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1977-78 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats

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Record: 55-27, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Shue (2-4), Billy Cunningham (53-23)

PTS/G: 114.7 (1st of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.6 (14th of 22)
SRS: 4.87 (2nd of 22) ▪ Pace: 108.4 (7th of 22)
Off Rtg: 105.0 (1st of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 100.3 (8th of 22)
Expected W-L: 54-28 (2nd of 22)

Arena: The Spectrum ▪ Attendance: 644,456 (2nd of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Washington Bullets
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus New York Knicks

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Henry Bibby PG 6-1 185 November 24, 1949 5 University of California, Los Angeles
23 Joe Bryant PF 6-9 185 October 19, 1954 2 La Salle University
42 Harvey Catchings C 6-9 218 September 2, 1951 3 Hardin-Simmons University
20 Doug Collins SG 6-6 180 July 28, 1951 4 Illinois State University
53 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 2
10 Mike Dunleavy PG 6-3 180 March 21, 1954 1 University of South Carolina
6 Julius Erving SF 6-6 200 February 22, 1950 6 University of Massachusetts Amherst
21 World B. Free SG 6-2 185 December 9, 1953 2 Guilford College
11 Caldwell Jones C 6-11 217 August 4, 1950 4 Albany State University
12 Ted McClain PG 6-1 180 August 30, 1946 6 Tennessee State University
30 George McGinnis PF 6-8 235 August 12, 1950 6 Indiana University
50 Steve Mix SF 6-7 215 December 30, 1947 7 University of Toledo
34 Glenn Mosley PF 6-8 195 December 26, 1955 R Seton Hall University
52 Wilson Washington PF 6-9 227 August 3, 1955 R Old Dominion University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19830 3628 7471 .486 2153 2863 .752 1299 2694 3993 2220 800 548 1752 2188 9409 114.7
Lg Rank 6 6 16 4 1 1 11 7 5 6 6 11 3 18 6 1 1
Opponent 82 19830 3592 7788 .461 1803 2435 .740 1363 2473 3836 2095 823 346 1709 2287 8987 109.6
Lg Rank 6 12 17 6 15 17 4 21 2 10 14 15 1 8 21 14 14

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 54 28 5.15 -0.27 4.87 105.0 100.3 108.4 .486 16.7 34.4 .288 .461 16.2 66.4 .232 The Spectrum 644,456
Lg Rank 2 2 2 22 2 1 8 7 4 19 3 1 6 11 19 14 2

Totals

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 George McGinnis 27 78 2533 588 1270 .463 411 574 .716 282 528 810 294 137 27 312 287 1587
2 Doug Collins 26 79 2770 643 1223 .526 267 329 .812 87 143 230 320 128 25 250 228 1553
3 Julius Erving 27 74 2429 611 1217 .502 306 362 .845 179 302 481 279 135 97 238 207 1528
4 World B. Free 24 76 2050 390 857 .455 411 562 .731 92 120 212 306 68 41 200 199 1191
5 Darryl Dawkins 21 70 1722 332 577 .575 156 220 .709 117 438 555 85 34 125 123 268 820
6 Steve Mix 30 82 1819 291 560 .520 175 220 .795 96 201 297 174 87 3 131 158 757
7 Henry Bibby 28 82 2518 286 659 .434 171 219 .781 62 189 251 464 91 6 153 207 743
8 Joe Bryant 23 81 1236 190 436 .436 111 144 .771 103 177 280 129 56 24 115 185 491
9 Caldwell Jones 27 80 1636 169 359 .471 96 153 .627 165 405 570 92 26 127 128 281 434
10 Harvey Catchings 26 61 748 70 178 .393 34 55 .618 105 145 250 34 20 67 44 124 174
11 Ted McClain 31 29 293 42 96 .438 7 10 .700 9 28 37 34 16 4 22 36 91
12 Wilson Washington 22 14 38 8 19 .421 3 6 .500 2 12 14 1 1 2 10 3 19
13 Glenn Mosley 22 6 21 5 13 .385 3 7 .429 0 5 5 2 0 0 5 5 13
14 Mike Dunleavy 23 4 17 3 7 .429 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 6 1 0 3 0 8

Per Game

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 Julius Erving 27 74 32.8 8.3 16.4 .502 4.1 4.9 .845 2.4 4.1 6.5 3.8 1.8 1.3 3.2 2.8 20.6
2 George McGinnis 27 78 32.5 7.5 16.3 .463 5.3 7.4 .716 3.6 6.8 10.4 3.8 1.8 0.3 4.0 3.7 20.3
3 Doug Collins 26 79 35.1 8.1 15.5 .526 3.4 4.2 .812 1.1 1.8 2.9 4.1 1.6 0.3 3.2 2.9 19.7
4 World B. Free 24 76 27.0 5.1 11.3 .455 5.4 7.4 .731 1.2 1.6 2.8 4.0 0.9 0.5 2.6 2.6 15.7
5 Darryl Dawkins 21 70 24.6 4.7 8.2 .575 2.2 3.1 .709 1.7 6.3 7.9 1.2 0.5 1.8 1.8 3.8 11.7
6 Steve Mix 30 82 22.2 3.5 6.8 .520 2.1 2.7 .795 1.2 2.5 3.6 2.1 1.1 0.0 1.6 1.9 9.2
7 Henry Bibby 28 82 30.7 3.5 8.0 .434 2.1 2.7 .781 0.8 2.3 3.1 5.7 1.1 0.1 1.9 2.5 9.1
8 Joe Bryant 23 81 15.3 2.3 5.4 .436 1.4 1.8 .771 1.3 2.2 3.5 1.6 0.7 0.3 1.4 2.3 6.1
9 Caldwell Jones 27 80 20.5 2.1 4.5 .471 1.2 1.9 .627 2.1 5.1 7.1 1.2 0.3 1.6 1.6 3.5 5.4
10 Ted McClain 31 29 10.1 1.4 3.3 .438 0.2 0.3 .700 0.3 1.0 1.3 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.2 3.1
11 Harvey Catchings 26 61 12.3 1.1 2.9 .393 0.6 0.9 .618 1.7 2.4 4.1 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.7 2.0 2.9
12 Glenn Mosley 22 6 3.5 0.8 2.2 .385 0.5 1.2 .429 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.2
13 Mike Dunleavy 23 4 4.3 0.8 1.8 .429 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.0 2.0
14 Wilson Washington 22 14 2.7 0.6 1.4 .421 0.2 0.4 .500 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.2 1.4

Per 36 Minutes

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 Julius Erving 27 74 2429 9.1 18.0 .502 4.5 5.4 .845 2.7 4.5 7.1 4.1 2.0 1.4 3.5 3.1 22.6
2 George McGinnis 27 78 2533 8.4 18.0 .463 5.8 8.2 .716 4.0 7.5 11.5 4.2 1.9 0.4 4.4 4.1 22.6
3 Glenn Mosley 22 6 21 8.6 22.3 .385 5.1 12.0 .429 0.0 8.6 8.6 3.4 0.0 0.0 8.6 8.6 22.3
4 World B. Free 24 76 2050 6.8 15.0 .455 7.2 9.9 .731 1.6 2.1 3.7 5.4 1.2 0.7 3.5 3.5 20.9
5 Doug Collins 26 79 2770 8.4 15.9 .526 3.5 4.3 .812 1.1 1.9 3.0 4.2 1.7 0.3 3.2 3.0 20.2
6 Wilson Washington 22 14 38 7.6 18.0 .421 2.8 5.7 .500 1.9 11.4 13.3 0.9 0.9 1.9 9.5 2.8 18.0
7 Darryl Dawkins 21 70 1722 6.9 12.1 .575 3.3 4.6 .709 2.4 9.2 11.6 1.8 0.7 2.6 2.6 5.6 17.1
8 Mike Dunleavy 23 4 17 6.4 14.8 .429 4.2 4.2 1.000 0.0 2.1 2.1 12.7 2.1 0.0 6.4 0.0 16.9
9 Steve Mix 30 82 1819 5.8 11.1 .520 3.5 4.4 .795 1.9 4.0 5.9 3.4 1.7 0.1 2.6 3.1 15.0
10 Joe Bryant 23 81 1236 5.5 12.7 .436 3.2 4.2 .771 3.0 5.2 8.2 3.8 1.6 0.7 3.3 5.4 14.3
11 Ted McClain 31 29 293 5.2 11.8 .438 0.9 1.2 .700 1.1 3.4 4.5 4.2 2.0 0.5 2.7 4.4 11.2
12 Henry Bibby 28 82 2518 4.1 9.4 .434 2.4 3.1 .781 0.9 2.7 3.6 6.6 1.3 0.1 2.2 3.0 10.6
13 Caldwell Jones 27 80 1636 3.7 7.9 .471 2.1 3.4 .627 3.6 8.9 12.5 2.0 0.6 2.8 2.8 6.2 9.6
14 Harvey Catchings 26 61 748 3.4 8.6 .393 1.6 2.6 .618 5.1 7.0 12.0 1.6 1.0 3.2 2.1 6.0 8.4

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Julius Erving 27 74 2429 21.7 .555 .502 7.7 12.2 10.0 17.3 2.5 2.0 14.7 25.1 109 99 6.0 3.1 9.1 .179
2 George McGinnis 27 78 2533 20.3 .521 .463 11.7 20.4 16.2 17.0 2.4 0.5 17.0 27.4 102 97 4.1 3.8 7.9 .150
3 Doug Collins 26 79 2770 16.9 .568 .526 3.3 5.0 4.2 16.9 2.0 0.5 15.5 22.1 108 103 5.6 2.0 7.6 .132
4 Darryl Dawkins 21 70 1722 18.0 .608 .575 7.1 24.9 16.3 6.8 0.9 3.7 15.4 17.5 112 97 3.6 2.7 6.4 .178
5 World B. Free 24 76 2050 17.4 .539 .455 4.7 5.7 5.2 20.6 1.5 1.0 15.3 24.1 107 104 4.6 1.4 6.0 .140
6 Steve Mix 30 82 1819 14.8 .576 .520 5.5 10.8 8.3 12.7 2.1 0.1 16.6 16.4 110 101 3.3 1.7 5.1 .134
7 Henry Bibby 28 82 2518 11.7 .492 .434 2.6 7.3 5.0 23.0 1.6 0.1 16.8 13.6 105 104 2.9 1.7 4.7 .089
8 Caldwell Jones 27 80 1636 11.3 .509 .471 10.6 24.2 17.6 6.9 0.7 4.0 23.1 12.8 97 97 0.5 2.5 3.1 .090
9 Joe Bryant 23 81 1236 12.6 .492 .436 8.8 14.0 11.5 13.7 2.0 1.0 18.7 18.8 98 100 0.8 1.4 2.2 .086
10 Harvey Catchings 26 61 748 11.2 .430 .393 14.8 19.0 16.9 5.5 1.2 4.6 17.9 12.5 96 97 0.2 1.1 1.4 .087
11 Ted McClain 31 29 293 9.3 .453 .438 3.2 9.3 6.4 15.0 2.4 0.7 18.0 15.8 91 101 -0.1 0.3 0.3 .041
12 Mike Dunleavy 23 4 17 17.4 .508 .429 0.0 5.8 3.0 47.8 2.6 0.0 27.6 24.2 95 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 .061
13 Glenn Mosley 22 6 21 0.6 .404 .385 0.0 23.3 12.1 14.1 0.0 0.0 23.7 38.0 68 101 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.228
14 Wilson Washington 22 14 38 5.5 .439 .421 5.5 30.9 18.7 3.7 1.2 2.7 31.6 31.5 64 95 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.184

Playoffs Totals

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 Julius Erving 27 10 358 88 180 .489 42 56 .750 40 57 97 40 15 18 35 30 218
2 Doug Collins 26 10 342 82 165 .497 40 49 .816 8 23 31 27 3 0 23 29 204
3 World B. Free 24 10 268 51 124 .411 59 81 .728 10 21 31 37 4 6 26 26 161
4 George McGinnis 27 10 273 53 125 .424 41 49 .837 24 54 78 30 15 1 38 40 147
5 Steve Mix 30 10 235 49 82 .598 38 43 .884 17 29 46 36 15 1 12 22 136
6 Henry Bibby 28 10 289 33 82 .402 20 22 .909 9 21 30 48 12 0 22 25 86
7 Caldwell Jones 27 10 301 28 56 .500 8 10 .800 22 84 106 14 5 30 19 36 64
8 Darryl Dawkins 21 10 180 27 53 .509 9 17 .529 6 51 57 10 3 15 14 34 63
9 Joe Bryant 23 10 122 21 47 .447 8 11 .727 7 18 25 9 6 1 5 22 50
10 Harvey Catchings 26 7 26 3 8 .375 3 4 .750 3 6 9 0 1 3 0 4 9
11 Ted McClain 31 5 31 3 10 .300 0 0 2 4 6 10 5 0 5 4 6

Playoffs Per Game

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 Julius Erving 27 10 35.8 8.8 18.0 .489 4.2 5.6 .750 4.0 5.7 9.7 4.0 1.5 1.8 3.5 3.0 21.8
2 Doug Collins 26 10 34.2 8.2 16.5 .497 4.0 4.9 .816 0.8 2.3 3.1 2.7 0.3 0.0 2.3 2.9 20.4
3 World B. Free 24 10 26.8 5.1 12.4 .411 5.9 8.1 .728 1.0 2.1 3.1 3.7 0.4 0.6 2.6 2.6 16.1
4 George McGinnis 27 10 27.3 5.3 12.5 .424 4.1 4.9 .837 2.4 5.4 7.8 3.0 1.5 0.1 3.8 4.0 14.7
5 Steve Mix 30 10 23.5 4.9 8.2 .598 3.8 4.3 .884 1.7 2.9 4.6 3.6 1.5 0.1 1.2 2.2 13.6
6 Henry Bibby 28 10 28.9 3.3 8.2 .402 2.0 2.2 .909 0.9 2.1 3.0 4.8 1.2 0.0 2.2 2.5 8.6
7 Caldwell Jones 27 10 30.1 2.8 5.6 .500 0.8 1.0 .800 2.2 8.4 10.6 1.4 0.5 3.0 1.9 3.6 6.4
8 Darryl Dawkins 21 10 18.0 2.7 5.3 .509 0.9 1.7 .529 0.6 5.1 5.7 1.0 0.3 1.5 1.4 3.4 6.3
9 Joe Bryant 23 10 12.2 2.1 4.7 .447 0.8 1.1 .727 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.5 2.2 5.0
10 Harvey Catchings 26 7 3.7 0.4 1.1 .375 0.4 0.6 .750 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.3
11 Ted McClain 31 5 6.2 0.6 2.0 .300 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.8 1.2

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 Julius Erving 27 10 358 8.8 18.1 .489 4.2 5.6 .750 4.0 5.7 9.8 4.0 1.5 1.8 3.5 3.0 21.9
2 World B. Free 24 10 268 6.9 16.7 .411 7.9 10.9 .728 1.3 2.8 4.2 5.0 0.5 0.8 3.5 3.5 21.6
3 Doug Collins 26 10 342 8.6 17.4 .497 4.2 5.2 .816 0.8 2.4 3.3 2.8 0.3 0.0 2.4 3.1 21.5
4 Steve Mix 30 10 235 7.5 12.6 .598 5.8 6.6 .884 2.6 4.4 7.0 5.5 2.3 0.2 1.8 3.4 20.8
5 George McGinnis 27 10 273 7.0 16.5 .424 5.4 6.5 .837 3.2 7.1 10.3 4.0 2.0 0.1 5.0 5.3 19.4
6 Joe Bryant 23 10 122 6.2 13.9 .447 2.4 3.2 .727 2.1 5.3 7.4 2.7 1.8 0.3 1.5 6.5 14.8
7 Darryl Dawkins 21 10 180 5.4 10.6 .509 1.8 3.4 .529 1.2 10.2 11.4 2.0 0.6 3.0 2.8 6.8 12.6
8 Harvey Catchings 26 7 26 4.2 11.1 .375 4.2 5.5 .750 4.2 8.3 12.5 0.0 1.4 4.2 0.0 5.5 12.5
9 Henry Bibby 28 10 289 4.1 10.2 .402 2.5 2.7 .909 1.1 2.6 3.7 6.0 1.5 0.0 2.7 3.1 10.7
10 Caldwell Jones 27 10 301 3.3 6.7 .500 1.0 1.2 .800 2.6 10.0 12.7 1.7 0.6 3.6 2.3 4.3 7.7
11 Ted McClain 31 5 31 3.5 11.6 .300 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.6 7.0 11.6 5.8 0.0 5.8 4.6 7.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Steve Mix 30 10 235 25.1 .674 .598 7.6 10.8 9.4 22.1 2.8 0.2 10.6 18.2 136 98 1.1 0.4 1.5 .311
2 Julius Erving 27 10 358 21.2 .533 .489 11.8 14.0 13.0 17.0 1.8 2.4 14.6 25.3 106 97 0.6 0.6 1.3 .171
3 Doug Collins 26 10 342 14.8 .547 .497 2.5 5.9 4.3 11.9 0.4 0.0 11.0 23.2 108 105 0.6 0.3 0.9 .124
4 Caldwell Jones 27 10 301 11.8 .530 .500 7.7 24.5 16.9 5.7 0.7 4.8 23.9 10.0 97 94 0.0 0.7 0.7 .112
5 World B. Free 24 10 268 15.4 .504 .411 3.9 6.9 5.5 19.4 0.7 1.1 14.0 26.2 102 103 0.3 0.3 0.6 .105
6 George McGinnis 27 10 273 15.0 .502 .424 9.3 17.3 13.7 15.5 2.4 0.2 20.6 25.5 94 96 0.0 0.5 0.5 .087
7 Darryl Dawkins 21 10 180 11.9 .521 .509 3.5 24.8 15.2 7.4 0.7 4.0 18.8 15.6 93 94 0.0 0.4 0.4 .097
8 Henry Bibby 28 10 289 10.1 .469 .402 3.3 6.4 5.0 21.1 1.8 0.0 19.4 14.9 97 102 0.1 0.3 0.4 .066
9 Joe Bryant 23 10 122 12.6 .482 .447 6.0 12.9 9.8 10.1 2.2 0.4 8.8 17.6 104 98 0.1 0.2 0.3 .126
10 Harvey Catchings 26 7 26 16.5 .461 .375 12.2 20.2 16.6 0.0 1.7 5.6 0.0 14.2 116 93 0.0 0.1 0.1 .200
11 Ted McClain 31 5 31 11.9 .300 .300 6.8 11.3 9.3 40.0 7.1 0.0 33.3 18.3 72 89 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.013