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NBA1977-78 Regular Season

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1977-78 Regular Season · Apr 9, 1978

George Gervin entered the final day of the season chasing David Thompson for the scoring championship.

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Home starting five
New Orleans Jazz
StarterAJAaron James
StarterFBFred Boyd
StarterFSFred Saunders
StarterGGGail Goodrich

Before the game

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George Gervin and David Thompson entered the final day separated by a fraction of a point for the scoring title. Thompson scored 73 in an afternoon game, leaving Gervin a clear target that night against New Orleans.

  • Gervin needed 58 points to overtake Thompson for the league scoring crown.
  • The race was decided by scoring average, so every late basket changed the final decimal.

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Epic Score

91.2

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★ 4.65

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Starter
GBGus Bailey
Away starting five
San Antonio Spurs
StarterABAllan Bristow
StarterBPBilly Paultz
StarterCDCoby Dietrick
StarterDLDennis Layton
StarterGGGeorge Gervin

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.