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1967-68 New Jersey Americans Statistics
Team Record: 36-42
Finishing 4th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Coach: Max Zaslofsky (36-42)
Location: Teaneck, New Jersey
Attendance: 80,091, Avg. 2,054 in 39 home dates
1967-68 New Jersey Americans Results
The New Jersey Americans of the American Basketball Association ended the 1967-68 season with a record of 36 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the ABA's Eastern Division.
The Americans scored 8,641 points and conceded 8,768. Tony Jackson netted a team-best 1,439 points for New Jersey, and Dan W. Anderson racked up 856 rebounds. Walt Simon dished out 212 assists for the squad.
Max Zaslofsky coached the team.
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Jackson | F-G | 74 | 2638 | 1171 | 449 | 302 | 91 | 543 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 184 | 1439 |
Dan W. Anderson | C | 78 | 2626 | 938 | 463 | 0 | 0 | 320 | 223 | 303 | 553 | 856 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 329 | 1149 |
Walt Simon | F-G | 78 | 2518 | 955 | 433 | 15 | 1 | 266 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 524 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 272 | 1036 |
Bruce Spraggins | F | 70 | 1590 | 686 | 306 | 5 | 2 | 336 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 329 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 173 | 852 |
Mel Nowell | G | 76 | 1555 | 679 | 273 | 32 | 9 | 213 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 188 | 731 |
Hank Whitney | F-C | 37 | 1159 | 552 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 477 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 158 | 591 |
Levern Tart | G-F | 31 | 1085 | 517 | 212 | 3 | 0 | 199 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 89 | 589 |
Stew Johnson | F-C | 55 | 1196 | 581 | 200 | 53 | 16 | 88 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 327 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 128 | 471 |
Bob Lloyd | G | 58 | 995 | 349 | 147 | 8 | 3 | 199 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 114 | 467 |
Johnny Austin | G | 41 | 692 | 279 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 140 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 110 | 317 |
Barry Liebowitz | G | 24 | 707 | 287 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 96 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 68 | 273 |
Art Heyman | F-G | 19 | 439 | 252 | 97 | 17 | 3 | 101 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 35 | 262 |
Bob McIntyre | F | 21 | 451 | 187 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 174 |
John Mathis | F | 51 | 656 | 186 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 102 | 173 |
Jim Caldwell | C | 12 | 261 | 66 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 56 |
Dexter Westbrook | F | 7 | 59 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 31 |
Al Beard | C | 12 | 118 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 30 |
Totals | 744 | 18745 | 7727 | 3189 | 456 | 125 | 2876 | 2138 | 303 | 553 | 4075 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 1231 | 2061 | 8641 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Jackson | F-G | 74 | 35.6 | 38.3 | 30.1 | 82.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 19.4 |
Dan W. Anderson | C | 78 | 33.7 | 49.4 | 69.7 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 14.7 | |
Walt Simon | F-G | 78 | 32.3 | 45.3 | 6.7 | 63.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 13.3 |
Bruce Spraggins | F | 70 | 22.7 | 44.6 | 40.0 | 70.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 12.2 |
Mel Nowell | G | 76 | 20.5 | 40.2 | 28.1 | 82.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 9.6 |
Hank Whitney | F-C | 37 | 31.3 | 39.3 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 16.0 | |
Levern Tart | G-F | 31 | 35.0 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 82.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 19.0 |
Stew Johnson | F-C | 55 | 21.7 | 34.4 | 30.2 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 8.6 |
Bob Lloyd | G | 58 | 17.2 | 42.1 | 37.5 | 85.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 8.1 |
Johnny Austin | G | 41 | 16.9 | 38.7 | 0.0 | 72.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 7.7 |
Barry Liebowitz | G | 24 | 29.5 | 34.1 | 0.0 | 80.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 11.4 |
Art Heyman | F-G | 19 | 23.1 | 38.5 | 17.6 | 64.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 13.8 |
Bob McIntyre | F | 21 | 21.5 | 37.4 | 0.0 | 58.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
John Mathis | F | 51 | 12.9 | 37.1 | 0.0 | 63.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
Jim Caldwell | C | 12 | 21.8 | 34.8 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.7 | |
Dexter Westbrook | F | 7 | 8.4 | 63.2 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.4 | |
Al Beard | C | 12 | 9.8 | 52.2 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | |
Averages | 744 | 25.2 | 41.3 | 27.4 | 74.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 11.6 |