1974–75 Golden State Warriors season

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1974 NBA draft

Roster

• Al Attles (North Carolina A&T)
• Joe Roberts ()

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

|- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 || October 18 || @ Los Angeles || 90–105 || Butch Beard (18) || Dickey, Ray (9) || Clifford Ray (7) || The Forum 12,772 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 19 || Cleveland || 110–113 || Rick Barry (48) || Clifford Ray (13) || Butch Beard (10) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,402 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 || October 22 || Portland || 107–106 || Rick Barry (34) || Clifford Ray (16) || Rick Barry (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,717 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 25 || @ Portland || 99–97 || Rick Barry (34) || Rick Barry (13) || Charles Johnson (7) || Memorial Coliseum 10,954 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 26 || Detroit || 104–105 || Rick Barry (34) || Clifford Ray (11) || Rick Barry (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,436 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || October 29 || Buffalo || 101–130 || Rick Barry (30) || George Johnson (15) || Rick Barry (11) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,221 || 4–2 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || November 1 || @ Seattle || 99–88 || Rick Barry (45) || Clifford Ray (13) || Rick Barry (6) || Seattle Center Coliseum 12,777 || 5–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || November 2 || Milwaukee || 90–99 || Rick Barry (22) || George Johnson (10) || Rick Barry (9) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,570 || 6–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || November 3 || @ Portland || 109–100 || Rick Barry (41) || George Johnson (14) || Rick Barry (10) || Memorial Coliseum 10,494 || 7–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 10 || November 7 || Seattle || 104–93 || Jamaal Wilkes (27) || Jamaal Wilkes (15) || Rick Barry (11) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,391 || 7–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || November 9 || New York || 93–97 || Rick Barry (32) || George Johnson (15) || Rick Barry (5) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 9,556 || 8–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || November 10 || @ Los Angeles || 106–103 || Rick Barry (23) || Clifford Ray (11) || Rick Barry (7) || The Forum 11,328 || 9–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || November 12 || Atlanta || 111–128 || Rick Barry (33) || George Johnson (10) || Rick Barry (5) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,970 || 10–3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 14 || November 16 || Philadelphia || 106–102 || Rick Barry (31) || Clifford Ray (17) || Rick Barry (7) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,345 || 10–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || November 17 || @ Phoenix || 106–105 || Rick Barry (36) || Dickey, Ray (10) || Charles Johnson (9) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,471 || 11–4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 16 || November 19 || @ Buffalo || 106–111 || Rick Barry (31) || Charles Johnson (11) || Butch Beard (9) || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 8,529 || 11–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || November 20 || @ Boston || 120–115 || Rick Barry (42) || Clifford Ray (14) || Rick Barry (5) || Providence Civic Center 3,509 || 12–5 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 18 || November 21 || @ Cleveland || 74–106 || Rick Barry (23) || Jamaal Wilkes (15) || Rick Barry (4) || Richfield Coliseum 5,811 || 12–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || November 23 || @ Detroit || 110–98 || Rick Barry (45) || Clifford Ray (9) || Butch Beard (7) || Cobo Arena 6,902 || 13–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || November 26 || Houston || 124–144 || Rick Barry (37) || George Johnson (12) || Rick Barry (8) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 6,015 || 14–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || November 30 || Los Angeles || 118–128 || Rick Barry (43) || George Johnson (14) || Rick Barry (7) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 2,576 || 15–6 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || December 3 || New Orleans || 101–122 || Rick Barry (32) || George Johnson (14) || Butch Beard (7) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,081 || 16–6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23 || December 5 || @ Phoenix || 106–108 (2OT) || Rick Barry (30) || Clifford Ray (13) || Beard, Ray (9) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,053 || 16–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || December 7 || Seattle || 96–132 || Rick Barry (26) || George Johnson (15) || Rick Barry (10) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,608 || 17–7 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 25 || December 10 || @ Houston || 97–111 || Rick Barry (29) || Clifford Ray (9) || Rick Barry (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,146 || 17–8 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 26 || December 11 || @ New Orleans || 103–106 || Rick Barry (38) || George Johnson (10) || Rick Barry (8) || Municipal Auditorium 3,731 || 17–9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || December 12 || @ Atlanta || 129–109 || Rick Barry (41) || Ray, Wilkes (9) || Rick Barry (10) || Omni Coliseum 3,745 || 18–9 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 28 || December 14 || @ Washington || 91–99 || Rick Barry (29) || George Johnson (17) || Barry, Beard (4) || Capital Centre 10,396 || 18–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || December 17 || @ New York || 126–108 || Rick Barry (44) || Clifford Ray (11) || Butch Beard (10) || Madison Square Garden 19,694 || 19–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || December 20 || @ Philadelphia || 94–93 || Rick Barry (29) || Jamaal Wilkes (16) || Rick Barry (7) || The Spectrum 6,292 || 20–10 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 31 || December 21 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 84–107 || Rick Barry (30) || Clifford Ray (9) || Jamaal Wilkes (5) || Kemper Arena 5,668 || 20–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || December 23 || Phoenix || 94–111 || Rick Barry (43) || Clifford Ray (18) || Rick Barry (7) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,240 || 21–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || December 26 || Portland || 101–112 || Rick Barry (46) || Dickey, Wilkes (10) || Rick Barry (10) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 10,983 || 22–11 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 34 || December 28 || Boston || 115–105 || Rick Barry (37) || Clifford Ray (13) || Rick Barry (9) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 || 22–12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || December 30 || Kansas City–Omaha || 102–110 || Rick Barry (39) || Clifford Ray (15) || Rick Barry (9) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,374 || 23–12 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || January 4 || Washington || 96–104 || Mullins, Wilkes (19) || George Johnson (12) || Butch Beard (7) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 || 24–12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || January 7 || New Orleans || 94–136 || Rick Barry (29) || Jamaal Wilkes (12) || Rick Barry (9) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 4,164 || 25–12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || January 9 || New York || 96–132 || Rick Barry (33) || Derrek Dickey (13) || Derrek Dickey (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,392 || 26–12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || January 10 || @ Seattle || 119–94 || Rick Barry (26) || Dickey, Ray (13) || Jeff Mullins (7) || Seattle Center Coliseum 14,055 || 27–12 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 40 || January 11 || Chicago || 114–105 || Rick Barry (40) || Clifford Ray (13) || Rick Barry (5) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 || 27–13 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 41 || January 16 || @ Milwaukee || 100–119 || Rick Barry (26) || Clifford Ray (13) || Rick Barry (6) || MECCA Arena 10,089 || 27–14 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 42 || January 17 || @ Buffalo || 116–121 || Rick Barry (35) || Jamaal Wilkes (9) || Rick Barry (7) || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 13,727 || 27–15 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 43 || January 18 || @ Washington || 101–125 || Charles Johnson (21) || George Johnson (11) || Rick Barry (7) || Capital Centre 19,035 || 27–16 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || January 21 || Los Angeles || 108–138 || Rick Barry (38) || Clifford Ray (17) || Jeff Mullins (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,847 || 28–16 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || January 23 || Philadelphia || 100–108 || Rick Barry (55) || George Johnson (17) || Butch Beard (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,070 || 29–16 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || January 25 || Portland || 109–114 (OT) || Rick Barry (32) || G. Johnson, Ray (11) || Dickey, Smith (5) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,732 || 30–16 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 47 || January 26 || @ Portland || 113–128 || Rick Barry (36) || Clifford Ray (15) || Butch Beard (6) || Memorial Coliseum 10,231 || 30–17 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 48 || January 29 || @ Detroit || 90–93 || Rick Barry (25) || Clifford Ray (12) || Rick Barry (8) || Cobo Arena 9,538 || 30–18 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 49 || January 31 || @ Chicago || 103–127 || Rick Barry (40) || Jamaal Wilkes (13) || Beard, Dudley (5) || Chicago Stadium 13,208 || 30–19 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 50 || February 2 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 101–127 || Rick Barry (34) || Derrek Dickey (12) || Butch Beard (4) || Kemper Arena 9,365 || 30–20 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || February 4 || @ Houston || 107–105 || Rick Barry (38) || Clifford Ray (9) || Barry, Beard, Mullins (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,173 || 31–20 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 52 || February 6 || Washington || 98–97 || Rick Barry (34) || Clifford Ray (19) || Rick Barry (8) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 || 31–21 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || February 8 || Phoenix || 96–105 || Phil Smith (22) || Clifford Ray (14) || Rick Barry (11) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,961 || 32–21 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 54 || February 11 || Houston || 112–108 (OT) || Rick Barry (30) || Ray, Wilkes (14) || Rick Barry (7) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,775 || 32–22 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 55 || February 13 || @ Cleveland || 93–96 || Barry, Wilkes (20) || Clifford Ray (11) || Clifford Ray (5) || Richfield Coliseum 9,062 || 32–23 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 56 || February 14 || @ Chicago || 87–105 || Rick Barry (23) || Clifford Ray (16) || Rick Barry (4) || Chicago Stadium 10,126 || 32–24 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || February 15 || @ Philadelphia || 108–101 || Rick Barry (37) || Clifford Ray (18) || Charles Dudley (11) || The Spectrum 5,695 || 33–24 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 58 || February 18 || @ New York || 98–99 || Butch Beard (20) || Clifford Ray (11) || Rick Barry (6) || Madison Square Garden 19,694 || 33–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || February 20 || Atlanta || 102–108 || Phil Smith (26) || Clifford Ray (16) || Rick Barry (5) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,570 || 34–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || February 21 || @ Los Angeles || 105–93 || Phil Smith (26) || Jamaal Wilkes (14) || Butch Beard (9) || The Forum 11,950 || 35–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || February 22 || Boston || 108–114 || Rick Barry (42) || Clifford Ray (12) || Barry, Dudley (5) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,961 || 36–25 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 62 || February 25 || Phoenix || 111–97 || Rick Barry (31) || Derrek Dickey (16) || Rick Barry (3) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8,550 || 36–26 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 63 || February 28 || @ Phoenix || 96–102 || Barry, Beard (18) || Jamaal Wilkes (13) || C. Johnson, Ray (4) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,511 || 36–27 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || March 1 || Cleveland || 95–110 || Rick Barry (23) || G. Johnson, Ray (10) || Butch Beard (5) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,632 || 37–27 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 65 || March 2 || @ Portland || 86–122 || Jamaal Wilkes (25) || Clifford Ray (18) || Rick Barry (9) || Memorial Coliseum 10,212 || 37–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || March 4 || Chicago || 102–117 || Butch Beard (28) || George Johnson (11) || Rick Barry (9) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 9,079 || 38–28 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 67 || March 6 || @ Atlanta || 106–110 || Rick Barry (28) || Clifford Ray (14) || Rick Barry (8) || Omni Coliseum 2,625 || 38–29 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 68 || March 7 || @ New Orleans || 107–110 || Jamaal Wilkes (22) || George Johnson (9) || Rick Barry (10) || Municipal Auditorium 6,218 || 38–30 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || March 9 || @ Boston || 102–101 || Rick Barry (31) || Jamaal Wilkes (13) || Butch Beard (9) || Boston Garden 15,320 || 39–30 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || March 11 || @ Milwaukee || 107–90 || Rick Barry (30) || Jamaal Wilkes (12) || Butch Beard (8) || MECCA Arena 10,687 || 40–30 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 71 || March 13 || Buffalo || 122–103 || Rick Barry (29) || Jamaal Wilkes (12) || Rick Barry (10) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 || 40–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || March 15 || Seattle || 84–120 || Jamaal Wilkes (25) || Jamaal Wilkes (16) || Jamaal Wilkes (7) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 9,594 || 41–31 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 73 || March 16 || @ Los Angeles || 95–111 || Jamaal Wilkes (31) || Derrek Dickey (13) || Butch Beard (6) || The Forum 11,019 || 41–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || March 18 || Phoenix || 103–133 || Rick Barry (28) || Jamaal Wilkes (14) || Phil Smith (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 6,795 || 42–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || March 20 || Portland || 95–97 || Butch Beard (29) || Clifford Ray (14) || Rick Barry (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,141 || 43–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || March 22 || Milwaukee || 117–133 || Rick Barry (38) || Clifford Ray (15) || Rick Barry (11) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 || 44–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || March 25 || Los Angeles || 122–139 || Rick Barry (40) || Dickey, G. Johnson (7) || Barry, Mullins, Smith (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,806 || 45–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || March 27 || Kansas City–Omaha || 103–111 || Rick Barry (34) || Derrek Dickey (23) || Rick Barry (8) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 || 46–32 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 79 || March 28 || @ Seattle || 92–96 || Butch Beard (19) || Clifford Ray (9) || Rick Barry (5) || Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082 || 46–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || March 29 || Detroit || 112–115 || Rick Barry (26) || Clifford Ray (10) || Rick Barry (8) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 || 47–33 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || April 4 || @ Phoenix || 128–99 || Rick Barry (29) || Jamaal Wilkes (11) || Jeff Mullins (7) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,867 || 48–33 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 82 || April 5 || Seattle || 109–108 || Rick Barry (28) || George Johnson (17) || Barry, Beard (4) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 11,064 || 48–34 |-

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 14 | Seattle | W 123–96 | Rick Barry (39) | Clifford Ray (13) | Rick Barry (11) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,279 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 16 | Seattle | L 99–100 | Rick Barry (29) | Ray, Dickey (10) | Barry, Beard (6) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 17 | @ Seattle | W 105–96 | Rick Barry (33) | George Johnson (13) | Rick Barry (7) | Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 19 | @ Seattle | L 94–111 | Jamaal Wilkes (22) | Wilkes, Ray (9) | three players tied (3) | Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 22 | Seattle | W 124–100 | Jamaal Wilkes (24) | Ray, G. Johnson (13) | Rick Barry (10) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | April 24 | @ Seattle | W 105–96 | Rick Barry (31) | George Johnson (15) | Charles Johnson (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082

Awards and honors

• Rick Barry, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
• Rick Barry, All-NBA First Team
• Rick Barry, NBA All-Star Game
• Jamaal Wilkes, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
• Jamaal Wilkes, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
• Dick Vertlieb, NBA Executive of the Year Award

Notes

References

• Warriors on Basketball Reference

References

1. [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/goldst/gswarriors.html Golden State Warriors (1962–Present)]
2. Cotton, Anthony. (February 9, 1981). "Like Snow On A Bamboo Leaf". Time Inc.
3. "NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (Bill Russell Trophy) Award Winners".