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1977-78 NBA Central standings
The San Antonio Spurs won the 1977-78 NBA Central division race at 52-30, 8 games ahead of the Washington Bullets.
🏆The 1977-78 playoffs, series by series
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Central standings, 1977-78
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| San Antonio Spurs (SAN) x | 52 | 30 | .634 | - | 7-3 | L2 |
| Washington Bullets (WAS) x | 44 | 38 | .537 | 8 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE) x | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 9-1 | W6 |
| Atlanta Hawks (ATL) x | 41 | 41 | .500 | 11 | 7-3 | W1 |
| New Orleans Jazz (NOJ) | 39 | 43 | .476 | 13 | 4-6 | W3 |
| Houston Rockets (HOU) | 28 | 54 | .341 | 24 | 4-6 | W1 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 7 times.
- The San Antonio Spurs trailed by as many as 3.5 games on November 8, 1977.
- The San Antonio Spurs took first place for good on January 20, 1978.
- The New Orleans Jazz won 10 games in a row from January 14, 1978 to February 1, 1978, the longest run of the race.
- The Washington Bullets led by 2.5 games as late as January 10, 1978.
- The San Antonio Spurs led by as many as 9.5 games on April 4, 1978.
- The San Antonio Spurs went 13-2 from January 10, 1978 to February 12, 1978, turning a deficit of 2.5 games into a lead of 6.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 54 of the 151 days played.
- The San Antonio Spurs spent 83 of the season's 174 charted days in first place.