1978-1979 Kansas City Kings: 48-34 .585
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-8 (4364 points scored, 4034 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4562 points scored, 4687 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (348 points scored, 317 allowed) Head Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons 9274 points scored (7th of 22 teams), 9038 points allowed (11th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Lucius Allen 6'2 175 31 UCLA Ron Behagen 6'9 185 27 Minnesota Otis Birdsong 6'3 190 23 Houston Tom Burleson 7'2 225 26 North Carolina State Phil Ford 6'2 175 22 North Carolina Gus Gerard 6'8 200 25 Virginia Darnell Hillman 6'9 215 29 San Jose State Sam Lacey 6'10 235 30 New Mexico State Billy McKinney 6'0 160 23 Northwestern Bob Nash 6'8 195 28 Hawaii Marlon Redmond 6'6 188 23 San Francisco Bill Robinzine 6'7 230 25 DePaul Richard Washington 6'10 220 23 UCLA Scott Wedman 6'7 215 26 Colorado Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Otis Birdsong 82 2839 741 1456 0 0 296 408 176 178 354 281 125 17 200 255 1778 21.7 F Scott Wedman 73 2498 561 1050 0 0 216 271 135 251 386 144 76 30 106 239 1338 18.3 G Phil Ford 79 2723 467 1004 0 0 326 401 33 149 182 681 174 6 323 245 1260 15.9 F Bill Robinzine 82 2179 459 837 0 0 180 246 218 420 638 104 105 15 179 367 1098 13.4 C Sam Lacey 82 2627 350 697 0 0 167 226 179 523 702 430 106 141 245 309 867 10.6 G Billy McKinney 78 1242 240 477 0 0 129 162 20 65 85 253 58 3 124 121 609 7.8 F Darnell Hillman 78 1618 211 428 0 0 125 224 138 293 431 91 50 66 134 288 547 7.0 F Bob Nash 82 1307 227 522 0 0 69 86 76 130 206 71 29 15 82 135 523 6.4 C Tom Burleson 56 927 157 342 0 0 121 169 84 197 281 50 26 58 64 183 435 7.8 G Marlon Redmond 49 736 162 375 0 0 31 50 57 51 108 57 28 16 56 93 355 7.2 F Gus Gerard 56 459 83 191 0 0 49 89 39 58 97 21 18 13 36 74 215 3.8 G Lucius Allen 31 413 69 174 0 0 19 33 14 32 46 44 21 6 30 52 157 5.1 F Ron Behagen 9 126 23 50 0 0 8 11 11 20 31 5 2 1 6 27 54 6.0 F Richard Washington 18 161 14 41 0 0 10 16 11 37 48 7 7 3 15 31 38 2.1
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 2 Phil Ford 482 North Carolina [pick acquired from NJ]
3 49 Jeff Cook 518 Idaho State
3 52 Mike Russell Texas Tech [pick acquired from NO]
4 70 Jeffrey Crompton North Carolina
5 93 Derick Clairborne Massachusetts
6 114 Jim Krivacs Texas
7 136 Charles McMilliam North Texas State
8 155 Ron Hammye Bowling Green
Traded draft picks:
#1 to GOL via LA (Purvis Short)
#2 to LA (Ron Carter)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
04/17/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 99-102
04/20/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 111-91
04/22/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 93-108
04/25/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 94-108
04/27/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 99-120
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Otis Birdsong 5 168 39 76 27 38 8 10 18 9 10 0 10 13 105 21.0
F Scott Wedman 5 174 36 78 24 32 13 24 37 9 9 3 14 18 96 19.2
F Bill Robinzine 5 118 22 51 6 8 15 21 36 3 13 0 8 20 50 10.0
C Sam Lacey 5 176 16 42 15 19 17 34 51 21 9 10 19 20 47 9.4
G Phil Ford 5 143 15 57 9 16 2 10 12 29 12 0 15 14 39 7.8
G Lucius Allen 5 73 15 32 6 6 2 5 7 3 2 1 5 7 36 7.2
G Billy McKinney 5 96 15 40 6 7 4 3 7 24 5 0 12 5 36 7.2
F Darnell Hillman 5 112 10 32 9 17 19 14 33 8 4 3 10 17 29 5.8
F Richard Washington 4 52 11 20 2 2 3 10 13 0 1 1 1 17 24 6.0
F Bob Nash 5 64 8 27 8 10 6 5 11 0 0 4 7 10 24 4.8
F Gus Gerard 5 24 4 9 2 4 2 6 8 0 1 1 1 6 10 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 105-115 0-1 10/17/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 112-115 0-2 10/19/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 108-103 1-2 10/21/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-103 1-3 10/24/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 123-117 2-3 10/25/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 114-109 3-3 10/27/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 102-107 3-4 10/28/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 112-102 4-4 10/31/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 112-114 4-5 11/01/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 122-107 5-5 11/03/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 108-115 5-6 11/04/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 109-107 6-6 11/08/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 105-97 7-6 11/10/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 127-136 7-7 11/11/1978 at Denver Nuggets W 117-113 8-7 11/15/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 109-100 9-7 11/18/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 114-100 10-7 11/22/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 115-96 11-7 11/25/1978 vs San Diego Clippers L 86-87 11-8 11/30/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 108-94 12-8 12/02/1978 at Washington Bullets W 110-109 13-8 12/05/1978 at New York Knicks W 105-92 14-8 12/06/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 106-114 14-9 12/09/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 132-108 15-9 12/13/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 100-120 15-10 12/15/1978 at Boston Celtics W 105-101 16-10 12/16/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 128-100 17-10 12/20/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 114-95 18-10 12/22/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 103-123 18-11 12/23/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 122-117 19-11 12/26/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 102-109 19-12 12/27/1978 vs Boston Celtics L 103-112 19-13 12/29/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 137-126 20-13 12/30/1978 at New York Knicks L 108-112 20-14 01/02/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 97-99 20-15 01/03/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 108-101 21-15 01/04/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 108-99 22-15 01/06/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 120-99 23-15 01/09/1979 at Houston Rockets L 110-126 23-16 01/11/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 94-89 24-16 01/14/1979 vs New York Knicks W 124-104 25-16 01/16/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 86-79 26-16 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1979 at Boston Celtics W 120-99 27-16 01/19/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 115-113 28-16 01/20/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 110-122 28-17 01/23/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 116-118 28-18 01/24/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 95-124 28-19 01/26/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 142-128 29-19 01/28/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 137-109 30-19 01/31/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 118-130 30-20 02/02/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 130-114 31-20 02/07/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 124-108 32-20 02/09/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 124-114 33-20 02/11/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 104-103 34-20 02/13/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 102-111 34-21 02/14/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 108-106 35-21 02/16/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-104 36-21 02/18/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 130-107 37-21 02/21/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 133-117 38-21 02/22/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 107-111 38-22 02/23/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-112 39-22 02/25/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 114-106 40-22 02/27/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 114-122 40-23 02/28/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 120-122 40-24 03/02/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 125-129 40-25 03/04/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 110-111 40-26 03/07/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 120-122 40-27 03/09/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 121-116 41-27 03/11/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 100-115 41-28 03/14/1979 at Houston Rockets L 107-129 41-29 03/16/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 120-112 42-29 03/18/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 114-103 43-29 03/21/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 116-123 43-30 03/23/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 107-126 43-31 03/24/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-100 43-32 03/25/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-111 43-33 03/28/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 122-132 43-34 03/29/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 116-111 44-34 03/31/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 126-101 45-34 04/04/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 115-111 46-34 04/06/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 117-114 47-34 04/08/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 107-101 48-34 |