Denver Nuggets 1977-78 Season Review (NBA/ABA)

Denver Nuggets 1977-78 Season Review

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Denver Nuggets 1977-78 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 48-34

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	7441	3548	2705	2068	0	0	9164	1177	2736	2187	824	1748	422	2116
Opponents Stats	7799	3678	2365	1740	0	0	9096	1267	2546	2248	877	1620	524	2220

1977-78 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Mack Calvin	77	988	467	84	148	46	108	333	147	206	173	0	0	87
Norm Cook	2	10	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Jacky Dorsey	7	37	9	20	2	2	3	12	3	5	3	0	0	9
Bo Ellis	78	1213	338	304	73	49	99	320	133	104	72	0	0	208
Darnell Hillman	33	746	257	239	53	14	66	209	104	81	49	0	0	130
Dan Issel	82	2851	1746	830	304	100	259	1287	659	547	428	0	0	279
Bobby Jones	75	2440	1088	636	252	137	194	761	440	277	208	0	0	221
Tom LaGarde	77	868	306	214	47	17	101	237	96	150	114	0	0	146
Jim Price	49	1090	333	159	158	69	101	293	141	66	51	0	0	118
Anthony Roberts	82	1598	775	351	105	40	118	736	311	212	153	0	0	212
Ralph Simpson	32	584	177	75	72	43	48	230	73	40	31	0	0	42
Robert Smith	45	378	121	36	39	18	20	97	50	24	21	0	0	52
Brian Taylor	39	1222	452	98	132	71	77	403	182	115	88	0	0	120
David Thompson	80	3025	2172	390	362	92	245	1584	826	668	520	0	0	213
Bob Wilkerson	81	2780	921	474	439	126	294	936	382	210	157	0	0	275

1977-78 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Mack Calvin	12	135	65	8	21	7	11	42	19	29	27			11
Bo Ellis	12	170	46	43	8	6	14	40	17	15	12			25
Darnell Hillman	13	260	73	80	18	6	24	79	31	15	11			49
Dan Issel	13	460	262	134	53	7	39	212	103	65	56			43
Bobby Jones	13	390	166	102	35	16	24	116	66	46	34			42
Tom LaGarde	9	77	25	18	7	0	9	19	10	7	5			12
Anthony Roberts	13	400	212	108	30	11	27	199	86	50	40			57
Ralph Simpson	13	225	102	19	38	4	21	95	43	23	16			20
Robert Smith	11	96	39	9	17	6	8	26	17	7	5			13
David Thompson	13	481	328	53	52	9	39	291	131	80	66			34
Bob Wilkerson	13	426	120	71	78	19	25	127	47	42	26			55

Denver Nuggets 1977 - 78 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Wed, Oct 19, 1977		Milwaukee Bucks	W	133	115
2	Fri, Oct 21, 1977		Los Angeles Lakers	W	106	101
3	Sat, Oct 22, 1977	@	Detroit Pistons	L	106	126
4	Tue, Oct 25, 1977	@	Indiana Pacers	L	104	129
5	Wed, Oct 26, 1977		Portland Trail Blazers	W	111	108
6	Sat, Oct 29, 1977		Buffalo Braves	W	127	111
7	Tue, Nov 1, 1977	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	93	110
8	Wed, Nov 2, 1977	@	Buffalo Braves	L	100	104
9	Fri, Nov 4, 1977	@	Boston Celtics	W	109	107
10	Sat, Nov 5, 1977	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	101	132
11	Tue, Nov 8, 1977	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	111	101
12	Wed, Nov 9, 1977		New Orleans Jazz	W	115	112
13	Sat, Nov 12, 1977		Kansas City Kings	W	119	114
14	Tue, Nov 15, 1977		Detroit Pistons	W	123	113
15	Fri, Nov 18, 1977		San Antonio Spurs	W	105	94
16	Sun, Nov 20, 1977	@	New Jersey Nets	W	125	118
17	Tue, Nov 22, 1977	@	Washington Bullets	W	119	114
18	Wed, Nov 23, 1977	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	104	105
19	Thu, Nov 24, 1977	@	New Orleans Jazz	L	129	131
20	Sat, Nov 26, 1977		Indiana Pacers	W	136	123
21	Sun, Nov 27, 1977	@	Phoenix Suns	L	97	115
22	Tue, Nov 29, 1977		Seattle SuperSonics	W	115	99
23	Fri, Dec 2, 1977		New Jersey Nets	W	126	92
24	Sun, Dec 4, 1977	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	111	109
25	Wed, Dec 7, 1977		Atlanta Hawks	W	123	116
26	Sat, Dec 10, 1977		Milwaukee Bucks	W	118	111
27	Tue, Dec 13, 1977	@	Chicago Bulls	L	96	99
28	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	@	Kansas City Kings	L	98	124
29	Fri, Dec 16, 1977		Washington Bullets	L	112	117
30	Tue, Dec 20, 1977	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	88	93
31	Fri, Dec 23, 1977	@	Golden State Warriors	L	93	98
32	Mon, Dec 26, 1977		Phoenix Suns	W	127	108
33	Wed, Dec 28, 1977		Golden State Warriors	W	130	108
34	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	106	104
35	Tue, Jan 3, 1978	@	Washington Bullets	W	101	100
36	Wed, Jan 4, 1978	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	119	114
37	Sun, Jan 8, 1978		Chicago Bulls	W	109	104
38	Tue, Jan 10, 1978		New Orleans Jazz	W	115	110
39	Thu, Jan 12, 1978	@	Houston Rockets	W	109	106
40	Sat, Jan 14, 1978		Los Angeles Lakers	W	123	112
41	Tue, Jan 17, 1978		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	104	89
42	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	109	114
43	Sun, Jan 22, 1978		New York Knicks	L	141	143
44	Tue, Jan 24, 1978	@	Chicago Bulls	L	114	131
45	Wed, Jan 25, 1978		Buffalo Braves	W	121	119
46	Fri, Jan 27, 1978		Houston Rockets	W	105	100
47	Sun, Jan 29, 1978		Philadelphia 76ers	L	117	118
48	Tue, Jan 31, 1978	@	New York Knicks	W	119	115
49	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	101	104
50	Fri, Feb 3, 1978		Detroit Pistons	W	115	102
51	Wed, Feb 8, 1978		Atlanta Hawks	W	114	109
52	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	@	Golden State Warriors	L	108	119
53	Fri, Feb 10, 1978	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	123	126
54	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	103	101
55	Tue, Feb 14, 1978		Washington Bullets	W	103	98
56	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	87	119
57	Fri, Feb 17, 1978		Portland Trail Blazers	W	112	105
58	Sun, Feb 19, 1978		Boston Celtics	W	118	115
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1978		Indiana Pacers	L	96	99
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1978	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	99	109
61	Sat, Feb 25, 1978		Philadelphia 76ers	W	124	115
62	Tue, Feb 28, 1978	@	Indiana Pacers	W	122	106
63	Wed, Mar 1, 1978		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	104	110
64	Sat, Mar 4, 1978		Kansas City Kings	W	123	114
65	Tue, Mar 7, 1978		Phoenix Suns	L	112	126
66	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	@	Kansas City Kings	L	120	126
67	Sun, Mar 12, 1978		Chicago Bulls	W	98	95
68	Wed, Mar 15, 1978		Golden State Warriors	W	123	111
69	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	@	New Jersey Nets	L	109	111
70	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	@	Boston Celtics	L	95	122
71	Tue, Mar 21, 1978		New York Knicks	L	114	115
72	Thu, Mar 23, 1978	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	106	123
73	Sun, Mar 26, 1978	@	New Orleans Jazz	W	109	100
74	Tue, Mar 28, 1978	@	New York Knicks	L	103	106
75	Wed, Mar 29, 1978		Boston Celtics	W	109	106
76	Fri, Mar 31, 1978		Seattle SuperSonics	L	109	111
77	Sun, Apr 2, 1978		Houston Rockets	W	109	100
78	Mon, Apr 3, 1978	@	Buffalo Braves	W	104	95
79	Wed, Apr 5, 1978		New Jersey Nets	W	129	121
80	Thu, Apr 6, 1978	@	Phoenix Suns	W	111	105
81	Fri, Apr 7, 1978	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	93	97
82	Sun, Apr 9, 1978	@	Detroit Pistons	L	137	139