1974-1975 New York Nets team stats

1974-1975 New York Nets: 58-26 .690
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 35-7 (4714 points scored, 4201 allowed) Road record: 22-18 (4366 points scored, 4244 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (248 points scored, 242 allowed)

Head Coach: Kevin Loughery 9328 points scored (4th of 10 teams), 8687 points allowed (3rd) ABA Averages: 108.8 points/game (9136.0 points/team)


Team Roster:

Player                 Hgt   Wgt  Age  School
Julius Erving          6'6   200   24  Massachusetts
Mike Gale              6'4   185   24  Elizabeth City State
Larry Kenon            6'9   205   22  Memphis
Wendell Ladner         6'5   220   26  Southern Mississippi
Ed Manning             6'7   210   30  Jackson State
Bill Melchionni        6'1   165   30  Villanova
Billy Paultz           6'11  235   26  St. John's
Billy Schaeffer        6'5   200   23  St. John's
Al Skinner             6'3   190   22  Massachusetts
Willie Sojourner       6'8   225   26  Weber State
Brian Taylor           6'2   185   23  Princeton
John Williamson        6'2   185   23  New Mexico State


Team Stats:

Pos  Player                 GP  Mins   FGM   FGA  3PM  3PA  FTM  FTA  ORB   DRB   REB  ASS  STL  BLK   TO   PF   PTS   PPG
 F   Julius Erving          84  3402   914  1806   29   87  486  608  284   630   914  462  186  157  301  256  2343  27.9
 F   Larry Kenon            84  3165   676  1327    1    2  217  282  279   621   900  122  107   30  206  229  1570  18.7
 C   Billy Paultz           80  2826   524  1080    0    3  214  286  174   598   772  179   59  137  149  273  1262  15.8
 G   Brian Taylor           79  2611   472   920   10   46  150  196   86   146   232  282  221   26  152  216  1104  14.0
 G   John Williamson        75  1872   370   768    3   13  123  147   51    98   149  197   61   23  148  188   866  11.5
 G   Mike Gale              72  1624   228   492    7   23   72   91   97   139   236  165   88   47  111  131   535   7.4
 G   Bill Melchionni        77  1384   201   413    8   27   62   78   12    63    75  320   69    7  106  105   472   6.1
 C   Willie Sojourner       79  1020   155   324    1    3   49   70   94   181   275   42   16   64   63  190   360   4.6
 G   Al Skinner             51   773   130   266    1    3   72   94   42    78   120  121   29   13   68  111   333   6.5
 F   Ed Manning             70   992   103   243    0    2   35   42   59   153   212   58   40    9   57  144   241   3.4
 F   Billy Schaeffer        27   280    61   131    2    7   15   25   15    22    37   20    9    2   18   36   139   5.1
 F   Wendell Ladner         25   436    45   173    7   36    6   10   21    47    68   39   32    1   23   68   103   4.1


Playoff Results:

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Eastern Tiebreaker
04/04/1975   at Kentucky Colonels         L 99-108 
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Eastern Semifinals
04/06/1975   vs Spirits of St. Louis      W 111-105 
04/09/1975   vs Spirits of St. Louis      L 97-115 
04/11/1975   at Spirits of St. Louis      L 108-113 
04/13/1975   at Spirits of St. Louis      L 89-100 
04/15/1975   vs Spirits of St. Louis      L 107-108 



Playoff Stats:

Pos  Player                 GP  Mins  FGM   FGA  3PM  3PA  FTM  FTA  ORB   DRB   REB  ASS  STL  BLK   TO   PF   PTS   PPG
 F   Julius Erving           5   211   55   121    0    8   27   32   12    37    49   28    5    9   19   18   137  27.4
 F   Larry Kenon             5   199   47    88    0    0   13   17   21    43    64    5   10    0   19   17   107  21.4
 C   Billy Paultz            5   178   29    59    0    0   12   15   10    35    45   11    1   16   11   18    70  14.0
 G   John Williamson         5   118   26    43    0    1    8   13    3     7    10   10    1    3   10   21    60  12.0
 G   Bill Melchionni         5   108   14    39    1    6    5    7    3     9    12   32    1    1    6   10    34   6.8
 G   Brian Taylor            5   186   13    36    1    3    4    4    4     8    12   14    7    1    8   21    31   6.2
 C   Willie Sojourner        5    65   12    22    0    0    3    5    8     5    13    2    0    9    5   13    27   5.4
 G   Mike Gale               3    73    9    19    2    4    3    6    1     4     5    7    7    6    1    7    23   7.7
 F   Wendell Ladner          3    35    5    23    3    7    0    0    4     1     5    0    4    0    1   10    13   4.3
 G   Al Skinner              1     9    1     2    0    0    3    4    1     1     2    0    0    0    1    1     5   5.0
 F   Ed Manning              3    18    2     7    0    1    1    1    0     1     1    0    0    0    0    2     5   1.7

Regular Season Game Log:

Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 vs Utah Stars W 105-89 1-0 10/19/1974 at Denver Nuggets L 103-111 1-1 10/20/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors L 110-116 1-2 10/23/1974 vs Memphis Sounds W 104-96 2-2 10/25/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 113-93 3-2 10/26/1974 at Memphis Sounds W 104-91 4-2 10/27/1974 at Spirits of St. Louis W 109-91 5-2 10/29/1974 at Denver Nuggets L 115-126 5-3 10/30/1974 at Utah Stars W 95-91 6-3 11/01/1974 vs Indiana Pacers L 97-99 6-4 11/03/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 120-109 7-4 11/06/1974 at Spirits of St. Louis W 126-100 8-4 11/08/1974 at Memphis Sounds W 104-102 9-4 11/09/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 97-103 9-5 11/13/1974 at Kentucky Colonels L 129-132 9-6 11/14/1974 at Memphis Sounds W 108-101 10-6 11/15/1974 at Utah Stars L 98-109 10-7 11/17/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors W 126-109 11-7 11/20/1974 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 109-104 12-7 11/21/1974 at San Antonio Spurs L 110-116 12-8 11/23/1974 at Indiana Pacers L 95-104 12-9 11/24/1974 vs Denver Nuggets W 99-90 13-9 11/27/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 109-100 14-9 11/29/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels W 107-98 15-9 12/06/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 113-92 16-9 12/07/1974 at Virginia Squires W 103-86 17-9 12/11/1974 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 117-96 18-9 12/13/1974 vs Utah Stars W 100-85 19-9 12/14/1974 at Kentucky Colonels W 98-89 20-9 12/20/1974 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 126-102 21-9 12/21/1974 at Indiana Pacers W 134-122 22-9 12/22/1974 vs Utah Stars L 77-83 22-10 12/26/1974 at Virginia Squires W 130-85 23-10 12/27/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs L 103-108 23-11 12/28/1974 at Memphis Sounds W 100-98 24-11 12/30/1974 vs Memphis Sounds W 128-119 25-11 01/03/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 130-113 26-11 01/04/1975 at Virginia Squires W 112-92 27-11 01/05/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 100-95 28-11 01/08/1975 vs Indiana Pacers L 119-127 28-12 01/10/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 112-98 29-12 01/15/1975 at Indiana Pacers L 106-111 29-13

Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels W 108-93 30-13 01/18/1975 at Virginia Squires W 92-91 31-13 01/19/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 113-91 32-13 01/24/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels W 112-110 33-13 01/26/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 115-111 34-13 01/31/1975 vs Denver Nuggets W 114-101 35-13 02/02/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 126-90 36-13 02/03/1975 at Utah Stars L 106-111 36-14 02/05/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors W 108-104 37-14 02/06/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis W 113-92 38-14 02/07/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 114-110 39-14 02/09/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 117-90 40-14 02/14/1975 at San Diego Conquistadors L 166-176 40-15 02/16/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 115-117 40-16 02/17/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 120-104 41-16 02/19/1975 at San Antonio Spurs W 113-91 42-16 02/22/1975 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 126-93 43-16 02/23/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 116-93 44-16 02/24/1975 at Utah Stars L 113-117 44-17 02/26/1975 at Denver Nuggets L 114-148 44-18 02/28/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 117-110 45-18 03/01/1975 at Kentucky Colonels L 84-95 45-19 03/02/1975 at Memphis Sounds W 111-87 46-19 03/04/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis W 110-106 47-19 03/05/1975 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-122 47-20 03/07/1975 vs Spirits of St. Louis W 120-101 48-20 03/08/1975 at Kentucky Colonels L 80-96 48-21 03/09/1975 vs Virginia Squires W 112-82 49-21 03/12/1975 at Spirits of St. Louis W 124-96 50-21 03/13/1975 at San Antonio Spurs W 108-94 51-21 03/14/1975 vs Denver Nuggets L 95-102 51-22 03/16/1975 vs Utah Stars W 100-89 52-22 03/17/1975 vs Indiana Pacers W 124-116 53-22 03/19/1975 at Indiana Pacers W 119-110 54-22 03/21/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels W 115-101 55-22 03/23/1975 vs Denver Nuggets L 111-114 55-23 03/26/1975 vs Kentucky Colonels L 102-103 55-24 03/28/1975 at Memphis Sounds L 106-111 55-25 03/29/1975 at Kentucky Colonels L 95-126 55-26 03/30/1975 vs San Antonio Spurs W 130-104 56-26 04/02/1975 vs Memphis Sounds W 119-97 57-26 04/03/1975 at Virginia Squires W 116-111 58-26

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