1973-1974 New York Nets: 55-29 .655
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-11 (4638 points scored, 4330 allowed) Road record: 24-18 (4550 points scored, 4405 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-11 (4638 points scored, 4330 allowed) Road record: 24-18 (4550 points scored, 4405 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Kevin Loughery 9188 points scored (3rd of 10 teams), 8735 points allowed (3rd) ABA Averages: 106.4 points/game (8934.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Julius Erving 6'6 200 23 Massachusetts Mike Gale 6'4 185 23 Elizabeth City State Gary Gregor 6'7 225 28 South Carolina Larry Kenon 6'9 205 21 Memphis Bob Lackey 6'5 200 24 Marquette Wendell Ladner 6'5 220 25 Southern Mississippi Bill Melchionni 6'1 165 29 Villanova Jim O'Brien 6'7 200 22 Maryland Billy Paultz 6'11 235 25 St. John's Rich Rinaldi 6'3 195 24 St. Peter's John Roche 6'3 170 24 South Carolina Billy Schaeffer 6'5 200 22 St. John's Willie Sojourner 6'8 225 25 Weber State Brian Taylor 6'2 185 22 Princeton Ollie Taylor 6'2 194 26 Houston John Williamson 6'2 185 22 New Mexico StateTeam 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 3398 914 1785 17 43 454 593 263 636 899 434 190 204 341 270 2299 27.4 F Larry Kenon 84 2908 589 1274 0 1 156 222 375 587 962 112 79 19 250 251 1334 15.9 C Billy Paultz 77 2596 519 1051 0 1 222 308 211 571 782 167 60 147 175 238 1260 16.4 G John Williamson 77 2264 482 982 2 11 150 190 68 145 213 243 86 27 208 254 1116 14.5 G Brian Taylor 75 2505 363 762 8 29 100 143 92 122 214 341 154 22 164 192 834 11.1 G John Roche 50 1254 224 460 26 68 96 114 16 43 59 208 41 6 106 86 570 11.4 C Willie Sojourner 82 1316 202 419 0 3 54 64 110 225 335 54 24 88 85 205 458 5.6 F Billy Schaeffer 59 871 171 344 2 9 41 54 49 92 141 37 24 9 53 140 385 6.5 G Bill Melchionni 56 1146 116 276 5 23 59 71 13 64 77 207 51 5 86 94 296 5.3 G Mike Gale 32 904 114 266 0 6 29 36 50 102 152 124 60 34 53 84 257 8.0 F Wendell Ladner 30 637 90 252 18 53 5 12 39 122 161 65 46 3 62 98 203 6.8 F Gary Gregor 25 313 40 85 2 3 9 11 22 49 71 15 4 1 10 48 91 3.6 F Jim O'Brien 11 54 15 37 0 4 9 15 13 4 17 6 3 3 8 5 39 3.5 G Ollie Taylor 8 76 9 24 1 1 9 15 5 9 14 10 3 0 9 9 28 3.5 G Rich Rinaldi 5 28 4 14 0 1 4 4 5 0 5 1 2 0 1 3 12 2.4 G Bob Lackey 3 15 3 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 1 0 1 2 6 2.0
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/29/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 108-96 04/01/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 129-110 04/04/1974 at Virginia Squires L 115-116 04/07/1974 at Virginia Squires W 116-88 04/08/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 108-96 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/13/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels W 119-106 04/15/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels W 99-80 04/17/1974 at Kentucky Colonels W 89-87 04/20/1974 at Kentucky Colonels W 103-90 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 04/30/1974 vs Utah Stars W 89-85 05/04/1974 vs Utah Stars W 118-94 05/06/1974 at Utah Stars W 103-100 (OT) 05/08/1974 at Utah Stars L 89-97 05/10/1974 vs Utah Stars W 111-100Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Julius Erving 14 579 161 305 5 11 63 85 43 92 135 67 22 19 51 40 390 27.9 F Larry Kenon 14 470 101 204 0 0 19 31 67 96 163 25 15 2 38 33 221 15.8 C Billy Paultz 14 520 81 169 0 0 45 57 27 105 132 28 10 20 25 49 207 14.8 G Brian Taylor 14 507 86 166 2 3 23 30 32 29 61 62 33 4 32 45 197 14.1 G John Williamson 14 425 72 160 0 3 22 27 17 29 46 40 10 6 33 44 166 11.9 G Mike Gale 14 367 48 110 1 1 19 20 10 48 58 57 19 18 24 34 116 8.3 F Wendell Ladner 14 271 52 122 6 24 5 11 15 55 70 34 25 0 19 49 115 8.2 C Willie Sojourner 14 154 17 41 0 0 5 9 16 18 34 8 2 12 12 26 39 2.8 F Billy Schaeffer 5 23 8 16 0 0 3 4 6 3 9 3 0 0 1 3 19 3.8 G Bill Melchionni 6 60 8 16 0 0 2 2 2 7 9 16 1 0 4 5 18 3.0 F Jim O'Brien 4 9 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 8 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/10/1973 at Indiana Pacers L 99-118 0-1
10/12/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 116-105 1-1
10/13/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 111-107 2-1
10/19/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 101-88 3-1
10/21/1973 vs Utah Stars W 114-94 4-1
10/24/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 98-100 4-2
10/26/1973 vs San Antonio Spurs L 87-88 4-3
10/30/1973 at San Antonio Spurs L 92-104 4-4
10/31/1973 at Denver Rockets L 104-107 4-5
11/02/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels L 109-121 4-6
11/03/1973 at Kentucky Colonels L 87-93 4-7
11/07/1973 at Virginia Squires L 107-111 4-8
11/08/1973 at Utah Stars L 109-124 4-9
11/10/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors L 105-107 4-10
11/11/1973 at San Antonio Spurs W 106-94 5-10
11/13/1973 at Memphis Tams W 108-92 6-10
11/16/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 100-118 6-11
11/17/1973 at Virginia Squires W 115-97 7-11
11/21/1973 vs Utah Stars W 105-92 8-11
11/23/1973 at Denver Rockets W 128-86 9-11
11/24/1973 at Utah Stars W 119-113 10-11
11/25/1973 vs Indiana Pacers L 124-126 10-12
11/28/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 134-108 11-12
11/30/1973 vs Denver Rockets W 123-102 12-12
12/01/1973 at Virginia Squires W 128-127 13-12
12/02/1973 vs Carolina Cougars W 121-103 14-12
12/05/1973 at Indiana Pacers W 108-103 15-12
12/06/1973 at Memphis Tams W 111-94 16-12
12/07/1973 vs Memphis Tams W 138-102 17-12
12/08/1973 at Kentucky Colonels W 102-87 18-12
12/12/1973 vs Carolina Cougars W 107-97 19-12
12/14/1973 vs San Diego Conquistadors L 104-112 19-13
12/15/1973 at Carolina Cougars W 99-95 20-13
12/16/1973 vs Utah Stars W 129-109 21-13
12/19/1973 vs Kentucky Colonels W 83-82 22-13
12/21/1973 vs Virginia Squires W 115-100 23-13
12/26/1973 at Carolina Cougars L 95-105 23-14
12/28/1973 at Utah Stars L 97-107 23-15
12/29/1973 at San Diego Conquistadors L 119-124 23-16
01/02/1974 vs Carolina Cougars W 99-96 24-16
01/04/1974 vs Denver Rockets W 109-92 25-16
01/05/1974 at Virginia Squires L 109-112 25-17
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/06/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels W 103-100 26-17
01/08/1974 at Virginia Squires W 109-101 27-17
01/09/1974 at Memphis Tams W 108-94 28-17
01/10/1974 at San Antonio Spurs W 105-93 29-17
01/11/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 109-106 30-17
01/16/1974 vs Carolina Cougars L 105-131 30-18
01/18/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 112-105 31-18
01/19/1974 at Memphis Tams W 103-98 32-18
01/20/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels L 105-106 32-19
01/23/1974 vs Virginia Squires L 110-118 32-20
01/25/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 93-89 33-20
01/27/1974 vs Carolina Cougars W 133-114 34-20
02/01/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs W 95-91 35-20
02/02/1974 at Carolina Cougars L 117-125 35-21
02/03/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels L 91-123 35-22
02/06/1974 at Indiana Pacers W 121-100 36-22
02/10/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 121-91 37-22
02/13/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 123-117 38-22
02/14/1974 at Carolina Cougars W 125-108 39-22
02/15/1974 at Kentucky Colonels W 115-101 40-22
02/16/1974 at Utah Stars L 105-116 40-23
02/20/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 117-104 41-23
02/22/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors W 121-113 42-23
02/23/1974 at Memphis Tams L 97-102 42-24
02/27/1974 vs San Antonio Spurs L 103-107 42-25
03/01/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 138-119 43-25
03/02/1974 at Virginia Squires L 101-106 43-26
03/03/1974 vs Indiana Pacers L 99-120 43-27
03/06/1974 at San Diego Conquistadors W 123-97 44-27
03/07/1974 at Denver Rockets W 114-100 45-27
03/08/1974 vs Kentucky Colonels L 100-111 45-28
03/10/1974 vs Virginia Squires W 114-76 46-28
03/11/1974 vs Indiana Pacers W 124-113 47-28
03/13/1974 vs Utah Stars W 97-76 48-28
03/15/1974 vs Denver Rockets W 112-93 49-28
03/16/1974 at Kentucky Colonels W 114-112 50-28
03/17/1974 at Indiana Pacers L 105-117 50-29
03/20/1974 vs Memphis Tams W 103-101 51-29
03/22/1974 vs San Diego Conquistadors W 111-106 52-29
03/23/1974 at Denver Rockets W 112-100 53-29
03/24/1974 at San Antonio Spurs W 99-97 54-29
03/27/1974 vs Denver Rockets W 102-96 55-29
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