1971-72 New York Nets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 44-40
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 10-9 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Kentucky Colonels 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated Virginia Squires 4-3
Finals - Lost to Indiana Pacers 4-2
Coach: Lou Carnesecca (44-40)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 390,579, Avg. 7,658 in 51 home dates

1971-72 New York Nets Roster
1971-72 New York Nets Results

The New York Nets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 44 wins and 40 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-9.

The Nets racked up 9,476 points and yielded 9,445. Rick Barry netted a team-leading 2,518 points for New York, and Bill Melchionni scored 18 or more per game also. Billy Paultz contributed 1,035 rebounds. Bill Melchionni dished out 669 assists for the squad.

Lou Carnesecca coached the team. The 1971-72 New York Nets 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
Rick Barry	F	80	3616	1969	902	237	73	730	641	155	447	602	327	263	261	2518
Bill Melchionni	G	80	3326	1346	672	19	2	416	336	51	197	248	669	314	275	1682
Billy Paultz	C-F	83	2824	1021	498	3	0	299	207	263	772	1035	128	214	298	1203
John Roche	G	82	2593	859	403	35	12	311	240	45	127	172	259	188	211	1058
Trooper Washington	F-C	80	2510	678	387	0	0	166	107	281	469	750	161	188	291	881
Ollie Taylor	G-F	82	1891	542	245	6	0	308	218	128	202	330	153	153	213	708
Gene Moore	C-F	68	1149	445	212	3	1	106	77	149	260	409	40	126	178	502
Jim Ard	F-C	71	1145	353	159	8	2	127	77	124	244	368	34	98	150	397
Johnny Baum	F	44	551	170	103	0	0	52	41	54	81	135	17	24	75	247
Joe DePre	G	46	562	201	79	6	2	54	34	16	33	49	45	66	80	194
Manny Leaks	C-F	9	142	71	24	0	0	9	6	11	32	43	4	5	10	54
Gary Zeller	G	12	82	30	7	1	0	6	4	5	5	10	2	9	16	18
Sonny Dove	F	2	9	5	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	4	6
Elnardo Webster	F	8	14	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	6
Bob Greacen	F	4	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	2
Jarrett Durham	F	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		752	20435	7698	3697	318	92	2589	1990	1284	2871	4155	1842	1655	2065	9476

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Rick Barry	F	80	45.2	45.8	30.8	87.8	1.9	5.6	7.5	4.1	3.3	3.3	31.5
Bill Melchionni	G	80	41.6	49.9	10.5	80.8	0.6	2.5	3.1	8.4	3.9	3.4	21.0
Billy Paultz	C-F	83	34.0	48.8	0.0	69.2	3.2	9.3	12.5	1.5	2.6	3.6	14.5
John Roche	G	82	31.6	46.9	34.3	77.2	0.5	1.5	2.1	3.2	2.3	2.6	12.9
Trooper Washington	F-C	80	31.4	57.1		64.5	3.5	5.9	9.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	11.0
Ollie Taylor	G-F	82	23.1	45.2	0.0	70.8	1.6	2.5	4.0	1.9	1.9	2.6	8.6
Gene Moore	C-F	68	16.9	47.6	33.3	72.6	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.6	1.9	2.6	7.4
Jim Ard	F-C	71	16.1	45.0	25.0	60.6	1.7	3.4	5.2	0.5	1.4	2.1	5.6
Johnny Baum	F	44	12.5	60.6		78.8	1.2	1.8	3.1	0.4	0.5	1.7	5.6
Joe DePre	G	46	12.2	39.3	33.3	63.0	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.7	4.2
Manny Leaks	C-F	9	15.8	33.8		66.7	1.2	3.6	4.8	0.4	0.6	1.1	6.0
Gary Zeller	G	12	6.8	23.3	0.0	66.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.5
Sonny Dove	F	2	4.5	40.0		66.7	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.0
Elnardo Webster	F	8	1.8	50.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.8
Bob Greacen	F	4	5.0	50.0			0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5
Jarrett Durham	F	1	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		752	27.2	48.0	28.9	76.9	1.7	3.8	5.5	2.4	2.2	2.7	12.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Rick Barry	F	18	749	429	203		23	146	125	117	69	61	67	554
John Roche	G	18	763	343	163		10	118	89	31	84	53	42	425
Billy Paultz	C-F	19	809	276	140		0	90	57	288	29	51	74	337
Ollie Taylor	G-F	19	702	180	79		0	72	53	100	47	68	60	211
Bill Melchionni	G	11	376	152	61		0	46	37	26	69	32	32	159
Trooper Washington	F-C	18	548	107	64		0	24	14	173	43	26	63	142
Johnny Baum	F	17	302	107	59		0	16	10	72	7	21	34	128
Gene Moore	C-F	18	111	36	16		0	8	7	29	2	10	21	39
Jim Ard	F-C	13	117	32	14		0	10	3	28	4	6	19	31
Joe DePre	G	14	74	24	5		1	8	4	8	6	6	13	15
Gary Zeller	G	3	9	1	1		0	1	0	1	0	3	7	2
Totals		168	4560	1687	805	0	34	539	399	873	360	337	432	2043

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Rick Barry	F	18	41.6	47.3	85.6	6.5	3.8	3.4	3.7	30.8
John Roche	G	18	42.4	47.5	75.4	1.7	4.7	2.9	2.3	23.6
Billy Paultz	C-F	19	42.6	50.7	63.3	15.2	1.5	2.7	3.9	17.7
Ollie Taylor	G-F	19	36.9	43.9	73.6	5.3	2.5	3.6	3.2	11.1
Bill Melchionni	G	11	34.2	40.1	80.4	2.4	6.3	2.9	2.9	14.5
Trooper Washington	F-C	18	30.4	59.8	58.3	9.6	2.4	1.4	3.5	7.9
Johnny Baum	F	17	17.8	55.1	62.5	4.2	0.4	1.2	2.0	7.5
Gene Moore	C-F	18	6.2	44.4	87.5	1.6	0.1	0.6	1.2	2.2
Jim Ard	F-C	13	9.0	43.8	30.0	2.2	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.4
Joe DePre	G	14	5.3	20.8	50.0	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.1
Gary Zeller	G	3	3.0	100.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	0.7
Averages		752	27.1	47.7	74.0	5.2	2.1	2.0	2.6	12.2