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National Basketball Association

NBA 1978-79

Champions: Seattle SuperSonics

All 955 games

Standings

Standings
TeamWLPctGBSRS
1Washington Bullets*5428.659—4.8
2Seattle SuperSonicsChampions5230.6342.02.7
3Phoenix Suns*5032.6104.03.5
4Kansas City Kings*4834.5856.02.7
5San Antonio Spurs*4834.5856.05.0
6Denver Nuggets*4735.5737.01.2
7Houston Rockets*4735.5737.00.9
8Los Angeles Lakers*4735.5737.03.0
9Philadelphia 76ers*4735.5737.01.7
10Atlanta Hawks*4636.5618.01.9
11Portland Trail Blazers*4537.5499.01.1
12San Diego Clippers4339.52411.0-1.8
13Golden State Warriors3844.46316.00.5
14Indiana Pacers3844.46316.0-1.4
15Milwaukee Bucks3844.46316.02.1
16New Jersey Nets*3745.45117.0-4.0
17Chicago Bulls3151.37823.0-3.8
18New York Knicks3151.37823.0-3.3
19Cleveland Cavaliers3052.36624.0-3.6
20Detroit Pistons3052.36624.0-2.6
21Boston Celtics2953.35425.0-4.8
22New Orleans Jazz2656.31728.0-6.0

One table for the league: the data has no conferences or divisions. * made the playoffs.

Leaders

Points

  1. 1George GervinSAS29.6 points per game
  2. 2World B. FreeSDC28.8 points per game
  3. 3Marques JohnsonMIL25.6 points per game
  4. 4Moses MaloneHOU24.8 points per game
  5. 5Bob McAdoo2TM24.8 points per game

Rebounds

  1. 1Moses MaloneHOU17.6 rebounds per game
  2. 2Rich KelleyNOJ12.8 rebounds per game
  3. 3Kareem Abdul-JabbarLAL12.8 rebounds per game
  4. 4Artis GilmoreCHI12.7 rebounds per game
  5. 5Jack SikmaSEA12.4 rebounds per game

Assists

  1. 1Kevin PorterDET13.4 assists per game
  2. 2John LucasGSW9.3 assists per game
  3. 3Norm NixonLAL9.0 assists per game
  4. 4Phil FordKCK8.6 assists per game
  5. 5Paul WestphalPHO6.5 assists per game

Per game, regular season, at least 58 games.

Playoffs

Eastern Conference first round

Western Conference first round

Eastern Conference semifinals

Western Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference finals

Western Conference finals

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Moses Malone
Rookie of the Year
Phil Ford

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.