1967-68 New Jersey Americans Roster and Stats

Record: 36-42, Finished 5th in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Max Zaslofsky (36-42)

PTS/G: 110.8 (5th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 112.4 (9th of 11)

SRS: -1.13 (8th of 11) Pace: 108.2 (4th of 11)

Off Rtg: 102.2 (4th of 11) Def Rtg: 103.7 (9th of 11) Net Rtg: -1.5 (8th of 11)

Expected W-L: 35-43 (8th of 11)

Arena: Teaneck Armory

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
20	Dan Anderson	C	6-10	230	February 15, 1943	us	R	Augsburg College
33	Johnny Austin	SG	6-0	170	August 31, 1944	us	1	Boston College
22, 41	Al Beard	C	6-9	200	April 27, 1942	us	R	Norfolk State
41	Jim Caldwell	C	6-10	240	January 28, 1943	us	R	Georgia Tech
40	Art Heyman	SG	6-5	205	June 24, 1941	us	3	Duke
25	Tony Jackson	SG	6-4	200	November 7, 1942	us	R	St. John's
41	Stew Johnson	PF	6-8	220	August 19, 1944	us	R	Murray State
20, 40	Barry Leibowitz	PG	6-2	180	September 10, 1945	us	R	Long Island University
3	Bobby Lloyd	PG	6-2	184	January 3, 1946	us	R	Rutgers University
32	Johnny Mathis	PF	6-6	220	July 14, 1943	us	R	Savannah State University
44	Bob McIntyre	SF	6-6	215	January 23, 1944		R	St. John's
27	Mel Nowell	PG	6-2	170	December 27, 1939		1	Ohio State
4	Walt Simon	SF	6-6	200	December 1, 1939	us	R	Benedict College
30	Bruce Spraggins	SF	6-5	188	August 31, 1939	us	R	Virginia Union University
40	Levern Tart	SG	6-2	195	June 1, 1942	us	R	Bradley
22	Dexter Westbrook	F	6-8	190			R	Providence
44	Hank Whitney	PF	6-7	230	April 28, 1939	us	R	Iowa State

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tony Jackson	25	74	35.6	6.1	15.8	.383	1.2	4.1	.301	4.8	11.7	.412	.422	6.1	7.3	.829			6.8	1.9	1.9	2.5	19.4
2	Levern Tart	25	31	35.0	6.8	16.7	.410	0.0	0.1	.000	6.8	16.6	.412	.410	5.3	6.4	.829			3.9	3.3	2.6	2.9	19.0
3	Dan Anderson	24	78	33.7	5.9	12.0	.494	0.0	0.0		5.9	12.0	.494	.494	2.9	4.1	.697	3.9	7.1	11.0	1.2	1.7	4.2	14.7
4	Walt Simon	28	78	32.3	5.6	12.2	.453	0.0	0.2	.067	5.5	12.1	.460	.454	2.2	3.4	.635			6.7	2.7	2.2	3.5	13.3
5	Hank Whitney	28	37	31.3	5.9	14.9	.393	0.0	0.0		5.9	14.9	.393	.393	4.2	5.9	.714			12.9	1.5	1.5	4.3	16.0
6	Barry Leibowitz	22	24	29.5	4.1	12.0	.341	0.0	0.3	.000	4.1	11.7	.350	.341	3.2	4.0	.802			3.0	3.9	2.6	2.8	11.4
7	Art Heyman	26	19	23.1	5.1	13.3	.385	0.2	0.9	.176	4.9	12.4	.400	.391	3.4	5.3	.644			3.7	1.9	2.8	1.8	13.8
8	Bruce Spraggins	28	70	22.7	4.4	9.8	.446	0.0	0.1	.400	4.3	9.7	.446	.448	3.4	4.8	.708			4.7	0.9	1.2	2.5	12.2
9	Jim Caldwell	25	12	21.8	1.9	5.5	.348	0.0	0.0		1.9	5.5	.348	.348	0.8	1.8	.455			7.1	0.9	1.6	2.4	4.7
10	Stew Johnson	23	55	21.7	3.6	10.6	.344	0.3	1.0	.302	3.3	9.6	.348	.358	1.0	1.6	.625			5.9	0.8	1.3	2.3	8.6
11	Bob McIntyre	24	21	21.5	3.3	8.9	.374	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	8.9	.376	.374	1.6	2.8	.586			4.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	8.3
12	Mel Nowell	28	76	20.5	3.6	8.9	.402	0.1	0.4	.281	3.5	8.5	.408	.409	2.3	2.8	.826			2.5	2.0	1.9	2.5	9.6
13	Bobby Lloyd	22	58	17.2	2.5	6.0	.421	0.1	0.1	.375	2.5	5.9	.422	.426	2.9	3.4	.854			1.9	1.6	1.3	2.0	8.1
14	Johnny Austin	23	41	16.9	2.6	6.8	.387	0.0	0.3	.000	2.6	6.5	.403	.387	2.5	3.4	.721			1.6	1.4	1.4	2.7	7.7
15	Johnny Mathis	24	51	12.9	1.4	3.6	.371	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	3.6	.375	.371	0.7	1.1	.636			3.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4
16	Al Beard	25	12	9.8	1.0	1.9	.522	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.9	.522	.522	0.5	0.9	.545			3.8	0.0	1.0	2.4	2.5
17	Dexter Westbrook		7	8.4	1.7	2.7	.632	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.7	.632	.632	1.0	1.3	.778			1.3	0.3	1.0	2.3	4.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tony Jackson	25	74	2638	449	1171	.383	91	302	.301	358	869	.412	.422	450	543	.829			500	140	144	184	1439
2	Dan Anderson	24	78	2626	463	938	.494	0	0		463	938	.494	.494	223	320	.697	303	553	856	92	131	329	1149
3	Walt Simon	28	78	2518	433	955	.453	1	15	.067	432	940	.460	.454	169	266	.635			524	212	173	272	1036
4	Bruce Spraggins	28	70	1590	306	686	.446	2	5	.400	304	681	.446	.448	238	336	.708			329	66	81	173	852
5	Mel Nowell	28	76	1555	273	679	.402	9	32	.281	264	647	.408	.409	176	213	.826			193	155	142	188	731
6	Stew Johnson	23	55	1196	200	581	.344	16	53	.302	184	528	.348	.358	55	88	.625			327	44	70	128	471
7	Hank Whitney	28	37	1159	217	552	.393	0	0		217	552	.393	.393	157	220	.714			477	56	54	158	591
8	Levern Tart	25	31	1085	212	517	.410	0	3	.000	212	514	.412	.410	165	199	.829			120	102	82	89	589
9	Bobby Lloyd	22	58	995	147	349	.421	3	8	.375	144	341	.422	.426	170	199	.854			108	93	74	114	467
10	Barry Leibowitz	22	24	707	98	287	.341	0	7	.000	98	280	.350	.341	77	96	.802			72	93	62	68	273
11	Johnny Austin	23	41	692	108	279	.387	0	11	.000	108	268	.403	.387	101	140	.721			64	58	57	110	317
12	Johnny Mathis	24	51	656	69	186	.371	0	2	.000	69	184	.375	.371	35	55	.636			194	28	42	102	173
13	Bob McIntyre	24	21	451	70	187	.374	0	1	.000	70	186	.376	.374	34	58	.586			101	11	27	27	174
14	Art Heyman	26	19	439	97	252	.385	3	17	.176	94	235	.400	.391	65	101	.644			70	37	54	35	262
15	Jim Caldwell	25	12	261	23	66	.348	0	0		23	66	.348	.348	10	22	.455			85	11	19	29	56
16	Al Beard	25	12	118	12	23	.522	0	0		12	23	.522	.522	6	11	.545			46	0	12	29	30
17	Dexter Westbrook		7	59	12	19	.632	0	0		12	19	.632	.632	7	9	.778			9	2	7	16	31
			78	18745	3189	7727	.413	125	456	.274	3064	7271	.421	.421	2138	2876	.743			4075	1200	1231	2051	8641

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Tony Jackson	25	74	2638	18.7	.510	.258	.464	8.4	7.8	9.3	21.6	5.2	2.1	7.3	.133
2	Dan Anderson	24	78	2626	18.4	.533	.000	.341	14.4	5.2	10.8	16.9	5.2	2.7	7.9	.145
3	Walt Simon	28	78	2518	13.8	.483	.016	.279	9.2	12.4	13.9	18.1	2.4	2.4	4.8	.092
4	Bruce Spraggins	28	70	1590	18.0	.511	.007	.490	9.1	6.3	8.9	21.1	3.0	1.3	4.3	.131
5	Mel Nowell	28	76	1555	12.1	.473	.047	.314	5.5	14.8	15.5	21.6	1.3	1.3	2.6	.081
6	Stew Johnson	23	55	1196	9.1	.380	.091	.151	12.1	5.4	10.1	21.1	-2.3	1.1	-1.2	-0.047
7	Hank Whitney	28	37	1159	19.6	.455	.000	.399	18.2	7.3	7.7	22.2	0.4	1.5	1.8	.076
8	Levern Tart	25	31	1085	16.2	.487	.006	.385	4.9	14.3	11.9	23.2	1.5	0.9	2.4	.104
9	Bobby Lloyd	22	58	995	14.9	.535	.023	.570	4.8	13.3	14.5	18.8	2.3	0.8	3.1	.148
10	Barry Leibowitz	22	24	707	8.9	.415	.024	.334	4.5	18.5	15.8	20.3	-0.5	0.6	0.2	.013
11	Johnny Austin	23	41	692	9.7	.465	.039	.502	4.1	12.1	14.3	21.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	.064
12	Johnny Mathis	24	51	656	7.3	.412	.011	.296	13.1	5.7	16.7	14.1	-0.4	0.7	0.3	.020
13	Bob McIntyre	24	21	451	9.8	.409	.005	.310	9.9	3.5	11.3	19.5	-0.4	0.4	-0.1	-0.009
14	Art Heyman	26	19	439	13.1	.442	.067	.401	7.0	13.4	15.4	29.3	0.0	0.4	0.3	.037
15	Jim Caldwell	25	12	261	6.2	.370	.000	.333	14.4	5.5	20.1	13.3	-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.006
16	Al Beard	25	12	118	6.3	.539	.000	.478	17.2	0.0	30.1	12.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	.107
17	Dexter Westbrook		7	59	13.5	.675	.000	.474	6.7	5.2	23.4	18.6	0.3	0.0	0.3	.270

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.