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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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