1970-71 Kentucky Colonels Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 44-40
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 11-8 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated The Floridians 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated Virginia Squires 4-2
Finals - Lost to Utah Stars 4-3
Coach: Gene Rhodes (10-5)
Coach: Alex Groza (2-0)
Coach: Frank Ramsey (32-35)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 307,578, Avg. 7,323 in 42 home dates

1970-71 Kentucky Colonels Roster
1970-71 Kentucky Colonels Results

The Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 44 wins and 40 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-8.

The Colonels tossed in 10,264 points and allowed 10,260. Dan Issel scored a team-best 2,480 points for Kentucky and racked up 1,093 rebounds. Lou Dampier dished out 460 assists for the squad.

Gene Rhodes, Alex Groza and Frank Ramsey coached the team. The 1970-71 Kentucky Colonels lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	83	3274	1934	938	15	0	748	604	421	672	1093	162	221	323	2480
Lou Dampier	G	84	3221	1353	566	280	103	376	320	73	224	297	460	244	213	1555
Cincy Powell	F-C	81	2933	1173	578	16	4	398	302	311	579	890	255	235	323	1462
Darel Carrier	G	84	2664	1140	495	161	63	377	327	50	182	232	244	199	229	1380
Goose Ligon	F-C	84	2753	795	429	6	0	391	214	312	677	989	211	167	331	1072
Les Hunter	F-C	75	1415	606	274	49	10	215	155	153	319	472	93	135	242	713
Walt Simon	F-G	84	1411	578	274	11	1	156	100	102	213	315	156	128	253	649
Mike Pratt	G-F	78	1213	416	173	11	3	121	91	91	134	225	188	124	135	440
Howie Wright	G	52	612	245	94	42	9	49	40	23	57	80	63	59	89	237
Bobby Croft	C	33	222	114	35	2	0	42	25	22	43	65	15	17	67	95
Sam Smith	F	25	259	73	33	2	0	35	22	29	39	68	16	18	34	88
Dan Hester	F	7	93	38	18	1	0	9	7	8	28	36	5	12	16	43
Al Williams	F	11	70	43	19	0	0	10	5	9	17	26	5	7	13	43
Tom Hagan	G	4	34	10	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	4
Dennis Hamilton	F	3	11	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	3
Totals		788	20185	8520	3929	597	193	2930	2213	1604	3186	4790	1878	1569	2271	10264

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	83	39.4	48.5	0.0	80.7	5.1	8.1	13.2	2.0	2.7	3.9	29.9
Lou Dampier	G	84	38.3	41.8	36.8	85.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	5.5	2.9	2.5	18.5
Cincy Powell	F-C	81	36.2	49.3	25.0	75.9	3.8	7.1	11.0	3.1	2.9	4.0	18.0
Darel Carrier	G	84	31.7	43.4	39.1	86.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.9	2.4	2.7	16.4
Goose Ligon	F-C	84	32.8	54.0	0.0	54.7	3.7	8.1	11.8	2.5	2.0	3.9	12.8
Les Hunter	F-C	75	18.9	45.2	20.4	72.1	2.0	4.3	6.3	1.2	1.8	3.2	9.5
Walt Simon	F-G	84	16.8	47.4	9.1	64.1	1.2	2.5	3.8	1.9	1.5	3.0	7.7
Mike Pratt	G-F	78	15.6	41.6	27.3	75.2	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.4	1.6	1.7	5.6
Howie Wright	G	52	11.8	38.4	21.4	81.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.2	1.1	1.7	4.6
Bobby Croft	C	33	6.7	30.7	0.0	59.5	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.9
Sam Smith	F	25	10.4	45.2	0.0	62.9	1.2	1.6	2.7	0.6	0.7	1.4	3.5
Dan Hester	F	7	13.3	47.4	0.0	77.8	1.1	4.0	5.1	0.7	1.7	2.3	6.1
Al Williams	F	11	6.4	44.2		50.0	0.8	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.6	1.2	3.9
Tom Hagan	G	4	8.5	20.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Dennis Hamilton	F	3	3.7	50.0		100.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.0
Averages		788	25.6	46.1	32.3	75.5	2.0	4.0	6.1	2.4	2.0	2.9	13.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	19	670	408	206		0	139	122	79	142	221	28	56	78	534
Darel Carrier	G	19	675	280	130		21	98	88	11	47	58	69	53	65	369
Cincy Powell	F-C	19	702	382	138		3	102	71	77	171	248	47	51	83	350
Lou Dampier	G	19	828	304	117		22	89	66	24	54	78	179	54	56	322
Goose Ligon	F-C	19	587	170	81		0	67	38	76	143	219	35	21	74	200
Les Hunter	F-C	19	352	168	65		1	73	45	25	63	88	33	38	76	176
Walt Simon	F-G	19	385	155	70		0	49	34	34	63	97	52	26	67	174
Mike Pratt	G-F	19	318	124	47		0	47	37	37	29	66	53	29	30	131
Howie Wright	G	5	36	20	7		2	9	4	0	2	2	4	1	6	20
Dan Hester	F	7	42	14	4		0	9	8	3	10	13	1	2	9	16
Totals		164	4595	2025	865	0	49	682	513	366	724	1090	501	331	544	2292

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	19	35.3	50.5	87.8	4.2	7.5	11.6	1.5	2.9	4.1	28.1
Darel Carrier	G	19	35.5	46.4	89.8	0.6	2.5	3.1	3.6	2.8	3.4	19.4
Cincy Powell	F-C	19	36.9	36.1	69.6	4.1	9.0	13.1	2.5	2.7	4.4	18.4
Lou Dampier	G	19	43.6	38.5	74.2	1.3	2.8	4.1	9.4	2.8	2.9	16.9
Goose Ligon	F-C	19	30.9	47.6	56.7	4.0	7.5	11.5	1.8	1.1	3.9	10.5
Les Hunter	F-C	19	18.5	38.7	61.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.7	2.0	4.0	9.3
Walt Simon	F-G	19	20.3	45.2	69.4	1.8	3.3	5.1	2.7	1.4	3.5	9.2
Mike Pratt	G-F	19	16.7	37.9	78.7	1.9	1.5	3.5	2.8	1.5	1.6	6.9
Howie Wright	G	5	7.2	35.0	44.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.2	1.2	4.0
Dan Hester	F	7	6.0	28.6	88.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.1	0.3	1.3	2.3
Averages		788	28.0	42.7	75.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.1	2.0	3.3	14.0