Temporada 1977-78 de los New Orleans Jazz
# Temporada 1977-78 de los New Orleans Jazz

La temporada 1977-78 fue la cuarta de los New Orleans Jazz en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 39 victorias y 43 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la Conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 44 | Essie Hollis | Alero | Estados Unidos | St. Bonaventure |
| 4 | 72 | Dennis Boyd | Base | Estados Unidos | Detroit |

## Temporada regular

División Central :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 32–9 | 20–21 | 15–5 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 8 | 29–12 | 15–26 | 14–6 |
| x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 27–14 | 16–25 | 9–11 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 41 | 41 | .500 | 11 | 29–12 | 12–29 | 8–12 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 39 | 43 | .476 | 13 | 27–14 | 12–29 | 8–12 |
| Houston Rockets | 28 | 54 | .341 | 24 | 21-20 | 7-34 | 6–14 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 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 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Pete Maravich | 2º Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |
| Truck Robinson | All-Star |
