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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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- | 1 | October 17 | @ New York | | Pete Maravich (15) | E. C. Coleman (10) | Pete Maravich (4) | Madison Square Garden<br>15,883 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 18 | @ Philadelphia | | Bud Stallworth (24) | Toby Kimball (14) | Pete Maravich (7) | The Spectrum<br>8,939 | 0–2 |- | 3 | October 19 | @ Washington | | Bud Stallworth (19) | Lamar Green (16) | Jim Barnett (4) | Capital Centre<br>10,896 | 0–3 |- | 4 | October 22 | @ Buffalo | | Ollie Johnson (20) | Bud Stallworth (9) | Pete Maravich (9) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium<br>8,251 | 0–4 |- | 5 | October 24 | Philadelphia | | Jim Barnett (25) | Lamar Green (18) | Pete Maravich (7) | Municipal Auditorium<br>6,459 | 0–5 |- | 6 | October 26 | Cleveland | | Jim Barnett (30) | Lamar Green (16) | Louie Nelson (6) | Municipal Auditorium<br>3,450 | 0–6 |- | 7 | October 30 | Houston | | Jim Barnett (28) | Lamar Green (9) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium<br>3,450 | 0–7

|- | 8 | November 1 | @ Detroit | | Jim Barnett (17) | Neal Walk (19) | Ollie Johnson (4) | Cobo Arena<br>4,237 | 0–8 |- | 9 | November 5 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | | Pete Maravich (26) | Neal Walk (22) | Pete Maravich (5) | Omaha Civic Auditorium<br>3,588 | 0–9 |- | 10 | November 6 | Buffalo | | Aaron James (21) | Aaron James (16) | Green, Maravich (3) | Municipal Auditorium<br>3,302 | 0–10 |- | 11 | November 8 | Phoenix | | Pete Maravich (29) | Aaron James (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium<br>3,118 | 0–11 |- | 12 | November 10 | Portland | | Pete Maravich (30) | Pete Maravich (11) | Pete Maravich (12) | Municipal Auditorium<br>5,465 | 1–11 |- | 13 | November 12 | Chicago | | Pete Maravich (27) | Neal Walk (12) | Pete Maravich (9) | Municipal Auditorium<br>4,412 | 1–12 |- | 14 | November 15 | Washington | | Pete Maravich (20) | E. C. Coleman (13) | Pete Maravich (7) | Municipal Auditorium<br>5,275 | 1–13 |- | 15 | November 16 | @ Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (32) | Neal Walk (8) | Jim Barnett (5) | Omni Coliseum<br>8,249 | 1–14 |- | 16 | November 17 | Detroit | | Pete Maravich (24) | Neal Walk (12) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium<br>3,441 | 1–15 |- | 17 | November 20 | Seattle | | Jim Barnett (18) | E. C. Coleman (12) | Pete Maravich (9) | Municipal Auditorium<br>4,318 | 1–16 |- | 18 | November 22 | Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (21) | Aaron James (14) | Rick Adelman (6) | LSU Assembly Center<br>7,417 | 2–16 |- | 19 | November 23 | @ Cleveland | | Barnett, Nelson (18) | E. C. Coleman (11) | Barnett, Counts, Walk (4) | Richfield Coliseum<br>8,864 | 2–17 |- | 20 | November 26 | @ Phoenix | | Pete Maravich (20) | Rick Roberson (5) | Pete Maravich (8) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum<br>4,931 | 2–18 |- | 21 | November 29 | @ Los Angeles | | Lantz, Maravich (22) | E. C. Coleman (11) | Pete Maravich (9) | The Forum<br>11,224 | 2–19 |- | 22 | November 30 | @ Portland | | Aaron James (18) | Roberson, Walk (9) | Rick Adelman (5) | Memorial Coliseum<br>11,896 | 2–20

|- | 23 | December 3 | @ Golden State | | Pete Maravich (22) | Neal Walk (12) | Pete Maravich (8) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena<br>5,081 | 2–21 |- | 24 | December 6 | @ Seattle | | Aaron James (22) | Mel Counts (12) | Mel Counts (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum<br>14,082 | 2–22 |- | 25 | December 8 | Boston | | Jim Barnett (29) | Bud Stallworth (9) | Barnett, Nelson (3) | Municipal Auditorium<br>7,042 | 2–23 |- | 26 | December 11 | Golden State | | Barnett, James (20) | Coleman, Roberson (12) | Jim Barnett (11) | Municipal Auditorium<br>3,731 | 3–23 |- | 27 | December 13 | @ Chicago | | Nelson, Walk (13) | Neal Walk (13) | Adelman, Nelson (3) | Chicago Stadium<br>5,198 | 3–24 |- | 28 | December 17 | @ Houston | | Ollie Johnson (14) | Rick Roberson (11) | Pete Maravich (5) | Hofheinz Pavilion<br>3,333 | 3–25 |- | 29 | December 18 | @ Washington | | Jim Barnett (16) | Rick Roberson (12) | Jim Barnett (6) | Capital Centre<br>4,227 | 3–26 |- | 30 | December 20 | @ Boston | | Louie Nelson (21) | E. C. Coleman (10) | Neal Walk (6) | Springfield Civic Center<br>6,883 | 3–27 |- | 31 | December 22 | @ Milwaukee | | E. C. Coleman (14) | Mel Counts (9) | Louie Nelson (3) | MECCA Arena<br>9,038 | 3–28 |- | 32 | December 23 | @ Cleveland | | Pete Maravich (24) | Maravich, Roberson (10) | Maravich, Nelson (4) | Richfield Coliseum<br>7,867 | 3–29 |- | 33 | December 28 | @ New York | | E. C. Coleman (23) | Rick Roberson (12) | Pete Maravich (4) | Madison Square Garden<br>18,555 | 3–30

|- | 34 | January 2 | @ Detroit | | Pete Maravich (31) | E. C. Coleman (10) | Pete Maravich (6) | Cobo Arena<br>5,176 | 3–31 |- | 35 | January 4 | @ Seattle | | Neal Walk (20) | Neal Walk (14) | Louie Nelson (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum<br>13,474 | 3–32 |- | 36 | January 5 | @ Portland | | E. C. Coleman (21) | E. C. Coleman (8) | E. C. Coleman (5) | Memorial Coliseum<br>8,968 | 3–33 |- | 37 | January 7 | @ Golden State | | Coleman, James (18) | Mel Counts (10) | Barnett, Nelson (4) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena<br>4,164 | 3–34 |- | 38 | January 10 | Houston | | Pete Maravich (38) | Pete Maravich (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Loyola Field House<br>2,368 | 4–34 |- | 39 | January 17 | Seattle | | Pete Maravich (16) | Mel Counts (13) | Pete Maravich (17) | Loyola Field House<br>3,120 | 5–34 |- | 40 | January 19 | Buffalo | | Pete Maravich (40) | Pete Maravich (14) | Pete Maravich (13) | Loyola Field House<br>4,214 | 5–35 |- | 41 | January 21 | @ Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (26) | Neal Walk (8) | Pete Maravich (8) | Omni Coliseum<br>3,508 | 5–36 |- | 42 | January 22 | Boston | | Pete Maravich (34) | Neal Walk (10) | Pete Maravich (11) | Loyola Field House<br>5,723 | 5–37 |- | 43 | January 24 | @ Los Angeles | | Louie Nelson (28) | Mel Counts (14) | Jim Barnett (6) | The Forum<br>10,880 | 5–38 |- | 44 | January 25 | @ Phoenix | | Louie Nelson (23) | Mel Counts (12) | Pete Maravich (7) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum<br>5,872 | 5–39 |- | 45 | January 27 | Milwaukee | | Pete Maravich (36) | Maravich, Moore (8) | Pete Maravich (8) | Loyola Field House<br>6,419 | 5–40 |- | 46 | January 29 | Los Angeles | | Pete Maravich (32) | Otto Moore (13) | Pete Maravich (7) | Loyola Field House<br>2,887 | 5–41 |- | 47 | January 31 | Washington | | Louie Nelson (24) | E. C. Coleman (16) | Pete Maravich (8) | Loyola Field House<br>2,812 | 5–42

|- | 48 | February 2 | New York | | Pete Maravich (33) | E. C. Coleman (9) | Pete Maravich (12) | Loyola Field House<br>6,419 | 6–42 |- | 49 | February 5 | Houston | | Louie Nelson (18) | Coleman, Moore, Stallworth (5) | Pete Maravich (7) | Loyola Field House<br>3,063 | 6–43 |- | 50 | February 7 | @ Milwaukee | | Pete Maravich (27) | Mel Counts (8) | Mel Counts (6) | MECCA Arena<br>10,938 | 6–44 |- | 51 | February 8 | @ Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (47) | Otto Moore (11) | Maravich, Nelson (5) | Omni Coliseum<br>13,653 | 7–44 |- | 52 | February 10 | Atlanta | | Louie Nelson (29) | Otto Moore (12) | Pete Maravich (8) | Loyola Field House<br>4,693 | 8–44 |- | 53 | February 11 | @ Cleveland | | Pete Maravich (18) | Mel Counts (9) | Mel Counts (6) | Richfield Coliseum<br>3,788 | 8–45 |- | 54 | February 14 | @ Houston | | Louie Nelson (23) | E. C. Coleman (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Hofheinz Pavilion<br>3,342 | 9–45 |- | 55 | February 16 | Milwaukee | | Louie Nelson (27) | Pete Maravich (9) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium<br>7,435 | 10–45 |- | 56 | February 18 | Philadelphia | | Pete Maravich (33) | E. C. Coleman (9) | Pete Maravich (11) | Municipal Auditorium<br>5,048 | 11–45 |- | 57 | February 20 | Portland | | Pete Maravich (32) | Otto Moore (8) | Pete Maravich (9) | Loyola Field House<br>4,918 | 12–45 |- | 58 | February 21 | Phoenix | | Pete Maravich (22) | Coleman, Moore (12) | Pete Maravich (6) | Loyola Field House<br>4,563 | 13–45 |- | 59 | February 23 | Houston | | Pete Maravich (38) | E. C. Coleman (10) | Pete Maravich (11) | Loyola Field House<br>6,425 | 14–45 |- | 60 | February 25 | Chicago | | Nate Williams (20) | Otto Moore (8) | Pete Maravich (7) | Municipal Auditorium<br>7,024 | 14–46 |- | 61 | February 27 | @ Buffalo | | Pete Maravich (24) | E. C. Coleman (13) | Bibby, Counts, Maravich (5) | Maple Leaf Gardens<br>5,578 | 14–47 |- | 62 | February 28 | Kansas City–Omaha | | Pete Maravich (34) | Otto Moore (11) | Henry Bibby (7) | Municipal Auditorium<br>5,370 | 15–47

|- | 63 | March 1 | @ Houston | | Aaron James (21) | Mel Counts (15) | Pete Maravich (7) | Hofheinz Pavilion<br>6,358 | 15–48 |- | 64 | March 5 | Los Angeles | | Pete Maravich (30) | Pete Maravich (14) | Pete Maravich (13) | Municipal Auditorium<br>6,554 | 16–48 |- | 65 | March 7 | Golden State | | Pete Maravich (34) | Pete Maravich (11) | Henry Bibby (8) | Municipal Auditorium<br>6,218 | 17–48 |- | 66 | March 8 | @ Atlanta | | Aaron James (19) | Otto Moore (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Omni Coliseum<br>6,131 | 17–49 |- | 67 | March 9 | Cleveland | | Pete Maravich (26) | Otto Moore (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium<br>5,031 | 18–49 |- | 68 | March 11 | @ Cleveland | | Pete Maravich (23) | Aaron James (10) | Pete Maravich (5) | Richfield Coliseum<br>5,369 | 18–50 |- | 69 | March 15 | Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (24) | Otto Moore (13) | Nate Williams (6) | Loyola Field House<br>3,623 | 19–50 |- | 70 | March 16 | Cleveland | | Aaron James (24) | Pete Maravich (12) | Bibby, Fryer, Maravich (4) | Loyola Field House<br>3,824 | 19–51 |- | 71 | March 19 | @ Philadelphia | | Pete Maravich (36) | Otto Moore (10) | Pete Maravich (7) | The Spectrum<br>6,411 | 20–51 |- | 72 | March 20 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | | Pete Maravich (24) | E. C. Coleman (9) | Nate Williams (7) | Kemper Arena<br>6,138 | 20–52 |- | 73 | March 21 | Washington | | Louie Nelson (26) | Otto Moore (14) | Pete Maravich (9) | Municipal Auditorium<br>6,273 | 20–53 |- | 74 | March 23 | Detroit | | Nate Williams (28) | Pete Maravich (10) | Henry Bibby (9) | Municipal Auditorium<br>4,182 | 20–54 |- | 75 | March 25 | Kansas City–Omaha | | Pete Maravich (36) | Otto Moore (10) | Pete Maravich (10) | Municipal Auditorium<br>3,388 | 21–54 |- | 76 | March 26 | @ Boston | | Aaron James (20) | Otto Moore (16) | Bibby, Fryer (4) | Boston Garden<br>15,320 | 21–55 |- | 77 | March 28 | New York | | Pete Maravich (32) | E. C. Coleman (17) | Bibby, Nelson (4) | Municipal Auditorium<br>8,002 | 22–55 |- | 78 | March 29 | @ Houston | | Bernie Fryer (17) | Mel Counts (12) | Bernie Fryer (7) | Hofheinz Pavilion<br>7,328 | 22–56 |- | 79 | March 30 | Atlanta | | Nate Williams (18) | Otto Moore (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium<br>5,422 | 23–56

|- | 80 | April 1 | Washington | | Pete Maravich (19) | Pete Maravich (13) | Pete Maravich (11) | Municipal Auditorium<br>7,312 | 23–57 |- | 81 | April 4 | @ Chicago | | Pete Maravich (31) | Mel Counts (9) | Counts, James, Maravich, Moore, Nelson (1) | Chicago Stadium<br>11,312 | 23–58 |- | 82 | April 6 | @ Washington | | Aaron James (34) | E. C. Coleman (13) | Mel Counts (11) | Capital Centre<br>13,267 | 23–59

Playoffs

The Jazz missed the playoffs for the first inaugural season.

Player stats

<small>Source: Basketball-Reference.com</small>

References