1976-1977 Philadelphia 76ers: 50-32 .610
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-9 (4655 points scored, 4305 allowed) Road record: 18-23 (4379 points scored, 4406 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Gene Shue 9034 points scored (5th of 22 teams), 8711 points allowed (10th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Barnett 6'4 170 32 Oregon Henry Bibby 6'1 185 27 UCLA Joe Bryant 6'9 185 22 La Salle Fred Carter 6'3 185 31 Mount St. Mary's Harvey Catchings 6'9 218 25 Hardin-Simmons Doug Collins 6'6 180 25 Illinois State Darryl Dawkins 6'11 251 19 None Mike Dunleavy 6'2 180 22 South Carolina Julius Erving 6'6 200 26 Massachusetts Lloyd Free 6'2 185 23 Guilford Terry Furlow 6'4 190 22 Michigan State Caldwell Jones 6'11 217 26 Albany State George McGinnis 6'8 235 26 Indiana Steve Mix 6'7 215 29 Toledo Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Julius Erving 82 2940 685 1373 0 0 400 515 192 503 695 306 159 113 0 251 1770 21.6 F George McGinnis 79 2769 659 1439 0 0 372 546 324 587 911 302 163 37 0 299 1690 21.4 G Lloyd Free 78 2253 467 1022 0 0 334 464 97 140 237 266 75 25 0 207 1268 16.3 G Doug Collins 58 2037 426 823 0 0 210 250 64 131 195 271 70 15 0 174 1062 18.3 G Henry Bibby 81 2639 302 702 0 0 221 282 86 187 273 356 108 5 0 200 825 10.2 F Steve Mix 75 1958 288 551 0 0 215 263 127 249 376 152 90 20 0 167 791 10.5 C Caldwell Jones 82 2023 215 424 0 0 64 116 190 476 666 92 43 200 0 301 494 6.0 C Darryl Dawkins 59 684 135 215 0 0 40 79 59 171 230 24 12 49 0 129 310 5.3 F Joe Bryant 61 612 107 240 0 0 53 70 45 72 117 48 36 13 0 84 267 4.4 C Harvey Catchings 53 864 62 123 0 0 33 47 64 170 234 30 23 78 0 130 157 3.0 G Mike Dunleavy 32 359 60 145 0 0 34 45 10 24 34 56 13 2 0 64 154 4.8 G Fred Carter 14 237 43 101 0 0 10 19 10 14 24 21 11 2 0 29 96 6.9 G Terry Furlow 32 174 34 100 0 0 16 18 18 21 39 19 7 2 0 11 84 2.6 G Jim Barnett 16 231 28 64 0 0 10 18 7 7 14 23 4 0 0 28 66 4.1
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 12 Terry Furlow 239 Michigan State
3 47 Ron Norwood DePaul
4 64 Freeman Blade Eastern Montana
5 81 Jeff Browne Missouri Western State
6 99 Mike Dunleavy 438 South Carolina
7 117 Phil Walker 40 Millersville
8 135 Lee Dixon Hardin-Simmons
9 152 Fly Williams 71 Austin Peay
10 168 Ed Stefanski Penn
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/17/1977 vs Boston Celtics L 111-113
04/20/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 113-101
04/22/1977 at Boston Celtics W 109-100
04/24/1977 at Boston Celtics L 119-124
04/27/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 110-91
04/29/1977 at Boston Celtics L 108-113
05/01/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 83-77
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Eastern Finals
05/05/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 128-117
05/08/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 106-97
05/11/1977 at Houston Rockets L 94-118
05/13/1977 at Houston Rockets W 107-95
05/15/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 115-118
05/17/1977 at Houston Rockets W 112-109
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Finals
05/22/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-101
05/26/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-89
05/29/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 107-129
05/31/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-130
06/03/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 104-110
06/05/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 107-109
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Julius Erving 19 758 204 390 110 134 41 81 122 85 41 23 45 518 27.3
G Doug Collins 19 759 177 318 71 96 30 49 79 74 28 3 57 425 22.4
F George McGinnis 19 603 102 273 65 114 62 136 198 69 23 6 83 269 14.2
G Henry Bibby 19 691 83 197 45 59 28 43 71 75 24 2 59 211 11.1
G Lloyd Free 15 281 63 170 53 77 10 22 32 29 12 8 33 179 11.9
F Steve Mix 19 412 56 107 37 45 22 42 64 44 21 3 39 149 7.8
C Darryl Dawkins 18 331 50 95 31 47 9 89 98 17 8 18 46 131 7.3
C Caldwell Jones 19 513 37 73 18 30 38 112 150 20 9 40 81 92 4.8
F Joe Bryant 10 74 12 31 5 8 2 13 15 7 6 2 13 29 2.9
G Mike Dunleavy 11 68 9 25 4 5 1 3 4 9 3 0 14 22 2.0
G Terry Furlow 5 16 6 11 4 4 3 2 5 0 1 0 2 16 3.2
C Harvey Catchings 8 54 2 5 0 3 5 7 12 1 0 4 9 4 0.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/22/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs L 118-121 0-1 10/23/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 105-108 0-2 10/26/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 111-101 1-2 10/27/1976 at Houston Rockets W 116-94 2-2 10/30/1976 vs New York Nets W 104-80 3-2 11/04/1976 at Golden State Warriors W 101-96 4-2 11/05/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-146 4-3 11/07/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 91-98 4-4 11/10/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 103-88 5-4 11/12/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 143-104 6-4 11/13/1976 at Washington Bullets W 114-109 7-4 11/17/1976 vs Indiana Pacers L 117-123 7-5 11/19/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 100-95 8-5 11/20/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 123-106 9-5 11/23/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 116-102 10-5 11/24/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 117-118 10-6 11/26/1976 vs New York Knicks W 114-103 11-6 11/27/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-111 11-7 11/28/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 89-101 11-8 12/01/1976 vs Denver Nuggets W 114-102 12-8 12/03/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics L 112-121 12-9 12/08/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 123-102 13-9 12/11/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 108-107 14-9 12/12/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 107-102 15-9 12/14/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 88-101 15-10 12/15/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 97-87 16-10 12/17/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 114-117 16-11 12/18/1976 at Indiana Pacers W 97-93 17-11 12/21/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 94-108 17-12 12/25/1976 at New York Knicks W 105-104 18-12 12/28/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 116-127 18-13 12/29/1976 at Houston Rockets L 91-93 18-14 01/02/1977 at New York Nets W 139-110 19-14 01/05/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 117-94 20-14 01/07/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-96 21-14 01/08/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-111 21-15 01/11/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 117-115 22-15 01/12/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 102-97 23-15 01/14/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-106 24-15 01/16/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 97-76 25-15 01/19/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 114-94 26-15 01/22/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 109-94 27-15 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/23/1977 at Boston Celtics W 91-83 28-15 01/27/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 94-111 28-16 01/28/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-117 28-17 01/30/1977 at Denver Nuggets W 107-101 29-17 02/01/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 109-110 29-18 02/02/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 138-116 30-18 02/04/1977 vs New York Nets L 112-113 30-19 02/06/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 102-97 31-19 02/08/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 89-99 31-20 02/09/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 107-104 32-20 02/11/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-109 33-20 02/16/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 117-113 34-20 02/18/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 96-102 34-21 02/20/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-111 35-21 02/25/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 102-104 35-22 02/27/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 93-85 36-22 03/01/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 107-108 36-23 03/03/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 119-121 36-24 03/05/1977 at New York Knicks W 117-114 37-24 03/06/1977 vs New York Knicks L 102-110 37-25 03/08/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 98-99 37-26 03/09/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 129-125 38-26 03/11/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 126-122 39-26 03/13/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-106 39-27 03/15/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 133-102 40-27 03/16/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 109-100 41-27 03/18/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 124-104 42-27 03/20/1977 at New York Nets W 111-104 43-27 03/23/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 120-128 43-28 03/25/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 113-110 44-28 03/27/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 128-116 45-28 03/29/1977 at Chicago Bulls W 119-113 46-28 03/30/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-112 47-28 04/01/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-105 48-28 04/03/1977 at Boston Celtics L 90-96 48-29 04/05/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 119-109 49-29 04/06/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-131 49-30 04/08/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 112-116 49-31 04/09/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 125-93 50-31 04/10/1977 at Washington Bullets L 121-131 50-32 |