Dave Cowens 1977-78 Game Log

Pronunciation: \COW-ens\

David William Cowens

(Big Red, Dave the Rave)

Position: Center and Power Forward ▪ Shoots: Left

6-9, 230lb (206cm, 104kg)

Born: October 25, 1948 in Newport, Kentucky us

College: Florida State

High School: Central Catholic in Newport, Kentucky

Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall), 1970 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 13, 1970

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1991 (Full List)

Career Length: 11 years

Hall of Fame
8x All Star
2x NBA Champ
3x All-NBA
1970-71 All-Rookie
1970-71 ROY
1972-73 AS MVP
1972-73 MVP
3x All-Defensive
NBA 75th Anniv. Team
1974-75 MBWA NBA MVP
1970-71 MBWA NBA ROY

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SUMMARY

Career

766

PTS

17.6

TRB

13.6

AST

3.8

FG%

46.0

FG3%

7.1

FT%

78.3

eFG%

46.0

PER

17.0

86.3

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Game Log Summary

MP

PTS

0-9	6
10-19	40
20-29	25
30-39	6

TRB

AST

STL

BLK

PF

32 Wins, 45 Losses

1977-78 Regular Season

1977-78 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
1	1	1977-10-19	28-359	BOS	@	SAS	L (-5)	1	44:00	9	17	.529	0	0				18	3	4	1		2	18
2	2	1977-10-22	28-362	BOS	@	HOU	L (-12)	1	35:00	6	13	.462	2	2	1.000			10	2		1		4	14
3	3	1977-10-24	28-364	BOS	@	DET	L (-15)	1	40:00	2	10	.200	1	2	.500			10	3				5	5
4	4	1977-10-25	29-000	BOS		ATL	W (+7)	1	44:00	9	14	.643	5	5	1.000			15	7				6	23
5	5	1977-10-28	29-003	BOS	@	NJN	L (-7)	1	44:00	10	17	.588	4	5	.800			20	7				3	24
6	6	1977-10-29	29-004	BOS	@	CLE	L (-5)	1	41:00	6	18	.333	4	4	1.000	2	12	14	5	1	2	2	2	16	13.9
7	7	1977-11-02	29-008	BOS		CLE	L (-3)	1	41:00	6	14	.429	5	6	.833			15	4		2		5	17
8	8	1977-11-04	29-010	BOS		DEN	L (-2)	1	39:00	8	19	.421	3	4	.750	4	12	16	4	4	1	3	5	19	17.4
9	9	1977-11-09	29-015	BOS		SAS	L (-15)	1	38:00	2	11	.182	2	2	1.000			15	7	1	1		4	6
10	10	1977-11-11	29-017	BOS		BUF	W (+6)	1	46:00	7	19	.368	4	4	1.000			16	7				4	18
11	11	1977-11-13	29-019	BOS	@	MIL	W (+8)	1	47:00	8	17	.471	2	3	.667			19	10		1		3	18
12	12	1977-11-16	29-022	BOS		ATL	W (+26)	1	37:00	7	12	.583	2	2	1.000			20	5					16
13	13	1977-11-18	29-024	BOS		PHI	L (-9)	1	45:00	9	18	.500	3	4	.750			14	4				6	21
14	14	1977-11-19	29-025	BOS	@	BUF	L (-4)	1	46:00	6	17	.353	1	1	1.000			13	6				5	13
15	15	1977-11-23	29-029	BOS		HOU	W (+9)	1	43:00	8	15	.533	8	8	1.000			22	2				5	24
16	16	1977-11-25	29-031	BOS		NYK	W (+2)	1	40:00	5	14	.357	2	2	1.000			14	8				5	12
17	17	1977-11-26	29-032	BOS	@	KCK	L (-2)	1	43:00	5	13	.385	2	2	1.000			10	1				4	12
18	18	1977-11-29	29-035	BOS	@	ATL	L (-7)	1	42:00	5	10	.500	2	4	.500			17	3				6	12
19	19	1977-11-30	29-036	BOS		CHI	W (+6)	1	44:00	4	11	.364	4	4	1.000	2	12	14	4	2	0	5	3	12	9.5
20	20	1977-12-02	29-038	BOS		SEA	L (-22)	1	33:00	5	12	.417	0	0		1	8	9	2		0		4	10
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
21	21	1977-12-03	29-039	BOS	@	WSB	L (-10)	1	46:00	9	18	.500	0	1	.000			13	3				3	18
22	22	1977-12-06	29-042	BOS	@	NYK	L (-3)	1	46:00	4	8	.500	6	6	1.000			11	3				1	14
23	23	1977-12-07	29-043	BOS		KCK	W (+4)	1	45:00	8	16	.500	12	14	.857			16	8	1	0		5	28
24	24	1977-12-09	29-045	BOS		POR	L (-31)	1	38:00	13	27	.481	1	1	1.000	3	6	9	3	1	0	2	4	27	16.7
25	25	1977-12-13	29-049	BOS		NJN	W (+14)	1	43:00	9	17	.529	5	6	.833			21	6				1	23
26	26	1977-12-16	29-052	BOS		GSW	W (+5)	1	45:00	12	18	.667	2	2	1.000	4	19	23	7	1	4	2	3	26	32.2
27	27	1977-12-18	29-054	BOS	@	LAL	L (-7)	1	46:00	13	24	.542	6	7	.857	4	11	15	4	1	2	3	4	32	26.7
28	28	1977-12-20	29-056	BOS	@	POR	L (-5)	1	47:00	9	12	.750	3	4	.750	6	14	20	4	1	1	1	4	21	26.1
29	29	1977-12-21	29-057	BOS	@	GSW	L (-5)	1	47:00	7	10	.700	2	2	1.000	3	14	17	4	1	0	2	3	16	18.7
30	30	1977-12-26	29-062	BOS	@	DET	L (-22)	1	38:00	4	11	.364	2	2	1.000			16	2				4	10
31	31	1977-12-29	29-065	BOS	@	MIL	W (+9)	1	43:00	12	14	.857	6	6	1.000			15	10	3	0		4	30
32	32	1977-12-30	29-066	BOS	@	CHI	L (-5)	1	38:00	10	16	.625	3	4	.750	2	5	7	4	1	1	2	6	23	18.4
33	33	1978-01-05	29-072	BOS		PHO	L (-10)	1	46:00	7	15	.467	3	3	1.000	0	12	12	3	2	0	2	3	17	13.8
34	34	1978-01-08	29-075	BOS	@	PHI	L (-3)	1	42:00	7	13	.538	4	4	1.000			17	5		1		4	18
35	35	1978-01-11	29-078	BOS		HOU	W (+3)	1	46:00	7	14	.500	4	4	1.000			12	9	1			5	18
36	36	1978-01-13	29-080	BOS		NJN	W (+3)	1	45:00	15	23	.652	6	8	.750			15	3				5	36
37	37	1978-01-15	29-082	BOS		POR	L (-4)	1	53:00	8	12	.667	2	2	1.000	2	6	8	5	4	1	3	5	18	19.2
38	38	1978-01-18	29-085	BOS		MIL	W (+14)	1	41:00	11	17	.647	1	2	.500			10	5	1	0		5	23
39	39	1978-01-22	29-089	BOS		SEA	L (-11)	1	41:00	11	29	.379	11	11	1.000	7	17	24	1				5	33
40	40	1978-01-24	29-091	BOS	@	NOJ	L (-5)	1	48:00	7	18	.389	1	2	.500	4	16	20	5				3	15
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
41	41	1978-01-25	29-092	BOS	@	SAS	L (-10)	1	48:00	12	22	.545	6	6	1.000			19	5	0	1		3	30
42	42	1978-01-29	29-096	BOS		GSW	L (-11)	1	48:00	5	10	.500	6	6	1.000	4	11	15	3	2	2	2	3	16	19.4
43	43	1978-01-31	29-098	BOS		IND	W (+10)	1	45:00	4	16	.250	6	8	.750			14	7	3	2			14
44	44	1978-02-01	29-099	BOS		LAL	W (+3)	1	49:00	8	22	.364	0	0		4	7	11	5	0	0	0	3	16	11.0
45	45	1978-02-03	29-101	BOS		WSB	W (+22)	1	45:00	8	19	.421	4	4	1.000			19	5				4	20
46	46	1978-02-07	29-105	BOS	@	IND	W (+3)	1	45:00	7	17	.412	4	4	1.000			10	3	3			4	18
47	47	1978-02-08	29-106	BOS	@	KCK	L (-4)	1	48:00	9	20	.450	7	9	.778			13	1	1	0		5	25
48	48	1978-02-14	29-112	BOS	@	GSW	W (+23)	1	34:00	6	11	.545	1	2	.500	5	9	14	4	0	1	5	5	13	10.0
49	49	1978-02-16	29-114	BOS	@	PHO	W (+3)	1	47:00	4	11	.364	1	2	.500	5	8	13	5	0	1	3	4	9	8.0
50	50	1978-02-17	29-115	BOS	@	LAL	L (-8)	1	35:00	12	19	.632	6	7	.857	5	5	10	5	0	2	0	4	30	29.4
51	51	1978-02-24	29-122	BOS	@	BUF	W (+7)	1	38:00	8	13	.615	0	0				10	6				4	16
52	52	1978-02-26	29-124	BOS	@	NJN	W (+2)	1	41:00	8	10	.800	2	4	.500			13	4				4	18
53	53	1978-02-28	29-126	BOS	@	ATL	L (-32)	1	37:00	7	15	.467	6	7	.857			9	4				4	20
54	54	1978-03-01	29-127	BOS	@	NOJ	L (-1)	1	44:00	10	22	.455	6	6	1.000			15	4				5	26
55	55	1978-03-03	29-129	BOS		NOJ	W (+3)	1	41:00	10	11	.909	1	2	.500			10	2				5	21
56	56	1978-03-04	29-130	BOS	@	NYK	L (-8)	1	40:00	11	21	.524	1	2	.500			10	5				5	23
57	57	1978-03-05	29-131	BOS		NYK	W (+18)	1	32:00	5	9	.556	4	6	.667			9	6				2	14
58	58	1978-03-10	29-136	BOS	@	PHI	L (-11)	1	40:00	9	16	.563	2	2	1.000			6	6				3	20
59	59	1978-03-12	29-138	BOS		PHI	L (-2)	1	42:00	7	12	.583	6	8	.750			14	5		0		3	20
60	60	1978-03-14	29-140	BOS		DET	W (+7)	1	38:00	9	14	.643	1	2	.500			14	4				5	19
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
61	61	1978-03-16	29-142	BOS	@	CLE	L (-10)	1	46:00	7	15	.467	0	0		2	13	15	7	0	2	1	1	14	16.5
62	62	1978-03-17	29-143	BOS		PHO	W (+7)	1	38:00	2	11	.182	5	5	1.000	5	11	16	7	1	0	2	2	9	12.0
63	63	1978-03-18	29-144	BOS		KCK	W (+7)	1	27:00	3	9	.333	3	4	.750			9	2				2	9
64	64	1978-03-19	29-145	BOS		DEN	W (+27)	1	36:00	5	18	.278	4	4	1.000	5	14	19	5	2	1	1	3	14	15.1
65	65	1978-03-21	29-147	BOS	@	WSB	L (-12)	1	46:00	9	16	.563	1	2	.500			16	9				6	19
66	66	1978-03-22	29-148	BOS		CLE	W (+6)	1	44:00	8	18	.444	0	0		2	7	9	4	0	1	1	3	16	11.4
67	67	1978-03-24	29-150	BOS		CHI	L (-1)	1	42:00	9	18	.500	0	0		1	5	6	5	0	0	3	5	18	9.7
68	68	1978-03-26	29-152	BOS	@	SEA	L (-11)	1	37:00	10	21	.476	1	2	.500	4	9	13	2				4	21
69	69	1978-03-28	29-154	BOS	@	POR	W (+12)	1	47:00	12	22	.545	4	5	.800	3	13	16	4	2	2	4	4	28	23.6
70	70	1978-03-29	29-155	BOS	@	DEN	L (-3)	1	43:00	10	16	.625	1	2	.500	5	12	17	3	4	1	1	3	21	25.1
71	71	1978-03-31	29-157	BOS		SAS	L (-3)	1	41:00	11	25	.440	3	3	1.000			11	3	2	1		2	25
72	72	1978-04-01	29-158	BOS		NOJ	W (+11)	1	33:00	8	16	.500	3	4	.750			6	5				4	19
73	73	1978-04-02	29-159	BOS		IND	L (-3)	1	34:00	12	19	.632	2	3	.667			17	4				2	26
74	74	1978-04-06	29-163	BOS		WSB	L (-9)	1	29:00	2	9	.222	0	0				15	2				5	4
75	75	1978-04-07	29-164	BOS		DET	L (-2)	1	35:00	5	11	.455	2	2	1.000			17	5				5	12
76	76	1978-04-08	29-165	BOS		MIL	L (-12)	1	45:00	7	22	.318	2	3	.667			11	1	1	3		4	16
77	77	1978-04-09	29-166	BOS		BUF	W (+17)	1	39:00	9	16	.563	2	3	.667			15	3				4	20

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