Temporada 1977-78 de los New Jersey Nets
# Temporada 1977-78 de los New Jersey Nets

La temporada 1977-78 fue la segunda de los New Jersey Nets en la NBA, tras la fusión de la liga con la ABA, donde había jugado nueve temporadas, y la primera en su nueva ubicación en Nueva Jersey. La temporada regular acabó con 24 victorias y 58 derrotas, ocupando el undécimo y último puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Bernard King | Alero | Estados Unidos | Tennessee |
| 6 | 111 | Mark Crow | Alero | Estados Unidos | Duke |
| 8 | 152 | Ralph Drollinger | Pívot | Estados Unidos | UCLA |

## Temporada regular

División Central :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Philadelphia 76ers | 55 | 27 | .671 | – | 37–4 | 18–23 | 14–2 |
| x-New York Knicks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 12 | 29–12 | 14–27 | 7–9 |
| Boston Celtics | 32 | 50 | .390 | 23 | 24–17 | 8–33 | 8–8 |
| Buffalo Braves | 27 | 55 | .329 | 28 | 20–21 | 7–34 | 7–9 |
| New Jersey Nets | 24 | 58 | .293 | 31 | 18–23 | 6–35 | 4–12 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bernard King | 21 | 79 | 39.1 | 10.1 | 21.1 | .479 | 4.0 | 5.8 | .677 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 24.2 |
| 2 | John Williamson | 26 | 33 | 38.8 | 11.8 | 25.9 | .454 | 6.0 | 7.0 | .857 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 29.5 |
| 3 | Kevin Porter | 27 | 74 | 36.3 | 6.5 | 13.8 | .470 | 3.2 | 4.1 | .765 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 16.2 |
| 4 | Al Skinner | 25 | 8 | 34.6 | 5.1 | 12.6 | .406 | 4.9 | 5.5 | .886 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 15.1 |
| 5 | George Johnson | 29 | 81 | 29.8 | 3.5 | 8.9 | .395 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .719 | 3.0 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 8.7 |
| 6 | Bob Carrington | 24 | 37 | 27.9 | 4.2 | 10.6 | .401 | 1.9 | 2.6 | .742 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 10.4 |
| 7 | Darnell Hillman | 28 | 45 | 27.1 | 5.2 | 11.1 | .471 | 2.6 | 4.6 | .576 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 13.1 |
| 8 | Bubbles Hawkins | 23 | 15 | 22.9 | 4.6 | 10.0 | .460 | 1.7 | 1.9 | .862 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 10.9 |
| 9 | Tim Bassett | 26 | 65 | 22.7 | 2.3 | 5.9 | .388 | 0.8 | 1.5 | .515 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| 10 | Howard Porter | 29 | 55 | 22.1 | 5.3 | 10.8 | .495 | 2.2 | 2.7 | .811 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 12.8 |
| 11 | Wilson Washington | 22 | 24 | 21.8 | 3.8 | 7.8 | .492 | 1.1 | 2.0 | .553 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 8.8 |
| 12 | Jan van Breda Kolff | 26 | 68 | 20.9 | 1.6 | 4.3 | .366 | 1.3 | 1.8 | .707 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| 13 | Eddie Jordan | 23 | 51 | 20.4 | 3.8 | 9.5 | .407 | 2.3 | 3.0 | .788 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 10.0 |
| 14 | Bird Averitt | 25 | 21 | 19.5 | 3.3 | 9.0 | .367 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .800 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 8.3 |
| 15 | Kim Hughes | 25 | 56 | 15.3 | 1.0 | 2.9 | .356 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .310 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 16 | Louie Nelson | 26 | 25 | 14.1 | 3.3 | 7.9 | .416 | 1.9 | 2.9 | .658 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 8.5 |
| 17 | Dave Wohl | 28 | 10 | 11.8 | 1.2 | 3.4 | .353 | 1.1 | 1.2 | .917 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| 18 | Mark Crow | 23 | 15 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 5.3 | .438 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .700 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 5.6 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Bernard King | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
