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1976 ABA Semifinals
Colonels vs. Nuggets

League Champion: New York Nets

Playoffs MVP: Julius Erving

1976 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Julius Erving (451)

TRB: Julius Erving (164)

AST: Louie Dampier (77)

WS: Julius Erving (3.7)

#4 Kentucky Colonels (3-4) vs. #1 Denver Nuggets (4-3)

Game 1, Apr 15
Kentucky Colonels	107	Final
Denver Nuggets	110

PTS	2 tied	26
TRB	A. Gilmore-KEN	19

Game 2, Apr 17
Kentucky Colonels	138	Final
Denver Nuggets	110

PTS	L. Dampier-KEN	26
TRB	D. Issel-DNA	13

Game 3, Apr 19
Denver Nuggets	114	Final
Kentucky Colonels	126

PTS	B. Averitt-KEN	40
TRB	A. Gilmore-KEN	16

Game 4, Apr 21
Denver Nuggets	108	Final
Kentucky Colonels	106

PTS	R. Simpson-DNA	26
TRB	M. Lucas-KEN	19

Game 5, Apr 22
Kentucky Colonels	117	Final
Denver Nuggets	127

PTS	D. Thompson-DNA	34
TRB	D. Issel-DNA	13

Game 6, Apr 25
Denver Nuggets	115	Final
Kentucky Colonels	119

PTS	R. Simpson-DNA	35
TRB	A. Gilmore-KEN	26

Game 7, Apr 28
Kentucky Colonels	110	Final
Denver Nuggets	133

PTS	D. Thompson-DNA	40
TRB	M. Lucas-KEN	15

Playoff Series

Four Factors

Denver Nuggets Basic Stats

Denver Nuggets Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	David Thompson	21	7	7	274	64	126	0	1	45	54			45	21			20	28	173	.508	.000	.833	39.1	24.7	6.4	3.0
2	Ralph Simpson	26	7	7	296	60	126	0	1	36	40			35	42			25	16	156	.476	.000	.900	42.3	22.3	5.0	6.0
3	Dan Issel	27	7	7	263	51	121	0	1	27	35			79	24			13	32	129	.421	.000	.771	37.6	18.4	11.3	3.4
4	Chuck Williams	29	7	7	255	38	82	1	2	19	22			28	30			18	22	96	.463	.500	.864	36.4	13.7	4.0	4.3
5	Bobby Jones	24	7	7	234	38	63	0	0	12	15			62	31			11	25	88	.603		.800	33.4	12.6	8.9	4.4
6	Byron Beck	31	7	0	160	27	58	0	1	17	22			33	6			9	26	71	.466	.000	.773	22.9	10.1	4.7	0.9
7	Gus Gerard	22	7	0	68	12	34	0	0	8	9			17	4			10	11	32	.353		.889	9.7	4.6	2.4	0.6
8	Claude Terry	26	7	0	104	11	29	0	3	8	9			15	9			7	8	30	.379	.000	.889	14.9	4.3	2.1	1.3
9	Marvin Webster	23	7	0	63	10	25	0	0	9	17			26	5			7	14	29	.400		.529	9.0	4.1	3.7	0.7
10	Jimmy Foster	24	2	0	13	5	8	0	0	3	7			2	1			1	4	13	.625		.429	6.5	6.5	1.0	0.5
	Team Totals	25.5	7		1730	316	672	1	9	184	230			342	173			121	186	817	.470	.111	.800	247.1	116.7	48.9	24.7

Kentucky Colonels Basic Stats

Kentucky Colonels Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Artis Gilmore	26	7	7	278	63	98	0	0	38	46			109	13			29	33	164	.643		.826	39.7	23.4	15.6	1.9
2	Bird Averitt	23	7	7	248	62	151	2	9	31	33			14	42			25	22	157	.411	.222	.939	35.4	22.4	2.0	6.0
3	Maurice Lucas	23	7	7	234	53	108	0	0	12	16			77	11			10	34	118	.491		.750	33.4	16.9	11.0	1.6
4	Louie Dampier	31	7	7	271	45	89	8	14	12	14			11	61			11	14	110	.506	.571	.857	38.7	15.7	1.6	8.7
5	Johnny Neumann	24	7	0	104	33	74	5	13	11	14			3	6			5	18	82	.446	.385	.786	14.9	11.7	0.4	0.9
6	Wil Jones	28	7	7	225	31	69	0	0	10	10			39	8			12	33	72	.449		1.000	32.1	10.3	5.6	1.1
7	Jan van Breda Kolff	24	7	0	141	19	34	0	0	10	13			28	9			10	7	48	.559		.769	20.1	6.9	4.0	1.3
8	Jim McDaniels	27	7	0	66	15	28	0	0	3	4			26	4			2	11	33	.536		.750	9.4	4.7	3.7	0.6
9	Ron Thomas	25	7	0	94	11	20	0	0	1	4			29	5			4	14	23	.550		.250	13.4	3.3	4.1	0.7
10	Kevin Joyce	24	6	0	69	4	19	0	0	8	10			1	23			9	11	16	.211		.800	11.5	2.7	0.2	3.8
	Team Totals	26.1	7		1730	336	690	15	36	136	164			337	182			117	197	823	.487	.417	.829	247.1	117.6	48.1	26.0

More 1976 Playoffs Pages

1976 ABA Playoffs

Player Stats

1st Round

Indiana Pacers vs. Kentucky Colonels

Semis

Finals

1975-76 Reg. Season Summary