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1976-1977 New Orleans Jazz: 35-47 .427
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 26-15 (4449 points scored, 4293 allowed) Road record: 9-32 (4125 points scored, 4512 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coaches: Butch Van Breda Kolff (14-12), Elgin Baylor (21-35) 8574 points scored (16th of 22 teams), 8805 points allowed (14th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Ron Behagen 6'9 185 25 Minnesota Freddie Boyd 6'2 180 26 Oregon State E.C. Coleman 6'8 225 26 Houston Baptist Gail Goodrich 6'1 170 33 UCLA Paul Griffin 6'9 205 22 Western Michigan Mo Howard 6'2 170 22 Maryland Aaron James 6'8 210 24 Grambling State Rich Kelley 7'0 235 23 Stanford Pete Maravich 6'5 197 29 Louisiana State Jim McElroy 6'3 190 23 Central Michigan Otto Moore 6'11 205 30 Texas - Pan American Isaac Stallworth 6'5 190 26 Kansas Andy Walker 6'4 190 21 Niagara Nate Williams 6'4 215 26 Utah State
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Pete Maravich 73 3041 886 2047 0 0 501 600 90 284 374 392 84 22 0 191 2273 31.1 G Nate Williams 79 1776 414 917 0 0 146 194 107 199 306 92 76 16 0 200 974 12.3 G Jim McElroy 73 2029 301 640 0 0 169 217 55 128 183 260 60 8 0 119 771 10.6 F E.C. Coleman 77 2369 290 628 0 0 82 112 149 399 548 103 62 32 0 280 662 8.6 F Aaron James 52 1059 238 486 0 0 89 114 56 130 186 55 20 5 0 127 565 10.9 C Rich Kelley 76 1505 184 386 0 0 156 197 210 377 587 208 45 63 0 244 524 6.9 F Ron Behagen 60 1170 213 509 0 0 90 126 144 287 431 83 41 19 0 166 516 8.6 C Otto Moore 81 2084 193 477 0 0 91 134 170 466 636 181 54 117 0 231 477 5.9 G Freddie Boyd 47 1212 194 406 0 0 79 98 19 71 90 147 44 6 0 78 467 9.9 F Paul Griffin 81 1645 140 256 0 0 145 201 167 328 495 167 50 43 0 241 425 5.2 G Gail Goodrich 27 609 136 305 0 0 68 85 25 36 61 74 22 2 0 43 340 12.6 F Isaac Stallworth 40 526 126 272 0 0 17 29 19 52 71 23 19 11 0 76 269 6.7 G Andy Walker 40 438 72 156 0 0 36 47 23 52 75 32 20 7 0 59 180 4.5 G Mo Howard 23 317 56 117 0 0 19 29 15 19 34 37 16 6 0 44 131 5.7
1976 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  2   26  Jacky Dorsey              60          Georgia                          [pick acquired from LA via PHO and POR]
  3   42  Steve Copp                            San Diego State                
  4   58  John Service                          UC Santa Barbara               
  5   74  Paul Griffin             480          Western Michigan               
  6   94  Barnard Tomlin                        Hofstra                        
  7  111  Andy Walker               40          Niagara                        
  8  128  Richard Bryant                        SW Texas State                 
  9  148  Calvin Robinson                       Mississippi Valley State       
 10  164  Art Johnson                           Iowa State                     

Traded draft picks:

#1 to BUF via PHO  (Adrian Dantley)
#2 to MIL via ATL  (Alex English)

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/22/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 111-98 1-0 10/26/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 101-111 1-1 10/29/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 111-93 2-1 10/30/1976 at New York Knicks W 115-112 3-1 10/31/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 92-106 3-2 11/02/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 115-97 4-2 11/05/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 127-119 5-2 11/07/1976 vs Detroit Pistons L 107-115 5-3 11/09/1976 vs New York Nets W 110-99 6-3 11/10/1976 at Washington Bullets L 103-116 6-4 11/12/1976 at Boston Celtics L 110-117 6-5 11/13/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 115-86 7-5 11/16/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 100-98 8-5 11/17/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 95-118 8-6 11/19/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 95-100 8-7 11/21/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 97-92 9-7 11/23/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 117-94 10-7 11/25/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 99-105 10-8 11/28/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 127-118 11-8 12/01/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 126-105 12-8 12/03/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 121-105 13-8 12/04/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 99-107 13-9 12/05/1976 vs Denver Nuggets L 105-117 13-10 12/07/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 110-98 14-10 12/10/1976 vs Chicago Bulls L 78-92 14-11 12/11/1976 at San Antonio Spurs L 106-121 14-12 12/14/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-117 15-12 12/15/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-115 15-13 12/17/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks L 109-113 15-14 12/18/1976 at Houston Rockets W 110-106 16-14 12/19/1976 vs Detroit Pistons L 110-125 16-15 12/21/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 123-113 17-15 12/22/1976 at New York Nets L 93-127 17-16 12/26/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 109-100 18-16 12/30/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 97-104 18-17 01/02/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 93-88 19-17 01/07/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 118-130 19-18 01/08/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 107-114 19-19 01/09/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 76-92 19-20 01/12/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 99-110 19-21 01/14/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 103-131 19-22 01/16/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 76-97 19-23
Date Opponent Result Record 01/18/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 99-89 20-23 01/22/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 118-100 21-23 01/23/1977 vs New York Knicks W 111-102 22-23 01/26/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 95-101 22-24 01/28/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 96-108 22-25 01/29/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 102-118 22-26 01/30/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-101 22-27 02/02/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 95-120 22-28 02/03/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 105-99 23-28 02/06/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 99-90 24-28 02/09/1977 at New York Nets L 89-93 24-29 02/11/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 92-110 24-30 02/15/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-117 24-31 02/20/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-129 24-32 02/22/1977 at New York Knicks L 102-119 24-33 02/23/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 106-96 25-33 02/25/1977 vs New York Knicks W 124-107 26-33 02/27/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 118-135 26-34 03/01/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 104-126 26-35 03/04/1977 vs Buffalo Braves L 91-95 26-36 03/05/1977 at Washington Bullets L 105-117 26-37 03/06/1977 vs Indiana Pacers L 106-110 26-38 03/08/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics L 91-96 26-39 03/12/1977 at Houston Rockets L 104-120 26-40 03/15/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-131 26-41 03/18/1977 at Phoenix Suns W 104-100 27-41 03/20/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 95-100 27-42 03/22/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-95 28-42 03/23/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 95-89 29-42 03/24/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 92-87 30-42 03/25/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 100-94 31-42 03/27/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 119-118 32-42 03/29/1977 vs New York Nets W 94-85 33-42 03/30/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 112-100 34-42 04/01/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 106-115 34-43 04/03/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 82-101 34-44 04/05/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 109-119 34-45 04/06/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 102-107 34-46 04/08/1977 at Boston Celtics L 109-120 34-47 04/10/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 139-125 35-47

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