1968-69 Denver Rockets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 44-34
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Oakland Oaks 4-3
Coach: Bob Bass (44-34)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 167,806, Avg. 4,303 in 39 home dates

1968-69 Denver Rockets Roster
1968-69 Denver Rockets Results

The Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 44 wins and 34 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

Denver poured in 8,959 points and allowed 8,842. Larry Jones tossed in a team-best 2,133 points for the Rockets, and Byron Beck contributed 779 boards. Larry Jones dished out 258 assists for the squad.

Bob Bass coached the team. The 1968-69 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	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Jones	G-F	75	3042	1631	759	100	24	760	591	165	328	493	258	218	273	2133
Lonnie Wright	G	69	2538	1089	453	86	19	276	205	50	240	290	175	160	250	1130
Byron Beck	C-F	71	2289	843	423	3	2	238	182	272	507	779	77	92	248	1030
Bill McGill	C-F	78	1760	745	411	0	0	264	180	145	315	460	102	149	289	1002
Walt Piatkowski	F	77	1819	956	399	82	27	151	117	147	216	363	46	100	226	942
Wayne Hightower	F-C	67	2318	762	311	2	0	426	311	155	486	641	203	176	241	933
Julian Hammond	F	78	2335	601	329	0	0	253	165	266	334	600	124	152	213	823
Jeff Congdon	G	59	979	277	107	31	5	85	69	14	79	93	135	97	104	288
Ken Wilburn	F	37	409	181	72	0	0	57	30	80	97	177	22	37	56	174
Levern Tart	G-F	20	345	159	56	2	0	56	42	25	26	51	44	42	40	154
Larry Bunce	C	23	225	59	22	0	0	70	49	17	41	58	2	21	44	93
Willie Rogers	G-F	40	294	80	27	3	0	52	31	17	30	47	16	30	51	85
Bob Verga	G	6	150	77	24	3	1	28	18	10	11	21	11	25	16	67
Grant Simmons	G	17	252	59	22	2	1	29	20	6	20	26	15	17	42	65
John Fairchild	F	11	135	34	12	0	0	24	16	7	11	18	9	15	8	40
Charley Parks	F	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		730	18895	7554	3427	314	79	2769	2026	1376	2741	4117	1239	1331	2102	8959

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Jones	G-F	75	40.6	46.5	24.0	77.8	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.4	2.9	3.6	28.4
Lonnie Wright	G	69	36.8	41.6	22.1	74.3	0.7	3.5	4.2	2.5	2.3	3.6	16.4
Byron Beck	C-F	71	32.2	50.2	66.7	76.5	3.8	7.1	11.0	1.1	1.3	3.5	14.5
Bill McGill	C-F	78	22.6	55.2		68.2	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.3	1.9	3.7	12.8
Walt Piatkowski	F	77	23.6	41.7	32.9	77.5	1.9	2.8	4.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	12.2
Wayne Hightower	F-C	67	34.6	40.8	0.0	73.0	2.3	7.3	9.6	3.0	2.6	3.6	13.9
Julian Hammond	F	78	29.9	54.7		65.2	3.4	4.3	7.7	1.6	1.9	2.7	10.6
Jeff Congdon	G	59	16.6	38.6	16.1	81.2	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.3	1.6	1.8	4.9
Ken Wilburn	F	37	11.1	39.8		52.6	2.2	2.6	4.8	0.6	1.0	1.5	4.7
Levern Tart	G-F	20	17.3	35.2	0.0	75.0	1.3	1.3	2.6	2.2	2.1	2.0	7.7
Larry Bunce	C	23	9.8	37.3		70.0	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.1	0.9	1.9	4.0
Willie Rogers	G-F	40	7.4	33.8	0.0	59.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	2.1
Bob Verga	G	6	25.0	31.2	33.3	64.3	1.7	1.8	3.5	1.8	4.2	2.7	11.2
Grant Simmons	G	17	14.8	37.3	50.0	69.0	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.9	1.0	2.5	3.8
John Fairchild	F	11	12.3	35.3		66.7	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.8	1.4	0.7	3.6
Charley Parks	F	2	2.5	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		730	25.9	45.4	25.2	73.2	1.9	3.8	5.6	1.7	1.8	2.9	12.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Jones	G-F	7	282	134	48	8	3	76	55	54	32	17	21	154
Byron Beck	C-F	7	214	95	48	1	0	17	14	63	9	13	23	110
Walt Piatkowski	F	7	201	111	48	9	1	11	10	29	6	13	32	107
Julian Hammond	F	7	191	64	33	0	0	33	25	50	4	14	26	91
Wayne Hightower	F-C	7	187	63	25	0	0	45	34	47	12	18	22	84
Lonnie Wright	G	7	224	86	31	8	2	28	20	37	14	7	24	84
Jeff Congdon	G	7	183	42	20	2	0	22	22	16	34	18	21	62
Bill McGill	C-F	7	96	39	19	0	0	10	9	23	6	4	26	47
Ken Wilburn	F	7	93	33	16	0	0	16	4	32	5	11	21	36
Grant Simmons	G	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		65	1680	668	288	28	6	258	193	351	122	115	217	775

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Jones	G-F	7	40.3	35.8	37.5	72.4	7.7	4.6	2.4	3.0	22.0
Byron Beck	C-F	7	30.6	50.5	0.0	82.4	9.0	1.3	1.9	3.3	15.7
Walt Piatkowski	F	7	28.7	43.2	11.1	90.9	4.1	0.9	1.9	4.6	15.3
Julian Hammond	F	7	27.3	51.6		75.8	7.1	0.6	2.0	3.7	13.0
Wayne Hightower	F-C	7	26.7	39.7		75.6	6.7	1.7	2.6	3.1	12.0
Lonnie Wright	G	7	32.0	36.0	25.0	71.4	5.3	2.0	1.0	3.4	12.0
Jeff Congdon	G	7	26.1	47.6	0.0	100.0	2.3	4.9	2.6	3.0	8.9
Bill McGill	C-F	7	13.7	48.7		90.0	3.3	0.9	0.6	3.7	6.7
Ken Wilburn	F	7	13.3	48.5		25.0	4.6	0.7	1.6	3.0	5.1
Grant Simmons	G	2	4.5	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		730	25.8	43.1	21.4	74.8	5.4	1.9	1.8	3.3	11.9