1974-1975 Kentucky Colonels: 58-26 .690
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 33-3 (4044 points scored, 3522 allowed) Road record: 18-23 (4343 points scored, 4328 allowed) Other sites: 7-0 (764 points scored, 692 allowed) Head Coach: Hubie Brown 9151 points scored (7th of 10 teams), 8542 points allowed (1st) ABA Averages: 108.8 points/game (9136.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bird Averitt 6'1 170 22 Pepperdine Jim Bradley 6'8 215 22 Northern Illinois Louie Dampier 6'0 170 30 Kentucky Artis Gilmore 7'2 240 25 Jacksonville Joe Hamilton 5'10 160 26 North Texas Dan Issel 6'8 235 26 Kentucky Wil Jones 6'8 205 27 Albany State Gene Littles 6'0 160 31 High Point Ted McClain 6'1 180 28 Tennessee State Red Robbins 6'8 190 30 Tennessee Marv Roberts 6'8 200 24 Utah State John Roche 6'3 170 25 South Carolina Ron Thomas 6'6 215 24 Louisville Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Artis Gilmore 84 3493 784 1351 1 2 412 592 427 934 1361 208 63 258 344 318 1981 23.6 C Dan Issel 83 2864 614 1303 0 5 237 321 258 452 710 188 76 48 157 197 1465 17.7 G Louie Dampier 83 2879 598 1195 38 96 161 199 42 169 211 449 92 53 146 140 1395 16.8 G Bird Averitt 84 2031 422 1014 7 47 249 320 51 134 185 319 87 13 232 212 1100 13.1 F Wil Jones 84 2689 458 948 0 5 139 189 198 409 607 256 108 70 199 353 1055 12.6 G Ted McClain 72 1971 256 582 1 8 104 138 65 203 268 365 130 15 167 231 617 8.6 F Marv Roberts 83 1370 201 467 0 1 127 164 91 155 246 103 27 4 100 200 529 6.4 F Jim Bradley 56 922 144 327 0 4 76 103 101 183 284 68 27 30 73 112 364 6.5 F Ron Thomas 79 830 115 256 1 3 57 119 124 176 300 46 51 14 71 133 288 3.6 G Gene Littles 61 900 85 202 2 8 43 58 30 56 86 119 52 4 62 81 215 3.5 G John Roche 19 258 29 79 1 7 15 18 4 5 9 34 8 1 18 23 74 3.9 G Joe Hamilton 9 124 15 40 3 5 5 6 2 9 11 21 4 0 9 13 38 4.2 F Red Robbins 4 29 12 21 0 0 6 6 8 3 11 1 2 1 2 4 30 7.5
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Tiebreaker 04/04/1975 vs New York Nets W 108-99 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Semifinals 04/06/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 98-91 04/08/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 119-105 04/10/1975 at Memphis Sounds W 101-80 04/11/1975 at Memphis Sounds L 93-107 04/13/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 111-99 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/21/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 112-109 04/23/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 108-103 04/25/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis L 97-103 04/27/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis W 117-98 04/28/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 123-103 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/13/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 120-94 05/15/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 95-93 05/17/1975 at Indiana Pacers W 109-101 05/19/1975 at Indiana Pacers L 86-94 05/22/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 110-105 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Artis Gilmore 15 679 132 245 0 0 98 127 75 189 264 38 15 31 59 59 362 24.1 C Dan Issel 15 578 122 261 0 0 60 74 36 83 119 29 16 12 33 51 304 20.3 G Louie Dampier 15 604 108 212 5 13 33 38 9 27 36 113 19 7 29 34 254 16.9 G Ted McClain 15 544 74 177 0 5 32 41 20 63 83 87 29 5 39 54 180 12.0 F Marv Roberts 15 259 60 115 0 0 31 41 27 27 54 23 3 0 18 29 151 10.1 F Wil Jones 15 454 62 142 0 1 19 24 48 52 100 48 17 12 30 60 143 9.5 G Bird Averitt 14 265 56 154 1 5 25 31 5 17 22 30 7 0 24 32 138 9.9 F Ron Thomas 15 167 25 42 0 0 12 16 26 30 56 11 11 0 10 25 62 4.1 G Gene Littles 8 30 2 9 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 4 0.5 F Jim Bradley 4 20 0 7 0 0 1 2 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 3 1 0.2
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 vs Denver Nuggets W 117-99 1-0 10/20/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 101-92 2-0 10/23/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 136-82 3-0 10/24/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 113-103 4-0 10/25/1974 at Spirits of St. Louis L 86-91 4-1 10/26/1974 at Indiana Pacers W 107-95 5-1 10/30/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 97-94 6-1 11/01/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 125-93 7-1 11/03/1974 vs Memphis Sounds W 104-99 8-1 11/06/1974 vs Utah Stars W 97-85 9-1 11/09/1974 vs New York Nets W 103-97 10-1 11/13/1974 vs New York Nets W 132-129 11-1 11/14/1974 at San Antonio Spurs L 100-102 11-2 11/17/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-103 12-2 11/22/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors L 103-121 12-3 11/23/1974 at Utah Stars L 110-111 12-4 11/26/1974 vs Memphis Sounds W 128-106 13-4 11/28/1974 at Virginia Squires W 108-95 14-4 11/29/1974 at New York Nets L 98-107 14-5 11/30/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 109-100 15-5 12/04/1974 at Spirits of St. Louis L 122-126 15-6 12/07/1974 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 119-107 16-6 12/11/1974 at Memphis Sounds L 97-104 16-7 12/13/1974 at Indiana Pacers L 108-114 16-8 12/14/1974 vs New York Nets L 89-98 16-9 12/17/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 121-98 17-9 12/18/1974 at Spirits of St. Louis W 110-94 18-9 12/19/1974 vs Denver Nuggets W 125-107 19-9 12/21/1974 vs Memphis Sounds W 115-98 20-9 12/22/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-110 21-9 12/26/1974 at Indiana Pacers L 111-122 21-10 12/29/1974 vs Memphis Sounds W 125-114 22-10 12/30/1974 at Virginia Squires W 104-85 23-10 01/03/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 113-79 24-10 01/04/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs W 125-111 25-10 01/05/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis L 106-109 25-11 01/08/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 113-96 26-11 01/09/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis W 123-116 27-11 01/11/1975 at Utah Stars W 95-89 28-11 01/14/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 99-118 28-12 01/15/1975 at Virginia Squires W 108-102 29-12 01/17/1975 at New York Nets L 93-108 29-13 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/19/1975 vs Denver Nuggets W 114-101 30-13 01/22/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 114-91 31-13 01/23/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 113-109 32-13 01/24/1975 at New York Nets L 110-112 32-14 01/26/1975 at Memphis Sounds W 108-104 33-14 01/31/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 134-104 34-14 02/02/1975 vs Utah Stars W 96-86 35-14 02/05/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 118-97 36-14 02/07/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors W 115-114 37-14 02/08/1975 at Utah Stars W 90-87 38-14 02/09/1975 vs Utah Stars W 112-95 39-14 02/12/1975 at San Antonio Spurs W 112-100 40-14 02/15/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 107-109 40-15 02/16/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors L 128-133 40-16 02/18/1975 at Virginia Squires W 121-104 41-16 02/19/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 114-107 42-16 02/21/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 108-110 42-17 02/22/1975 at San Antonio Spurs L 108-110 42-18 02/23/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 107-109 42-19 02/24/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 109-87 43-19 02/26/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 101-99 44-19 03/01/1975 vs New York Nets W 95-84 45-19 03/02/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs L 98-103 45-20 03/05/1975 at Indiana Pacers L 90-103 45-21 03/07/1975 at Virginia Squires W 107-95 46-21 03/08/1975 vs New York Nets W 96-80 47-21 03/09/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis L 92-103 47-22 03/12/1975 vs Denver Nuggets W 108-103 48-22 03/14/1975 at Memphis Sounds L 100-103 48-23 03/15/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors W 113-98 49-23 03/16/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 125-128 49-24 03/19/1975 at Utah Stars L 92-100 49-25 03/21/1975 at New York Nets L 101-115 49-26 03/23/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 121-110 50-26 03/24/1975 vs Utah Stars W 99-84 51-26 03/26/1975 at New York Nets W 103-102 52-26 03/28/1975 at Virginia Squires W 110-88 53-26 03/29/1975 vs New York Nets W 126-95 54-26 03/30/1975 at Memphis Sounds W 113-109 55-26 03/31/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs W 103-88 56-26 04/02/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 88-81 57-26 04/03/1975 at Memphis Sounds W 103-93 58-26 |