1975-1976 New Orleans Jazz team stats

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

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