1970-71 Denver Rockets Schedule and Results

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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)

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Regular Season Schedule

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ABA box scores researched by Michael Hamel and used with permission.

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 14, 1970	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		99	134	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Oct 16, 1970	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		103	115	0	2	L 2
3	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		103	109	0	3	L 3
4	Wed, Oct 21, 1970	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		133	115	1	3	W 1
5	Fri, Oct 23, 1970	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		123	127	1	4	L 1
6	Sun, Oct 25, 1970	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	OT	122	116	2	4	W 1
7	Tue, Oct 27, 1970	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		94	102	2	5	L 1
8	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		113	122	2	6	L 2
9	Sun, Nov 1, 1970	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		111	117	2	7	L 3
10	Fri, Nov 6, 1970	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		114	131	2	8	L 4
11	Sat, Nov 7, 1970	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L	2OT	133	138	2	9	L 5	at Hampton, VA
12	Sun, Nov 8, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		104	114	2	10	L 6
13	Tue, Nov 10, 1970	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W		119	116	3	10	W 1
14	Sun, Nov 15, 1970	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		110	107	4	10	W 2
15	Wed, Nov 18, 1970	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		114	119	4	11	L 1	at Fort Collins, CO
16	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score		New York Nets	W		121	103	5	11	W 1
17	Sun, Nov 22, 1970	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		121	141	5	12	L 1
18	Tue, Nov 24, 1970	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		102	115	5	13	L 2
19	Wed, Nov 25, 1970	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		138	153	5	14	L 3
20	Thu, Nov 26, 1970	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		130	124	6	14	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sun, Nov 29, 1970	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		107	130	6	15	L 1
22	Mon, Nov 30, 1970	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		103	93	7	15	W 1
23	Thu, Dec 3, 1970	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		124	111	8	15	W 2
24	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	L		134	141	8	16	L 1	at Dallas, TX
25	Sun, Dec 6, 1970	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		125	140	8	17	L 2
26	Wed, Dec 9, 1970	Box Score	N	Virginia Squires	L		109	113	8	18	L 3	at New York, NY
27	Thu, Dec 10, 1970	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		131	109	9	18	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		100	102	9	19	L 1
29	Tue, Dec 15, 1970	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		126	116	10	19	W 1
30	Thu, Dec 17, 1970	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		108	99	11	19	W 2
31	Fri, Dec 18, 1970	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		121	143	11	20	L 1
32	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		124	128	11	21	L 2	at Charlotte, NC
33	Tue, Dec 22, 1970	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		104	102	12	21	W 1
34	Wed, Dec 23, 1970	Box Score		The Floridians	W		109	102	13	21	W 2
35	Sat, Dec 26, 1970	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		120	122	13	22	L 1
36	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		116	106	14	22	W 1
37	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		132	136	14	23	L 1
38	Sun, Jan 3, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W	OT	129	124	15	23	W 1
39	Tue, Jan 5, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		99	114	15	24	L 1
40	Thu, Jan 7, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		116	131	15	25	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 8, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	L		126	132	15	26	L 3	at Lubbock, TX
42	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W	OT	124	118	16	26	W 1
43	Tue, Jan 12, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		120	112	17	26	W 2
44	Fri, Jan 15, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		114	125	17	27	L 1	at Greensboro, NC
45	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		131	141	17	28	L 2	at Norfolk, VA
46	Sun, Jan 17, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		129	123	18	28	W 1
47	Tue, Jan 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	L		127	148	18	29	L 1	at Dallas, TX
48	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		103	120	18	30	L 2
49	Thu, Jan 21, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		106	118	18	31	L 3
50	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		119	116	19	31	W 1
51	Wed, Jan 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		105	111	19	32	L 1
52	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		123	127	19	33	L 2
53	Sat, Jan 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		109	114	19	34	L 3	at Raleigh, NC
54	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		104	124	19	35	L 4
55	Wed, Feb 3, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	L		119	127	19	36	L 5
56	Fri, Feb 5, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W	OT	132	120	20	36	W 1
57	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	W		115	114	21	36	W 2
58	Sun, Feb 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W	OT	133	131	22	36	W 3
59	Wed, Feb 10, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		106	123	22	37	L 1
60	Fri, Feb 12, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		138	142	22	38	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	L		117	118	22	39	L 3
62	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		125	120	23	39	W 1
63	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		107	120	23	40	L 1
64	Tue, Feb 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		103	133	23	41	L 2
65	Wed, Feb 24, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		110	112	23	42	L 3
66	Fri, Feb 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	W		142	120	24	42	W 1	at Dallas, TX
67	Sat, Feb 27, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		115	122	24	43	L 1
68	Sun, Feb 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		118	111	25	43	W 1
69	Wed, Mar 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		106	139	25	44	L 1
70	Fri, Mar 5, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	L	3OT	153	158	25	45	L 2	at Dallas, TX
71	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	W	OT	142	141	26	45	W 1
72	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	W		146	127	27	45	W 2	at Fort Worth, TX
73	Wed, Mar 10, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	L		113	116	27	46	L 1
74	Fri, Mar 12, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		127	132	27	47	L 2
75	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		121	131	27	48	L 3
76	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		118	127	27	49	L 4
77	Thu, Mar 18, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		123	124	27	50	L 5
78	Tue, Mar 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		117	124	27	51	L 6
79	Wed, Mar 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		118	132	27	52	L 7
80	Thu, Mar 25, 1971	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		110	129	27	53	L 8
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 27, 1971	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		120	118	28	53	W 1	at Fort Collins, CO
82	Sun, Mar 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		126	146	28	54	L 1
83	Tue, Mar 30, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		129	119	29	54	W 1
84	Wed, Mar 31, 1971	Box Score		New York Nets	W		132	121	30	54	W 2
85	Thu, Apr 1, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	L		109	115	30	55	L 1	Tiebreaker

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