
1967-68 Pittsburgh Pipers Statistics
Team Record: 54-24
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 11-4 Won ABA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Indiana Pacers 3-0
Division Finals - Defeated Minnesota Muskies 4-1
Finals - Defeated New Orleans Buccaneers 4-3
Coach: Vince Cazzetta (54-24)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1967-68 Pittsburgh Pipers Results
The Pittsburgh Pipers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1967-68 season with a record of 54 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-4.
The Pipers scored 8,731 points, best in the league. Pittsburgh gave up 8,479 points. Connie Hawkins scored a team-leading 1,875 points for the team, while Charles Williams and Chico Vaughn averaged 18 or more per game, too. Connie Hawkins accounted for 945 rebounds. Connie Hawkins dished out 320 assists for the squad.
Vince Cazzetta coached the team. The 1967-68 Pittsburgh Pipers won the ABA championship.
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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 |
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Connie Hawkins | F-C | 70 | 3146 | 1223 | 635 | 9 | 2 | 789 | 603 | 368 | 577 | 945 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 248 | 1875 |
Charles Williams | G | 78 | 3042 | 1573 | 642 | 178 | 51 | 429 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 377 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 295 | 1625 |
Chico Vaughn | G | 74 | 2858 | 1350 | 512 | 410 | 137 | 416 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 203 | 1469 |
Art Heyman | F-G | 54 | 2116 | 806 | 360 | 117 | 32 | 446 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 426 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 153 | 1087 |
Trooper Washington | F-C | 63 | 1844 | 596 | 312 | 2 | 2 | 186 | 106 | 303 | 369 | 672 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 189 | 732 |
Ira Harge | C | 52 | 1652 | 441 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 593 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 194 | 471 |
Craig Dill | C | 65 | 1354 | 488 | 187 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 378 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 164 | 445 |
Jim Jarvis | G | 63 | 818 | 343 | 132 | 48 | 12 | 64 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 103 | 329 |
Barry Liebowitz | G | 23 | 447 | 207 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 44 | 220 |
Rich Parks | F | 40 | 374 | 133 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 68 | 131 |
Willie Porter | F | 13 | 171 | 74 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 84 |
Arvesta Kelly | G | 16 | 146 | 76 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 63 |
Leroy Wright | F | 17 | 331 | 60 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 49 | 57 |
Steve Vacendak | G | 9 | 73 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
Bill Meyer | G | 7 | 45 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
Bob Hogsett | F | 13 | 119 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 21 |
Dexter Westbrook | F | 5 | 68 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 |
Herschell Turner | G | 9 | 65 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
Tom Kerwin | F | 13 | 68 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
Cal Graham | G | 8 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
John Postley | F | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 693 | 18795 | 7527 | 3229 | 790 | 243 | 2839 | 2028 | 671 | 946 | 4260 | 1239 | 0 | 0 | 1310 | 1846 | 8729 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connie Hawkins | F-C | 70 | 44.9 | 51.9 | 22.2 | 76.4 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 13.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 26.8 |
Charles Williams | G | 78 | 39.0 | 40.8 | 28.7 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 20.8 |
Chico Vaughn | G | 74 | 38.6 | 37.9 | 33.4 | 74.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 19.9 |
Art Heyman | F-G | 54 | 39.2 | 44.7 | 27.4 | 75.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 20.1 |
Trooper Washington | F-C | 63 | 29.3 | 52.3 | 100.0 | 57.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 11.6 |
Ira Harge | C | 52 | 31.8 | 39.9 | 64.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 9.1 | |
Craig Dill | C | 65 | 20.8 | 38.3 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 6.8 |
Jim Jarvis | G | 63 | 13.0 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 82.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
Barry Liebowitz | G | 23 | 19.4 | 40.1 | 33.3 | 86.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 9.6 |
Rich Parks | F | 40 | 9.4 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
Willie Porter | F | 13 | 13.2 | 35.1 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 6.5 | |
Arvesta Kelly | G | 16 | 9.1 | 34.2 | 23.1 | 61.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
Leroy Wright | F | 17 | 19.5 | 40.0 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | |
Steve Vacendak | G | 9 | 8.1 | 37.1 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4.0 | |
Bill Meyer | G | 7 | 6.4 | 45.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 | |
Bob Hogsett | F | 13 | 9.2 | 35.0 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | |
Dexter Westbrook | F | 5 | 13.6 | 35.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | |
Herschell Turner | G | 9 | 7.2 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
Tom Kerwin | F | 13 | 5.2 | 31.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
Cal Graham | G | 8 | 6.5 | 28.6 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | |
John Postley | F | 1 | 6.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
Averages | 693 | 27.1 | 42.9 | 30.8 | 71.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 12.6 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connie Hawkins | F-C | 14 | 616 | 244 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 58 | 419 |
Charles Williams | G | 15 | 626 | 336 | 145 | 35 | 6 | 82 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 61 | 356 |
Art Heyman | F-G | 15 | 564 | 194 | 94 | 37 | 14 | 139 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 44 | 296 |
Chico Vaughn | G | 15 | 576 | 256 | 90 | 93 | 24 | 78 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 53 | 266 |
Trooper Washington | F-C | 15 | 610 | 179 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 60 | 218 |
Jim Jarvis | G | 15 | 211 | 89 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 94 |
Willie Porter | F | 14 | 167 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 43 | 58 |
Leroy Wright | F | 13 | 190 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 26 |
Arvesta Kelly | G | 8 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
Craig Dill | C | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Steve Vacendak | G | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Rich Parks | F | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Totals | 142 | 3625 | 1400 | 646 | 175 | 46 | 614 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 836 | 278 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 396 | 1761 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connie Hawkins | F-C | 14 | 44.0 | 59.4 | 72.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 29.9 | |
Charles Williams | G | 15 | 41.7 | 43.2 | 17.1 | 73.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 23.7 |
Art Heyman | F-G | 15 | 37.6 | 48.5 | 37.8 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 19.7 |
Chico Vaughn | G | 15 | 38.4 | 35.2 | 25.8 | 79.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 17.7 |
Trooper Washington | F-C | 15 | 40.7 | 53.1 | 0.0 | 49.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 14.5 |
Jim Jarvis | G | 15 | 14.1 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 6.3 |
Willie Porter | F | 14 | 11.9 | 44.2 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | |
Leroy Wright | F | 13 | 14.6 | 32.1 | 0.0 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
Arvesta Kelly | G | 8 | 3.4 | 35.7 | 50.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
Craig Dill | C | 6 | 2.5 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
Steve Vacendak | G | 7 | 2.3 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||
Rich Parks | F | 5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Averages | 693 | 25.5 | 46.1 | 26.3 | 68.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 12.4 |