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1971-1972 New York Nets: 44-40 .524
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 28-15 (4920 points scored, 4771 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4556 points scored, 4674 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coach: Lou Carnesecca 9476 points scored (7th of 11 teams), 9445 points allowed (5th) ABA Averages: 113.5 points/game (9538.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Ard 6'8 215 23 Cincinnati Rick Barry 6'7 205 27 Miami (FL) Johnny Baum 6'5 200 25 Temple Joe DePre 6'3 185 24 St. John's Sonny Dove 6'7 198 26 St. John's Jarrett Durham 6'5 188 22 Duquesne Bob Greacen 6'7 206 24 Rutgers Manny Leaks 6'8 225 26 Niagara Bill Melchionni 6'1 165 27 Villanova Gene Moore 6'9 225 26 St. Louis Billy Paultz 6'11 235 23 St. John's John Roche 6'3 170 22 South Carolina Ollie Taylor 6'2 194 24 Houston Trooper Washington 6'7 215 27 Cheyney Elnardo Webster 6'5 190 23 St. Peter's Gary Zeller 6'3 205 24 Drake
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Rick Barry 80 3616 902 1969 73 237 641 730 155 447 602 327 263 261 2518 31.5 G Bill Melchionni 80 3326 672 1346 2 19 336 416 51 197 248 669 314 275 1682 21.0 C Billy Paultz 83 2824 498 1021 0 3 207 299 263 772 1035 128 214 298 1203 14.5 G John Roche 82 2593 403 859 12 35 240 311 45 127 172 259 188 211 1058 12.9 F Trooper Washington 80 2510 387 678 0 0 107 166 281 469 750 161 188 291 881 11.0 G Ollie Taylor 82 1891 245 542 0 6 218 308 128 202 330 153 153 213 708 8.6 C Gene Moore 68 1149 212 445 1 3 77 106 149 260 409 40 126 178 502 7.4 C Jim Ard 71 1145 159 353 2 8 77 127 124 244 368 34 98 150 397 5.6 F Johnny Baum 44 551 103 170 0 0 41 52 54 81 135 17 24 75 247 5.6 G Joe DePre 46 562 79 201 2 6 34 54 16 33 49 45 66 80 194 4.2 C Manny Leaks 9 142 24 71 0 0 6 9 11 32 43 4 5 10 54 6.0 G Gary Zeller 12 82 7 30 0 1 4 6 5 5 10 2 9 16 18 1.5 F Sonny Dove 2 9 2 5 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 4 6 3.0 F Elnardo Webster 8 14 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 6 0.8 F Bob Greacen 4 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0.5 F Jarrett Durham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 04/01/1972 at Kentucky Colonels W 122-108 04/04/1972 at Kentucky Colonels W 105-90 04/05/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 99-105 04/07/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 100-92 04/08/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 93-109 04/10/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 101-96 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/13/1972 at Virginia Squires L 91-138 04/15/1972 at Virginia Squires L 106-115 04/24/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 119-117 04/26/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 118-107 04/29/1972 at Virginia Squires L 107-116 05/01/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 146-136 05/04/1972 at Virginia Squires W 94-88 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/06/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 103-124 05/09/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 117-115 05/12/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 108-114 05/15/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 110-105 05/18/1972 at Indiana Pacers L 99-100 05/20/1972 vs Indiana Pacers L 105-108
Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Rick Barry 18 749 203 429 23 61 125 146 117 69 61 67 554 30.8 G John Roche 18 763 163 343 10 30 89 118 31 84 53 42 425 23.6 C Billy Paultz 19 809 140 276 0 2 57 90 288 29 51 74 337 17.7 G Ollie Taylor 19 702 79 180 0 1 53 72 100 47 68 60 211 11.1 G Bill Melchionni 11 376 61 152 0 2 37 46 26 69 32 32 159 14.5 F Trooper Washington 18 548 64 107 0 0 14 24 173 43 26 63 142 7.9 F Johnny Baum 17 302 59 107 0 0 10 16 72 7 21 34 128 7.5 C Gene Moore 18 111 16 36 0 0 7 8 29 2 10 21 39 2.2 C Jim Ard 13 117 14 32 0 2 3 10 28 4 6 19 31 2.4 G Joe DePre 14 74 5 24 1 2 4 8 8 6 6 13 15 1.1 G Gary Zeller 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 2 0.7

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 115-107 1-0 10/16/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 98-107 1-1 10/19/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 125-120 2-1 10/22/1971 vs Utah Stars W 111-100 3-1 10/23/1971 at Denver Rockets L 96-100 3-2 10/24/1971 at Memphis Pros L 103-111 3-3 10/26/1971 at The Floridians W 128-118 4-3 10/29/1971 vs The Floridians L 95-110 4-4 10/31/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels W 107-103 5-4 11/05/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 129-117 6-4 11/06/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 97-102 6-5 11/09/1971 at Dallas Chaparrals L 86-90 6-6 11/10/1971 at Utah Stars L 110-127 6-7 11/12/1971 vs Virginia Squires L 123-127 6-8 11/13/1971 at The Floridians W 117-113 7-8 11/14/1971 at Pittsburgh Condors W 130-125 8-8 11/17/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors L 121-122 8-9 11/19/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 129-127 9-9 11/24/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 101-112 9-10 11/25/1971 at Kentucky Colonels L 117-133 9-11 11/26/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals L 101-106 9-12 11/28/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels L 106-108 9-13 12/03/1971 vs Carolina Cougars W 134-122 10-13 12/04/1971 at Virginia Squires L 124-126 10-14 12/07/1971 vs Indiana Pacers L 114-119 10-15 12/09/1971 at Virginia Squires L 114-115 10-16 12/10/1971 vs Memphis Pros W 103-101 11-16 12/11/1971 at Utah Stars L 82-109 11-17 12/14/1971 at Denver Rockets L 118-119 11-18 12/15/1971 at Memphis Pros W 109-100 12-18 12/17/1971 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 90-83 13-18 12/18/1971 at Carolina Cougars W 118-106 14-18 12/22/1971 vs Kentucky Colonels L 91-95 14-19 12/23/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors L 123-124 14-20 12/26/1971 at Carolina Cougars L 117-123 14-21 12/27/1971 at The Floridians W 113-111 15-21 12/29/1971 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 105-102 16-21 12/31/1971 at Indiana Pacers L 100-104 16-22 01/02/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 84-116 16-23 01/05/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 125-116 17-23 01/07/1972 vs Denver Rockets L 104-107 17-24 01/08/1972 at Carolina Cougars L 115-118 17-25
Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals W 105-97 18-25 01/11/1972 vs Utah Stars W 110-104 19-25 01/13/1972 vs The Floridians W 110-94 20-25 01/14/1972 at Virginia Squires L 104-114 20-26 01/15/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 109-98 21-26 01/16/1972 at Memphis Pros L 123-129 21-27 01/18/1972 vs The Floridians W 123-102 22-27 01/20/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 124-122 23-27 01/23/1972 at The Floridians W 116-105 24-27 01/25/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors L 116-123 24-28 01/26/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 118-105 25-28 01/27/1972 at Virginia Squires W 114-112 26-28 02/01/1972 vs Virginia Squires L 105-117 26-29 02/03/1972 vs The Floridians W 122-120 27-29 02/05/1972 vs Virginia Squires L 117-126 27-30 02/06/1972 at Kentucky Colonels L 106-118 27-31 02/11/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 129-121 28-31 02/13/1972 at Dallas Chaparrals L 117-123 28-32 02/16/1972 vs Utah Stars L 114-119 28-33 02/18/1972 vs The Floridians L 122-143 28-34 02/20/1972 at The Floridians L 105-111 28-35 02/21/1972 vs Dallas Chaparrals W 104-95 29-35 02/23/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 108-106 30-35 02/25/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 124-116 31-35 02/26/1972 at Virginia Squires L 119-121 31-36 02/27/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors W 131-123 32-36 03/01/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 114-111 33-36 03/04/1972 vs Pittsburgh Condors W 133-123 34-36 03/05/1972 at Carolina Cougars W 114-96 35-36 03/07/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels L 112-117 35-37 03/09/1972 vs Virginia Squires W 113-99 36-37 03/11/1972 vs Denver Rockets W 132-114 37-37 03/12/1972 at Pittsburgh Condors W 125-116 38-37 03/15/1972 vs Memphis Pros W 119-112 39-37 03/17/1972 vs Carolina Cougars W 147-127 40-37 03/18/1972 vs Kentucky Colonels W 109-108 41-37 03/19/1972 at Indiana Pacers W 121-117 42-37 03/22/1972 vs Carolina Cougars L 113-117 42-38 03/24/1972 at Virginia Squires W 105-104 43-38 03/25/1972 at Utah Stars L 113-125 43-39 03/26/1972 at Denver Rockets L 91-108 43-40 03/28/1972 vs Indiana Pacers W 92-86 44-40

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