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ABA professional basketball team season
The 1972–73 ABA season was the sixth season of the Denver Rockets . They ended with a 47-37 record, good for third place. They lost in the Division Semifinals to the Indiana Pacers .
Roster [ ]
No.
Player
Position
Height
Weight
Birth Date
Experience (years)
College
40
Byron Beck
C
6-9
225
January 25, 1945
5
University of Denver
14
David Bustion
PF
6-8
215
August 30, 1949
R
University of Denver
20
Frank Card
SF
6-7
195
December 28, 1944
4
South Carolina State University
12
Warren Jabali
PG
6-2
200
August 29, 1946
4
Wichita State University
13
Julius Keye
PF
6-10
200
September 5, 1946
3
Alcorn State University
30
Willie Long
PF
6-8
225
March 1, 1950
1
University of New Mexico
31
Marv Roberts
SF
6-8
200
January 29, 1950
1
Utah State University
25
Dave Robisch
C
6-10
235
December 22, 1949
1
University of Kansas
44
Ralph Simpson
SG
6-5
200
August 10, 1949
2
Michigan State University
10
Al Smith
PG
6-1
185
January 15, 1947
1
Bradley University
21
Claude Terry
SG
6-4
195
January 12, 1950
R
Stanford University
24
John Trapp
SF
6-7
210
October 2, 1945
4
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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
TOV
PF
PTS
1
Julius Keye
26
83
36.3
2.0
4.5
.435
0.0
0.1
.375
1.9
4.4
.436
1.6
2.8
.558
3.3
7.4
10.7
2.2
1.6
3.2
5.5
2
Warren Jabali
26
82
33.4
5.4
11.9
.453
0.4
1.7
.257
4.9
10.2
.486
5.9
7.3
.805
1.6
3.6
5.2
6.6
3.7
3.4
17.0
3
Ralph Simpson
23
81
32.0
9.0
20.6
.438
0.1
0.3
.208
9.0
20.3
.442
5.2
6.9
.757
1.7
2.9
4.6
2.7
3.5
3.0
23.3
4
Dave Robisch
23
83
31.9
6.3
12.2
.516
0.0
0.0
.000
6.3
12.2
.516
3.7
4.9
.756
3.0
6.0
9.0
2.0
1.6
3.3
16.3
5
Byron Beck
28
77
29.9
6.1
11.4
.530
0.0
0.1
.286
6.0
11.3
.532
2.1
2.6
.798
2.6
4.3
7.0
1.4
1.6
3.5
14.2
6
Al Smith
26
83
28.2
3.8
9.2
.411
0.2
1.1
.189
3.6
8.2
.440
3.3
4.2
.773
0.8
1.8
2.6
5.7
3.1
3.6
11.1
7
Marv Roberts
23
77
25.4
4.9
10.5
.463
0.0
0.0
.333
4.8
10.4
.464
2.6
3.3
.788
2.3
2.8
5.2
1.2
1.4
2.5
12.3
8
Willie Long
22
56
18.8
3.3
8.2
.400
0.0
0.0
.000
3.3
8.1
.401
2.5
3.2
.780
1.8
3.4
5.2
0.8
1.7
2.6
9.0
9
John Trapp
27
24
14.3
2.3
5.3
.422
0.0
0.1
.000
2.3
5.3
.429
0.8
1.3
.594
1.1
1.9
3.0
0.8
1.0
3.2
5.3
10
Claude Terry
23
68
9.8
1.8
4.2
.421
0.1
0.4
.417
1.6
3.8
.421
1.1
1.7
.649
0.7
0.4
1.1
0.9
1.0
1.6
4.8
11
Frank Card
28
4
9.0
1.5
3.8
.400
0.0
0.0
1.5
3.8
.400
2.3
3.3
.692
1.0
0.8
1.8
0.0
0.8
1.0
5.3
12
David Bustion
23
47
7.6
1.2
2.8
.436
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.8
.436
0.9
1.3
.712
0.8
1.3
2.1
0.4
1.1
1.7
3.4[1]
Playoffs [ ]
Western Division Semifinals
Game
Date
Location
Score
Record
Attendance
1
March 31
Indiana
91–114
0–1
7,051
2
April 1
Denver
93–106
0–2
7,235
3
April 3
Denver
105–94
1–2
5,335
4
April 5
Denver
95–97
1–3
6,904
5
April 7
Indiana
107–121
1–4
9,816
[2]
Awards and honors [ ]
All-ABA 1st Team: Warren Jabali
All-ABA 2nd Team: Ralph Simpson
All-Defensive 1st Team: Julius Keye
ABA All-Stars: Warren Jabali, Ralph Simpson[3]
Transactions [ ]
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