who won the nba rookie of the year in 1978

Walter Davis won the Rookie of the Year award in 1977-78.

		NAME	ROY	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1		Walter Davis W. Davis	1	1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	9.7	18.4	52.6				4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7	2.0	4.0	3.5	2,590	1,959	484	273	113	20	283	242

	NAME	DATE	ROY	SEASON	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Walter Davis W. Davis	4/8/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	NJN	26	19	3	7	2	0	6	13	46.2	7	7	100.0	59.1	0	3	7	1
2	Walter Davis W. Davis	4/6/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	DEN	37	29	4	4	1	0	13	24	54.2	3	7	42.9	53.5	0	4	3	5
3	Walter Davis W. Davis	4/4/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	SAS	31	35	0	1	0	0	13	23	56.5	9	9	100.0	64.9	0	0	1	5
4	Walter Davis W. Davis	4/2/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	GSW	35	21	6	4	2	0	8	15	53.3	5	5	100.0	61.0	2	4	2	3
5	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/31/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	KCK	29	19	5	2	0	0	7	15	46.7	5	6	83.3	53.9	0	5	6	2
6	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/29/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	POR	22	22	2	5	1	0	9	15	60.0	4	4	100.0	65.6	1	1	2	2
7	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/25/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	BUF	39	26	8	3	1	0	10	21	47.6	6	6	100.0	55.0	2	6	6	1
8	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/23/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	NYK	35	29	9	6	1	1	10	15	66.7	9	10	90.0	74.7	3	6	1	3
9	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/21/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	IND	38	27	8	3	0	2	11	17	64.7	5	7	71.4	67.2	2	6	3	3
10	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/19/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	CLE	37	17	9	4	1	0	7	20	35.0	3	4	75.0	39.1	2	7	2	3
11	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/17/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	BOS	36	20	5	3	0	0	8	22	36.4	4	4	100.0	42.1	2	3	2	2
12	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/15/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	NJN	27	20	4	3	0	1	8	15	53.3	4	7	57.1	55.3	2	2	1	2
13	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/14/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	MIL	38	38	9	2	1	0	17	31	54.8	4	6	66.7	56.5	4	5	3	4
14	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/12/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	LAL	36	23	6	5	2	0	8	17	47.1	7	9	77.8	54.9	3	3	3	2
15	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/11/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	LAL	39	34	7	5	1	0	13	23	56.5	8	10	80.0	62.0	2	5	5	1
16	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/9/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	CHI	32	23	3	1	0	0	9	12	75.0	5	5	100.0	81.0	0	3	2	4
17	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/7/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	DEN	36	34	4	9	5	1	12	21	57.1	10	11	90.9	65.8	2	2	0	4
18	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/5/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	PHI	27	25	4	1	2	0	12	20	60.0	1	2	50.0	59.9	1	3	6	5
19	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/3/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	MIL	32	24	3	4	0	0	9	19	47.4	6	8	75.0	53.3	1	2	2	1
20	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/1/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	vs	DET	29	20	5	5	2	0	9	21	42.9	2	2	100.0	45.7	0	5	6	1
21	Walter Davis W. Davis	2/28/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	CHI	37	36	6	2	5	1	16	21	76.2	4	6	66.7	76.1	3	3	5	5
22	Walter Davis W. Davis	2/25/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	NYK	33	20	8	2	3	1	8	22	36.4	4	5	80.0	41.3	3	5	7	4
23	Walter Davis W. Davis	2/24/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	WAS	34	24	7	4	2	1	9	23	39.1	6	7	85.7	46.0	1	6	4	3
24	Walter Davis W. Davis	2/22/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	ATL	29	16	9	4	0	1	8	18	44.4	0	0		44.4	2	7	8	4
25	Walter Davis W. Davis	2/21/1978	1	1977-78	PHX	@	BUF	35	32	2	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	2	2	100.0	61.8	0	2	2	3
	Average		0.0					32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.3	9.7	18.4	52.6	4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7	2.0	4.1	3.5	3.0
	Total		1					2,590	1,959	484	273	113	20	786	1,494	52.6	387	466	83.0	57.7	158	326	283	242

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Walter Davis won the Rookie of the Year award in 1977-78.

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