1967–68 Houston Mavericks season

The 1967–68 Houston Mavericks season was the first season of the Mavericks in the American Basketball Association. On February 2, 1967, Houston was awarded a franchise for $30,000 with William Whitmore, Charles Frazier and Cloyce Box being the buyers. Later that year, T.S. Morrow and Bud Adams, owner of a Houston-based oil company and the AFL's Houston Oilers bought Box's interest in the team. Morrow would be majority owner while Adams was a minority owner. The team had less than stellar attendance, with 3,091 attending the first ever game versus the Chaparrals on October 23, 1967 (losing 100–83). The lowest attended game was held on February 5, 1968, when only 575 people attended. The highest attended game was on February 29, 1968, with 4,965 attendance. Despite all of this, the Mavericks spiraled into the playoffs, in part due to 8 of the 11 teams in the new league being guaranteed a spot into the Playoffs, with Houston getting the final spot by 4 games. In the Semifinals, they were swept by the Dallas Chaparrals in 3 games. This was their only playoff appearance in their two-year history.[1]

1967–68 Houston Mavericks season
Head coachSlater Martin
ArenaSam Houston Coliseum
Results
Record29–49 (.372)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost in the Division Semifinals

Roster

Final standings

Western Division
TeamWLPCT.GB
New Orleans Buccaneers4830.615–
Dallas Chaparrals4632.5902
Denver Rockets4533.5773
Houston Mavericks2949.37219
Anaheim Amigos2553.32123
Oakland Oaks2256.28226

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 ABA Records
Team ANA DAL DEN HOU IND KEN MIN NJA NOB OAK PIT
Anaheim —2–83–76–32–40–61–52–42–76–41–5
Dallas 8–2—4–58–23–35–12–43–34–67–22–4
Denver 7–35–4—6–34–22–42–45–15–57–32–4
Houston 3–62–83–6—3–33–33–33–30–107–32–4
Indiana 4–23–32–43–3—6–53–86–43–34–24–6
Kentucky 6–01–54–23–35–6—5–54–72–43–33–7
Minnesota 5–14–24–23–38–35–5—7–35–15–14–7
New Jersey 4–23–31–53–34–67–43–7—3–35–13–8
New Orleans 7–26–45–510–03–34–21–53–3—6–33–3
Oakland 4–62–73–73–72–43–31–51–53–6—0–6
Pittsburgh 5–14–24–24–26–47–37–48–33–36–0—

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals[2]

GameDateLocationScoreRecordAttendance
1April 23Dallas110–1110–11,857
2April 25Dallas97–1150–2891
3April 26Houston103–1160–33,117

Mavericks lose series 3–0

Awards and honors

1968 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 9, 1968)

References
  1. http://www.remembertheaba.com/ABAYearlyGameLogs/6768Part3.html
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2008-05-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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