1977-78 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 24-58
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Kevin Loughery (24-58)
Location: Piscataway, New Jersey
Attendance: 199,090, Avg. 4,856 in 41 home dates

1977-78 New Jersey Nets Roster
1977-78 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 24 wins and 58 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Nets racked up 8,746 points and surrendered 9,223. Bernard King tossed in a team-leading 1,909 points for New Jersey, and George Johnson accounted for 779 boards. Kevin Porter dished out 801 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Bernard King added 122 steals, while George Johnson swatted 274 opponent shot attempts.

Kevin Loughery 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
Bernard King	F	79	79	3092	1665	798			462	313	265	486	751	193	122	36	311	302	1909
Kevin Porter	G	74	72	2686	1024	481			307	235	48	151	199	801	118	15	348	265	1197
John Williamson	G	33	32	1282	854	388			230	197	32	75	107	82	47	10	101	105	973
Howard Porter	F-C	55	7	1216	592	293			148	120	95	167	262	40	26	33	50	119	706
George Johnson	C-F	81	78	2411	721	285			185	133	245	534	779	111	78	274	221	339	703
Darnell Hillman	F-C	45	41	1220	501	236			205	118	126	212	338	49	49	44	109	160	590
Eddie Jordan	G	51	3	1042	482	196			151	119	33	75	108	145	114	18	92	84	511
Bob Carrington	G-F	37	25	1032	392	157			97	72	42	70	112	55	43	12	66	132	386
Tim Bassett	F-C	65	23	1474	384	149			97	50	142	262	404	63	62	33	80	181	348
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	68	13	1419	292	107			123	87	66	178	244	105	52	46	73	192	301
Louie Nelson	G	25	0	353	197	82			73	48	12	37	49	29	20	6	40	28	212
Wilson Washington	F-C	24	12	523	187	92			47	26	48	94	142	9	17	35	53	72	210
Bird Averitt	G	21	5	409	188	69			45	36	7	26	33	68	17	1	55	37	174
Robert Hawkins	G	15	5	343	150	69			29	25	21	29	50	37	22	13	43	51	163
Kim Hughes	C	56	3	854	160	57			29	9	95	145	240	38	49	49	57	163	123
Al Skinner	G	8	8	277	101	41			44	39	14	38	52	33	13	5	29	34	121
Mark Crow	F	15	0	154	80	35			20	14	14	13	27	8	5	1	12	24	84
Dave Wohl	G	10	4	118	34	12			12	11	1	3	4	13	3	0	16	24	35
Totals		762	410	19905	8004	3547	0	0	2304	1652	1306	2595	3901	1879	857	631	1756	2312	8746

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bernard King	F	79	79	39.1	47.9	67.7	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	24.2
Kevin Porter	G	74	72	36.3	47.0	76.5	0.6	2.0	2.7	10.8	1.6	0.2	4.7	3.6	16.2
John Williamson	G	33	32	38.8	45.4	85.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	1.4	0.3	3.1	3.2	29.5
Howard Porter	F-C	55	7	22.1	49.5	81.1	1.7	3.0	4.8	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.9	2.2	12.8
George Johnson	C-F	81	78	29.8	39.5	71.9	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.4	1.0	3.4	2.7	4.2	8.7
Darnell Hillman	F-C	45	41	27.1	47.1	57.6	2.8	4.7	7.5	1.1	1.1	1.0	2.4	3.6	13.1
Eddie Jordan	G	51	3	20.4	40.7	78.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	2.2	0.4	1.8	1.6	10.0
Bob Carrington	G-F	37	25	27.9	40.1	74.2	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.5	1.2	0.3	1.8	3.6	10.4
Tim Bassett	F-C	65	23	22.7	38.8	51.5	2.2	4.0	6.2	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.8	5.4
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	68	13	20.9	36.6	70.7	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.5	0.8	0.7	1.1	2.8	4.4
Louie Nelson	G	25	0	14.1	41.6	65.8	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.2	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.1	8.5
Wilson Washington	F-C	24	12	21.8	49.2	55.3	2.0	3.9	5.9	0.4	0.7	1.5	2.2	3.0	8.8
Bird Averitt	G	21	5	19.5	36.7	80.0	0.3	1.2	1.6	3.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.8	8.3
Robert Hawkins	G	15	5	22.9	46.0	86.2	1.4	1.9	3.3	2.5	1.5	0.9	2.9	3.4	10.9
Kim Hughes	C	56	3	15.3	35.6	31.0	1.7	2.6	4.3	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	2.9	2.2
Al Skinner	G	8	8	34.6	40.6	88.6	1.8	4.8	6.5	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.6	4.3	15.1
Mark Crow	F	15	0	10.3	43.8	70.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.6	5.6
Dave Wohl	G	10	4	11.8	35.3	91.7	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.6	2.4	3.5
Averages		762	410	26.1	44.3	71.7	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.0	11.5