1975-76 New York Nets season

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1975-76 New York Nets season
Head Coach	Kevin Loughery
Arena
Results
Record	55–29 (.655)
Place	Division: 2nd (ABA) Conference: 2nd
Playoff Finish	Won ABA Championship
New Jersey Nets seasons

The 1975-76 New York Nets season was the 9th and final season in the ABA basketball in New York City. The Nets won their second ABA Championship.

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 ABA Draft 1.2 Exhibition games 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Schedule 3 Player stats 4 Playoffs 5 Awards, Records and Honors 6 References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] ABA Draft

Main article: 1975 ABA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

[edit] Exhibition games

On October 4, 1975 the Nets played their first exhibition game of the season, facing the Washington Bullets of the NBA in the Capital Center in Landover, Maryland. Julius Erving scored 36 points to led the Nets, but the Bullets managed a one point victory, 109-108.

The Nets faced the New York Knicks on October 8 in Uniondale, New York. The Nets prevailed, 110-104.

On October 11 the Nets ventured to Buffalo, New York to face the Buffalo Braves on the Braves' home court. 15,000 fans attended the game. Erving was held to 16 points, but the Nets won by a large margin, 109-83.

The Nets traveled to New Haven, Connecticut on October 14 to play the Washington Bullets for the second time in the preseason. The Nets avenged their loss of ten days earlier, winning 122-114.

The very next day, on October 15, the Golden State Warriors took the court against the Nets in Uniondale. Julius Erving led the Nets with 43 points but Rick Barry had 49 for Golden State as the Warriors won, 119-114.

Two days later the Nets traveled to Seton Hall for a rematch with the Buffalo Braves on October 17. The Nets won again, 117-97.

The next day, October 18, saw the Nets play their final ABA vs. NBA exhibition game as they took the court at Madison Square Garden to again face the New York Knicks. Julius Erving scored 33 points and hit a jump shot at the buzzer to win the game for the Nets, 103-101.^[1]

The Nets finished their ABA tenure with a record of 15 wins and 9 losses against NBA teams in exhibition games. The Nets went 2-0 against the NBA before the 1971-72 season, 0-3 before 1972-73, 4-1 prior to the 1973-74 campaign, 4-3 before the 1974-75 season and 5-2 before the 1975-76 season. Overall, the ABA went 79-76 in the interleague matchups, faring poorly at first but going 62-34 in the last three years of the league.^[2]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

ABA

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Denver Nuggets	60	24	.714	-
New York Nets	55	29	.655	5
San Antonio Spurs	50	34	.595	10
Kentucky Colonels	46	38	.548	14
Indiana Pacers	39	45	.417	21
Spirits of St. Louis	35	49	.417	25
Virginia Squires	15	68	.181	45

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[edit] Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Nets points	Opponents	Record	Streak	Notes
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[edit] Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; STL= Steals; REB = Rebounds; ASST = Assists; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

Player	GP	MIN	STL	REB	ASST	BLK	PTS
Julius Erving

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[edit] Playoffs

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• Won ABA Finals (4-2) versus Denver Nuggets
• Won ABA Semifinals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs

[edit] Awards, Records and Honors

• Julius Erving, Finals MVP

[edit] References

• New York Nets on Basketball Reference

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