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1974-75 New York Nets Roster and Statistics

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58-26, Finished 1st in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Kevin Loughery (58-26)

Points Per Game: 111.0 (4th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.4 (3rd of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 61-23 (1st of 10)

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 6.57 (2nd of 10) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.4 (5th of 10)
Offensive Rating: 106.3 (4th of 10) ▪ Defensive Rating: 98.9 (2nd of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Spirits of St. Louis
Lost ABA Eastern Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Kentucky Colonels

1974-75 New York Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
32 Julius Erving F-G 6-6 200 February 22, 1950 3 University of Massachusetts Amherst
12 Mike Gale G 6-4 185 July 18, 1950 3 Elizabeth City State University
35 Larry Kenon F 6-9 205 December 13, 1952 1 University of Memphis
4 Wendell Ladner F 6-5 220 October 6, 1948 4 University of Southern Mississippi
22 Ed Manning F 6-7 210 January 2, 1944 7 Jackson State University
25 Bill Melchionni G 6-1 165 October 19, 1944 7 Villanova University
5 Billy Paultz C-F 6-11 235 July 30, 1948 4 St. John's University
15 Billy Schaeffer F 6-5 200 December 11, 1951 1 St. John's University
30 Al Skinner G 6-3 190 June 16, 1952 R University of Massachusetts Amherst
40 Willard Sojourner C-F 6-8 225 September 10, 1948 3 Weber State University
14 Brian Taylor G 6-2 185 June 9, 1951 2 Princeton University
23 John Williamson G 6-2 185 November 10, 1951 1 New Mexico State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 84 20385 3879 7943 .488 69 252 .274 1501 1929 .778 1214 2776 3990 2007 917 516 1402 1947 9328 111.0
Opponent 84 20385 3501 7726 .453 132 421 .314 1551 2022 .767 1326 2728 4054 1813 714 389 1707 1786 8685 103.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Julius Erving 24 84 3402 914 1806 .506 29 87 .333 486 608 .799 284 630 914 462 186 157 301 256 2343
2 Larry Kenon 22 84 3165 676 1327 .509 1 2 .500 217 282 .770 279 621 900 122 107 30 206 229 1570
3 Billy Paultz 26 80 2826 524 1080 .485 0 3 .000 214 286 .748 174 598 772 179 59 137 149 273 1262
4 Brian Taylor 23 79 2611 472 920 .513 10 46 .217 150 196 .765 86 146 232 282 221 26 152 216 1104
5 John Williamson 23 75 1872 370 768 .482 3 13 .231 123 147 .837 51 98 149 197 61 23 148 188 866
6 Mike Gale 24 72 1624 228 492 .463 7 23 .304 72 91 .791 97 139 236 165 88 47 111 131 535
7 Bill Melchionni 30 77 1384 201 413 .487 8 27 .296 62 78 .795 12 63 75 320 69 7 106 105 472
8 Willard Sojourner 26 79 1020 155 324 .478 1 3 .333 49 70 .700 94 181 275 42 16 64 63 190 360
9 Al Skinner 22 51 773 130 266 .489 1 3 .333 72 94 .766 42 78 120 121 29 13 68 111 333
10 Ed Manning 31 70 992 103 243 .424 0 2 .000 35 42 .833 59 153 212 58 40 9 57 144 241
11 Billy Schaeffer 23 27 280 61 131 .466 2 7 .286 15 25 .600 15 22 37 20 9 2 18 36 139
12 Wendell Ladner 26 25 436 45 173 .260 7 36 .194 6 10 .600 21 47 68 39 32 1 23 68 103

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Julius Erving 24 84 40.5 10.9 21.5 .506 0.3 1.0 .333 5.8 7.2 .799 3.4 7.5 10.9 5.5 2.2 1.9 3.6 3.0 27.9
2 Larry Kenon 22 84 37.7 8.0 15.8 .509 0.0 0.0 .500 2.6 3.4 .770 3.3 7.4 10.7 1.5 1.3 0.4 2.5 2.7 18.7
3 Billy Paultz 26 80 35.3 6.6 13.5 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.6 .748 2.2 7.5 9.7 2.2 0.7 1.7 1.9 3.4 15.8
4 Brian Taylor 23 79 33.1 6.0 11.6 .513 0.1 0.6 .217 1.9 2.5 .765 1.1 1.8 2.9 3.6 2.8 0.3 1.9 2.7 14.0
5 John Williamson 23 75 25.0 4.9 10.2 .482 0.0 0.2 .231 1.6 2.0 .837 0.7 1.3 2.0 2.6 0.8 0.3 2.0 2.5 11.5
6 Mike Gale 24 72 22.6 3.2 6.8 .463 0.1 0.3 .304 1.0 1.3 .791 1.3 1.9 3.3 2.3 1.2 0.7 1.5 1.8 7.4
7 Al Skinner 22 51 15.2 2.5 5.2 .489 0.0 0.1 .333 1.4 1.8 .766 0.8 1.5 2.4 2.4 0.6 0.3 1.3 2.2 6.5
8 Bill Melchionni 30 77 18.0 2.6 5.4 .487 0.1 0.4 .296 0.8 1.0 .795 0.2 0.8 1.0 4.2 0.9 0.1 1.4 1.4 6.1
9 Billy Schaeffer 23 27 10.4 2.3 4.9 .466 0.1 0.3 .286 0.6 0.9 .600 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.3 5.1
10 Willard Sojourner 26 79 12.9 2.0 4.1 .478 0.0 0.0 .333 0.6 0.9 .700 1.2 2.3 3.5 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.8 2.4 4.6
11 Wendell Ladner 26 25 17.4 1.8 6.9 .260 0.3 1.4 .194 0.2 0.4 .600 0.8 1.9 2.7 1.6 1.3 0.0 0.9 2.7 4.1
12 Ed Manning 31 70 14.2 1.5 3.5 .424 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.6 .833 0.8 2.2 3.0 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 2.1 3.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Julius Erving 24 84 3402 9.7 19.1 .506 0.3 0.9 .333 5.1 6.4 .799 3.0 6.7 9.7 4.9 2.0 1.7 3.2 2.7 24.8
2 Larry Kenon 22 84 3165 7.7 15.1 .509 0.0 0.0 .500 2.5 3.2 .770 3.2 7.1 10.2 1.4 1.2 0.3 2.3 2.6 17.9
3 Billy Schaeffer 23 27 280 7.8 16.8 .466 0.3 0.9 .286 1.9 3.2 .600 1.9 2.8 4.8 2.6 1.2 0.3 2.3 4.6 17.9
4 John Williamson 23 75 1872 7.1 14.8 .482 0.1 0.2 .231 2.4 2.8 .837 1.0 1.9 2.9 3.8 1.2 0.4 2.8 3.6 16.7
5 Billy Paultz 26 80 2826 6.7 13.8 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.6 .748 2.2 7.6 9.8 2.3 0.8 1.7 1.9 3.5 16.1
6 Al Skinner 22 51 773 6.1 12.4 .489 0.0 0.1 .333 3.4 4.4 .766 2.0 3.6 5.6 5.6 1.4 0.6 3.2 5.2 15.5
7 Brian Taylor 23 79 2611 6.5 12.7 .513 0.1 0.6 .217 2.1 2.7 .765 1.2 2.0 3.2 3.9 3.0 0.4 2.1 3.0 15.2
8 Willard Sojourner 26 79 1020 5.5 11.4 .478 0.0 0.1 .333 1.7 2.5 .700 3.3 6.4 9.7 1.5 0.6 2.3 2.2 6.7 12.7
9 Bill Melchionni 30 77 1384 5.2 10.7 .487 0.2 0.7 .296 1.6 2.0 .795 0.3 1.6 2.0 8.3 1.8 0.2 2.8 2.7 12.3
10 Mike Gale 24 72 1624 5.1 10.9 .463 0.2 0.5 .304 1.6 2.0 .791 2.2 3.1 5.2 3.7 2.0 1.0 2.5 2.9 11.9
11 Ed Manning 31 70 992 3.7 8.8 .424 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.5 .833 2.1 5.6 7.7 2.1 1.5 0.3 2.1 5.2 8.7
12 Wendell Ladner 26 25 436 3.7 14.3 .260 0.6 3.0 .194 0.5 0.8 .600 1.7 3.9 5.6 3.2 2.6 0.1 1.9 5.6 8.5

Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Julius Erving 24 84 3402 26.2 .565 .514 8.6 18.4 13.6 19.9 2.5 2.6 12.7 27.9 114 96 10.2 7.4 17.6
2 Larry Kenon 22 84 3165 17.0 .541 .510 9.1 19.5 14.4 5.2 1.6 0.5 12.4 20.9 107 99 4.3 5.7 10.0
3 Billy Paultz 26 80 2826 16.3 .523 .485 6.4 21.0 13.8 8.3 1.0 2.7 11.0 19.2 107 98 3.6 5.4 9.0
4 Brian Taylor 23 79 2611 16.0 .549 .518 3.4 5.6 4.5 14.0 3.9 0.6 13.1 17.7 109 99 3.6 4.7 8.3
5 Mike Gale 24 72 1624 12.7 .503 .471 6.2 8.5 7.4 12.5 2.5 1.6 17.3 15.8 101 100 0.7 2.7 3.4
6 Bill Melchionni 30 77 1384 13.9 .528 .496 0.9 4.5 2.7 28.7 2.3 0.3 19.2 16.0 106 102 1.5 1.8 3.3
7 John Williamson 23 75 1872 12.6 .520 .484 2.8 5.2 4.0 14.0 1.5 0.7 15.1 21.0 101 103 1.0 2.2 3.3
8 Willard Sojourner 26 79 1020 11.9 .507 .480 9.5 17.6 13.7 5.2 0.7 3.5 15.1 16.4 101 99 0.5 1.8 2.4
9 Al Skinner 22 51 773 14.7 .542 .491 5.6 10.0 7.9 20.0 1.7 0.9 18.1 19.4 106 101 0.9 1.1 2.1
10 Ed Manning 31 70 992 8.1 .461 .424 6.2 15.3 10.8 6.9 1.9 0.5 17.9 12.8 93 99 -0.2 1.7 1.5
11 Billy Schaeffer 23 27 280 12.6 .489 .473 5.5 7.8 6.7 9.7 1.5 0.4 11.3 22.9 99 103 0.1 0.4 0.5
12 Wendell Ladner 26 25 436 4.5 .290 .280 5.0 10.7 7.9 10.5 3.4 0.1 11.5 18.4 72 98 -1.2 0.8 -0.4

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Julius Erving 24 5 211 55 121 0 8 27 32 12 49 28 5 9 19 18 137 .455 .000 .844 42.2 27.4 9.8 5.6
2 Larry Kenon 22 5 199 47 88 0 0 13 17 21 64 5 10 0 19 17 107 .534 .765 39.8 21.4 12.8 1.0
3 Billy Paultz 26 5 178 29 59 0 0 12 15 10 45 11 1 16 11 18 70 .492 .800 35.6 14.0 9.0 2.2
4 John Williamson 23 5 118 26 43 0 1 8 13 3 10 10 1 3 10 21 60 .605 .000 .615 23.6 12.0 2.0 2.0
5 Bill Melchionni 30 5 108 14 39 1 6 5 7 3 12 32 1 1 6 10 34 .359 .167 .714 21.6 6.8 2.4 6.4
6 Brian Taylor 23 5 186 13 36 1 3 4 4 4 12 14 7 1 8 21 31 .361 .333 1.000 37.2 6.2 2.4 2.8
7 Willard Sojourner 26 5 65 12 22 0 0 3 5 8 13 2 0 9 5 13 27 .545 .600 13.0 5.4 2.6 0.4
8 Mike Gale 24 3 73 9 19 2 4 3 6 1 5 7 7 6 1 7 23 .474 .500 .500 24.3 7.7 1.7 2.3
9 Wendell Ladner 26 3 35 5 23 3 7 0 0 4 5 0 4 0 1 10 13 .217 .429 11.7 4.3 1.7 0.0
10 Al Skinner 22 1 9 1 2 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 .500 .750 9.0 5.0 2.0 0.0
11 Ed Manning 31 3 18 2 7 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 .286 .000 1.000 6.0 1.7 0.3 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Julius Erving 24 5 211 20.1 .507 .455 5.6 18.5 11.8 21.2 1.1 2.4 12.3 29.9 102 105 0.1 0.3 0.4
2 Larry Kenon 22 5 199 17.7 .560 .534 10.3 22.8 16.4 3.9 2.4 0.0 16.6 23.6 102 103 0.1 0.3 0.4
3 Billy Paultz 26 5 178 14.8 .534 .492 5.5 20.8 12.9 8.5 0.3 5.0 14.4 17.6 103 104 0.1 0.2 0.3
4 John Williamson 23 5 118 12.9 .616 .605 2.5 6.3 4.3 12.7 0.4 1.4 17.0 20.4 107 111 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Mike Gale 24 3 73 16.2 .531 .526 1.3 5.8 3.5 12.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 12.7 116 101 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Willard Sojourner 26 5 65 14.0 .558 .545 12.1 8.1 10.2 4.4 0.0 7.7 17.1 18.4 104 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Bill Melchionni 30 5 108 12.3 .404 .372 2.7 8.8 5.6 39.1 0.4 0.5 12.5 18.2 99 111 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Al Skinner 22 1 9 14.9 .665 .500 10.9 11.7 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.0 21.7 116 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Brian Taylor 23 5 186 4.3 .410 .375 2.1 4.5 3.3 9.2 1.8 0.3 17.5 10.1 85 110 -0.2 0.1 0.0
10 Ed Manning 31 3 18 1.3 .336 .286 0.0 5.9 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.9 77 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Wendell Ladner 26 3 35 2.3 .283 .283 11.2 3.0 7.3 0.0 5.4 0.0 4.2 28.1 70 103 -0.2 0.1 -0.1