1977-78 New Orleans Jazz Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-43
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Elgin Baylor (39-43)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 527,351, Avg. 12,862 in 41 home dates

1977-78 New Orleans Jazz Roster
1977-78 New Orleans Jazz Results

The New Orleans Jazz of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Jazz racked up 8,826 points and gave up 8,979. Truck Robinson tossed in a team-leading 1,862 points for New Orleans and accounted for 1,288 rebounds. Gail Goodrich dished out 388 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Pete Maravich added 101 steals, while Rich Kelley blocked 129 shots.

Elgin Baylor coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Truck Robinson	F-C	82	3638	1683	748			572	366	298	990	1288	171	73	79	301	265	1862
Pete Maravich	G	50	2041	1253	556			276	240	49	129	178	335	101	8	248	116	1352
Gail Goodrich	G	81	2553	1050	520			332	264	75	102	177	388	82	22	205	186	1304
Aaron James	F	80	2118	861	428			157	117	163	258	421	112	36	22	130	254	973
Rich Kelley	C-F	82	2119	602	304			289	225	249	510	759	233	89	129	225	293	833
Jim McElroy	G	74	1760	607	287			167	123	44	104	148	292	58	34	141	110	697
Joe Meriweather	C-F	54	1277	411	194			133	87	135	237	372	58	18	118	94	188	475
Paul Griffin	F-C	82	1853	358	160			157	112	157	353	510	172	88	45	150	228	432
Slick Watts	G	39	775	286	109			103	62	39	59	98	161	55	17	76	96	280
Nate Williams	F-G	27	434	214	90			37	31	27	63	90	34	21	12	25	61	211
Gus Bailey	G-F	48	449	139	59			67	37	44	38	82	40	18	15	33	46	155
Fred Saunders	F	30	400	143	69			19	12	27	47	74	35	14	10	22	72	150
Freddie Boyd	G	21	363	110	44			22	14	2	17	19	48	9	3	20	23	102
Totals		750	19780	7717	3568	0	0	2331	1690	1309	2907	4216	2079	662	514	1670	1938	8826

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Truck Robinson	F-C	82	44.4	44.4	64.0	3.6	12.1	15.7	2.1	0.9	1.0	3.7	3.2	22.7
Pete Maravich	G	50	40.8	44.4	87.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	27.0
Gail Goodrich	G	81	31.5	49.5	79.5	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.3	16.1
Aaron James	F	80	26.5	49.7	74.5	2.0	3.2	5.3	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.6	3.2	12.2
Rich Kelley	C-F	82	25.8	50.5	77.9	3.0	6.2	9.3	2.8	1.1	1.6	2.7	3.6	10.2
Jim McElroy	G	74	23.8	47.3	73.7	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.9	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.5	9.4
Joe Meriweather	C-F	54	23.6	47.2	65.4	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.7	3.5	8.8
Paul Griffin	F-C	82	22.6	44.7	71.3	1.9	4.3	6.2	2.1	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.8	5.3
Slick Watts	G	39	19.9	38.1	60.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.1	1.4	0.4	1.9	2.5	7.2
Nate Williams	F-G	27	16.1	42.1	83.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.3	7.8
Gus Bailey	G-F	48	9.4	42.4	55.2	0.9	0.8	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.2
Fred Saunders	F	30	13.3	48.3	63.2	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.4	5.0
Freddie Boyd	G	21	17.3	40.0	63.6	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.3	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.1	4.9
Averages		750	26.4	46.2	72.5	1.7	3.9	5.6	2.8	0.9	0.7	2.2	2.6	11.8