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1969-70 Denver Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 51-33, Finished 1st in ABA Western Division

Coach: John McLendon (9-19), Joe Belmont (42-14)

PTS/G: 115.4 (3rd of 11) Opp PTS/G: 111.0 (5th of 11)

SRS: 4.32 (1st of 11) Pace: 107.6 (7th of 11)

Off Rtg: 106.2 (1st of 11) Def Rtg: 102.2 (5th of 11) Net Rtg: +4.1 (1st of 11)

Expected W-L: 53-31 (1st of 11)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena

ABA 1970 Playoffs:
Won ABA Western Division Semifinals (4-3) versus Washington Capitols (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Western Division Finals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Stars (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
14	Cliff Anderson	SG	6-2	200	September 7, 1944		2	Saint Joseph's
40	Byron Beck	C	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	us	2	Columbia Basin College, Denver
23	Jeff Congdon	PG	6-1	180	October 17, 1943	us	2	BYU
22	Julian Hammond	SF	6-5	205	May 27, 1943	us	2	Tulsa
24	Spencer Haywood	C	6-8	225	April 22, 1949	us	R	Trinidad State Junior College, Detroit Mercy
32	Larry Jones	SG	6-2	180	September 22, 1942	us	3	Toledo
52	Julius Keye	C	6-10	200	September 5, 1946	us	R	South Carolina State, Alcorn State
19	Lonnie Lynn	SF	6-7	215	May 24, 1943	us	R	Upper Iowa University, Wilberforce University
34	Walt Piatkowski	PF	6-8	220	June 11, 1945	us	1	Bowling Green
11	Floyd Theard	PG	6-1	170	September 5, 1944		R	Kentucky State University
50	Dwight Waller	F	6-6	220	October 5, 1945	us	1	Tennessee State
44	Ben Warley	SF	6-5	200	September 4, 1936	us	7	Tennessee State
54	Greg Wittman	PF	6-8	210	May 10, 1947	us	R	Western Carolina University
42	Lonnie Wright	SG	6-2	205	January 23, 1945	us	2	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	Spencer Haywood	20	84		45.3	11.7	23.8	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	11.7	23.7	.496	.493	6.5	8.4	.776	6.3	13.1	19.5	2.3			3.0	2.6	30.0
2	Larry Jones	27	75		40.4	8.3	19.2	.434	0.5	2.2	.248	7.8	17.0	.458	.448	7.7	9.8	.791	1.9	3.3	5.2	5.7			3.2	3.0	24.9
3	Byron Beck	25	79		31.1	5.6	10.6	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	5.6	10.6	.524	.523	1.7	2.2	.787	3.2	6.5	9.7	1.4			1.7	3.7	12.9
4	Jeff Congdon	26	83		29.7	3.6	9.3	.386	0.8	2.1	.354	2.8	7.2	.395	.426	1.8	2.3	.786	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.4			2.5	2.5	9.8
5	Lonnie Wright	25	79		28.3	5.0	12.1	.413	0.7	2.4	.280	4.3	9.6	.447	.441	1.5	2.2	.691	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.9			1.2	3.5	12.2
6	Julian Hammond	26	69		26.8	4.8	9.6	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	9.6	.499	.498	2.4	3.5	.695	3.0	3.9	6.8	1.6			2.3	2.7	12.0
7	Julius Keye	23	77		21.3	3.2	8.0	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	7.9	.401	.396	1.5	2.5	.601	2.4	4.4	6.9	0.6			1.3	2.7	7.9
8	Walt Piatkowski	24	74		17.6	2.9	7.2	.402	0.1	0.7	.220	2.8	6.6	.421	.412	1.0	1.3	.768	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.6			1.0	2.4	7.0
9	Floyd Theard	25	25		16.2	1.6	4.5	.345	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	4.5	.348	.345	0.7	1.1	.643	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.8			1.8	2.0	3.8
10	Dwight Waller	24	7		12.4	1.4	3.4	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	3.3	.435	.417	1.3	2.7	.474	2.3	3.1	5.4	0.6			2.3	1.7	4.1
11	Lonnie Lynn	26	12		11.7	1.7	3.8	.435	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.8	.435	.435	0.7	1.0	.667	1.3	2.9	4.2	0.3			0.6	1.5	4.0
12	Ben Warley	33	42		11.3	1.4	4.0	.353	0.4	1.4	.259	1.1	2.7	.402	.397	1.4	1.8	.763	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.7			0.9	2.3	4.6
13	Greg Wittman	22	50		9.1	1.6	4.1	.392	0.1	0.3	.235	1.5	3.7	.406	.402	0.6	1.2	.542	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.3			0.7	1.7	3.9
14	Cliff Anderson	25	3		7.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.3	.500	.500	0.7	2.0	.333	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.3			1.0	1.0	2.0

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	Spencer Haywood	20	12		47.3	15.4	30.2	.511	0.1	0.4	.200	15.3	29.8	.515	.512	5.8	6.9	.831			19.8	3.3			3.4	2.6	36.7
2	Larry Jones	27	12		44.6	9.4	17.3	.546	0.4	1.7	.250	9.0	15.6	.578	.558	7.3	8.4	.871			5.3	6.3			2.4	3.4	26.6
3	Byron Beck	25	12		36.6	6.4	14.7	.438	0.1	0.3	.250	6.3	14.3	.442	.440	3.0	3.9	.766			12.0	1.6			2.0	3.4	15.9
4	Julian Hammond	26	12		32.9	7.1	14.2	.500	0.0	0.0		7.1	14.2	.500	.500	1.8	3.0	.611			6.6	2.8			2.3	4.1	16.0
5	Lonnie Wright	25	11		30.4	2.9	9.9	.294	0.2	0.7	.250	2.7	9.2	.297	.303	1.6	2.1	.783			2.9	4.0			1.0	3.0	7.6
6	Jeff Congdon	26	12		26.1	3.6	9.8	.364	1.3	4.2	.320	2.3	5.7	.397	.432	2.0	2.7	.750			2.8	5.7			2.1	3.4	10.5
7	Julius Keye	23	7		19.7	1.4	6.0	.238	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	5.9	.244	.238	0.4	0.9	.500			4.4	0.9			1.4	2.3	3.3
8	Ben Warley	33	10		12.9	1.6	3.8	.421	0.7	1.6	.438	0.9	2.2	.409	.513	0.6	1.0	.600			2.9	1.1			0.9	2.7	4.5
9	Walt Piatkowski	24	6		8.3	2.0	4.0	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	1.8	3.3	.550	.521	0.3	0.7	.500			1.8	0.7			0.3	1.5	4.5
10	Greg Wittman	22	2		2.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.5	.000	.750	0.5	1.5	.333			0.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	2.0

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	Spencer Haywood	20	84		3808	986	1998	.493	0	11	.000	986	1987	.496	.493	547	705	.776	533	1104	1637	190			253	221	2519
2	Larry Jones	27	75		3027	625	1441	.434	41	165	.248	584	1276	.458	.448	579	732	.791	143	248	391	426			237	228	1870
3	Jeff Congdon	26	83		2461	299	775	.386	63	178	.354	236	597	.395	.426	151	192	.786	52	181	233	446			205	205	812
4	Byron Beck	25	79		2454	440	841	.523	0	2	.000	440	839	.524	.523	137	174	.787	250	514	764	112			137	293	1017
5	Lonnie Wright	25	79		2237	393	952	.413	54	193	.280	339	759	.447	.441	121	175	.691	49	167	216	149			97	278	961
6	Julian Hammond	26	69		1847	329	660	.498	0	1	.000	329	659	.499	.498	169	243	.695	204	267	471	109			158	183	827
7	Julius Keye	23	77		1641	245	618	.396	0	7	.000	245	611	.401	.396	116	193	.601	188	342	530	47			99	209	606
8	Walt Piatkowski	24	74		1302	215	535	.402	11	50	.220	204	485	.421	.412	76	99	.768	106	146	252	41			75	180	517
9	Ben Warley	33	42		475	60	170	.353	15	58	.259	45	112	.402	.397	58	76	.763	26	84	110	30			36	98	193
10	Greg Wittman	22	50		453	80	204	.392	4	17	.235	76	187	.406	.402	32	59	.542	30	68	98	15			36	87	196
11	Floyd Theard	25	25		406	39	113	.345	0	1	.000	39	112	.348	.345	18	28	.643	8	43	51	44			45	49	96
12	Lonnie Lynn	26	12		140	20	46	.435	0	0		20	46	.435	.435	8	12	.667	15	35	50	4			7	18	48
13	Dwight Waller	24	7		87	10	24	.417	0	1	.000	10	23	.435	.417	9	19	.474	16	22	38	4			16	12	29
14	Cliff Anderson	25	3		22	2	4	.500	0	0		2	4	.500	.500	2	6	.333	1	3	4	4			3	3	6
			84		20360	3743	8381	.447	188	684	.275	3555	7697	.462	.458	2023	2713	.746	1621	3224	4845	1621			1404	2064	9697

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	Spencer Haywood	20	12		568	185	362	.511	1	5	.200	184	357	.515	.512	69	83	.831			237	39			41	31	440
2	Larry Jones	27	12		535	113	207	.546	5	20	.250	108	187	.578	.558	88	101	.871			64	76			29	41	319
3	Byron Beck	25	12		439	77	176	.438	1	4	.250	76	172	.442	.440	36	47	.766			144	19			24	41	191
4	Julian Hammond	26	12		395	85	170	.500	0	0		85	170	.500	.500	22	36	.611			79	34			27	49	192
5	Lonnie Wright	25	11		334	32	109	.294	2	8	.250	30	101	.297	.303	18	23	.783			32	44			11	33	84
6	Jeff Congdon	26	12		313	43	118	.364	16	50	.320	27	68	.397	.432	24	32	.750			33	68			25	41	126
7	Julius Keye	23	7		138	10	42	.238	0	1	.000	10	41	.244	.238	3	6	.500			31	6			10	16	23
8	Ben Warley	33	10		129	16	38	.421	7	16	.438	9	22	.409	.513	6	10	.600			29	11			9	27	45
9	Walt Piatkowski	24	6		50	12	24	.500	1	4	.250	11	20	.550	.521	2	4	.500			11	4			2	9	27
10	Greg Wittman	22	2		4	1	2	.500	1	1	1.000	0	1	.000	.750	1	3	.333			0	0			0	2	4

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	Spencer Haywood	20	84	3808	28.0	.546	.006	.353			18.8	7.6			9.9	24.9		9.6	7.5	17.1	.216
2	Larry Jones	27	75	3027	21.1	.530	.115	.508			5.7	19.7			11.8	24.5		6.2	4.4	10.6	.168
3	Jeff Congdon	26	83	2461	10.8	.472	.230	.248			4.2	22.7			19.3	16.0		0.6	3.8	4.3	.085
4	Byron Beck	25	79	2454	16.8	.554	.002	.207			13.7	6.2			13.0	15.9		4.3	3.9	8.1	.159
5	Lonnie Wright	25	79	2237	10.6	.467	.203	.184			4.2	9.0			8.6	18.7		0.0	2.2	2.3	.049
6	Julian Hammond	26	69	1847	15.9	.539	.002	.368			11.2	8.0			17.1	18.6		3.0	2.7	5.7	.147
7	Julius Keye	23	77	1641	11.4	.431	.011	.312			14.2	3.7			12.3	18.1		-1.4	2.5	1.2	.034
8	Walt Piatkowski	24	74	1302	9.7	.447	.093	.185			8.5	4.2			11.5	18.6		-0.6	1.5	0.8	.031
9	Ben Warley	33	42	475	9.6	.474	.341	.447			10.2	8.0			15.0	18.7		0.1	0.7	0.8	.077
10	Greg Wittman	22	50	453	7.6	.426	.083	.289			9.5	4.5			13.5	21.8		-0.5	0.5	0.0	.005
11	Floyd Theard	25	25	406	2.3	.383	.009	.248			5.5	13.2			26.4	15.6		-0.5	0.5	0.0	-0.001
12	Lonnie Lynn	26	12	140	12.9	.468	.000	.261			15.7	3.7			12.0	15.4		0.0	0.2	0.2	.079
13	Dwight Waller	24	7	87	7.9	.448	.042	.792			19.2	5.7			33.1	20.6		0.0	0.2	0.1	.077
14	Cliff Anderson	25	3	22	6.7	.452	.000	1.500			8.0	22.0			31.1	16.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	.082

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	Spencer Haywood	20	12	568	26.8	.552	.014	.229			18.6	10.2			9.3	28.2		1.5	1.0	2.6	.218
2	Larry Jones	27	12	535	21.2	.634	.097	.488			5.3	18.1			10.3	19.1		2.1	0.6	2.7	.244
3	Byron Beck	25	12	439	13.5	.486	.023	.267			14.6	5.3			10.9	18.4		0.1	0.6	0.7	.080
4	Julian Hammond	26	12	395	13.2	.517	.000	.212			8.9	11.0			12.7	19.7		0.4	0.5	0.9	.106
5	Lonnie Wright	25	11	334	5.1	.353	.073	.211			4.3	14.6			8.5	14.2		-0.8	0.4	-0.4	-0.057
6	Jeff Congdon	26	12	313	11.2	.477	.424	.271			4.7	25.3			15.9	18.3		0.0	0.4	0.5	.071
7	Julius Keye	23	7	138	-1.0	.258	.024	.143			10.0	4.7			18.3	14.5		-0.5	0.2	-0.4	-0.122
8	Ben Warley	33	10	129	8.5	.531	.421	.263			10.0	9.8			17.5	14.5		0.1	0.2	0.3	.108
9	Walt Piatkowski	24	6	50	15.1	.524	.167	.167			9.8	10.6			7.2	20.3		0.1	0.1	0.1	.121
10	Greg Wittman	22	2	4	16.8	.602	.500	1.500			0.0	0.0			0.0	30.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	.275

Players on League Leaderboards

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