ABA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1968–69 ABA season was the second season of the Denver Nuggets . They ended their season with one less win compared to last season, but ended up in the playoffs once again. Out of the 11 ABA teams that season the Rockets were ranked second in offensive rating.
No. Player Position Height Weight Birth Date Experience (years) College 40 Byron Beck C 6-9 225 January 25, 1945 1 University of Denver 52 Larry Bunce C 7-0 240 July 29, 1945 1 Utah State University 14 Jeffrey Congdon PG 6-1 180 October 17, 1943 1 Brigham Young University 12 John Fairchild SF 6-8 205 April 28, 1943 2 Brigham Young University 22 Julian Hammond SF 6-5 205 May 27, 1943 1 University of Tulsa 54 Wayne Hightower PF 6-8 192 January 14, 1940 6 University of Kansas 32 Larry Jones PG 6-2 180 September 22, 1942 2 University of Toledo 24 Bill McGill C 6-9 225 September 16, 1939 3 University of Utah 50 Charles Parks F 6-5 210 R Idaho State University 34 Walter Piatkowski PF 6-8 220 June 11, 1945 R Bowling Green State University 44 Willie Rogers SG 6-3 185 September 11, 1945 R University of Oklahoma 10 Grant Simmons PG 6-3 190 March 7, 1943 1 University of Nebraska 12 Levern Tart SG 6-2 195 June 1, 1942 1 Bradley University 11 Bob Verga SG 6-1 190 September 7, 1945 1 Duke University 30 Ken Wilburn SF 6-6 195 June 8, 1944 1 Central State University 42 Lonnie Wright SG 6-2 205 January 23, 1944 1 Colorado State University
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST TOV PF PTS 1 Larry Jones 26 75 40.6 10.1 21.7 .465 0.3 1.3 .240 9.8 20.4 .480 7.9 10.1 .778 2.2 4.4 6.6 3.4 2.9 3.6 28.4 2 Lonnie Wright 25 69 36.8 6.6 15.8 .416 0.3 1.2 .221 6.3 14.5 .433 3.0 4.0 .743 0.7 3.5 4.2 2.5 2.3 3.6 16.4 3 Wayne Hightower 29 67 34.6 4.6 11.4 .408 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 11.3 .409 4.6 6.4 .730 2.3 7.3 9.6 3.0 2.6 3.6 13.9 4 Byron Beck 24 71 32.2 6.0 11.9 .502 0.0 0.0 .667 5.9 11.8 .501 2.6 3.4 .765 3.8 7.1 11.0 1.1 1.3 3.5 14.5 5 Julian Hammond 25 78 29.9 4.2 7.7 .547 0.0 0.0 4.2 7.7 .547 2.1 3.2 .652 3.4 4.3 7.7 1.6 1.9 2.7 10.6 6 Bob Verga 23 6 25.0 4.0 12.8 .312 0.2 0.5 .333 3.8 12.3 .311 3.0 4.7 .643 1.7 1.8 3.5 1.8 4.2 2.7 11.2 7 Walter Piatkowski 23 77 23.6 5.2 12.4 .417 0.4 1.1 .329 4.8 11.4 .426 1.5 2.0 .775 1.9 2.8 4.7 0.6 1.3 2.9 12.2 8 Bill McGill 29 78 22.6 5.3 9.6 .552 0.0 0.0 5.3 9.6 .552 2.3 3.4 .682 1.9 4.0 5.9 1.3 1.9 3.7 12.8 9 Levern Tart 26 20 17.3 2.8 8.0 .352 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 7.9 .357 2.1 2.8 .750 1.3 1.3 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.0 7.7 10 Jeffrey Congdon 25 59 16.6 1.8 4.7 .386 0.1 0.5 .161 1.7 4.2 .415 1.2 1.4 .812 0.2 1.3 1.6 2.3 1.6 1.8 4.9 11 Grant Simmons 25 17 14.8 1.3 3.5 .373 0.1 0.1 .500 1.2 3.4 .368 1.2 1.7 .690 0.4 1.2 1.5 0.9 1.0 2.5 3.8 12 John Fairchild 25 11 12.3 1.1 3.1 .353 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.1 .353 1.5 2.2 .667 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.8 1.4 0.7 3.6 13 Ken Wilburn 24 37 11.1 1.9 4.9 .398 0.0 0.0 1.9 4.9 .398 0.8 1.5 .526 2.2 2.6 4.8 0.6 1.0 1.5 4.7 14 Larry Bunce 23 23 9.8 1.0 2.6 .373 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.6 .373 2.1 3.0 .700 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.1 0.9 1.9 4.0 15 Willie Rogers 23 40 7.4 0.7 2.0 .338 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.9 .351 0.8 1.3 .596 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.8 1.3 2.1 16 Charles Parks 2 2.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
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Game Date Location Score Record Attendance 1 April 5 Oakland 99–129 0–1 2,358 2 April 6 Oakland 122–119 1–1 1,580 3 April 8 Denver 99–121 1–2 5,062 4 April 10 Denver 109–108 2–2 5,431 5 April 12 Oakland 118–128 2–3 3,156 6 April 13 Denver 126–115 3–3 6,481 7 April 16 Oakland 102-115 3–4 5,123
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