1977–78 NBA season

The 1977–78 NBA season was the 32nd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Washington Bullets winning the NBA Championship, beating the Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.

[edit] Notable occurrences

The New York Nets move from Uniondale, New York to Piscataway, New Jersey, and are renamed the New Jersey Nets.
The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia, with the East beating the West 133-125. Randy Smith of the Buffalo Braves wins the game's MVP award.
The defending champion Portland Trail Blazers went off to a 50-10 start and looked poised to repeat, but Bill Walton broke his foot (the first of the numerous major injuries that radically shortened his career) and was out for the remainder of the season. The Blazers, hurt by Walton's absence and by other key injuries, faded to an 8-14 finish and lost to the Sonics in the Western Conference semifinals.

C - NBA Champions

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	George Gervin	San Antonio Spurs	27.21
Rebounds per game	Truck Robinson	New Orleans Jazz	15.7
Assists per game	Kevin Porter	Detroit-New Jersey	10.2
Steals per game	Ron Lee	Phoenix Suns	2.74
Blocks per game	George Johnson	New Jersey Nets	3.38
FG%	Bobby Jones	Denver Nuggets	57.8
FT%	Rick Barry	Golden State Warriors	92.4

Most Valuable Player: Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers
Rookie of the Year: Walter Davis, Phoenix Suns
Coach of the Year: Hubie Brown, Atlanta Hawks
All-NBA First Team:
- Bobby Jones, Denver Nuggets
- Maurice Lucas, Portland Trail Blazers
- Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers
- Don Buse, Phoenix Suns
- Lionel Hollins, Portland Trail Blazers
All-NBA Rookie Team:
NBA All-Defensive First Team:
NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
- E.C. Coleman, Golden State Warriors
- Bob Gross, Portland Trail Blazers
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers (tie)
- Artis Gilmore, Chicago Bulls (tie)
- Norm Van Lier, Chicago Bulls
- Quinn Buckner, Milwaukee Bucks

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com

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1977–78 NBA season by team

1977 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions

Atlantic	Boston • Buffalo • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia

Central	Atlanta • Cleveland • Houston • New Orleans • San Antonio • Washington

Midwest	Chicago • Denver • Detroit • Indiana • Kansas City • Milwaukee

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