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1969-1970 New York Nets: 39-45 .464
Next Season Home record: 23-19 (4569 points scored, 4522 allowed) Road record: 13-26 (4185 points scored, 4309 allowed) Other sites: 3-0 (394 points scored, 381 allowed)

Head Coach: York Larese 9148 points scored (9th of 11 teams), 9212 points allowed (3rd) ABA Averages: 113.0 points/game (9494.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bob Arnzen 6'5 205 22 Notre Dame Bob Christian 6'10 255 23 Grambling State Steve Chubin 6'2 200 25 Rhode Island Sonny Dove 6'7 198 24 St. John's Billy Evans 6'0 170 22 Boston College Jack Gillespie 6'6 215 22 Montana State Luther Green 6'7 190 23 Long Island Dennis Grey 6'8 215 22 California Western Les Hunter 6'7 210 27 Loyola (Chicago) Ed Johnson 6'8 205 25 Tennessee State Barry Kramer 6'4 200 27 New York University George Lehmann 6'0 180 27 Campbell JC Bob McIntyre 6'6 215 25 St. John's Bill Melchionni 6'1 165 25 Villanova Walt Simon 6'6 200 30 Benedict College John Smith 7'0 235 25 Southern Colorado Levern Tart 6'2 195 27 Bradley Ron Taylor 7'1 265 22 Southern California
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Levern Tart 80 3210 756 1528 11 35 412 526 252 294 546 264 248 268 1935 24.2 F Les Hunter 79 2859 486 1122 6 41 317 432 234 439 673 215 297 335 1295 16.4 G Bill Melchionni 80 3157 479 1030 5 28 255 311 66 164 230 457 186 282 1218 15.2 F Walt Simon 81 2696 454 1030 1 20 253 338 152 322 474 294 197 296 1162 14.3 F Sonny Dove 80 2284 456 987 2 13 240 379 236 307 543 107 201 295 1154 14.4 C Ed Johnson 74 2486 405 848 1 2 226 404 328 551 879 88 218 305 1037 14.0 C Ron Taylor 72 873 153 318 0 0 54 97 119 167 286 64 120 207 360 5.0 G George Lehmann 46 679 111 300 41 126 81 94 18 21 39 104 73 80 344 7.5 F Luther Green 59 739 114 303 0 3 55 97 96 167 263 27 54 117 283 4.8 G Steve Chubin 11 232 40 118 2 6 37 42 22 13 35 26 30 29 119 10.8 G Billy Evans 53 602 32 87 0 2 38 70 17 22 39 100 47 89 102 1.9 F Bob Arnzen 13 98 19 48 0 1 2 6 12 10 22 5 8 11 40 3.1 F Barry Kramer 7 56 10 31 0 1 7 8 7 6 13 3 11 10 27 3.9 F Bob McIntyre 7 94 12 32 1 3 0 1 9 11 20 5 6 8 25 3.6 C John Smith 16 165 9 40 0 1 5 7 27 33 60 3 13 30 23 1.4 C Dennis Grey 4 74 6 24 0 0 6 12 11 14 25 0 3 15 18 4.5 C Bob Christian 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 2.0 F Jack Gillespie 2 27 0 5 0 0 2 2 2 5 7 0 0 3 2 1.0


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/17/1970 at Kentucky Colonels W 122-118 (OT) 04/18/1970 at Kentucky Colonels L 111-113 04/19/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 107-99 04/22/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels L 101-128 04/26/1970 at Kentucky Colonels W 127-112 04/28/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels L 113-116 04/29/1970 at Kentucky Colonels L 101-112
Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Levern Tart 7 313 70 143 2 6 45 52 30 36 187 26.7 G Bill Melchionni 7 316 48 104 1 3 31 38 22 33 128 18.3 F Sonny Dove 7 281 48 97 1 4 26 39 71 9 123 17.6 F Les Hunter 7 233 45 100 3 10 20 29 42 11 113 16.1 F Walt Simon 7 222 39 78 0 6 23 28 53 21 101 14.4 C Ed Johnson 7 216 32 69 0 0 30 52 67 5 94 13.4 F Luther Green 7 82 11 29 1 2 10 15 28 3 33 4.7 G Billy Evans 6 27 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 3 0.5 C John Smith 2 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 C Ron Taylor 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.0

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/17/1969 vs Los Angeles Stars L 95-109 0-1 10/19/1969 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 92-102 0-2 10/24/1969 vs Denver Rockets W 97-91 1-2 10/26/1969 vs Carolina Cougars L 110-112 1-3 10/29/1969 vs Miami Floridians W 99-92 2-3 10/31/1969 vs Kentucky Colonels L 112-114 2-4 11/01/1969 at Kentucky Colonels W 112-103 3-4 11/02/1969 at Miami Floridians L 98-103 3-5 11/05/1969 vs Indiana Pacers L 98-104 3-6 11/07/1969 at Indiana Pacers L 108-118 3-7 11/09/1969 vs Kentucky Colonels L 116-128 3-8 11/11/1969 at Washington Capitols L 101-102 3-9 11/12/1969 at Los Angeles Stars L 126-132 3-10 11/14/1969 at Denver Rockets L 83-100 3-11 11/16/1969 vs Washington Capitols L 117-121 3-12 11/19/1969 vs Miami Floridians W 115-110 4-12 11/21/1969 vs Los Angeles Stars W 94-83 5-12 11/23/1969 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 120-106 6-12 11/26/1969 vs Carolina Cougars W 114-92 7-12 11/28/1969 vs Indiana Pacers W 121-113 8-12 11/29/1969 at Carolina Cougars W 100-96 9-12 11/30/1969 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 106-103 10-12 12/02/1969 at Dallas Chaparrals L 108-120 10-13 12/03/1969 at Los Angeles Stars W 108-97 11-13 12/05/1969 vs New Orleans Buccaneers L 102-107 11-14 12/07/1969 vs Denver Rockets W 102-96 12-14 12/10/1969 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 115-122 12-15 12/11/1969 at Miami Floridians L 126-133 12-16 12/12/1969 at New Orleans Buccaneers W 117-113 13-16 12/13/1969 at Kentucky Colonels W 116-111 14-16 12/17/1969 vs New Orleans Buccaneers L 100-111 14-17 12/18/1969 at Denver Rockets L 105-108 14-18 12/19/1969 at Pittsburgh Pipers L 124-126 14-19 12/20/1969 at Kentucky Colonels L 125-134 14-20 12/21/1969 vs Kentucky Colonels L 105-107 14-21 12/23/1969 vs Carolina Cougars L 104-125 14-22 12/26/1969 vs Washington Capitols L 113-124 14-23 12/28/1969 at Pittsburgh Pipers W 134-128 15-23 12/30/1969 vs New Orleans Buccaneers W 110-102 16-23 01/02/1970 at Indiana Pacers W 125-112 17-23 01/03/1970 at Carolina Cougars L 91-100 17-24 01/04/1970 at Miami Floridians L 104-124 17-25
Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 133-124 18-25 01/09/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 104-111 18-26 01/10/1970 at Pittsburgh Pipers W 143-139 19-26 01/13/1970 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 106-126 19-27 01/14/1970 at Carolina Cougars L 107-112 19-28 01/15/1970 at Kentucky Colonels L 124-132 19-29 01/16/1970 vs Miami Floridians W 114-109 20-29 01/18/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 111-129 20-30 01/25/1970 vs Indiana Pacers W 96-83 21-30 01/28/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels L 107-108 21-31 01/30/1970 vs Denver Rockets W 115-98 22-31 01/31/1970 at Dallas Chaparrals W 113-108 23-31 02/03/1970 at Carolina Cougars L 91-105 23-32 02/04/1970 at Indiana Pacers W 102-92 24-32 02/06/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 114-110 25-32 02/08/1970 vs Carolina Cougars W 95-88 26-32 02/14/1970 at Dallas Chaparrals L 106-112 26-33 02/15/1970 at Miami Floridians W 108-100 27-33 02/16/1970 vs Washington Capitols W 117-114 28-33 02/17/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 108-103 29-33 02/18/1970 at Pittsburgh Pipers W 116-110 30-33 02/22/1970 at Carolina Cougars L 97-101 30-34 02/25/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 117-114 31-34 02/27/1970 vs Miami Floridians W 122-113 32-34 02/28/1970 at Washington Capitols L 116-119 32-35 03/01/1970 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 128-111 33-35 03/04/1970 at Indiana Pacers L 97-105 33-36 03/06/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers W 104-103 34-36 03/08/1970 vs Carolina Cougars L 105-107 34-37 03/11/1970 vs Los Angeles Stars L 92-98 34-38 03/13/1970 vs Miami Floridians W 112-102 35-38 03/22/1970 at Indiana Pacers L 97-114 35-39 03/28/1970 at New Orleans Buccaneers L 92-100 35-40 03/29/1970 at Miami Floridians W 119-96 36-40 04/01/1970 at Los Angeles Stars L 101-113 36-41 04/03/1970 at Denver Rockets L 102-105 36-42 04/04/1970 at Kentucky Colonels L 89-101 36-43 04/05/1970 at Indiana Pacers W 104-99 37-43 04/08/1970 vs Pittsburgh Pipers L 107-117 37-44 04/11/1970 at Pittsburgh Pipers L 113-124 37-45 04/12/1970 vs Miami Floridians W 113-111 38-45 04/15/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 123-112 39-45

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