1973-1974 Kentucky Colonels: 53-31 .631
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-12 (4571 points scored, 4316 allowed) Road record: 23-19 (4453 points scored, 4359 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Babe McCarthy 9024 points scored (4th of 10 teams), 8675 points allowed (2nd) ABA Averages: 106.4 points/game (8934.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Bradley 6'8 215 21 Northern Illinois Louie Dampier 6'0 170 29 Kentucky Mike Gale 6'4 185 23 Elizabeth City State Artis Gilmore 7'2 240 24 Jacksonville Joe Hamilton 5'10 160 25 North Texas Dan Issel 6'8 235 25 Kentucky Billy James 6'3 185 23 Marshall Collis Jones 6'7 203 24 Notre Dame Ron King 6'4 185 22 Florida State Wendell Ladner 6'5 220 25 Southern Mississippi Rick Mount 6'3 175 26 Purdue Jimmy O'Brien 6'1 170 24 Boston College Red Robbins 6'8 190 29 Tennessee John Roche 6'3 170 24 South Carolina Walt Simon 6'6 200 34 Benedict College Ron Thomas 6'6 215 23 Louisville Chuck Williams 6'2 175 27 Colorado Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Dan Issel 83 3347 829 1726 3 17 457 581 346 501 847 137 69 32 171 199 2118 25.5 C Artis Gilmore 84 3502 621 1260 0 3 326 489 478 1060 1538 329 57 287 319 302 1568 18.7 G Louie Dampier 84 2942 603 1296 48 124 238 286 46 155 201 473 84 18 230 152 1492 17.8 F Walt Simon 80 1164 233 492 2 13 57 68 62 147 209 117 38 10 77 133 525 6.6 G Mike Gale 48 1591 200 454 2 11 76 104 57 159 216 200 107 47 125 158 478 10.0 G John Roche 34 926 173 369 10 37 52 63 18 45 63 155 16 9 78 71 408 12.0 F Wendell Ladner 34 928 154 418 6 37 24 41 71 196 267 84 62 3 66 135 338 9.9 F Ron Thomas 71 976 128 273 1 7 37 63 112 177 289 62 48 7 71 156 294 4.1 G Chuck Williams 33 922 109 256 1 3 72 97 19 57 76 170 26 3 86 67 291 8.8 F Jim Bradley 35 884 130 309 0 2 31 44 67 147 214 49 37 27 55 106 291 8.3 G Jimmy O'Brien 46 761 119 284 2 10 45 54 32 53 85 139 34 1 70 47 285 6.2 F Collis Jones 58 719 102 263 0 3 51 78 94 90 184 36 21 13 38 91 255 4.4 G Joe Hamilton 30 546 103 250 18 58 25 33 13 36 49 80 25 4 30 62 249 8.3 F Red Robbins 34 615 97 201 0 5 41 49 53 87 140 31 8 7 29 38 235 6.9 G Rick Mount 18 276 55 151 2 13 19 25 7 13 20 27 7 0 21 37 131 7.3 G Ron King 9 126 24 70 2 6 14 17 8 11 19 14 5 2 7 14 64 7.1 G Billy James 1 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 2.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/01/1974 vs Carolina Cougars W 118-102 04/05/1974 vs Carolina Cougars W 99-96 04/06/1974 at Carolina Cougars W 120-110 04/08/1974 at Carolina Cougars W 128-119 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/13/1974 at New York Nets L 106-119 04/15/1974 at New York Nets L 80-99 04/17/1974 vs New York Nets L 87-89 04/20/1974 vs New York Nets L 90-103 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Artis Gilmore 8 344 71 127 0 0 38 66 47 102 149 28 7 30 29 20 180 22.5 C Dan Issel 8 311 60 135 0 0 28 33 33 54 87 14 4 6 16 23 148 18.5 G Louie Dampier 8 229 43 89 7 14 14 18 3 13 16 32 6 0 19 8 107 13.4 G John Roche 8 197 39 85 7 14 6 11 3 6 9 27 3 2 23 6 91 11.4 G Chuck Williams 8 213 22 54 0 0 23 24 7 13 20 44 9 2 28 12 67 8.4 F Jim Bradley 8 162 27 69 0 0 6 11 10 29 39 8 3 5 13 21 60 7.5 G Joe Hamilton 7 129 16 47 6 14 13 17 3 20 23 21 4 0 17 18 51 7.3 F Red Robbins 8 108 16 27 0 0 13 14 5 27 32 5 4 5 9 6 45 5.6 F Ron Thomas 8 109 15 28 0 0 6 10 13 24 37 4 3 3 3 14 36 4.5 F Walt Simon 8 90 14 35 0 2 2 2 3 6 9 7 4 3 5 17 30 3.8 F Collis Jones 4 28 4 12 0 1 5 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 13 3.2
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 111-100 1-0 10/13/1973 vs Utah Stars W 103-101 2-0 10/17/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 116-106 3-0 10/19/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 121-109 4-0 10/20/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 102-105 4-1 10/24/1973 vs New York Nets W 100-98 5-1 10/26/1973 at Virginia Squires W 104-99 6-1 10/27/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 90-87 7-1 10/31/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 146-105 8-1 11/02/1973 at New York Nets W 121-109 9-1 11/03/1973 vs New York Nets W 93-87 10-1 11/07/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 113-89 11-1 11/09/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 110-139 11-2 11/10/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 111-107 12-2 11/14/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 102-107 12-3 11/17/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 100-96 13-3 11/21/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 145-115 14-3 11/23/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 114-118 14-4 11/24/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 124-121 15-4 11/26/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 82-94 15-5 11/28/1973 at San Antonio Spurs L 99-104 15-6 11/29/1973 at Memphis Tams W 102-92 16-6 11/30/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 104-107 16-7 12/01/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 113-120 16-8 12/07/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 97-105 16-9 12/08/1973 vs New York Nets L 87-102 16-10 12/12/1973 at San Antonio Spurs W 96-84 17-10 12/14/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 115-94 18-10 12/15/1973 at Denver Rockets W 120-114 19-10 12/16/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 106-101 20-10 12/19/1973 at New York Nets L 82-83 20-11 12/21/1973 vs Utah Stars L 85-86 20-12 12/22/1973 at Utah Stars L 82-86 20-13 12/23/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors W 123-120 21-13 12/26/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 106-78 22-13 12/27/1973 vs Denver Rockets L 100-105 22-14 12/29/1973 at Memphis Tams W 145-101 23-14 01/03/1974 at Virginia Squires W 110-109 24-14 01/04/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 125-102 25-14 01/05/1974 at Indiana Pacers L 92-100 25-15 01/06/1974 at New York Nets L 100-103 25-16 01/10/1974 at Carolina Cougars W 101-98 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/11/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 99-95 27-16 01/16/1974 at Denver Rockets W 105-102 28-16 01/19/1974 at San Antonio Spurs W 103-101 29-16 01/20/1974 at New York Nets W 106-105 30-16 01/23/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 99-106 30-17 01/24/1974 at San Antonio Spurs L 84-93 30-18 01/25/1974 at Utah Stars L 94-100 30-19 01/27/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors W 105-103 31-19 02/01/1974 at Virginia Squires L 110-111 31-20 02/02/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs L 107-110 31-21 02/03/1974 at New York Nets W 123-91 32-21 02/06/1974 vs Carolina Cougars W 125-111 33-21 02/08/1974 vs Denver Rockets W 106-105 34-21 02/10/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 122-116 35-21 02/13/1974 at Denver Rockets W 119-115 36-21 02/14/1974 at Utah Stars L 117-121 36-22 02/15/1974 vs New York Nets L 101-115 36-23 02/17/1974 at Virginia Squires L 113-118 36-24 02/19/1974 at Memphis Tams W 109-97 37-24 02/20/1974 at Denver Rockets L 117-124 37-25 02/22/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 115-101 38-25 02/23/1974 vs Utah Stars W 108-96 39-25 02/27/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 104-83 40-25 03/01/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 108-93 41-25 03/02/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 123-117 42-25 03/05/1974 at Carolina Cougars L 96-112 42-26 03/07/1974 at Virginia Squires W 103-89 43-26 03/08/1974 at New York Nets W 111-100 44-26 03/09/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 113-108 45-26 03/10/1974 at Carolina Cougars L 91-94 45-27 03/12/1974 at Memphis Tams W 88-87 46-27 03/13/1974 at Indiana Pacers L 96-100 46-28 03/15/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 122-109 47-28 03/16/1974 vs New York Nets L 112-114 47-29 03/17/1974 vs Utah Stars W 112-100 48-29 03/20/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 102-98 49-29 03/21/1974 at Memphis Tams W 121-103 50-29 03/23/1974 vs Carolina Cougars W 101-97 51-29 03/24/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 122-111 52-29 03/26/1974 at Utah Stars L 99-112 52-30 03/27/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors L 108-121 52-31 03/28/1974 at Memphis Tams W 107-105 53-31 |