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On June 7, 1974, the New Orleans Jazz were admitted as an expansion franchise into the National Basketball Association (NBA). The first owner of the team was an ownership group led by Sam Battistone. Team officials selected the name because of its definition in the dictionary: collective improvisation. [13]
The 1974-75 season was the Jazz first season in the NBA. The Jazz averaged 101.5 points per game (ranked 10th in NBA) while allowing an average of 109.3 points per game (ranked 18th in NBA). The Jazz averaged 101.5 points per game (ranked 10th in NBA) while allowing an average of 109.3 points per game (ranked 18th in NBA).
Utah Jazz joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) as New Orleans Jazz, an expansion team that began play in the 1974–75 season. The Jazz relocated from New Orleans to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 1979–80 season.
New Orleans Jazz may refer to: Dixieland, a style of jazz music (New Orleans Jazz) Music of New Orleans § Jazz; New Orleans Jazz (NBA team), professional basketball team that relocated and became the Utah Jazz; New Orleans Jazz football club, an American football team in the Stars Football League; New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
The 1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season was their fifth season in the NBA and its last in New Orleans. The Jazz averaged 108.3 points per game (ranked 15th in NBA) while allowing an average of 114.6 points per game (ranked 21st in NBA). [1] The attendance was 364,205 (ranked 18th in NBA).
This is a list of basketball players who have ever played a game for the NBA franchise the New Orleans Jazz (today known as the Utah Jazz). Pages in category "New Orleans Jazz players" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
Second pair of teammates in NBA history to score 2,000 or more points in a season: 2, Atlanta Hawks Maravich: 2,063 Lou Hudson: 2,029 Third pair of teammates in NBA history to score 40 or more points in the same game: New Orleans Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets, April 10, 1977 Maravich: 45 Nate Williams: 41
Articles on the New Orleans National Basketball Association team that became the Utah Jazz. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.