1970-71 New York Nets Schedule and Results

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Record: 40-44, Finished 3rd in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Lou Carnesecca (40-44)

PTS/G: 111.0 (10th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 111.6 (2nd of 11)

SRS: -0.86 (6th of 11) Pace: 107.3 (11th of 11)

Off Rtg: 103.0 (8th of 11) Def Rtg: 103.5 (3rd of 11) Net Rtg: -0.6 (5th of 11)

Expected W-L: 40-44 (5th of 11)

Arena: Island Garden

ABA 1971 Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-4) versus Virginia Squires (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

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

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 15, 1970	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		102	105	0	1	L 1	3,616
2	Fri, Oct 16, 1970	Box Score		The Floridians	W		105	92	1	1	W 1	4,128
3	Sun, Oct 18, 1970	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		88	103	1	2	L 1	2,468
4	Tue, Oct 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		108	103	2	2	W 1	13,208
5	Thu, Oct 22, 1970	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		100	110	2	3	L 1	3,418
6	Fri, Oct 23, 1970	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	W		117	97	3	3	W 1	2,828
7	Sun, Oct 25, 1970	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		115	98	4	3	W 2	2,543
8	Tue, Oct 27, 1970	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	L		99	103	4	4	L 1	1,627		at Fort Worth, TX
9	Thu, Oct 29, 1970	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		105	114	4	5	L 2	6,776
10	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		100	113	4	6	L 3	5,027
11	Sun, Nov 1, 1970	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		121	109	5	6	W 1	3,339
12	Sat, Nov 7, 1970	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		108	98	6	6	W 2	5,511		at Charlotte, NC
13	Sun, Nov 8, 1970	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		114	104	7	6	W 3	4,144
14	Wed, Nov 11, 1970	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		102	106	7	7	L 1	3,611
15	Sun, Nov 15, 1970	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		144	129	8	7	W 1	4,426
16	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		103	121	8	8	L 1	4,246
17	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		92	114	8	9	L 2	13,361
18	Sun, Nov 22, 1970	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		92	108	8	10	L 3	4,091
19	Wed, Nov 25, 1970	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		96	99	8	11	L 4	3,426
20	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		99	97	9	11	W 1	5,073
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Nov 29, 1970	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	W		129	113	10	11	W 2	2,861
22	Thu, Dec 3, 1970	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	W		98	87	11	11	W 3	1,654
23	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score		The Floridians	W		115	110	12	11	W 4	3,702
24	Sun, Dec 6, 1970	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		90	94	12	12	L 1	3,121
25	Tue, Dec 8, 1970	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		116	120	12	13	L 2	2,798
26	Wed, Dec 9, 1970	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		108	129	12	14	L 3	12,522		at New York, NY
27	Thu, Dec 10, 1970	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		100	127	12	15	L 4	5,275		at Hampton, VA
28	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		128	99	13	15	W 1	4,517
29	Sun, Dec 13, 1970	Box Score		The Floridians	L		97	100	13	16	L 1	3,856
30	Fri, Dec 18, 1970	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		117	129	13	17	L 2	4,483
31	Sun, Dec 20, 1970	Box Score		Texas Chaparrals	L		106	118	13	18	L 3	3,262
32	Wed, Dec 23, 1970	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		116	95	14	18	W 1	2,228
33	Sat, Dec 26, 1970	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		104	98	15	18	W 2	5,395		at Raleigh, NC
34	Sun, Dec 27, 1970	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		114	108	16	18	W 3	4,874
35	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		90	91	16	19	L 1	5,685
36	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L		123	124	16	20	L 2	5,583
37	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	L		99	118	16	21	L 3	4,401		at Greensboro, NC
38	Sun, Jan 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		109	115	16	22	L 4	1,991
39	Wed, Jan 6, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		110	101	17	22	W 1	3,727
40	Fri, Jan 8, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		125	111	18	22	W 2	4,933
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		88	116	18	23	L 1	9,389
42	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L	OT	107	117	18	24	L 2	4,261
43	Fri, Jan 15, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	L		117	120	18	25	L 3	5,179
44	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	W		117	116	19	25	W 1	5,733
45	Sun, Jan 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		120	112	20	25	W 2	4,799		at Greensboro, NC
46	Tue, Jan 19, 1971	Box Score	N	The Floridians	L		107	112	20	26	L 1	1,429		at Pittsburgh, PA
47	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		113	106	21	26	W 1	4,028
48	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W	OT	108	107	22	26	W 2	5,741
49	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		97	121	22	27	L 1	5,812		at Tampa, FL
50	Wed, Jan 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		100	116	22	28	L 2	7,429
51	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W	OT	132	131	23	28	W 1	5,006
52	Sat, Jan 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		115	112	24	28	W 2	5,106		at Norfolk, VA
53	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score		Carolina Cougars	L		121	125	24	29	L 1	5,134
54	Tue, Feb 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		111	119	24	30	L 2	2,357
55	Wed, Feb 3, 1971	Box Score		The Floridians	W		104	100	25	30	W 1	4,561
56	Thu, Feb 4, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		99	106	25	31	L 1	9,411
57	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	OT	109	110	25	32	L 2	9,250
58	Sun, Feb 7, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	W		103	84	26	32	W 1	5,589
59	Thu, Feb 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Pittsburgh Condors	L		110	114	26	33	L 1	1,294
60	Sat, Feb 13, 1971	Box Score		Memphis Pros	L		105	109	26	34	L 2	3,398
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	W		118	117	27	34	W 1	4,299
62	Mon, Feb 15, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	W		98	89	28	34	W 2	9,863
63	Wed, Feb 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		128	120	29	34	W 3	4,817		at Richmond, VA
64	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		109	105	30	34	W 4	10,712		at Greensboro, NC
65	Sat, Feb 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	W		120	100	31	34	W 5	3,250		at Dallas, TX
66	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		121	125	31	35	L 1	6,481
67	Wed, Feb 24, 1971	Box Score		Pittsburgh Condors	W		134	108	32	35	W 1	5,234
68	Sat, Feb 27, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		122	115	33	35	W 2	5,528
69	Tue, Mar 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Texas Chaparrals	L		127	130	33	36	L 1	1,971		at Dallas, TX
70	Thu, Mar 4, 1971	Box Score	N	Pittsburgh Condors	W		114	110	34	36	W 1	4,500		at Miami Beach, FL
71	Sat, Mar 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Carolina Cougars	W		127	112	35	36	W 2	6,135		at Raleigh, NC
72	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W		123	121	36	36	W 3	5,789
73	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	W		132	120	37	36	W 4	5,007		at Hampton, VA
74	Fri, Mar 12, 1971	Box Score		Denver Rockets	W		132	127	38	36	W 5	5,658
75	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Kentucky Colonels	L		104	122	38	37	L 1	11,828
76	Wed, Mar 17, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	W		122	120	39	37	W 1	10,828		at New York, NY
77	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	L		104	115	39	38	L 1	5,623
78	Sat, Mar 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L		125	135	39	39	L 2	5,000		at Norfolk, VA
79	Tue, Mar 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Memphis Pros	L		110	117	39	40	L 3	4,611
80	Fri, Mar 26, 1971	Box Score		Kentucky Colonels	L		115	122	39	41	L 4	5,296
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 27, 1971	Box Score	@	The Floridians	L		104	118	39	42	L 5	8,426
82	Sun, Mar 28, 1971	Box Score		Utah Stars	W		133	120	40	42	W 1	5,334
83	Tue, Mar 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Utah Stars	L		97	115	40	43	L 1	8,455
84	Wed, Mar 31, 1971	Box Score	@	Denver Rockets	L		121	132	40	44	L 2	4,121

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

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Fri, Apr 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L	105	113	0	1	L 1	6,149
2	Sun, Apr 4, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L	108	114	0	2	L 2	7,143
3	Tue, Apr 6, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W	135	131	1	2	W 1	3,504
4	Wed, Apr 7, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	W	130	127	2	2	W 2	4,134
5	Fri, Apr 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Virginia Squires	L	124	127	2	3	L 1	4,250
6	Sat, Apr 10, 1971	Box Score		Virginia Squires	L	114	118	2	4	L 2	3,016

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