina Cougars W 117-108 31-28 02/12/1973 at Utah Stars L 107-119 31-29 02/14/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 103-111 31-30 02/16/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 127-121 32-30 02/18/1973 vs Utah Stars W 109-90 33-30 02/21/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 110-109 34-30 02/23/1973 at Memphis Tams W 129-103 35-30 02/24/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 115-104 36-30 02/25/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 87-86 37-30 02/28/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 96-104 37-31 03/02/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 105-114 37-32 03/03/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 124-106 38-32 03/04/1973 vs Utah Stars W 133-125 39-32 03/07/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 116-111 40-32 03/09/1973 at New York Nets W 120-105 41-32 03/10/1973 at Virginia Squires L 103-106 41-33 03/11/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 82-119 41-34 03/13/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 114-96 42-34 03/17/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals L 107-124 42-35 03/18/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 122-105 43-35 03/20/1973 at Memphis Tams W 113-97 44-35 03/21/1973 at New York Nets W 116-101 45-35 03/23/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 101-92 46-35 03/24/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 94-116 46-36 03/25/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 114-106 47-36 03/27/1973 vs Utah Stars L 109-115 47-37

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