The 1971–72 ABA season Denver Rockets . They finished 34-50, but managed to qualify for the fourth and final playoff spot in the five team Western Division by eight games. They went the distance with the Pacers, who went on to be the eventual ABA champions.
Roster edit No. Player Position Height Weight Birth Date Experience (years) College 40 Byron Beck C 6-9 225 January 25, 1945 4 University of Denver 14 Arthur Becker PF 6-7 205 January 12, 1942 4 Arizona State University 11 Larry Brown PG 5-9 160 September 14, 1940 4 University of North Carolina 20 Frank Card SF 6-7 195 December 28, 1944 3 South Carolina State University 22 Julian Hammond SF 6-5 205 May 27, 1943 4 University of Tulsa 13 Julius Keye PF 6-10 200 September 5, 1946 2 Alcorn State University 23 Steve Mix F 6-7 215 December 30, 1947 2 University of Toledo 31 Marv Roberts SF 6-8 200 January 29, 1950 R Utah State University 25 Dave Robisch C 6-10 235 December 22, 1949 R University of Kansas 44 Ralph Simpson SG 6-5 200 August 10, 1949 1 Michigan State University 10 Al Smith SF 6-1 185 January 15, 1947 R Bradley University 24 Dwight Waller F 6-6 220 October 5, 1945 2 Tennessee State University 21 Chuck Williams PG 6-2 175 June 6, 1946 1 University of Colorado 12 Stephen Wilson SG 6-5 185 October 16, 1948 1 Hanover College
Season standings edit Eastern Division edit Western Division edit Playoffs edit Western Division semifinals [1]
Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 March 31 Indiana 95-102 0-1 6,103 2 April 1 Indiana 106-105 1-1 6,521 3 April 4 Denver 120-122 (OT) 1-2 5,304 4 April 6 Denver 112-96 2-2 6,109 5 April 8 Indiana 79-91 2-3 9,428 6 April 9 Denver 106-99 3-3 5,815 7 April 13 Indiana 89-91 3-4 8,643
Rockets lose 4-3
Game log edit 1971-72 Denver Rockets Schedule and Results | Basketball-Reference.com Statistics edit Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST TOV PF PTS 1 Ralph Simpson 22 84 35.8 11.0 23.8 .460 0.0 0.3 .136 10.9 23.5 .464 5.4 6.8 .805 2.0 2.7 4.7 3.1 3.2 2.9 27.4 2 Julius Keye 25 84 30.4 2.3 5.7 .403 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 5.6 .405 1.3 2.1 .621 3.8 7.9 11.7 1.8 1.7 4.1 5.9 3 Dave Robisch 22 84 28.8 6.0 13.5 .444 0.0 0.1 .000 6.0 13.5 .446 3.5 5.0 .702 3.4 6.2 9.6 2.4 1.3 3.0 15.5 4 Byron Beck 27 66 27.5 5.1 10.1 .504 0.0 0.0 .000 5.1 10.1 .506 2.1 2.5 .843 2.6 5.4 8.0 2.1 1.5 3.2 12.3 5 Larry Brown 31 76 26.5 3.2 7.3 .437 0.1 0.3 .200 3.1 7.0 .448 2.6 3.2 .811 0.7 1.5 2.2 7.2 2.9 2.7 9.1 6 Arthur Becker 30 84 26.1 5.2 11.4 .456 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 11.3 .457 2.0 2.3 .846 2.0 3.6 5.6 1.3 1.6 3.2 12.3 7 Al Smith 25 83 21.3 3.5 8.1 .433 0.4 1.3 .299 3.1 6.8 .458 1.8 2.5 .725 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.0 2.0 2.9 9.3 8 Frank Card 27 73 19.8 3.1 6.8 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 6.8 .455 1.5 2.4 .651 1.9 2.6 4.5 1.1 1.6 2.8 7.7 9 Chuck Williams 25 84 18.8 3.1 6.9 .451 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 6.9 .454 2.4 3.3 .745 0.7 1.1 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.7 8.7 10 Julian Hammond 28 25 16.4 2.6 5.6 .471 0.0 0.0 2.6 5.6 .471 1.2 2.0 .620 1.9 2.7 4.6 1.2 1.2 1.9 6.5 11 Marv Roberts 22 68 15.4 3.2 7.8 .407 0.0 0.1 .250 3.2 7.8 .408 1.3 1.8 .717 1.8 2.5 4.3 0.9 1.1 2.2 7.7 12 Dwight Waller 26 2 5.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0 2.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0 13 Steve Mix 24 1 4.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 14 Stephen Wilson 23 9 4.0 0.6 2.6 .217 0.0 0.2 .000 0.6 2.3 .238 0.4 0.8 .571 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.3 1.0 1.6[2]
Awards and honors edit All-ABA 2nd Team: Ralph Simpson ABA All-Stars: Ralph Simpson, Arthur Becker[3] Transactions edit This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (December 2014 )
References edit ^ . Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2016 . ^ 1971-72 Denver Rockets Roster and Stats | Basketball-Reference.com ^ 1971-72 ABA Season Summary | Basketball-Reference.com
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