1977-78 Kansas City Kings Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 31-51
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Phil Johnson (13-24)
Coach: Larry Staverman (18-27)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Attendance: 315,722, Avg. 7,701 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Kansas City Kings Roster
1977-78 Kansas City Kings Results

The Kansas City Kings of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 31 wins and 51 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

The Kings racked up 8,977 points and allowed 9,132. Ron Boone scored a team-leading 1,448 points for Kansas City, while Richard Washington racked up 654 rebounds. Lucius Allen dished out 360 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Sam Lacey added 120 thefts.

Phil Johnson and Larry Staverman coached the team.

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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
Ron Boone	G-F	82	0	2653	1271	563			377	322	112	157	269	311	105	11	303	233	1448
Scott Wedman	F-G	81	0	2961	1192	607			254	221	144	319	463	201	99	22	158	242	1435
Otis Birdsong	G	73	20	1878	955	470			310	216	70	105	175	174	74	12	145	179	1156
Richard Washington	F-C	78	0	2231	891	425			199	150	188	466	654	118	74	73	191	324	1000
Lucius Allen	G	77	0	2147	846	373			220	174	66	163	229	360	93	28	217	180	920
Bill Robinzine	F	82	0	1748	677	305			271	206	173	366	539	72	74	11	172	281	816
Sam Lacey	C	77	0	2131	590	265			187	134	155	487	642	300	120	108	186	264	664
Tom Burleson	C	76	0	1525	525	228			248	197	170	312	482	131	62	81	123	259	653
John Kuester	G	78	0	1215	319	145			105	87	19	95	114	252	58	1	97	143	377
Bob Nash	F	66	0	800	304	157			69	50	75	94	169	46	27	18	47	75	364
Kevin Restani	F-C	46	0	463	139	59			11	9	32	62	94	21	5	4	15	37	127
Louie Nelson	G	8	0	53	14	3			11	9	1	2	3	5	2	1	8	5	15
Bob Bigelow	F-G	1	0	7	1	1			0	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	2
Glenn Hansen	G	3	0	9	5	0			0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0
Andre McCarter	G	1	0	9	2	0			0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		829	20	19830	7731	3601	0	0	2262	1775	1208	2632	3840	1992	794	370	1662	2228	8977

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ron Boone	G-F	82	0	32.4	44.3	85.4	1.4	1.9	3.3	3.8	1.3	0.1	3.7	2.8	17.7
Scott Wedman	F-G	81	0	36.6	50.9	87.0	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.5	1.2	0.3	2.0	3.0	17.7
Otis Birdsong	G	73	20	25.7	49.2	69.7	1.0	1.4	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.5	15.8
Richard Washington	F-C	78	0	28.6	47.7	75.4	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.5	0.9	0.9	2.4	4.2	12.8
Lucius Allen	G	77	0	27.9	44.1	79.1	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.2	0.4	2.8	2.3	11.9
Bill Robinzine	F	82	0	21.3	45.1	76.0	2.1	4.5	6.6	0.9	0.9	0.1	2.1	3.4	10.0
Sam Lacey	C	77	0	27.7	44.9	71.7	2.0	6.3	8.3	3.9	1.6	1.4	2.4	3.4	8.6
Tom Burleson	C	76	0	20.1	43.4	79.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.7	0.8	1.1	1.6	3.4	8.6
John Kuester	G	78	0	15.6	45.5	82.9	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	0.7	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.8
Bob Nash	F	66	0	12.1	51.6	72.5	1.1	1.4	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.1	5.5
Kevin Restani	F-C	46	0	10.1	42.4	81.8	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.8	2.8
Louie Nelson	G	8	0	6.6	21.4	81.8	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.0	0.6	1.9
Bob Bigelow	F-G	1	0	7.0	100.0		2.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0
Glenn Hansen	G	3	0	3.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Andre McCarter	G	1	0	9.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		829	20	23.9	46.6	78.5	1.5	3.2	4.6	2.4	1.0	0.4	2.0	2.7	10.8