1967-68 Denver Rockets Statistics
American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 45-33
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 2-3 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to New Orleans Buccaneers 3-2
Coach: Bob Bass (45-33)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 161,007, Avg. 4,128 in 39 home dates
1967-68 Denver Rockets RosterTeam Record: 45-33
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 2-3 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to New Orleans Buccaneers 3-2
Coach: Bob Bass (45-33)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 161,007, Avg. 4,128 in 39 home dates
1967-68 Denver Rockets Results
The Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1967-68 season with a record of 45 wins and 33 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The Rockets led the league with just 7,914 points allowed. Denver tossed in 8,244 points. Larry Jones scored a team-best 1,742 points for the team, while Wayne Hightower netted 17 or more per game also. Willie Murrell accounted for 637 boards. Larry Jones dished out 270 assists for the squad.
Bob Bass coached the team. The 1967-68 Denver Rockets 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 | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Jones | G-F | 76 | 3085 | 1409 | 602 | 42 | 8 | 683 | 530 | 0 | 0 | 599 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 268 | 1742 |
| Wayne Hightower | F-C | 74 | 2459 | 1126 | 431 | 6 | 0 | 543 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 536 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 237 | 1282 |
| Willie Murrell | F | 71 | 2495 | 1069 | 498 | 11 | 3 | 236 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 637 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 200 | 1165 |
| Grant Simmons | G | 78 | 2264 | 688 | 292 | 22 | 1 | 295 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 236 | 793 |
| Byron Beck | C-F | 71 | 1623 | 570 | 275 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 559 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 219 | 669 |
| Julian Hammond | F | 74 | 1364 | 458 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 327 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 112 | 591 |
| Tom Hoover | C | 70 | 1588 | 357 | 161 | 10 | 4 | 206 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 491 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 268 | 454 |
| Tom Bowens | F-C | 67 | 1287 | 453 | 177 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 374 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 159 | 410 |
| Lonnie Wright | G | 38 | 896 | 346 | 146 | 9 | 2 | 121 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 96 | 373 |
| Willis Thomas | G | 24 | 542 | 305 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 45 | 294 |
| Chuck Gardner | F | 42 | 487 | 175 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 74 | 197 |
| Jeff Congdon | G | 41 | 398 | 191 | 67 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 37 | 159 |
| Richie Moore | G | 18 | 211 | 71 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 69 |
| John Morrison | G | 9 | 76 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 27 |
| R.B. Lynam | G | 7 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| Ron Horn | F | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 761 | 18820 | 7271 | 3119 | 149 | 25 | 2725 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 4121 | 1044 | 0 | 0 | 1293 | 1992 | 8244 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Jones | G-F | 76 | 40.6 | 42.7 | 19.0 | 77.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 22.9 |
| Wayne Hightower | F-C | 74 | 33.2 | 38.3 | 0.0 | 77.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 17.3 |
| Willie Murrell | F | 71 | 35.1 | 46.6 | 27.3 | 70.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 16.4 |
| Grant Simmons | G | 78 | 29.0 | 42.4 | 4.5 | 70.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 10.2 |
| Byron Beck | C-F | 71 | 22.9 | 48.2 | 0.0 | 74.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 9.4 |
| Julian Hammond | F | 74 | 18.4 | 48.9 | 68.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 8.0 | |
| Tom Hoover | C | 70 | 22.7 | 45.1 | 40.0 | 62.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 6.5 |
| Tom Bowens | F-C | 67 | 19.2 | 39.1 | 50.0 | 61.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Lonnie Wright | G | 38 | 23.6 | 42.2 | 22.2 | 65.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 9.8 |
| Willis Thomas | G | 24 | 22.6 | 44.6 | 0.0 | 68.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 12.3 |
| Chuck Gardner | F | 42 | 11.6 | 40.6 | 0.0 | 69.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| Jeff Congdon | G | 41 | 9.7 | 35.1 | 16.7 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| Richie Moore | G | 18 | 11.7 | 33.8 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| John Morrison | G | 9 | 8.4 | 29.4 | 16.7 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
| R.B. Lynam | G | 7 | 5.6 | 29.4 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Ron Horn | F | 1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| Averages | 761 | 24.7 | 42.9 | 16.8 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 10.8 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Hightower | F-C | 5 | 209 | 100 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 113 |
| Willie Murrell | F | 5 | 198 | 88 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 112 |
| Julian Hammond | F | 5 | 153 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 60 |
| Byron Beck | C-F | 5 | 160 | 50 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 57 |
| Grant Simmons | G | 5 | 145 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 38 |
| Lonnie Wright | G | 5 | 149 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 36 |
| Tom Bowens | F-C | 5 | 94 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 30 |
| Larry Jones | G-F | 1 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 29 |
| Jeff Congdon | G | 3 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| Tom Hoover | C | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| Totals | 41 | 1200 | 441 | 188 | 16 | 3 | 173 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 149 | 507 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Hightower | F-C | 5 | 41.8 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 79.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 22.6 |
| Willie Murrell | F | 5 | 39.6 | 51.1 | 0.0 | 84.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 22.4 |
| Julian Hammond | F | 5 | 30.6 | 57.9 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 12.0 | |
| Byron Beck | C-F | 5 | 32.0 | 46.0 | 73.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 11.4 | |
| Grant Simmons | G | 5 | 29.0 | 36.1 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 7.6 |
| Lonnie Wright | G | 5 | 29.8 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 7.2 |
| Tom Bowens | F-C | 5 | 18.8 | 45.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 6.0 |
| Larry Jones | G-F | 1 | 41.0 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 29.0 | |
| Jeff Congdon | G | 3 | 11.7 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
| Tom Hoover | C | 2 | 8.0 | 57.1 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.5 | |
| Averages | 761 | 29.3 | 42.6 | 18.8 | 74.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 12.4 |
