ABA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1972–73 ABA season was the sixth season of the Denver Rockets. They ended with a 47–37 record, good for third place. They lost in the Division semifinals to the Indiana Pacers.
No. | Player | Position | Height | Weight | Birth Date | Experience (years) | College |
40 | Byron Beck | C | 6-9 | 225 | January 25, 1945 | 5 | University of Denver |
14 | David Bustion | PF | 6-8 | 215 | August 30, 1949 | R | University of Denver |
20 | Frank Card | SF | 6-7 | 195 | December 28, 1944 | 4 | South Carolina State University |
12 | Warren Jabali | PG | 6-2 | 200 | August 29, 1946 | 4 | Wichita State University |
13 | Julius Keye | PF | 6-10 | 200 | September 5, 1946 | 3 | Alcorn State University |
30 | Willie Long | PF | 6-8 | 225 | March 1, 1950 | 1 | University of New Mexico |
31 | Marv Roberts | SF | 6-8 | 200 | January 29, 1950 | 1 | Utah State University |
25 | Dave Robisch | C | 6-10 | 235 | December 22, 1949 | 1 | University of Kansas |
44 | Ralph Simpson | SG | 6-5 | 200 | August 10, 1949 | 2 | Michigan State University |
10 | Al Smith | PG | 6-1 | 185 | January 15, 1947 | 1 | Bradley University |
21 | Claude Terry | SG | 6-4 | 195 | January 12, 1950 | R | Stanford University |
24 | John Trapp | SF | 6-7 | 210 | October 2, 1945 | 4 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Rk | Player | Age | G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | TOV | PF | PTS |
1 | Julius Keye | 26 | 83 | 36.3 | 2.0 | 4.5 | .435 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .375 | 1.9 | 4.4 | .436 | 1.6 | 2.8 | .558 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
2 | Warren Jabali | 26 | 82 | 33.4 | 5.4 | 11.9 | .453 | 0.4 | 1.7 | .257 | 4.9 | 10.2 | .486 | 5.9 | 7.3 | .805 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 17.0 |
3 | Ralph Simpson | 23 | 81 | 32.0 | 9.0 | 20.6 | .438 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .208 | 9.0 | 20.3 | .442 | 5.2 | 6.9 | .757 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 23.3 |
4 | Dave Robisch | 23 | 83 | 31.9 | 6.3 | 12.2 | .516 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 6.3 | 12.2 | .516 | 3.7 | 4.9 | .756 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 16.3 |
5 | Byron Beck | 28 | 77 | 29.9 | 6.1 | 11.4 | .530 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .286 | 6.0 | 11.3 | .532 | 2.1 | 2.6 | .798 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 14.2 |
6 | Al Smith | 26 | 83 | 28.2 | 3.8 | 9.2 | .411 | 0.2 | 1.1 | .189 | 3.6 | 8.2 | .440 | 3.3 | 4.2 | .773 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 11.1 |
7 | Marv Roberts | 23 | 77 | 25.4 | 4.9 | 10.5 | .463 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .333 | 4.8 | 10.4 | .464 | 2.6 | 3.3 | .788 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
8 | Willie Long | 22 | 56 | 18.8 | 3.3 | 8.2 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.3 | 8.1 | .401 | 2.5 | 3.2 | .780 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 9.0 |
9 | John Trapp | 27 | 24 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 5.3 | .422 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.3 | 5.3 | .429 | 0.8 | 1.3 | .594 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 5.3 |
10 | Claude Terry | 23 | 68 | 9.8 | 1.8 | 4.2 | .421 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .417 | 1.6 | 3.8 | .421 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .649 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
11 | Frank Card | 28 | 4 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 3.8 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.5 | 3.8 | .400 | 2.3 | 3.3 | .692 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
12 | David Bustion | 23 | 47 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 2.8 | .436 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.2 | 2.8 | .436 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .712 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.4[1] |
Western Division semifinals
Game | Date | Location | Score | Record | Attendance |
1 | March 31 | Indiana | 91–114 | 0–1 | 7,051 |
2 | April 1 | Denver | 93–106 | 0–2 | 7,235 |
3 | April 3 | Denver | 105–94 | 1–2 | 5,335 |
4 | April 5 | Denver | 95–97 | 1–3 | 6,904 |
5 | April 7 | Indiana | 107–121 | 1–4 | 9,816 |
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- All-ABA 1st Team: Warren Jabali
- All-ABA 2nd Team: Ralph Simpson
- All-Defensive 1st Team: Julius Keye
- ABA All-Stars: Warren Jabali, Ralph Simpson[3]
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