1967-68 New Jersey Americans Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 36-42
Finishing 4th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Coach: Max Zaslofsky (36-42)
Location: Teaneck, New Jersey
Attendance: 80,091, Avg. 2,054 in 39 home dates

1967-68 New Jersey Americans Roster
1967-68 New Jersey Americans Results

The New Jersey Americans of the American Basketball Association ended the 1967-68 season with a record of 36 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the ABA's Eastern Division.

The Americans scored 8,641 points and conceded 8,768. Tony Jackson netted a team-best 1,439 points for New Jersey, and Dan W. Anderson racked up 856 rebounds. Walt Simon dished out 212 assists for the squad.

Max Zaslofsky coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Tony Jackson	F-G	74	2638	1171	449	302	91	543	450	0	0	500	140	144	184	1439
Dan W. Anderson	C	78	2626	938	463	0	0	320	223	303	553	856	92	131	329	1149
Walt Simon	F-G	78	2518	955	433	15	1	266	169	0	0	524	212	173	272	1036
Bruce Spraggins	F	70	1590	686	306	5	2	336	238	0	0	329	66	81	173	852
Mel Nowell	G	76	1555	679	273	32	9	213	176	0	0	193	155	142	188	731
Hank Whitney	F-C	37	1159	552	217	0	0	220	157	0	0	477	56	54	158	591
Levern Tart	G-F	31	1085	517	212	3	0	199	165	0	0	120	102	82	89	589
Stew Johnson	F-C	55	1196	581	200	53	16	88	55	0	0	327	44	70	128	471
Bob Lloyd	G	58	995	349	147	8	3	199	170	0	0	108	93	74	114	467
Johnny Austin	G	41	692	279	108	11	0	140	101	0	0	64	58	57	110	317
Barry Liebowitz	G	24	707	287	98	7	0	96	77	0	0	72	93	62	68	273
Art Heyman	F-G	19	439	252	97	17	3	101	65	0	0	70	37	54	35	262
Bob McIntyre	F	21	451	187	70	1	0	58	34	0	0	101	11	27	27	174
John Mathis	F	51	656	186	69	2	0	55	35	0	0	194	28	42	102	173
Jim Caldwell	C	12	261	66	23	0	0	22	10	0	0	85	11	19	29	56
Dexter Westbrook	F	7	59	19	12	0	0	9	7	0	0	9	2	7	16	31
Al Beard	C	12	118	23	12	0	0	11	6	0	0	46	0	12	39	30
Totals		744	18745	7727	3189	456	125	2876	2138	303	553	4075	1200	1231	2061	8641

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Tony Jackson	F-G	74	35.6	38.3	30.1	82.9	0.0	0.0	6.8	1.9	1.9	2.5	19.4
Dan W. Anderson	C	78	33.7	49.4		69.7	3.9	7.1	11.0	1.2	1.7	4.2	14.7
Walt Simon	F-G	78	32.3	45.3	6.7	63.5	0.0	0.0	6.7	2.7	2.2	3.5	13.3
Bruce Spraggins	F	70	22.7	44.6	40.0	70.8	0.0	0.0	4.7	0.9	1.2	2.5	12.2
Mel Nowell	G	76	20.5	40.2	28.1	82.6	0.0	0.0	2.5	2.0	1.9	2.5	9.6
Hank Whitney	F-C	37	31.3	39.3		71.4	0.0	0.0	12.9	1.5	1.5	4.3	16.0
Levern Tart	G-F	31	35.0	41.0	0.0	82.9	0.0	0.0	3.9	3.3	2.6	2.9	19.0
Stew Johnson	F-C	55	21.7	34.4	30.2	62.5	0.0	0.0	5.9	0.8	1.3	2.3	8.6
Bob Lloyd	G	58	17.2	42.1	37.5	85.4	0.0	0.0	1.9	1.6	1.3	2.0	8.1
Johnny Austin	G	41	16.9	38.7	0.0	72.1	0.0	0.0	1.6	1.4	1.4	2.7	7.7
Barry Liebowitz	G	24	29.5	34.1	0.0	80.2	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.9	2.6	2.8	11.4
Art Heyman	F-G	19	23.1	38.5	17.6	64.4	0.0	0.0	3.7	1.9	2.8	1.8	13.8
Bob McIntyre	F	21	21.5	37.4	0.0	58.6	0.0	0.0	4.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	8.3
John Mathis	F	51	12.9	37.1	0.0	63.6	0.0	0.0	3.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4
Jim Caldwell	C	12	21.8	34.8		45.5	0.0	0.0	7.1	0.9	1.6	2.4	4.7
Dexter Westbrook	F	7	8.4	63.2		77.8	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	2.3	4.4
Al Beard	C	12	9.8	52.2		54.5	0.0	0.0	3.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.5
Averages		744	25.2	41.3	27.4	74.3	0.4	0.7	5.5	1.6	1.7	2.8	11.6