1977-1978 Philadelphia 76ers: 55-27 .671
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 37-4 (4799 points scored, 4364 allowed) Road record: 18-23 (4610 points scored, 4623 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coaches: Gene Shue (2-4), Billy Cunningham (53-23) 9409 points scored (1st of 22 teams), 8987 points allowed (14th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Henry Bibby 6'1 185 28 UCLA Joe Bryant 6'9 185 23 La Salle Harvey Catchings 6'9 218 26 Hardin-Simmons Doug Collins 6'6 180 26 Illinois State Darryl Dawkins 6'11 251 20 None Mike Dunleavy 6'2 180 23 South Carolina Julius Erving 6'6 200 27 Massachusetts Lloyd Free 6'2 185 24 Guilford Caldwell Jones 6'11 217 27 Albany State Ted McClain 6'1 180 31 Tennessee State George McGinnis 6'8 235 27 Indiana Steve Mix 6'7 215 30 Toledo Glenn Mosley 6'8 195 22 Seton Hall Wilson Washington 6'9 227 22 Old Dominion Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F George McGinnis 78 2533 588 1270 0 0 411 574 282 528 810 294 137 27 312 287 1587 20.3 G Doug Collins 79 2770 643 1223 0 0 267 329 87 143 230 320 128 25 250 228 1553 19.7 F Julius Erving 74 2429 611 1217 0 0 306 362 179 302 481 279 135 97 238 207 1528 20.6 G Lloyd Free 76 2050 390 857 0 0 411 562 92 120 212 306 68 41 200 199 1191 15.7 C Darryl Dawkins 70 1722 332 577 0 0 156 220 117 438 555 85 34 125 123 268 820 11.7 F Steve Mix 82 1819 291 560 0 0 175 220 96 201 297 174 87 3 131 158 757 9.2 G Henry Bibby 82 2518 286 659 0 0 171 219 62 189 251 464 91 6 153 207 743 9.1 F Joe Bryant 81 1236 190 436 0 0 111 144 103 177 280 129 56 24 115 185 491 6.1 C Caldwell Jones 80 1636 169 359 0 0 96 153 165 405 570 92 26 127 128 281 434 5.4 C Harvey Catchings 61 748 70 178 0 0 34 55 105 145 250 34 20 67 44 124 174 2.9 G Ted McClain 29 293 42 96 0 0 7 10 9 28 37 34 16 4 22 36 91 3.1 F Wilson Washington 14 38 8 19 0 0 3 6 2 12 14 1 1 2 10 3 19 1.4 F Glenn Mosley 6 21 5 13 0 0 3 7 0 5 5 2 0 0 5 5 13 2.2 G Mike Dunleavy 4 17 3 7 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 6 1 0 3 0 8 2.0
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 20 Glenn Mosley 32 Seton Hall
2 25 Wilson Washington 100 Old Dominion [pick acquired from MIL]
2 42 Bob Elliott 141 Arizona
2 43 Herm Harris Arizona [pick acquired from DEN]
3 64 Arnold Dugger Oral Roberts
4 86 Jack Jones Utah
5 108 Teko Wynder Tulsa
6 129 George Gibson Winston-Salem State
7 149 Dennin Forest Nebraska-Omaha
8 168 John Olive 35 Villanova
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/16/1978 vs New York Knicks W 130-90
04/18/1978 vs New York Knicks W 119-100
04/20/1978 at New York Knicks W 137-126
04/23/1978 at New York Knicks W 112-107
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Eastern Finals
04/30/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 117-122 (OT)
05/03/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 110-104
05/05/1978 at Washington Bullets L 108-123
05/07/1978 at Washington Bullets L 105-121
05/10/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 107-94
05/12/1978 at Washington Bullets L 99-101
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 10 358 88 180 42 56 40 57 97 40 15 18 35 30 218 21.8
G Doug Collins 10 342 82 165 40 49 8 23 31 27 3 0 23 29 204 20.4
G Lloyd Free 10 268 51 124 59 81 10 21 31 37 4 6 26 26 161 16.1
F George McGinnis 10 273 53 125 41 49 24 54 78 30 15 1 38 40 147 14.7
F Steve Mix 10 235 49 82 38 43 17 29 46 36 15 1 12 22 136 13.6
G Henry Bibby 10 289 33 82 20 22 9 21 30 48 12 0 22 25 86 8.6
C Caldwell Jones 10 301 28 56 8 10 22 84 106 14 5 30 19 36 64 6.4
C Darryl Dawkins 10 180 27 53 9 17 6 51 57 10 3 15 14 34 63 6.3
F Joe Bryant 10 122 21 47 8 11 7 18 25 9 6 1 5 22 50 5.0
C Harvey Catchings 7 26 3 8 3 4 3 6 9 0 1 3 0 4 9 1.3
G Ted McClain 5 31 3 10 0 0 2 4 6 10 5 0 5 4 6 1.2
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/19/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 113-96 1-0 10/22/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz L 103-104 1-1 10/25/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 112-104 2-1 10/28/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 94-98 2-2 10/29/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 110-113 2-3 11/02/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-103 2-4 11/04/1977 at New Jersey Nets W 107-104 3-4 11/05/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 132-101 4-4 11/09/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 130-107 5-4 11/11/1977 vs New York Knicks W 127-119 6-4 11/12/1977 at Washington Bullets L 98-116 6-5 11/15/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 114-93 7-5 11/16/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 101-96 8-5 11/18/1977 at Boston Celtics W 121-112 9-5 11/19/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 111-100 10-5 11/22/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 105-99 11-5 11/23/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 106-105 12-5 11/25/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 125-119 13-5 11/26/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 112-107 14-5 11/29/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 129-117 15-5 11/30/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 117-114 16-5 12/03/1977 at Houston Rockets L 116-120 16-6 12/07/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 122-100 17-6 12/09/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 120-116 18-6 12/10/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 108-114 18-7 12/13/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 117-129 18-8 12/14/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 99-108 18-9 12/16/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 110-115 18-10 12/17/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 129-116 19-10 12/21/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 125-119 20-10 12/25/1977 at New York Knicks L 110-113 20-11 12/28/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 129-125 21-11 12/30/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 126-119 22-11 01/04/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-93 23-11 01/06/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 123-110 24-11 01/08/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 94-91 25-11 01/10/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 95-80 26-11 01/13/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 118-93 27-11 01/14/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 136-120 28-11 01/18/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 126-106 29-11 01/19/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 109-117 29-12 01/22/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-87 30-12 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/24/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 102-117 30-13 01/25/1978 at Seattle Supersonics W 128-125 31-13 01/27/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 101-110 31-14 01/29/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 118-117 32-14 02/01/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 104-101 33-14 02/03/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-104 34-14 02/07/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 106-108 34-15 02/08/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 117-104 35-15 02/10/1978 at Buffalo Braves L 110-116 35-16 02/12/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 109-99 36-16 02/14/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 119-116 37-16 02/15/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 116-113 38-16 02/17/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 125-116 39-16 02/19/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 120-110 40-16 02/21/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 127-114 41-16 02/25/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 115-124 41-17 02/26/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-99 41-18 02/28/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 92-113 41-19 03/01/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 125-119 42-19 03/03/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 95-96 42-20 03/05/1978 at Phoenix Suns W 104-92 43-20 03/08/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 108-97 44-20 03/10/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 120-109 45-20 03/12/1978 at Boston Celtics W 105-103 46-20 03/15/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-93 47-20 03/17/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 123-112 48-20 03/18/1978 at New York Knicks W 141-127 49-20 03/19/1978 vs New York Knicks W 125-118 50-20 03/22/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 108-120 50-21 03/24/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 131-122 51-21 03/26/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-100 52-21 03/29/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 149-118 53-21 03/31/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 110-111 53-22 04/01/1978 at Houston Rockets L 112-116 53-23 04/02/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 107-111 53-24 04/04/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 119-120 53-25 04/05/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 126-115 54-25 04/07/1978 vs Indiana Pacers L 118-127 54-26 04/08/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 131-114 55-26 04/09/1978 at Washington Bullets L 113-123 55-27 |