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 coach	Scotty Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Butch Van Breda Kolff
Arena	Loyola Field House Municipal Auditorium
Results
Record	23–59 (.280)
Place	Division: 5th (Central) Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WGNO
Radio	WWL
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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 v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB 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 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 Butch van Breda Kolff Assistant coach(es) Elgin Baylor Sam Jones Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended   Injured

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Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	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

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	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

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	–	0–4	1–3	0–4	3–4	2–2	1–3	2–5	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5	0–4	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	3–5
Boston	4–0	–	5–4	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	4–0	7–2	5–3	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–2
Buffalo	3–1	4–5	–	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–3	4–0	5–3	6–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2
Chicago	4–0	1–3	3–1	–	2–2	4–5	3–1	2–2	4–5	3–1	3–5	4–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–3
Cleveland	4–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	–	2–2	2–2	4–4	2–2	2–2	1–3	6–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5
Detroit	2–2	1–3	2–2	5–4	2–2	–	1–3	2–2	2–6	3–1	3–6	4–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3
Golden State	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	–	2–2	2–2	5–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–3	5–3	4–3	1–3
Houston	5–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	4–4	2–2	2–2	–	4–0	2–2	3–1	5–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–5
Kansas City-Omaha	2–2	2–2	3–1	5–4	2–2	6–2	2–2	0–4	–	3–1	6–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3
Los Angeles	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–5	2–2	1–3	–	4–0	3–1	0–4	3–1	4–4	2–5	2–6	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	3–1	5–3	3–1	6–3	1–3	1–3	3–6	0–4	–	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4
New Orleans	5–3	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–6	0–4	2–2	3–5	2–2	1–3	1–3	–	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–7
New York	4–0	2–7	3–5	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–3	2–2	–	4–5	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3
Philadelphia	2–2	3–5	3–6	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	5–4	–	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3
Phoenix	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–5	2–2	1–3	4–4	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	–	1–6	4–3	1–3
Portland	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–5	2–2	1–3	5–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	6–1	–	2–6	1–3
Seattle	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	2–2	3–4	3–1	3–1	6–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–4	6–2	–	1–3
Washington	5–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	5–3	3–1	3–1	5–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	7–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	—

Game log

1974–75 game log Total: 23–59 (Home: 20–21; Road: 3–38)
October: 0–7 (home: 0–3; road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 1 October 17 @ New York L 74–89 Pete Maravich (15) 15,883 0–1 2 October 18 @ Philadelphia L 99–112 Bud Stallworth (24) 8,939 0–2 3 October 19 @ Washington L 92–110 Bud Stallworth (19) 10,896 0–3 4 October 22 @ Buffalo L 118–134 Ollie Johnson (20) 8,251 0–4 5 October 24 Philadelphia L 89–102 Jim Barnett (25) 6,459 0–5 6 October 26 Cleveland L 88–90 Jim Barnett (30) 3,450 0–6 7 October 30 Houston L 100–113 Jim Barnett (28) 3,450 0–7
November: 2–13 (home: 2–6; road: 0–7) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 8 November 1 @ Detroit L 93–103 Jim Barnett (17) 4,237 0–8 9 November 5 @ Kansas City-Omaha L 97–115 Pete Maravich (26) 3,588 0–9 10 November 6 Buffalo L 98–110 Aaron James (21) 3,302 0–10 11 November 8 Phoenix L 102–105 Pete Maravich (29) 3,118 0–11 12 November 10 Portland W 102–101 Pete Maravich (30) 5,465 1–11 13 November 12 Chicago L 79–88 Pete Maravich (27) 4,412 1–12 14 November 15 Washington L 95–104 Pete Maravich (20) 5,275 1–13 15 November 16 @ Atlanta L 104–130 Pete Maravich (32) 8,249 1–14 16 November 17 Detroit L 85–99 Pete Maravich (24) 3,441 1–15 17 November 20 Seattle L 95–99 Jim Barnett (18) 4,318 1–16 18 November 22 Atlanta Hawks W 90–86 Pete Maravich (21) 7,417 2–16 19 November 23 @ Cleveland L 100–121 Jim Barnett, Louie Nelson (18) 8,864 2–17 20 November 26 @ Phoenix L 110–120 Pete Maravich (20) 4,931 2–18 21 November 29 @ L. A. Lakers L 122–127 Pete Maravich, Stu Lantz (22) 11,224 2–19 22 November 30 @ Portland L 85–117 Aaron James (18) 11,896 2–20
December: 1–10 (home: 1–1; road: 0–9) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 23 December 3 @ Golden State L 101–122 Pete Maravich (22) 5,081 2–21 24 December 6 @ Seattle L 108–121 Aaron James (22) 14,082 2–22 25 December 8 Boston L 101–111 Jim Barnett (29) 7,042 2–23 26 December 11 Golden State W 106–103 Jim Barnett, Aaron James (20) 3,731 3–23 27 December 13 @ Chicago L 76–109 Louie Nelson, Neal Walk (13) 5,198 3–24 28 December 17 @ Houston L 83–109 Ollie Johnson (14) 3,333 3–25 29 December 18 @ Washington L 90–113 Jim Barnett (16) 4,227 3–26 30 December 20 @ Boston L 106–110 Louie Nelson (21) 6,883 3–27 31 December 22 @ Milwaukee L 76–96 E.C. Coleman (14) 9,038 3–28 32 December 23 @ Cleveland L 79–95 Pete Maravich (24) 7,867 3–29 33 December 28 @ New York L 94–101 E.C. Coleman (23) 18,555 3–30
January: 2–12 (home: 2–5; road: 0–7) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 34 January 2 @ Detroit L 95–99 Pete Maravich (31) 5,176 3–31 35 January 4 @ Seattle L 89–111 Neal Walk (20) 13,474 3–32 36 January 5 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 102–111 E.C. Coleman (21) 8,968 3–33 37 January 7 @ Golden State L 94–136 E.C. Coleman, Aaron James (18) 4,164 3–34 38 January 10 Houston W 111–108 Pete Maravich (38) 2,368 4–34 39 January 17 Seattle W 113–109 Pete Maravich (16) 3,120 5–34 40 January 19 Buffalo L 112–117 Pete Maravich (40) 4,214 5–35 41 January 21 @ Atlanta L 103–135 Pete Maravich (26) 3,508 5–36 42 January 22 Boston L 102–110 Pete Maravich (34) 5,723 5–37 43 January 24 @ L.A. Lakers L 108–110 Louie Nelson (28) 10,880 5–38 44 January 25 @ Phoenix L 90–94 (OT) Louie Nelson (23) 5,872 5–39 45 January 27 Milwaukee L 115–117 Pete Maravich (36) 6,419 5–40 46 January 29 L.A. Lakers L 108–112 Pete Maravich (32) 2,887 5–41 47 January 31 Washington L 101–106 Louie Nelson (24) 2,812 5–42
February: 10–5 (home: 8–2; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 48 February 2 New York W 118–114 Pete Maravich (33) 6,419 6–42 49 February 5 Houston L 97–124 Louie Nelson (18) 3,063 6–43 50 February 7 @ Milwaukee L 98–119 Pete Maravich (27) 10,938 6–44 51 February 8 @ Atlanta W 106–102 Pete Maravich (47) 13,653 7–44 52 February 10 Atlanta W 96–89 Louie Nelson (29) 4,693 8–44 53 February 11 @ Cleveland L 86–100 Pete Maravich (18) 3,788 8–45 54 February 14 @ Houston W 124–112 Louie Nelson (23) 3,342 9–45 55 February 16 Milwaukee W 103–101 Louie Nelson (27) 7,435 10–45 56 February 18 Philadelphia W 103–85 Pete Maravich (33) 5,048 11–45 57 February 20 Portland W 114–102 Pete Maravich (32) 4,918 12–45 58 February 21 Phoenix W 98–96 Pete Maravich (22) 4,563 13–45 59 February 23 Houston W 108–99 Pete Maravich (38) 6,425 14–45 60 February 25 Chicago L 105–120 Nate Williams (20) 7,024 14–46 61 February 27 @ Buffalo L 100–110 Pete Maravich (24) 5,578 14–47 62 February 28 Kansas City-Omaha W 114–107 (OT) Pete Maravich (34) 5,370 15–47
March: 8–9 (home: 7–3; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 63 March 1 @ Houston L 109–121 Aaron James (21) 6,358 15–48 64 March 5 L.A. Lakers W 123–117 Pete Maravich (30) 6,554 16–48 65 March 7 Golden State W 110–107 Pete Maravich (34) 6,218 17–48 66 March 8 @ Atlanta L 101–113 Aaron James (19) 6,131 17–49 67 March 9 Cleveland W 90–86 Pete Maravich (26) 5,031 18–49 68 March 11 @ Cleveland L 114–123 Pete Maravich (23) 5,369 18–50 69 March 15 Atlanta W 140–123 Pete Maravich (24) 3,623 19–50 70 March 16 Cleveland L 111–113 Aaron James (24) 3,824 19–51 71 March 19 @ Philadelphia W 126–115 Pete Maravich (36) 6,411 20–51 72 March 20 @ Kansas City-Omaha L 95–101 Pete Maravich (24) 6,138 20–52 73 March 21 Washington L 109–122 Louie Nelson (26) 6,273 20–53 74 March 23 Detroit L 114–125 Nate Williams (28) 4,182 20–54 75 March 25 Kansas City-Omaha W 112–110 Pete Maravich (36) 3,388 21–54 76 March 26 @ Boston L 100–113 Aaron James (20) 15,320 21–55 77 March 28 New York W 111–102 Pete Maravich (32) 8,002 22–55 78 March 29 @ Houston L 105–107 Bernie Fryer (17) 7,328 22–56 79 March 30 Atlanta W 108–105 Nate Williams (18) 5,422 23–56
April: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 80 April 1 Washington L 101–110 Pete Maravich (19) 7,312 23–57 81 April 4 @ Chicago L 87–111 Pete Maravich (31) 11,312 23–58 82 April 6 @ Washington L 103–119 Aaron James (34) 13,267 23–59
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	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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