ABA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1970–71 ABA season was the fourth season of the Denver Rockets . They finished 30-54, but finished in a tie for the fourth and final playoff spot. However, they lost the tiebreaker 115-109 to the Texas Chaparrals .
Roster
No.
Player
Position
Height
Weight
Birth Date
Experience (years)
College
23
John Barnhill
PG
6-1
180
March 20, 1938
8
Tennessee State University
40
Byron Beck
PF
6-9
225
January 25, 1945
3
University of Denver
14
Arthur Becker
PF
6-7
205
January 12, 1942
3
Arizona State University
11
Larry Brown
PG
5-9
160
September 14, 1940
3
University of North Carolina
35
Larry Cannon
SG
6-4
195
April 12, 1947
1
La Salle University
10
Wayne Chapman
SF
6-6
190
June 15, 1945
2
Western Kentucky University
22
Julian Hammond
SF
6-5
205
May 27, 1943
3
University of Tulsa
14
Dan Hester
C
6-8
210
November 8, 1948
R
Louisiana State University
13-50
Julius Keye
C
6-10
200
September 5, 1946
1
Alcorn State University
33
Don Sidle
PF
6-8
215
June 21, 1946
2
University of Oklahoma
44
Ralph Simpson
SG
6-5
200
August 10, 1949
R
Michigan State University
12
Steve Wilson
SG
6-5
185
October 16, 1948
R
Hanover College
30
Tom Workman
F-C
6-7
218
November 14, 1944
3
Seattle University
42
Lonnie Wright
PG
6-2
205
January 23, 1944
3
Colorado State 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
TOV
PF
PTS
1
Julius Keye
24
83
43.8
6.1
14.2
.427
0.0
0.0
6.1
14.2
.427
2.6
3.8
.669
4.5
13.1
17.5
1.7
2.6
3.8
14.7
2
Larry Cannon
23
80
38.7
9.4
21.5
.436
0.2
0.9
.261
9.2
20.7
.443
7.6
9.5
.794
2.6
1.6
4.2
5.2
4.3
3.0
26.6
3
Byron Beck
26
84
33.9
5.8
12.3
.474
0.0
0.2
.286
5.8
12.1
.477
1.9
2.2
.868
3.3
7.2
10.5
2.1
1.9
3.3
13.6
4
Donald Sidle
24
54
30.1
6.3
12.9
.488
0.0
0.1
.000
6.3
12.8
.492
3.6
4.8
.747
3.9
5.1
9.0
1.2
2.3
3.1
16.1
5
John Barnhill
32
24
28.5
4.2
10.6
.396
0.8
3.0
.250
3.5
7.6
.454
2.3
3.0
.740
0.8
1.4
2.3
3.2
1.7
2.3
11.4
6
Arthur Becker
29
29
27.7
6.3
12.6
.501
0.0
0.1
.500
6.3
12.5
.501
2.5
3.0
.839
2.8
4.4
7.2
1.1
1.2
3.7
15.2
7
Julian Hammond
27
83
25.1
5.2
10.0
.522
0.0
0.0
5.2
10.0
.522
3.3
4.5
.728
2.9
3.4
6.3
1.2
2.2
2.3
13.8
8
Larry Brown
30
34
23.9
2.5
6.9
.360
0.1
0.6
.263
2.4
6.4
.369
3.3
4.0
.824
0.3
1.5
1.8
6.1
3.4
2.8
8.4
9
Ralph Simpson
21
81
22.5
5.7
13.7
.415
0.2
0.7
.283
5.5
12.9
.423
2.7
3.5
.754
1.5
1.3
2.9
2.1
2.3
1.9
14.2
10
Wayne Chapman
25
47
22.3
3.9
10.3
.380
0.2
1.0
.229
3.7
9.3
.397
1.9
2.7
.690
0.9
2.1
3.0
2.3
2.1
2.7
10.0
11
Lonnie Wright
27
41
18.8
2.4
8.0
.299
0.4
1.4
.268
2.0
6.6
.305
1.3
1.9
.688
0.9
1.3
2.2
1.5
1.0
2.1
6.4
12
Dan Hester
22
35
13.2
2.3
5.9
.382
0.1
0.3
.455
2.1
5.6
.378
1.2
1.5
.824
2.1
3.5
5.7
0.9
0.9
1.9
5.9
13
Tom Workman
26
39
12.5
2.3
5.1
.447
0.0
0.3
.091
2.3
4.8
.468
1.5
1.7
.838
1.0
2.4
3.4
0.9
1.3
2.1
6.1
14
Stephen Wilson
22
39
6.7
1.3
3.4
.394
0.2
0.8
.242
1.1
2.5
.444
0.6
1.1
.537
0.6
0.7
1.2
0.7
0.8
1.1
3.4[ 2]
Awards and records
ABA All-League Team: Larry Cannon[ 3]
Transactions
References
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