Saturday, January 19, 2013

1975 ABA Playoffs - Spirits at Nets (game 1)

Spirits of St. Louis   136
New Jersey Nets        124 OT


The end of regulation was pretty interesting. The Spirits controlled the second half, but the Nets started whittling away at the lead. They hit 3 of 4 three pointers down the stretch. Finally, with just three "shots" left and the Nets trailing 117-120, Julius Erving made a shot and was fouled. He hit the foul shot to tie the game. The Spirits failed to score on their final regulation possession as did the Nets.
 

It was all St. Louis in the overtime as they pull away from the Nets.

Scoring

St. Louis        PTS   REB
Marvin Barnes     29    21
Gus Gerard        26     4
Goo Kennedy       20     3
Don Adams         19     4
Maurice Lucas     16    11
Steve Jones       11     3

New Jersey       PTS   REB
Julius Erving     37    10
Mike Kenon        21    17
Willard sojourner 15     5
John Williamson   14     3
Mike Gale         11     3

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