1974–75 New Orleans Jazz season

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

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 Chattanooga

Roster

1974–75 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

| 1 | October 17 | @ New York | | Pete Maravich (15) | E. C. Coleman (10) | Pete Maravich (4) | Madison Square Garden15,883 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 18 | @ Philadelphia | | Bud Stallworth (24) | Toby Kimball (14) | Pete Maravich (7) | The Spectrum8,939 | 0–2 |- | 3 | October 19 | @ Washington | | Bud Stallworth (19) | Lamar Green (16) | Jim Barnett (4) | Capital Centre10,896 | 0–3 |- | 4 | October 22 | @ Buffalo | | Ollie Johnson (20) | Bud Stallworth (9) | Pete Maravich (9) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium8,251 | 0–4 |- | 5 | October 24 | Philadelphia | | Jim Barnett (25) | Lamar Green (18) | Pete Maravich (7) | Municipal Auditorium6,459 | 0–5 |- | 6 | October 26 | Cleveland | | Jim Barnett (30) | Lamar Green (16) | Louie Nelson (6) | Municipal Auditorium3,450 | 0–6 |- | 7 | October 30 | Houston | | Jim Barnett (28) | Lamar Green (9) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium3,450 | 0–7

| 8 | November 1 | @ Detroit | | Jim Barnett (17) | Neal Walk (19) | Ollie Johnson (4) | Cobo Arena4,237 | 0–8 |- | 9 | November 5 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | | Pete Maravich (26) | Neal Walk (22) | Pete Maravich (5) | Omaha Civic Auditorium3,588 | 0–9 |- | 10 | November 6 | Buffalo | | Aaron James (21) | Aaron James (16) | Green, Maravich (3) | Municipal Auditorium3,302 | 0–10 |- | 11 | November 8 | Phoenix | | Pete Maravich (29) | Aaron James (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium3,118 | 0–11 |- | 12 | November 10 | Portland | | Pete Maravich (30) | Pete Maravich (11) | Pete Maravich (12) | Municipal Auditorium5,465 | 1–11 |- | 13 | November 12 | Chicago | | Pete Maravich (27) | Neal Walk (12) | Pete Maravich (9) | Municipal Auditorium4,412 | 1–12 |- | 14 | November 15 | Washington | | Pete Maravich (20) | E. C. Coleman (13) | Pete Maravich (7) | Municipal Auditorium5,275 | 1–13 |- | 15 | November 16 | @ Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (32) | Neal Walk (8) | Jim Barnett (5) | Omni Coliseum8,249 | 1–14 |- | 16 | November 17 | Detroit | | Pete Maravich (24) | Neal Walk (12) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium3,441 | 1–15 |- | 17 | November 20 | Seattle | | Jim Barnett (18) | E. C. Coleman (12) | Pete Maravich (9) | Municipal Auditorium4,318 | 1–16 |- | 18 | November 22 | Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (21) | Aaron James (14) | Rick Adelman (6) | LSU Assembly Center7,417 | 2–16 |- | 19 | November 23 | @ Cleveland | | Barnett, Nelson (18) | E. C. Coleman (11) | Barnett, Counts, Walk (4) | Richfield Coliseum8,864 | 2–17 |- | 20 | November 26 | @ Phoenix | | Pete Maravich (20) | Rick Roberson (5) | Pete Maravich (8) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum4,931 | 2–18 |- | 21 | November 29 | @ Los Angeles | | Lantz, Maravich (22) | E. C. Coleman (11) | Pete Maravich (9) | The Forum11,224 | 2–19 |- | 22 | November 30 | @ Portland | | Aaron James (18) | Roberson, Walk (9) | Rick Adelman (5) | Memorial Coliseum11,896 | 2–20

| 23 | December 3 | @ Golden State | | Pete Maravich (22) | Neal Walk (12) | Pete Maravich (8) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena5,081 | 2–21 |- | 24 | December 6 | @ Seattle | | Aaron James (22) | Mel Counts (12) | Mel Counts (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,082 | 2–22 |- | 25 | December 8 | Boston | | Jim Barnett (29) | Bud Stallworth (9) | Barnett, Nelson (3) | Municipal Auditorium7,042 | 2–23 |- | 26 | December 11 | Golden State | | Barnett, James (20) | Coleman, Roberson (12) | Jim Barnett (11) | Municipal Auditorium3,731 | 3–23 |- | 27 | December 13 | @ Chicago | | Nelson, Walk (13) | Neal Walk (13) | Adelman, Nelson (3) | Chicago Stadium5,198 | 3–24 |- | 28 | December 17 | @ Houston | | Ollie Johnson (14) | Rick Roberson (11) | Pete Maravich (5) | Hofheinz Pavilion3,333 | 3–25 |- | 29 | December 18 | @ Washington | | Jim Barnett (16) | Rick Roberson (12) | Jim Barnett (6) | Capital Centre4,227 | 3–26 |- | 30 | December 20 | @ Boston | | Louie Nelson (21) | E. C. Coleman (10) | Neal Walk (6) | Springfield Civic Center6,883 | 3–27 |- | 31 | December 22 | @ Milwaukee | | E. C. Coleman (14) | Mel Counts (9) | Louie Nelson (3) | MECCA Arena9,038 | 3–28 |- | 32 | December 23 | @ Cleveland | | Pete Maravich (24) | Maravich, Roberson (10) | Maravich, Nelson (4) | Richfield Coliseum7,867 | 3–29 |- | 33 | December 28 | @ New York | | E. C. Coleman (23) | Rick Roberson (12) | Pete Maravich (4) | Madison Square Garden18,555 | 3–30

| 34 | January 2 | @ Detroit | | Pete Maravich (31) | E. C. Coleman (10) | Pete Maravich (6) | Cobo Arena5,176 | 3–31 |- | 35 | January 4 | @ Seattle | | Neal Walk (20) | Neal Walk (14) | Louie Nelson (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum13,474 | 3–32 |- | 36 | January 5 | @ Portland | | E. C. Coleman (21) | E. C. Coleman (8) | E. C. Coleman (5) | Memorial Coliseum8,968 | 3–33 |- | 37 | January 7 | @ Golden State | | Coleman, James (18) | Mel Counts (10) | Barnett, Nelson (4) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena4,164 | 3–34 |- | 38 | January 10 | Houston | | Pete Maravich (38) | Pete Maravich (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Loyola Field House2,368 | 4–34 |- | 39 | January 17 | Seattle | | Pete Maravich (16) | Mel Counts (13) | Pete Maravich (17) | Loyola Field House3,120 | 5–34 |- | 40 | January 19 | Buffalo | | Pete Maravich (40) | Pete Maravich (14) | Pete Maravich (13) | Loyola Field House4,214 | 5–35 |- | 41 | January 21 | @ Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (26) | Neal Walk (8) | Pete Maravich (8) | Omni Coliseum3,508 | 5–36 |- | 42 | January 22 | Boston | | Pete Maravich (34) | Neal Walk (10) | Pete Maravich (11) | Loyola Field House5,723 | 5–37 |- | 43 | January 24 | @ Los Angeles | | Louie Nelson (28) | Mel Counts (14) | Jim Barnett (6) | The Forum10,880 | 5–38 |- | 44 | January 25 | @ Phoenix | | Louie Nelson (23) | Mel Counts (12) | Pete Maravich (7) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,872 | 5–39 |- | 45 | January 27 | Milwaukee | | Pete Maravich (36) | Maravich, Moore (8) | Pete Maravich (8) | Loyola Field House6,419 | 5–40 |- | 46 | January 29 | Los Angeles | | Pete Maravich (32) | Otto Moore (13) | Pete Maravich (7) | Loyola Field House2,887 | 5–41 |- | 47 | January 31 | Washington | | Louie Nelson (24) | E. C. Coleman (16) | Pete Maravich (8) | Loyola Field House2,812 | 5–42

| 48 | February 2 | New York | | Pete Maravich (33) | E. C. Coleman (9) | Pete Maravich (12) | Loyola Field House6,419 | 6–42 |- | 49 | February 5 | Houston | | Louie Nelson (18) | Coleman, Moore, Stallworth (5) | Pete Maravich (7) | Loyola Field House3,063 | 6–43 |- | 50 | February 7 | @ Milwaukee | | Pete Maravich (27) | Mel Counts (8) | Mel Counts (6) | MECCA Arena10,938 | 6–44 |- | 51 | February 8 | @ Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (47) | Otto Moore (11) | Maravich, Nelson (5) | Omni Coliseum13,653 | 7–44 |- | 52 | February 10 | Atlanta | | Louie Nelson (29) | Otto Moore (12) | Pete Maravich (8) | Loyola Field House4,693 | 8–44 |- | 53 | February 11 | @ Cleveland | | Pete Maravich (18) | Mel Counts (9) | Mel Counts (6) | Richfield Coliseum3,788 | 8–45 |- | 54 | February 14 | @ Houston | | Louie Nelson (23) | E. C. Coleman (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Hofheinz Pavilion3,342 | 9–45 |- | 55 | February 16 | Milwaukee | | Louie Nelson (27) | Pete Maravich (9) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium7,435 | 10–45 |- | 56 | February 18 | Philadelphia | | Pete Maravich (33) | E. C. Coleman (9) | Pete Maravich (11) | Municipal Auditorium5,048 | 11–45 |- | 57 | February 20 | Portland | | Pete Maravich (32) | Otto Moore (8) | Pete Maravich (9) | Loyola Field House4,918 | 12–45 |- | 58 | February 21 | Phoenix | | Pete Maravich (22) | Coleman, Moore (12) | Pete Maravich (6) | Loyola Field House4,563 | 13–45 |- | 59 | February 23 | Houston | | Pete Maravich (38) | E. C. Coleman (10) | Pete Maravich (11) | Loyola Field House6,425 | 14–45 |- | 60 | February 25 | Chicago | | Nate Williams (20) | Otto Moore (8) | Pete Maravich (7) | Municipal Auditorium7,024 | 14–46 |- | 61 | February 27 | @ Buffalo | | Pete Maravich (24) | E. C. Coleman (13) | Bibby, Counts, Maravich (5) | Maple Leaf Gardens5,578 | 14–47 |- | 62 | February 28 | Kansas City–Omaha | | Pete Maravich (34) | Otto Moore (11) | Henry Bibby (7) | Municipal Auditorium5,370 | 15–47

| 63 | March 1 | @ Houston | | Aaron James (21) | Mel Counts (15) | Pete Maravich (7) | Hofheinz Pavilion6,358 | 15–48 |- | 64 | March 5 | Los Angeles | | Pete Maravich (30) | Pete Maravich (14) | Pete Maravich (13) | Municipal Auditorium6,554 | 16–48 |- | 65 | March 7 | Golden State | | Pete Maravich (34) | Pete Maravich (11) | Henry Bibby (8) | Municipal Auditorium6,218 | 17–48 |- | 66 | March 8 | @ Atlanta | | Aaron James (19) | Otto Moore (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Omni Coliseum6,131 | 17–49 |- | 67 | March 9 | Cleveland | | Pete Maravich (26) | Otto Moore (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium5,031 | 18–49 |- | 68 | March 11 | @ Cleveland | | Pete Maravich (23) | Aaron James (10) | Pete Maravich (5) | Richfield Coliseum5,369 | 18–50 |- | 69 | March 15 | Atlanta | | Pete Maravich (24) | Otto Moore (13) | Nate Williams (6) | Loyola Field House3,623 | 19–50 |- | 70 | March 16 | Cleveland | | Aaron James (24) | Pete Maravich (12) | Bibby, Fryer, Maravich (4) | Loyola Field House3,824 | 19–51 |- | 71 | March 19 | @ Philadelphia | | Pete Maravich (36) | Otto Moore (10) | Pete Maravich (7) | The Spectrum6,411 | 20–51 |- | 72 | March 20 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | | Pete Maravich (24) | E. C. Coleman (9) | Nate Williams (7) | Kemper Arena6,138 | 20–52 |- | 73 | March 21 | Washington | | Louie Nelson (26) | Otto Moore (14) | Pete Maravich (9) | Municipal Auditorium6,273 | 20–53 |- | 74 | March 23 | Detroit | | Nate Williams (28) | Pete Maravich (10) | Henry Bibby (9) | Municipal Auditorium4,182 | 20–54 |- | 75 | March 25 | Kansas City–Omaha | | Pete Maravich (36) | Otto Moore (10) | Pete Maravich (10) | Municipal Auditorium3,388 | 21–54 |- | 76 | March 26 | @ Boston | | Aaron James (20) | Otto Moore (16) | Bibby, Fryer (4) | Boston Garden15,320 | 21–55 |- | 77 | March 28 | New York | | Pete Maravich (32) | E. C. Coleman (17) | Bibby, Nelson (4) | Municipal Auditorium8,002 | 22–55 |- | 78 | March 29 | @ Houston | | Bernie Fryer (17) | Mel Counts (12) | Bernie Fryer (7) | Hofheinz Pavilion7,328 | 22–56 |- | 79 | March 30 | Atlanta | | Nate Williams (18) | Otto Moore (11) | Pete Maravich (8) | Municipal Auditorium5,422 | 23–56

| 80 | April 1 | Washington | | Pete Maravich (19) | Pete Maravich (13) | Pete Maravich (11) | Municipal Auditorium7,312 | 23–57 |- | 81 | April 4 | @ Chicago | | Pete Maravich (31) | Mel Counts (9) | Counts, James, Maravich, Moore, Nelson (1) | Chicago Stadium11,312 | 23–58 |- | 82 | April 6 | @ Washington | | Aaron James (34) | E. C. Coleman (13) | Mel Counts (11) | Capital Centre13,267 | 23–59

Playoffs The Jazz missed the playoffs for the first inaugural season.

Player stats