1977-78 Philadelphia 76ers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 55-27
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 6-4 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated New York Knicks 4-0
Conference Finals - Lost to Washington Bullets 4-2
Coach: Gene Shue (2-4)
Coach: Billy Cunningham (53-23)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 644,456, Avg. 15,718 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Philadelphia 76ers Roster
1977-78 Philadelphia 76ers Results

The Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-4.

The 76ers netted 9,409 points, tops in the circuit. Philadelphia conceded 8,987 points. George McGinnis scored a team-leading 1,587 points for the team, while Julius Erving and Doug Collins contributed 18 or more per game, too. George McGinnis racked up 810 rebounds. Henry Bibby dished out 464 assists for the squad.

On defense, George McGinnis added 137 steals, and Caldwell Jones swatted 127 opponent shot attempts.

Gene Shue and Billy Cunningham coached the team. The 1977-78 Philadelphia 76ers lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George McGinnis	F-C	78	76	2533	1270	588			574	411	282	528	810	294	137	27	312	287	1587
Doug Collins	G-F	79	77	2770	1223	643			329	267	87	143	230	320	128	25	250	228	1553
Julius Erving	F-G-C	74	68	2429	1217	611			362	306	179	302	481	279	135	97	238	207	1528
World Free	G	76	5	2050	857	390			562	411	92	120	212	306	68	41	200	199	1191
Darryl Dawkins	C	70	11	1722	577	332			220	156	117	438	555	85	34	125	123	268	820
Steve Mix	F	82	20	1819	560	291			220	175	96	201	297	174	87	3	131	158	757
Henry Bibby	G	82	82	2518	659	286			219	171	62	189	251	464	91	6	153	207	743
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	81	0	1236	436	190			144	111	103	177	280	129	56	24	115	185	491
Caldwell Jones	C-F	80	69	1636	359	169			153	96	165	405	570	92	26	127	128	281	434
Harvey Catchings	C-F	61	2	748	178	70			55	34	105	145	250	34	20	67	44	124	174
Ted McClain	G	29	0	293	96	42			10	7	9	28	37	34	16	4	22	36	91
Wilson Washington	F-C	14	0	38	19	8			6	3	2	12	14	1	1	2	10	3	19
Glenn Mosley	F	6	0	21	13	5			7	3	0	5	5	2	0	0	5	5	13
Mike Dunleavy	G	4	0	17	7	3			2	2	0	1	1	6	1	0	3	0	8
Totals		816	410	19830	7471	3628	0	0	2863	2153	1299	2694	3993	2220	800	548	1734	2188	9409

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
George McGinnis	F-C	78	76	32.5	46.3	71.6	3.6	6.8	10.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	4.0	3.7	20.3
Doug Collins	G-F	79	77	35.1	52.6	81.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.1	1.6	0.3	3.2	2.9	19.7
Julius Erving	F-G-C	74	68	32.8	50.2	84.5	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.3	3.2	2.8	20.6
World Free	G	76	5	27.0	45.5	73.1	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.5	2.6	2.6	15.7
Darryl Dawkins	C	70	11	24.6	57.5	70.9	1.7	6.3	7.9	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.8	11.7
Steve Mix	F	82	20	22.2	52.0	79.5	1.2	2.5	3.6	2.1	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.9	9.2
Henry Bibby	G	82	82	30.7	43.4	78.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.7	1.1	0.1	1.9	2.5	9.1
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	81	0	15.3	43.6	77.1	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.1
Caldwell Jones	C-F	80	69	20.5	47.1	62.7	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.5	5.4
Harvey Catchings	C-F	61	2	12.3	39.3	61.8	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.9
Ted McClain	G	29	0	10.1	43.8	70.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.2	3.1
Wilson Washington	F-C	14	0	2.7	42.1	50.0	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.2	1.4
Glenn Mosley	F	6	0	3.5	38.5	42.9	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.2
Mike Dunleavy	G	4	0	4.3	42.9	100.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	2.0
Averages		816	410	24.3	48.6	75.2	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.7	11.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	10	358	180	88			56	42	40	57	97	40	15	18	35	30	218
Doug Collins	G-F	10	342	165	82			49	40	8	23	31	27	3	0	23	29	204
World Free	G	10	268	124	51			81	59	10	21	31	37	4	6	26	26	161
George McGinnis	F-C	10	273	125	53			49	41	24	54	78	30	15	1	38	40	147
Steve Mix	F	10	235	82	49			43	38	17	29	46	36	15	1	12	22	136
Henry Bibby	G	10	289	82	33			22	20	9	21	30	48	12	0	22	25	86
Caldwell Jones	C-F	10	301	56	28			10	8	22	84	106	14	5	30	19	36	64
Darryl Dawkins	C	10	180	53	27			17	9	6	51	57	10	3	15	14	34	63
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	10	122	47	21			11	8	7	18	25	9	6	1	5	22	50
Harvey Catchings	C-F	7	26	8	3			4	3	3	6	9	0	1	3	0	4	9
Ted McClain	G	5	31	10	3			0	0	2	4	6	10	5	0	5	4	6
Totals		102	2425	932	438	0	0	342	268	148	368	516	261	84	75	199	272	1144

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	10	35.8	48.9	75.0	4.0	5.7	9.7	4.0	1.5	1.8	3.5	3.0	21.8
Doug Collins	G-F	10	34.2	49.7	81.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.9	20.4
World Free	G	10	26.8	41.1	72.8	1.0	2.1	3.1	3.7	0.4	0.6	2.6	2.6	16.1
George McGinnis	F-C	10	27.3	42.4	83.7	2.4	5.4	7.8	3.0	1.5	0.1	3.8	4.0	14.7
Steve Mix	F	10	23.5	59.8	88.4	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.6	1.5	0.1	1.2	2.2	13.6
Henry Bibby	G	10	28.9	40.2	90.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.8	1.2	0.0	2.2	2.5	8.6
Caldwell Jones	C-F	10	30.1	50.0	80.0	2.2	8.4	10.6	1.4	0.5	3.0	1.9	3.6	6.4
Darryl Dawkins	C	10	18.0	50.9	52.9	0.6	5.1	5.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.4	3.4	6.3
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	10	12.2	44.7	72.7	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.2	5.0
Harvey Catchings	C-F	7	3.7	37.5	75.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.3
Ted McClain	G	5	6.2	30.0		0.4	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.2
Averages		816	23.8	47.0	78.4	1.5	3.6	5.1	2.6	0.8	0.7	2.0	2.7	11.2