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1977-78 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 55-27, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Gene Shue (2-4), Billy Cunningham (53-23)

Executive: Pat Williams

PTS/G: 114.7 (1st of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.6 (14th of 22)

SRS: 4.87 (2nd of 22) Pace: 108.4 (7th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.0 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 100.3 (8th of 22) Net Rtg: +4.7 (2nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (2nd of 22)

Arena: The Spectrum

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
14	Henry Bibby	PG	6-1	185	November 24, 1949	us US	5	UCLA
23	Joe Bryant	PF	6-9	185	October 19, 1954	us US	2	La Salle
42	Harvey Catchings	C	6-9	218	September 2, 1951	us US	3	Hardin-Simmons University
20	Doug Collins	SG	6-6	180	July 28, 1951	us US	4	Illinois State
53	Darryl Dawkins	C	6-11	251	January 11, 1957	us US	2
10	Mike Dunleavy	PG	6-3	180	March 21, 1954	us US	1	South Carolina
6	Julius Erving	SF	6-7	210	February 22, 1950	us US	6	UMass
21	World B. Free	SG	6-2	185	December 9, 1953	us US	2	Guilford College
11	Caldwell Jones	C	6-11	217	August 4, 1950	us US	4	Albany State University
12	Ted McClain	PG	6-1	180	August 30, 1946	us US	6	Tennessee State
30	George McGinnis	PF	6-8	235	August 12, 1950	us US	6	Indiana
50	Steve Mix	SF	6-7	215	December 30, 1947	us US	7	Toledo
34	Glenn Mosley	PF	6-8	195	December 26, 1955	us US	R	Seton Hall
52	Wilson Washington	PF	6-9	227	August 3, 1955	us US	R	Old Dominion

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Team Misc

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Doug Collins	26	SG	79	77	35.1	8.1	15.5	.526	3.4	4.2	.812	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.1	1.6	0.3	3.2	2.9	19.7	AS
2	Julius Erving	27	SF	74	68	32.8	8.3	16.4	.502	4.1	4.9	.845	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.3	3.2	2.8	20.6	MVP-10,AS,NBA1
3	George McGinnis	27	PF	78	76	32.5	7.5	16.3	.463	5.3	7.4	.716	3.6	6.8	10.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	4.0	3.7	20.3
4	Henry Bibby	28	PG	82	82	30.7	3.5	8.0	.434	2.1	2.7	.781	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.7	1.1	0.1	1.9	2.5	9.1
5	World B. Free	24	SG	76	5	27.0	5.1	11.3	.455	5.4	7.4	.731	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.5	2.6	2.6	15.7
6	Darryl Dawkins	21	C	70	11	24.6	4.7	8.2	.575	2.2	3.1	.709	1.7	6.3	7.9	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.8	11.7
7	Steve Mix	30	SF	82	20	22.2	3.5	6.8	.520	2.1	2.7	.795	1.2	2.5	3.6	2.1	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.9	9.2
8	Caldwell Jones	27	C	80	69	20.5	2.1	4.5	.471	1.2	1.9	.627	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.5	5.4
9	Joe Bryant	23	PF	81		15.3	2.3	5.4	.436	1.4	1.8	.771	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.1
10	Harvey Catchings	26	C	61	2	12.3	1.1	2.9	.393	0.6	0.9	.618	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.9
11	Ted McClain	31	PG	29		10.1	1.4	3.3	.438	0.2	0.3	.700	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.2	3.1
12	Mike Dunleavy	23	PG	4		4.3	0.8	1.8	.429	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	2.0
13	Glenn Mosley	22	PF	6		3.5	0.8	2.2	.385	0.5	1.2	.429	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.2
14	Wilson Washington	22	PF	14		2.7	0.6	1.4	.421	0.2	0.4	.500	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.2	1.4
	Team Totals					48.4	44.2	91.1	.486	26.3	34.9	.752	15.8	32.9	48.7	27.1	9.8	6.7	21.4	26.7	114.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Julius Erving	27	SF	10	35.8	8.8	18.0	.489	4.2	5.6	.750	4.0	5.7	9.7	4.0	1.5	1.8	3.5	3.0	21.8
2	Doug Collins	26	SG	10	34.2	8.2	16.5	.497	4.0	4.9	.816	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.9	20.4
3	Caldwell Jones	27	C	10	30.1	2.8	5.6	.500	0.8	1.0	.800	2.2	8.4	10.6	1.4	0.5	3.0	1.9	3.6	6.4
4	Henry Bibby	28	PG	10	28.9	3.3	8.2	.402	2.0	2.2	.909	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.8	1.2	0.0	2.2	2.5	8.6
5	George McGinnis	27	PF	10	27.3	5.3	12.5	.424	4.1	4.9	.837	2.4	5.4	7.8	3.0	1.5	0.1	3.8	4.0	14.7
6	World B. Free	24	SG	10	26.8	5.1	12.4	.411	5.9	8.1	.728	1.0	2.1	3.1	3.7	0.4	0.6	2.6	2.6	16.1
7	Steve Mix	30	SF	10	23.5	4.9	8.2	.598	3.8	4.3	.884	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.6	1.5	0.1	1.2	2.2	13.6
8	Darryl Dawkins	21	C	10	18.0	2.7	5.3	.509	0.9	1.7	.529	0.6	5.1	5.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.4	3.4	6.3
9	Joe Bryant	23	PF	10	12.2	2.1	4.7	.447	0.8	1.1	.727	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.2	5.0
10	Ted McClain	31	PG	5	6.2	0.6	2.0	.300	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.2
11	Harvey Catchings	26	C	7	3.7	0.4	1.1	.375	0.4	0.6	.750	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.3
	Team Totals				48.5	43.8	93.2	.470	26.8	34.2	.784			51.6	26.1	8.5	7.5	20.1	27.2	114.4

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Doug Collins	26	79	77	2770	643	1223	.526				643	1223	.526	.526	267	329	.812	87	143	230	320	128	25	250	228	1553
2	George McGinnis	27	78	76	2533	588	1270	.463				588	1270	.463	.463	411	574	.716	282	528	810	294	137	27	312	287	1587
3	Henry Bibby	28	82	82	2518	286	659	.434				286	659	.434	.434	171	219	.781	62	189	251	464	91	6	153	207	743
4	Julius Erving	27	74	68	2429	611	1217	.502				611	1217	.502	.502	306	362	.845	179	302	481	279	135	97	238	207	1528
5	World B. Free	24	76	5	2050	390	857	.455				390	857	.455	.455	411	562	.731	92	120	212	306	68	41	200	199	1191
6	Steve Mix	30	82	20	1819	291	560	.520				291	560	.520	.520	175	220	.795	96	201	297	174	87	3	131	158	757
7	Darryl Dawkins	21	70	11	1722	332	577	.575				332	577	.575	.575	156	220	.709	117	438	555	85	34	125	123	268	820
8	Caldwell Jones	27	80	69	1636	169	359	.471				169	359	.471	.471	96	153	.627	165	405	570	92	26	127	128	281	434
9	Joe Bryant	23	81	0	1236	190	436	.436				190	436	.436	.436	111	144	.771	103	177	280	129	56	24	115	185	491
10	Harvey Catchings	26	61	2	748	70	178	.393				70	178	.393	.393	34	55	.618	105	145	250	34	20	67	44	124	174
11	Ted McClain	31	29	0	293	42	96	.438				42	96	.438	.438	7	10	.700	9	28	37	34	16	4	22	36	91
12	Wilson Washington	22	14	0	38	8	19	.421				8	19	.421	.421	3	6	.500	2	12	14	1	1	2	10	3	19
13	Glenn Mosley	22	6	0	21	5	13	.385				5	13	.385	.385	3	7	.429	0	5	5	2	0	0	5	5	13
14	Mike Dunleavy	23	4	0	17	3	7	.429				3	7	.429	.429	2	2	1.000	0	1	1	6	1	0	3	0	8
			82		19830	3628	7471	.486				3628	7471	.486	.486	2153	2863	.752	1299	2694	3993	2220	800	548	1752	2188	9409

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Julius Erving	27	10		358	88	180	.489				88	180	.489	.489	42	56	.750	40	57	97	40	15	18	35	30	218
2	Doug Collins	26	10		342	82	165	.497				82	165	.497	.497	40	49	.816	8	23	31	27	3	0	23	29	204
3	Caldwell Jones	27	10		301	28	56	.500				28	56	.500	.500	8	10	.800	22	84	106	14	5	30	19	36	64
4	Henry Bibby	28	10		289	33	82	.402				33	82	.402	.402	20	22	.909	9	21	30	48	12	0	22	25	86
5	George McGinnis	27	10		273	53	125	.424				53	125	.424	.424	41	49	.837	24	54	78	30	15	1	38	40	147
6	World B. Free	24	10		268	51	124	.411				51	124	.411	.411	59	81	.728	10	21	31	37	4	6	26	26	161
7	Steve Mix	30	10		235	49	82	.598				49	82	.598	.598	38	43	.884	17	29	46	36	15	1	12	22	136
8	Darryl Dawkins	21	10		180	27	53	.509				27	53	.509	.509	9	17	.529	6	51	57	10	3	15	14	34	63
9	Joe Bryant	23	10		122	21	47	.447				21	47	.447	.447	8	11	.727	7	18	25	9	6	1	5	22	50
10	Ted McClain	31	5		31	3	10	.300				3	10	.300	.300	0	0		2	4	6	10	5	0	5	4	6
11	Harvey Catchings	26	7		26	3	8	.375				3	8	.375	.375	3	4	.750	3	6	9	0	1	3	0	4	9

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Doug Collins	26	79	2770	16.9	.568		.269	3.3	5.0	4.2	16.9	2.0	0.5	15.5	22.1		5.6	2.0	7.6	.132		1.5	-0.5	0.9	2.1
2	George McGinnis	27	78	2533	20.3	.521		.452	11.7	20.4	16.2	17.0	2.4	0.5	17.0	27.4		4.1	3.8	7.9	.150		2.0	-0.2	1.8	2.5
3	Henry Bibby	28	82	2518	11.7	.492		.332	2.6	7.3	5.0	23.0	1.6	0.1	16.8	13.6		2.9	1.7	4.7	.089		-0.4	-0.3	-0.7	0.8
4	Julius Erving	27	74	2429	21.7	.555		.297	7.7	12.2	10.0	17.3	2.5	2.0	14.7	25.1		6.0	3.1	9.1	.179		4.0	0.7	4.8	4.1
5	World B. Free	24	76	2050	17.4	.539		.656	4.7	5.7	5.2	20.6	1.5	1.0	15.3	24.1		4.6	1.4	6.0	.140		2.1	-1.0	1.1	1.6
6	Steve Mix	30	82	1819	14.8	.576		.393	5.5	10.8	8.3	12.7	2.1	0.1	16.6	16.4		3.3	1.7	5.1	.134		0.8	0.2	1.0	1.4
7	Darryl Dawkins	21	70	1722	18.0	.608		.381	7.1	24.9	16.3	6.8	0.9	3.7	15.4	17.5		3.6	2.7	6.4	.178		0.7	1.1	1.8	1.7
8	Caldwell Jones	27	80	1636	11.3	.509		.426	10.6	24.2	17.6	6.9	0.7	4.0	23.1	12.8		0.5	2.5	3.1	.090		-2.1	1.2	-1.0	0.4
9	Joe Bryant	23	81	1236	12.6	.492		.330	8.8	14.0	11.5	13.7	2.0	1.0	18.7	18.8		0.8	1.4	2.2	.086		-1.1	0.2	-0.9	0.3
10	Harvey Catchings	26	61	748	11.2	.430		.309	14.8	19.0	16.9	5.5	1.2	4.6	17.9	12.5		0.2	1.1	1.4	.087		-1.9	0.9	-1.0	0.2
11	Ted McClain	31	29	293	9.3	.453		.104	3.2	9.3	6.4	15.0	2.4	0.7	18.0	15.8		-0.1	0.3	0.3	.041		-2.8	0.7	-2.1	0.0
12	Wilson Washington	22	14	38	5.5	.439		.316	5.5	30.9	18.7	3.7	1.2	2.7	31.6	31.5		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.184		-5.4	-0.4	-5.8	-0.1
13	Glenn Mosley	22	6	21	0.6	.404		.538	0.0	23.3	12.1	14.1	0.0	0.0	23.7	38.0		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.228		-5.4	-0.5	-5.9	-0.1
14	Mike Dunleavy	23	4	17	17.4	.508		.286	0.0	5.8	3.0	47.8	2.6	0.0	27.6	24.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	.061		-3.7	-0.1	-3.8	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Julius Erving	27	10	358	21.2	.533		.311	11.8	14.0	13.0	17.0	1.8	2.4	14.6	25.3		0.6	0.6	1.3	.171		4.8	0.3	5.0	0.6
2	Doug Collins	26	10	342	14.8	.547		.297	2.5	5.9	4.3	11.9	0.4	0.0	11.0	23.2		0.6	0.3	0.9	.124		0.9	-2.4	-1.5	0.0
3	Caldwell Jones	27	10	301	11.8	.530		.179	7.7	24.5	16.9	5.7	0.7	4.8	23.9	10.0		0.0	0.7	0.7	.112		-0.7	2.0	1.3	0.3
4	Henry Bibby	28	10	289	10.1	.469		.268	3.3	6.4	5.0	21.1	1.8	0.0	19.4	14.9		0.1	0.3	0.4	.066		-1.0	-0.5	-1.5	0.0
5	George McGinnis	27	10	273	15.0	.502		.392	9.3	17.3	13.7	15.5	2.4	0.2	20.6	25.5		0.0	0.5	0.5	.087		-0.6	-0.3	-0.9	0.1
6	World B. Free	24	10	268	15.4	.504		.653	3.9	6.9	5.5	19.4	0.7	1.1	14.0	26.2		0.3	0.3	0.6	.105		1.5	-1.9	-0.5	0.1
7	Steve Mix	30	10	235	25.1	.674		.524	7.6	10.8	9.4	22.1	2.8	0.2	10.6	18.2		1.1	0.4	1.5	.311		7.0	1.9	9.0	0.6
8	Darryl Dawkins	21	10	180	11.9	.521		.321	3.5	24.8	15.2	7.4	0.7	4.0	18.8	15.6		0.0	0.4	0.4	.097		-2.4	1.8	-0.6	0.1
9	Joe Bryant	23	10	122	12.6	.482		.234	6.0	12.9	9.8	10.1	2.2	0.4	8.8	17.6		0.1	0.2	0.3	.126		-0.9	0.3	-0.6	0.0
10	Ted McClain	31	5	31	11.9	.300		.000	6.8	11.3	9.3	40.0	7.1	0.0	33.3	18.3		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.013		-1.7	5.0	3.2	0.0
11	Harvey Catchings	26	7	26	16.5	.461		.500	12.2	20.2	16.6	0.0	1.7	5.6	0.0	14.2		0.0	0.1	0.1	.200		0.9	0.7	1.6	0.0

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