1974-75 New York Nets Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 58-26
Finishing 1st in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-5 Lost division semifinals
Division Tiebreaker - Lost to Kentucky Colonels 1-0
Division Semifinals - Lost to Spirits of St. Louis 4-1
Coach: Kevin Loughery (58-26)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 415,312, Avg. 9,229 in 45 home dates

1974-75 New York Nets Roster
1974-75 New York Nets Results

The New York Nets of the American Basketball Association ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 58 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-5.

The Nets netted 9,328 points and yielded 8,685. Julius Erving tossed in a team-leading 2,343 points for New York, while Larry Kenon scored 18 or more per game, too. Julius Erving contributed 914 rebounds. Julius Erving dished out 462 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Brian Taylor added 221 steals, and Julius Erving blocked 157 shots.

Kevin Loughery coached the team. The 1974-75 New York Nets lost in the division semifinals.

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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	3402	1806	914	87	29	608	486	284	630	914	462	186	157	301	256	2343
Larry Kenon	F	84	3165	1327	676	2	1	282	217	279	621	900	122	107	30	206	229	1570
Billy Paultz	C-F	80	2826	1080	524	3	0	286	214	174	598	772	179	59	137	149	273	1262
Brian Taylor	G	79	2611	920	472	46	10	196	150	86	146	232	282	221	26	152	216	1104
John Williamson	G	75	1872	768	370	13	3	147	123	51	98	149	197	61	23	148	188	866
Mike Gale	G	72	1624	492	228	23	7	91	72	97	139	236	165	88	47	111	131	535
Bill Melchionni	G	77	1384	413	201	27	8	78	62	12	63	75	320	69	7	106	105	472
Willie Sojourner	C-F	79	1020	324	155	3	1	70	49	94	181	275	42	16	64	63	190	360
Al Skinner	G	51	773	266	130	3	1	94	72	42	78	120	121	29	13	68	111	333
Ed Manning	F	70	992	243	103	2	0	42	35	59	153	212	58	40	9	57	144	241
Billy Schaeffer	F	27	280	131	61	7	2	25	15	15	22	37	20	9	2	18	36	139
Wendell Ladner	F	25	436	173	45	36	7	10	6	21	47	68	39	32	1	23	68	103
Totals		803	20385	7943	3879	252	69	1929	1501	1214	2776	3990	2007	917	516	1402	1947	9328

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	50.6	33.3	79.9	3.4	7.5	10.9	5.5	2.2	1.9	3.6	3.0	27.9
Larry Kenon	F	84	37.7	50.9	50.0	77.0	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.5	1.3	0.4	2.5	2.7	18.7
Billy Paultz	C-F	80	35.3	48.5	0.0	74.8	2.2	7.5	9.7	2.2	0.7	1.7	1.9	3.4	15.8
Brian Taylor	G	79	33.1	51.3	21.7	76.5	1.1	1.8	2.9	3.6	2.8	0.3	1.9	2.7	14.0
John Williamson	G	75	25.0	48.2	23.1	83.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.5	11.5
Mike Gale	G	72	22.6	46.3	30.4	79.1	1.3	1.9	3.3	2.3	1.2	0.7	1.5	1.8	7.4
Bill Melchionni	G	77	18.0	48.7	29.6	79.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	4.2	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.4	6.1
Willie Sojourner	C-F	79	12.9	47.8	33.3	70.0	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.4	4.6
Al Skinner	G	51	15.2	48.9	33.3	76.6	0.8	1.5	2.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.2	6.5
Ed Manning	F	70	14.2	42.4	0.0	83.3	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.4
Billy Schaeffer	F	27	10.4	46.6	28.6	60.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	5.1
Wendell Ladner	F	25	17.4	26.0	19.4	60.0	0.8	1.9	2.7	1.6	1.3	0.0	0.9	2.7	4.1
Averages		803	25.4	48.8	27.4	77.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.5	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.4	11.6

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	5	211	121	55		0	32	27	12	37	49	28	5	9	19	18	137
Larry Kenon	F	5	199	88	47		0	17	13	21	43	64	5	10	0	19	17	107
Billy Paultz	C-F	5	178	59	29		0	15	12	10	35	45	11	1	16	11	18	70
John Williamson	G	5	118	43	26		0	13	8	3	7	10	10	1	3	10	21	60
Bill Melchionni	G	5	108	39	14		1	7	5	3	9	12	32	1	1	6	10	34
Brian Taylor	G	5	186	36	13		1	4	4	4	8	12	14	7	1	8	21	31
Willie Sojourner	C-F	5	65	22	12		0	5	3	8	5	13	2	0	9	5	13	27
Mike Gale	G	3	73	19	9		2	6	3	1	4	5	7	7	6	1	7	23
Wendell Ladner	F	3	35	23	5		3	0	0	4	1	5	0	4	0	1	10	13
Al Skinner	G	1	9	2	1		0	4	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	5
Ed Manning	F	3	18	7	2		0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5
Totals		45	1200	459	213	0	7	104	79	67	151	218	109	36	45	81	138	512

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	5	42.2	45.5	84.4	2.4	7.4	9.8	5.6	1.0	1.8	3.8	3.6	27.4
Larry Kenon	F	5	39.8	53.4	76.5	4.2	8.6	12.8	1.0	2.0	0.0	3.8	3.4	21.4
Billy Paultz	C-F	5	35.6	49.2	80.0	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.2	0.2	3.2	2.2	3.6	14.0
John Williamson	G	5	23.6	60.5	61.5	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	0.2	0.6	2.0	4.2	12.0
Bill Melchionni	G	5	21.6	35.9	71.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.8
Brian Taylor	G	5	37.2	36.1	100.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.8	1.4	0.2	1.6	4.2	6.2
Willie Sojourner	C-F	5	13.0	54.5	60.0	1.6	1.0	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.0	2.6	5.4
Mike Gale	G	3	24.3	47.4	50.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.3	2.3	7.7
Wendell Ladner	F	3	11.7	21.7		1.3	0.3	1.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	3.3	4.3
Al Skinner	G	1	9.0	50.0	75.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0
Ed Manning	F	3	6.0	28.6	100.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.7
Averages		803	26.7	46.4	76.0	1.5	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.1	11.4