ABA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1974–75 ABA season was the franchise's eighth season and first as the Nuggets. The Nuggets were ranked first in points per game (118.7 ppg). They also had the best record in the ABA, 65–19, though they lost in the Division finals to the Pacers.
Roster
No.
Player
Position
Height
Weight
Birth Date
Experience (years)
College
40
Byron Beck
PF
6-9
225
January 25, 1945
7
University of Denver
20
Mack Calvin
PG
6-0
165
July 27, 1947
5
University of Southern California
22
Mike Green
C
6-10
200
August 6, 1951
1
Louisiana Tech University
24
Bobby Jones
PF
6-9
210
December 18, 1951
R
University of North Carolina
15
Patrick McFarland
SG
6-5
185
December 7, 1951
1
Saint Joseph's University
25
Dave Robisch
C
6-10
235
December 22, 1949
3
University of Kansas
44
Ralph Simpson
SG
6-5
200
August 10, 1949
4
Michigan State University
14
Fatty Taylor
PG
6-0
175
March 13, 1946
5
La Salle University
21
Claude Terry
SF
6-4
195
January 12, 1950
2
Stanford University
32
Jan van Breda Kolff
SF
6-7
195
December 16, 1951
R
Vanderbilt University
10
Donald Washington
SF
6-8
210
April 22, 1952
R
University of North Carolina
Standings
Eastern Division
Western Division
Game log
Stats
Rk
Player
Age
G
MP
FG
FGA
FG%
3P
3PA
3P%
2P
2PA
2P%
FT
FTA
FT%
ORB
DRB
TRB
AST
STL
BLK
TOV
PF
PTS
1
Ralph Simpson
25
82
34.9
8.5
16.8
.505
0.0
0.1
.083
8.5
16.6
.509
3.7
4.9
.754
1.3
3.5
4.8
5.4
2.0
0.2
3.8
2.6
20.6
2
Mack Calvin
27
74
33.3
6.5
13.5
.485
0.0
0.2
.188
6.5
13.2
.490
6.4
7.2
.896
0.5
2.4
2.8
7.7
1.9
0.1
3.8
2.8
19.5
3
Bobby Jones
23
84
32.2
6.3
10.4
.604
0.0
0.0
.000
6.3
10.4
.605
2.2
3.2
.695
2.7
5.5
8.2
3.6
2.0
1.8
2.8
3.1
14.8
4
Mike Green
23
81
31.6
7.3
13.5
.542
0.0
0.0
.000
7.3
13.5
.544
2.8
3.8
.738
3.5
5.8
9.2
1.2
1.0
2.1
2.5
3.3
17.4
5
Fatty Taylor
28
76
26.6
3.3
7.7
.428
0.1
0.3
.286
3.2
7.4
.434
1.7
2.3
.750
1.1
1.8
2.9
4.4
2.3
0.2
3.3
3.1
8.4
6
Dave Robisch
25
84
22.6
4.7
9.3
.503
0.0
0.0
.000
4.7
9.3
.504
3.6
4.1
.879
1.9
4.1
6.0
1.8
0.5
0.6
1.3
2.4
13.0
7
Byron Beck
30
84
21.6
4.6
8.9
.515
0.0
0.0
.000
4.6
8.9
.516
1.0
1.2
.835
1.5
2.6
4.1
1.3
0.7
0.2
0.9
3.2
10.1
8
Jan van Breda Kolff
23
84
19.5
1.8
4.1
.453
0.0
0.0
.000
1.8
4.0
.457
2.1
2.5
.839
1.4
2.8
4.3
2.2
0.6
0.5
1.5
2.0
5.8
9
Claude Terry
25
70
14.1
2.8
5.2
.530
0.1
0.4
.400
2.6
4.8
.540
1.0
1.3
.761
0.8
1.2
2.0
1.6
0.5
0.0
1.1
1.2
6.7
10
Patrick McFarland
23
70
13.5
2.9
6.1
.472
0.0
0.2
.125
2.8
5.8
.485
0.7
0.9
.788
0.5
1.2
1.7
1.7
0.7
0.1
1.5
0.9
6.5
11
Donald Washington
22
50
8.8
1.6
3.7
.432
0.0
0.0
.000
1.6
3.6
.436
0.8
1.1
.679
0.8
1.0
1.8
0.6
0.2
0.4
1.0
1.8
3.9[ 1]
Playoffs
Western Semifinals
Game
Date
Location
Score
Record
Attendance
1
April 6
Denver
122–107
1–0
7,200
2
April 7
Denver
126–120
2–0
7,298
3
April 9
Utah
108–122
2–1
5,694
4
April 11
Utah
110–132
2–2
9,106
5
April 12
Denver
130–119
3–2
7,498
6
April 14
Utah
115–113
4–2
8,448
Nuggets win series 4–2
Western Division finals
Game
Date
Location
Score
Record
Attendance
1
April 20
Denver
131–128
1–0
7,444
2
April 22
Denver
124–131
1–1
7,491
3
April 24
Indiana
112–118
1–2
15,496
4
April 25
Indiana
126–109
2–2
17,389
5
April 27
Denver
90–109
2–3
7,483
6
April 30
Indiana
104–99
3–3
17,421
7
May 3
Denver
96–104
3–4
7,401
Nuggets lose series 4–3
Awards and honors
League leaders
Field goal percentage: Bobby Jones
Free throw percentage: Mack Calvin
Assists per game:Mack Calvin
Offensive Rating: Dave Robisch
All-ABA Teams
All-Defensive Team
All-Rookie Team
ABA All-Stars
Mack Calvin
Mike Green
Ralph Simpson[ 2]
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