1970-1971 New York Nets: 40-44 .476
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 25-17 (4782 points scored, 4640 allowed) Road record: 14-26 (4324 points scored, 4516 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (221 points scored, 222 allowed) Head Coach: Lou Carnesecca 9327 points scored (10th of 11 teams), 9378 points allowed (2nd) ABA Averages: 117.5 points/game (9869.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Ard 6'8 215 22 Cincinnati Rick Barry 6'7 205 26 Miami (FL) Bill Bunting 6'8 200 23 North Carolina Jeff Congdon 6'1 180 27 Brigham Young Billy DeAngelis 6'1 180 24 St. Joseph's Joe DePre 6'3 185 23 St. John's Sonny Dove 6'7 198 25 St. John's Luther Green 6'7 190 24 Long Island Jim Hayes 6'3 200 22 Boston University Les Hunter 6'7 210 28 Loyola (Chicago) Ed Johnson 6'8 205 26 Tennessee State Manny Leaks 6'8 225 25 Niagara Bill Melchionni 6'1 165 26 Villanova Billy Paultz 6'11 235 22 St. John's Levern Tart 6'2 195 28 Bradley Ollie Taylor 6'2 194 23 Houston Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Rick Barry 59 2502 632 1348 19 86 451 507 105 296 401 294 202 205 1734 29.4 G Bill Melchionni 81 3284 561 1244 2 22 301 370 49 188 237 672 300 273 1425 17.6 C Billy Paultz 83 2758 510 973 0 2 201 269 239 701 940 160 206 274 1221 14.7 F Sonny Dove 83 2280 467 1006 4 14 186 273 264 412 676 88 224 304 1124 13.5 G Ollie Taylor 80 1617 251 496 5 12 187 277 111 196 307 146 162 231 694 8.7 C Manny Leaks 40 1427 274 553 0 1 130 179 136 249 385 49 100 108 678 16.9 G Joe DePre 72 1707 250 488 0 4 132 172 55 120 175 138 137 262 632 8.8 G Levern Tart 27 985 192 453 4 9 102 133 52 54 106 73 87 84 490 18.1 C Jim Ard 73 1027 174 382 0 3 79 132 112 225 337 40 108 119 427 5.8 C Ed Johnson 26 592 97 218 0 0 74 110 83 139 222 26 66 80 268 10.3 F Bill Bunting 39 687 65 151 0 0 60 69 64 78 142 34 51 94 190 4.9 G Jeff Congdon 42 579 62 150 4 13 32 37 10 44 54 97 51 50 160 3.8 G Jim Hayes 47 494 46 109 0 0 52 67 20 25 45 47 45 73 144 3.1 F Luther Green 26 164 40 88 0 4 18 44 22 33 55 3 21 19 98 3.8 F Les Hunter 5 110 14 39 0 0 4 8 6 15 21 2 17 11 32 6.4 G Billy DeAngelis 8 47 3 6 0 0 4 6 2 4 6 8 5 16 10 1.2
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/02/1971 at Virginia Squires L 105-113 04/04/1971 at Virginia Squires L 108-114 04/06/1971 vs Virginia Squires W 135-131 04/07/1971 vs Virginia Squires W 130-127 04/09/1971 at Virginia Squires L 124-127 04/10/1971 vs Virginia Squires L 114-118 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Rick Barry 6 287 70 135 14 27 48 59 17 53 70 24 33 23 202 33.7 C Billy Paultz 6 239 45 76 1 1 30 40 17 73 90 18 25 29 121 20.2 G Bill Melchionni 5 205 44 82 0 0 24 26 1 6 7 41 18 16 112 22.4 C Manny Leaks 6 204 35 69 0 0 6 12 12 35 47 3 10 16 76 12.7 G Joe DePre 6 171 29 55 0 1 15 19 10 8 18 13 16 32 73 12.2 G Ollie Taylor 6 128 15 31 1 2 22 29 7 8 15 13 10 18 53 8.8 C Jim Ard 6 98 16 29 0 0 15 22 11 18 29 3 6 15 47 7.8 G Jeff Congdon 4 76 8 21 0 1 5 5 2 4 6 11 5 2 21 5.2 F Sonny Dove 5 32 5 10 0 0 1 4 4 7 11 1 1 10 11 2.2
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1970 at Pittsburgh Condors L 102-105 0-1 10/16/1970 vs The Floridians W 105-92 1-1 10/18/1970 vs Virginia Squires L 88-103 1-2 10/20/1970 at Memphis Pros W 108-103 2-2 10/22/1970 at The Floridians L 100-110 2-3 10/23/1970 vs Carolina Cougars W 117-97 3-3 10/25/1970 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 115-98 4-3 10/27/1970 at Texas Chaparrals L 99-103 4-4 10/29/1970 at Utah Stars L 105-114 4-5 10/31/1970 at Kentucky Colonels L 100-113 4-6 11/01/1970 vs Virginia Squires W 121-109 5-6 11/07/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 108-98 6-6 11/08/1970 vs Denver Rockets W 114-104 7-6 11/11/1970 vs Carolina Cougars L 102-106 7-7 11/15/1970 vs Texas Chaparrals W 144-129 8-7 11/20/1970 at Denver Rockets L 103-121 8-8 11/21/1970 at Kentucky Colonels L 92-114 8-9 11/22/1970 vs Carolina Cougars L 92-108 8-10 11/25/1970 vs Pittsburgh Condors L 96-99 8-11 11/27/1970 vs Indiana Pacers W 99-97 9-11 11/29/1970 vs Texas Chaparrals W 129-113 10-11 12/03/1970 at Memphis Pros W 98-87 11-11 12/04/1970 vs The Floridians W 115-110 12-11 12/06/1970 vs Carolina Cougars L 90-94 12-12 12/08/1970 vs Virginia Squires L 116-120 12-13 12/09/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 108-129 12-14 12/10/1970 at Virginia Squires L 100-127 12-15 12/11/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 128-99 13-15 12/13/1970 vs The Floridians L 97-100 13-16 12/18/1970 vs Indiana Pacers L 117-129 13-17 12/20/1970 vs Texas Chaparrals L 106-118 13-18 12/23/1970 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 116-95 14-18 12/26/1970 at Carolina Cougars W 104-98 15-18 12/27/1970 vs Kentucky Colonels W 114-108 16-18 12/29/1970 at The Floridians L 90-91 16-19 12/30/1970 vs Virginia Squires L 123-124 16-20 01/02/1971 at Carolina Cougars L 99-118 16-21 01/03/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors L 109-115 16-22 01/06/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 110-101 17-22 01/08/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels W 125-111 18-22 01/09/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 88-116 18-23 01/10/1971 vs Virginia Squires L 107-117 18-24 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/15/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors L 117-120 18-25 01/16/1971 at Kentucky Colonels W 117-116 19-25 01/17/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 120-112 20-25 01/19/1971 at The Floridians L 107-112 20-26 01/20/1971 vs The Floridians W 113-106 21-26 01/24/1971 vs Utah Stars W 108-107 22-26 01/26/1971 at The Floridians L 97-121 22-27 01/27/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 100-116 22-28 01/29/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 132-131 23-28 01/30/1971 at Virginia Squires W 115-112 24-28 01/31/1971 vs Carolina Cougars L 121-125 24-29 02/02/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors L 111-119 24-30 02/03/1971 vs The Floridians W 104-100 25-30 02/04/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 99-106 25-31 02/06/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 109-110 25-32 02/07/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 103-84 26-32 02/11/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors L 110-114 26-33 02/13/1971 vs Memphis Pros L 105-109 26-34 02/14/1971 at Denver Rockets W 118-117 27-34 02/15/1971 at Utah Stars W 98-89 28-34 02/17/1971 at Virginia Squires W 128-120 29-34 02/19/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 109-105 30-34 02/20/1971 at Texas Chaparrals W 120-100 31-34 02/21/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 121-125 31-35 02/24/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 134-108 32-35 02/27/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 122-115 33-35 03/02/1971 at Texas Chaparrals L 127-130 33-36 03/04/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 114-110 34-36 03/06/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 127-112 35-36 03/07/1971 vs Virginia Squires W 123-121 36-36 03/09/1971 at Virginia Squires W 132-120 37-36 03/12/1971 vs Denver Rockets W 132-127 38-36 03/16/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 104-122 38-37 03/17/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels W 122-120 39-37 03/19/1971 vs Utah Stars L 104-115 39-38 03/20/1971 at Virginia Squires L 125-135 39-39 03/23/1971 at Memphis Pros L 110-117 39-40 03/26/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels L 115-122 39-41 03/27/1971 at The Floridians L 104-118 39-42 03/28/1971 vs Utah Stars W 133-120 40-42 03/30/1971 at Utah Stars L 97-115 40-43 03/31/1971 at Denver Rockets L 121-132 40-44 |