Rich_Jones_(basketball)

Rich Jones (basketball)

Rich Jones (basketball)

American basketball player

Richard Wesley "House" Jones (born December 27, 1946) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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A 6'6" forward from the University of Memphis, Jones played parts of seven seasons (1970–1976) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Dallas/Texas Chaparrals, the San Antonio Spurs, and the New York Nets. He won an ABA Championship with the Nets in 1976 and appeared in two ABA All-Star Games.

Jones also played one season for the Nets in the National Basketball Association after the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. In his ABA/NBA career, he averaged 15.6 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game.

The final score of Game 6 of 1976 ABA Finals was 112–106 with the Nets winning the ABA Championship over the Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2, in New York at the Nassau Coliseum. With 4 seconds left in the game, Jones, number 33 for the Nets that season, scored the last basket making him the last player to score points in the ABA.[1]

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    "1976 ABA Finals Game 6 Denver Nuggets at New York Nets Thursday May 13, 1976". YouTube.


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