The NBA came to the city of New Orleans for the first time. However, it was not the first professional basketball entry into the Crescent City as they had a team called the Buccaneers in the ABA from 1967-1970.

Their NBA team, known as the Jazz hoped to hit a sweet note with fans by acquiring Pistol Pete Maravich from the Atlanta Hawks. Maravich, a star in college at Louisiana State, was a showman.

He wore a signature pair of floppy good-luck sweat socks that always appeared to need washing. Pete Maravich shot the ball from anywhere and everywhere.

Pistol Pete never made a simple pass when he could make an entertaining one, so his assists regularly came from behind the back or through the legs. However, the Jazz got off to a rocky start as they scored just 74 points while losing their first game on the road to the New York Knicks on October 17th.

A week later, after four road losses, the Jazz lost their first home game to Philadelphia 76ers. The Jazz would not get their first win until November 10th when they beat the Portland Trail Blazers by one point at home.

The Jazz would continue to struggle throughout the season as they went through three coaches while winning just six of their first 50 games. However, in their final 32 games, the Jazz started to come together and finished strong posting a 17-15 record, as they finished in last place with an NBA worse 23-59 record.