1969-70 New York Nets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 39-45
Finishing 4th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Kentucky Colonels 4-3
Coach: York Larese (39-45)
Location: New York, New York

1969-70 New York Nets Roster
1969-70 New York Nets Results

The New York Nets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1969-70 season with a record of 39 wins and 45 losses, finishing fourth in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

New York racked up 9,146 points and gave up 9,219. Levern Tart netted a team-leading 1,935 points for the Nets, and Ed Johnson contributed 879 rebounds. Bill Melchionni dished out 457 assists for the squad.

York Larese coached the team. The 1969-70 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	TO	PF	Pts
Levern Tart	G-F	80	3210	1528	756	35	11	526	412	252	294	546	264	248	268	1935
Les Hunter	F-C	79	2859	1122	486	41	6	432	317	234	439	673	215	297	335	1295
Bill Melchionni	G	80	3157	1030	479	28	5	311	255	66	164	230	457	186	282	1218
Walt Simon	F-G	81	2696	1030	454	20	1	338	253	152	322	474	294	197	296	1162
Sonny Dove	F	80	2284	987	456	13	2	379	240	236	307	543	107	201	295	1154
Ed Johnson	C	74	2486	848	405	2	1	404	226	328	551	879	88	218	305	1037
Ron Taylor	C	72	873	318	153	0	0	97	54	119	167	286	64	120	207	360
George Lehmann	G	46	679	300	111	126	41	94	81	18	21	39	104	73	80	344
Luther Green	F	59	739	303	114	3	0	97	55	96	167	263	27	54	117	283
Steve Chubin	G	11	232	118	40	6	2	42	37	22	13	35	26	30	29	119
Billy Evans	G	53	602	87	32	2	0	70	38	17	22	39	100	47	89	102
Bob Arnzen	F	13	98	48	19	1	0	6	2	12	10	22	5	8	11	40
Barry Kramer	F-G	7	56	31	10	1	0	8	7	7	6	13	3	11	10	27
Bob McIntyre	F	7	94	32	12	3	1	1	0	9	11	20	5	6	8	25
John Smith	C	16	165	40	9	1	0	7	5	27	33	60	3	13	30	23
Dennis Grey	C-F	4	74	24	6	0	0	12	6	11	14	25	0	3	15	18
Jack Gillespie	F	2	27	5	0	0	0	2	2	2	5	7	0	0	3	2
Bob Christian	C	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	2
Totals		765	20335	7854	3543	282	70	2826	1990	1609	2547	4156	1762	1714	2381	9146

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Levern Tart	G-F	80	40.1	49.5	31.4	78.3	3.2	3.7	6.8	3.3	3.1	3.4	24.2
Les Hunter	F-C	79	36.2	43.3	14.6	73.4	3.0	5.6	8.5	2.7	3.8	4.2	16.4
Bill Melchionni	G	80	39.5	46.5	17.9	82.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.7	2.3	3.5	15.2
Walt Simon	F-G	81	33.3	44.1	5.0	74.9	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.6	2.4	3.7	14.3
Sonny Dove	F	80	28.6	46.2	15.4	63.3	3.0	3.8	6.8	1.3	2.5	3.7	14.4
Ed Johnson	C	74	33.6	47.8	50.0	55.9	4.4	7.4	11.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	14.0
Ron Taylor	C	72	12.1	48.1		55.7	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.7	2.9	5.0
George Lehmann	G	46	14.8	37.0	32.5	86.2	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.3	1.6	1.7	7.5
Luther Green	F	59	12.5	37.6	0.0	56.7	1.6	2.8	4.5	0.5	0.9	2.0	4.8
Steve Chubin	G	11	21.1	33.9	33.3	88.1	2.0	1.2	3.2	2.4	2.7	2.6	10.8
Billy Evans	G	53	11.4	36.8	0.0	54.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	0.9	1.7	1.9
Bob Arnzen	F	13	7.5	39.6	0.0	33.3	0.9	0.8	1.7	0.4	0.6	0.8	3.1
Barry Kramer	F-G	7	8.0	32.3	0.0	87.5	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.4	1.6	1.4	3.9
Bob McIntyre	F	7	13.4	37.5	33.3	0.0	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.7	0.9	1.1	3.6
John Smith	C	16	10.3	22.5	0.0	71.4	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.2	0.8	1.9	1.4
Dennis Grey	C-F	4	18.5	25.0		50.0	2.8	3.5	6.3	0.0	0.8	3.8	4.5
Jack Gillespie	F	2	13.5	0.0		100.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0
Bob Christian	C	1	4.0	33.3			1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0
Averages		765	26.6	45.1	24.8	70.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.3	2.2	3.1	12.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Pts
Levern Tart	G-F	7	313	143	70	6	2	52	45	30	36	187
Bill Melchionni	G	7	316	104	48	3	1	38	31	22	33	128
Sonny Dove	F	7	281	97	48	4	1	39	26	71	9	123
Les Hunter	F-C	7	233	100	45	10	3	29	20	42	11	113
Walt Simon	F-G	7	222	78	39	6	0	28	23	53	21	101
Ed Johnson	C	7	216	69	32	0	0	52	30	67	5	94
Luther Green	F	7	82	29	11	2	1	15	10	28	3	33
Billy Evans	G	6	27	2	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	3
Ron Taylor	C	2	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
John Smith	C	2	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals		59	1705	629	294	33	8	257	186	320	118	782

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Pts
Levern Tart	G-F	7	44.7	49.0	33.3	86.5	4.3	5.1	26.7
Bill Melchionni	G	7	45.1	46.2	33.3	81.6	3.1	4.7	18.3
Sonny Dove	F	7	40.1	49.5	25.0	66.7	10.1	1.3	17.6
Les Hunter	F-C	7	33.3	45.0	30.0	69.0	6.0	1.6	16.1
Walt Simon	F-G	7	31.7	50.0	0.0	82.1	7.6	3.0	14.4
Ed Johnson	C	7	30.9	46.4		57.7	9.6	0.7	13.4
Luther Green	F	7	11.7	37.9	50.0	66.7	4.0	0.4	4.7
Billy Evans	G	6	4.5	50.0	0.0	33.3	0.5	0.0	0.5
Ron Taylor	C	2	2.5	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
John Smith	C	2	5.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		765	28.9	46.7	24.2	72.4	5.4	2.0	13.3