1973-74 New York Nets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 55-29
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 12-2 Won ABA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Virginia Squires 4-1
Division Finals - Defeated Kentucky Colonels 4-0
Finals - Defeated Utah Stars 4-1
Coach: Kevin Loughery (55-29)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 478,449, Avg. 9,569 in 50 home dates

1973-74 New York Nets Roster
1973-74 New York Nets Results

The New York Nets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 55 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-2.

New York netted 9,188 points and gave up 8,739. Julius Erving tossed in a team-leading 2,299 points for the Nets, while Larry Kenon contributed 962 rebounds. Julius Erving dished out 434 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Julius Erving added 190 steals and blocked a team-best 204 shots.

Kevin Loughery coached the team. The 1973-74 New York Nets won the ABA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	84	3398	1785	914	43	17	593	454	263	636	899	434	190	204	341	270	2299
Larry Kenon	F	84	2908	1274	589	1	0	222	156	375	587	962	112	79	19	250	251	1334
Billy Paultz	C-F	77	2596	1051	519	1	0	308	222	211	571	782	167	60	147	175	238	1260
John Williamson	G	77	2264	982	482	11	2	190	150	68	145	213	243	86	27	208	254	1116
Brian Taylor	G	75	2505	762	363	29	8	143	100	92	122	214	341	154	22	164	192	834
John Roche	G	50	1254	460	224	68	26	114	96	16	43	59	208	41	6	106	86	570
Willie Sojourner	C-F	82	1316	419	202	3	0	64	54	110	225	335	54	24	88	85	205	458
Billy Schaeffer	F	59	871	344	171	9	2	54	41	49	92	141	37	24	9	53	140	385
Bill Melchionni	G	56	1146	276	116	23	5	71	59	13	64	77	207	51	5	86	94	296
Mike Gale	G	32	904	266	114	6	0	36	29	50	102	152	124	60	34	53	84	257
Wendell Ladner	F	30	637	252	90	53	18	12	5	39	122	161	65	46	3	62	98	203
Gary Gregor	F-C	25	313	85	40	3	2	11	9	22	49	71	15	4	1	10	48	91
Jim O'Brien	F	11	54	37	15	4	0	15	9	13	4	17	6	3	3	8	5	39
Ollie Taylor	G-F	8	76	24	9	1	1	15	9	5	9	14	10	3	0	9	9	28
Rich Rinaldi	G	5	28	14	4	1	0	4	4	5	0	5	1	2	0	1	3	12
Bob Lackey	G-F	3	15	7	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	1	0	1	2	6
Totals		758	20285	8038	3855	256	81	1852	1397	1334	2772	4106	2025	828	568	1612	1979	9188

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	84	40.5	51.2	39.5	76.6	3.1	7.6	10.7	5.2	2.3	2.4	4.1	3.2	27.4
Larry Kenon	F	84	34.6	46.2	0.0	70.3	4.5	7.0	11.5	1.3	0.9	0.2	3.0	3.0	15.9
Billy Paultz	C-F	77	33.7	49.4	0.0	72.1	2.7	7.4	10.2	2.2	0.8	1.9	2.3	3.1	16.4
John Williamson	G	77	29.4	49.1	18.2	78.9	0.9	1.9	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	2.7	3.3	14.5
Brian Taylor	G	75	33.4	47.6	27.6	69.9	1.2	1.6	2.9	4.5	2.1	0.3	2.2	2.6	11.1
John Roche	G	50	25.1	48.7	38.2	84.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.1	1.7	11.4
Willie Sojourner	C-F	82	16.0	48.2	0.0	84.4	1.3	2.7	4.1	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.5	5.6
Billy Schaeffer	F	59	14.8	49.7	22.2	75.9	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.4	6.5
Bill Melchionni	G	56	20.5	42.0	21.7	83.1	0.2	1.1	1.4	3.7	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.7	5.3
Mike Gale	G	32	28.3	42.9	0.0	80.6	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.9	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.6	8.0
Wendell Ladner	F	30	21.2	35.7	34.0	41.7	1.3	4.1	5.4	2.2	1.5	0.1	2.1	3.3	6.8
Gary Gregor	F-C	25	12.5	47.1	66.7	81.8	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.9	3.6
Jim O'Brien	F	11	4.9	40.5	0.0	60.0	1.2	0.4	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.5	3.5
Ollie Taylor	G-F	8	9.5	37.5	100.0	60.0	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	3.5
Rich Rinaldi	G	5	5.6	28.6	0.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.4
Bob Lackey	G-F	3	5.0	42.9			1.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.0
Averages		758	26.8	48.0	31.6	75.4	1.8	3.7	5.4	2.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	2.6	12.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	14	579	305	161		5	85	63	43	92	135	67	22	19	51	40	390
Larry Kenon	F	14	470	204	101		0	31	19	67	96	163	25	15	2	38	33	221
Billy Paultz	C-F	14	520	169	81		0	57	45	27	105	132	28	10	20	25	49	207
Brian Taylor	G	14	507	166	86		2	30	23	32	29	61	62	33	4	32	45	197
John Williamson	G	14	425	160	72		0	27	22	17	29	46	40	10	6	33	44	166
Mike Gale	G	14	367	110	48		1	20	19	10	48	58	57	19	18	24	34	116
Wendell Ladner	F	14	271	122	52		6	11	5	15	55	70	34	25	0	19	49	115
Willie Sojourner	C-F	14	154	41	17		0	9	5	16	18	34	8	2	12	12	26	39
Billy Schaeffer	F	5	23	16	8		0	4	3	6	3	9	3	0	0	1	3	19
Bill Melchionni	G	6	60	16	8		0	2	2	2	7	9	16	1	0	4	5	18
Jim O'Brien	F	4	9	10	4		0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	8
Totals		127	3385	1319	638	0	14	276	206	236	483	719	343	137	81	239	329	1496

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	14	41.4	52.8	74.1	3.1	6.6	9.6	4.8	1.6	1.4	3.6	2.9	27.9
Larry Kenon	F	14	33.6	49.5	61.3	4.8	6.9	11.6	1.8	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.4	15.8
Billy Paultz	C-F	14	37.1	47.9	78.9	1.9	7.5	9.4	2.0	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.5	14.8
Brian Taylor	G	14	36.2	51.8	76.7	2.3	2.1	4.4	4.4	2.4	0.3	2.3	3.2	14.1
John Williamson	G	14	30.4	45.0	81.5	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.9	0.7	0.4	2.4	3.1	11.9
Mike Gale	G	14	26.2	43.6	95.0	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	1.3	1.7	2.4	8.3
Wendell Ladner	F	14	19.4	42.6	45.5	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.4	1.8	0.0	1.4	3.5	8.2
Willie Sojourner	C-F	14	11.0	41.5	55.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.9	2.8
Billy Schaeffer	F	5	4.6	50.0	75.0	1.2	0.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	3.8
Bill Melchionni	G	6	10.0	50.0	100.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	3.0
Jim O'Brien	F	4	2.3	40.0		0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.0
Averages		758	26.7	48.4	74.6	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.7	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.6	11.8