1970-71 Denver Rockets Roster and Stats

Record: 30-54, Finished 5th in ABA Western Division

Coach: Joe Belmont (3-10), Stan Albeck (27-44)

PTS/G: 118.6 (7th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 122.7 (10th of 11)

SRS: -3.15 (10th of 11) Pace: 113.9 (2nd of 11)

Off Rtg: 102.8 (9th of 11) Def Rtg: 106.3 (8th of 11) Net Rtg: -3.5 (10th of 11)

Expected W-L: 32-52 (10th of 11)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena

ABA 1971 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Tiebreaker (0-1) versus Texas Chaparrals (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

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

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
23	John Barnhill	PG	6-1	180	March 20, 1938	us US	8	Tennessee State
40	Byron Beck	PF	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	us US	3	Columbia Basin College, Denver
14	Art Becker	PF	6-7	205	January 12, 1942	us US	3	Arizona State
11	Larry Brown	PG	5-9	160	September 14, 1940	us US	3	UNC
35	Larry Cannon	SG	6-4	195	April 12, 1947	us US	1	La Salle
10	Wayne Chapman	SF	6-6	190	June 15, 1945	us US	2	Western Kentucky
22	Julian Hammond	SF	6-5	205	May 27, 1943	us US	3	Tulsa
14	Dan Hester	C	6-8	210	November 8, 1948		R	Murray State College, LSU
13, 50	Julius Keye	C	6-10	200	September 5, 1946	us US	1	South Carolina State, Alcorn State
33	Don Sidle	PF	6-8	215	June 21, 1946	us US	2	Oklahoma
44	Ralph Simpson	SG	6-5	200	August 10, 1949	us US	R	Michigan State
12	Steve Wilson	SG	6-5	185	October 16, 1948	us US	R	Hanover College
30	Tom Workman	F-C	6-7	218	November 14, 1944	us US	3	Seattle University
42	Lonnie Wright	PG	6-2	205	January 23, 1945	us US	3	Colorado State

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Keye	24	83	43.8	6.1	14.2	.427	0.0	0.0		6.1	14.2	.427	.427	2.6	3.8	.669	4.5	13.1	17.5	1.7	2.6	3.8	14.7
2	Larry Cannon	23	80	38.7	9.4	21.5	.436	0.2	0.9	.261	9.2	20.7	.443	.441	7.6	9.5	.794	2.6	1.6	4.2	5.2	4.3	3.0	26.6
3	Byron Beck	26	84	33.9	5.8	12.3	.474	0.0	0.2	.286	5.8	12.1	.477	.476	1.9	2.2	.868	3.3	7.2	10.5	2.1	1.9	3.3	13.6
4	Don Sidle	24	54	30.1	6.3	12.9	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	12.8	.492	.488	3.6	4.8	.747	3.9	5.1	9.0	1.2	2.3	3.1	16.1
5	John Barnhill	32	24	28.5	4.2	10.6	.396	0.8	3.0	.250	3.5	7.6	.454	.431	2.3	3.0	.740	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.2	1.7	2.3	11.4
6	Art Becker	29	29	27.7	6.3	12.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.500	6.3	12.5	.501	.503	2.5	3.0	.839	2.8	4.4	7.2	1.1	1.2	3.7	15.2
7	Julian Hammond	27	83	25.1	5.2	10.0	.522	0.0	0.0		5.2	10.0	.522	.522	3.3	4.5	.728	2.9	3.4	6.3	1.2	2.2	2.3	13.8
8	Larry Brown	30	34	23.9	2.5	6.9	.360	0.1	0.6	.263	2.4	6.4	.369	.371	3.3	4.0	.824	0.3	1.5	1.8	6.1	3.4	2.8	8.4
9	Ralph Simpson	21	81	22.5	5.7	13.7	.415	0.2	0.7	.283	5.5	12.9	.423	.423	2.7	3.5	.754	1.5	1.3	2.9	2.1	2.3	1.9	14.2
10	Wayne Chapman	25	47	22.3	3.9	10.3	.380	0.2	1.0	.229	3.7	9.3	.397	.392	1.9	2.7	.690	0.9	2.1	3.0	2.3	2.1	2.7	10.0
11	Lonnie Wright	26	41	18.8	2.4	8.0	.299	0.4	1.4	.268	2.0	6.6	.305	.322	1.3	1.9	.688	0.9	1.3	2.2	1.5	1.0	2.1	6.4
12	Dan Hester	22	35	13.2	2.3	5.9	.382	0.1	0.3	.455	2.1	5.6	.378	.394	1.2	1.5	.824	2.1	3.5	5.7	0.9	0.9	1.9	5.9
13	Tom Workman	26	39	12.5	2.3	5.1	.447	0.0	0.3	.091	2.3	4.8	.468	.450	1.5	1.7	.838	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.9	1.3	2.1	6.1
14	Steve Wilson	22	39	6.7	1.3	3.4	.394	0.2	0.8	.242	1.1	2.5	.444	.424	0.6	1.1	.537	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.1	3.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Keye	24	83	3634	505	1182	.427	0	0		505	1182	.427	.427	212	317	.669	370	1084	1454	140	215	317	1222
2	Larry Cannon	23	80	3097	751	1722	.436	18	69	.261	733	1653	.443	.441	606	763	.794	207	126	333	414	346	237	2126
3	Byron Beck	26	84	2849	490	1033	.474	4	14	.286	486	1019	.477	.476	158	182	.868	280	604	884	177	160	273	1142
4	Julian Hammond	27	83	2082	435	834	.522	0	0		435	834	.522	.522	273	375	.728	238	285	523	97	180	189	1143
5	Ralph Simpson	21	81	1820	460	1108	.415	17	60	.283	443	1048	.423	.423	215	285	.754	125	106	231	168	186	152	1152
6	Don Sidle	24	54	1623	339	694	.488	0	5	.000	339	689	.492	.488	192	257	.747	213	275	488	66	123	167	870
7	Wayne Chapman	25	47	1049	184	484	.380	11	48	.229	173	436	.397	.392	89	129	.690	43	100	143	107	100	127	468
8	Larry Brown	30	34	813	85	236	.360	5	19	.263	80	217	.369	.371	112	136	.824	11	51	62	208	115	96	287
9	Art Becker	29	29	803	183	365	.501	1	2	.500	182	363	.501	.503	73	87	.839	80	129	209	31	36	107	440
10	Lonnie Wright	26	41	769	98	328	.299	15	56	.268	83	272	.305	.322	53	77	.688	36	53	89	61	43	86	264
11	John Barnhill	32	24	684	101	255	.396	18	72	.250	83	183	.454	.431	54	73	.740	20	34	54	77	40	55	274
12	Tom Workman	26	39	489	89	199	.447	1	11	.091	88	188	.468	.450	57	68	.838	39	94	133	37	52	81	236
13	Dan Hester	22	35	462	79	207	.382	5	11	.455	74	196	.378	.394	42	51	.824	75	123	198	30	32	66	205
14	Steve Wilson	22	39	261	52	132	.394	8	33	.242	44	99	.444	.424	22	41	.537	22	26	48	29	30	43	134
			84	20435	3852	8780	.439	103	400	.258	3749	8380	.447	.445	2158	2841	.760	1759	3090	4849	1642	1658	1996	9965

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Julius Keye	24	83	3634	12.9	.462	.000	.268	17.1	4.8	14.0	14.8	-0.7	4.3	3.6	.048
2	Larry Cannon	23	80	3097	18.6	.517	.040	.443	4.6	19.1	14.4	27.1	4.5	2.7	7.2	.112
3	Byron Beck	26	84	2849	14.9	.513	.014	.176	13.3	8.1	12.6	15.6	2.2	3.0	5.3	.088
4	Julian Hammond	27	83	2082	17.9	.572	.000	.450	10.8	6.4	15.3	19.8	4.8	1.9	6.7	.155
5	Ralph Simpson	21	81	1820	14.4	.467	.054	.257	5.4	13.4	13.1	27.3	-0.3	1.4	1.1	.029
6	Don Sidle	24	54	1623	17.9	.539	.007	.370	12.9	5.5	13.2	20.0	2.6	1.6	4.2	.124
7	Wayne Chapman	25	47	1049	8.4	.433	.099	.267	5.8	13.3	15.6	21.4	-1.0	0.9	-0.2	-0.007
8	Larry Brown	30	34	813	9.3	.485	.081	.576	3.3	30.5	28.0	17.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	.074
9	Art Becker	29	29	803	18.2	.546	.005	.238	11.1	5.4	8.2	19.1	1.4	0.7	2.1	.128
10	Lonnie Wright	26	41	769	4.9	.365	.171	.235	5.0	9.7	10.6	18.4	-1.9	0.6	-1.3	-0.083
11	John Barnhill	32	24	684	10.5	.477	.282	.286	3.4	14.2	12.2	16.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	.042
12	Tom Workman	26	39	489	12.9	.515	.055	.342	11.6	9.9	18.5	20.1	0.5	0.5	1.0	.097
13	Dan Hester	22	35	462	15.5	.447	.053	.246	18.4	8.4	12.2	19.8	-0.3	0.6	0.3	.033
14	Steve Wilson	22	39	261	10.1	.447	.250	.311	7.9	14.9	16.7	24.1	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.012