1975-1976 New Orleans Jazz: 38-44 .463
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-19 (4309 points scored, 4247 allowed) Road record: 15-25 (4109 points scored, 4262 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (117 points scored, 99 allowed) Head Coach: Butch Van Breda Kolff 8535 points scored (10th of 18 teams), 8608 points allowed (9th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Ron Behagen 6'9 185 24 Minnesota Henry Bibby 6'1 185 26 UCLA Freddie Boyd 6'2 180 25 Oregon State E.C. Coleman 6'8 225 25 Houston Baptist Mel Counts 7'0 230 34 Oregon State Aaron James 6'8 210 23 Grambling State Rich Kelley 7'0 235 22 Stanford Pete Maravich 6'5 197 28 Louisiana State Jim McElroy 6'3 190 22 Central Michigan Otto Moore 6'11 205 29 Texas - Pan American Louie Nelson 6'3 190 24 Washington Isaac Stallworth 6'5 190 25 Kansas Nate Williams 6'4 215 25 Utah State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Pete Maravich 62 2373 604 1316 0 0 396 488 46 254 300 332 87 23 0 197 1604 25.9 G Nate Williams 81 1935 421 948 0 0 197 239 135 225 360 107 109 17 0 253 1039 12.8 G Louie Nelson 66 2030 327 755 0 0 169 230 81 121 202 169 82 6 0 147 823 12.5 F Ron Behagen 66 1733 308 691 0 0 144 179 190 363 553 139 67 26 0 222 760 11.5 G Henry Bibby 79 1772 266 622 0 0 200 251 58 121 179 225 62 3 0 165 732 9.3 C Otto Moore 81 2407 293 672 0 0 144 226 162 631 793 216 85 136 0 250 730 9.0 F Aaron James 75 1346 262 594 0 0 153 204 93 156 249 59 33 6 0 172 677 9.0 C Rich Kelley 75 1346 184 379 0 0 159 205 193 335 528 155 52 60 0 209 527 7.0 F Isaac Stallworth 56 1051 211 483 0 0 85 124 42 103 145 53 30 17 0 135 507 9.1 F E.C. Coleman 67 1850 216 479 0 0 59 89 124 295 419 87 56 30 0 227 491 7.3 G Jim McElroy 51 1134 151 296 0 0 81 110 34 76 110 107 44 4 0 70 383 7.5 G Freddie Boyd 30 584 72 165 0 0 28 49 4 26 30 78 27 7 0 54 172 5.7 C Mel Counts 30 319 37 91 0 0 16 21 27 73 100 38 16 8 0 74 90 3.0
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 7 Rich Kelley 814 Stanford [pick acquired from MIL]
3 37 Rudy Hackett 6 22 Syracuse
3 38 Jim McElroy 418 Central Michigan [pick acquired from LA]
4 55 Mack Coleman Houston Baptist
5 73 Andre Hampton Kentucky State
6 91 Rich Schmidt Illinois
7 109 Bill Higgins 15 Ashland
8 127 Harvey Carmichael Kentucky State
9 145 Fred Stokes Barber-Scotia
10 161 Aleksander Belov Soviet Union
Traded draft picks:
#1 to ATL (David Thompson)
#2 to ATL (Bill Willoughby)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/23/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 91-109 0-1 10/24/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-106 1-1 10/26/1975 vs New York Knicks W 125-114 2-1 10/28/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 99-90 3-1 10/31/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 100-85 4-1 11/01/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-91 5-1 11/05/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-110 6-1 11/07/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 90-94 6-2 11/09/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 97-111 6-3 11/11/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-106 6-4 11/12/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 100-116 6-5 11/15/1975 at Houston Rockets L 101-103 6-6 11/18/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 104-112 6-7 11/22/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 89-85 7-7 11/26/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks L 108-113 7-8 11/28/1975 at Kansas City Kings L 97-98 7-9 11/30/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 96-113 7-10 12/02/1975 at Buffalo Braves W 108-96 8-10 12/03/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-102 8-11 12/05/1975 at Boston Celtics L 93-104 8-12 12/09/1975 vs Phoenix Suns L 89-104 8-13 12/11/1975 at Washington Bullets L 109-117 8-14 12/13/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 90-112 8-15 12/14/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 93-102 8-16 12/17/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 105-88 9-16 12/19/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-113 9-17 12/20/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 105-97 10-17 12/21/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 120-107 11-17 12/23/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 97-105 11-18 12/25/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 101-99 12-18 12/27/1975 at New York Knicks L 101-108 12-19 01/02/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-95 13-19 01/03/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-95 14-19 01/06/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 104-98 15-19 01/08/1976 at Kansas City Kings W 107-97 16-19 01/10/1976 at Detroit Pistons W 104-99 17-19 01/14/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 95-100 17-20 01/16/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 94-92 18-20 01/17/1976 at Houston Rockets W 103-97 19-20 01/21/1976 vs Chicago Bulls L 93-102 19-21 01/22/1976 at Washington Bullets L 86-109 19-22 01/27/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 105-129 19-23 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/28/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 112-126 19-24 01/30/1976 vs New York Knicks W 119-97 20-24 01/31/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 108-95 21-24 02/01/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 96-95 22-24 02/05/1976 at Houston Rockets W 114-111 23-24 02/06/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 108-101 24-24 02/08/1976 vs Chicago Bulls L 92-96 24-25 02/10/1976 at Golden State Warriors W 130-124 25-25 02/11/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 90-93 25-26 02/13/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 112-126 25-27 02/14/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 93-112 25-28 02/17/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 101-115 25-29 02/20/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 102-103 25-30 02/21/1976 at New York Knicks L 98-102 25-31 02/22/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 102-94 26-31 02/25/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 105-104 27-31 02/26/1976 at Washington Bullets L 108-118 27-32 02/28/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-112 27-33 03/02/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 109-111 27-34 03/03/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 105-113 27-35 03/05/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 93-98 27-36 03/07/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 124-106 28-36 03/09/1976 at Boston Celtics W 117-99 29-36 03/10/1976 vs Buffalo Braves L 105-120 29-37 03/12/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-101 30-37 03/13/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 117-111 31-37 03/14/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 118-103 32-37 03/17/1976 vs New York Knicks L 107-112 32-38 03/19/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-81 33-38 03/20/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 101-115 33-39 03/23/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 97-101 33-40 03/26/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 131-126 34-40 03/28/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-107 35-40 03/31/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-110 35-41 04/02/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 102-116 35-42 04/04/1976 at Washington Bullets W 129-125 36-42 04/07/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 99-102 36-43 04/08/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 97-111 36-44 04/09/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 99-88 37-44 04/11/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 112-105 38-44 |