1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season

The 1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season was the first and only season of the franchise in the American Basketball Association (ABA). On February 2, 1967, a charter franchise in Anaheim, California was awarded to Art Kim and James Ackerman for $30,000. They participated in the first ever ABA game, losing 134–129 to the Oakland Oaks. The team ended up losing their first five games of the season, winning their first game 13 days later. The team only played 12 games at home in the calendar year of 1967, while playing on the road (or at a neutral site) for the other 25. The team failed to garner much interest from the locale, along with having to deal with working around the Convention Center's busy schedule due to being across the street from Disneyland.[1] Three of the home games for the Amigos were played in Honolulu, Hawaii. The team lost $500,000 over the course of the season.[2] They led the league in turnovers with 1,516, averaging over 19 a game, with the highest being 36 against the Denver Rockets.[3]

1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season
Head coachAl Brightman (12–24)
Harry Dinnel (13–29)
ArenaAnaheim Convention Center
Results
Record25–53 (.321)
PlaceDivision: 5th (ABA)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Andrew Anderson (left) of the Oakland Oaks guarding Jeff Congdon (right) of the Anaheim Amigos during the first American Basketball Association game on October 13, 1967 in Oakland, California.

After the Amigos lost on December 27, Harry Dinnel took over as coach before they played the next day on the 28th. The team never won more than three games in a row, with their highest winning streak being 2 games, which they did 7 times. From January 7 to January 21, they lost 8 straight games.[4] After the season, the team moved to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Stars. Jim Hardy, the newly hired general manager for the Stars stated that "This is a brand-new franchise. We will have new players, new uniforms, new management, as well as a new home. The Amigos have been buried, and we burned their uniforms after the final game."

Roster
1967–68 Anaheim Amigos roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 30 Allen, Bill 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1945 New Mexico State
PF 22 Bedell, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1944-06-26 Stanford
C 52 Bunce, Larry 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1945-07-29 Utah State
SG 14, 20, 34 Chubin, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1944-02-08 Rhode Island
PG 10 Congdon, Jeffrey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1943-10-17 BYU
G 14 Crow, Bill 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1940-12-09 Westminster (UT)
PF 30, 44 Davis, Warren 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1943-06-30 North Carolina A&T
G/F 34 Dinnel, Harry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1940-10-09 Pepperdine
SF 24 Fairchild, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1943-04-28 BYU
C 42 Garner, Bill 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1940-06-17 Portland
SG 32 Kramer, Steve 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1945-01-01 BYU
F Lee, Dick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Washington
F 50 Moore, Larry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1942-07-10 Florida State
F 50 Scranton, Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1944-04-30 Cal Poly Pomona
PG 12 Selvage, Les 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1943-03-07 Truman State
SG Sims, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1938-10-09 Pepperdine
PF 44 Stoll, Randy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Washington State
SG 10 Thomas, Willis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) LA Harbor
PG 34, 50 Turner, Herschell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1938-03-29 Nebraska
SF 40 Warley, Ben 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1936-10-04 Tennessee State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
Source[5]

Regular season

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—

Game log
1967–68 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsAttendanceRecord
1October 13@ Oakland129–134John Fairchild (30)4,828[6]0–1
2October 15@ Denver105–110Lester Selvage (26)2,748[7]0–2
3October 16@ Dallas125–129Stephen Chubin (24)3,200[8]0–3
4October 18@ Indiana103–106John Fairchild (24)5,923[9]0–4
5October 24@ Kentucky127–128Stephen Chubin (42)2,601[10]0–5
6October 26@ Minnesota115–99Stephen Chubin (24)807[11]1–5
7October 29Oakland120–123Lester Selvage (29)3,716[12]1–6
8October 31Oakland126–123John Fairchild (26)
Lester Selvage (26)		1,013[13]2–6
9November 3Pittsburgh101–94Ben Warley (27)1,432[14]3–6
10November 4@ Kentucky103–104Ben Warley (29)5,152[15]3–7
11November 5@ Minnesota92–119Ben Warley (22)2,230[16]3–8
12November 6@ Denver100–121Stephen Chubin (29)2,954[17]3–9
13November 8Houston104–101Larry Bunce (24)1,114[18]4–9
14November 13@ New Orleans98–106Steven Kramer (24)1,724[19]4–10
15November 14@ Houston106–113Ben Warley (28)1,089 [20]4–11
16November 15@ Dallas116–105Lester Selvage (24)2,710[21]5–11
17November 19Oakland100–102Bob Bedell (21)
Lester Selvage (210		1,095[22]5–12
18November 21Minnesota101–110Ben Warley (24)1,242[23]5–13
19November 23@ Oakland Oaks107–95Warren Davis (32)4,787[24]6–13
20November 25New Orleans[a]98–118Stephen Chubin (24)1,764[25]6–14
21November 26@ Dallas102–114Bob Bedell (23)2,032[26]6–15
22November 28@ New Jersey110–104Warren Davis (25)1,234[27]7–15
23November 29@ New Jersey101–106Stephen Chubin (30)1,814[28]7–16
24December 2@ Indiana117–132Warren Davis (29)3,987[29]7–17
25December 3@ Denver87–100Ben Warley (24)2,914[30]7–18
26December 6@ Houston124–100Ben Warley (30)1,020[31]8–18
27December 8@ Dallas110–123Warren Davis (33)3,620[32]8–19
Footnotes

Awards and honors

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

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