The 1974–75 Virginia Squires season was the 5th season of the Squires in the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

. The Squires, having sold talents such as Julius Erving and George Gervin in previous years in order to keep afloat, simply imploded with a lack of talent, losing 69 games, the worst in ABA history. Their longest winning streak was 3 games, from January 31 to February 3, 1975. At one point, they lost 15 straight games, from December 30, 1974 to January 26, 1975. The only victory they scored in March 1975 was their final victory as the team lost eight straight to close out the season. The team finished last in points per game at 99.0, with a middling 6th in points allowed with 109.5 per game.

Roster

* 33 Lloyd Batts - Shooting guard * 52 Lionel Billingy - Point forward * 20 Glen Combs - Shooting guard * 11 Darrell Elston - Shooting guard * 15 Lamar Green - Point forward * 14 Bill Higgins - Shooting guard * 30 George Irvine - Small forward * 31 Mike Jackson - Point forward * 44 Johnny Neumann - Shooting guard * 40 Barry Parkhill - Shooting guard * 22 Aulcie Perry - Center * 5

Cincy Powell Cincinnatus Powell (February 25, 1942 – January 9, 2023) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'7" (2.01 m) forward from the University of Portland, Powell was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the eighth round of the 1965 NBA dr ...

- Small forward * 24 Red Robbins - Center * 13 Dave Twardzik - Point guard * 45 David Vaughn - Center * 42 Willie Wise - Small forward

Final standings

Eastern Division

Awards and honors

1975 ABA All-Star Game The eighth American Basketball Association All-Star Game was played January 28, 1975 at HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, Texas before an audience at 10,449. Kevin Loughery of the New York Nets coached the East, with Larry Brown of the Denver Nuggets ...

selection (game played on January 28, 1975) * Dave Twardzik

References

External links

RememberTheABA.com 1974–75 regular season and playoff results

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