1977-78 NBA season

The 1977-78 NBA Season was the 32nd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Washington Bullets winning the NBA Championship, beating the Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.

[edit] Notable Occurrences

• The New York Nets are renamed the New Jersey Nets.
• The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia, with the East beating the West 133-125. Randy Smith of the Buffalo Braves wins the game's MVP award.
• The defending champion Portland Trail Blazers went off to a 50-10 start and looked poised to repeat, but Bill Walton broke his foot (the first of the numerous major injuries that radically shortened his career) and was out for the remainder of the season. The Blazers, hurt by Walton's absence and by other key injuries, faded to an 8-14 finish and lost to the Sonics in the Western Conference semifinals.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Conference

[edit] Western Conference

C - NBA Champions

[edit] NBA awards

• Most Valuable Player: Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers
• Rookie of the Year: Walter Davis, Phoenix Suns
• Coach of the Year: Hubie Brown, Atlanta Hawks
• All-NBA First Team:
  • Bobby Jones, Denver Nuggets
  • Maurice Lucas, Portland Trail Blazers
  • Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers
  • Don Buse, Phoenix Suns
  • Lionel Hollins, Portland Trail Blazers
• All-NBA Rookie Team:
  • Bernard King, New Jersey Nets
  • Marques Johnson, Milwaukee Bucks
  • Jack Sikma, Seattle SuperSonics
  • Norm Nixon, Los Angeles Lakers
  • Walter Davis, Phoenix Suns

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com

[edit] See also

• 1978 NBA Finals
• 1978 NBA Draft