1971-72 Dallas Chaparrals Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 42-42
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 0-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Utah Stars 4-0
Coach: Tom Nissalke (42-42)
Location: Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 130,525, Avg. 3,108 in 42 home dates

1971-72 Dallas Chaparrals Roster
1971-72 Dallas Chaparrals Results

The Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 42 wins and 42 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.

The Chaparrals led the league with just 8,760 points allowed. Dallas scored 8,770 points, worst in the league. Donnie Freeman scored a team-high 1,733 points for the squad, while Steve Jones netted 17 or more per game, too. Rich Jones contributed 696 rebounds. Donnie Freeman dished out 245 assists for the team.

Tom Nissalke coached the team. The 1971-72 Dallas Chaparrals lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Donnie Freeman	G	72	2377	1336	628	5	2	576	475	100	106	206	245	176	177	1733
Steve Jones	G-F	84	3091	1343	572	78	26	422	367	74	243	317	237	205	268	1537
Rich Jones	F-C	82	2932	1053	475	47	14	279	212	199	497	696	222	152	298	1176
Joe Hamilton	G	82	1959	791	317	132	46	256	201	41	153	194	240	110	202	881
Sim Hill	F	70	1845	629	281	13	4	164	129	127	279	406	94	125	234	695
Len Chappell	F-C	79	1403	511	231	0	0	193	144	146	172	318	69	63	158	606
Goo Kennedy	F-C	65	1453	406	234	0	0	133	88	167	318	485	65	75	262	556
Collis Jones	F	78	1428	372	163	4	1	154	98	154	180	334	78	83	200	425
George Johnson	C	67	1477	282	128	0	0	103	61	126	338	464	59	84	209	317
Shaler Halimon	G-F	55	770	294	123	2	0	86	62	58	98	156	72	46	89	308
Rich Niemann	C	33	524	98	48	0	0	34	25	46	109	155	24	27	87	121
John Beasley	F-C	12	268	85	42	2	0	29	24	30	60	90	13	12	26	108
Gene Moore	C-F	9	263	100	41	0	0	14	12	30	44	74	13	24	43	94
Jeff Congdon	G	20	261	86	30	7	3	20	17	8	18	26	36	13	19	80
Gene Phillips	G	28	174	76	30	17	7	14	11	4	17	21	13	8	23	78
George Peeples	C-F	6	125	25	11	0	0	11	7	15	20	35	5	9	10	29
Bob Quick	F-G	6	57	15	8	0	0	10	10	6	8	14	1	4	9	26
Ron Sanford	F	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		849	20409	7502	3362	307	103	2498	1943	1331	2660	3991	1486	1216	2315	8770

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Donnie Freeman	G	72	33.0	47.0	40.0	82.5	1.4	1.5	2.9	3.4	2.4	2.5	24.1
Steve Jones	G-F	84	36.8	42.6	33.3	87.0	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.8	2.4	3.2	18.3
Rich Jones	F-C	82	35.8	45.1	29.8	76.0	2.4	6.1	8.5	2.7	1.9	3.6	14.3
Joe Hamilton	G	82	23.9	40.1	34.8	78.5	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.9	1.3	2.5	10.7
Sim Hill	F	70	26.4	44.7	30.8	78.7	1.8	4.0	5.8	1.3	1.8	3.3	9.9
Len Chappell	F-C	79	17.8	45.2		74.6	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.9	0.8	2.0	7.7
Goo Kennedy	F-C	65	22.4	57.6		66.2	2.6	4.9	7.5	1.0	1.2	4.0	8.6
Collis Jones	F	78	18.3	43.8	25.0	63.6	2.0	2.3	4.3	1.0	1.1	2.6	5.4
George Johnson	C	67	22.0	45.4		59.2	1.9	5.0	6.9	0.9	1.3	3.1	4.7
Shaler Halimon	G-F	55	14.0	41.8	0.0	72.1	1.1	1.8	2.8	1.3	0.8	1.6	5.6
Rich Niemann	C	33	15.9	49.0		73.5	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.8	2.6	3.7
John Beasley	F-C	12	22.3	49.4	0.0	82.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.1	1.0	2.2	9.0
Gene Moore	C-F	9	29.2	41.0		85.7	3.3	4.9	8.2	1.4	2.7	4.8	10.4
Jeff Congdon	G	20	13.1	34.9	42.9	85.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.8	0.7	1.0	4.0
Gene Phillips	G	28	6.2	39.5	41.2	78.6	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.8
George Peeples	C-F	6	20.8	44.0		63.6	2.5	3.3	5.8	0.8	1.5	1.7	4.8
Bob Quick	F-G	6	9.5	53.3		100.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.2	0.7	1.5	4.3
Ron Sanford	F	1	2.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		849	24.0	44.8	33.6	77.8	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.8	1.4	2.7	10.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Donnie Freeman	G	4	144	103	45		0	27	17	24	10	7	11	107
Steve Jones	G-F	4	137	63	30		0	21	18	19	11	6	19	78
Sim Hill	F	4	121	40	18		0	7	5	22	11	6	15	41
Joe Hamilton	G	4	89	46	15		3	9	7	11	13	2	10	40
Rich Jones	F-C	4	145	43	17		1	6	3	32	14	7	20	38
Len Chappell	F-C	4	89	24	12		0	8	5	18	3	3	13	29
Shaler Halimon	G-F	4	55	17	9		0	7	4	13	7	5	4	22
Goo Kennedy	F-C	2	47	12	8		0	2	2	6	4	3	8	18
Collis Jones	F	3	35	10	4		0	8	4	14	1	1	7	12
George Johnson	C	4	96	9	3		0	0	0	24	9	6	16	6
Gene Phillips	G	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		38	960	367	161	0	4	95	65	183	83	46	123	391

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Donnie Freeman	G	4	36.0	43.7	63.0	6.0	2.5	1.8	2.8	26.8
Steve Jones	G-F	4	34.3	47.6	85.7	4.8	2.8	1.5	4.8	19.5
Sim Hill	F	4	30.3	45.0	71.4	5.5	2.8	1.5	3.8	10.3
Joe Hamilton	G	4	22.3	32.6	77.8	2.8	3.3	0.5	2.5	10.0
Rich Jones	F-C	4	36.3	39.5	50.0	8.0	3.5	1.8	5.0	9.5
Len Chappell	F-C	4	22.3	50.0	62.5	4.5	0.8	0.8	3.3	7.3
Shaler Halimon	G-F	4	13.8	52.9	57.1	3.3	1.8	1.3	1.0	5.5
Goo Kennedy	F-C	2	23.5	66.7	100.0	3.0	2.0	1.5	4.0	9.0
Collis Jones	F	3	11.7	40.0	50.0	4.7	0.3	0.3	2.3	4.0
George Johnson	C	4	24.0	33.3		6.0	2.3	1.5	4.0	1.5
Gene Phillips	G	1	2.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		849	25.3	43.9	68.4	4.8	2.2	1.2	3.2	10.3