1971-1972 New York Nets team stats

1971-1972 New York Nets: 44-40  .524
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Home record: 28-15  (4920 points scored, 4771 allowed)
Road record: 16-25  (4556 points scored, 4674 allowed)
Other sites:  0-0   (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coach: Lou Carnesecca

9476 points scored (7th of 11 teams), 9445 points allowed (5th)

ABA Averages: 113.5 points/game (9538.0 points/team)

Team Roster:

Player                 Hgt   Wgt  Age  School
Jim Ard                6'8   215   23  Cincinnati
Rick Barry             6'7   205   27  Miami (FL)
Johnny Baum            6'5   200   25  Temple
Joe DePre              6'3   185   24  St. John's
Sonny Dove             6'7   198   26  St. John's
Jarrett Durham         6'5   188   22  Duquesne
Bob Greacen            6'7   206   24  Rutgers
Manny Leaks            6'8   225   26  Niagara
Bill Melchionni        6'1   165   27  Villanova
Gene Moore             6'9   225   26  St. Louis
Billy Paultz           6'11  235   23  St. John's
John Roche             6'3   170   22  South Carolina
Ollie Taylor           6'2   194   24  Houston
Trooper Washington     6'7   215   27  Cheyney
Elnardo Webster        6'5   190   23  St. Peter's
Gary Zeller            6'3   205   24  Drake

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             80  3616   902  1969   73  237  641  730  155   447   602  327            263  261  2518  31.5
 G   Bill Melchionni        80  3326   672  1346    2   19  336  416   51   197   248  669            314  275  1682  21.0
 C   Billy Paultz           83  2824   498  1021    0    3  207  299  263   772  1035  128            214  298  1203  14.5
 G   John Roche             82  2593   403   859   12   35  240  311   45   127   172  259            188  211  1058  12.9
 F   Trooper Washington     80  2510   387   678    0    0  107  166  281   469   750  161            188  291   881  11.0
 G   Ollie Taylor           82  1891   245   542    0    6  218  308  128   202   330  153            153  213   708   8.6
 C   Gene Moore             68  1149   212   445    1    3   77  106  149   260   409   40            126  178   502   7.4
 C   Jim Ard                71  1145   159   353    2    8   77  127  124   244   368   34             98  150   397   5.6
 F   Johnny Baum            44   551   103   170    0    0   41   52   54    81   135   17             24   75   247   5.6
 G   Joe DePre              46   562    79   201    2    6   34   54   16    33    49   45             66   80   194   4.2
 C   Manny Leaks             9   142    24    71    0    0    6    9   11    32    43    4              5   10    54   6.0
 G   Gary Zeller            12    82     7    30    0    1    4    6    5     5    10    2              9   16    18   1.5
 F   Sonny Dove              2     9     2     5    0    0    2    3    1     0     1    1              2    4     6   3.0
 F   Elnardo Webster         8    14     3     6    0    0    0    2    0     1     1    1              2    2     6   0.8
 F   Bob Greacen             4    20     1     2    0    0    0    0    1     1     2    1              2    1     2   0.5
 F   Jarrett Durham          1     1     0     0    0    0    0    0    0     0     0    0              1    0     0   0.0

Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/01/1972 at Kentucky Colonels W 122-108 04/04/1972 at Kentucky Colonels W 105-90 04/05/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 99-105 04/07/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 100-92 04/08/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 93-109 04/10/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 101-96 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/13/1972 at Virginia Squires L 91-138 04/15/1972 at Virginia Squires L 106-115 04/24/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 119-117 04/26/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 118-107 04/29/1972 at Virginia Squires L 107-116 05/01/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 146-136 05/04/1972 at Virginia Squires W 94-88 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/06/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 103-124 05/09/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 117-115 05/12/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 108-114 05/15/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 110-105 05/18/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 99-100 05/20/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 105-108 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 18 749 203 429 23 61 125 146 117 69 61 67 554 30.8 G John Roche 18 763 163 343 10 30 89 118 31 84 53 42 425 23.6 C Billy Paultz 19 809 140 276 0 2 57 90 288 29 51 74 337 17.7 G Ollie Taylor 19 702 79 180 0 1 53 72 100 47 68 60 211 11.1 G Bill Melchionni 11 376 61 152 0 2 37 46 26 69 32 32 159 14.5 F Trooper Washington 18 548 64 107 0 0 14 24 173 43 26 63 142 7.9 F Johnny Baum 17 302 59 107 0 0 10 16 72 7 21 34 128 7.5 C Gene Moore 18 111 16 36 0 0 7 8 29 2 10 21 39 2.2 C Jim Ard 13 117 14 32 0 2 3 10 28 4 6 19 31 2.4 G Joe DePre 14 74 5 24 1 2 4 8 8 6 6 13 15 1.1 G Gary Zeller 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 2 0.7

Regular Season Game Log:

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/15/1971   vs Pittsburgh Condors        W 115-107    1-0
10/16/1971   at Kentucky Colonels         L  98-107    1-1
10/19/1971   at Pittsburgh Condors        W 125-120    2-1
10/22/1971   vs Utah Stars                W 111-100    3-1
10/23/1971   at Denver Rockets            L  96-100    3-2
10/24/1971   at Memphis Pros              L 103-111    3-3
10/26/1971   at The Floridians            W 128-118    4-3
10/29/1971   vs The Floridians            L  95-110    4-4
10/31/1971   vs Kentucky Colonels         W 107-103    5-4
11/05/1971   vs Memphis Pros              W 129-117    6-4
11/06/1971   at Kentucky Colonels         L  97-102    6-5
11/09/1971   at Dallas Chaparrals         L  86-90     6-6
11/10/1971   at Utah Stars                L 110-127    6-7
11/12/1971   vs Virginia Squires          L 123-127    6-8
11/13/1971   at The Floridians            W 117-113    7-8
11/14/1971   at Pittsburgh Condors        W 130-125    8-8
11/17/1971   vs Pittsburgh Condors        L 121-122    8-9
11/19/1971   at Carolina Cougars          W 129-127    9-9
11/24/1971   at Indiana Pacers            L 101-112    9-10
11/25/1971   at Kentucky Colonels         L 117-133    9-11
11/26/1971   vs Dallas Chaparrals         L 101-106    9-12
11/28/1971   vs Kentucky Colonels         L 106-108    9-13
12/03/1971   vs Carolina Cougars          W 134-122    10-13
12/04/1971   at Virginia Squires          L 124-126    10-14
12/07/1971   vs Indiana Pacers            L 114-119    10-15
12/09/1971   at Virginia Squires          L 114-115    10-16
12/10/1971   vs Memphis Pros              W 103-101    11-16
12/11/1971   at Utah Stars                L  82-109    11-17
12/14/1971   at Denver Rockets            L 118-119    11-18
12/15/1971   at Memphis Pros              W 109-100    12-18
12/17/1971   vs Dallas Chaparrals         W  90-83     13-18
12/18/1971   at Carolina Cougars          W 118-106    14-18
12/22/1971   vs Kentucky Colonels         L  91-95     14-19
12/23/1971   vs Pittsburgh Condors        L 123-124    14-20
12/26/1971   at Carolina Cougars          L 117-123    14-21
12/27/1971   at The Floridians            W 113-111    15-21
12/29/1971   vs Pittsburgh Condors        W 105-102    16-21
12/31/1971   at Indiana Pacers            L 100-104    16-22
01/02/1972   at Kentucky Colonels         L  84-116    16-23
01/05/1972   vs Carolina Cougars          W 125-116    17-23
01/07/1972   vs Denver Rockets            L 104-107    17-24
01/08/1972   at Carolina Cougars          L 115-118    17-25

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/09/1972   at Dallas Chaparrals         W 105-97     18-25
01/11/1972   vs Utah Stars                W 110-104    19-25
01/13/1972   vs The Floridians            W 110-94     20-25
01/14/1972   at Virginia Squires          L 104-114    20-26
01/15/1972   vs Carolina Cougars          W 109-98     21-26
01/16/1972   at Memphis Pros              L 123-129    21-27
01/18/1972   vs The Floridians            W 123-102    22-27
01/20/1972   vs Carolina Cougars          W 124-122    23-27
01/23/1972   at The Floridians            W 116-105    24-27
01/25/1972   at Pittsburgh Condors        L 116-123    24-28
01/26/1972   vs Kentucky Colonels         W 118-105    25-28
01/27/1972   at Virginia Squires          W 114-112    26-28
02/01/1972   vs Virginia Squires          L 105-117    26-29
02/03/1972   vs The Floridians            W 122-120    27-29
02/05/1972   vs Virginia Squires          L 117-126    27-30
02/06/1972   at Kentucky Colonels         L 106-118    27-31
02/11/1972   vs Pittsburgh Condors        W 129-121    28-31
02/13/1972   at Dallas Chaparrals         L 117-123    28-32
02/16/1972   vs Utah Stars                L 114-119    28-33
02/18/1972   vs The Floridians            L 122-143    28-34
02/20/1972   at The Floridians            L 105-111    28-35
02/21/1972   vs Dallas Chaparrals         W 104-95     29-35
02/23/1972   vs Indiana Pacers            W 108-106    30-35
02/25/1972   vs Denver Rockets            W 124-116    31-35
02/26/1972   at Virginia Squires          L 119-121    31-36
02/27/1972   at Pittsburgh Condors        W 131-123    32-36
03/01/1972   vs Virginia Squires          W 114-111    33-36
03/04/1972   vs Pittsburgh Condors        W 133-123    34-36
03/05/1972   at Carolina Cougars          W 114-96     35-36
03/07/1972   vs Kentucky Colonels         L 112-117    35-37
03/09/1972   vs Virginia Squires          W 113-99     36-37
03/11/1972   vs Denver Rockets            W 132-114    37-37
03/12/1972   at Pittsburgh Condors        W 125-116    38-37
03/15/1972   vs Memphis Pros              W 119-112    39-37
03/17/1972   vs Carolina Cougars          W 147-127    40-37
03/18/1972   vs Kentucky Colonels         W 109-108    41-37
03/19/1972   at Indiana Pacers            W 121-117    42-37
03/22/1972   vs Carolina Cougars          L 113-117    42-38
03/24/1972   at Virginia Squires          W 105-104    43-38
03/25/1972   at Utah Stars                L 113-125    43-39
03/26/1972   at Denver Rockets            L  91-108    43-40
03/28/1972   vs Indiana Pacers            W  92-86     44-40

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