1978-1979 New Orleans Jazz: 26-56 .317
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-19 (4560 points scored, 4525 allowed) Road record: 4-36 (4218 points scored, 4759 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (104 points scored, 110 allowed) Head Coach: Elgin Baylor 8882 points scored (15th of 22 teams), 9394 points allowed (21st) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Gus Bailey 6'5 185 27 Texas - El Paso Marty Byrnes 6'7 215 22 Syracuse Gail Goodrich 6'1 170 35 UCLA Tommie Green 6'2 185 22 Southern Paul Griffin 6'9 205 24 Western Michigan James Hardy 6'8 220 22 San Francisco Spencer Haywood 6'8 225 29 Detroit Aaron James 6'8 210 26 Grambling State Rich Kelley 7'0 235 25 Stanford Ron Lee 6'3 193 26 Oregon Pete Maravich 6'5 197 31 Louisiana State Jim McElroy 6'3 190 25 Central Michigan Joe Meriweather 6'10 215 25 Southern Illinois Truck Robinson 6'7 225 27 Tennessee State Ira Terrell 6'8 200 24 Southern Methodist Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Jim McElroy 79 2698 539 1097 0 0 259 340 61 154 215 453 148 49 237 183 1337 16.9 C Rich Kelley 80 2705 440 870 0 0 373 458 303 723 1026 285 126 166 288 309 1253 15.7 G Pete Maravich 49 1824 436 1035 0 0 233 277 33 88 121 243 60 18 200 104 1105 22.6 F Truck Robinson 43 1781 397 819 0 0 245 339 139 438 577 74 29 63 143 130 1039 24.2 G Gail Goodrich 74 2130 382 850 0 0 174 204 68 115 183 357 90 13 185 177 938 12.7 F Spencer Haywood 34 1338 346 696 0 0 124 146 106 221 327 71 30 53 113 128 816 24.0 F Aaron James 73 1417 311 630 0 0 105 140 97 151 248 78 28 21 111 202 727 10.0 F James Hardy 68 1456 196 426 0 0 61 88 121 189 310 65 52 61 93 133 453 6.7 F Paul Griffin 77 1398 106 223 0 0 91 147 126 265 391 138 54 36 117 198 303 3.9 G Tommie Green 59 809 92 237 0 0 48 63 20 48 68 140 61 6 89 111 232 3.9 C Joe Meriweather 36 640 84 187 0 0 51 78 62 122 184 31 17 41 45 105 219 6.1 F Marty Byrnes 36 530 78 166 0 0 33 54 41 53 94 43 12 8 40 42 189 5.2 F Ira Terrell 31 572 63 144 0 0 27 38 34 75 109 26 15 22 36 73 153 4.9 G Ron Lee 17 398 45 124 0 0 24 37 21 34 55 73 38 2 49 44 114 6.7 G Gus Bailey 2 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 4 2.0
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 11 James Hardy 249 San Francisco [pick acquired from GOL]
2 35 Tommie Green 59 Southern [pick acquired from GOL]
4 74 Mel Davis North Texas State
4 75 Jeff Covington Youngstown State [pick acquired from CHI]
5 96 Duck Williams 77 Notre Dame
6 118 John Douglas 67 Kansas
7 139 Willie Howard New Mexico
8 158 Carl Kilpatrick 2 NE Louisiana
9 175 Chad Nelson Drake
10 190 Rickey Williams 44 Long Beach State
Traded draft picks:
#1 to BOS via LA (Freeman Williams)
#2 to BOS (Jeff Judkins)
#3 to KC (Mike Russell)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 at Washington Bullets L 101-117 0-1 10/15/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 112-123 0-2 10/17/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-109 1-2 10/19/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 120-115 2-2 10/21/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 111-130 2-3 10/24/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-122 2-4 10/25/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 109-114 2-5 10/26/1978 vs New York Knicks W 123-111 3-5 10/31/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 97-92 4-5 11/02/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 99-106 4-6 11/04/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 116-108 5-6 11/07/1978 vs San Diego Clippers L 115-121 5-7 11/10/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 113-102 6-7 11/12/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 122-128 6-8 11/14/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 103-123 6-9 11/15/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 118-135 6-10 11/17/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-121 6-11 11/18/1978 at San Diego Clippers L 111-114 6-12 11/21/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 140-118 7-12 11/23/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 106-98 8-12 11/24/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 100-103 8-13 11/25/1978 at New York Knicks L 96-103 8-14 11/28/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 107-103 9-14 11/30/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 111-105 10-14 12/01/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 115-117 10-15 12/02/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 94-128 10-16 12/05/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 102-114 10-17 12/08/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 106-110 10-18 12/12/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 109-103 11-18 12/13/1978 at Boston Celtics L 96-102 11-19 12/16/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 100-128 11-20 12/17/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 96-104 11-21 12/20/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 112-121 11-22 12/23/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 103-127 11-23 12/26/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers W 125-123 12-23 12/27/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 103-122 12-24 12/29/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 106-118 12-25 01/02/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 109-105 13-25 01/03/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 97-123 13-26 01/04/1979 vs New Jersey Nets L 112-125 13-27 01/06/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 94-105 13-28 01/09/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 107-114 13-29 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/10/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 112-123 13-30 01/12/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 100-89 14-30 01/13/1979 at Houston Rockets L 106-117 14-31 01/16/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 100-104 14-32 01/17/1979 at Washington Bullets L 102-112 14-33 01/19/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-101 15-33 01/20/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 94-118 15-34 01/21/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 108-87 16-34 01/23/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 118-116 17-34 01/26/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 104-110 17-35 02/02/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 110-116 17-36 02/07/1979 vs New York Knicks W 125-123 18-36 02/09/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 99-106 18-37 02/10/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 107-105 19-37 02/13/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 101-120 19-38 02/14/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 101-113 19-39 02/15/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 112-122 19-40 02/17/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 112-136 19-41 02/18/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 112-115 19-42 02/21/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 94-96 19-43 02/23/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 111-102 20-43 02/24/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-96 21-43 02/28/1979 at Boston Celtics L 112-122 21-44 03/03/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 101-110 21-45 03/07/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 102-103 21-46 03/10/1979 at Houston Rockets L 109-124 21-47 03/13/1979 at New York Knicks L 91-104 21-48 03/14/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 102-158 21-49 03/15/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 124-122 22-49 03/16/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 112-120 22-50 03/18/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-117 23-50 03/20/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 107-126 23-51 03/23/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 99-116 23-52 03/24/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 139-117 24-52 03/27/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 101-104 24-53 03/28/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 94-122 24-54 03/31/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 109-107 25-54 04/03/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 141-125 26-54 04/05/1979 vs Detroit Pistons L 104-120 26-55 04/06/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 131-140 26-56 |