1972-73 New York Nets Statistics
American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 30-54
Finishing 4th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Carolina Cougars 4-1
Coach: Lou Carnesecca (30-54)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 300,081, Avg. 6,820 in 44 home dates
1972-73 New York Nets RosterTeam Record: 30-54
Finishing 4th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Carolina Cougars 4-1
Coach: Lou Carnesecca (30-54)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 300,081, Avg. 6,820 in 44 home dates
1972-73 New York Nets Results
The New York Nets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 30 wins and 54 losses, finishing fourth in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Nets scored 8,700 points, worst in the league and yielded 9,245. George Carter netted a team-leading 1,578 points for New York, and Billy Paultz contributed 1,015 rebounds. Bill Melchionni dished out 453 assists for the squad.
Billy Paultz blocked 214 shots.
Lou Carnesecca coached the team. The 1972-73 New York Nets lost in the division semifinals.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Carter | F-G | 83 | 2976 | 1249 | 569 | 9 | 0 | 529 | 440 | 205 | 310 | 515 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 308 | 1578 |
| Billy Paultz | C-F | 81 | 2800 | 1027 | 532 | 2 | 0 | 405 | 287 | 279 | 736 | 1015 | 189 | 0 | 214 | 213 | 259 | 1351 |
| John Roche | G | 77 | 2615 | 909 | 404 | 103 | 34 | 347 | 265 | 33 | 113 | 146 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 170 | 1107 |
| Brian Taylor | G | 63 | 2038 | 767 | 395 | 25 | 4 | 226 | 168 | 77 | 126 | 203 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 219 | 962 |
| Jim Chones | C-F | 82 | 2153 | 769 | 395 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 142 | 143 | 443 | 586 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 291 | 932 |
| Bill Melchionni | G | 61 | 1849 | 646 | 291 | 15 | 6 | 194 | 163 | 19 | 108 | 127 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 155 | 751 |
| Johnny Baum | F | 75 | 1071 | 438 | 221 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 107 | 75 | 126 | 201 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 99 | 549 |
| Trooper Washington | F-C | 76 | 2027 | 425 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 63 | 174 | 379 | 553 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 242 | 521 |
| Bob Lackey | G-F | 68 | 1185 | 355 | 153 | 5 | 2 | 167 | 99 | 60 | 100 | 160 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 170 | 407 |
| Gary Gregor | F-C | 40 | 595 | 204 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 32 | 40 | 110 | 150 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 84 | 231 |
| Jim Ard | F-C | 42 | 426 | 140 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 34 | 48 | 100 | 148 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 50 | 140 |
| George Bruns | G | 13 | 236 | 66 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 86 |
| Brian Mahoney | G | 19 | 181 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 58 |
| Art Becker | F | 8 | 46 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Joe DePre | G | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 789 | 20210 | 7073 | 3400 | 174 | 49 | 2513 | 1851 | 1161 | 2673 | 3834 | 1899 | 0 | 214 | 1696 | 2112 | 8700 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Carter | F-G | 83 | 35.9 | 45.6 | 0.0 | 83.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 19.0 |
| Billy Paultz | C-F | 81 | 34.6 | 51.8 | 0.0 | 70.9 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 16.7 |
| John Roche | G | 77 | 34.0 | 44.4 | 33.0 | 76.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 14.4 |
| Brian Taylor | G | 63 | 32.3 | 51.5 | 16.0 | 74.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 15.3 |
| Jim Chones | C-F | 82 | 26.3 | 51.4 | 0.0 | 59.2 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 11.4 |
| Bill Melchionni | G | 61 | 30.3 | 45.0 | 40.0 | 84.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
| Johnny Baum | F | 75 | 14.3 | 50.5 | 0.0 | 74.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| Trooper Washington | F-C | 76 | 26.7 | 53.9 | 62.4 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 6.9 | |
| Bob Lackey | G-F | 68 | 17.4 | 43.1 | 40.0 | 59.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| Gary Gregor | F-C | 40 | 14.9 | 48.5 | 100.0 | 82.1 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 5.8 |
| Jim Ard | F-C | 42 | 10.1 | 37.9 | 0.0 | 68.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| George Bruns | G | 13 | 18.2 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 81.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 6.6 |
| Brian Mahoney | G | 19 | 9.5 | 29.8 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| Art Becker | F | 8 | 5.8 | 56.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Joe DePre | G | 1 | 12.0 | 40.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Averages | 789 | 25.6 | 48.1 | 28.2 | 73.7 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 11.0 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Carter | F-G | 5 | 218 | 72 | 36 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 106 | |
| Billy Paultz | C-F | 5 | 172 | 56 | 34 | 0 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 95 | |
| Johnny Baum | F | 5 | 191 | 78 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 94 | |
| Brian Taylor | G | 5 | 166 | 58 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 68 | |
| Bill Melchionni | G | 5 | 174 | 43 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 66 | |
| John Roche | G | 4 | 83 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 41 | |
| Jim Chones | C-F | 5 | 74 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 | |
| Trooper Washington | F-C | 4 | 68 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| Bob Lackey | G-F | 5 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 12 | |
| Gary Gregor | F-C | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| George Bruns | G | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Totals | 46 | 1225 | 389 | 198 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 123 | 53 | 152 | 205 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 142 | 522 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Carter | F-G | 5 | 43.6 | 50.0 | 85.0 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 21.2 | |
| Billy Paultz | C-F | 5 | 34.4 | 60.7 | 62.8 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 19.0 | |
| Johnny Baum | F | 5 | 38.2 | 52.6 | 70.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 18.8 | |
| Brian Taylor | G | 5 | 33.2 | 48.3 | 80.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 13.6 | |
| Bill Melchionni | G | 5 | 34.8 | 55.8 | 81.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 13.2 | |
| John Roche | G | 4 | 20.8 | 48.5 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 10.3 | |
| Jim Chones | C-F | 5 | 14.8 | 34.8 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4.0 | |
| Trooper Washington | F-C | 4 | 17.0 | 54.5 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.8 | |
| Bob Lackey | G-F | 5 | 12.0 | 50.0 | 36.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | |
| Gary Gregor | F-C | 1 | 12.0 | 16.7 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
| George Bruns | G | 2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |
| Averages | 789 | 26.6 | 50.9 | 70.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 11.3 |
