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1968-69 Denver Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-34, Finished 3rd in ABA Western Division

Coach: Bob Bass (44-34)

PTS/G: 114.9 (5th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 113.4 (4th of 11)

SRS: 1.41 (4th of 11) Pace: 106.9 (10th of 11)

Off Rtg: 106.4 (2nd of 11) Def Rtg: 105.0 (8th of 11) Net Rtg: +1.4 (4th of 11)

Expected W-L: 43-35 (4th of 11)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena

ABA 1969 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Semifinals (3-4) versus Oakland Oaks (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

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

78. Apr 1, DNR (44-34) beat KEN, 94-90

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
40	Byron Beck	C	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	us	1	Columbia Basin College, Denver
52	Larry Bunce	C	7-0	240	July 29, 1945	us	1	Texas-El Paso, Riverside Community College, Utah State University
14	Jeff Congdon	PG	6-1	180	October 17, 1943	us	1	BYU
12	John Fairchild	SF	6-8	205	April 28, 1943	us	2	Palomar College, BYU
22	Julian Hammond	SF	6-5	205	May 27, 1943	us	1	Tulsa
54	Wayne Hightower	PF	6-8	192	January 14, 1940	us	6	Kansas
32	Larry Jones	PG	6-2	180	September 22, 1942	us	2	Toledo
24	Billy McGill	C	6-9	225	September 16, 1939	us	3	Utah
50	Charley Parks	F	6-5	210			R	Idaho State University
34	Walt Piatkowski	PF	6-8	220	June 11, 1945	us	R	Bowling Green
44	Willie Rogers	SG	6-3	185	September 11, 1945	us	R	Oklahoma
10	Grant Simmons	PG	6-3	190	March 7, 1943	us	1	Nebraska
12	Levern Tart	SG	6-2	195	June 1, 1942	us	1	Bradley
11	Bob Verga	SG	6-1	190	September 7, 1945	us	1	Duke
30	Ken Wilburn	SF	6-6	195	June 8, 1944	us	1	Central State University
42	Lonnie Wright	SG	6-2	205	January 23, 1945	us	1	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	26	75		40.6	10.1	21.7	.465	0.3	1.3	.240	9.8	20.4	.480	.473	7.9	10.1	.778	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.4			2.9	3.6	28.4
2	Lonnie Wright	24	69		36.8	6.6	15.8	.416	0.3	1.2	.221	6.3	14.5	.433	.425	3.0	4.0	.743	0.7	3.5	4.2	2.5			2.3	3.6	16.4
3	Wayne Hightower	29	67		34.6	4.6	11.4	.408	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	11.3	.409	.408	4.6	6.4	.730	2.3	7.3	9.6	3.0			2.6	3.6	13.9
4	Byron Beck	24	71		32.2	6.0	11.9	.502	0.0	0.0	.667	5.9	11.8	.501	.503	2.6	3.4	.765	3.8	7.1	11.0	1.1			1.3	3.5	14.5
5	Julian Hammond	25	78		29.9	4.2	7.7	.547	0.0	0.0		4.2	7.7	.547	.547	2.1	3.2	.652	3.4	4.3	7.7	1.6			1.9	2.7	10.6
6	Bob Verga	23	6		25.0	4.0	12.8	.312	0.2	0.5	.333	3.8	12.3	.311	.318	3.0	4.7	.643	1.7	1.8	3.5	1.8			4.2	2.7	11.2
7	Walt Piatkowski	23	77		23.6	5.2	12.4	.417	0.4	1.1	.329	4.8	11.4	.426	.431	1.5	2.0	.775	1.9	2.8	4.7	0.6			1.3	2.9	12.2
8	Billy McGill	29	78		22.6	5.3	9.6	.552	0.0	0.0		5.3	9.6	.552	.552	2.3	3.4	.682	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.3			1.9	3.7	12.8
9	Levern Tart	26	20		17.3	2.8	8.0	.352	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	7.9	.357	.352	2.1	2.8	.750	1.3	1.3	2.6	2.2			2.1	2.0	7.7
10	Jeff Congdon	25	59		16.6	1.8	4.7	.386	0.1	0.5	.161	1.7	4.2	.415	.395	1.2	1.4	.812	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.3			1.6	1.8	4.9
11	Grant Simmons	25	17		14.8	1.3	3.5	.373	0.1	0.1	.500	1.2	3.4	.368	.381	1.2	1.7	.690	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.9			1.0	2.5	3.8
12	John Fairchild	25	11		12.3	1.1	3.1	.353	0.0	0.0		1.1	3.1	.353	.353	1.5	2.2	.667	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.8			1.4	0.7	3.6
13	Ken Wilburn	24	37		11.1	1.9	4.9	.398	0.0	0.0		1.9	4.9	.398	.398	0.8	1.5	.526	2.2	2.6	4.8	0.6			1.0	1.5	4.7
14	Larry Bunce	23	23		9.8	1.0	2.6	.373	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.6	.373	.373	2.1	3.0	.700	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.1			0.9	1.9	4.0
15	Willie Rogers	23	40		7.4	0.7	2.0	.338	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.9	.351	.338	0.8	1.3	.596	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.4			0.8	1.3	2.1
16	Charley Parks		2		2.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			0.0	0.5	0.0

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	26	7		40.3	6.9	19.1	.358	0.4	1.1	.375	6.4	18.0	.357	.369	7.9	10.9	.724			7.7	4.6			2.4	3.0	22.0
2	Lonnie Wright	24	7		32.0	4.4	12.3	.360	0.3	1.1	.250	4.1	11.1	.372	.372	2.9	4.0	.714			5.3	2.0			1.0	3.4	12.0
3	Byron Beck	24	7		30.6	6.9	13.6	.505	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	13.4	.511	.505	2.0	2.4	.824			9.0	1.3			1.9	3.3	15.7
4	Walt Piatkowski	23	7		28.7	6.9	15.9	.432	0.1	1.3	.111	6.7	14.6	.461	.437	1.4	1.6	.909			4.1	0.9			1.9	4.6	15.3
5	Julian Hammond	25	7		27.3	4.7	9.1	.516	0.0	0.0		4.7	9.1	.516	.516	3.6	4.7	.758			7.1	0.6			2.0	3.7	13.0
6	Wayne Hightower	29	7		26.7	3.6	9.0	.397	0.0	0.0		3.6	9.0	.397	.397	4.9	6.4	.756			6.7	1.7			2.6	3.1	12.0
7	Jeff Congdon	25	7		26.1	2.9	6.0	.476	0.0	0.3	.000	2.9	5.7	.500	.476	3.1	3.1	1.000			2.3	4.9			2.6	3.0	8.9
8	Billy McGill	29	7		13.7	2.7	5.6	.487	0.0	0.0		2.7	5.6	.487	.487	1.3	1.4	.900			3.3	0.9			0.6	3.7	6.7
9	Ken Wilburn	24	7		13.3	2.3	4.7	.485	0.0	0.0		2.3	4.7	.485	.485	0.6	2.3	.250			4.6	0.7			1.6	3.0	5.1
10	Grant Simmons	25	2		4.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0			0.0	0.5	0.0

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	26	75		3042	759	1631	.465	24	100	.240	735	1531	.480	.473	591	760	.778	165	328	493	258			218	273	2133
2	Lonnie Wright	24	69		2538	453	1089	.416	19	86	.221	434	1003	.433	.425	205	276	.743	50	240	290	175			160	250	1130
3	Julian Hammond	25	78		2335	329	601	.547	0	0		329	601	.547	.547	165	253	.652	266	334	600	124			152	213	823
4	Wayne Hightower	29	67		2318	311	762	.408	0	2	.000	311	760	.409	.408	311	426	.730	155	486	641	203			176	241	933
5	Byron Beck	24	71		2289	423	843	.502	2	3	.667	421	840	.501	.503	182	238	.765	272	507	779	77			92	248	1030
6	Walt Piatkowski	23	77		1819	399	956	.417	27	82	.329	372	874	.426	.431	117	151	.775	147	216	363	46			100	226	942
7	Billy McGill	29	78		1760	411	745	.552	0	0		411	745	.552	.552	180	264	.682	145	315	460	102			149	289	1002
8	Jeff Congdon	25	59		979	107	277	.386	5	31	.161	102	246	.415	.395	69	85	.812	14	79	93	135			97	104	288
9	Ken Wilburn	24	37		409	72	181	.398	0	0		72	181	.398	.398	30	57	.526	80	97	177	22			37	56	174
10	Levern Tart	26	20		345	56	159	.352	0	2	.000	56	157	.357	.352	42	56	.750	25	26	51	44			42	40	154
11	Willie Rogers	23	40		294	27	80	.338	0	3	.000	27	77	.351	.338	31	52	.596	17	30	47	16			30	51	85
12	Grant Simmons	25	17		252	22	59	.373	1	2	.500	21	57	.368	.381	20	29	.690	6	20	26	15			17	42	65
13	Larry Bunce	23	23		225	22	59	.373	0	0		22	59	.373	.373	49	70	.700	17	41	58	2			21	44	93
14	Bob Verga	23	6		150	24	77	.312	1	3	.333	23	74	.311	.318	18	28	.643	10	11	21	11			25	16	67
15	John Fairchild	25	11		135	12	34	.353	0	0		12	34	.353	.353	16	24	.667	7	11	18	9			15	8	40
16	Charley Parks		2		5	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0			0	1	0
			78		18895	3427	7554	.454	79	314	.252	3348	7240	.462	.459	2026	2769	.732	1376	2741	4117	1239			1331	2102	8959

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	26	7		282	48	134	.358	3	8	.375	45	126	.357	.369	55	76	.724			54	32			17	21	154
2	Lonnie Wright	24	7		224	31	86	.360	2	8	.250	29	78	.372	.372	20	28	.714			37	14			7	24	84
3	Byron Beck	24	7		214	48	95	.505	0	1	.000	48	94	.511	.505	14	17	.824			63	9			13	23	110
4	Walt Piatkowski	23	7		201	48	111	.432	1	9	.111	47	102	.461	.437	10	11	.909			29	6			13	32	107
5	Julian Hammond	25	7		191	33	64	.516	0	0		33	64	.516	.516	25	33	.758			50	4			14	26	91
6	Wayne Hightower	29	7		187	25	63	.397	0	0		25	63	.397	.397	34	45	.756			47	12			18	22	84
7	Jeff Congdon	25	7		183	20	42	.476	0	2	.000	20	40	.500	.476	22	22	1.000			16	34			18	21	62
8	Billy McGill	29	7		96	19	39	.487	0	0		19	39	.487	.487	9	10	.900			23	6			4	26	47
9	Ken Wilburn	24	7		93	16	33	.485	0	0		16	33	.485	.485	4	16	.250			32	5			11	21	36
10	Grant Simmons	25	2		9	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	0	0				0	0			0	1	0

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	26	75	3042	23.5	.543	.061	.466			7.4	12.9			10.0	26.8		8.3	2.7	10.9	.172
2	Lonnie Wright	24	69	2538	11.4	.467	.079	.253			5.2	9.5			11.7	20.2		0.3	1.8	2.1	.041
3	Julian Hammond	25	78	2335	15.0	.578	.000	.421			11.7	6.9			17.6	13.8		4.3	2.2	6.6	.135
4	Wayne Hightower	29	67	2318	14.7	.491	.003	.559			12.6	11.3			15.6	18.2		1.6	2.6	4.2	.086
5	Byron Beck	24	71	2289	19.4	.543	.004	.282			15.5	4.7			8.8	17.0		4.0	2.4	6.4	.134
6	Walt Piatkowski	23	77	1819	14.0	.461	.086	.158			9.1	3.7			8.9	23.1		-0.2	1.4	1.2	.031
7	Billy McGill	29	78	1760	19.7	.582	.000	.354			11.9	8.6			14.8	21.5		5.3	1.7	7.1	.193
8	Jeff Congdon	25	59	979	7.1	.458	.112	.307			4.3	17.3			23.6	15.7		0.0	0.9	0.9	.046
9	Ken Wilburn	24	37	409	15.1	.422	.000	.315			19.7	7.4			15.2	22.2		-0.4	0.5	0.1	.014
10	Levern Tart	26	20	345	9.7	.419	.013	.352			6.7	17.1			18.6	24.5		-0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.006
11	Willie Rogers	23	40	294	3.1	.413	.038	.650			7.3	6.7			22.6	16.9		-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.005
12	Grant Simmons	25	17	252	4.0	.453	.034	.492			4.7	7.3			19.2	13.2		0.0	0.2	0.1	.027
13	Larry Bunce	23	23	225	9.8	.518	.000	1.186			11.8	1.1			19.0	18.4		0.3	0.2	0.4	.094
14	Bob Verga	23	6	150	3.2	.375	.039	.364			6.4	9.8			21.9	28.5		-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.091
15	John Fairchild	25	11	135	6.0	.449	.000	.706			6.1	8.2			25.2	16.5		0.0	0.1	0.1	.027
16	Charley Parks		2	5	-10.8	.000	.000	.000			0.0	0.0			0.0	7.5		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.220

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	26	7	282	17.2	.460	.060	.567			8.4	16.5			9.2	24.5		0.0	0.1	0.1	.010
2	Lonnie Wright	24	7	224	10.1	.427	.093	.326			7.3	8.7			6.6	17.6		-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.031
3	Byron Beck	24	7	214	18.7	.537	.011	.179			13.0	6.6			11.3	20.2		0.4	0.0	0.5	.101
4	Walt Piatkowski	23	7	201	10.8	.462	.081	.099			6.4	4.8			10.1	24.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.003
5	Julian Hammond	25	7	191	15.9	.579	.000	.516			11.5	3.1			15.1	18.2		0.5	0.0	0.5	.133
6	Wayne Hightower	29	7	187	13.3	.507	.000	.714			11.1	8.9			17.9	20.2		0.2	0.0	0.2	.063
7	Jeff Congdon	25	7	183	12.8	.600	.048	.524			3.9	24.8			25.8	14.3		0.4	0.0	0.5	.119
8	Billy McGill	29	7	96	14.9	.541	.000	.256			10.6	9.5			8.4	18.5		0.2	0.0	0.2	.103
9	Ken Wilburn	24	7	93	7.4	.450	.000	.485			15.2	7.8			21.6	20.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.003
10	Grant Simmons	25	2	9	-6.8	.000	.000	.000			0.0	0.0			0.0	4.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.131

Players on League Leaderboards

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