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

Record vs. opponents

1974–75 NBA Records
TeamATLBOSBUFCHICLEDETGSWHOUKCOLALMILNOJNYKPHIPHOPORSEAWAS
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 Orleans5–30–40–40–41–60–42–23–52–21–31–3–2–22–21–32–21–30–7
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 17@ New York L 74–89 Pete Maravich (15)15,8830–1
2October 18@ Philadelphia L 99–112 Bud Stallworth (24)8,9390–2
3October 19@ Washington L 92–110 Bud Stallworth (19)10,8960–3
4October 22@ Buffalo L 118–134 Ollie Johnson (20)8,2510–4
5October 24 Philadelphia L 89–102 Jim Barnett (25)6,4590–5
6October 26 Cleveland L 88–90 Jim Barnett (30)3,4500–6
7October 30 Houston L 100–113 Jim Barnett (28)3,4500–7
November: 2–13 (home: 2–6; road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Record
8November 1@ Detroit L 93–103 Jim Barnett (17)4,2370–8
9November 5@ Kansas City-Omaha L 97–115 Pete Maravich (26)3,5880–9
10November 6 Buffalo L 98–110 Aaron James (21)3,3020–10
11November 8 Phoenix L 102–105 Pete Maravich (29)3,1180–11
12November 10 Portland W 102–101 Pete Maravich (30)5,4651–11
13November 12 Chicago L 79–88 Pete Maravich (27)4,4121–12
14November 15 Washington L 95–104 Pete Maravich (20)5,2751–13
15November 16@ Atlanta L 104–130 Pete Maravich (32)8,2491–14
16November 17 Detroit L 85–99 Pete Maravich (24)3,4411–15
17November 20 Seattle L 95–99 Jim Barnett (18)4,3181–16
18November 22 Atlanta Hawks W 90–86 Pete Maravich (21)7,4172–16
19November 23@ Cleveland L 100–121 Jim Barnett, Louie Nelson (18)8,8642–17
20November 26@ Phoenix L 110–120 Pete Maravich (20)4,9312–18
21November 29@ L. A. Lakers L 122–127 Pete Maravich, Stu Lantz (22)11,2242–19
22November 30@ Portland L 85–117 Aaron James (18)11,8962–20
December: 1–10 (home: 1–1; road: 0–9)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Record
23December 3@ Golden State L 101–122 Pete Maravich (22)5,0812–21
24December 6@ Seattle L 108–121 Aaron James (22)14,0822–22
25December 8 Boston L 101–111 Jim Barnett (29)7,0422–23
26December 11 Golden State W 106–103 Jim Barnett, Aaron James (20)3,7313–23
27December 13@ Chicago L 76–109 Louie Nelson, Neal Walk (13)5,1983–24
28December 17@ Houston L 83–109 Ollie Johnson (14)3,3333–25
29December 18@ Washington L 90–113 Jim Barnett (16)4,2273–26
30December 20@ Boston L 106–110 Louie Nelson (21)6,8833–27
31December 22@ Milwaukee L 76–96 E.C. Coleman (14)9,0383–28
32December 23@ Cleveland L 79–95 Pete Maravich (24)7,8673–29
33December 28@ New York L 94–101 E.C. Coleman (23)18,5553–30
January: 2–12 (home: 2–5; road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Record
34January 2@ Detroit L 95–99 Pete Maravich (31)5,1763–31
35January 4@ Seattle L 89–111 Neal Walk (20)13,4743–32
36January 5@ Portland Trail Blazers L 102–111 E.C. Coleman (21)8,9683–33
37January 7@ Golden State L 94–136 E.C. Coleman, Aaron James (18)4,1643–34
38January 10 Houston W 111–108 Pete Maravich (38)2,3684–34
39January 17 Seattle W 113–109 Pete Maravich (16)3,1205–34
40January 19 Buffalo L 112–117 Pete Maravich (40)4,2145–35
41January 21@ Atlanta L 103–135 Pete Maravich (26)3,5085–36
42January 22 Boston L 102–110 Pete Maravich (34)5,7235–37
43January 24@ L.A. Lakers L 108–110 Louie Nelson (28)10,8805–38
44January 25@ Phoenix L 90–94 (OT) Louie Nelson (23)5,8725–39
45January 27 Milwaukee L 115–117 Pete Maravich (36)6,4195–40
46January 29 L.A. Lakers L 108–112 Pete Maravich (32)2,8875–41
47January 31 Washington L 101–106 Louie Nelson (24)2,8125–42
February: 10–5 (home: 8–2; road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Record
48February 2 New York W 118–114 Pete Maravich (33)6,4196–42
49February 5 Houston L 97–124 Louie Nelson (18)3,0636–43
50February 7@ Milwaukee L 98–119 Pete Maravich (27)10,9386–44
51February 8@ Atlanta W 106–102 Pete Maravich (47)13,6537–44
52February 10 Atlanta W 96–89 Louie Nelson (29)4,6938–44
53February 11@ Cleveland L 86–100 Pete Maravich (18)3,7888–45
54February 14@ Houston W 124–112 Louie Nelson (23)3,3429–45
55February 16 Milwaukee W 103–101 Louie Nelson (27)7,43510–45
56February 18 Philadelphia W 103–85 Pete Maravich (33)5,04811–45
57February 20 Portland W 114–102 Pete Maravich (32)4,91812–45
58February 21 Phoenix W 98–96 Pete Maravich (22)4,56313–45
59February 23 Houston W 108–99 Pete Maravich (38)6,42514–45
60February 25 Chicago L 105–120 Nate Williams (20)7,02414–46
61February 27@ Buffalo L 100–110 Pete Maravich (24)5,57814–47
62February 28 Kansas City-Omaha W 114–107 (OT) Pete Maravich (34)5,37015–47
March: 8–9 (home: 7–3; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Record
63March 1@ Houston L 109–121 Aaron James (21)6,35815–48
64March 5 L.A. Lakers W 123–117 Pete Maravich (30)6,55416–48
65March 7 Golden State W 110–107 Pete Maravich (34)6,21817–48
66March 8@ Atlanta L 101–113 Aaron James (19)6,13117–49
67March 9 Cleveland W 90–86 Pete Maravich (26)5,03118–49
68March 11@ Cleveland L 114–123 Pete Maravich (23)5,36918–50
69March 15 Atlanta W 140–123 Pete Maravich (24)3,62319–50
70March 16 Cleveland L 111–113 Aaron James (24)3,82419–51
71March 19@ Philadelphia W 126–115 Pete Maravich (36)6,41120–51
72March 20@ Kansas City-Omaha L 95–101 Pete Maravich (24)6,13820–52
73March 21 Washington L 109–122 Louie Nelson (26)6,27320–53
74March 23 Detroit L 114–125 Nate Williams (28)4,18220–54
75March 25 Kansas City-Omaha W 112–110 Pete Maravich (36)3,38821–54
76March 26@ Boston L 100–113 Aaron James (20)15,32021–55
77March 28 New York W 111–102 Pete Maravich (32)8,00222–55
78March 29@ Houston L 105–107 Bernie Fryer (17)7,32822–56
79March 30 Atlanta W 108–105 Nate Williams (18)5,42223–56
April: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Record
80April 1 Washington L 101–110 Pete Maravich (19)7,31223–57
81April 4@ Chicago L 87–111 Pete Maravich (31)11,31223–58
82April 6@ Washington L 103–119 Aaron James (34)13,26723–59
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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