1967-68 Pittsburgh Pipers Statistics
Team Record: 54-24
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 11-4 Won ABA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Indiana Pacers 3-0
Division Finals - Defeated Minnesota Muskies 4-1
Finals - Defeated New Orleans Buccaneers 4-3
Coach: Vince Cazzetta (54-24)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1967-68 Pittsburgh Pipers Results
The Pittsburgh Pipers of the American Basketball Association ended the 1967-68 season with a record of 54 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-4.
Pittsburgh scored 8,731 points, best in the league. The team gave up 8,479 points.
Vince Cazzetta coached the team. The 1967-68 Pittsburgh Pipers won the ABA championship.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Hawkins | F-C | 70 | 3146 | 1223 | 635 | 9 | 2 | 789 | 603 | 368 | 577 | 945 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 248 | 1875 |
| Charles Williams | G | 78 | 3042 | 1573 | 642 | 178 | 51 | 429 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 377 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 295 | 1625 |
| Chico Vaughn | G | 74 | 2858 | 1350 | 512 | 410 | 137 | 416 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 203 | 1469 |
| Art Heyman | F-G | 54 | 2116 | 806 | 360 | 117 | 32 | 446 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 426 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 153 | 1087 |
| Trooper Washington | F-C | 63 | 1844 | 596 | 312 | 2 | 2 | 186 | 106 | 303 | 369 | 672 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 189 | 732 |
| Ira Harge | C | 52 | 1652 | 441 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 593 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 194 | 471 |
| Craig Dill | C | 65 | 1354 | 488 | 187 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 378 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 164 | 445 |
| Jim Jarvis | G | 63 | 818 | 343 | 132 | 48 | 12 | 64 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 103 | 329 |
| Barry Liebowitz | G | 23 | 447 | 207 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 44 | 220 |
| Rich Parks | F | 40 | 374 | 133 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 68 | 131 |
| Willie Porter | F | 13 | 171 | 74 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 84 |
| Arvesta Kelly | G | 16 | 146 | 76 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 63 |
| Leroy Wright | F | 17 | 331 | 60 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 49 | 57 |
| Steve Vacendak | G | 9 | 73 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| Bill Meyer | G | 7 | 45 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| Bob Hogsett | F | 13 | 119 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| Dexter Westbrook | F | 5 | 68 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 |
| Herschell Turner | G | 9 | 65 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| Tom Kerwin | F | 13 | 68 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| Cal Graham | G | 8 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| John Postley | F | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 693 | 18795 | 7527 | 3229 | 790 | 243 | 2839 | 2028 | 671 | 946 | 4260 | 1239 | 0 | 0 | 1310 | 1846 | 8729 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Hawkins | F-C | 70 | 44.9 | 51.9 | 22.2 | 76.4 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 13.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 26.8 |
| Charles Williams | G | 78 | 39.0 | 40.8 | 28.7 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 20.8 |
| Chico Vaughn | G | 74 | 38.6 | 37.9 | 33.4 | 74.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 19.9 |
| Art Heyman | F-G | 54 | 39.2 | 44.7 | 27.4 | 75.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 20.1 |
| Trooper Washington | F-C | 63 | 29.3 | 52.3 | 100.0 | 57.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 11.6 |
| Ira Harge | C | 52 | 31.8 | 39.9 | 64.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 9.1 | |
| Craig Dill | C | 65 | 20.8 | 38.3 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 6.8 |
| Jim Jarvis | G | 63 | 13.0 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 82.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
| Barry Liebowitz | G | 23 | 19.4 | 40.1 | 33.3 | 86.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Rich Parks | F | 40 | 9.4 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
| Willie Porter | F | 13 | 13.2 | 35.1 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 6.5 | |
| Arvesta Kelly | G | 16 | 9.1 | 34.2 | 23.1 | 61.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
| Leroy Wright | F | 17 | 19.5 | 40.0 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | |
| Steve Vacendak | G | 9 | 8.1 | 37.1 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4.0 | |
| Bill Meyer | G | 7 | 6.4 | 45.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 | |
| Bob Hogsett | F | 13 | 9.2 | 35.0 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | |
| Dexter Westbrook | F | 5 | 13.6 | 35.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | |
| Herschell Turner | G | 9 | 7.2 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Tom Kerwin | F | 13 | 5.2 | 31.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
| Cal Graham | G | 8 | 6.5 | 28.6 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | |
| John Postley | F | 1 | 6.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Averages | 693 | 27.1 | 42.9 | 30.8 | 71.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 12.6 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Hawkins | F-C | 14 | 616 | 244 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 58 | 419 |
| Charles Williams | G | 15 | 626 | 336 | 145 | 35 | 6 | 82 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 61 | 356 |
| Art Heyman | F-G | 15 | 564 | 194 | 94 | 37 | 14 | 139 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 44 | 296 |
| Chico Vaughn | G | 15 | 576 | 256 | 90 | 93 | 24 | 78 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 53 | 266 |
| Trooper Washington | F-C | 15 | 610 | 179 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 60 | 218 |
| Jim Jarvis | G | 15 | 211 | 89 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 94 |
| Willie Porter | F | 14 | 167 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 43 | 58 |
| Leroy Wright | F | 13 | 190 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 26 |
| Arvesta Kelly | G | 8 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| Craig Dill | C | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Steve Vacendak | G | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Rich Parks | F | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 142 | 3625 | 1400 | 646 | 175 | 46 | 614 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 836 | 278 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 396 | 1761 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Hawkins | F-C | 14 | 44.0 | 59.4 | 72.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 29.9 | |
| Charles Williams | G | 15 | 41.7 | 43.2 | 17.1 | 73.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 23.7 |
| Art Heyman | F-G | 15 | 37.6 | 48.5 | 37.8 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 19.7 |
| Chico Vaughn | G | 15 | 38.4 | 35.2 | 25.8 | 79.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 17.7 |
| Trooper Washington | F-C | 15 | 40.7 | 53.1 | 0.0 | 49.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 14.5 |
| Jim Jarvis | G | 15 | 14.1 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 6.3 |
| Willie Porter | F | 14 | 11.9 | 44.2 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | |
| Leroy Wright | F | 13 | 14.6 | 32.1 | 0.0 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Arvesta Kelly | G | 8 | 3.4 | 35.7 | 50.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Craig Dill | C | 6 | 2.5 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
| Steve Vacendak | G | 7 | 2.3 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||
| Rich Parks | F | 5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Averages | 693 | 25.5 | 46.1 | 26.3 | 68.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 12.4 |
