1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season

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1974–75   New Orleans Jazz season
Head coach Scotty Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Butch van Breda Kolff
Arena Loyola Field House
Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record23–59 (.280)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Central)
Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television WGNO
Radio WWL
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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).

Contents

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club Team
228 Aaron James PFFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Grambling State
346Bruce KingFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States University of Texas-Pan American
464Ray PriceFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States University of Washington
582Ed SearcySFFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States St. John's
6100Lawrence McCrayFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida State University
7118Joel CopelandFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Old Dominion University
8136Jay PiccolaFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Roanoke College
9154 Ken Boyd FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Boston University
10171Walt McGaryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Roster

New Orleans Jazz roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.PlayerHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 17 Henry Bibby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg)1949-11-24 UCLA
F 33 Ken Boyd 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)195 lb (88 kg)1952-03-25 Boston University
F 12 E. C. Coleman 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)225 lb (102 kg)1950-09-25 Houston Baptist
F/C 31 Mel Counts 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)230 lb (104 kg)1941-10-16 Oregon State
G 25 Bernie Fryer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg)1949-12-25 BYU
F 23 Aaron James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)210 lb (95 kg)1952-10-05 Grambling State
G 44 Pete Maravich 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)197 lb (89 kg)1947-06-22 LSU
F/C 34 Otto Moore 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)205 lb (93 kg)1946-08-27 Texas–Pan American
G 14 Louie Nelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg)1951-05-28 Washington
F/C 30 Rick Roberson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)231 lb (105 kg)1947-07-07 Cincinnati
G/F 15 Bud Stallworth 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)180 lb (82 kg)1950-01-18 Kansas
G/F 22 Nate Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)215 lb (98 kg)1950-05-02 Utah State
Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury icon 2.svg 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
1z-Boston Celtics 6022.732–
2y-Washington Bullets 6022.732–
3x-Buffalo Braves 4933.59811
4x-Houston Rockets 4141.50019
5x-New York Knicks 4042.48820
6 Cleveland Cavaliers 4042.48820
7 Philadelphia 76ers 3448.41526
8 Atlanta Hawks 3151.37829
9 New Orleans Jazz 2359.28037

Game log

1974–75 game log
Total: 23–59 (Home: 20–21; Road: 3–38)
October: 0–7 (home: 0–3; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 17@ New York L 74–89 Pete Maravich (15) E. C. Coleman (10) Pete Maravich (4) Madison Square Garden
15,883		0–1
2October 18@ Philadelphia L 99–112 Bud Stallworth (24) Toby Kimball (14) Pete Maravich (7) The Spectrum
8,939		0–2
3October 19@ Washington L 92–110 Bud Stallworth (19) Lamar Green (16) Jim Barnett (4) Capital Centre
10,896		0–3
4October 22@ Buffalo L 118–134 Ollie Johnson (20) Bud Stallworth (9) Pete Maravich (9) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
8,251		0–4
5October 24 Philadelphia L 89–102 Jim Barnett (25) Lamar Green (18) Pete Maravich (7) Municipal Auditorium
6,459		0–5
6October 26 Cleveland L 88–90 Jim Barnett (30) Lamar Green (16) Louie Nelson (6) Municipal Auditorium
3,450		0–6
7October 30 Houston L 100–113 Jim Barnett (28) Lamar Green (9) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
3,450		0–7
November : 2–13 (home: 2–6; road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
8November 1@ Detroit L 93–103 Jim Barnett (17) Neal Walk (19) Ollie Johnson (4) Cobo Arena
4,237		0–8
9November 5@ Kansas City–Omaha L 97–115 Pete Maravich (26) Neal Walk (22) Pete Maravich (5) Omaha Civic Auditorium
3,588		0–9
10November 6 Buffalo L 98–110 Aaron James (21) Aaron James (16) Green, Maravich (3) Municipal Auditorium
3,302		0–10
11November 8 Phoenix L 102–105 Pete Maravich (29) Aaron James (11) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
3,118		0–11
12November 10 Portland W 102–101 Pete Maravich (30) Pete Maravich (11) Pete Maravich (12) Municipal Auditorium
5,465		1–11
13November 12 Chicago L 79–88 Pete Maravich (27) Neal Walk (12) Pete Maravich (9) Municipal Auditorium
4,412		1–12
14November 15 Washington L 95–104 Pete Maravich (20) E. C. Coleman (13) Pete Maravich (7) Municipal Auditorium
5,275		1–13
15November 16@ Atlanta L 104–130 Pete Maravich (32) Neal Walk (8) Jim Barnett (5) Omni Coliseum
8,249		1–14
16November 17 Detroit L 85–99 Pete Maravich (24) Neal Walk (12) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
3,441		1–15
17November 20 Seattle L 95–99 Jim Barnett (18) E. C. Coleman (12) Pete Maravich (9) Municipal Auditorium
4,318		1–16
18November 22 Atlanta W 90–86 Pete Maravich (21) Aaron James (14) Rick Adelman (6) LSU Assembly Center
7,417		2–16
19November 23@ Cleveland L 100–121 Barnett, Nelson (18) E. C. Coleman (11) Barnett, Counts, Walk (4) Richfield Coliseum
8,864		2–17
20November 26@ Phoenix L 110–120 Pete Maravich (20) Rick Roberson (5) Pete Maravich (8) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,931		2–18
21November 29@ Los Angeles L 122–127 Lantz, Maravich (22) E. C. Coleman (11) Pete Maravich (9) The Forum
11,224		2–19
22November 30@ Portland L 85–117 Aaron James (18) Roberson, Walk (9) Rick Adelman (5) Memorial Coliseum
11,896		2–20
December : 1–10 (home: 1–1; road: 0–9)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
23December 3@ Golden State L 101–122 Pete Maravich (22) Neal Walk (12) Pete Maravich (8) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
5,081		2–21
24December 6@ Seattle L 108–121 Aaron James (22) Mel Counts (12) Mel Counts (9) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,082		2–22
25December 8 Boston L 101–111 Jim Barnett (29) Bud Stallworth (9) Barnett, Nelson (3) Municipal Auditorium
7,042		2–23
26December 11 Golden State W 106–103 Barnett, James (20) Coleman, Roberson (12) Jim Barnett (11) Municipal Auditorium
3,731		3–23
27December 13@ Chicago L 76–109 Nelson, Walk (13) Neal Walk (13) Adelman, Nelson (3) Chicago Stadium
5,198		3–24
28December 17@ Houston L 83–109 Ollie Johnson (14) Rick Roberson (11) Pete Maravich (5) Hofheinz Pavilion
3,333		3–25
29December 18@ Washington L 90–113 Jim Barnett (16) Rick Roberson (12) Jim Barnett (6) Capital Centre
4,227		3–26
30December 20@ Boston L 106–110 Louie Nelson (21) E. C. Coleman (10) Neal Walk (6) Springfield Civic Center
6,883		3–27
31December 22@ Milwaukee L 76–96 E. C. Coleman (14) Mel Counts (9) Louie Nelson (3) MECCA Arena
9,038		3–28
32December 23@ Cleveland L 79–95 Pete Maravich (24) Maravich, Roberson (10) Maravich, Nelson (4) Richfield Coliseum
7,867		3–29
33December 28@ New York L 94–101 E. C. Coleman (23) Rick Roberson (12) Pete Maravich (4) Madison Square Garden
18,555		3–30
January : 2–12 (home: 2–5; road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
34January 2@ Detroit L 95–99 Pete Maravich (31) E. C. Coleman (10) Pete Maravich (6) Cobo Arena
5,176		3–31
35January 4@ Seattle L 89–111 Neal Walk (20) Neal Walk (14) Louie Nelson (6) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,474		3–32
36January 5@ Portland L 102–111 E. C. Coleman (21) E. C. Coleman (8) E. C. Coleman (5) Memorial Coliseum
8,968		3–33
37January 7@ Golden State L 94–136 Coleman, James (18) Mel Counts (10) Barnett, Nelson (4) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
4,164		3–34
38January 10 Houston W 111–108 Pete Maravich (38) Pete Maravich (11) Pete Maravich (8) Loyola Field House
2,368		4–34
39January 17 Seattle W 113–109 Pete Maravich (16) Mel Counts (13) Pete Maravich (17) Loyola Field House
3,120		5–34
40January 19 Buffalo L 112–117 Pete Maravich (40) Pete Maravich (14) Pete Maravich (13) Loyola Field House
4,214		5–35
41January 21@ Atlanta L 103–135 Pete Maravich (26) Neal Walk (8) Pete Maravich (8) Omni Coliseum
3,508		5–36
42January 22 Boston L 102–110 Pete Maravich (34) Neal Walk (10) Pete Maravich (11) Loyola Field House
5,723		5–37
43January 24@ Los Angeles L 108–110 Louie Nelson (28) Mel Counts (14) Jim Barnett (6) The Forum
10,880		5–38
44January 25@ Phoenix L 90–94 (OT) Louie Nelson (23) Mel Counts (12) Pete Maravich (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,872		5–39
45January 27 Milwaukee L 115–117 Pete Maravich (36) Maravich, Moore (8) Pete Maravich (8) Loyola Field House
6,419		5–40
46January 29 Los Angeles L 108–112 Pete Maravich (32) Otto Moore (13) Pete Maravich (7) Loyola Field House
2,887		5–41
47January 31 Washington L 101–106 Louie Nelson (24) E. C. Coleman (16) Pete Maravich (8) Loyola Field House
2,812		5–42
February : 10–5 (home: 8–2; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
48February 2 New York W 118–114 Pete Maravich (33) E. C. Coleman (9) Pete Maravich (12) Loyola Field House
6,419		6–42
49February 5 Houston L 97–124 Louie Nelson (18) Coleman, Moore, Stallworth (5) Pete Maravich (7) Loyola Field House
3,063		6–43
50February 7@ Milwaukee L 98–119 Pete Maravich (27) Mel Counts (8) Mel Counts (6) MECCA Arena
10,938		6–44
51February 8@ Atlanta W 106–102 Pete Maravich (47) Otto Moore (11) Maravich, Nelson (5) Omni Coliseum
13,653		7–44
52February 10 Atlanta W 96–89 Louie Nelson (29) Otto Moore (12) Pete Maravich (8) Loyola Field House
4,693		8–44
53February 11@ Cleveland L 86–100 Pete Maravich (18) Mel Counts (9) Mel Counts (6) Richfield Coliseum
3,788		8–45
54February 14@ Houston W 124–112 Louie Nelson (23) E. C. Coleman (11) Pete Maravich (8) Hofheinz Pavilion
3,342		9–45
55February 16 Milwaukee W 103–101 Louie Nelson (27) Pete Maravich (9) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
7,435		10–45
56February 18 Philadelphia W 103–85 Pete Maravich (33) E. C. Coleman (9) Pete Maravich (11) Municipal Auditorium
5,048		11–45
57February 20 Portland W 114–102 Pete Maravich (32) Otto Moore (8) Pete Maravich (9) Loyola Field House
4,918		12–45
58February 21 Phoenix W 98–96 Pete Maravich (22) Coleman, Moore (12) Pete Maravich (6) Loyola Field House
4,563		13–45
59February 23 Houston W 108–99 Pete Maravich (38) E. C. Coleman (10) Pete Maravich (11) Loyola Field House
6,425		14–45
60February 25 Chicago L 105–120 Nate Williams (20) Otto Moore (8) Pete Maravich (7) Municipal Auditorium
7,024		14–46
61February 27@ Buffalo L 100–110 Pete Maravich (24) E. C. Coleman (13) Bibby, Counts, Maravich (5) Maple Leaf Gardens
5,578		14–47
62February 28 Kansas City–Omaha W 114–107 (OT) Pete Maravich (34) Otto Moore (11) Henry Bibby (7) Municipal Auditorium
5,370		15–47
March : 8–9 (home: 7–3; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
63March 1@ Houston L 109–121 Aaron James (21) Mel Counts (15) Pete Maravich (7) Hofheinz Pavilion
6,358		15–48
64March 5 Los Angeles W 123–117 Pete Maravich (30) Pete Maravich (14) Pete Maravich (13) Municipal Auditorium
6,554		16–48
65March 7 Golden State W 110–107 Pete Maravich (34) Pete Maravich (11) Henry Bibby (8) Municipal Auditorium
6,218		17–48
66March 8@ Atlanta L 101–113 Aaron James (19) Otto Moore (11) Pete Maravich (8) Omni Coliseum
6,131		17–49
67March 9 Cleveland W 90–86 Pete Maravich (26) Otto Moore (11) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
5,031		18–49
68March 11@ Cleveland L 114–123 Pete Maravich (23) Aaron James (10) Pete Maravich (5) Richfield Coliseum
5,369		18–50
69March 15 Atlanta W 140–123 Pete Maravich (24) Otto Moore (13) Nate Williams (6) Loyola Field House
3,623		19–50
70March 16 Cleveland L 111–113 Aaron James (24) Pete Maravich (12) Bibby, Fryer, Maravich (4) Loyola Field House
3,824		19–51
71March 19@ Philadelphia W 126–115 Pete Maravich (36) Otto Moore (10) Pete Maravich (7) The Spectrum
6,411		20–51
72March 20@ Kansas City–Omaha L 95–101 Pete Maravich (24) E. C. Coleman (9) Nate Williams (7) Kemper Arena
6,138		20–52
73March 21 Washington L 109–122 Louie Nelson (26) Otto Moore (14) Pete Maravich (9) Municipal Auditorium
6,273		20–53
74March 23 Detroit L 114–125 Nate Williams (28) Pete Maravich (10) Henry Bibby (9) Municipal Auditorium
4,182		20–54
75March 25 Kansas City–Omaha W 112–110 Pete Maravich (36) Otto Moore (10) Pete Maravich (10) Municipal Auditorium
3,388		21–54
76March 26@ Boston L 100–113 Aaron James (20) Otto Moore (16) Bibby, Fryer (4) Boston Garden
15,320		21–55
77March 28 New York W 111–102 Pete Maravich (32) E. C. Coleman (17) Bibby, Nelson (4) Municipal Auditorium
8,002		22–55
78March 29@ Houston L 105–107 Bernie Fryer (17) Mel Counts (12) Bernie Fryer (7) Hofheinz Pavilion
7,328		22–56
79March 30 Atlanta W 108–105 Nate Williams (18) Otto Moore (11) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
5,422		23–56
April : 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
80April 1 Washington L 101–110 Pete Maravich (19) Pete Maravich (13) Pete Maravich (11) Municipal Auditorium
7,312		23–57
81April 4@ Chicago L 87–111 Pete Maravich (31) Mel Counts (9) Counts, James, Maravich, Moore, Nelson (1) Chicago Stadium
11,312		23–58
82April 6@ Washington L 103–119 Aaron James (34) E. C. Coleman (13) Mel Counts (11) Capital Centre
13,267		23–59
1974–75 schedule

Playoffs

The Jazz missed the playoffs for the first inaugural season.

Player stats

Legend
  GPGames 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
PlayerGP MPGFG% FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
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. ↑ "1974 NBA draft".
  2. ↑ 1974–75 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ New Orleans Jazz Statistics – 1974–75
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