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1972-73 Denver Rockets Roster and Statistics

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47-37, Finished 3rd in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Alex Hannum (47-37)

PTS/G: 109.4 (8th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 106.3 (2nd of 10)
SRS: 2.80 (4th of 10)
Expected W-L: 50-34 (4th of 10)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Indiana Pacers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
40 Byron Beck C-F 6-9 225 January 25, 1945 5 University of Denver
14 David Bustion F 6-8 215 August 30, 1949 R University of Denver
20 Frank Card F 6-7 195 December 28, 1944 4 South Carolina State University
12 Warren Jabali G-F 6-2 200 August 29, 1946 4 Wichita State University
13 Julius Keye F-C 6-10 200 September 5, 1946 3 Alcorn State University
30 Willie Long F-C 6-8 225 March 1, 1950 1 University of New Mexico
31 Marv Roberts F-C 6-8 200 January 29, 1950 1 Utah State University
25 Dave Robisch C-F 6-10 235 December 22, 1949 1 University of Kansas
44 Ralph Simpson G-F 6-5 200 August 10, 1949 2 Michigan State University
10 Al Smith G 6-1 185 January 15, 1947 1 Bradley University
21 Claude Terry G-F 6-4 195 January 12, 1950 R Stanford University
24 John Trapp F 6-7 210 October 2, 1945 4 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 84 20045 3433 7501 .458 74 301 .246 2253 2994 .753 1457 2668 4125 1936 1596 2237 9193 109.4
Lg Rank 9 9 8 9 7 6 9 2 1 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 8 8
Opponent 84 20045 3397 7234 .470 93 329 .283 2045 2736 .747 1156 2546 3702 2046 1540 2236 8932 106.3
Lg Rank 9 1 1 5 6 8 6 5 5 7 1 1 1 7 6 7 2 2

Totals

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 Ralph Simpson 23 81 2589 732 1670 .438 5 24 .208 421 556 .757 140 231 371 222 127 283 241 1890
2 Warren Jabali 26 82 2738 441 974 .453 36 140 .257 480 596 .805 129 295 424 539 175 302 280 1398
3 Dave Robisch 23 83 2647 521 1010 .516 0 1 .000 309 409 .756 248 496 744 170 134 271 1351
4 Byron Beck 28 77 2303 466 879 .530 2 7 .286 158 198 .798 203 334 537 107 126 267 1092
5 Marv Roberts 23 77 1959 374 807 .463 1 3 .333 201 255 .788 180 218 398 95 110 194 950
6 Al Smith 26 83 2343 315 767 .411 17 90 .189 272 352 .773 68 146 214 477 261 295 919
7 Willie Long 22 56 1050 183 458 .400 0 2 .000 138 177 .780 99 191 290 43 95 147 504
8 Julius Keye 26 83 3016 163 375 .435 3 8 .375 130 233 .558 275 617 892 180 226 134 269 459
9 Claude Terry 23 68 667 120 285 .421 10 24 .417 74 114 .649 45 30 75 62 69 111 324
10 David Bustion 23 47 355 58 133 .436 0 0 42 59 .712 39 62 101 21 54 82 158
11 John Trapp 27 24 342 54 128 .422 0 2 .000 19 32 .594 27 45 72 20 25 76 127
12 Frank Card 28 4 36 6 15 .400 0 0 9 13 .692 4 3 7 0 3 4 21

Per Game

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 Ralph Simpson 23 81 32.0 9.0 20.6 .438 0.1 0.3 .208 5.2 6.9 .757 1.7 2.9 4.6 2.7 1.6 3.5 3.0 23.3
2 Warren Jabali 26 82 33.4 5.4 11.9 .453 0.4 1.7 .257 5.9 7.3 .805 1.6 3.6 5.2 6.6 2.1 3.7 3.4 17.0
3 Dave Robisch 23 83 31.9 6.3 12.2 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.9 .756 3.0 6.0 9.0 2.0 1.6 3.3 16.3
4 Byron Beck 28 77 29.9 6.1 11.4 .530 0.0 0.1 .286 2.1 2.6 .798 2.6 4.3 7.0 1.4 1.6 3.5 14.2
5 Marv Roberts 23 77 25.4 4.9 10.5 .463 0.0 0.0 .333 2.6 3.3 .788 2.3 2.8 5.2 1.2 1.4 2.5 12.3
6 Al Smith 26 83 28.2 3.8 9.2 .411 0.2 1.1 .189 3.3 4.2 .773 0.8 1.8 2.6 5.7 3.1 3.6 11.1
7 Willie Long 22 56 18.8 3.3 8.2 .400 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.2 .780 1.8 3.4 5.2 0.8 1.7 2.6 9.0
8 Julius Keye 26 83 36.3 2.0 4.5 .435 0.0 0.1 .375 1.6 2.8 .558 3.3 7.4 10.7 2.2 2.7 1.6 3.2 5.5
9 John Trapp 27 24 14.3 2.3 5.3 .422 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.3 .594 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.8 1.0 3.2 5.3
10 Frank Card 28 4 9.0 1.5 3.8 .400 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.3 .692 1.0 0.8 1.8 0.0 0.8 1.0 5.3
11 Claude Terry 23 68 9.8 1.8 4.2 .421 0.1 0.4 .417 1.1 1.7 .649 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.6 4.8
12 David Bustion 23 47 7.6 1.2 2.8 .436 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .712 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.4 1.1 1.7 3.4

Per 36 Minutes

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 Ralph Simpson 23 81 2589 10.2 23.2 .438 0.1 0.3 .208 5.9 7.7 .757 1.9 3.2 5.2 3.1 1.8 3.9 3.4 26.3
2 Frank Card 28 4 36 6.0 15.0 .400 0.0 0.0 9.0 13.0 .692 4.0 3.0 7.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 21.0
3 Dave Robisch 23 83 2647 7.1 13.7 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 5.6 .756 3.4 6.7 10.1 2.3 1.8 3.7 18.4
4 Warren Jabali 26 82 2738 5.8 12.8 .453 0.5 1.8 .257 6.3 7.8 .805 1.7 3.9 5.6 7.1 2.3 4.0 3.7 18.4
5 Claude Terry 23 68 667 6.5 15.4 .421 0.5 1.3 .417 4.0 6.2 .649 2.4 1.6 4.0 3.3 3.7 6.0 17.5
6 Marv Roberts 23 77 1959 6.9 14.8 .463 0.0 0.1 .333 3.7 4.7 .788 3.3 4.0 7.3 1.7 2.0 3.6 17.5
7 Willie Long 22 56 1050 6.3 15.7 .400 0.0 0.1 .000 4.7 6.1 .780 3.4 6.5 9.9 1.5 3.3 5.0 17.3
8 Byron Beck 28 77 2303 7.3 13.7 .530 0.0 0.1 .286 2.5 3.1 .798 3.2 5.2 8.4 1.7 2.0 4.2 17.1
9 David Bustion 23 47 355 5.9 13.5 .436 0.0 0.0 4.3 6.0 .712 4.0 6.3 10.2 2.1 5.5 8.3 16.0
10 Al Smith 26 83 2343 4.8 11.8 .411 0.3 1.4 .189 4.2 5.4 .773 1.0 2.2 3.3 7.3 4.0 4.5 14.1
11 John Trapp 27 24 342 5.7 13.5 .422 0.0 0.2 .000 2.0 3.4 .594 2.8 4.7 7.6 2.1 2.6 8.0 13.4
12 Julius Keye 26 83 3016 1.9 4.5 .435 0.0 0.1 .375 1.6 2.8 .558 3.3 7.4 10.6 2.1 2.7 1.6 3.2 5.5

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Warren Jabali 26 82 2738 20.8 .565 .471 4.7 11.3 7.9 28.3 3.0 19.6 21.6 5.8 4.9 10.7 .187
2 Dave Robisch 23 83 2647 19.2 .568 .516 9.4 19.6 14.4 9.7 10.1 19.3 5.5 4.6 10.1 .184
3 Byron Beck 28 77 2303 16.0 .565 .531 8.8 15.2 11.9 7.1 11.5 18.3 4.3 3.4 7.7 .161
4 Julius Keye 26 83 3016 11.0 .481 .439 9.1 21.4 15.1 7.4 4.4 21.9 7.8 -0.1 5.3 5.3 .084
5 Al Smith 26 83 2343 10.6 .498 .422 2.9 6.5 4.7 28.2 22.1 19.4 0.8 3.7 4.5 .093
6 Marv Roberts 23 77 1959 14.8 .517 .464 9.2 11.7 10.4 7.3 10.7 20.2 1.6 2.7 4.3 .105
7 Ralph Simpson 23 81 2589 19.6 .494 .440 5.4 9.4 7.3 14.9 2.3 12.9 32.7 0.8 3.4 4.2 .078
8 Willie Long 22 56 1050 11.7 .470 .400 9.4 19.1 14.1 6.0 15.1 23.1 -0.5 1.7 1.2 .056
9 Claude Terry 23 68 667 9.2 .483 .439 6.8 4.7 5.8 13.7 17.1 23.3 0.0 0.8 0.8 .055
10 David Bustion 23 47 355 7.8 .497 .436 11.0 18.3 14.6 8.5 25.4 23.1 0.1 0.6 0.7 .097
11 John Trapp 27 24 342 6.9 .447 .422 7.9 13.8 10.8 8.4 15.0 18.8 -0.3 0.5 0.2 .025
12 Frank Card 28 4 36 13.8 .507 .400 11.1 8.7 10.0 0.0 12.6 25.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 .087

Playoffs

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 Ralph Simpson 23 5 197 51 138 2 6 28 37 8 24 14 15 20 132 .370 .333 .757 39.4 26.4 4.8 2.8
2 Dave Robisch 23 5 184 40 85 0 0 21 31 30 68 8 1 21 101 .471 .677 36.8 20.2 13.6 1.6
3 Byron Beck 28 4 130 28 63 0 0 13 17 19 39 5 9 16 69 .444 .765 32.5 17.3 9.8 1.3
4 Julius Keye 26 5 203 20 34 0 1 9 17 28 68 16 11 16 49 .588 .000 .529 40.6 9.8 13.6 3.2
5 Al Smith 26 5 185 15 54 0 2 18 20 10 25 26 18 17 48 .278 .000 .900 37.0 9.6 5.0 5.2
6 Warren Jabali 26 5 126 9 27 0 6 12 16 2 7 14 11 11 30 .333 .000 .750 25.2 6.0 1.4 2.8
7 John Trapp 27 5 51 7 16 0 0 8 12 4 7 2 1 13 22 .438 .667 10.2 4.4 1.4 0.4
8 Willie Long 22 4 53 5 20 0 0 5 6 4 9 1 11 13 15 .250 .833 13.3 3.8 2.3 0.3
9 Marv Roberts 23 2 24 4 8 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 5 10 .500 1.000 12.0 5.0 1.5 0.5
10 David Bustion 23 1 11 2 7 0 0 6 7 0 1 1 1 3 10 .286 .857 11.0 10.0 1.0 1.0
11 Claude Terry 23 4 36 2 9 0 2 1 1 1 3 2 4 5 5 .222 .000 1.000 9.0 1.3 0.8 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Julius Keye 26 5 203 16.6 .591 .588 16.0 11.9 21.0 10.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 .167
2 Dave Robisch 23 5 184 27.1 .512 .471 17.6 8.0 1.0 21.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 .153
3 Byron Beck 28 4 130 19.5 .490 .444 14.3 7.0 11.3 23.8 0.1 0.2 0.3 .104
4 Marv Roberts 23 2 24 14.3 .563 .500 6.0 7.0 0.0 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 .147
5 John Trapp 27 5 51 12.9 .517 .438 6.5 6.3 4.5 17.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 .105
6 Warren Jabali 26 5 126 4.6 .441 .333 2.6 16.1 24.4 13.9 -0.1 0.1 0.1 .033
7 Al Smith 26 5 185 6.2 .382 .278 6.4 20.6 22.3 17.0 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.010
8 David Bustion 23 1 11 21.8 .496 .286 4.3 15.7 9.0 39.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .122
9 Willie Long 22 4 53 -9.8 .331 .250 8.1 2.8 32.7 24.7 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.125
10 Claude Terry 23 4 36 -6.4 .265 .222 4.0 7.9 29.8 14.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.112
11 Ralph Simpson 23 5 197 14.9 .428 .377 5.8 14.1 8.9 33.5 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.047