1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season

The 1974/75 season was the Jazz first season in the NBA. The Jazz averaged 101.5 points per game (ranked 10th in NBA) while allowing an average of 109.3 points per game (ranked 18th in NBA).

1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season
Head coachScotty Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Butch Van Breda Kolff
ArenaLoyola Field House
Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record23–59 (.280)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Central)
Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGNO
RadioWWL

Draft picks
Main article: 1974 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
2 28 Aaron James PF  United States Grambling State
3 46 Bruce King  United States University of Texas-Pan American
4 64 Ray Price  United States University of Washington
5 82 Ed Searcy SF  United States St. John's
6 100 Lawrence McCray  United States Florida State University
7 118 Joel Copeland  United States Old Dominion University
8 136 Jay Piccola  United States Roanoke College
9 154 Ken Boyd F  United States Boston University
10 171 Walt McGary  United States University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Roster
Roster listing
New Orleans Jazz roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 17 Bibby, Henry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1949-11-24 UCLA
F 33 Boyd, Ken 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1952-03-25 Boston University
F 12 Coleman, E. C. 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1950-09-25 Houston Baptist
F/C 31 Counts, Mel 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1941-10-16 Oregon State
G 25 Fryer, Bernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1949-12-25 BYU
F 23 James, Aaron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1952-10-05 Grambling State
G 44 Maravich, Pete 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1947-06-22 LSU
F/C 34 Moore, Otto 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1946-08-27 University of Texas-Pan American
G 14 Nelson, Louie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1951-05-28 Washington
F/C 30 Roberson, Rick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1947-07-07 Cincinnati
G/F 15 Stallworth, Bud 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1950-01-18 Kansas
G/F 22 Williams, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1950-05-02 Utah State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

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Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Washington Bullets 6022.732–36–524–1722–8
x-Houston Rockets 4141.5001929–1212–2916–14
Cleveland Cavaliers 4042.4882029–1211–3017–13
Atlanta Hawks 3151.3782922–199–3211–19
New Orleans Jazz 2359.2803720–213–389–21
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6022.732–
2 y-Washington Bullets6022.732–
3 x-Buffalo Braves4933.59811
4 x-Houston Rockets4141.50019
5 x-New York Knicks4042.48820
6 Cleveland Cavaliers4042.48820
7 Philadelphia 76ers3448.41526
8 Atlanta Hawks3151.37829
9 New Orleans Jazz2359.28037


Record vs. opponents
1974–75 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta —0–41–30–43–42–21–32–52–22–22–23–50–42–24–01–33–13–5
Boston 4–0—5–43–13–13–11–34–02–24–04–04–07–25–33–14–02–22–2
Buffalo 3–14–5—1–33–12–23–12–21–34–01–34–05–36–33–12–23–12–2
Chicago 4–01–33–1—2–24–53–12–24–53–13–54–03–12–22–22–24–01–3
Cleveland 4–31–31–32–2—2–22–24–42–22–21–36–11–33–12–22–22–23–5
Detroit 2–21–32–25–42–2—1–32–22–63–13–64–02–23–12–23–12–21–3
Golden State 3–13–11–31–32–23–1—2–22–25–23–12–23–13–15–35–34–31–3
Houston 5–20–42–22–24–42–22–2—4–02–23–15–31–32–22–22–21–32–5
Kansas City-Omaha 2–22–23–15–42–26–22–20–4—3–16–32–22–21–33–13–11–31–3
Los Angeles 2–20–40–41–32–21–32–52–21–3—4–03–10–43–14–42–52–61–3
Milwaukee 2–20–43–15–33–16–31–31–33–60–4—3–13–13–12–22–21–30–4
New Orleans 5–30–40–40–41–60–42–23–52–21–31–3—2–22–21–32–21–30–7
New York 4–02–73–51–33–12–21–33–12–24–01–32–2—4–53–12–22–21–3
Philadelphia 2–23–53–62–21–31–31–32–23–11–31–32–25–4—2–22–22–21–3
Phoenix 0–41–31–32–22–22–23–52–21–34–42–23–11–32–2—1–64–31–3
Portland 3–10–42–22–22–21–33–52–21–35–22–22–22–22–26–1—2–61–3
Seattle 1–32–21–30–42–22–23–43–13–16–23–13–12–22–23–46–2—1–3
Washington 5–32–22–23–15–33–13–15–23–13–14–07–03–13–13–13–13–1—

Game log
1974–75 game log
Total: 23–59 (Home: 20–21; Road: 3–38)
October: 0–7 (Home: 0–3; Road: 0–4)
November: 2–13 (Home: 2–6; Road: 0–7)
December: 1–10 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–9)
January: 2–12 (Home: 2–5; Road: 0–7)
February: 10–5 (Home: 8–2; Road: 2–3)
March: 8–9 (Home: 7–3; Road: 1–6)
April: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
1974–75 schedule

Player stats
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rick Adelman 2821.89.421.6951.962.461.680.216.25
Jim Barnett 4527.51.448.8302.843.040.780.3613.02
Walt Bellamy 114.001.0001.0005.000.000.000.006.00
Henry Bibby 2818.71.416.7311.792.710.890.008.93
John Block 414.25.310.9004.501.751.000.256.75
Ken Boyd 64.17.538.4550.830.330.500.003.17
E.C. Coleman 7728.26.445.6997.131.361.060.488.08
Mel Counts 7518.95.438.7615.882.430.650.576.93
Bernie Fryer 3113.94.443.7671.481.680.710.004.10
Lamar Green 1518.67.343.4507.271.070.270.333.80
Aaron James 7622.78.477.7784.820.870.540.2011.67
Ollie Johnson 4326.95.465.8054.121.860.980.477.91
Toby Kimball 330.00.304.8578.671.330.670.006.67
Stu Lantz 1918.58.339.8871.261.580.630.116.58
Russ Lee 159.27.382.5002.070.470.730.204.33
Pete Maravich 7936.11.419.8115.346.181.520.2321.52
Otto Moore 4026.38.453.6728.202.050.530.986.98
Louie Nelson 7226.36.452.7682.722.470.900.0811.19
Rick Roberson 1621.19.444.5757.381.440.440.507.44
Bud Stallworth 7322.85.420.6873.370.630.810.159.88
Neal Walk 3723.00.420.8007.082.730.810.549.89
Nate Williams 3523.26.517.8244.511.911.260.1714.34

Source: Basketball-Reference.com[3]

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1974.html
  2. 1974–75 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com
  3. New Orleans Jazz Statistics – 1974–75
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