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1967-68 Denver Rockets Roster and Stats

Record: 45-33, Finished 3rd in ABA Western Division

Coach: Bob Bass (45-33)

PTS/G: 105.7 (9th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 101.5 (1st of 11)

SRS: 3.52 (3rd of 11) Pace: 103.0 (11th of 11)

Off Rtg: 102.0 (5th of 11) Def Rtg: 97.9 (3rd of 11) Net Rtg: +4.1 (2nd of 11)

Expected W-L: 50-28 (2nd of 11)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena

ABA 1968 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Semifinals (2-3) versus New Orleans Buccaneers (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

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

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
40	Byron Beck	C	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	us	R	Columbia Basin College, Denver
50	Tommie Bowens	PF	6-8	220	July 7, 1940	us	R	Grambling State University
14, 23	Jeff Congdon	PG	6-1	180	October 17, 1943	us	R	BYU
12	Chuck Gardner	PF	6-8	205	September 30, 1944	us	R	Colorado
22	Julian Hammond	SF	6-5	205	May 27, 1943	us	R	Tulsa
54	Wayne Hightower	PF	6-8	192	January 14, 1940	us	5	Kansas
24	Tom Hoover	C	6-9	230	January 23, 1941	us	4	Villanova
30	Ron Horn	SF	6-7	220	May 24, 1938	us	2	Indiana
32	Larry Jones	PG	6-2	180	September 22, 1942	us	1	Toledo
30	R.B. Lynam	G	6-1	190			R	Oklahoma Baptist University
30	Richie Moore	SG	6-2	190		us	R	Villanova, Hiram Scott College
14	John Morrison	G	6-2	190	May 2, 1945		R	Canisius
44	Willie Murrell	SF	6-6	225	September 13, 1941	us	R	Eastern Oklahoma State College, Kansas State
10	Grant Simmons	PG	6-3	190	March 7, 1943	us	R	Nebraska
20	Willis Thomas	SG	6-2	185			R	Harbor College
42	Lonnie Wright	SG	6-2	205	January 23, 1945	us	R	Colorado State

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Jones	25	76		40.6	7.9	18.5	.427	0.1	0.6	.190	7.8	18.0	.435	.430	7.0	9.0	.776			7.9	3.6			3.1	3.5	22.9
2	Willie Murrell	26	71		35.1	7.0	15.1	.466	0.0	0.2	.273	7.0	14.9	.468	.467	2.3	3.3	.703			9.0	0.9			1.6	2.8	16.4
3	Wayne Hightower	28	74		33.2	5.8	15.2	.383	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	15.1	.385	.383	5.7	7.3	.773			7.2	1.9			2.2	3.2	17.3
4	Grant Simmons	24	78		29.0	3.7	8.8	.424	0.0	0.3	.045	3.7	8.5	.437	.425	2.7	3.8	.705			3.1	2.3			2.0	3.0	10.2
5	Lonnie Wright	23	38		23.6	3.8	9.1	.422	0.1	0.2	.222	3.8	8.9	.427	.425	2.1	3.2	.653			2.5	1.8			1.1	2.5	9.8
6	Byron Beck	23	71		22.9	3.9	8.0	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	8.0	.484	.482	1.7	2.2	.748			7.9	0.5			1.0	3.1	9.4
7	Tom Hoover	27	70		22.7	2.3	5.1	.451	0.1	0.1	.400	2.2	5.0	.452	.457	1.8	2.9	.621			7.0	0.9			2.0	3.8	6.5
8	Willis Thomas		24		22.6	5.7	12.7	.446	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	12.6	.449	.446	0.9	1.3	.688			2.4	1.0			2.1	1.9	12.3
9	Tommie Bowens	27	67		19.2	2.6	6.8	.391	0.0	0.0	.500	2.6	6.7	.390	.392	0.8	1.3	.611			5.6	0.6			1.2	2.4	6.1
10	Julian Hammond	24	74		18.4	3.0	6.2	.489	0.0	0.0		3.0	6.2	.489	.489	1.9	2.8	.684			4.4	0.8			1.3	1.5	8.0
11	Richie Moore		18		11.7	1.3	3.9	.338	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	3.8	.348	.338	1.2	1.6	.750			1.1	0.4			1.3	0.9	3.8
12	Chuck Gardner	23	42		11.6	1.7	4.2	.406	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	4.1	.415	.406	1.3	1.9	.696			3.2	0.3			1.2	1.8	4.7
13	Jeff Congdon	24	41		9.7	1.6	4.7	.351	0.1	0.7	.167	1.5	3.9	.385	.364	0.5	0.6	.800			0.8	1.4			1.2	0.9	3.9
14	John Morrison	22	9		8.4	1.1	3.8	.294	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	3.1	.321	.309	0.7	1.0	.667			1.0	0.8			1.0	1.7	3.0
15	Ron Horn	29	1		6.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	.000	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000			1.0	0.0			1.0	0.0	2.0
16	R.B. Lynam		7		5.6	0.7	2.4	.294	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	2.3	.313	.294	1.0	1.1	.875			0.7	0.0			0.7	1.4	2.4

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Wayne Hightower	28	5		41.8	7.0	20.0	.350	0.0	0.2	.000	7.0	19.8	.354	.350	8.6	10.8	.796			8.8	2.2			4.4	5.0	22.6
2	Larry Jones	25	1		41.0	12.0	20.0	.600	0.0	0.0		12.0	20.0	.600	.600	5.0	8.0	.625			4.0	4.0			4.0	5.0	29.0
3	Willie Murrell	26	5		39.6	9.0	17.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	9.0	17.4	.517	.511	4.4	5.2	.846			9.4	1.4			1.6	4.8	22.4
4	Byron Beck	23	5		32.0	4.6	10.0	.460	0.0	0.0		4.6	10.0	.460	.460	2.2	3.0	.733			11.0	1.0			1.4	4.2	11.4
5	Julian Hammond	24	5		30.6	4.4	7.6	.579	0.0	0.0		4.4	7.6	.579	.579	3.2	4.8	.667			5.6	1.6			2.2	3.4	12.0
6	Lonnie Wright	23	5		29.8	2.6	10.0	.260	0.2	0.8	.250	2.4	9.2	.261	.270	1.8	2.8	.643			2.6	2.0			3.4	1.8	7.2
7	Grant Simmons	24	5		29.0	2.6	7.2	.361	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	7.0	.371	.361	2.4	3.2	.750			4.4	3.0			2.0	4.0	7.6
8	Tommie Bowens	27	5		18.8	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	6.0	.467	.452	0.4	0.4	1.000			5.0	1.0			1.2	3.4	6.0
9	Jeff Congdon	24	3		11.7	2.3	7.0	.333	0.7	2.7	.250	1.7	4.3	.385	.381	1.0	2.3	.429			1.3	1.7			1.0	1.7	6.3
10	Tom Hoover	27	2		8.0	2.0	3.5	.571	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.5	.571	.571	2.5	3.5	.714			2.0	0.5			1.0	3.0	6.5

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Jones	25	76		3085	602	1409	.427	8	42	.190	594	1367	.435	.430	530	683	.776			599	270			232	268	1742
2	Willie Murrell	26	71		2495	498	1069	.466	3	11	.273	495	1058	.468	.467	166	236	.703			637	64			116	200	1165
3	Wayne Hightower	28	74		2459	431	1126	.383	0	6	.000	431	1120	.385	.383	420	543	.773			536	143			165	237	1282
4	Grant Simmons	24	78		2264	292	688	.424	1	22	.045	291	666	.437	.425	208	295	.705			240	182			153	236	793
5	Byron Beck	23	71		1623	275	570	.482	0	2	.000	275	568	.484	.482	119	159	.748			559	38			72	219	669
6	Tom Hoover	27	70		1588	161	357	.451	4	10	.400	157	347	.452	.457	128	206	.621			491	64			139	268	454
7	Julian Hammond	24	74		1364	224	458	.489	0	0		224	458	.489	.489	143	209	.684			327	62			98	112	591
8	Tommie Bowens	27	67		1287	177	453	.391	1	2	.500	176	451	.390	.392	55	90	.611			374	41			83	159	410
9	Lonnie Wright	23	38		896	146	346	.422	2	9	.222	144	337	.427	.425	79	121	.653			96	68			43	96	373
10	Willis Thomas		24		542	136	305	.446	0	2	.000	136	303	.449	.446	22	32	.688			58	25			51	45	294
11	Chuck Gardner	23	42		487	71	175	.406	0	4	.000	71	171	.415	.406	55	79	.696			136	13			52	74	197
12	Jeff Congdon	24	41		398	67	191	.351	5	30	.167	62	161	.385	.364	20	25	.800			34	59			50	37	159
13	Richie Moore		18		211	24	71	.338	0	2	.000	24	69	.348	.338	21	28	.750			19	8			24	16	69
14	John Morrison	22	9		76	10	34	.294	1	6	.167	9	28	.321	.309	6	9	.667			9	7			9	15	27
15	R.B. Lynam		7		39	5	17	.294	0	1	.000	5	16	.313	.294	7	8	.875			5	0			5	10	17
16	Ron Horn	29	1		6	0	2	.000	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	2	2	1.000			1	0			1	0	2
			78		18820	3119	7271	.429	25	149	.168	3094	7122	.434	.431	1981	2725	.727			4121	1044			1293	1992	8244

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Wayne Hightower	28	5		209	35	100	.350	0	1	.000	35	99	.354	.350	43	54	.796			44	11			22	25	113
2	Willie Murrell	26	5		198	45	88	.511	0	1	.000	45	87	.517	.511	22	26	.846			47	7			8	24	112
3	Byron Beck	23	5		160	23	50	.460	0	0		23	50	.460	.460	11	15	.733			55	5			7	21	57
4	Julian Hammond	24	5		153	22	38	.579	0	0		22	38	.579	.579	16	24	.667			28	8			11	17	60
5	Lonnie Wright	23	5		149	13	50	.260	1	4	.250	12	46	.261	.270	9	14	.643			13	10			17	9	36
6	Grant Simmons	24	5		145	13	36	.361	0	1	.000	13	35	.371	.361	12	16	.750			22	15			10	20	38
7	Tommie Bowens	27	5		94	14	31	.452	0	1	.000	14	30	.467	.452	2	2	1.000			25	5			6	17	30
8	Larry Jones	25	1		41	12	20	.600	0	0		12	20	.600	.600	5	8	.625			4	4			4	5	29
9	Jeff Congdon	24	3		35	7	21	.333	2	8	.250	5	13	.385	.381	3	7	.429			4	5			3	5	19
10	Tom Hoover	27	2		16	4	7	.571	0	0		4	7	.571	.571	5	7	.714			4	1			2	6	13

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Jones	25	76	3085	21.3	.509	.030	.485			9.1	13.8			11.9	24.3		6.9	4.9	11.8	.184
2	Willie Murrell	26	71	2495	18.5	.497	.010	.221			11.9	4.1			9.0	19.9		3.6	3.5	7.0	.135
3	Wayne Hightower	28	74	2459	17.7	.470	.005	.482			10.2	8.9			10.8	24.0		2.1	3.6	5.8	.112
4	Grant Simmons	24	78	2264	10.6	.485	.032	.429			5.0	11.5			15.8	16.5		2.2	2.8	5.0	.106
5	Byron Beck	23	71	1623	18.6	.523	.004	.279			16.1	3.6			10.1	16.9		2.9	2.7	5.7	.168
6	Tom Hoover	27	70	1588	9.8	.507	.028	.577			14.5	5.5			23.7	14.2		1.7	2.7	4.4	.132
7	Julian Hammond	24	74	1364	17.5	.537	.000	.456			11.2	6.8			15.1	18.3		3.1	2.0	5.1	.179
8	Tommie Bowens	27	67	1287	9.7	.416	.004	.199			13.6	4.6			14.4	17.2		-0.9	2.0	1.1	.042
9	Lonnie Wright	23	38	896	13.0	.467	.026	.350			5.0	11.4			9.7	19.0		0.6	1.1	1.7	.091
10	Willis Thomas		24	542	13.2	.461	.007	.105			5.0	8.0			13.8	26.3		0.3	0.6	0.8	.075
11	Chuck Gardner	23	42	487	10.4	.470	.023	.451			13.1	3.9			19.9	20.7		0.3	0.7	1.0	.101
12	Jeff Congdon	24	41	398	6.9	.394	.157	.131			4.0	22.5			19.8	24.4		-0.6	0.7	0.1	.012
13	Richie Moore		18	211	3.0	.414	.028	.394			4.2	5.3			22.4	19.6		-0.2	0.2	0.0	.010
14	John Morrison	22	9	76	0.1	.356	.176	.265			5.5	13.2			19.2	23.8		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.058
15	R.B. Lynam		7	39	-0.2	.414	.059	.471			6.0	0.0			19.6	25.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.011
16	Ron Horn	29	1	6	-0.9	.347	.000	1.000			7.8	0.0			25.8	24.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.090

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Wayne Hightower	28	5	209	13.8	.457	.010	.540			10.5	8.5			15.1	27.6		0.0	0.1	0.1	.022
2	Willie Murrell	26	5	198	23.7	.563	.011	.295			11.9	6.4			7.4	21.5		0.6	0.1	0.7	.174
3	Byron Beck	23	5	160	16.2	.504	.000	.300			17.2	4.9			11.0	15.7		0.2	0.1	0.2	.074
4	Julian Hammond	24	5	153	15.9	.618	.000	.632			9.2	8.2			18.5	15.4		0.5	0.1	0.5	.168
5	Lonnie Wright	23	5	149	-1.5	.321	.080	.280			4.4	9.6			23.2	19.4		-0.4	0.1	-0.4	-0.128
6	Grant Simmons	24	5	145	7.7	.441	.028	.444			7.6	14.9			18.9	14.5		0.0	0.1	0.0	.016
7	Tommie Bowens	27	5	94	10.5	.471	.032	.065			13.3	8.4			15.8	15.9		0.0	0.0	0.1	.039
8	Larry Jones	25	1	41	26.6	.616	.000	.400			4.9	19.9			14.5	26.5		0.2	0.0	0.2	.284
9	Jeff Congdon	24	3	35	10.6	.395	.381	.333			5.7	24.5			11.1	30.6		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.092
10	Tom Hoover	27	2	16	26.7	.645	.000	1.000			12.5	11.7			16.6	29.8		0.1	0.0	0.1	.366

Players on League Leaderboards

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