Rich Jones (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rich Jones (basketball)

American basketball player

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1946

Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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