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1968-69 Denver Rockets Roster and Statistics

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44-34, Finished 3rd in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bob Bass (44-34)

Points Per Game: 114.9 (5th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.4 (4th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-35 (4th of 11)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 1.41 (4th of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-3) versus Oakland Oaks

1968-69 Denver Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
40 Byron Beck C-F 6-9 225 January 25, 1945 1 University of Denver
52 Larry Bunce C 7-0 240 July 29, 1945 1 Utah State University
14 Jeffrey Congdon G 6-1 180 October 17, 1943 1 Brigham Young University
12 John Fairchild F 6-8 205 April 28, 1943 2 Brigham Young University
22 Julian Hammond F 6-5 205 May 27, 1943 1 University of Tulsa
54 Wayne Hightower F-C 6-8 192 January 14, 1940 6 University of Kansas
32 Larry Jones G-F 6-2 180 September 22, 1942 2 University of Toledo
24 Bill McGill C-F 6-9 225 September 16, 1939 3 University of Utah
50 Charles Parks F 6-5 210 R Idaho State University
34 Walter Piatkowski F 6-8 220 June 11, 1945 R Bowling Green State University
44 Willie Rogers G-F 6-3 185 September 11, 1945 R University of Oklahoma
10 Grant Simmons G 6-3 190 March 7, 1943 1 University of Nebraska
12 Levern Tart G-F 6-2 195 June 1, 1942 1 Bradley University
11 Bob Verga G 6-1 190 September 7, 1945 1 Duke University
30 Ken Wilburn F 6-6 195 June 8, 1944 1 Central State University
42 Lonnie Wright G 6-2 205 January 23, 1944 1 Colorado State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 78 18895 3427 7554 .454 79 314 .252 2026 2769 .732 1376 2741 4117 1239 1331 2102 8959 114.9
Opponent 78 18895 3269 7438 .439 172 537 .320 2132 3036 .702 4171 1193 1427 2045 8842 113.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Larry Jones 26 75 3042 759 1631 .465 24 100 .240 591 760 .778 165 328 493 258 218 273 2133
2 Lonnie Wright 25 69 2538 453 1089 .416 19 86 .221 205 276 .743 50 240 290 175 160 250 1130
3 Byron Beck 24 71 2289 423 843 .502 2 3 .667 182 238 .765 272 507 779 77 92 248 1030
4 Bill McGill 29 78 1760 411 745 .552 0 0 180 264 .682 145 315 460 102 149 289 1002
5 Walter Piatkowski 23 77 1819 399 956 .417 27 82 .329 117 151 .775 147 216 363 46 100 226 942
6 Wayne Hightower 29 67 2318 311 762 .408 0 2 .000 311 426 .730 155 486 641 203 176 241 933
7 Julian Hammond 25 78 2335 329 601 .547 0 0 165 253 .652 266 334 600 124 152 213 823
8 Jeffrey Congdon 25 59 979 107 277 .386 5 31 .161 69 85 .812 14 79 93 135 97 104 288
9 Ken Wilburn 24 37 409 72 181 .398 0 0 30 57 .526 80 97 177 22 37 56 174
10 Levern Tart 26 20 345 56 159 .352 0 2 .000 42 56 .750 25 26 51 44 42 40 154
11 Larry Bunce 23 23 225 22 59 .373 0 0 49 70 .700 17 41 58 2 21 44 93
12 Willie Rogers 23 40 294 27 80 .338 0 3 .000 31 52 .596 17 30 47 16 30 51 85
13 Bob Verga 23 6 150 24 77 .312 1 3 .333 18 28 .643 10 11 21 11 25 16 67
14 Grant Simmons 25 17 252 22 59 .373 1 2 .500 20 29 .690 6 20 26 15 17 42 65
15 John Fairchild 25 11 135 12 34 .353 0 0 16 24 .667 7 11 18 9 15 8 40
16 Charles Parks 2 5 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Larry Jones 26 75 40.6 10.1 21.7 .465 0.3 1.3 .240 7.9 10.1 .778 2.2 4.4 6.6 3.4 2.9 3.6 28.4
2 Lonnie Wright 25 69 36.8 6.6 15.8 .416 0.3 1.2 .221 3.0 4.0 .743 0.7 3.5 4.2 2.5 2.3 3.6 16.4
3 Byron Beck 24 71 32.2 6.0 11.9 .502 0.0 0.0 .667 2.6 3.4 .765 3.8 7.1 11.0 1.1 1.3 3.5 14.5
4 Wayne Hightower 29 67 34.6 4.6 11.4 .408 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 6.4 .730 2.3 7.3 9.6 3.0 2.6 3.6 13.9
5 Bill McGill 29 78 22.6 5.3 9.6 .552 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.4 .682 1.9 4.0 5.9 1.3 1.9 3.7 12.8
6 Walter Piatkowski 23 77 23.6 5.2 12.4 .417 0.4 1.1 .329 1.5 2.0 .775 1.9 2.8 4.7 0.6 1.3 2.9 12.2
7 Bob Verga 23 6 25.0 4.0 12.8 .312 0.2 0.5 .333 3.0 4.7 .643 1.7 1.8 3.5 1.8 4.2 2.7 11.2
8 Julian Hammond 25 78 29.9 4.2 7.7 .547 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.2 .652 3.4 4.3 7.7 1.6 1.9 2.7 10.6
9 Levern Tart 26 20 17.3 2.8 8.0 .352 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 2.8 .750 1.3 1.3 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.0 7.7
10 Jeffrey Congdon 25 59 16.6 1.8 4.7 .386 0.1 0.5 .161 1.2 1.4 .812 0.2 1.3 1.6 2.3 1.6 1.8 4.9
11 Ken Wilburn 24 37 11.1 1.9 4.9 .398 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .526 2.2 2.6 4.8 0.6 1.0 1.5 4.7
12 Larry Bunce 23 23 9.8 1.0 2.6 .373 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.0 .700 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.1 0.9 1.9 4.0
13 Grant Simmons 25 17 14.8 1.3 3.5 .373 0.1 0.1 .500 1.2 1.7 .690 0.4 1.2 1.5 0.9 1.0 2.5 3.8
14 John Fairchild 25 11 12.3 1.1 3.1 .353 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.2 .667 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.8 1.4 0.7 3.6
15 Willie Rogers 23 40 7.4 0.7 2.0 .338 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.3 .596 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.8 1.3 2.1
16 Charles Parks 2 2.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Larry Jones 26 75 3042 9.0 19.3 .465 0.3 1.2 .240 7.0 9.0 .778 2.0 3.9 5.8 3.1 2.6 3.2 25.2
2 Bill McGill 29 78 1760 8.4 15.2 .552 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.4 .682 3.0 6.4 9.4 2.1 3.0 5.9 20.5
3 Walter Piatkowski 23 77 1819 7.9 18.9 .417 0.5 1.6 .329 2.3 3.0 .775 2.9 4.3 7.2 0.9 2.0 4.5 18.6
4 Byron Beck 24 71 2289 6.7 13.3 .502 0.0 0.0 .667 2.9 3.7 .765 4.3 8.0 12.3 1.2 1.4 3.9 16.2
5 Bob Verga 23 6 150 5.8 18.5 .312 0.2 0.7 .333 4.3 6.7 .643 2.4 2.6 5.0 2.6 6.0 3.8 16.1
6 Levern Tart 26 20 345 5.8 16.6 .352 0.0 0.2 .000 4.4 5.8 .750 2.6 2.7 5.3 4.6 4.4 4.2 16.1
7 Lonnie Wright 25 69 2538 6.4 15.4 .416 0.3 1.2 .221 2.9 3.9 .743 0.7 3.4 4.1 2.5 2.3 3.5 16.0
8 Ken Wilburn 24 37 409 6.3 15.9 .398 0.0 0.0 2.6 5.0 .526 7.0 8.5 15.6 1.9 3.3 4.9 15.3
9 Larry Bunce 23 23 225 3.5 9.4 .373 0.0 0.0 7.8 11.2 .700 2.7 6.6 9.3 0.3 3.4 7.0 14.9
10 Wayne Hightower 29 67 2318 4.8 11.8 .408 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.6 .730 2.4 7.5 10.0 3.2 2.7 3.7 14.5
11 Julian Hammond 25 78 2335 5.1 9.3 .547 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.9 .652 4.1 5.1 9.3 1.9 2.3 3.3 12.7
12 John Fairchild 25 11 135 3.2 9.1 .353 0.0 0.0 4.3 6.4 .667 1.9 2.9 4.8 2.4 4.0 2.1 10.7
13 Jeffrey Congdon 25 59 979 3.9 10.2 .386 0.2 1.1 .161 2.5 3.1 .812 0.5 2.9 3.4 5.0 3.6 3.8 10.6
14 Willie Rogers 23 40 294 3.3 9.8 .338 0.0 0.4 .000 3.8 6.4 .596 2.1 3.7 5.8 2.0 3.7 6.2 10.4
15 Grant Simmons 25 17 252 3.1 8.4 .373 0.1 0.3 .500 2.9 4.1 .690 0.9 2.9 3.7 2.1 2.4 6.0 9.3
16 Charles Parks 2 5 0.0 7.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Larry Jones 26 75 3042 23.5 .543 .473 7.4 12.9 10.0 26.8 8.3 2.7 10.9
2 Bill McGill 29 78 1760 19.7 .582 .552 11.9 8.6 14.8 21.5 5.3 1.7 7.1
3 Julian Hammond 25 78 2335 14.9 .578 .547 11.7 6.9 17.6 13.8 4.3 2.2 6.6
4 Byron Beck 24 71 2289 19.4 .543 .503 15.5 4.7 8.8 17.0 4.0 2.5 6.4
5 Wayne Hightower 29 67 2318 14.6 .491 .408 12.6 11.3 15.6 18.2 1.6 2.6 4.2
6 Lonnie Wright 25 69 2538 11.4 .467 .425 5.2 9.5 11.7 20.2 0.3 1.8 2.1
7 Walter Piatkowski 23 77 1819 14.0 .461 .431 9.1 3.7 8.9 23.1 -0.2 1.4 1.2
8 Jeffrey Congdon 25 59 979 7.1 .458 .395 4.3 17.3 23.6 15.7 0.0 0.9 0.9
9 Larry Bunce 23 23 225 9.8 .518 .373 11.8 1.1 19.0 18.4 0.3 0.2 0.4
10 John Fairchild 25 11 135 6.0 .449 .353 6.1 8.2 25.2 16.5 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Grant Simmons 25 17 252 3.9 .453 .381 4.7 7.3 19.2 13.2 0.0 0.2 0.1
12 Ken Wilburn 24 37 409 15.1 .422 .398 19.7 7.4 15.2 22.2 -0.4 0.5 0.1
13 Charles Parks 2 5 -10.8 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Willie Rogers 23 40 294 3.1 .413 .338 7.3 6.7 22.6 16.9 -0.3 0.2 0.0
15 Levern Tart 26 20 345 9.7 .419 .352 6.7 17.1 18.6 24.5 -0.4 0.3 0.0
16 Bob Verga 23 6 150 3.2 .375 .318 6.4 9.8 21.9 28.5 -0.4 0.1 -0.3

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Larry Jones 26 7 282 48 134 3 8 55 76 54 32 17 21 154 .358 .375 .724 40.3 22.0 7.7 4.6
2 Byron Beck 24 7 214 48 95 0 1 14 17 63 9 13 23 110 .505 .000 .824 30.6 15.7 9.0 1.3
3 Walter Piatkowski 23 7 201 48 111 1 9 10 11 29 6 13 32 107 .432 .111 .909 28.7 15.3 4.1 0.9
4 Julian Hammond 25 7 191 33 64 0 0 25 33 50 4 14 26 91 .516 .758 27.3 13.0 7.1 0.6
5 Lonnie Wright 25 7 224 31 86 2 8 20 28 37 14 7 24 84 .360 .250 .714 32.0 12.0 5.3 2.0
6 Wayne Hightower 29 7 187 25 63 0 0 34 45 47 12 18 22 84 .397 .756 26.7 12.0 6.7 1.7
7 Jeffrey Congdon 25 7 183 20 42 0 2 22 22 16 34 18 21 62 .476 .000 1.000 26.1 8.9 2.3 4.9
8 Bill McGill 29 7 96 19 39 0 0 9 10 23 6 4 26 47 .487 .900 13.7 6.7 3.3 0.9
9 Ken Wilburn 24 7 93 16 33 0 0 4 16 32 5 11 21 36 .485 .250 13.3 5.1 4.6 0.7
10 Grant Simmons 25 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Byron Beck 24 7 214 18.7 .537 .505 13.0 6.6 11.3 20.2 0.4 0.0 0.5
2 Jeffrey Congdon 25 7 183 12.8 .600 .476 3.9 24.8 25.8 14.3 0.4 0.0 0.5
3 Julian Hammond 25 7 191 15.9 .579 .516 11.5 3.1 15.1 18.2 0.5 0.0 0.5
4 Wayne Hightower 29 7 187 13.3 .507 .397 11.1 8.9 17.9 20.2 0.2 0.0 0.2
5 Bill McGill 29 7 96 14.9 .541 .487 10.6 9.5 8.4 18.5 0.2 0.0 0.2
6 Larry Jones 26 7 282 17.2 .460 .369 8.4 16.5 9.2 24.5 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Grant Simmons 25 2 9 -6.8 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Ken Wilburn 24 7 93 7.4 .450 .485 15.2 7.8 21.6 20.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Walter Piatkowski 23 7 201 10.8 .462 .437 6.4 4.8 10.1 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Lonnie Wright 25 7 224 10.1 .427 .372 7.3 8.7 6.6 17.6 -0.2 0.0 -0.1