1977-1978 New Orleans Jazz team stats

1977-1978 New Orleans Jazz: 39-43 .476
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4578 points scored, 4418 allowed) Road record: 11-28 (4047 points scored, 4340 allowed) Other sites: 1-1 (201 points scored, 221 allowed)

Head Coach: Elgin Baylor 8826 points scored (13th of 22 teams), 8979 points allowed (13th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team)


Team Roster:

Player                 Hgt   Wgt  Age  School
Gus Bailey             6'5   185   26  Texas - El Paso
Freddie Boyd           6'2   180   27  Oregon State
Gail Goodrich          6'1   170   34  UCLA
Paul Griffin           6'9   205   23  Western Michigan
Aaron James            6'8   210   25  Grambling State
Rich Kelley            7'0   235   24  Stanford
Pete Maravich          6'5   197   30  Louisiana State
Jim McElroy            6'3   190   24  Central Michigan
Joe Meriweather        6'10  215   24  Southern Illinois
Truck Robinson         6'7   225   26  Tennessee State
Fred Saunders          6'7   210   26  Syracuse
Slick Watts            6'1   175   26  Xavier (LA)
Nate Williams          6'4   215   27  Utah State


Team Stats:

Pos  Player                 GP  Mins   FGM   FGA  3PM  3PA  FTM  FTA  ORB   DRB   REB  ASS  STL  BLK   TO   PF   PTS   PPG
 F   Truck Robinson         82  3638   748  1683    0    0  366  572  298   990  1288  171   73   79  301  265  1862  22.7
 G   Pete Maravich          50  2041   556  1253    0    0  240  276   49   129   178  335  101    8  248  116  1352  27.0
 G   Gail Goodrich          81  2553   520  1050    0    0  264  332   75   102   177  388   82   22  205  186  1304  16.1
 F   Aaron James            80  2118   428   861    0    0  117  157  163   258   421  112   36   22  130  254   973  12.2
 C   Rich Kelley            82  2119   304   602    0    0  225  289  249   510   759  233   89  129  225  293   833  10.2
 G   Jim McElroy            74  1760   287   607    0    0  123  167   44   104   148  292   58   34  141  110   697   9.4
 C   Joe Meriweather        54  1277   194   411    0    0   87  133  135   237   372   58   18  118   94  188   475   8.8
 F   Paul Griffin           82  1853   160   358    0    0  112  157  157   353   510  172   88   45  150  228   432   5.3
 G   Slick Watts            39   775   109   286    0    0   62  103   39    59    98  161   55   17   76   96   280   7.2
 G   Nate Williams          27   434    90   214    0    0   31   37   27    63    90   34   21   12   25   61   211   7.8
 G   Gus Bailey             48   449    59   139    0    0   37   67   44    38    82   40   18   15   33   46   155   3.2
 F   Fred Saunders          30   400    69   143    0    0   12   19   27    47    74   35   14   10   22   72   150   5.0
 G   Freddie Boyd           21   363    44   110    0    0   14   22    2    17    19   48    9    3   20   23   102   4.9

1977 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  2   44  Essie Hollis              25          St. Bonaventure                  [pick acquired from LA]
  3   50  Tony Hansen                           Connecticut                    
  4   72  Dennis Boyd                5          Detroit                        
  5   94  Jim Grady                             Gonzaga                        
  6  116  Wayne Golden                          Tennessee-Chattanooga          
  7  137  Lusia Harris                          Delta State                    
  8  157  Dave Speicher                         Toledo                         

Traded draft picks:

#1 to LA (Kenny Carr)
#2 to POR (Kim Anderson)

Regular Season Game Log:

Date Opponent Result Record 10/20/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-107 0-1 10/21/1977 at New Jersey Nets W 111-103 1-1 10/22/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers W 104-103 2-1 10/26/1977 vs New York Knicks W 123-106 3-1 10/28/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-107 4-1 11/01/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-88 5-1 11/02/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 102-104 5-2 11/04/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 105-102 6-2 11/06/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 97-108 6-3 11/09/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 112-115 6-4 11/10/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 111-127 6-5 11/11/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-123 6-6 11/13/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 83-117 6-7 11/15/1977 at New York Knicks L 105-108 6-8 11/17/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 127-116 7-8 11/19/1977 at Houston Rockets W 103-101 8-8 11/22/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 123-108 9-8 11/24/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 131-129 10-8 11/27/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 115-106 11-8 11/29/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 87-95 11-9 11/30/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 114-117 11-10 12/03/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 118-133 11-11 12/06/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 90-113 11-12 12/07/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 103-118 11-13 12/09/1977 at Washington Bullets L 97-101 11-14 12/10/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 86-104 11-15 12/13/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 117-94 12-15 12/16/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 113-126 12-16 12/17/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 93-115 12-17 12/18/1977 vs Detroit Pistons L 108-117 12-18 12/22/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 131-110 13-18 12/25/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 105-115 13-19 12/27/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-102 14-19 12/30/1977 at New York Knicks L 116-118 14-20 01/03/1978 vs Indiana Pacers L 103-104 14-21 01/05/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 116-109 15-21 01/06/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 96-94 16-21 01/08/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 100-122 16-22 01/10/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 110-115 16-23 01/11/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 99-142 16-24 01/14/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 118-111 17-24 01/17/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 99-95 18-24

Date Opponent Result Record 01/18/1978 at Atlanta Hawks W 108-106 19-24 01/20/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 101-100 20-24 01/22/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 100-97 21-24 01/24/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 96-91 22-24 01/27/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 134-117 23-24 01/29/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 107-91 24-24 01/31/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 114-95 25-24 02/01/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 117-111 26-24 02/07/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 99-122 26-25 02/08/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 104-117 26-26 02/11/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 96-106 26-27 02/12/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 112-119 26-28 02/14/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 95-102 26-29 02/15/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 99-112 26-30 02/17/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 102-111 26-31 02/19/1978 at Washington Bullets L 111-130 26-32 02/22/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 116-91 27-32 02/24/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 101-98 28-32 02/26/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 120-122 28-33 02/28/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 125-108 29-33 03/01/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 101-100 30-33 03/03/1978 at Boston Celtics L 113-116 30-34 03/04/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-104 31-34 03/05/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 97-98 31-35 03/07/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 84-82 32-35 03/08/1978 at Buffalo Braves L 108-120 32-36 03/10/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 105-99 33-36 03/14/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers W 109-103 34-36 03/16/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 98-123 34-37 03/18/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 96-88 35-37 03/21/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 117-114 36-37 03/22/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 109-124 36-38 03/24/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 94-96 36-39 03/26/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 100-109 36-40 03/29/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 103-108 36-41 03/31/1978 vs New York Knicks L 116-117 36-42 04/01/1978 at Boston Celtics L 108-119 36-43 04/04/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 120-119 37-43 04/07/1978 at Houston Rockets W 117-114 38-43 04/09/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 153-132 39-43

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