1970-71 New York Nets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 40-44
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Virginia Squires 4-2
Coach: Lou Carnesecca (40-44)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 199,389, Avg. 4,747 in 42 home dates

1970-71 New York Nets Roster
1970-71 New York Nets Results

The New York Nets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 40 wins and 44 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Nets racked up 9,327 points and conceded 9,378. Rick Barry netted a team-leading 1,734 points for New York, while Billy Paultz contributed 940 rebounds. Bill Melchionni dished out 672 assists for the squad.

Lou Carnesecca coached the team. The 1970-71 New York Nets 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
Rick Barry	F	59	2502	1348	632	86	19	507	451	105	296	401	294	202	205	1734
Bill Melchionni	G	81	3284	1244	561	22	2	370	301	49	188	237	672	300	273	1425
Billy Paultz	C-F	83	2758	973	510	2	0	269	201	239	701	940	160	206	274	1221
Sonny Dove	F	83	2280	1006	467	14	4	273	186	264	412	676	88	224	304	1124
Ollie Taylor	G-F	80	1617	496	251	12	5	277	187	111	196	307	146	162	231	694
Manny Leaks	C-F	40	1427	553	274	1	0	179	130	136	249	385	49	100	108	678
Joe DePre	G	72	1707	488	250	4	0	172	132	55	120	175	138	137	262	632
Levern Tart	G-F	27	985	453	192	9	4	133	102	52	54	106	73	87	84	490
Jim Ard	F-C	73	1027	382	174	3	0	132	79	112	225	337	40	108	119	427
Ed Johnson	C	26	592	218	97	0	0	110	74	83	139	222	26	66	80	268
Bill Bunting	F-C	39	687	151	65	0	0	69	60	64	78	142	34	51	94	190
Jeff Congdon	G	42	579	150	62	13	4	37	32	10	44	54	97	51	50	160
Jim Hayes	G	47	494	109	46	0	0	67	52	20	25	45	47	45	73	144
Luther Green	F	26	164	88	40	4	0	44	18	22	33	55	3	21	19	98
Les Hunter	F-C	5	110	39	14	0	0	8	4	6	15	21	2	17	11	32
Billy DeAngelis	G	8	47	6	3	0	0	6	4	2	4	6	8	5	16	10
Totals		791	20260	7704	3638	170	38	2653	2013	1330	2779	4109	1877	1782	2203	9327

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Rick Barry	F	59	42.4	46.9	22.1	89.0	1.8	5.0	6.8	5.0	3.4	3.5	29.4
Bill Melchionni	G	81	40.5	45.1	9.1	81.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	8.3	3.7	3.4	17.6
Billy Paultz	C-F	83	33.2	52.4	0.0	74.7	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.5	3.3	14.7
Sonny Dove	F	83	27.5	46.4	28.6	68.1	3.2	5.0	8.1	1.1	2.7	3.7	13.5
Ollie Taylor	G-F	80	20.2	50.6	41.7	67.5	1.4	2.5	3.8	1.8	2.0	2.9	8.7
Manny Leaks	C-F	40	35.7	49.5	0.0	72.6	3.4	6.2	9.6	1.2	2.5	2.7	17.0
Joe DePre	G	72	23.7	51.2	0.0	76.7	0.8	1.7	2.4	1.9	1.9	3.6	8.8
Levern Tart	G-F	27	36.5	42.4	44.4	76.7	1.9	2.0	3.9	2.7	3.2	3.1	18.1
Jim Ard	F-C	73	14.1	45.5	0.0	59.8	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.5	1.5	1.6	5.8
Ed Johnson	C	26	22.8	44.5		67.3	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.0	2.5	3.1	10.3
Bill Bunting	F-C	39	17.6	43.0		87.0	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.9	1.3	2.4	4.9
Jeff Congdon	G	42	13.8	41.3	30.8	86.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.2	1.2	3.8
Jim Hayes	G	47	10.5	42.2		77.6	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	3.1
Luther Green	F	26	6.3	45.5	0.0	40.9	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.1	0.8	0.7	3.8
Les Hunter	F-C	5	22.0	35.9		50.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	0.4	3.4	2.2	6.4
Billy DeAngelis	G	8	5.9	50.0		66.7	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	1.3
Averages		791	25.6	47.2	22.4	75.9	1.7	3.5	5.2	2.4	2.3	2.8	11.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Rick Barry	F	6	287	135	70		14	59	48	17	53	70	24	33	23	202
Billy Paultz	C-F	6	239	76	45		1	40	30	17	73	90	18	25	29	121
Bill Melchionni	G	5	205	82	44		0	26	24	1	6	7	41	18	16	112
Manny Leaks	C-F	6	204	69	35		0	12	6	12	35	47	3	10	16	76
Joe DePre	G	6	171	55	29		0	19	15	10	8	18	13	16	32	73
Ollie Taylor	G-F	6	128	31	15		1	29	22	7	8	15	13	10	18	53
Jim Ard	F-C	6	98	29	16		0	22	15	11	18	29	3	6	15	47
Jeff Congdon	G	4	76	21	8		0	5	5	2	4	6	11	5	2	21
Sonny Dove	F	5	32	10	5		0	4	1	4	7	11	1	1	10	11
Totals		50	1440	508	267	0	16	216	166	81	212	293	127	124	161	716

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Rick Barry	F	6	47.8	51.9	81.4	2.8	8.8	11.7	4.0	5.5	3.8	33.7
Billy Paultz	C-F	6	39.8	59.2	75.0	2.8	12.2	15.0	3.0	4.2	4.8	20.2
Bill Melchionni	G	5	41.0	53.7	92.3	0.2	1.2	1.4	8.2	3.6	3.2	22.4
Manny Leaks	C-F	6	34.0	50.7	50.0	2.0	5.8	7.8	0.5	1.7	2.7	12.7
Joe DePre	G	6	28.5	52.7	78.9	1.7	1.3	3.0	2.2	2.7	5.3	12.2
Ollie Taylor	G-F	6	21.3	48.4	75.9	1.2	1.3	2.5	2.2	1.7	3.0	8.8
Jim Ard	F-C	6	16.3	55.2	68.2	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.5	1.0	2.5	7.8
Jeff Congdon	G	4	19.0	38.1	100.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.5	5.3
Sonny Dove	F	5	6.4	50.0	25.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	2.0	2.2
Averages		791	28.8	52.6	76.9	1.6	4.2	5.9	2.5	2.5	3.2	14.3