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1971-72 New York Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

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

Coach: Lou Carnesecca (44-40)

PTS/G: 112.8 (7th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 112.4 (5th of 11)

SRS: 0.21 (6th of 11) Pace: 108.8 (10th of 11)

Off Rtg: 102.3 (3rd of 11) Def Rtg: 101.9 (8th of 11) Net Rtg: +0.3 (5th of 11)

Expected W-L: 43-41 (5th of 11)

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

ABA 1972 Playoffs:
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Virginia Squires (Series Stats)
Lost ABA Finals (2-4) versus Indiana Pacers (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
12	Jim Ard	C	6-8	215	September 19, 1948	us US	1	Cincinnati
24	Rick Barry	SF	6-7	205	March 28, 1944	us US	5	Miami (FL)
20	Johnny Baum	SF	6-5	200	June 17, 1946	us US	2	Peirce College, Temple
21	Joe DePre	SG	6-3	185	December 19, 1947	us US	1	St. John's
11	Sonny Dove	PF	6-7	198	August 16, 1945	us US	4	St. John's
23	Jarrett Durham	F	6-5	188	August 22, 1949		R	Duquesne
14	Bob Greacen	SF	6-7	206	September 15, 1947	us US	2	Rutgers University
3	Manny Leaks	C	6-8	225	November 27, 1945	us US	3	Niagara University
25	Bill Melchionni	PG	6-1	165	October 19, 1944	us US	4	Villanova
10	Gene Moore	C	6-9	225	July 29, 1945	us US	3	Saint Louis
5	Billy Paultz	C	6-11	235	July 30, 1948	us US	1	Cameron University, St. John's
13	John Roche	SG	6-3	170	September 26, 1949	us US	R	South Carolina
22	Ollie Taylor	SG	6-2	194	March 7, 1947	us US	1	San Jacinto College, Houston
32	Trooper Washington	PF	6-7	215	April 21, 1944	us US	4	Cheyney (PA)
4	Elnardo Webster	F	6-5	190	March 6, 1948	us US	R	Wharton County Junior College, Saint Peter's College
14	Gary Zeller	SG	6-3	205	November 20, 1947	us US	1	University of North Texas, Long Beach City College, Drake University

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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

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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	Rick Barry	27	80		45.2	11.3	24.6	.458	0.9	3.0	.308	10.4	21.7	.479	.477	8.0	9.1	.878	1.9	5.6	7.5	4.1			3.3	3.3	31.5
2	Bill Melchionni	27	80		41.6	8.4	16.8	.499	0.0	0.2	.105	8.4	16.6	.505	.500	4.2	5.2	.808	0.6	2.5	3.1	8.4			3.9	3.4	21.0
3	Billy Paultz	23	83		34.0	6.0	12.3	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	12.3	.489	.488	2.5	3.6	.692	3.2	9.3	12.5	1.5			2.6	3.6	14.5
4	John Roche	22	82		31.6	4.9	10.5	.469	0.1	0.4	.343	4.8	10.0	.475	.476	2.9	3.8	.772	0.5	1.5	2.1	3.2			2.3	2.6	12.9
5	Trooper Washington	27	80		31.4	4.8	8.5	.571	0.0	0.0		4.8	8.5	.571	.571	1.3	2.1	.645	3.5	5.9	9.4	2.0			2.4	3.6	11.0
6	Ollie Taylor	24	82		23.1	3.0	6.6	.452	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	6.5	.457	.452	2.7	3.8	.708	1.6	2.5	4.0	1.9			1.9	2.6	8.6
7	Gene Moore	26	68		16.9	3.1	6.5	.476	0.0	0.0	.333	3.1	6.5	.477	.478	1.1	1.6	.726	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.6			1.9	2.6	7.4
8	Jim Ard	23	71		16.1	2.2	5.0	.450	0.0	0.1	.250	2.2	4.9	.455	.453	1.1	1.8	.606	1.7	3.4	5.2	0.5			1.4	2.1	5.6
9	Manny Leaks	26	9		15.8	2.7	7.9	.338	0.0	0.0		2.7	7.9	.338	.338	0.7	1.0	.667	1.2	3.6	4.8	0.4			0.6	1.1	6.0
10	Johnny Baum	25	44		12.5	2.3	3.9	.606	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.9	.606	.606	0.9	1.2	.788	1.2	1.8	3.1	0.4			0.5	1.7	5.6
11	Joe DePre	24	46		12.2	1.7	4.4	.393	0.0	0.1	.333	1.7	4.2	.395	.398	0.7	1.2	.630	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.0			1.4	1.7	4.2
12	Gary Zeller	24	12		6.8	0.6	2.5	.233	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	2.4	.241	.233	0.3	0.5	.667	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.2			0.8	1.3	1.5
13	Bob Greacen	24	4		5.0	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3			0.5	0.3	0.5
14	Sonny Dove	26	2		4.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.5	.400	.400	1.0	1.5	.667	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5			1.0	2.0	3.0
15	Elnardo Webster	23	8		1.8	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	.500	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1			0.3	0.3	0.8
16	Jarrett Durham	22	1		1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			1.0	0.0	0.0

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	Billy Paultz	23	19		42.6	7.4	14.5	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	14.4	.511	.507	3.0	4.7	.633			15.2	1.5			2.7	3.9	17.7
2	John Roche	22	18		42.4	9.1	19.1	.475	0.6	1.7	.333	8.5	17.4	.489	.490	4.9	6.6	.754			1.7	4.7			2.9	2.3	23.6
3	Rick Barry	27	18		41.6	11.3	23.8	.473	1.3	3.4	.377	10.0	20.4	.489	.500	6.9	8.1	.856			6.5	3.8			3.4	3.7	30.8
4	Ollie Taylor	24	19		36.9	4.2	9.5	.439	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	9.4	.441	.439	2.8	3.8	.736			5.3	2.5			3.6	3.2	11.1
5	Bill Melchionni	27	11		34.2	5.5	13.8	.401	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	13.6	.407	.401	3.4	4.2	.804			2.4	6.3			2.9	2.9	14.5
6	Trooper Washington	27	18		30.4	3.6	5.9	.598	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.9	.598	.598	0.8	1.3	.583			9.6	2.4			1.4	3.5	7.9
7	Johnny Baum	25	17		17.8	3.5	6.3	.551	0.0	0.0		3.5	6.3	.551	.551	0.6	0.9	.625			4.2	0.4			1.2	2.0	7.5
8	Jim Ard	23	13		9.0	1.1	2.5	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	2.3	.467	.438	0.2	0.8	.300			2.2	0.3			0.5	1.5	2.4
9	Gene Moore	26	18		6.2	0.9	2.0	.444	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.0	.444	.444	0.4	0.4	.875			1.6	0.1			0.6	1.2	2.2
10	Joe DePre	24	14		5.3	0.4	1.7	.208	0.1	0.1	.500	0.3	1.6	.182	.229	0.3	0.6	.500			0.6	0.4			0.4	0.9	1.1
11	Gary Zeller	24	3		3.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	1.000	1.000	0.0	0.3	.000			0.3	0.0			1.0	2.3	0.7

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	Rick Barry	27	80		3616	902	1969	.458	73	237	.308	829	1732	.479	.477	641	730	.878	155	447	602	327			263	261	2518
2	Bill Melchionni	27	80		3326	672	1346	.499	2	19	.105	670	1327	.505	.500	336	416	.808	51	197	248	669			314	275	1682
3	Billy Paultz	23	83		2824	498	1021	.488	0	3	.000	498	1018	.489	.488	207	299	.692	263	772	1035	128			214	298	1203
4	John Roche	22	82		2593	403	859	.469	12	35	.343	391	824	.475	.476	240	311	.772	45	127	172	259			188	211	1058
5	Trooper Washington	27	80		2510	387	678	.571	0	0		387	678	.571	.571	107	166	.645	281	469	750	161			188	291	881
6	Ollie Taylor	24	82		1891	245	542	.452	0	6	.000	245	536	.457	.452	218	308	.708	128	202	330	153			153	213	708
7	Gene Moore	26	68		1149	212	445	.476	1	3	.333	211	442	.477	.478	77	106	.726	149	260	409	40			126	178	502
8	Jim Ard	23	71		1145	159	353	.450	2	8	.250	157	345	.455	.453	77	127	.606	124	244	368	34			98	150	397
9	Joe DePre	24	46		562	79	201	.393	2	6	.333	77	195	.395	.398	34	54	.630	16	33	49	45			66	80	194
10	Johnny Baum	25	44		551	103	170	.606	0	0		103	170	.606	.606	41	52	.788	54	81	135	17			24	75	247
11	Manny Leaks	26	9		142	24	71	.338	0	0		24	71	.338	.338	6	9	.667	11	32	43	4			5	10	54
12	Gary Zeller	24	12		82	7	30	.233	0	1	.000	7	29	.241	.233	4	6	.667	5	5	10	2			9	16	18
13	Bob Greacen	24	4		20	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	0	0		1	1	2	1			2	1	2
14	Elnardo Webster	23	8		14	3	6	.500	0	0		3	6	.500	.500	0	2	.000	0	1	1	1			2	2	6
15	Sonny Dove	26	2		9	2	5	.400	0	0		2	5	.400	.400	2	3	.667	1	0	1	1			2	4	6
16	Jarrett Durham	22	1		1	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0			1	0	0
			84		20435	3697	7698	.480	92	318	.289	3605	7380	.488	.486	1990	2589	.769	1284	2871	4155	1842			1655	2065	9476

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	Billy Paultz	23	19		809	140	276	.507	0	2	.000	140	274	.511	.507	57	90	.633			288	29			51	74	337
2	John Roche	22	18		763	163	343	.475	10	30	.333	153	313	.489	.490	89	118	.754			31	84			53	42	425
3	Rick Barry	27	18		749	203	429	.473	23	61	.377	180	368	.489	.500	125	146	.856			117	69			61	67	554
4	Ollie Taylor	24	19		702	79	180	.439	0	1	.000	79	179	.441	.439	53	72	.736			100	47			68	60	211
5	Trooper Washington	27	18		548	64	107	.598	0	0		64	107	.598	.598	14	24	.583			173	43			26	63	142
6	Bill Melchionni	27	11		376	61	152	.401	0	2	.000	61	150	.407	.401	37	46	.804			26	69			32	32	159
7	Johnny Baum	25	17		302	59	107	.551	0	0		59	107	.551	.551	10	16	.625			72	7			21	34	128
8	Jim Ard	23	13		117	14	32	.438	0	2	.000	14	30	.467	.438	3	10	.300			28	4			6	19	31
9	Gene Moore	26	18		111	16	36	.444	0	0		16	36	.444	.444	7	8	.875			29	2			10	21	39
10	Joe DePre	24	14		74	5	24	.208	1	2	.500	4	22	.182	.229	4	8	.500			8	6			6	13	15
11	Gary Zeller	24	3		9	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	1	1.000	1.000	0	1	.000			1	0			3	7	2

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	Rick Barry	27	80	3616	21.8	.550	.120	.371	4.3	11.7	8.1	13.8			10.3	27.5		9.0	2.1	11.1	.147
2	Bill Melchionni	27	80	3326	16.6	.550	.014	.309	1.5	5.6	3.6	28.6			17.0	21.6		6.3	2.1	8.4	.121
3	Billy Paultz	23	83	2824	15.3	.522	.003	.293	9.3	25.8	17.8	6.2			15.7	18.8		2.7	2.3	5.0	.085
4	John Roche	22	82	2593	10.9	.531	.041	.362	1.7	4.6	3.2	13.3			15.9	17.8		3.0	1.1	4.1	.076
5	Trooper Washington	27	80	2510	14.1	.587	.000	.245	11.2	17.6	14.5	8.5			20.0	14.6		4.5	1.8	6.3	.121
6	Ollie Taylor	24	82	1891	10.8	.522	.011	.568	6.8	10.1	8.5	10.4			18.4	17.1		1.7	1.1	2.8	.070
7	Gene Moore	26	68	1149	12.6	.511	.007	.238	13.0	21.4	17.3	4.8			20.4	20.9		0.8	0.9	1.7	.072
8	Jim Ard	23	71	1145	10.1	.485	.023	.360	10.8	20.1	15.6	3.9			19.3	17.2		0.1	0.8	1.0	.040
9	Joe DePre	24	46	562	2.8	.432	.030	.269	2.8	5.5	4.2	10.5			22.7	20.2		-0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.028
10	Johnny Baum	25	44	551	17.2	.640	.000	.306	9.8	13.9	11.9	4.3			11.1	15.3		1.7	0.3	2.0	.177
11	Manny Leaks	26	9	142	9.2	.360	.000	.127	7.7	21.3	14.7	3.8			6.3	21.9		-0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.133
12	Gary Zeller	24	12	82	-6.0	.276	.033	.200	6.1	5.8	5.9	3.0			21.6	19.8		-0.4	0.0	-0.3	-0.195
13	Bob Greacen	24	4	20	0.7	.500	.000	.000	5.0	4.7	4.9	5.9			50.0	7.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	.026
14	Elnardo Webster	23	8	14	1.9	.436	.000	.333	0.0	6.7	3.5	10.3			22.5	24.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.036
15	Sonny Dove	26	2	9	3.3	.475	.000	.600	11.1	0.0	5.4	16.3			24.0	36.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.019
16	Jarrett Durham	22	1	1	-52.7				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			100.0	39.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.008

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	Billy Paultz	23	19	809	16.7	.534	.007	.326			17.8	5.1			13.9	18.3		0.9	0.6	1.6	.092
2	John Roche	22	18	763	16.9	.538	.087	.344			2.0	16.5			11.8	23.7		1.3	0.3	1.6	.101
3	Rick Barry	27	18	749	24.1	.562	.142	.340			7.8	15.1			11.0	29.8		2.2	0.4	2.7	.171
4	Ollie Taylor	24	19	702	7.0	.498	.006	.400			7.1	8.7			24.3	16.1		0.2	0.4	0.6	.038
5	Trooper Washington	27	18	548	14.0	.604	.000	.224			15.8	10.2			18.1	10.6		0.8	0.4	1.3	.111
6	Bill Melchionni	27	11	376	12.4	.462	.013	.303			3.5	25.5			15.7	21.9		-0.2	0.2	0.0	.006
7	Johnny Baum	25	17	302	13.8	.561	.000	.150			11.9	3.4			15.6	18.0		0.5	0.2	0.7	.108
8	Jim Ard	23	13	117	6.1	.426	.063	.313			12.0	4.5			14.2	14.6		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.020
9	Gene Moore	26	18	111	7.6	.493	.000	.222			13.1	2.4			20.2	18.0		0.0	0.1	0.1	.039
10	Joe DePre	24	14	74	-3.5	.273	.083	.333			5.4	9.9			17.9	18.3		-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.191
11	Gary Zeller	24	3	9	-22.8	.694	.000	1.000			5.6	0.0			67.6	19.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	.108

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