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1977–78 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season

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The 1977–78 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 11th in franchise history, their second in the NBA, and their first in New Jersey, following their relocation from nearby Long Island.

Draft picks

Main article: 1977 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	7	Bernard King	SF	Tennessee
4	67	Bob Elmore		Wichita State
5	89	Gerald Cunningham		Kentucky State
6	111	Mark Crow		Duke
7	132	Scott Conant		Newberry College
8	152	Ralph Drollinger	C	UCLA

This would become the only NBA draft that the Nets would participate in under the New York Nets name. Following this draft's conclusion, the team would move to nearby New Jersey and play there up until 2012, where they would move to Brooklyn to become the Brooklyn Nets since then.

Roster

Kevin Loughery
Rod Thorn

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Awards and records

Bernard King, NBA All-Rookie First Team 1st Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/1978.html 1977–78 New Jersey Nets]

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