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1971-72 New York Nets Roster and Statistics

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44-40, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Lou Carnesecca (44-40)

Points Per Game: 112.8 (7th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 112.4 (5th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-41 (5th of 11)

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 0.21 (6th of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Finals (4-2) versus Indiana Pacers
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Virginia Squires
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Kentucky Colonels

1971-72 New York Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Jim Ard F-C 6-8 215 September 19, 1948 1 University of Cincinnati
24 Rick Barry F 6-7 205 March 28, 1944 5 University of Miami
20 Johnny Baum F 6-5 200 June 17, 1946 2 Temple University
21 Joe DePre G 6-3 185 December 19, 1947 1 St. John's University
11 Sonny Dove F 6-7 198 August 16, 1945 4 St. John's University
23 Jarrett Durham F 6-5 188 August 22, 1949 R Duquesne University
14 Bob Greacen F 6-7 206 September 15, 1947 2 Rutgers University
3 Manny Leaks C-F 6-8 225 November 27, 1945 3 Niagara University
25 Bill Melchionni G 6-1 165 October 19, 1944 4 Villanova University
10 Gene Moore C-F 6-9 225 July 29, 1945 3 Saint Louis University
5 Billy Paultz C-F 6-11 235 July 30, 1948 1 St. John's University
13 John Roche G 6-3 170 September 26, 1949 R University of South Carolina
22 Oliver Taylor G-F 6-2 194 March 7, 1947 1 University of Houston
32 Trooper Washington F-C 6-7 215 April 21, 1944 4 Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
4 Elnardo Webster F 6-5 190 March 6, 1948 R Saint Peter's College
14 Gary Zeller G 6-3 205 November 20, 1947 1 Drake 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 84 20435 3697 7698 .480 92 318 .289 1990 2589 .769 1284 2871 4155 1842 1655 2065 9476 112.8
Opponent 84 20435 3616 7896 .458 172 501 .343 2041 2682 .761 1456 2807 4263 1592 1636 2068 9445 112.4

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 Rick Barry 27 80 3616 902 1969 .458 73 237 .308 641 730 .878 155 447 602 327 263 261 2518
2 Bill Melchionni 27 80 3326 672 1346 .499 2 19 .105 336 416 .808 51 197 248 669 314 275 1682
3 Billy Paultz 23 83 2824 498 1021 .488 0 3 .000 207 299 .692 263 772 1035 128 214 298 1203
4 John Roche 22 82 2593 403 859 .469 12 35 .343 240 311 .772 45 127 172 259 188 211 1058
5 Trooper Washington 27 80 2510 387 678 .571 0 0 107 166 .645 281 469 750 161 188 291 881
6 Oliver Taylor 24 82 1891 245 542 .452 0 6 .000 218 308 .708 128 202 330 153 153 213 708
7 Gene Moore 26 68 1149 212 445 .476 1 3 .333 77 106 .726 149 260 409 40 126 178 502
8 Jim Ard 23 71 1145 159 353 .450 2 8 .250 77 127 .606 124 244 368 34 98 150 397
9 Johnny Baum 25 44 551 103 170 .606 0 0 41 52 .788 54 81 135 17 24 75 247
10 Joe DePre 24 46 562 79 201 .393 2 6 .333 34 54 .630 16 33 49 45 66 80 194
11 Manny Leaks 26 9 142 24 71 .338 0 0 6 9 .667 11 32 43 4 5 10 54
12 Gary Zeller 24 12 82 7 30 .233 0 1 .000 4 6 .667 5 5 10 2 9 16 18
13 Sonny Dove 26 2 9 2 5 .400 0 0 2 3 .667 1 0 1 1 2 4 6
14 Elnardo Webster 23 8 14 3 6 .500 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 1 1 2 2 6
15 Bob Greacen 24 4 20 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2
16 Jarrett Durham 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 Rick Barry 27 80 45.2 11.3 24.6 .458 0.9 3.0 .308 8.0 9.1 .878 1.9 5.6 7.5 4.1 3.3 3.3 31.5
2 Bill Melchionni 27 80 41.6 8.4 16.8 .499 0.0 0.2 .105 4.2 5.2 .808 0.6 2.5 3.1 8.4 3.9 3.4 21.0
3 Billy Paultz 23 83 34.0 6.0 12.3 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.6 .692 3.2 9.3 12.5 1.5 2.6 3.6 14.5
4 John Roche 22 82 31.6 4.9 10.5 .469 0.1 0.4 .343 2.9 3.8 .772 0.5 1.5 2.1 3.2 2.3 2.6 12.9
5 Trooper Washington 27 80 31.4 4.8 8.5 .571 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.1 .645 3.5 5.9 9.4 2.0 2.4 3.6 11.0
6 Oliver Taylor 24 82 23.1 3.0 6.6 .452 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.8 .708 1.6 2.5 4.0 1.9 1.9 2.6 8.6
7 Gene Moore 26 68 16.9 3.1 6.5 .476 0.0 0.0 .333 1.1 1.6 .726 2.2 3.8 6.0 0.6 1.9 2.6 7.4
8 Manny Leaks 26 9 15.8 2.7 7.9 .338 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 .667 1.2 3.6 4.8 0.4 0.6 1.1 6.0
9 Johnny Baum 25 44 12.5 2.3 3.9 .606 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.2 .788 1.2 1.8 3.1 0.4 0.5 1.7 5.6
10 Jim Ard 23 71 16.1 2.2 5.0 .450 0.0 0.1 .250 1.1 1.8 .606 1.7 3.4 5.2 0.5 1.4 2.1 5.6
11 Joe DePre 24 46 12.2 1.7 4.4 .393 0.0 0.1 .333 0.7 1.2 .630 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.7 4.2
12 Sonny Dove 26 2 4.5 1.0 2.5 .400 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0
13 Gary Zeller 24 12 6.8 0.6 2.5 .233 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.5 .667 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.8 1.3 1.5
14 Elnardo Webster 23 8 1.8 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.8
15 Bob Greacen 24 4 5.0 0.3 0.5 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5
16 Jarrett Durham 22 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 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 Rick Barry 27 80 3616 9.0 19.6 .458 0.7 2.4 .308 6.4 7.3 .878 1.5 4.5 6.0 3.3 2.6 2.6 25.1
2 Sonny Dove 26 2 9 8.0 20.0 .400 0.0 0.0 8.0 12.0 .667 4.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 8.0 16.0 24.0
3 Bill Melchionni 27 80 3326 7.3 14.6 .499 0.0 0.2 .105 3.6 4.5 .808 0.6 2.1 2.7 7.2 3.4 3.0 18.2
4 Johnny Baum 25 44 551 6.7 11.1 .606 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.4 .788 3.5 5.3 8.8 1.1 1.6 4.9 16.1
5 Gene Moore 26 68 1149 6.6 13.9 .476 0.0 0.1 .333 2.4 3.3 .726 4.7 8.1 12.8 1.3 3.9 5.6 15.7
6 Elnardo Webster 23 8 14 7.7 15.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 .000 0.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 5.1 5.1 15.4
7 Billy Paultz 23 83 2824 6.3 13.0 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.8 .692 3.4 9.8 13.2 1.6 2.7 3.8 15.3
8 John Roche 22 82 2593 5.6 11.9 .469 0.2 0.5 .343 3.3 4.3 .772 0.6 1.8 2.4 3.6 2.6 2.9 14.7
9 Manny Leaks 26 9 142 6.1 18.0 .338 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.3 .667 2.8 8.1 10.9 1.0 1.3 2.5 13.7
10 Oliver Taylor 24 82 1891 4.7 10.3 .452 0.0 0.1 .000 4.2 5.9 .708 2.4 3.8 6.3 2.9 2.9 4.1 13.5
11 Trooper Washington 27 80 2510 5.6 9.7 .571 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.4 .645 4.0 6.7 10.8 2.3 2.7 4.2 12.6
12 Jim Ard 23 71 1145 5.0 11.1 .450 0.1 0.3 .250 2.4 4.0 .606 3.9 7.7 11.6 1.1 3.1 4.7 12.5
13 Joe DePre 24 46 562 5.1 12.9 .393 0.1 0.4 .333 2.2 3.5 .630 1.0 2.1 3.1 2.9 4.2 5.1 12.4
14 Gary Zeller 24 12 82 3.1 13.2 .233 0.0 0.4 .000 1.8 2.6 .667 2.2 2.2 4.4 0.9 4.0 7.0 7.9
15 Bob Greacen 24 4 20 1.8 3.6 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 3.6 1.8 3.6 1.8 3.6
16 Jarrett Durham 22 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.0 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 Rick Barry 27 80 3616 21.7 .550 .477 4.3 11.7 8.1 13.8 10.3 27.5 9.0 2.1 11.1
2 Bill Melchionni 27 80 3326 16.6 .550 .500 1.5 5.6 3.6 28.6 17.0 21.6 6.3 2.1 8.4
3 Trooper Washington 27 80 2510 14.1 .587 .571 11.2 17.6 14.5 8.5 20.0 14.6 4.5 1.8 6.3
4 Billy Paultz 23 83 2824 15.3 .522 .488 9.3 25.8 17.8 6.2 15.7 18.8 2.7 2.3 5.0
5 John Roche 22 82 2593 10.9 .531 .476 1.7 4.6 3.2 13.3 15.9 17.8 3.0 1.1 4.1
6 Oliver Taylor 24 82 1891 10.8 .522 .452 6.8 10.1 8.5 10.4 18.4 17.1 1.7 1.1 2.8
7 Johnny Baum 25 44 551 17.2 .640 .606 9.8 13.9 11.9 4.3 11.1 15.3 1.7 0.3 2.0
8 Gene Moore 26 68 1149 12.6 .511 .478 13.0 21.4 17.3 4.8 20.4 20.9 0.8 0.9 1.7
9 Jim Ard 23 71 1145 10.1 .485 .453 10.8 20.1 15.6 3.9 19.3 17.2 0.1 0.8 1.0
10 Elnardo Webster 23 8 14 1.9 .436 .500 0.0 6.7 3.5 10.3 22.5 24.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Bob Greacen 24 4 20 0.7 .500 .500 5.0 4.7 4.9 5.9 50.0 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Jarrett Durham 22 1 1 -52.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Sonny Dove 26 2 9 3.3 .475 .400 11.1 0.0 5.4 16.3 24.0 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Joe DePre 24 46 562 2.8 .432 .398 2.8 5.5 4.2 10.5 22.7 20.2 -0.6 0.2 -0.3
15 Gary Zeller 24 12 82 -6.0 .276 .233 6.1 5.8 5.9 3.0 21.6 19.8 -0.4 0.0 -0.3
16 Manny Leaks 26 9 142 9.2 .360 .338 7.7 21.3 14.7 3.8 6.3 21.9 -0.5 0.1 -0.4

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 Rick Barry 27 18 749 203 429 23 61 125 146 117 69 61 67 554 .473 .377 .856 41.6 30.8 6.5 3.8
2 John Roche 22 18 763 163 343 10 30 89 118 31 84 53 42 425 .475 .333 .754 42.4 23.6 1.7 4.7
3 Billy Paultz 23 19 809 140 276 0 2 57 90 288 29 51 74 337 .507 .000 .633 42.6 17.7 15.2 1.5
4 Oliver Taylor 24 19 702 79 180 0 1 53 72 100 47 68 60 211 .439 .000 .736 36.9 11.1 5.3 2.5
5 Bill Melchionni 27 11 376 61 152 0 2 37 46 26 69 32 32 159 .401 .000 .804 34.2 14.5 2.4 6.3
6 Trooper Washington 27 18 548 64 107 0 0 14 24 173 43 26 63 142 .598 .583 30.4 7.9 9.6 2.4
7 Johnny Baum 25 17 302 59 107 0 0 10 16 72 7 21 34 128 .551 .625 17.8 7.5 4.2 0.4
8 Gene Moore 26 18 111 16 36 0 0 7 8 29 2 10 21 39 .444 .875 6.2 2.2 1.6 0.1
9 Jim Ard 23 13 117 14 32 0 2 3 10 28 4 6 19 31 .438 .000 .300 9.0 2.4 2.2 0.3
10 Joe DePre 24 14 74 5 24 1 2 4 8 8 6 6 13 15 .208 .500 .500 5.3 1.1 0.6 0.4
11 Gary Zeller 24 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 2 1.000 .000 3.0 0.7 0.3 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 Rick Barry 27 18 749 24.1 .562 .500 7.8 15.1 11.0 29.8 2.2 0.4 2.7
2 John Roche 22 18 763 16.9 .538 .490 2.0 16.5 11.8 23.7 1.3 0.3 1.6
3 Billy Paultz 23 19 809 16.7 .534 .507 17.8 5.1 13.9 18.3 0.9 0.6 1.6
4 Trooper Washington 27 18 548 14.0 .604 .598 15.8 10.2 18.1 10.6 0.8 0.4 1.3
5 Johnny Baum 25 17 302 13.8 .561 .551 11.9 3.4 15.6 18.0 0.5 0.2 0.7
6 Oliver Taylor 24 19 702 7.0 .498 .439 7.1 8.7 24.3 16.1 0.2 0.4 0.6
7 Gene Moore 26 18 111 7.6 .493 .444 13.1 2.4 20.2 18.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Bill Melchionni 27 11 376 12.4 .462 .401 3.5 25.5 15.7 21.9 -0.2 0.2 0.0
9 Jim Ard 23 13 117 6.1 .426 .438 12.0 4.5 14.2 14.6 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Gary Zeller 24 3 9 -22.9 .694 1.000 5.6 0.0 67.6 19.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Joe DePre 24 14 74 -3.5 .273 .229 5.4 9.9 17.9 18.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.3