Denver Rockets 1968-69 Season Review (ABA)

Denver Rockets 1968-69 Season Review

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Denver Rockets 1968-69 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 44-34

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	7554	3427	2769	2026	314	79	8959	1376	2741	1239	0	1331	0	2102
Opponents Stats	7438	3269	3036	2132	537	172	8842	0	0	1193	0	1427	0	2045

1968-69 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Byron Beck	71	2289	1030	779	77	0	92	843	423	238	182	3	2	248
Larry Bunce	23	225	93	58	2	0	21	59	22	70	49	0	0	44
Jeff Congdon	59	979	288	93	135	0	97	277	107	85	69	31	5	104
John Fairchild	11	135	40	18	9	0	15	34	12	24	16	0	0	8
Julian Hammond	78	2335	823	600	124	0	152	601	329	253	165	0	0	213
Wayne Hightower	67	2318	933	641	203	0	176	762	311	426	311	2	0	241
Larry Jones	75	3042	2133	493	258	0	218	1631	759	760	591	100	24	273
Billy McGill	78	1760	1002	460	102	0	149	745	411	264	180	0	0	289
Walt Piatkowski	77	1819	942	363	46	0	100	956	399	151	117	82	27	226
Willie Rogers	40	294	85	47	16	0	30	80	27	52	31	3	0	51
Grant Simmons	17	252	65	26	15	0	17	59	22	29	20	2	1	42
Levern Tart	20	345	154	51	44	0	42	159	56	56	42	2	0	40
Bob Verga	6	150	67	21	11	0	25	77	24	28	18	3	1	16
Ken Wilburn	37	409	174	177	22	0	37	181	72	57	30	0	0	56
Lonnie Wright	69	2538	1130	290	175	0	160	1089	453	276	205	86	19	250

1968-69 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Byron Beck	7	214	110	63	9		13	95	48	17	14	1	0	23
Jeff Congdon	7	183	62	16	34		18	42	20	22	22	2	0	21
Julian Hammond	7	191	91	50	4		14	64	33	33	25	0	0	26
Wayne Hightower	7	187	84	47	12		18	63	25	45	34	0	0	22
Larry Jones	7	282	154	54	32		17	134	48	76	55	8	3	21
Billy McGill	7	96	47	23	6		4	39	19	10	9	0	0	26
Walt Piatkowski	7	201	107	29	6		13	111	48	11	10	9	1	32
Grant Simmons	2	9	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Wilburn	7	93	36	32	5		11	33	16	16	4	0	0	21
Lonnie Wright	7	224	84	37	14		7	86	31	28	20	8	2	24

Denver Rockets 1968 - 69 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Tue, Oct 29, 1968	@	New York Nets	L	89	108
2	Wed, Oct 30, 1968	@	Kentucky Colonels	L	100	123
3	Thu, Oct 31, 1968	@	Indiana Pacers	L	100	122
4	Sat, Nov 2, 1968	@	Oakland Oaks	L	106	120
5	Wed, Nov 6, 1968		Indiana Pacers	W	109	107
6	Thu, Nov 7, 1968		Dallas Chaparrals	W	98	95
7	Tue, Nov 12, 1968		Oakland Oaks	W	134	127
8	Thu, Nov 14, 1968		Houston Mavericks	W	105	89
9	Sat, Nov 16, 1968	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L	95	110
10	Tue, Nov 19, 1968	@	Minnesota Pipers	W	126	121
11	Wed, Nov 20, 1968	@	Kentucky Colonels	L	101	109
12	Thu, Nov 21, 1968		Oakland Oaks	L	114	125
13	Tue, Nov 26, 1968	@	Dallas Chaparrals	W	115	109
14	Wed, Nov 27, 1968	@	Houston Mavericks	W	126	107
15	Fri, Nov 29, 1968	@	New Orleans Buccaneers	L	128	131
16	Sat, Nov 30, 1968	@	Miami Floridians	W	129	122
17	Sun, Dec 1, 1968	@	Houston Mavericks	L	106	108
18	Tue, Dec 3, 1968		New York Nets	W	127	108
19	Thu, Dec 5, 1968		Minnesota Pipers	W	119	118
20	Sun, Dec 8, 1968		Miami Floridians	W	121	113
21	Tue, Dec 10, 1968		Dallas Chaparrals	L	101	107
22	Fri, Dec 13, 1968		New Orleans Buccaneers	W	127	108
23	Sun, Dec 15, 1968		Los Angeles Stars	W	113	110
24	Wed, Dec 18, 1968	@	Houston Mavericks	W	111	102
25	Thu, Dec 19, 1968		Kentucky Colonels	W	116	95
26	Sat, Dec 21, 1968	@	Los Angeles Stars	L	119	124
27	Sun, Dec 22, 1968		New Orleans Buccaneers	W	122	96
28	Wed, Dec 25, 1968	@	New York Nets	W	129	110
29	Sat, Dec 28, 1968		Los Angeles Stars	W	127	112
30	Sun, Dec 29, 1968		Dallas Chaparrals	W	102	92
31	Thu, Jan 2, 1969		Houston Mavericks	W	120	102
32	Sat, Jan 4, 1969		Dallas Chaparrals	W	115	90
33	Sun, Jan 5, 1969	@	Minnesota Pipers	L	111	120
34	Wed, Jan 8, 1969	@	Los Angeles Stars	L	112	117
35	Thu, Jan 9, 1969	@	Oakland Oaks	L	115	136
36	Sat, Jan 11, 1969	@	Oakland Oaks	L	105	108
37	Sun, Jan 12, 1969		Houston Mavericks	W	124	117
38	Wed, Jan 15, 1969	N	New Orleans Buccaneers	W	112	107
39	Thu, Jan 16, 1969	@	New Orleans Buccaneers	L	106	136
40	Fri, Jan 17, 1969		Los Angeles Stars	W	120	102
41	Sun, Jan 19, 1969		Dallas Chaparrals	W	111	88
42	Wed, Jan 22, 1969		New York Nets	W	124	103
43	Fri, Jan 24, 1969		Los Angeles Stars	L	120	128
44	Sat, Jan 25, 1969	@	Indiana Pacers	L	122	131
45	Sun, Jan 26, 1969	@	Miami Floridians	L	97	108
46	Wed, Jan 29, 1969		Indiana Pacers	W	131	128
47	Thu, Jan 30, 1969		New York Nets	W	128	103
48	Sat, Feb 1, 1969	@	Oakland Oaks	L	114	124
49	Sun, Feb 2, 1969	@	Oakland Oaks	W	119	105
50	Tue, Feb 4, 1969		Minnesota Pipers	L	99	112
51	Wed, Feb 5, 1969	@	Indiana Pacers	L	109	125
52	Fri, Feb 7, 1969	@	Minnesota Pipers	W	110	106
53	Sat, Feb 8, 1969	@	New York Nets	W	119	115
54	Tue, Feb 11, 1969		Miami Floridians	W	108	99
55	Fri, Feb 14, 1969		Indiana Pacers	W	112	103
56	Sun, Feb 16, 1969		New Orleans Buccaneers	W	105	94
57	Tue, Feb 18, 1969		Oakland Oaks	L	116	118
58	Sun, Feb 23, 1969		Miami Floridians	L	106	109
59	Tue, Feb 25, 1969		New Orleans Buccaneers	L	106	121
60	Wed, Feb 26, 1969	@	Houston Mavericks	L	122	136
61	Thu, Feb 27, 1969	@	Los Angeles Stars	W	115	101
62	Sun, Mar 2, 1969		New Orleans Buccaneers	W	147	120
63	Tue, Mar 4, 1969		Minnesota Pipers	W	126	120
64	Thu, Mar 6, 1969		Kentucky Colonels	W	123	114
65	Sat, Mar 8, 1969	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L	111	121
66	Sun, Mar 9, 1969		Los Angeles Stars	W	118	103
67	Wed, Mar 12, 1969	@	Los Angeles Stars	L	122	125
68	Thu, Mar 13, 1969	@	Los Angeles Stars	L	119	142
69	Sun, Mar 16, 1969		Oakland Oaks	W	131	119
70	Tue, Mar 18, 1969	@	Miami Floridians	W	123	119
71	Wed, Mar 19, 1969	@	Kentucky Colonels	L	106	131
72	Fri, Mar 21, 1969		Houston Mavericks	W	133	123
73	Sat, Mar 22, 1969	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L	99	127
74	Mon, Mar 24, 1969	@	Houston Mavericks	L	115	124
75	Tue, Mar 25, 1969	@	New Orleans Buccaneers	L	100	112
76	Fri, Mar 28, 1969	@	Dallas Chaparrals	L	123	134
77	Sat, Mar 29, 1969		Houston Mavericks	W	121	99
78	Tue, Apr 1, 1969		Kentucky Colonels	W	94	90