ABA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1973–74 ABA season was the seventh and final season for the Denver Rockets before their name change in preparation for the merger with the NBA, which had a team called the Rockets . They ended up with a 37–47 record, but it was not enough for a playoff spot, due to losing a one-game playoff to the San Diego Conquistadors on March 29, 1974, 131–111. Subsequently, the team was rechristened the Denver Nuggets before the next season started.
Roster
No.
Player
Position
Height
Weight
Birth Date
Experience (years)
College
40
Byron Beck
C
6-9
225
January 25, 1945
6
University of Denver
22
Mike Green
C
6-10
200
August 6, 1951
R
Louisiana Tech University
12
Warren Jabali
SG
6-2
200
August 29, 1946
5
Wichita State University
23
Steve Jones
SG
6-5
205
October 17, 1942
6
University of Oregon
13
Julius Keye
PF
6-10
200
September 5, 1946
4
Alcorn State University
30
Willie Long
SF
6-8
225
March 1, 1950
2
University of New Mexico
15
Patrick McFarland
SG
6-5
185
December 7, 1951
R
Saint Joseph's University
31
Marv Roberts
PF
6-8
200
January 29, 1950
2
Utah State University
25
Dave Robisch
C
6-10
235
December 22, 1949
2
University of Kansas
44
Ralph Simpson
SF
6-5
200
August 10, 1949
3
Michigan State University
10
Al Smith
PG
6-1
185
January 15, 1947
2
Bradley University
21
Claude Terry
SG
6-4
195
January 12, 1950
1
Stanford University
Season standings
Eastern Division
Western Division
Game log
Statistics
Rk
Player
Age
G
MP
FG
FGA
FG%
3P
3PA
3P%
2P
2PA
2P%
FT
FTA
FT%
ORB
DRB
TRB
AST
STL
BLK
TOV
PF
PTS
1
Warren Jabali
27
49
34.9
5.2
13.4
.391
0.9
2.5
.366
4.3
10.9
.397
4.5
5.6
.803
1.7
3.3
5.0
7.3
2.0
0.2
4.0
3.4
15.9
2
Julius Keye
27
79
32.8
1.9
4.2
.447
0.0
0.1
.200
1.8
4.1
.451
0.7
1.1
.679
2.8
5.9
8.7
1.7
0.5
1.9
1.1
3.0
4.5
3
Al Smith
27
76
32.0
4.1
10.3
.399
0.3
0.9
.306
3.8
9.3
.409
2.5
3.2
.773
0.7
2.4
3.2
8.1
1.3
0.1
3.6
3.4
10.9
4
Ralph Simpson
24
75
29.9
8.0
18.6
.428
0.0
0.3
.083
7.9
18.3
.434
2.8
3.7
.754
1.5
2.8
4.3
2.5
1.4
0.2
2.6
2.5
18.7
5
Dave Robisch
24
84
29.4
5.3
11.3
.473
0.0
0.0
5.3
11.3
.473
3.8
4.9
.774
2.6
5.8
8.4
1.8
0.5
0.8
1.2
2.7
14.5
6
Steve Jones
31
42
27.5
5.7
12.7
.448
0.3
0.9
.361
5.4
11.9
.454
2.0
2.6
.771
0.8
2.5
3.3
3.0
0.3
0.1
2.6
3.0
13.7
7
Willie Long
23
82
25.1
4.7
11.3
.414
0.0
0.0
.000
4.7
11.3
.415
3.3
4.0
.831
2.4
3.3
5.7
1.2
0.7
0.2
1.9
3.0
12.6
8
Byron Beck
29
82
24.1
5.2
10.0
.516
0.0
0.0
.000
5.2
10.0
.517
1.5
1.7
.851
2.0
3.1
5.1
0.9
0.6
0.1
1.0
2.8
11.8
9
Mike Green
22
79
20.9
4.6
10.1
.459
0.0
0.0
.500
4.6
10.1
.459
2.1
2.9
.748
2.8
4.5
7.4
0.8
0.6
1.6
1.6
2.4
11.4
10
Marv Roberts
24
35
18.4
3.0
6.8
.447
0.0
0.0
1.000
3.0
6.7
.445
1.4
1.8
.774
1.7
2.1
3.7
1.3
0.4
0.1
1.4
2.1
7.5
11
Patrick McFarland
22
67
11.3
2.4
5.4
.443
0.1
0.4
.333
2.3
5.0
.451
0.5
0.8
.673
0.9
1.1
2.0
1.0
0.3
0.1
0.6
1.0
5.4
12
Claude Terry
24
60
9.8
1.9
4.3
.443
0.2
0.6
.400
1.7
3.7
.450
1.0
1.2
.870
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.2
0.2
0.1
1.0
1.1
5.0[ 1]
Awards and honors Assist per game leader: Al Smith (8.1)
Total assists: Al Smith (619)
All-Defensive 1st team: Julius Keye
All-Rookie Team: Mike Green
All-Stars: Warren Jabali, Ralph Simpson,[ 2]
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