1978-1979 Golden State Warriors: 38-44 .463
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 23-18 (4346 points scored, 4238 allowed) Road record: 15-26 (4275 points scored, 4352 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Al Attles 8621 points scored (21st of 22 teams), 8590 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tom Abernethy 6'7 220 24 Indiana Wayne Cooper 6'10 220 22 New Orleans Wesley Cox 6'6 215 23 Louisville Ray Epps 6'6 195 22 Norfolk State John Lucas 6'2 175 25 Maryland Robert Parish 7'0 230 25 Centenary (LA) Sonny Parker 6'6 200 23 Texas A&M Clifford Ray 6'9 230 29 Oklahoma Tony Robertson 6'4 195 22 West Virginia Purvis Short 6'7 210 21 Jackson State Phil Smith 6'4 185 26 San Francisco Raymond Townsend 6'3 175 23 UCLA Jo Jo White 6'3 190 32 Kansas Nate Williams 6'4 215 28 Utah State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G John Lucas 82 3095 530 1146 0 0 264 321 65 182 247 762 152 9 255 229 1324 16.1 C Robert Parish 76 2411 554 1110 0 0 196 281 265 651 916 115 100 217 233 303 1304 17.2 F Sonny Parker 79 2893 512 1019 0 0 175 222 164 280 444 291 144 33 193 187 1199 15.2 G Phil Smith 59 2288 489 977 0 0 194 255 48 164 212 261 101 23 170 159 1172 19.9 F Purvis Short 75 1703 369 771 0 0 57 85 127 220 347 97 54 12 111 233 795 10.6 G Nate Williams 81 1299 284 567 0 0 102 117 68 139 207 61 55 5 93 169 670 8.3 C Clifford Ray 82 1917 231 439 0 0 106 190 213 395 608 136 47 50 153 264 568 6.9 F Tom Abernethy 70 1219 176 342 0 0 70 94 74 142 216 79 39 13 32 133 422 6.0 G Jo Jo White 29 883 149 314 0 0 60 69 20 52 72 133 26 3 70 73 358 12.3 G Raymond Townsend 65 771 127 289 0 0 50 68 11 44 55 91 27 6 51 70 304 4.7 C Wayne Cooper 65 795 128 293 0 0 41 61 90 190 280 21 7 44 52 118 297 4.6 F Wesley Cox 31 360 53 123 0 0 40 92 18 45 63 11 13 5 44 68 146 4.7 G Tony Robertson 12 74 15 40 0 0 6 9 6 4 10 4 8 0 8 10 36 3.0 F Ray Epps 13 72 10 23 0 0 6 8 0 5 5 2 1 0 2 7 26 2.0
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 5 Purvis Short 842 Jackson State [pick acquired from KC via LA]
1 22 Ray Townsend 154 UCLA [pick acquired from POR]
2 40 Wayne Cooper 984 New Orleans [pick acquired from DEN]
3 56 Steve Neff Bethany Nazarene
4 77 Derrick Jackson Georgetown
5 101 Bubba Wilson 16 Western Carolina
6 122 Buzz Hartnett San Diego
7 142 Rick Bernard St. Mary's (CA)
8 163 Tony Searcy Appalachian State
9 179 Bobby Humbles Bradley
10 193 Mike Muff Murray State
Traded draft picks:
#1 to NO (James Hardy)
#2 to NO (Tommie Green)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 117-89 1-0 10/15/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 110-129 1-1 10/18/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 112-122 1-2 10/20/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 111-108 2-2 10/22/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 107-109 2-3 10/25/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 118-121 2-4 10/27/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 102-83 3-4 10/29/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 99-94 4-4 10/31/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 139-138 5-4 11/01/1978 at Houston Rockets W 112-105 6-4 11/02/1978 at Atlanta Hawks W 113-106 7-4 11/04/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 103-95 8-4 11/08/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 97-105 8-5 11/10/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-111 9-5 11/16/1978 at San Diego Clippers L 109-112 9-6 11/17/1978 vs Chicago Bulls L 89-100 9-7 11/18/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-104 10-7 11/21/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers W 115-105 11-7 11/22/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 92-100 11-8 11/23/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 98-106 11-9 11/26/1978 at Washington Bullets L 102-110 11-10 11/29/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 109-94 12-10 12/01/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 110-120 12-11 12/02/1978 at Phoenix Suns W 116-108 13-11 12/06/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 118-111 14-11 12/08/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 105-123 14-12 12/09/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 94-84 15-12 12/12/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 94-99 15-13 12/14/1978 at Houston Rockets L 123-126 15-14 12/16/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 96-104 15-15 12/17/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 104-96 16-15 12/20/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 85-81 17-15 12/22/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 103-107 17-16 12/25/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 102-115 17-17 12/27/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 104-106 17-18 12/29/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 118-106 18-18 01/01/1979 at Seattle Supersonics W 110-97 19-18 01/03/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 96-81 20-18 01/05/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 113-98 21-18 01/07/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 108-112 21-19 01/09/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 103-101 22-19 01/11/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 89-94 22-20 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/12/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 94-101 22-21 01/13/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 109-114 22-22 01/17/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 103-104 22-23 01/20/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 106-109 22-24 01/21/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-113 22-25 01/24/1979 vs New York Knicks W 126-123 23-25 01/25/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 103-108 23-26 01/26/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 96-105 23-27 01/28/1979 at Boston Celtics L 102-103 23-28 01/29/1979 at New York Knicks W 107-104 24-28 01/31/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 108-106 25-28 02/02/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 84-87 25-29 02/07/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 104-106 25-30 02/09/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 104-106 25-31 02/11/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 107-125 25-32 02/14/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 113-101 26-32 02/16/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 109-103 27-32 02/20/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 102-91 28-32 02/21/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 97-101 28-33 02/23/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 94-96 28-34 02/25/1979 at Washington Bullets L 89-99 28-35 02/27/1979 at New York Knicks L 99-101 28-36 03/01/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 86-104 28-37 03/02/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 105-98 29-37 03/04/1979 at Kansas City Kings W 111-110 30-37 03/07/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-103 30-38 03/11/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 107-109 30-39 03/14/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 113-98 31-39 03/16/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 117-102 32-39 03/17/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 102-107 32-40 03/20/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 102-113 32-41 03/21/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 103-106 32-42 03/23/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-113 33-42 03/25/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 95-111 33-43 03/28/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 132-122 34-43 03/30/1979 vs New York Knicks W 114-98 35-43 04/01/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-102 35-44 04/03/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 104-100 36-44 04/06/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 91-87 37-44 04/08/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 89-86 38-44 |