So if there were only two teams left in the ABA and it came down to game 6, which would you guess... an imminent game 7 or represent the ABA in the Finals?
Maybe Total ratings will help? great game by BDiddy, Neil Johnston and Chuck - Brown has his eye back in... no... too close to call...
TOTAL RATING
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Baron Davis -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 25.6 5
2. Neil Johnston -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 23.9 5
3. Charles Barkley -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 23.6 4
4. George Glamack -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 21.2 4
5. Alex Groza -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 20.9 3
6. Fred Brown -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 20.8 3
7. Pete Maravich -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 18.1 2
8. Harry Gallatin -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 17.5 2
9. Richard Jefferson -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 15.1 1
10. Elgin Baylor -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 14.4 1
OFFENSIVE RATING
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Baron Davis -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 23.0 5
2. Fred Brown -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 20.3 5
3. Alex Groza -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 19.5 4
4. George Glamack -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 19.4 4
5. Pete Maravich -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 18.2 3
6. Neil Johnston -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 17.3 3
7. Charles Barkley -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 15.1 2
8. Richard Jefferson -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 14.6 2
9. Harry Gallatin -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 12.0 1
10. Elgin Baylor -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 11.0 1
DEFENSIVE RATING
NAME / TEAM DATE OPPONENT RATING VOTES
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1. Charles Barkley -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 8.5 5
2. Neil Johnston -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 6.6 5
3. Harry Gallatin -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 5.5 4
4. Scott Fisher -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 4.5 4
5. Elgin Baylor -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 3.4 3
6. Guy Rodgers -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 3.3 3
7. Baron Davis -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 2.7 2
8. George Glamack -- TRN ABACFG6 NYR 1.8 2
9. Leroy Edwards -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 1.7 1
10. Alex Groza -- NYR ABACFG6 TRN 1.4 1
ABACFG6
( 4- 2) New York Rens 25 26 35 36 - 122 (Baron Davis 24)
( 2- 4) Trenton Tigers 22 33 35 28 - 118 (Elgin Baylor 24)
A furious fourth quarter in a hard-fought series sees the might New York Rens advance over the pesky Trenton Tigers to face the powerhouse Akron Firestones! Unlike some writers I'm hyped to see a New York team in the Finals (wish it was the Knicks of course... but great to see all the same).
The game was a tough encounter with that brutal feel you only get in elimination games. The home town Tigers entered the fourth with a slim 4 point lead but the game bounced backwards and forwards between the teams all the way through the fourth - tied 10 times in the last 10 minutes. It was locked at 104 when downtown Fred Brown released a deep three that propelled the Rens on a 7-0 run - hey that didn't sound much but in the fourth that was all the difference. Glamack was awesome but his injury on the Brown 3 may have sealed the fate of Trenton - not bad for a player who was picked up off Free Agent list at the start of the season. In the end they Tigers couldn't do it without Gus but they had a great run this year...
Congrats to the Rens.
Finals RENS V FIRESTONES - let's go!!
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New York Rens FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Scott Fisher 19 2- 7 1- 1 0- 0 0- 2 2 3 2 1 2 5
Leroy Edwards 8 1- 4 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 2 0 0 1 1 2
Rod Strickland 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Baron Davis 41 9-19 2- 4 4-10 2- 8 11 3 0 4 1 24
Alex Groza 41 10-17 1- 2 0- 1 5-10 5 5 1 4 0 21
Bob Davies 5 2- 3 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Fred Brown 25 8-12 4- 4 2- 4 1- 2 5 4 0 4 1 22
Frank Ramsey 21 4-11 4- 4 2- 3 0- 1 1 6 0 0 2 14
Charles Barkley 41 5-12 9-11 0- 3 4-14 4 5 1 4 4 19
Harry Gallatin 36 5- 7 0- 0 1- 1 4-13 1 5 1 2 2 11
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Totals 240 46- 92 21-26 9-24 16-51 32 34 5 22 13 122
50.0% 80.8% 37.5%
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Coached by: Stan Syckes
Technical Fouls: Charles Barkley 1
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Trenton Tigers FG FT 3P REB
MIN M-A M-A M-A O-T A PF BLK TO STL PTS
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Dan Roundfield 23 4- 7 0- 0 0- 2 1- 4 3 4 1 1 0 8
Neil Johnston 42 6-13 8-10 0- 0 4-13 2 1 1 2 2 20
Guy Rodgers 31 0- 5 5- 6 0- 1 0- 0 10 2 0 2 3 5
Louie Dampier 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Jefferson 38 9-19 3- 4 0- 2 2- 4 4 1 0 3 0 21
Elgin Baylor 42 9-27 5- 5 1- 4 7-13 0 5 0 4 2 24
George Glamack 30 8-11 5- 8 0- 1 3- 9 1 5 1 2 0 21
Pete Maravich 31 4- 8 10-13 1- 1 1- 2 8 6 0 4 1 19
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Totals 240 40- 90 36-46 2-11 18-45 29 24 3 18 8 118
44.4% 78.3% 18.2%
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Coached by: Jim O'Donnell
Technical Fouls: Dan Roundfield 1
Lead Changes: 10 Ties: 12 (104-104)
Go-Ahead Shot: Fred Brown (106-104)
Largest Leads: New York Rens -- 9 (122-113)
Trenton Tigers -- 12 (52-40)
Injuries: New York Rens Trenton Tigers
Clyde Drexler 2 George Glamack 2
Andrew Gaze 2
Gus Johnson 12
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