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1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season
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NBA professional basketball team season
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New Orleans Jazz (NBA team)New Orleans Jazz 1975 23 59 Central 5 9 Scotty Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Butch van Breda Kolff Loyola Field HouseMunicipal Auditorium Did not qualify NOJ WGNO WWL 1 New Orleans Jazz
The 1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season was the first season of the franchise in the NBA. The Jazz became an expansion NBA franchise in 1974. Their first head coach was Scotty Robertson, but he was fired after a 1–14 start; he was replaced by Butch van Breda Kolff for the rest of the season, except for one game in between where Elgin Baylor served as the interim head coach.
The team averaged 101.5 points per game (ranked 10th in NBA) while allowing an average of 109.3 points per game (ranked 18th in NBA).
Offseason
Expansion draft
1974 NBA expansion draft
Draft
1974 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 28 Aaron James PF Grambling State 3 46 Bruce King University of Texas-Pan American 4 64 Ray Price University of Washington 5 82 Ed Searcy SF St. John's 6 100 Lawrence McCray Florida State University 7 118 Joel Copeland Old Dominion University 8 136 Jay Piccola Roanoke College 9 154 Ken Boyd F Boston University 10 171 Walt McGary University of Tennessee at Chattanoogahttps://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1974.html 1974 NBA draft
Roster
New Orleans Jazz 1974–75
17 Henry Bibby G 6 1 185 University of California, Los Angeles 1949-11-24
33 Ken Boyd basketball F 6 5 195 Boston University 1952-03-25
12 E. C. Coleman F 6 8 225 Houston Baptist University 1950-09-25
31 Mel Counts C/F 7 0 230 Oregon State University 1941-10-16
25 Bernie Fryer G 6 3 185 Brigham Young University 1949-12-25
23 Aaron James basketball F 6 8 210 Grambling State University 1952-10-05
44 Pete Maravich G 6 5 197 Louisiana State University 1947-06-22
34 Otto Moore C/F 6 11 205 Texas-Pan American 1946-08-27
14 Louie Nelson G 6 3 190 University of Washington 1951-05-28
30 Rick Roberson C/F 6 9 231 University of Cincinnati 1947-07-07
15 Bud Stallworth F/G 6 5 180 University of Kansas 1950-01-18
22 Nate Williams basketball, born 1950 F/G 6 5 215 Utah State University 1950-05-02
Butch van Breda Kolff Elgin Baylor
Sam Jones1974–75 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
NOJ
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Game log
New Orleans Jazz 1975 Total: 23–59 (Home: 20–21; Road: 3–38)
New Orleans Jazz October yes 0 3 0 4
|-
| 1
| October 17
| @ New York
| 19741017 NYK 74 89
| Pete Maravich (15)
| E. C. Coleman (10)
| Pete Maravich (4)
| Madison Square Garden15,883
| 0–1
|-
| 2
| October 18
| @ Philadelphia
| 19741018 PHI 99 112
| Bud Stallworth (24)
| Toby Kimball (14)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| The Spectrum8,939
| 0–2
|-
| 3
| October 19
| @ Washington
| 19741019 WSB 92 110
| Bud Stallworth (19)
| Lamar Green (16)
| Jim Barnett (4)
| Capital Centre10,896
| 0–3
|-
| 4
| October 22
| @ Buffalo
| 19741022 BUF 118 134
| Ollie Johnson (20)
| Bud Stallworth (9)
| Pete Maravich (9)
| Buffalo Memorial Auditorium8,251
| 0–4
|-
| 5
| October 24
| Philadelphia
| 19741024 NOJ 89 102
| Jim Barnett (25)
| Lamar Green (18)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| Municipal Auditorium6,459
| 0–5
|-
| 6
| October 26
| Cleveland
| 19741026 NOJ 88 90
| Jim Barnett (30)
| Lamar Green (16)
| Louie Nelson (6)
| Municipal Auditorium3,450
| 0–6
|-
| 7
| October 30
| Houston
| 19741030 NOJ 100 113
| Jim Barnett (28)
| Lamar Green (9)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Municipal Auditorium3,450
| 0–7
New Orleans Jazz November 2 6 0 7
|-
| 8
| November 1
| @ Detroit
| 19741101 DET 93 103
| Jim Barnett (17)
| Neal Walk (19)
| Ollie Johnson (4)
| Cobo Arena4,237
| 0–8
|-
| 9
| November 5
| @ Kansas City–Omaha
| 19741105 KCO 97 115
| Pete Maravich (26)
| Neal Walk (22)
| Pete Maravich (5)
| Omaha Civic Auditorium3,588
| 0–9
|-
| 10
| November 6
| Buffalo
| 19741106 NOJ 98 110
| Aaron James (21)
| Aaron James (16)
| Green, Maravich (3)
| Municipal Auditorium3,302
| 0–10
|-
| 11
| November 8
| Phoenix
| 19741108 NOJ 102 105
| Pete Maravich (29)
| Aaron James (11)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Municipal Auditorium3,118
| 0–11
|-
| 12
| November 10
| Portland
| 19741110 NOJ 102 101
| Pete Maravich (30)
| Pete Maravich (11)
| Pete Maravich (12)
| Municipal Auditorium5,465
| 1–11
|-
| 13
| November 12
| Chicago
| 19741112 NOJ 79 88
| Pete Maravich (27)
| Neal Walk (12)
| Pete Maravich (9)
| Municipal Auditorium4,412
| 1–12
|-
| 14
| November 15
| Washington
| 19741115 NOJ 95 104
| Pete Maravich (20)
| E. C. Coleman (13)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| Municipal Auditorium5,275
| 1–13
|-
| 15
| November 16
| @ Atlanta
| 19741116 ATL 104 130
| Pete Maravich (32)
| Neal Walk (8)
| Jim Barnett (5)
| Omni Coliseum8,249
| 1–14
|-
| 16
| November 17
| Detroit
| 19741117 NOJ 85 99
| Pete Maravich (24)
| Neal Walk (12)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Municipal Auditorium3,441
| 1–15
|-
| 17
| November 20
| Seattle
| 19741120 NOJ 95 99
| Jim Barnett (18)
| E. C. Coleman (12)
| Pete Maravich (9)
| Municipal Auditorium4,318
| 1–16
|-
| 18
| November 22
| Atlanta
| 19741122 NOJ 90 86
| Pete Maravich (21)
| Aaron James (14)
| Rick Adelman (6)
| LSU Assembly Center7,417
| 2–16
|-
| 19
| November 23
| @ Cleveland
| 19741123 CLE 100 121
| Barnett, Nelson (18)
| E. C. Coleman (11)
| Barnett, Counts, Walk (4)
| Richfield Coliseum8,864
| 2–17
|-
| 20
| November 26
| @ Phoenix
| 19741126 PHO 110 120
| Pete Maravich (20)
| Rick Roberson (5)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,931
| 2–18
|-
| 21
| November 29
| @ Los Angeles
| 19741129 LAL 122 127
| Lantz, Maravich (22)
| E. C. Coleman (11)
| Pete Maravich (9)
| The Forum11,224
| 2–19
|-
| 22
| November 30
| @ Portland
| 19741130 POR 85 117
| Aaron James (18)
| Roberson, Walk (9)
| Rick Adelman (5)
| Memorial Coliseum11,896
| 2–20
New Orleans Jazz December 1 1 0 9
|-
| 23
| December 3
| @ Golden State
| 19741203 GSW 101 122
| Pete Maravich (22)
| Neal Walk (12)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena5,081
| 2–21
|-
| 24
| December 6
| @ Seattle
| 19741206 SEA 108 121
| Aaron James (22)
| Mel Counts (12)
| Mel Counts (9)
| Seattle Center Coliseum14,082
| 2–22
|-
| 25
| December 8
| Boston
| 19741208 NOJ 101 111
| Jim Barnett (29)
| Bud Stallworth (9)
| Barnett, Nelson (3)
| Municipal Auditorium7,042
| 2–23
|-
| 26
| December 11
| Golden State
| 19741211 NOJ 106 103
| Barnett, James (20)
| Coleman, Roberson (12)
| Jim Barnett (11)
| Municipal Auditorium3,731
| 3–23
|-
| 27
| December 13
| @ Chicago
| 19741213 CHI 76 109
| Nelson, Walk (13)
| Neal Walk (13)
| Adelman, Nelson (3)
| Chicago Stadium5,198
| 3–24
|-
| 28
| December 17
| @ Houston
| 19741217 HOU 83 109
| Ollie Johnson (14)
| Rick Roberson (11)
| Pete Maravich (5)
| Hofheinz Pavilion3,333
| 3–25
|-
| 29
| December 18
| @ Washington
| 19741218 WSB 90 113
| Jim Barnett (16)
| Rick Roberson (12)
| Jim Barnett (6)
| Capital Centre4,227
| 3–26
|-
| 30
| December 20
| @ Boston
| 19741220 BOS 106 110
| Louie Nelson (21)
| E. C. Coleman (10)
| Neal Walk (6)
| Springfield Civic Center6,883
| 3–27
|-
| 31
| December 22
| @ Milwaukee
| 19741222 MIL 76 96
| E. C. Coleman (14)
| Mel Counts (9)
| Louie Nelson (3)
| MECCA Arena9,038
| 3–28
|-
| 32
| December 23
| @ Cleveland
| 19741223 CLE 79 95
| Pete Maravich (24)
| Maravich, Roberson (10)
| Maravich, Nelson (4)
| Richfield Coliseum7,867
| 3–29
|-
| 33
| December 28
| @ New York
| 19741228 NYK 94 101
| E. C. Coleman (23)
| Rick Roberson (12)
| Pete Maravich (4)
| Madison Square Garden18,555
| 3–30
New Orleans Jazz January 2 5 0 7
|-
| 34
| January 2
| @ Detroit
| 19750102 DET 95 99
| Pete Maravich (31)
| E. C. Coleman (10)
| Pete Maravich (6)
| Cobo Arena5,176
| 3–31
|-
| 35
| January 4
| @ Seattle
| 19750104 SEA 89 111
| Neal Walk (20)
| Neal Walk (14)
| Louie Nelson (6)
| Seattle Center Coliseum13,474
| 3–32
|-
| 36
| January 5
| @ Portland
| 19750105 POR 102 111
| E. C. Coleman (21)
| E. C. Coleman (8)
| E. C. Coleman (5)
| Memorial Coliseum8,968
| 3–33
|-
| 37
| January 7
| @ Golden State
| 19750107 GSW 94 136
| Coleman, James (18)
| Mel Counts (10)
| Barnett, Nelson (4)
| Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena4,164
| 3–34
|-
| 38
| January 10
| Houston
| 19750110 NOJ 111 108
| Pete Maravich (38)
| Pete Maravich (11)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Loyola Field House2,368
| 4–34
|-
| 39
| January 17
| Seattle
| 19750117 NOJ 113 109
| Pete Maravich (16)
| Mel Counts (13)
| Pete Maravich (17)
| Loyola Field House3,120
| 5–34
|-
| 40
| January 19
| Buffalo
| 19750119 NOJ 112 117
| Pete Maravich (40)
| Pete Maravich (14)
| Pete Maravich (13)
| Loyola Field House4,214
| 5–35
|-
| 41
| January 21
| @ Atlanta
| 19750121 ATL 103 135
| Pete Maravich (26)
| Neal Walk (8)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Omni Coliseum3,508
| 5–36
|-
| 42
| January 22
| Boston
| 19750122 NOJ 102 110
| Pete Maravich (34)
| Neal Walk (10)
| Pete Maravich (11)
| Loyola Field House5,723
| 5–37
|-
| 43
| January 24
| @ Los Angeles
| 19750124 LAL 108 110
| Louie Nelson (28)
| Mel Counts (14)
| Jim Barnett (6)
| The Forum10,880
| 5–38
|-
| 44
| January 25
| @ Phoenix
| 19750125 PHO 90 94 1
| Louie Nelson (23)
| Mel Counts (12)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,872
| 5–39
|-
| 45
| January 27
| Milwaukee
| 19750127 NOJ 115 117
| Pete Maravich (36)
| Maravich, Moore (8)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Loyola Field House6,419
| 5–40
|-
| 46
| January 29
| Los Angeles
| 19750129 NOJ 108 112
| Pete Maravich (32)
| Otto Moore (13)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| Loyola Field House2,887
| 5–41
|-
| 47
| January 31
| Washington
| 19750131 NOJ 101 106
| Louie Nelson (24)
| E. C. Coleman (16)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Loyola Field House2,812
| 5–42
New Orleans Jazz February 8 2 2 3
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| 48
| February 2
| New York
| 19750202 NOJ 118 114
| Pete Maravich (33)
| E. C. Coleman (9)
| Pete Maravich (12)
| Loyola Field House6,419
| 6–42
|-
| 49
| February 5
| Houston
| 19750205 NOJ 97 124
| Louie Nelson (18)
| Coleman, Moore, Stallworth (5)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| Loyola Field House3,063
| 6–43
|-
| 50
| February 7
| @ Milwaukee
| 19750207 MIL 98 119
| Pete Maravich (27)
| Mel Counts (8)
| Mel Counts (6)
| MECCA Arena10,938
| 6–44
|-
| 51
| February 8
| @ Atlanta
| 19750208 ATL 106 102
| Pete Maravich (47)
| Otto Moore (11)
| Maravich, Nelson (5)
| Omni Coliseum13,653
| 7–44
|-
| 52
| February 10
| Atlanta
| 19750210 NOJ 96 89
| Louie Nelson (29)
| Otto Moore (12)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Loyola Field House4,693
| 8–44
|-
| 53
| February 11
| @ Cleveland
| 19750211 CLE 86 100
| Pete Maravich (18)
| Mel Counts (9)
| Mel Counts (6)
| Richfield Coliseum3,788
| 8–45
|-
| 54
| February 14
| @ Houston
| 19750214 HOU 124 112
| Louie Nelson (23)
| E. C. Coleman (11)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Hofheinz Pavilion3,342
| 9–45
|-
| 55
| February 16
| Milwaukee
| 19750216 NOJ 103 101
| Louie Nelson (27)
| Pete Maravich (9)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Municipal Auditorium7,435
| 10–45
|-
| 56
| February 18
| Philadelphia
| 19750218 NOJ 103 85
| Pete Maravich (33)
| E. C. Coleman (9)
| Pete Maravich (11)
| Municipal Auditorium5,048
| 11–45
|-
| 57
| February 20
| Portland
| 19750220 NOJ 114 102
| Pete Maravich (32)
| Otto Moore (8)
| Pete Maravich (9)
| Loyola Field House4,918
| 12–45
|-
| 58
| February 21
| Phoenix
| 19750221 NOJ 98 96
| Pete Maravich (22)
| Coleman, Moore (12)
| Pete Maravich (6)
| Loyola Field House4,563
| 13–45
|-
| 59
| February 23
| Houston
| 19750223 NOJ 108 99
| Pete Maravich (38)
| E. C. Coleman (10)
| Pete Maravich (11)
| Loyola Field House6,425
| 14–45
|-
| 60
| February 25
| Chicago
| 19750225 NOJ 105 120
| Nate Williams (20)
| Otto Moore (8)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| Municipal Auditorium7,024
| 14–46
|-
| 61
| February 27
| @ Buffalo
| 19750227 BUF 100 110
| Pete Maravich (24)
| E. C. Coleman (13)
| Bibby, Counts, Maravich (5)
| Maple Leaf Gardens5,578
| 14–47
|-
| 62
| February 28
| Kansas City–Omaha
| 19750228 NOJ 114 107 1
| Pete Maravich (34)
| Otto Moore (11)
| Henry Bibby (7)
| Municipal Auditorium5,370
| 15–47
New Orleans Jazz March 7 3 1 6
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| 63
| March 1
| @ Houston
| 19750301 HOU 109 121
| Aaron James (21)
| Mel Counts (15)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| Hofheinz Pavilion6,358
| 15–48
|-
| 64
| March 5
| Los Angeles
| 19750305 NOJ 123 117
| Pete Maravich (30)
| Pete Maravich (14)
| Pete Maravich (13)
| Municipal Auditorium6,554
| 16–48
|-
| 65
| March 7
| Golden State
| 19750307 NOJ 110 107
| Pete Maravich (34)
| Pete Maravich (11)
| Henry Bibby (8)
| Municipal Auditorium6,218
| 17–48
|-
| 66
| March 8
| @ Atlanta
| 19750308 ATL 101 113
| Aaron James (19)
| Otto Moore (11)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Omni Coliseum6,131
| 17–49
|-
| 67
| March 9
| Cleveland
| 19750309 NOJ 90 86
| Pete Maravich (26)
| Otto Moore (11)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Municipal Auditorium5,031
| 18–49
|-
| 68
| March 11
| @ Cleveland
| 19750311 CLE 114 123
| Pete Maravich (23)
| Aaron James (10)
| Pete Maravich (5)
| Richfield Coliseum5,369
| 18–50
|-
| 69
| March 15
| Atlanta
| 19750315 NOJ 140 123
| Pete Maravich (24)
| Otto Moore (13)
| Nate Williams (6)
| Loyola Field House3,623
| 19–50
|-
| 70
| March 16
| Cleveland
| 19750316 NOJ 111 113
| Aaron James (24)
| Pete Maravich (12)
| Bibby, Fryer, Maravich (4)
| Loyola Field House3,824
| 19–51
|-
| 71
| March 19
| @ Philadelphia
| 19750319 PHI 126 115
| Pete Maravich (36)
| Otto Moore (10)
| Pete Maravich (7)
| The Spectrum6,411
| 20–51
|-
| 72
| March 20
| @ Kansas City–Omaha
| 19750320 KCO 95 101
| Pete Maravich (24)
| E. C. Coleman (9)
| Nate Williams (7)
| Kemper Arena6,138
| 20–52
|-
| 73
| March 21
| Washington
| 19750321 NOJ 109 122
| Louie Nelson (26)
| Otto Moore (14)
| Pete Maravich (9)
| Municipal Auditorium6,273
| 20–53
|-
| 74
| March 23
| Detroit
| 19750323 NOJ 114 125
| Nate Williams (28)
| Pete Maravich (10)
| Henry Bibby (9)
| Municipal Auditorium4,182
| 20–54
|-
| 75
| March 25
| Kansas City–Omaha
| 19750325 NOJ 112 110
| Pete Maravich (36)
| Otto Moore (10)
| Pete Maravich (10)
| Municipal Auditorium3,388
| 21–54
|-
| 76
| March 26
| @ Boston
| 19750326 BOS 100 113
| Aaron James (20)
| Otto Moore (16)
| Bibby, Fryer (4)
| Boston Garden15,320
| 21–55
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| 77
| March 28
| New York
| 19750328 NOJ 111 102
| Pete Maravich (32)
| E. C. Coleman (17)
| Bibby, Nelson (4)
| Municipal Auditorium8,002
| 22–55
|-
| 78
| March 29
| @ Houston
| 19750329 HOU 105 107
| Bernie Fryer (17)
| Mel Counts (12)
| Bernie Fryer (7)
| Hofheinz Pavilion7,328
| 22–56
|-
| 79
| March 30
| Atlanta
| 19750330 NOJ 108 105
| Nate Williams (18)
| Otto Moore (11)
| Pete Maravich (8)
| Municipal Auditorium5,422
| 23–56
New Orleans Jazz April 0 1 0 2
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| 80
| April 1
| Washington
| 19750401 NOJ 101 110
| Pete Maravich (19)
| Pete Maravich (13)
| Pete Maravich (11)
| Municipal Auditorium7,312
| 23–57
|-
| 81
| April 4
| @ Chicago
| 19750404 CHI 87 111
| Pete Maravich (31)
| Mel Counts (9)
| Counts, James, Maravich, Moore, Nelson (1)
| Chicago Stadium11,312
| 23–58
|-
| 82
| April 6
| @ Washington
| 19750406 WSB 103 119
| Aaron James (34)
| E. C. Coleman (13)
| Mel Counts (11)
| Capital Centre13,267
| 23–59
NOJ 1975
Playoffs
The Jazz missed the playoffs for the first inaugural season.
Player stats
Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Adelman, Rick Rick Adelman 28 21.89 .421 .695 1.96 2.46 1.68 0.21 6.25 Barnett, Jim Jim Barnett 45 27.51 .448 .830 2.84 3.04 0.78 0.36 13.02 Bellamy, Walt Walt Bellamy 1 14.00 1.000 1.000 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 Bibby, Henry Henry Bibby 28 18.71 .416 .731 1.79 2.71 0.89 0.00 8.93 Block, John John Block 4 14.25 .310 .900 4.50 1.75 1.00 0.25 6.75 Boyd, Ken Ken Boyd 6 4.17 .538 .455 0.83 0.33 0.50 0.00 3.17 Coleman, E.C. E.C. Coleman 77 28.26 .445 .699 7.13 1.36 1.06 0.48 8.08 Counts, Mel Mel Counts 75 18.95 .438 .761 5.88 2.43 0.65 0.57 6.93 Fryer, Bernie Bernie Fryer 31 13.94 .443 .767 1.48 1.68 0.71 0.00 4.10 Green, Lamar Lamar Green 15 18.67 .343 .450 7.27 1.07 0.27 0.33 3.80 James, Aaron Aaron James 76 22.78 .477 .778 4.82 0.87 0.54 0.20 11.67 Johnson, Ollie Ollie Johnson 43 26.95 .465 .805 4.12 1.86 0.98 0.47 7.91 Kimball, Toby Toby Kimball 3 30.00 .304 .857 8.67 1.33 0.67 0.00 6.67 Lantz, Stu Stu Lantz 19 18.58 .339 .887 1.26 1.58 0.63 0.11 6.58 Lee, Russ Russ Lee 15 9.27 .382 .500 2.07 0.47 0.73 0.20 4.33 Maravich, Pete Pete Maravich79 36.11 .419 .811 5.34 6.18 1.52 0.23 21.52 Moore, Otto Otto Moore 40 26.38 .453 .672 8.20 2.05 0.53 0.98 6.98 Nelson, Louie Louie Nelson 72 26.36 .452 .768 2.72 2.47 0.90 0.08 11.19 Roberson, Rick Rick Roberson 16 21.19 .444 .575 7.38 1.44 0.44 0.50 7.44 Stallworth, Bud Bud Stallworth 73 22.85 .420 .687 3.37 0.63 0.81 0.15 9.88 Walk, Neal Neal Walk 37 23.00 .420 .800 7.08 2.73 0.81 0.54 9.89 Williams, Nate Nate Williams 35 23.26 .517 .824 4.51 1.91 1.26 0.17 14.34
Source: Basketball-Reference.comNew Orleans Jazz Statistics – 1974–75
References
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