Richard Wesley "House" Jones (born December 27, 1946) is a retired American professional
basketball
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player.
A 6'6"
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from the
University of Memphis
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, Jones played parts of seven seasons (1970–1976) in the
American Basketball Association
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as a member of the
Dallas/Texas Chaparrals, the
San Antonio Spurs
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, and the
New York Nets
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. 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
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after the
ABA–NBA merger
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in 1976. In his ABA/NBA career, he averaged 15.6
points per game
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and 7.4
rebounds per game
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The final score of Game 6 of
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was 112–106 with the Nets winning the
ABA Championship over the
Denver Nuggets
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, 4 games to 2, in New York at the
Nassau Coliseum
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. 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.
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