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1973-74 New York Nets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 55-29, Finished 1st in ABA Eastern Division

Coach: Kevin Loughery (55-29)

Executive: Roy Boe, Dave DeBusschere

PTS/G: 109.4 (3rd of 10) Opp PTS/G: 104.0 (3rd of 10)

SRS: 4.80 (1st of 10) Pace: 105.0 (2nd of 10)

Off Rtg: 103.5 (4th of 10) Def Rtg: 98.4 (1st of 10) Net Rtg: +5.1 (1st of 10)

Expected W-L: 56-28 (1st of 10)

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

ABA 1974 Playoffs:
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Virginia Squires (Series Stats)
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-0) versus Kentucky Colonels (Series Stats)
Won ABA Finals (4-1) versus Utah Stars (Series Stats)

ABA Champions

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
32	Julius Erving	SF	6-7	210	February 22, 1950	us	2	UMass
12	Mike Gale	PG	6-4	185	July 18, 1950	us	2	Elizabeth City State University
44	Gary Gregor	SF	6-7	225	August 13, 1945	us	5	South Carolina
35	Larry Kenon	PF	6-9	205	December 13, 1952	us	R	Amarillo College, Memphis
30	Bob Lackey	SG	6-5	200	April 4, 1949	us	1	, Marquette
4	Wendell Ladner	SF	6-5	220	October 6, 1948	us	3	Southern Miss
25	Bill Melchionni	PG	6-1	165	October 19, 1944	us	6	Villanova
44	Jim O'Brien	SF	6-7	200	November 7, 1951	us	R	Maryland
5	Billy Paultz	C	6-11	235	July 30, 1948	us	3	Cameron University, St. John's
22	Rich Rinaldi	SG	6-3	195	August 3, 1949	us	2	Saint Peter's College
13	John Roche	SG	6-3	170	September 26, 1949	us	2	South Carolina
15	Billy Schaeffer	SF	6-5	200	December 11, 1951	us	R	St. John's
40	Willie Sojourner	C	6-8	225	September 10, 1948	us	2	Weber State
14	Brian Taylor	PG	6-2	185	June 9, 1951	us	1	Princeton
22	Ollie Taylor	SG	6-2	194	March 7, 1947	us	3	San Jacinto College, Houston
23	John Williamson	SG	6-2	185	November 10, 1951	us	R	New Mexico State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	23	84		40.5	10.9	21.3	.512	0.2	0.5	.395	10.7	20.7	.515	.517	5.4	7.1	.766	3.1	7.6	10.7	5.2	2.3	2.4	4.1	3.2	27.4
2	Larry Kenon	21	84		34.6	7.0	15.2	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	7.0	15.2	.463	.462	1.9	2.6	.703	4.5	7.0	11.5	1.3	0.9	0.2	3.0	3.0	15.9
3	Billy Paultz	25	77		33.7	6.7	13.6	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	6.7	13.6	.494	.494	2.9	4.0	.721	2.7	7.4	10.2	2.2	0.8	1.9	2.3	3.1	16.4
4	Brian Taylor	22	75		33.4	4.8	10.2	.476	0.1	0.4	.276	4.7	9.8	.484	.482	1.3	1.9	.699	1.2	1.6	2.9	4.5	2.1	0.3	2.2	2.6	11.1
5	John Williamson	22	77		29.4	6.3	12.8	.491	0.0	0.1	.182	6.2	12.6	.494	.492	1.9	2.5	.789	0.9	1.9	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	2.7	3.3	14.5
6	Mike Gale	23	32		28.3	3.6	8.3	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	8.1	.438	.429	0.9	1.1	.806	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.9	1.9	1.1	1.7	2.6	8.0
7	John Roche	24	50		25.1	4.5	9.2	.487	0.5	1.4	.382	4.0	7.8	.505	.515	1.9	2.3	.842	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.1	1.7	11.4
8	Wendell Ladner	25	30		21.2	3.0	8.4	.357	0.6	1.8	.340	2.4	6.6	.362	.393	0.2	0.4	.417	1.3	4.1	5.4	2.2	1.5	0.1	2.1	3.3	6.8
9	Bill Melchionni	29	56		20.5	2.1	4.9	.420	0.1	0.4	.217	2.0	4.5	.439	.429	1.1	1.3	.831	0.2	1.1	1.4	3.7	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.7	5.3
10	Willie Sojourner	25	82		16.0	2.5	5.1	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	5.1	.486	.482	0.7	0.8	.844	1.3	2.7	4.1	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.5	5.6
11	Billy Schaeffer	22	59		14.8	2.9	5.8	.497	0.0	0.2	.222	2.9	5.7	.504	.500	0.7	0.9	.759	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.4	6.5
12	Gary Gregor	28	25		12.5	1.6	3.4	.471	0.1	0.1	.667	1.5	3.3	.463	.482	0.4	0.4	.818	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.9	3.6
13	Ollie Taylor	26	8		9.5	1.1	3.0	.375	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.0	2.9	.348	.396	1.1	1.9	.600	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	3.5
14	Rich Rinaldi	24	5		5.6	0.8	2.8	.286	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	2.6	.308	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.4
15	Bob Lackey	24	3		5.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.3	.429	.429	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.0
16	Jim O'Brien	22	11		4.9	1.4	3.4	.405	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	3.0	.455	.405	0.8	1.4	.600	1.2	0.4	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.5	3.5

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	23	14		41.4	11.5	21.8	.528	0.4	0.8	.455	11.1	21.0	.531	.536	4.5	6.1	.741	3.1	6.6	9.6	4.8	1.6	1.4	3.6	2.9	27.9
2	Billy Paultz	25	14		37.1	5.8	12.1	.479	0.0	0.0		5.8	12.1	.479	.479	3.2	4.1	.789	1.9	7.5	9.4	2.0	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.5	14.8
3	Brian Taylor	22	14		36.2	6.1	11.9	.518	0.1	0.2	.667	6.0	11.6	.515	.524	1.6	2.1	.767	2.3	2.1	4.4	4.4	2.4	0.3	2.3	3.2	14.1
4	Larry Kenon	21	14		33.6	7.2	14.6	.495	0.0	0.0		7.2	14.6	.495	.495	1.4	2.2	.613	4.8	6.9	11.6	1.8	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.4	15.8
5	John Williamson	22	14		30.4	5.1	11.4	.450	0.0	0.2	.000	5.1	11.2	.459	.450	1.6	1.9	.815	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.9	0.7	0.4	2.4	3.1	11.9
6	Mike Gale	23	14		26.2	3.4	7.9	.436	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	7.8	.431	.441	1.4	1.4	.950	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	1.3	1.7	2.4	8.3
7	Wendell Ladner	25	14		19.4	3.7	8.7	.426	0.4	1.7	.250	3.3	7.0	.469	.451	0.4	0.8	.455	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.4	1.8	0.0	1.4	3.5	8.2
8	Willie Sojourner	25	14		11.0	1.2	2.9	.415	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.9	.415	.415	0.4	0.6	.556	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.9	2.8
9	Bill Melchionni	29	6		10.0	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.7	.500	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	3.0
10	Billy Schaeffer	22	5		4.6	1.6	3.2	.500	0.0	0.0		1.6	3.2	.500	.500	0.6	0.8	.750	1.2	0.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	3.8
11	Jim O'Brien	22	4		2.3	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.5	.400	.400	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	23	84		3398	914	1785	.512	17	43	.395	897	1742	.515	.517	454	593	.766	263	636	899	434	190	204	341	270	2299
2	Larry Kenon	21	84		2908	589	1274	.462	0	1	.000	589	1273	.463	.462	156	222	.703	375	587	962	112	79	19	250	251	1334
3	Billy Paultz	25	77		2596	519	1051	.494	0	1	.000	519	1050	.494	.494	222	308	.721	211	571	782	167	60	147	175	238	1260
4	Brian Taylor	22	75		2505	363	762	.476	8	29	.276	355	733	.484	.482	100	143	.699	92	122	214	341	154	22	164	192	834
5	John Williamson	22	77		2264	482	982	.491	2	11	.182	480	971	.494	.492	150	190	.789	68	145	213	243	86	27	208	254	1116
6	Willie Sojourner	25	82		1316	202	419	.482	0	3	.000	202	416	.486	.482	54	64	.844	110	225	335	54	24	88	85	205	458
7	John Roche	24	50		1254	224	460	.487	26	68	.382	198	392	.505	.515	96	114	.842	16	43	59	208	41	6	106	86	570
8	Bill Melchionni	29	56		1146	116	276	.420	5	23	.217	111	253	.439	.429	59	71	.831	13	64	77	207	51	5	86	94	296
9	Mike Gale	23	32		904	114	266	.429	0	6	.000	114	260	.438	.429	29	36	.806	50	102	152	124	60	34	53	84	257
10	Billy Schaeffer	22	59		871	171	344	.497	2	9	.222	169	335	.504	.500	41	54	.759	49	92	141	37	24	9	53	140	385
11	Wendell Ladner	25	30		637	90	252	.357	18	53	.340	72	199	.362	.393	5	12	.417	39	122	161	65	46	3	62	98	203
12	Gary Gregor	28	25		313	40	85	.471	2	3	.667	38	82	.463	.482	9	11	.818	22	49	71	15	4	1	10	48	91
13	Ollie Taylor	26	8		76	9	24	.375	1	1	1.000	8	23	.348	.396	9	15	.600	5	9	14	10	3	0	9	9	28
14	Jim O'Brien	22	11		54	15	37	.405	0	4	.000	15	33	.455	.405	9	15	.600	13	4	17	6	3	3	8	5	39
15	Rich Rinaldi	24	5		28	4	14	.286	0	1	.000	4	13	.308	.286	4	4	1.000	5	0	5	1	2	0	1	3	12
16	Bob Lackey	24	3		15	3	7	.429	0	0		3	7	.429	.429	0	0		3	1	4	1	1	0	1	2	6
			84		20285	3855	8038	.480	81	256	.316	3774	7782	.485	.485	1397	1852	.754	1334	2772	4106	2025	828	568	1612	1979	9188

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	23	14		579	161	305	.528	5	11	.455	156	294	.531	.536	63	85	.741	43	92	135	67	22	19	51	40	390
2	Billy Paultz	25	14		520	81	169	.479	0	0		81	169	.479	.479	45	57	.789	27	105	132	28	10	20	25	49	207
3	Brian Taylor	22	14		507	86	166	.518	2	3	.667	84	163	.515	.524	23	30	.767	32	29	61	62	33	4	32	45	197
4	Larry Kenon	21	14		470	101	204	.495	0	0		101	204	.495	.495	19	31	.613	67	96	163	25	15	2	38	33	221
5	John Williamson	22	14		425	72	160	.450	0	3	.000	72	157	.459	.450	22	27	.815	17	29	46	40	10	6	33	44	166
6	Mike Gale	23	14		367	48	110	.436	1	1	1.000	47	109	.431	.441	19	20	.950	10	48	58	57	19	18	24	34	116
7	Wendell Ladner	25	14		271	52	122	.426	6	24	.250	46	98	.469	.451	5	11	.455	15	55	70	34	25	0	19	49	115
8	Willie Sojourner	25	14		154	17	41	.415	0	0		17	41	.415	.415	5	9	.556	16	18	34	8	2	12	12	26	39
9	Bill Melchionni	29	6		60	8	16	.500	0	0		8	16	.500	.500	2	2	1.000	2	7	9	16	1	0	4	5	18
10	Billy Schaeffer	22	5		23	8	16	.500	0	0		8	16	.500	.500	3	4	.750	6	3	9	3	0	0	1	3	19
11	Jim O'Brien	22	4		9	4	10	.400	0	0		4	10	.400	.400	0	0		1	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	8

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Julius Erving	23	84	3398	25.7	.562	.024	.332	7.8	18.1	13.1	18.7	2.6	3.3	14.3	27.2		9.2	7.2	16.5	.233		5.6	2.9	8.5	9.0
2	Larry Kenon	21	84	2908	14.6	.486	.001	.174	13.0	19.5	16.3	5.2	1.2	0.4	15.4	21.6		1.1	4.7	5.9	.097		-0.8	-1.4	-2.3	-0.2
3	Billy Paultz	25	77	2596	18.2	.531	.001	.293	8.2	21.3	14.9	8.6	1.1	3.1	12.9	20.3		4.0	4.9	8.9	.165		1.0	1.1	2.1	2.7
4	Brian Taylor	22	75	2505	12.7	.506	.038	.188	3.7	4.7	4.2	16.9	2.8	0.5	16.6	15.3		2.0	3.3	5.3	.102		-1.0	1.6	0.6	1.6
5	John Williamson	22	77	2264	13.5	.524	.011	.193	3.0	6.2	4.6	14.6	1.7	0.7	16.3	21.8		1.6	2.6	4.2	.089		-1.3	0.0	-1.3	0.4
6	Willie Sojourner	25	82	1316	12.3	.512	.007	.153	8.4	16.6	12.6	5.2	0.8	3.7	16.0	15.7		0.8	2.2	3.0	.109		-2.4	1.2	-1.3	0.2
7	John Roche	24	50	1254	14.6	.559	.148	.248	1.3	3.3	2.3	21.5	1.5	0.3	17.2	19.0		2.0	1.1	3.2	.121		0.7	-0.8	0.0	0.6
8	Bill Melchionni	29	56	1146	9.9	.482	.083	.257	1.1	5.4	3.3	21.3	2.0	0.2	21.9	13.3		0.3	1.3	1.6	.068		-2.4	0.4	-1.9	0.0
9	Mike Gale	23	32	904	13.4	.456	.023	.135	5.6	10.9	8.3	16.6	3.0	2.1	15.8	14.4		0.4	1.6	2.1	.110		-0.4	3.2	2.7	1.1
10	Billy Schaeffer	22	59	871	11.8	.523	.026	.157	5.7	10.2	8.0	5.6	1.3	0.6	12.6	18.7		0.8	1.1	1.9	.104		-2.2	-0.2	-2.4	-0.1
11	Wendell Ladner	25	30	637	9.1	.395	.210	.048	6.2	18.5	12.5	12.6	3.3	0.3	19.4	19.4		-1.1	1.3	0.3	.021		-4.2	1.7	-2.5	-0.1
12	Gary Gregor	28	25	313	9.7	.506	.035	.129	7.1	15.2	11.2	5.8	0.6	0.2	10.0	12.4		0.4	0.4	0.8	.116		-2.3	-0.1	-2.4	0.0
13	Ollie Taylor	26	8	76	9.7	.458	.042	.625	6.6	11.5	9.1	15.8	1.8	0.0	22.7	20.2		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.028		-3.4	0.0	-3.5	0.0
14	Jim O'Brien	22	11	54	22.0	.447	.108	.405	24.2	7.2	15.5	16.5	2.5	3.0	15.5	37.0		0.0	0.1	0.1	.076		-2.1	-0.3	-2.4	0.1
15	Rich Rinaldi	24	5	28	12.6	.381	.071	.286	18.0	0.0	8.8	4.4	3.3	0.0	6.0	23.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	.080		-3.7	-0.1	-3.9	0.0
16	Bob Lackey	24	3	15	14.3	.429	.000	.000	20.1	6.5	13.2	8.9	3.0	0.0	12.5	20.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	.094		-4.0	0.0	-4.0	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Julius Erving	23	14	579	24.0	.570	.036	.279	7.4	15.2	11.4	17.4	1.8	1.8	13.0	27.4		1.7	1.3	3.0	.247		7.4	0.4	7.8	1.4
2	Billy Paultz	25	14	520	14.9	.533	.000	.337	5.2	19.3	12.4	6.8	0.9	2.1	11.4	17.0		0.8	1.1	1.9	.176		1.5	-0.1	1.4	0.4
3	Brian Taylor	22	14	507	15.7	.550	.018	.181	6.3	5.5	5.9	15.8	3.1	0.4	15.2	16.8		0.9	1.0	1.8	.173		2.2	1.1	3.3	0.7
4	Larry Kenon	21	14	470	17.1	.508	.000	.152	14.3	19.6	17.0	7.3	1.5	0.2	14.9	21.9		0.5	1.0	1.5	.153		2.7	-2.2	0.5	0.3
5	John Williamson	22	14	425	10.2	.483	.019	.169	4.0	6.5	5.3	12.2	1.1	0.8	16.1	19.4		0.0	0.6	0.7	.076		-0.9	-1.5	-2.4	0.0
6	Mike Gale	23	14	367	14.3	.488	.009	.182	2.7	12.5	7.7	19.1	2.5	2.7	16.8	15.7		0.3	0.8	1.1	.144		1.6	2.2	3.8	0.5
7	Wendell Ladner	25	14	271	15.4	.453	.197	.090	5.5	19.4	12.6	16.7	4.4	0.0	13.0	21.7		0.0	0.8	0.8	.147		0.0	2.3	2.3	0.3
8	Willie Sojourner	25	14	154	8.2	.434	.000	.220	10.4	11.2	10.8	6.2	0.6	4.3	21.1	14.9		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.058		-2.9	-0.1	-3.0	0.0
9	Bill Melchionni	29	6	60	15.0	.533	.000	.125	3.3	11.2	7.3	33.0	0.8	0.0	19.2	14.0		0.1	0.1	0.2	.169		2.3	-0.9	1.3	0.1
10	Billy Schaeffer	22	5	23	31.0	.535	.000	.250	26.1	12.5	19.1	21.9	0.0	0.0	5.3	32.9		0.1	0.0	0.2	.347		11.4	-2.7	8.7	0.1
11	Jim O'Brien	22	4	9	27.3	.400	.000	.000	11.1	10.6	10.9	66.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	44.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	.218		8.7	-1.4	7.3	0.0

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