1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season

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 finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionWGNO
RadioWWL

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).

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

New Orleans Jazz roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
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
  • Injured

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Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Washington Bullets 60 22 .732 – 36–5 24–17 22–8
x-Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 19 29–12 12–29 16–14
Cleveland Cavaliers 40 42 .488 20 29–12 11–30 17–13
Atlanta Hawks 31 51 .378 29 22–19 9–32 11–19
New Orleans Jazz 23 59 .280 37 20–21 3–38 9–21
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics 60 22 .732 –
2 y-Washington Bullets 60 22 .732 –
3 x-Buffalo Braves 49 33 .598 11
4 x-Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 19
5 x-New York Knicks 40 42 .488 20
6 Cleveland Cavaliers 40 42 .488 20
7 Philadelphia 76ers 34 48 .415 26
8 Atlanta Hawks 31 51 .378 29
9 New Orleans Jazz 23 59 .280 37

Game log

1974–75 game log
Total: 23–59 (Home: 20–21; Road: 3–38)
October: 0–7 (home: 0–3; road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 17 @ New York L 74–89 Pete Maravich (15) E. C. Coleman (10) Pete Maravich (4) Madison Square Garden
15,883 		0–1
2 October 18 @ Philadelphia L 99–112 Bud Stallworth (24) Toby Kimball (14) Pete Maravich (7) The Spectrum
8,939 		0–2
3 October 19 @ Washington L 92–110 Bud Stallworth (19) Lamar Green (16) Jim Barnett (4) Capital Centre
10,896 		0–3
4 October 22 @ Buffalo L 118–134 Ollie Johnson (20) Bud Stallworth (9) Pete Maravich (9) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
8,251 		0–4
5 October 24 Philadelphia L 89–102 Jim Barnett (25) Lamar Green (18) Pete Maravich (7) Municipal Auditorium
6,459 		0–5
6 October 26 Cleveland L 88–90 Jim Barnett (30) Lamar Green (16) Louie Nelson (6) Municipal Auditorium
3,450 		0–6
7 October 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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
8 November 1 @ Detroit L 93–103 Jim Barnett (17) Neal Walk (19) Ollie Johnson (4) Cobo Arena
4,237 		0–8
9 November 5 @ Kansas City–Omaha L 97–115 Pete Maravich (26) Neal Walk (22) Pete Maravich (5) Omaha Civic Auditorium
3,588 		0–9
10 November 6 Buffalo L 98–110 Aaron James (21) Aaron James (16) Green, Maravich (3) Municipal Auditorium
3,302 		0–10
11 November 8 Phoenix L 102–105 Pete Maravich (29) Aaron James (11) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
3,118 		0–11
12 November 10 Portland W 102–101 Pete Maravich (30) Pete Maravich (11) Pete Maravich (12) Municipal Auditorium
5,465 		1–11
13 November 12 Chicago L 79–88 Pete Maravich (27) Neal Walk (12) Pete Maravich (9) Municipal Auditorium
4,412 		1–12
14 November 15 Washington L 95–104 Pete Maravich (20) E. C. Coleman (13) Pete Maravich (7) Municipal Auditorium
5,275 		1–13
15 November 16 @ Atlanta L 104–130 Pete Maravich (32) Neal Walk (8) Jim Barnett (5) Omni Coliseum
8,249 		1–14
16 November 17 Detroit L 85–99 Pete Maravich (24) Neal Walk (12) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
3,441 		1–15
17 November 20 Seattle L 95–99 Jim Barnett (18) E. C. Coleman (12) Pete Maravich (9) Municipal Auditorium
4,318 		1–16
18 November 22 Atlanta W 90–86 Pete Maravich (21) Aaron James (14) Rick Adelman (6) LSU Assembly Center
7,417 		2–16
19 November 23 @ Cleveland L 100–121 Barnett, Nelson (18) E. C. Coleman (11) Barnett, Counts, Walk (4) Richfield Coliseum
8,864 		2–17
20 November 26 @ Phoenix L 110–120 Pete Maravich (20) Rick Roberson (5) Pete Maravich (8) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4,931 		2–18
21 November 29 @ Los Angeles L 122–127 Lantz, Maravich (22) E. C. Coleman (11) Pete Maravich (9) The Forum
11,224 		2–19
22 November 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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 December 3 @ Golden State L 101–122 Pete Maravich (22) Neal Walk (12) Pete Maravich (8) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
5,081 		2–21
24 December 6 @ Seattle L 108–121 Aaron James (22) Mel Counts (12) Mel Counts (9) Seattle Center Coliseum
14,082 		2–22
25 December 8 Boston L 101–111 Jim Barnett (29) Bud Stallworth (9) Barnett, Nelson (3) Municipal Auditorium
7,042 		2–23
26 December 11 Golden State W 106–103 Barnett, James (20) Coleman, Roberson (12) Jim Barnett (11) Municipal Auditorium
3,731 		3–23
27 December 13 @ Chicago L 76–109 Nelson, Walk (13) Neal Walk (13) Adelman, Nelson (3) Chicago Stadium
5,198 		3–24
28 December 17 @ Houston L 83–109 Ollie Johnson (14) Rick Roberson (11) Pete Maravich (5) Hofheinz Pavilion
3,333 		3–25
29 December 18 @ Washington L 90–113 Jim Barnett (16) Rick Roberson (12) Jim Barnett (6) Capital Centre
4,227 		3–26
30 December 20 @ Boston L 106–110 Louie Nelson (21) E. C. Coleman (10) Neal Walk (6) Springfield Civic Center
6,883 		3–27
31 December 22 @ Milwaukee L 76–96 E. C. Coleman (14) Mel Counts (9) Louie Nelson (3) MECCA Arena
9,038 		3–28
32 December 23 @ Cleveland L 79–95 Pete Maravich (24) Maravich, Roberson (10) Maravich, Nelson (4) Richfield Coliseum
7,867 		3–29
33 December 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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
34 January 2 @ Detroit L 95–99 Pete Maravich (31) E. C. Coleman (10) Pete Maravich (6) Cobo Arena
5,176 		3–31
35 January 4 @ Seattle L 89–111 Neal Walk (20) Neal Walk (14) Louie Nelson (6) Seattle Center Coliseum
13,474 		3–32
36 January 5 @ Portland L 102–111 E. C. Coleman (21) E. C. Coleman (8) E. C. Coleman (5) Memorial Coliseum
8,968 		3–33
37 January 7 @ Golden State L 94–136 Coleman, James (18) Mel Counts (10) Barnett, Nelson (4) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
4,164 		3–34
38 January 10 Houston W 111–108 Pete Maravich (38) Pete Maravich (11) Pete Maravich (8) Loyola Field House
2,368 		4–34
39 January 17 Seattle W 113–109 Pete Maravich (16) Mel Counts (13) Pete Maravich (17) Loyola Field House
3,120 		5–34
40 January 19 Buffalo L 112–117 Pete Maravich (40) Pete Maravich (14) Pete Maravich (13) Loyola Field House
4,214 		5–35
41 January 21 @ Atlanta L 103–135 Pete Maravich (26) Neal Walk (8) Pete Maravich (8) Omni Coliseum
3,508 		5–36
42 January 22 Boston L 102–110 Pete Maravich (34) Neal Walk (10) Pete Maravich (11) Loyola Field House
5,723 		5–37
43 January 24 @ Los Angeles L 108–110 Louie Nelson (28) Mel Counts (14) Jim Barnett (6) The Forum
10,880 		5–38
44 January 25 @ Phoenix L 90–94 (OT) Louie Nelson (23) Mel Counts (12) Pete Maravich (7) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,872 		5–39
45 January 27 Milwaukee L 115–117 Pete Maravich (36) Maravich, Moore (8) Pete Maravich (8) Loyola Field House
6,419 		5–40
46 January 29 Los Angeles L 108–112 Pete Maravich (32) Otto Moore (13) Pete Maravich (7) Loyola Field House
2,887 		5–41
47 January 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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
48 February 2 New York W 118–114 Pete Maravich (33) E. C. Coleman (9) Pete Maravich (12) Loyola Field House
6,419 		6–42
49 February 5 Houston L 97–124 Louie Nelson (18) Coleman, Moore, Stallworth (5) Pete Maravich (7) Loyola Field House
3,063 		6–43
50 February 7 @ Milwaukee L 98–119 Pete Maravich (27) Mel Counts (8) Mel Counts (6) MECCA Arena
10,938 		6–44
51 February 8 @ Atlanta W 106–102 Pete Maravich (47) Otto Moore (11) Maravich, Nelson (5) Omni Coliseum
13,653 		7–44
52 February 10 Atlanta W 96–89 Louie Nelson (29) Otto Moore (12) Pete Maravich (8) Loyola Field House
4,693 		8–44
53 February 11 @ Cleveland L 86–100 Pete Maravich (18) Mel Counts (9) Mel Counts (6) Richfield Coliseum
3,788 		8–45
54 February 14 @ Houston W 124–112 Louie Nelson (23) E. C. Coleman (11) Pete Maravich (8) Hofheinz Pavilion
3,342 		9–45
55 February 16 Milwaukee W 103–101 Louie Nelson (27) Pete Maravich (9) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
7,435 		10–45
56 February 18 Philadelphia W 103–85 Pete Maravich (33) E. C. Coleman (9) Pete Maravich (11) Municipal Auditorium
5,048 		11–45
57 February 20 Portland W 114–102 Pete Maravich (32) Otto Moore (8) Pete Maravich (9) Loyola Field House
4,918 		12–45
58 February 21 Phoenix W 98–96 Pete Maravich (22) Coleman, Moore (12) Pete Maravich (6) Loyola Field House
4,563 		13–45
59 February 23 Houston W 108–99 Pete Maravich (38) E. C. Coleman (10) Pete Maravich (11) Loyola Field House
6,425 		14–45
60 February 25 Chicago L 105–120 Nate Williams (20) Otto Moore (8) Pete Maravich (7) Municipal Auditorium
7,024 		14–46
61 February 27 @ Buffalo L 100–110 Pete Maravich (24) E. C. Coleman (13) Bibby, Counts, Maravich (5) Maple Leaf Gardens
5,578 		14–47
62 February 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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
63 March 1 @ Houston L 109–121 Aaron James (21) Mel Counts (15) Pete Maravich (7) Hofheinz Pavilion
6,358 		15–48
64 March 5 Los Angeles W 123–117 Pete Maravich (30) Pete Maravich (14) Pete Maravich (13) Municipal Auditorium
6,554 		16–48
65 March 7 Golden State W 110–107 Pete Maravich (34) Pete Maravich (11) Henry Bibby (8) Municipal Auditorium
6,218 		17–48
66 March 8 @ Atlanta L 101–113 Aaron James (19) Otto Moore (11) Pete Maravich (8) Omni Coliseum
6,131 		17–49
67 March 9 Cleveland W 90–86 Pete Maravich (26) Otto Moore (11) Pete Maravich (8) Municipal Auditorium
5,031 		18–49
68 March 11 @ Cleveland L 114–123 Pete Maravich (23) Aaron James (10) Pete Maravich (5) Richfield Coliseum
5,369 		18–50
69 March 15 Atlanta W 140–123 Pete Maravich (24) Otto Moore (13) Nate Williams (6) Loyola Field House
3,623 		19–50
70 March 16 Cleveland L 111–113 Aaron James (24) Pete Maravich (12) Bibby, Fryer, Maravich (4) Loyola Field House
3,824 		19–51
71 March 19 @ Philadelphia W 126–115 Pete Maravich (36) Otto Moore (10) Pete Maravich (7) The Spectrum
6,411 		20–51
72 March 20 @ Kansas City–Omaha L 95–101 Pete Maravich (24) E. C. Coleman (9) Nate Williams (7) Kemper Arena
6,138 		20–52
73 March 21 Washington L 109–122 Louie Nelson (26) Otto Moore (14) Pete Maravich (9) Municipal Auditorium
6,273 		20–53
74 March 23 Detroit L 114–125 Nate Williams (28) Pete Maravich (10) Henry Bibby (9) Municipal Auditorium
4,182 		20–54
75 March 25 Kansas City–Omaha W 112–110 Pete Maravich (36) Otto Moore (10) Pete Maravich (10) Municipal Auditorium
3,388 		21–54
76 March 26 @ Boston L 100–113 Aaron James (20) Otto Moore (16) Bibby, Fryer (4) Boston Garden
15,320 		21–55
77 March 28 New York W 111–102 Pete Maravich (32) E. C. Coleman (17) Bibby, Nelson (4) Municipal Auditorium
8,002 		22–55
78 March 29 @ Houston L 105–107 Bernie Fryer (17) Mel Counts (12) Bernie Fryer (7) Hofheinz Pavilion
7,328 		22–56
79 March 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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
80 April 1 Washington L 101–110 Pete Maravich (19) Pete Maravich (13) Pete Maravich (11) Municipal Auditorium
7,312 		23–57
81 April 4 @ Chicago L 87–111 Pete Maravich (31) Mel Counts (9) Counts, James, Maravich, Moore, Nelson (1) Chicago Stadium
11,312 		23–58
82 April 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
  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 28 21.89 .421 .695 1.96 2.46 1.68 0.21 6.25
Jim Barnett 45 27.51 .448 .830 2.84 3.04 0.78 0.36 13.02
Walt Bellamy 1 14.00 1.000 1.000 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00
Henry Bibby 28 18.71 .416 .731 1.79 2.71 0.89 0.00 8.93
John Block 4 14.25 .310 .900 4.50 1.75 1.00 0.25 6.75
Ken Boyd 6 4.17 .538 .455 0.83 0.33 0.50 0.00 3.17
E.C. Coleman 77 28.26 .445 .699 7.13 1.36 1.06 0.48 8.08
Mel Counts 75 18.95 .438 .761 5.88 2.43 0.65 0.57 6.93
Bernie Fryer 31 13.94 .443 .767 1.48 1.68 0.71 0.00 4.10
Lamar Green 15 18.67 .343 .450 7.27 1.07 0.27 0.33 3.80
Aaron James 76 22.78 .477 .778 4.82 0.87 0.54 0.20 11.67
Ollie Johnson 43 26.95 .465 .805 4.12 1.86 0.98 0.47 7.91
Toby Kimball 3 30.00 .304 .857 8.67 1.33 0.67 0.00 6.67
Stu Lantz 19 18.58 .339 .887 1.26 1.58 0.63 0.11 6.58
Russ Lee 15 9.27 .382 .500 2.07 0.47 0.73 0.20 4.33
Pete Maravich 79 36.11 .419 .811 5.34 6.18 1.52 0.23 21.52
Otto Moore 40 26.38 .453 .672 8.20 2.05 0.53 0.98 6.98
Louie Nelson 72 26.36 .452 .768 2.72 2.47 0.90 0.08 11.19
Rick Roberson 16 21.19 .444 .575 7.38 1.44 0.44 0.50 7.44
Bud Stallworth 73 22.85 .420 .687 3.37 0.63 0.81 0.15 9.88
Neal Walk 37 23.00 .420 .800 7.08 2.73 0.81 0.54 9.89
Nate Williams 35 23.26 .517 .824 4.51 1.91 1.26 0.17 14.34

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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