1973-74 Kentucky Colonels Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 53-31
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 4-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Carolina Cougars 4-0
Division Finals - Lost to New York Nets 4-0
Coach: Babe McCarthy (53-31)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky

1973-74 Kentucky Colonels Roster
1973-74 Kentucky Colonels Results

The Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 53 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-4.

Kentucky tossed in 9,024 points and yielded 8,675. Dan Issel scored a team-best 2,118 points for the Colonels, while Lou Dampier and Artis Gilmore contributed 17 or more per game as well. Artis Gilmore accounted for 1,538 rebounds. Lou Dampier dished out 473 assists for the squad.

On defense, Mike Gale added 107 thefts, and Artis Gilmore blocked 287 shots.

Babe McCarthy coached the team. The 1973-74 Kentucky Colonels lost in the division finals.

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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
Dan Issel	C-F	83	3347	1726	829	17	3	581	457	346	501	847	137	69	32	171	199	2118
Artis Gilmore	C	84	3502	1260	621	3	0	489	326	478	1060	1538	329	57	287	319	302	1568
Lou Dampier	G	84	2942	1296	603	124	48	286	238	46	155	201	473	84	18	230	152	1492
Walt Simon	F-G	80	1164	492	233	13	2	68	57	62	147	209	117	38	10	77	133	525
Mike Gale	G	48	1591	454	200	11	2	104	76	57	159	216	200	107	47	125	158	478
John Roche	G	34	926	369	173	37	10	63	52	18	45	63	155	16	9	78	71	408
Wendell Ladner	F	34	928	418	154	37	6	41	24	71	196	267	84	62	3	66	135	338
Ron Thomas	F	71	976	273	128	7	1	63	37	112	177	289	62	48	7	71	156	294
Jim Bradley	F	35	884	309	130	2	0	44	31	67	147	214	49	37	27	55	106	291
Chuck Williams	G	33	922	256	109	3	1	97	72	19	57	76	170	26	3	86	67	291
Jimmy O'Brien	G	46	761	284	119	10	2	54	45	32	53	85	139	34	1	70	47	285
Collis Jones	F	58	719	263	102	3	0	78	51	94	90	184	36	21	13	38	91	255
Joe Hamilton	G	30	546	250	103	58	18	33	25	13	36	49	80	25	4	30	62	249
Red Robbins	F-C	34	615	201	97	5	0	49	41	53	87	140	31	8	7	29	38	235
Rick Mount	G	18	276	151	55	13	2	25	19	7	13	20	27	7	0	21	37	131
Ron King	G	9	126	70	24	6	2	17	14	8	11	19	14	5	2	7	14	64
Billy James	G	1	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2
Totals		782	20235	8075	3681	349	97	2092	1565	1483	2934	4417	2104	644	470	1474	1771	9024

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Dan Issel	C-F	83	40.3	48.0	17.6	78.7	4.2	6.0	10.2	1.7	0.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	25.5
Artis Gilmore	C	84	41.7	49.3	0.0	66.7	5.7	12.6	18.3	3.9	0.7	3.4	3.8	3.6	18.7
Lou Dampier	G	84	35.0	46.5	38.7	83.2	0.5	1.8	2.4	5.6	1.0	0.2	2.7	1.8	17.8
Walt Simon	F-G	80	14.6	47.4	15.4	83.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.7	6.6
Mike Gale	G	48	33.1	44.1	18.2	73.1	1.2	3.3	4.5	4.2	2.2	1.0	2.6	3.3	10.0
John Roche	G	34	27.2	46.9	27.0	82.5	0.5	1.3	1.9	4.6	0.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	12.0
Wendell Ladner	F	34	27.3	36.8	16.2	58.5	2.1	5.8	7.9	2.5	1.8	0.1	1.9	4.0	9.9
Ron Thomas	F	71	13.7	46.9	14.3	58.7	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	2.2	4.1
Jim Bradley	F	35	25.3	42.1	0.0	70.5	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.6	3.0	8.3
Chuck Williams	G	33	27.9	42.6	33.3	74.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	5.2	0.8	0.1	2.6	2.0	8.8
Jimmy O'Brien	G	46	16.5	41.9	20.0	83.3	0.7	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.0	6.2
Collis Jones	F	58	12.4	38.8	0.0	65.4	1.6	1.6	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.6	4.4
Joe Hamilton	G	30	18.2	41.2	31.0	75.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.1	8.3
Red Robbins	F-C	34	18.1	48.3	0.0	83.7	1.6	2.6	4.1	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	6.9
Rick Mount	G	18	15.3	36.4	15.4	76.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.0	1.2	2.1	7.3
Ron King	G	9	14.0	34.3	33.3	82.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.6	7.1
Billy James	G	1	10.0	33.3			0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.0
Averages		782	25.9	45.6	27.8	74.8	1.9	3.8	5.6	2.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.3	11.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	8	344	127	71		0	66	38	47	102	149	28	7	30	29	20	180
Dan Issel	C-F	8	311	135	60		0	33	28	33	54	87	14	4	6	16	23	148
Lou Dampier	G	8	229	89	43		7	18	14	3	13	16	32	6	0	19	8	107
John Roche	G	8	197	85	39		7	11	6	3	6	9	27	3	2	23	6	91
Chuck Williams	G	8	213	54	22		0	24	23	7	13	20	44	9	2	28	12	67
Jim Bradley	F	8	162	69	27		0	11	6	10	29	39	8	3	5	13	21	60
Joe Hamilton	G	7	129	47	16		6	17	13	3	20	23	21	4	0	17	18	51
Red Robbins	F-C	8	108	27	16		0	14	13	5	27	32	5	4	5	9	6	45
Ron Thomas	F	8	109	28	15		0	10	6	13	24	37	4	3	3	3	14	36
Walt Simon	F-G	8	90	35	14		0	2	2	3	6	9	7	4	3	5	17	30
Collis Jones	F	4	28	12	4		0	8	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	13
Totals		83	1920	708	327	0	20	214	154	129	294	423	190	47	56	162	148	828

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	8	43.0	55.9	57.6	5.9	12.8	18.6	3.5	0.9	3.8	3.6	2.5	22.5
Dan Issel	C-F	8	38.9	44.4	84.8	4.1	6.8	10.9	1.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	2.9	18.5
Lou Dampier	G	8	28.6	48.3	77.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.0	0.8	0.0	2.4	1.0	13.4
John Roche	G	8	24.6	45.9	54.5	0.4	0.8	1.1	3.4	0.4	0.3	2.9	0.8	11.4
Chuck Williams	G	8	26.6	40.7	95.8	0.9	1.6	2.5	5.5	1.1	0.3	3.5	1.5	8.4
Jim Bradley	F	8	20.3	39.1	54.5	1.3	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.6	7.5
Joe Hamilton	G	7	18.4	34.0	76.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	3.0	0.6	0.0	2.4	2.6	7.3
Red Robbins	F-C	8	13.5	59.3	92.9	0.6	3.4	4.0	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.8	5.6
Ron Thomas	F	8	13.6	53.6	60.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	4.5
Walt Simon	F-G	8	11.3	40.0	100.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.1	3.8
Collis Jones	F	4	7.0	33.3	62.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	3.3
Averages		782	23.1	46.2	72.0	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.3	0.6	0.7	2.0	1.8	10.0