1972-1973 New York Nets: 30-54 .357
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-21 (4567 points scored, 4627 allowed) Road record: 8-31 (3927 points scored, 4400 allowed) Other sites: 0-2 (206 points scored, 218 allowed) Head Coach: Lou Carnesecca 8700 points scored (10th of 10 teams), 9245 points allowed (4th) ABA Averages: 111.6 points/game (9374.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Ard 6'8 215 24 Cincinnati Johnny Baum 6'5 200 26 Temple Art Becker 6'6 205 30 Arizona State George Bruns 6'0 160 26 Manhattan College George Carter 6'4 210 28 St. Bonaventure Jim Chones 6'11 220 23 Marquette Joe DePre 6'3 185 25 St. John's Gary Gregor 6'7 225 27 South Carolina Bob Lackey 6'5 200 23 Marquette Brian Mahoney 6'3 175 24 Manhattan College Bill Melchionni 6'1 165 28 Villanova Billy Paultz 6'11 235 24 St. John's John Roche 6'3 170 23 South Carolina Brian Taylor 6'2 185 21 Princeton Trooper Washington 6'7 215 28 Cheyney Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F George Carter 83 2976 569 1249 0 9 440 529 205 310 515 173 255 308 1578 19.0 C Billy Paultz 81 2800 532 1027 0 2 287 405 279 736 1015 189 214 213 259 1351 16.7 G John Roche 77 2615 404 909 34 103 265 347 33 113 146 348 207 170 1107 14.4 G Brian Taylor 63 2038 395 767 4 25 168 226 77 126 203 175 137 219 962 15.3 C Jim Chones 82 2153 395 769 0 1 142 240 143 443 586 95 213 291 932 11.4 G Bill Melchionni 61 1849 291 646 6 15 163 194 19 108 127 453 184 155 751 12.3 F Johnny Baum 75 1071 221 438 0 2 107 143 75 126 201 31 76 99 549 7.3 F Trooper Washington 76 2027 229 425 0 0 63 101 174 379 553 203 183 242 521 6.9 G Bob Lackey 68 1185 153 355 2 5 99 167 60 100 160 136 120 170 407 6.0 F Gary Gregor 40 595 99 204 1 1 32 39 40 110 150 31 41 84 231 5.8 C Jim Ard 42 426 53 140 0 4 34 50 48 100 148 14 29 50 140 3.3 G George Bruns 13 236 31 66 2 4 22 27 1 7 8 36 20 26 86 6.6 G Brian Mahoney 19 181 17 57 0 2 24 40 4 10 14 12 17 35 58 3.1 F Art Becker 8 46 9 16 0 1 5 5 1 5 6 1 1 3 23 2.9 G Joe DePre 1 12 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 4 4.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/30/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 96-104 03/31/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 114-111 (OT) 04/03/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 91-101 04/05/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 108-112 04/06/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 113-136 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F George Carter 5 218 36 72 0 0 34 40 16 29 45 13 21 27 106 21.2 C Billy Paultz 5 172 34 56 0 0 27 43 12 43 55 10 14 17 95 19.0 F Johnny Baum 5 191 41 78 0 0 12 17 10 11 21 4 8 20 94 18.8 G Brian Taylor 5 166 28 58 0 1 12 15 3 13 16 11 10 14 68 13.6 G Bill Melchionni 5 174 24 43 1 3 17 21 0 10 10 31 20 25 66 13.2 G John Roche 4 83 16 33 2 6 7 12 0 1 1 10 7 7 41 10.2 C Jim Chones 5 74 8 23 0 0 4 8 4 23 27 5 5 8 20 4.0 F Trooper Washington 4 68 6 11 0 0 3 4 4 14 18 3 2 8 15 3.8 G Bob Lackey 5 60 4 8 0 2 4 11 3 5 8 5 7 10 12 2.4 F Gary Gregor 1 12 1 6 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 0 0 3 4 4.0 G George Bruns 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 114-90 1-0 10/14/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 78-126 1-1 10/17/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 93-101 1-2 10/20/1972 vs Virginia Squires L 120-130 1-3 10/21/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 113-104 2-3 10/22/1972 vs Utah Stars W 119-116 3-3 10/27/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 117-112 4-3 10/28/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 82-106 4-4 10/29/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 100-98 5-4 11/03/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 97-105 5-5 11/04/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 99-106 5-6 11/05/1972 at Denver Rockets L 107-137 5-7 11/07/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors L 108-116 5-8 11/09/1972 at Utah Stars L 101-120 5-9 11/11/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 99-116 5-10 11/15/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 112-107 6-10 11/17/1972 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 109-99 7-10 11/19/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 118-115 8-10 11/22/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 109-105 9-10 11/24/1972 at Utah Stars W 109-102 10-10 11/26/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors L 116-131 10-11 11/29/1972 vs Utah Stars L 97-105 10-12 12/01/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 99-103 10-13 12/03/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 110-113 10-14 12/06/1972 at Memphis Tams W 101-95 11-14 12/08/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 126-124 12-14 12/10/1972 vs Memphis Tams L 96-114 12-15 12/12/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 98-105 12-16 12/13/1972 vs Memphis Tams L 98-104 12-17 12/15/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 110-118 12-18 12/16/1972 at Virginia Squires L 107-124 12-19 12/17/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 112-108 13-19 12/21/1972 at Denver Rockets L 96-106 13-20 12/22/1972 vs Utah Stars L 84-97 13-21 12/23/1972 at Memphis Tams L 103-105 13-22 12/27/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 101-105 13-23 12/28/1972 at Utah Stars L 90-128 13-24 12/29/1972 at San Diego Conquistadors W 114-104 14-24 12/30/1972 at Denver Rockets L 98-136 14-25 01/03/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 107-110 14-26 01/04/1973 at Virginia Squires L 97-128 14-27 01/05/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 113-108 15-27 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1973 vs Utah Stars L 104-113 15-28 01/09/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 97-110 15-29 01/10/1973 vs Carolina Cougars W 105-93 16-29 01/12/1973 vs Virginia Squires L 93-103 16-30 01/17/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 102-92 17-30 01/19/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 107-106 18-30 01/21/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 98-105 18-31 01/23/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 103-110 18-32 01/26/1973 at Dallas Chaparrals W 112-95 19-32 01/28/1973 at Denver Rockets L 77-106 19-33 01/30/1973 at Memphis Tams W 114-107 20-33 01/31/1973 vs Virginia Squires L 94-100 20-34 02/02/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 106-93 21-34 02/04/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 104-102 22-34 02/08/1973 at Virginia Squires L 108-123 22-35 02/09/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 98-115 22-36 02/11/1973 vs Memphis Tams L 97-119 22-37 02/13/1973 at Memphis Tams L 93-95 22-38 02/14/1973 at Utah Stars L 90-117 22-39 02/16/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 112-104 23-39 02/18/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 85-94 23-40 02/19/1973 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 128-99 24-40 02/20/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 106-123 24-41 02/23/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 93-107 24-42 02/24/1973 at Memphis Tams L 98-107 24-43 02/25/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-97 25-43 02/26/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 107-112 25-44 02/28/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 115-108 26-44 03/02/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 109-107 27-44 03/04/1973 vs Carolina Cougars L 111-123 27-45 03/07/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 91-89 28-45 03/08/1973 at Virginia Squires L 118-130 28-46 03/09/1973 vs Denver Rockets L 105-120 28-47 03/11/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 120-113 29-47 03/14/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 98-108 29-48 03/16/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 89-98 29-49 03/18/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors L 106-127 29-50 03/21/1973 vs Denver Rockets L 101-116 29-51 03/23/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 91-115 29-52 03/24/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 96-126 29-53 03/25/1973 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-115 30-53 03/28/1973 at Virginia Squires L 106-121 30-54 |