The 1967–68 ABA season was the inaugural season of the American Basketball Association and the Denver Rockets. This was the first professional basketball played in Denver since the original Denver Nuggets disbanded in 1950. They finished 45-33, which was good enough to qualify for a playoff spot, as the third team out of four. They lost in the first round. This was their first of three consecutive playoff appearances, and first of ten appearances in the franchise's first twelve years.
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The 1967 68 ABA season was the inaugural season of the American Basketball Association and the Denver Rockets This was the first professional basketball played in Denver since the original Denver Nuggets disbanded in 1950 They finished 45 33 which was good enough to qualify for a playoff spot as the third team out of four They lost in the first round This was their first of three consecutive playoff appearances and first of ten appearances in the franchise s first twelve years 1967 68 Denver Rockets seasonHead coachBob BassArenaDenver Auditorium ArenaResultsRecord45 33 577 PlaceDivision 3rd Western Playoff finishWestern Division semifinals lost to Buccaneers 2 3 1968 69 gt Contents 1 Roster 2 Season standings 2 1 Eastern Division 2 2 Western Division 2 3 Record vs opponents 3 Playoffs 4 Game log 5 Statistics 6 Awards and records 7 Transactions 8 ReferencesRoster editNo Player Position Height Weight Birth Date Experience years College 40 Byron Beck C 6 9 225 January 25 1945 R University of Denver 50 Tommie Bowens PF 6 8 220 July 7 1940 R Grambling State University 14 23 Jeffrey Congdon PG 6 1 180 October 17 1943 R Brigham Young University 12 Chuck Gardner PF 6 8 205 September 30 1944 R University of Colorado 22 Julian Hammond SF 6 5 205 May 27 1943 R University of Tulsa 54 Wayne Hightower PF 6 8 192 January 14 1940 5 University of Kansas 24 Tom Hoover C 6 9 230 January 23 1941 3 Villanova University 30 Ron Horn SF 6 7 220 May 24 1938 2 Indiana University 32 Larry Jones PG 6 2 180 September 22 1942 1 University of Toledo 30 R B Lynam G 6 1 190 R Oklahoma Baptist University 30 Richard Moore SG 6 2 190 R Hiram Scott College 14 John Morrison G 6 2 190 May 2 1945 R Canisius College 44 Willie Murrell SF 6 6 225 September 13 1941 R Kansas State University 10 Grant Simmons PG 6 3 190 March 7 1943 R University of Nebraska 20 Willis Thomas SG 6 2 185 R Tennessee State University 42 Lonnie Wright SG 6 2 205 January 23 1944 R Colorado State UniversitySeason standings editEastern Division edit Team Wins Loses Pct Pittsburgh Pipers 54 24 692 Minnesota Muskies 50 28 641 Indiana Pacers 38 40 487 Kentucky Colonels 36 42 462 New Jersey Americans 36 42 462 Western Division edit Team Wins Loses Pct New Orleans Buccaneers 48 30 615 Dallas Chaparrals 46 32 590 Denver Rockets 45 33 577 Houston Mavericks 29 49 372 Anaheim Amigos 25 53 321 Oakland Oaks 22 56 282 1 Record vs opponents edit 1967 68 ABA Records Team ANA DAL DEN HOU IND KEN MIN NJA NOB OAK PIT Anaheim 2 8 3 7 6 3 2 4 0 6 1 5 2 4 2 7 6 4 1 5 Dallas 8 2 4 5 8 2 3 3 5 1 2 4 3 3 4 6 7 2 2 4 Denver 7 3 5 4 6 3 4 2 2 4 2 4 5 1 5 5 7 3 2 4 Houston 3 6 2 8 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 10 7 3 2 4 Indiana 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 6 5 3 8 6 4 3 3 4 2 4 6 Kentucky 6 0 1 5 4 2 3 3 5 6 5 5 4 7 2 4 3 3 3 7 Minnesota 5 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 8 3 5 5 7 3 5 1 5 1 4 7 New Jersey 4 2 3 3 1 5 3 3 4 6 7 4 3 7 3 3 5 1 3 8 New Orleans 7 2 6 4 5 5 10 0 3 3 4 2 1 5 3 3 6 3 3 3 Oakland 4 6 2 7 3 7 3 7 2 4 3 3 1 5 1 5 3 6 0 6 Pittsburgh 5 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 6 4 7 3 7 4 8 3 3 3 6 0 Playoffs editWestern Division semifinals 2 Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 March 26 New Orleans 104 130 0 1 3 111 2 March 27 New Orleans 93 105 0 2 3 622 3 March 30 Denver 105 98 1 2 3 678 4 March 31 Denver 108 100 2 2 3 485 5 April 3 New Orleans 97 102 2 3 4500 Rockets lose 3 2Game log edit1967 68 Denver Rockets Schedule and Results Basketball Reference comStatistics editNum Name University Pos GP Reb Asts Pts RPG APG PPG 10 Grant Simmons Nebraska G 78 240 182 793 3 1 2 3 10 2 12 Charles Gardner Colorado F 42 136 13 197 3 2 0 3 4 7 14 Jeff Congdon Brigham Young G 41 34 59 159 0 8 1 4 3 9 14 John Morrison Canisius G 9 9 7 27 1 0 0 8 3 0 20 Willis Thomas Tennessee State G 24 58 25 294 2 4 1 0 12 3 22 Julian Hammond Tulsa C F 74 327 62 591 4 4 0 8 8 0 24 Tom Hoover Villanova C 70 491 64 454 7 0 0 9 6 5 30 R B Lynam Oklahoma Baptist G 7 5 0 17 0 7 0 0 2 4 30 Ron Horn Indiana F 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 30 Richard Moore Hiram Scott 18 19 8 69 1 1 0 4 3 8 6 4 32 Larry Jones Toledo G 76 599 270 1742 7 9 3 6 22 9 40 Byron Beck Denver C F 71 559 38 669 7 9 0 5 9 4 42 Lonnie Wright Colorado State G 38 96 68 373 2 5 1 8 9 8 44 Willie Murrell Kansas State F 71 637 164 1165 9 0 0 9 16 4 50 Tom Bowens Grambling F C 67 374 41 410 5 6 0 6 6 1 54 Wayne Hightower Kansas F 74 536 143 1282 7 2 1 9 17 3 3 Awards and records editABA All Star Larry Jones ABA All League Team 4 Transactions editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2014 References edit Rockets on Basketball Reference Remember the ABA 1967 68 Regular Season Standings and Playoff Results Archived from the original on November 29 2010 Retrieved May 20 2008 ABA Denver Rockets Nuggets Rosters Remember the ABA Year to Year Postseason Awards Archived December 24 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1967 68 Denver Rockets season amp oldid 1199223955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
