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1971-72 Denver Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 34-50, Finished 4th in ABA Western Division

Coach: Alex Hannum (34-50)

Executive: Alex Hannum

PTS/G: 111.9 (9th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 113.1 (7th of 11)

SRS: -0.93 (7th of 11) Pace: 112.8 (5th of 11)

Off Rtg: 98.4 (10th of 11) Def Rtg: 99.5 (5th of 11) Net Rtg: -1.0 (7th of 11)

Expected W-L: 39-45 (7th of 11)

Arena: Denver Auditorium Arena

ABA 1972 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Western Division Semifinals (3-4) versus Indiana Pacers (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
40	Byron Beck	C	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	us	4	Columbia Basin College, Denver
14	Art Becker	PF	6-7	205	January 12, 1942	us	4	Arizona State
11	Larry Brown	PG	5-9	160	September 14, 1940	us	4	UNC
20	Frank Card	SF	6-7	195	December 28, 1944	us	3	South Carolina State
22	Julian Hammond	SF	6-5	205	May 27, 1943	us	4	Tulsa
13	Julius Keye	PF	6-10	200	September 5, 1946	us	2	South Carolina State, Alcorn State
23	Steve Mix	F	6-7	215	December 30, 1947	us	2	Toledo
31	Marv Roberts	SF	6-8	200	January 29, 1950	us	R	Utah State University
25	Dave Robisch	C	6-10	235	December 22, 1949	us	R	Kansas
44	Ralph Simpson	SG	6-5	200	August 10, 1949	us	1	Michigan State
10	Al Smith	PG	6-1	185	January 15, 1947	us	R	Bradley
24	Dwight Waller	F	6-6	220	October 5, 1945	us	2	Tennessee State
21	Chuck Williams	PG	6-2	175	June 6, 1946	us	1	Colorado
12	Steve Wilson	SG	6-5	185	October 16, 1948	us	1	Hanover College

Assistant Coaches and Staff

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	Ralph Simpson	22	84		35.8	11.0	23.8	.460	0.0	0.3	.136	10.9	23.5	.464	.461	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	.403	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	.444	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	.504	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	.442	2.6	3.2	.811	0.7	1.5	2.2	7.2			2.9	2.7	9.1
6	Art Becker	30	84		26.1	5.2	11.4	.456	0.0	0.0	.000	5.2	11.3	.457	.456	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	.456	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	.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	.451	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	.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	.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	.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	1.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	2.0
14	Steve Wilson	23	9		4.0	0.6	2.6	.217	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	2.3	.238	.217	0.4	0.8	.571	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7			0.3	1.0	1.6

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	Julius Keye	25	7		43.1	3.9	8.4	.458	0.0	0.0		3.9	8.4	.458	.458	0.4	1.1	.375			16.1	2.9			1.4	4.3	8.1
2	Ralph Simpson	22	7		41.6	10.0	23.1	.432	0.0	0.3	.000	10.0	22.9	.438	.432	6.7	8.1	.825			4.4	3.4			2.6	3.0	26.7
3	Dave Robisch	22	7		41.1	7.1	19.7	.362	0.0	0.0		7.1	19.7	.362	.362	5.3	7.4	.712			14.1	2.1			2.1	3.6	19.6
4	Byron Beck	27	7		37.7	8.0	16.4	.487	0.1	0.6	.250	7.9	15.9	.495	.491	3.7	4.0	.929			10.3	2.0			2.1	4.1	19.9
5	Larry Brown	31	7		30.1	3.0	7.1	.420	0.0	0.4	.000	3.0	6.7	.447	.420	3.3	3.4	.958			1.4	5.1			2.0	3.6	9.3
6	Chuck Williams	25	7		15.4	2.6	6.0	.429	0.0	0.0		2.6	6.0	.429	.429	1.3	1.7	.750			2.7	0.9			0.9	2.0	6.4
7	Al Smith	25	7		14.1	1.7	3.9	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	1.4	3.4	.417	.481	0.6	0.7	.800			2.6	1.0			1.0	2.0	4.3
8	Art Becker	30	7		13.4	2.0	4.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	4.3	.467	.452	0.9	1.3	.667			1.7	0.6			1.0	2.6	4.9
9	Frank Card	27	4		7.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.3	.000			1.8	0.8			0.3	2.5	2.0
10	Marv Roberts	22	3		6.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	2.0	.333	.286	0.7	0.7	1.000			0.7	0.0			0.7	0.3	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	Ralph Simpson	22	84		3006	920	2000	.460	3	22	.136	917	1978	.464	.461	457	568	.805	171	227	398	258			266	244	2300
2	Julius Keye	25	84		2557	192	476	.403	0	2	.000	192	474	.405	.403	108	174	.621	315	667	982	153			139	346	492
3	Dave Robisch	22	84		2420	505	1138	.444	0	5	.000	505	1133	.446	.444	294	419	.702	287	517	804	201			113	251	1304
4	Art Becker	30	84		2193	435	954	.456	0	3	.000	435	951	.457	.456	165	195	.846	167	304	471	113			132	271	1035
5	Larry Brown	31	76		2012	243	556	.437	5	25	.200	238	531	.448	.442	198	244	.811	53	113	166	549			217	207	689
6	Byron Beck	27	66		1816	337	669	.504	0	3	.000	337	666	.506	.504	140	166	.843	171	357	528	136			96	213	814
7	Al Smith	25	83		1764	292	675	.433	32	107	.299	260	568	.458	.456	153	211	.725	85	141	226	249			163	244	769
8	Chuck Williams	25	84		1580	263	583	.451	0	4	.000	263	579	.454	.451	205	275	.745	62	95	157	160			98	144	731
9	Frank Card	27	73		1443	225	495	.455	0	1	.000	225	494	.455	.455	112	172	.651	141	189	330	79			115	204	562
10	Marv Roberts	22	68		1047	217	533	.407	1	4	.250	216	529	.408	.408	86	120	.717	121	173	294	61			77	150	521
11	Julian Hammond	28	25		411	66	140	.471	0	0		66	140	.471	.471	31	50	.620	48	67	115	29			30	47	163
12	Steve Wilson	23	9		36	5	23	.217	0	2	.000	5	21	.238	.217	4	7	.571	3	1	4	6			3	9	14
13	Dwight Waller	26	2		10	2	4	.500	0	0		2	4	.500	.500	0	0		1	4	5	1			1	3	4
14	Steve Mix	24	1		4	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	1	1.000	1.000	0	0		1	0	1	0			0	1	2
			84		20310	3703	8247	.449	41	178	.230	3662	8069	.454	.451	1953	2601	.751	1626	2855	4481	1995			1450	2334	9400

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	Julius Keye	25	7		302	27	59	.458	0	0		27	59	.458	.458	3	8	.375			113	20			10	30	57
2	Ralph Simpson	22	7		291	70	162	.432	0	2	.000	70	160	.438	.432	47	57	.825			31	24			18	21	187
3	Dave Robisch	22	7		288	50	138	.362	0	0		50	138	.362	.362	37	52	.712			99	15			15	25	137
4	Byron Beck	27	7		264	56	115	.487	1	4	.250	55	111	.495	.491	26	28	.929			72	14			15	29	139
5	Larry Brown	31	7		211	21	50	.420	0	3	.000	21	47	.447	.420	23	24	.958			10	36			14	25	65
6	Chuck Williams	25	7		108	18	42	.429	0	0		18	42	.429	.429	9	12	.750			19	6			6	14	45
7	Al Smith	25	7		99	12	27	.444	2	3	.667	10	24	.417	.481	4	5	.800			18	7			7	14	30
8	Art Becker	30	7		94	14	31	.452	0	1	.000	14	30	.467	.452	6	9	.667			12	4			7	18	34
9	Frank Card	27	4		28	4	8	.500	0	0		4	8	.500	.500	0	1	.000			7	3			1	10	8
10	Marv Roberts	22	3		20	2	7	.286	0	1	.000	2	6	.333	.286	2	2	1.000			2	0			2	1	6

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	Ralph Simpson	22	84	3006	20.0	.511	.011	.284	5.0	7.0	6.0	14.2			10.6	31.4		4.0	3.2	7.2	.115
2	Julius Keye	25	84	2557	9.5	.445	.004	.366	10.8	24.2	17.3	7.2			20.1	10.1		-1.0	4.6	3.6	.068
3	Dave Robisch	22	84	2420	19.7	.493	.004	.368	10.4	19.9	15.0	11.8			7.9	22.2		1.1	4.1	5.2	.103
4	Art Becker	30	84	2193	13.2	.498	.003	.204	6.7	12.9	9.7	7.2			11.3	20.0		1.1	2.7	3.7	.082
5	Larry Brown	31	76	2012	12.6	.519	.045	.439	2.3	5.2	3.7	34.5			24.6	16.4		1.8	3.2	5.0	.118
6	Byron Beck	27	66	1816	17.1	.548	.004	.248	8.3	18.3	13.1	10.3			11.5	17.3		2.9	2.8	5.7	.150
7	Al Smith	25	83	1764	11.3	.501	.159	.313	4.2	7.4	5.8	18.9			17.5	19.8		1.0	2.2	3.3	.088
8	Chuck Williams	25	84	1580	13.2	.519	.007	.472	3.4	5.6	4.5	13.6			12.2	19.0		1.6	1.6	3.2	.098
9	Frank Card	27	73	1443	10.3	.492	.002	.347	8.6	12.2	10.3	7.2			16.8	17.8		0.4	1.8	2.3	.075
10	Marv Roberts	22	68	1047	12.8	.445	.008	.225	10.2	15.4	12.7	8.3			11.6	23.7		-1.1	1.5	0.4	.019
11	Julian Hammond	28	25	411	13.4	.503	.000	.357	10.3	15.2	12.6	9.4			15.6	17.5		0.2	0.6	0.8	.097
12	Steve Wilson	23	9	36	-2.0	.268	.087	.304	7.3	2.6	5.0	21.6			10.3	30.3		-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.336
13	Dwight Waller	26	2	10	13.1	.500	.000	.000	8.8	37.2	22.6	14.1			20.0	18.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	.133
14	Steve Mix	24	1	4	25.1	1.000	.000	.000	22.0	0.0	11.3	0.0			0.0	9.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	.396

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	Julius Keye	25	7	302	12.5	.456	.000	.136			17.2	9.3			13.8	10.0		-0.1	0.8	0.7	.116
2	Ralph Simpson	22	7	291	19.7	.500	.012	.352			4.9	14.6			8.8	29.3		0.2	0.5	0.7	.109
3	Dave Robisch	22	7	288	16.2	.426	.000	.377			15.8	8.3			8.5	25.4		-0.6	0.7	0.2	.026
4	Byron Beck	27	7	264	20.5	.546	.035	.243			12.6	9.0			10.5	22.4		0.5	0.6	1.1	.194
5	Larry Brown	31	7	211	11.5	.537	.060	.480			2.2	24.2			18.8	14.7		0.2	0.4	0.6	.143
6	Chuck Williams	25	7	108	11.9	.476	.000	.286			8.1	8.7			11.3	20.5		0.0	0.2	0.2	.075
7	Al Smith	25	7	99	9.1	.514	.111	.185			8.4	10.4			19.3	15.2		0.1	0.2	0.2	.118
8	Art Becker	30	7	94	6.6	.486	.032	.290			5.9	6.5			16.7	18.5		0.0	0.1	0.1	.072
9	Frank Card	27	4	28	8.2	.474	.000	.125			11.5	16.2			10.6	14.0		0.0	0.1	0.1	.111
10	Marv Roberts	22	3	20	0.7	.381	.143	.286			4.6	0.0			20.2	20.5		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.072

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