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1978β79 NBA season | |
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League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | October 13, 1978 β April 8, 1979 April 10 β May 18, 1979 (Playoffs) May 20 β June 1, 1979 (Finals) |
Number of games | 82 |
Number of teams | 22 |
TV partner(s) | CBS |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Mychal Thompson |
Picked by | Portland Trail Blazers |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Washington Bullets |
Season MVP | Moses Malone ( Houston) |
Top scorer | George Gervin ( San Antonio) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Washington Bullets |
Eastern runners-up | San Antonio Spurs |
Western champions | Seattle SuperSonics |
Western runners-up | Phoenix Suns |
Finals | |
Champions | Seattle SuperSonics |
Runners-up | Washington Bullets |
Finals MVP | Dennis Johnson ( Seattle) |
The 1978β79 NBA season was the 33rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Seattle SuperSonics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals, a rematch of the previous year's Finals, but with the opposite result.
Offseason | |||
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Team | 1977β78 coach | 1978β79 coach | |
Buffalo Braves/San Diego Clippers | Cotton Fitzsimmons | Gene Shue | |
Chicago Bulls | Ed Badger |
Larry Costello Scotty Robertson | |
Detroit Pistons | Bob Kauffman | Dick Vitale | |
Kansas City Kings | Larry Staverman | Cotton Fitzsimmons | |
In-season | |||
Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach | |
Boston Celtics | Satch Sanders | Dave Cowens | |
Chicago Bulls | Larry Costello | Scotty Robertson | |
Denver Nuggets | Larry Brown | Donnie Walsh | |
New York Knicks | Willis Reed | Red Holzman |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Washington Bullets | 54 | 28 | .659 | β | 31β10 | 23β18 | 11β5 |
x- Philadelphia 76ers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 | 31β10 | 16β25 | 9β7 |
x- New Jersey Nets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 17 | 25β16 | 12β29 | 7β9 |
New York Knicks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 23 | 23β18 | 8β33 | 7β9 |
Boston Celtics | 29 | 53 | .354 | 25 | 21β20 | 8β33 | 6β10 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- San Antonio Spurs | 48 | 34 | .585 | β | 29β12 | 19β22 | 11β9 |
x- Houston Rockets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 | 30β11 | 17β24 | 12β8 |
x- Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2 | 34β7 | 12β29 | 14β6 |
Cleveland Cavaliers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 20β21 | 10β31 | 6β14 |
Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 22β19 | 8β33 | 9β11 |
New Orleans Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 22 | 21β20 | 8β33 | 9β15 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Kansas City Kings | 48 | 34 | .585 | β | 32β9 | 16β25 | 12β4 |
x- Denver Nuggets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 | 29β12 | 18β23 | 8β8 |
Indiana Pacers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 25β16 | 13β28 | 6β10 |
Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 28β13 | 10β31 | 9β7 |
Chicago Bulls | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 19β22 | 12β29 | 5β11 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | β | 31β10 | 21β20 | 11β9 |
x- Phoenix Suns | 50 | 32 | .610 | 2 | 32β9 | 18β23 | 11β9 |
x- Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 5 | 31β10 | 16β25 | 11β9 |
x- Portland Trail Blazers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 7 | 33β8 | 12β29 | 8β12 |
San Diego Clippers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 29β12 | 14β27 | 11β9 |
Golden State Warriors | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 | 23β18 | 15β26 | 8β12 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Washington Bullets | 54 | 28 | .659 | β |
2 | y- San Antonio Spurs | 48 | 34 | .585 | 6 |
3 | x- Philadelphia 76ers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 |
4 | x- Houston Rockets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 |
5 | x- Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 8 |
6 | x- New Jersey Nets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 17 |
7 | New York Knicks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 23 |
8 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 24 |
8 | Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 24 |
10 | Boston Celtics | 29 | 53 | .354 | 25 |
11 | New Orleans Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 28 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | β |
2 | y- Kansas City Kings | 48 | 34 | .585 | 4 |
3 | x- Phoenix Suns | 50 | 32 | .610 | 2 |
4 | x- Denver Nuggets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 5 |
5 | x- Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 5 |
6 | x- Portland Trail Blazers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 7 |
7 | San Diego Clippers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 |
8 | Indiana Pacers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 |
9 | Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 |
10 | Golden State Warriors | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 |
11 | Chicago Bulls | 31 | 51 | .378 | 21 |
Notes
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.
First Round | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | NBA Finals | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Washington* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Houston | 0 | E5 | Atlanta | 3 | ||||||||||||||
E5 | Atlanta | 2 | Eastern Conference | E1 | Washington* | 4 | |||||||||||||
E2 | San Antonio* | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Philadelphia | 2 | E2 | San Antonio* | 4 | ||||||||||||||
E6 | New Jersey | 0 | E1 | Washington* | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W1 | Seattle* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Seattle* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Denver | 1 | W5 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W5 | Los Angeles | 2 | Western Conference | W1 | Seattle* | 4 | |||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 2 | W2 | Kansas City* | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W6 | Portland | 1 |
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points per game | George Gervin | San Antonio Spurs | 29.6 |
Rebounds per game | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | 17.6 |
Assists per game | Kevin Porter | Detroit Pistons | 13.4 |
Steals per game | M.L. Carr | Detroit Pistons | 2.46 |
Blocks per game | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | 3.95 |
FG% | Cedric Maxwell | Boston Celtics | .584 |
FT% | Rick Barry | Houston Rockets | .947 |
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This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2022) |
1978β79 NBA season | |
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League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | October 13, 1978 β April 8, 1979 April 10 β May 18, 1979 (Playoffs) May 20 β June 1, 1979 (Finals) |
Number of games | 82 |
Number of teams | 22 |
TV partner(s) | CBS |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Mychal Thompson |
Picked by | Portland Trail Blazers |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Washington Bullets |
Season MVP | Moses Malone ( Houston) |
Top scorer | George Gervin ( San Antonio) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | Washington Bullets |
Eastern runners-up | San Antonio Spurs |
Western champions | Seattle SuperSonics |
Western runners-up | Phoenix Suns |
Finals | |
Champions | Seattle SuperSonics |
Runners-up | Washington Bullets |
Finals MVP | Dennis Johnson ( Seattle) |
The 1978β79 NBA season was the 33rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Seattle SuperSonics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals, a rematch of the previous year's Finals, but with the opposite result.
Offseason | |||
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Team | 1977β78 coach | 1978β79 coach | |
Buffalo Braves/San Diego Clippers | Cotton Fitzsimmons | Gene Shue | |
Chicago Bulls | Ed Badger |
Larry Costello Scotty Robertson | |
Detroit Pistons | Bob Kauffman | Dick Vitale | |
Kansas City Kings | Larry Staverman | Cotton Fitzsimmons | |
In-season | |||
Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach | |
Boston Celtics | Satch Sanders | Dave Cowens | |
Chicago Bulls | Larry Costello | Scotty Robertson | |
Denver Nuggets | Larry Brown | Donnie Walsh | |
New York Knicks | Willis Reed | Red Holzman |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Washington Bullets | 54 | 28 | .659 | β | 31β10 | 23β18 | 11β5 |
x- Philadelphia 76ers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 | 31β10 | 16β25 | 9β7 |
x- New Jersey Nets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 17 | 25β16 | 12β29 | 7β9 |
New York Knicks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 23 | 23β18 | 8β33 | 7β9 |
Boston Celtics | 29 | 53 | .354 | 25 | 21β20 | 8β33 | 6β10 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- San Antonio Spurs | 48 | 34 | .585 | β | 29β12 | 19β22 | 11β9 |
x- Houston Rockets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 | 30β11 | 17β24 | 12β8 |
x- Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2 | 34β7 | 12β29 | 14β6 |
Cleveland Cavaliers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 20β21 | 10β31 | 6β14 |
Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 22β19 | 8β33 | 9β11 |
New Orleans Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 22 | 21β20 | 8β33 | 9β15 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Kansas City Kings | 48 | 34 | .585 | β | 32β9 | 16β25 | 12β4 |
x- Denver Nuggets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 | 29β12 | 18β23 | 8β8 |
Indiana Pacers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 25β16 | 13β28 | 6β10 |
Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 28β13 | 10β31 | 9β7 |
Chicago Bulls | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 19β22 | 12β29 | 5β11 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | β | 31β10 | 21β20 | 11β9 |
x- Phoenix Suns | 50 | 32 | .610 | 2 | 32β9 | 18β23 | 11β9 |
x- Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 5 | 31β10 | 16β25 | 11β9 |
x- Portland Trail Blazers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 7 | 33β8 | 12β29 | 8β12 |
San Diego Clippers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 29β12 | 14β27 | 11β9 |
Golden State Warriors | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 | 23β18 | 15β26 | 8β12 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Washington Bullets | 54 | 28 | .659 | β |
2 | y- San Antonio Spurs | 48 | 34 | .585 | 6 |
3 | x- Philadelphia 76ers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 |
4 | x- Houston Rockets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 |
5 | x- Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 8 |
6 | x- New Jersey Nets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 17 |
7 | New York Knicks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 23 |
8 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 24 |
8 | Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 24 |
10 | Boston Celtics | 29 | 53 | .354 | 25 |
11 | New Orleans Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 28 |
# | |||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | β |
2 | y- Kansas City Kings | 48 | 34 | .585 | 4 |
3 | x- Phoenix Suns | 50 | 32 | .610 | 2 |
4 | x- Denver Nuggets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 5 |
5 | x- Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 5 |
6 | x- Portland Trail Blazers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 7 |
7 | San Diego Clippers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 |
8 | Indiana Pacers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 |
9 | Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 |
10 | Golden State Warriors | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 |
11 | Chicago Bulls | 31 | 51 | .378 | 21 |
Notes
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.
First Round | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | NBA Finals | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Washington* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Houston | 0 | E5 | Atlanta | 3 | ||||||||||||||
E5 | Atlanta | 2 | Eastern Conference | E1 | Washington* | 4 | |||||||||||||
E2 | San Antonio* | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Philadelphia | 2 | E2 | San Antonio* | 4 | ||||||||||||||
E6 | New Jersey | 0 | E1 | Washington* | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W1 | Seattle* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Seattle* | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Denver | 1 | W5 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W5 | Los Angeles | 2 | Western Conference | W1 | Seattle* | 4 | |||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Phoenix | 2 | W2 | Kansas City* | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W6 | Portland | 1 |
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points per game | George Gervin | San Antonio Spurs | 29.6 |
Rebounds per game | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | 17.6 |
Assists per game | Kevin Porter | Detroit Pistons | 13.4 |
Steals per game | M.L. Carr | Detroit Pistons | 2.46 |
Blocks per game | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | 3.95 |
FG% | Cedric Maxwell | Boston Celtics | .584 |
FT% | Rick Barry | Houston Rockets | .947 |
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