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 -------------------------------------------------- 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 |