# 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).

## Draft picks

| 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 |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Central Divisionvte | 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 Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte |
| # | 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation AttendanceRecord
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

| 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