1972-73 Denver Rockets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 47-37
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Western Division
Postseason: 1-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Indiana Pacers 4-1
Coach: Alex Hannum (47-37)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 203,468, Avg. 4,963 in 41 home dates

1972-73 Denver Rockets Roster
1972-73 Denver Rockets Results

The Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 47 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

Denver scored 9,193 points and allowed 8,932. Ralph Simpson tossed in a team-best 1,890 points for the Rockets, while Julius Keye contributed 892 boards. Warren Jabali dished out 539 assists for the squad.

On defense, Ralph Simpson added 127 steals.

Alex Hannum coached the team. The 1972-73 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	TO	PF	Pts
Ralph Simpson	G-F	81	2589	1670	732	24	5	556	421	140	231	371	222	127	283	241	1890
Warren Jabali	G-F	82	2738	974	441	140	36	596	480	129	295	424	539	0	302	280	1398
Dave Robisch	C-F	83	2647	1010	521	1	0	409	309	248	496	744	170	0	134	271	1351
Byron Beck	C-F	77	2303	879	466	7	2	198	158	203	334	537	107	0	126	267	1092
Marv Roberts	F-C	77	1959	807	374	3	1	255	201	180	218	398	95	0	110	194	950
Al Smith	G	83	2343	767	315	90	17	352	272	68	146	214	477	0	261	295	919
Willie Long	F-C	56	1050	458	183	2	0	177	138	99	191	290	43	0	95	147	504
Julius Keye	F-C	83	3016	375	163	8	3	233	130	275	617	892	180	0	134	269	459
Claude Terry	G-F	68	667	285	120	24	10	114	74	45	30	75	62	0	69	111	324
Dave Bustion	F	47	355	133	58	0	0	59	42	39	62	101	21	0	54	82	158
John Trapp	F	24	342	128	54	2	0	32	19	27	45	72	20	0	25	76	127
Frank Card	F	4	36	15	6	0	0	13	9	4	3	7	0	0	3	4	21
Totals		765	20045	7501	3433	301	74	2994	2253	1457	2668	4125	1936	127	1596	2237	9193

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
Ralph Simpson	G-F	81	32.0	43.8	20.8	75.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.7	1.6	3.5	3.0	23.3
Warren Jabali	G-F	82	33.4	45.3	25.7	80.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	6.6	0.0	3.7	3.4	17.0
Dave Robisch	C-F	83	31.9	51.6	0.0	75.6	3.0	6.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.6	3.3	16.3
Byron Beck	C-F	77	29.9	53.0	28.6	79.8	2.6	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.0	1.6	3.5	14.2
Marv Roberts	F-C	77	25.4	46.3	33.3	78.8	2.3	2.8	5.2	1.2	0.0	1.4	2.5	12.3
Al Smith	G	83	28.2	41.1	18.9	77.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	5.7	0.0	3.1	3.6	11.1
Willie Long	F-C	56	18.8	40.0	0.0	78.0	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.8	0.0	1.7	2.6	9.0
Julius Keye	F-C	83	36.3	43.5	37.5	55.8	3.3	7.4	10.7	2.2	0.0	1.6	3.2	5.5
Claude Terry	G-F	68	9.8	42.1	41.7	64.9	0.7	0.4	1.1	0.9	0.0	1.0	1.6	4.8
Dave Bustion	F	47	7.6	43.6		71.2	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.7	3.4
John Trapp	F	24	14.3	42.2	0.0	59.4	1.1	1.9	3.0	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.2	5.3
Frank Card	F	4	9.0	40.0		69.2	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0	5.3
Averages		765	26.2	45.8	24.6	75.3	1.9	3.5	5.4	2.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	12.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Ralph Simpson	G-F	5	197	138	51		2	37	28	8	16	24	14	15	20	132
Dave Robisch	C-F	5	184	85	40		0	31	21	30	38	68	8	1	21	101
Byron Beck	C-F	4	130	63	28		0	17	13	19	20	39	5	9	16	69
Julius Keye	F-C	5	203	34	20		0	17	9	28	40	68	16	11	16	49
Al Smith	G	5	185	54	15		0	20	18	10	15	25	26	18	17	48
Warren Jabali	G-F	5	126	27	9		0	16	12	2	5	7	14	11	11	30
John Trapp	F	5	51	16	7		0	12	8	4	3	7	2	1	13	22
Willie Long	F-C	4	53	20	5		0	6	5	4	5	9	1	11	13	15
Marv Roberts	F-C	2	24	8	4		0	2	2	0	3	3	1	0	5	10
Dave Bustion	F	1	11	7	2		0	7	6	0	1	1	1	1	3	10
Claude Terry	G-F	4	36	9	2		0	1	1	1	2	3	2	4	5	5
Totals		45	1200	461	183	0	2	166	123	106	148	254	90	82	140	491

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Ralph Simpson	G-F	5	39.4	37.0	75.7	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.8	3.0	4.0	26.4
Dave Robisch	C-F	5	36.8	47.1	67.7	6.0	7.6	13.6	1.6	0.2	4.2	20.2
Byron Beck	C-F	4	32.5	44.4	76.5	4.8	5.0	9.8	1.3	2.3	4.0	17.3
Julius Keye	F-C	5	40.6	58.8	52.9	5.6	8.0	13.6	3.2	2.2	3.2	9.8
Al Smith	G	5	37.0	27.8	90.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	5.2	3.6	3.4	9.6
Warren Jabali	G-F	5	25.2	33.3	75.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	2.2	2.2	6.0
John Trapp	F	5	10.2	43.8	66.7	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4
Willie Long	F-C	4	13.3	25.0	83.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	2.8	3.3	3.8
Marv Roberts	F-C	2	12.0	50.0	100.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	5.0
Dave Bustion	F	1	11.0	28.6	85.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	10.0
Claude Terry	G-F	4	9.0	22.2	100.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.3
Averages		765	26.7	39.7	74.1	2.4	3.3	5.6	2.0	1.8	3.1	10.9