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1977-78 New Orleans Jazz Roster and Statistics

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39-43, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Elgin Baylor (39-43)

Points Per Game: 107.6 (13th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.5 (13th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 36-46 (17th of 22)

Arena: Louisiana Superdome ▪ Attendance: 527,351 (6th of 21)

SRS: -1.80 (17th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.3 (8th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 98.9 (21st of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.6 (10th of 22)

1977-78 New Orleans Jazz:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Gus Bailey G-F 6-5 185 February 18, 1951 2 University of Texas at El Paso
4 Freddie Boyd G 6-2 180 June 13, 1950 5 Oregon State University
25 Gail Goodrich G 6-1 170 April 23, 1943 12 University of California, Los Angeles
30 Paul Griffin F-C 6-9 205 January 20, 1954 1 Western Michigan University
23 Aaron James F 6-8 210 October 5, 1952 3 Grambling State University
53 Rich Kelley C-F 7-0 235 March 23, 1953 2 Stanford University
7 Pete Maravich G 6-5 197 June 22, 1947 7 Louisiana State University
33 Jim McElroy G 6-3 190 October 4, 1953 2 Central Michigan University
31 Joe Meriweather C-F 6-10 215 October 26, 1953 2 Southern Illinois University
21 Truck Robinson F-C 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 3 Tennessee State University
12 Fred Saunders F 6-7 210 June 13, 1951 3 Syracuse University
00-14 Slick Watts G 6-1 175 July 22, 1951 4 Xavier University of Louisiana
22 Nate Williams F-G 6-5 215 May 2, 1950 6 Utah State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 3568 7717 .462 1690 2331 .725 1309 2907 4216 2079 662 514 1694 1938 8826 107.6
Opponent 82 19780 3659 7938 .461 1661 2213 .751 1273 2747 4020 2084 851 476 1511 2062 8979 109.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Truck Robinson 26 82 3638 748 1683 .444 366 572 .640 298 990 1288 171 73 79 301 265 1862
2 Pete Maravich 30 50 2041 556 1253 .444 240 276 .870 49 129 178 335 101 8 248 116 1352
3 Gail Goodrich 34 81 2553 520 1050 .495 264 332 .795 75 102 177 388 82 22 205 186 1304
4 Aaron James 25 80 2118 428 861 .497 117 157 .745 163 258 421 112 36 22 130 254 973
5 Rich Kelley 24 82 2119 304 602 .505 225 289 .779 249 510 759 233 89 129 225 293 833
6 Jim McElroy 24 74 1760 287 607 .473 123 167 .737 44 104 148 292 58 34 141 110 697
7 Joe Meriweather 24 54 1277 194 411 .472 87 133 .654 135 237 372 58 18 118 94 188 475
8 Paul Griffin 24 82 1853 160 358 .447 112 157 .713 157 353 510 172 88 45 150 228 432
9 Slick Watts 26 39 775 109 286 .381 62 103 .602 39 59 98 161 55 17 76 96 280
10 Nate Williams 27 27 434 90 214 .421 31 37 .838 27 63 90 34 21 12 25 61 211
11 Gus Bailey 26 48 449 59 139 .424 37 67 .552 44 38 82 40 18 15 33 46 155
12 Fred Saunders 26 30 400 69 143 .483 12 19 .632 27 47 74 35 14 10 22 72 150
13 Freddie Boyd 27 21 363 44 110 .400 14 22 .636 2 17 19 48 9 3 20 23 102

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Pete Maravich 30 50 40.8 11.1 25.1 .444 4.8 5.5 .870 1.0 2.6 3.6 6.7 2.0 0.2 5.0 2.3 27.0
2 Truck Robinson 26 82 44.4 9.1 20.5 .444 4.5 7.0 .640 3.6 12.1 15.7 2.1 0.9 1.0 3.7 3.2 22.7
3 Gail Goodrich 34 81 31.5 6.4 13.0 .495 3.3 4.1 .795 0.9 1.3 2.2 4.8 1.0 0.3 2.5 2.3 16.1
4 Aaron James 25 80 26.5 5.4 10.8 .497 1.5 2.0 .745 2.0 3.2 5.3 1.4 0.5 0.3 1.6 3.2 12.2
5 Rich Kelley 24 82 25.8 3.7 7.3 .505 2.7 3.5 .779 3.0 6.2 9.3 2.8 1.1 1.6 2.7 3.6 10.2
6 Jim McElroy 24 74 23.8 3.9 8.2 .473 1.7 2.3 .737 0.6 1.4 2.0 3.9 0.8 0.5 1.9 1.5 9.4
7 Joe Meriweather 24 54 23.6 3.6 7.6 .472 1.6 2.5 .654 2.5 4.4 6.9 1.1 0.3 2.2 1.7 3.5 8.8
8 Nate Williams 27 27 16.1 3.3 7.9 .421 1.1 1.4 .838 1.0 2.3 3.3 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.9 2.3 7.8
9 Slick Watts 26 39 19.9 2.8 7.3 .381 1.6 2.6 .602 1.0 1.5 2.5 4.1 1.4 0.4 1.9 2.5 7.2
10 Paul Griffin 24 82 22.6 2.0 4.4 .447 1.4 1.9 .713 1.9 4.3 6.2 2.1 1.1 0.5 1.8 2.8 5.3
11 Fred Saunders 26 30 13.3 2.3 4.8 .483 0.4 0.6 .632 0.9 1.6 2.5 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.7 2.4 5.0
12 Freddie Boyd 27 21 17.3 2.1 5.2 .400 0.7 1.0 .636 0.1 0.8 0.9 2.3 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.1 4.9
13 Gus Bailey 26 48 9.4 1.2 2.9 .424 0.8 1.4 .552 0.9 0.8 1.7 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.0 3.2

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Pete Maravich 30 50 2041 9.8 22.1 .444 4.2 4.9 .870 0.9 2.3 3.1 5.9 1.8 0.1 4.4 2.0 23.8
2 Gail Goodrich 34 81 2553 7.3 14.8 .495 3.7 4.7 .795 1.1 1.4 2.5 5.5 1.2 0.3 2.9 2.6 18.4
3 Truck Robinson 26 82 3638 7.4 16.7 .444 3.6 5.7 .640 2.9 9.8 12.7 1.7 0.7 0.8 3.0 2.6 18.4
4 Nate Williams 27 27 434 7.5 17.8 .421 2.6 3.1 .838 2.2 5.2 7.5 2.8 1.7 1.0 2.1 5.1 17.5
5 Aaron James 25 80 2118 7.3 14.6 .497 2.0 2.7 .745 2.8 4.4 7.2 1.9 0.6 0.4 2.2 4.3 16.5
6 Jim McElroy 24 74 1760 5.9 12.4 .473 2.5 3.4 .737 0.9 2.1 3.0 6.0 1.2 0.7 2.9 2.3 14.3
7 Rich Kelley 24 82 2119 5.2 10.2 .505 3.8 4.9 .779 4.2 8.7 12.9 4.0 1.5 2.2 3.8 5.0 14.2
8 Fred Saunders 26 30 400 6.2 12.9 .483 1.1 1.7 .632 2.4 4.2 6.7 3.2 1.3 0.9 2.0 6.5 13.5
9 Joe Meriweather 24 54 1277 5.5 11.6 .472 2.5 3.7 .654 3.8 6.7 10.5 1.6 0.5 3.3 2.6 5.3 13.4
10 Slick Watts 26 39 775 5.1 13.3 .381 2.9 4.8 .602 1.8 2.7 4.6 7.5 2.6 0.8 3.5 4.5 13.0
11 Gus Bailey 26 48 449 4.7 11.1 .424 3.0 5.4 .552 3.5 3.0 6.6 3.2 1.4 1.2 2.6 3.7 12.4
12 Freddie Boyd 27 21 363 4.4 10.9 .400 1.4 2.2 .636 0.2 1.7 1.9 4.8 0.9 0.3 2.0 2.3 10.1
13 Paul Griffin 24 82 1853 3.1 7.0 .447 2.2 3.1 .713 3.1 6.9 9.9 3.3 1.7 0.9 2.9 4.4 8.4

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Truck Robinson 26 82 3638 15.7 .481 .444 8.0 25.8 17.0 6.8 0.9 1.1 13.5 23.3 96 98 1.5 5.0 6.5
2 Rich Kelley 24 82 2119 17.8 .571 .505 11.5 22.8 17.2 14.5 1.9 3.0 23.6 17.1 104 95 2.8 3.7 6.4
3 Gail Goodrich 34 81 2553 16.2 .545 .495 2.9 3.8 3.3 21.8 1.4 0.4 14.6 20.8 107 105 4.9 1.4 6.3
4 Aaron James 25 80 2118 13.3 .523 .497 7.5 11.5 9.5 7.6 0.8 0.5 12.3 19.0 104 103 2.7 1.5 4.3
5 Pete Maravich 30 50 2041 17.6 .492 .444 2.3 6.0 4.2 26.1 2.2 0.2 15.3 30.1 96 103 1.3 1.7 2.9
6 Paul Griffin 24 82 1853 10.9 .506 .447 8.3 18.0 13.2 11.4 2.1 1.2 26.0 11.8 95 98 0.3 2.6 2.9
7 Jim McElroy 24 74 1760 13.6 .512 .473 2.4 5.6 4.0 22.5 1.5 1.0 17.2 17.7 101 104 1.7 1.2 2.9
8 Joe Meriweather 24 54 1277 13.7 .506 .472 10.3 17.6 14.0 6.1 0.6 4.6 16.7 16.7 99 98 0.8 1.7 2.6
9 Nate Williams 27 27 434 14.4 .458 .421 6.1 13.7 10.0 11.3 2.1 1.4 9.8 22.3 97 99 0.3 0.5 0.8
10 Fred Saunders 26 30 400 11.8 .496 .483 6.6 11.1 8.9 12.0 1.6 1.2 12.7 16.4 102 101 0.4 0.4 0.8
11 Slick Watts 26 39 775 12.7 .423 .381 4.9 7.2 6.1 27.3 3.1 1.1 18.7 19.9 90 99 -0.3 0.9 0.7
12 Gus Bailey 26 48 449 11.8 .460 .424 9.6 8.0 8.8 11.6 1.8 1.7 16.4 17.0 95 102 0.1 0.4 0.5
13 Freddie Boyd 27 21 363 7.7 .426 .400 0.5 4.4 2.5 16.9 1.1 0.4 14.3 14.6 90 105 -0.1 0.2 0.1