1978-1979 Philadelphia 76ers: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4622 points scored, 4359 allowed) Road record: 16-24 (4257 points scored, 4353 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (104 points scored, 119 allowed) Head Coach: Billy Cunningham 8983 points scored (11th of 22 teams), 8831 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Henry Bibby 6'1 185 29 UCLA Joe Bryant 6'9 185 24 La Salle Harvey Catchings 6'9 218 27 Hardin-Simmons Maurice Cheeks 6'1 180 22 West Texas A&M Doug Collins 6'6 180 27 Illinois State Darryl Dawkins 6'11 251 21 None Julius Erving 6'6 200 28 Massachusetts Bobby Jones 6'9 210 27 North Carolina Caldwell Jones 6'11 217 28 Albany State Steve Mix 6'7 215 31 Toledo Eric Money 6'0 170 23 Arizona Marlon Redmond 6'6 188 23 San Francisco Ralph Simpson 6'5 200 29 Michigan State Al Skinner 6'3 190 26 Massachusetts Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Julius Erving 78 2802 715 1455 0 0 373 501 198 366 564 357 133 100 315 207 1803 23.1 C Darryl Dawkins 78 2035 430 831 0 0 158 235 123 508 631 128 32 143 197 295 1018 13.1 G Henry Bibby 82 2538 368 869 0 0 266 335 72 172 244 371 72 7 197 199 1002 12.2 F Bobby Jones 80 2304 378 704 0 0 209 277 199 332 531 201 107 96 165 245 965 12.1 G Doug Collins 47 1595 358 717 0 0 201 247 36 87 123 191 52 20 131 139 917 19.5 C Caldwell Jones 78 2171 302 637 0 0 121 162 177 570 747 151 39 157 156 303 725 9.3 F Steve Mix 74 1269 265 493 0 0 161 201 109 184 293 121 57 16 100 112 691 9.3 G Maurice Cheeks 82 2409 292 572 0 0 101 140 63 191 254 431 174 12 193 198 685 8.4 F Joe Bryant 70 1064 205 478 0 0 123 170 96 163 259 103 49 9 114 171 533 7.6 G Eric Money 23 545 119 217 0 0 34 54 15 22 37 82 13 2 69 70 272 11.8 G Ralph Simpson 37 452 87 196 0 0 28 40 16 19 35 58 25 1 47 27 202 5.5 G Al Skinner 22 309 36 89 0 0 27 32 15 29 44 40 18 1 34 61 99 4.5 C Harvey Catchings 25 289 28 68 0 0 13 17 30 68 98 18 8 35 37 42 69 2.8 G Marlon Redmond 4 23 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0.5
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 36 Maurice Cheeks 1101 West Texas State [pick acquired from MIL]
2 43 Glenn Hagan 4 St. Bonaventure
4 87 Brett Vroman 11 Nevada-Las Vegas
5 109 Mark Haymoore Massachusetts
6 130 Osborne Lockhart Minnesota
7 151 Anthony Murray Alabama
8 169 Alan Cunningham Colorado State
10 201 Dennis James Widener
Traded draft picks:
#1 to DEN (Mike Evans)
#3 to BUF (Marvin Dalph)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/11/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 122-114
04/13/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 111-101
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Eastern Semifinals
04/15/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 106-119
04/17/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 120-121
04/20/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 123-115
04/22/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 112-115
04/26/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 120-97
04/29/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 92-90
05/02/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 108-111
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Julius Erving 9 372 89 172 51 67 29 41 70 53 18 17 38 22 229 25.4
G Maurice Cheeks 9 330 66 121 37 56 13 22 35 63 37 4 29 29 169 18.8
C Darryl Dawkins 9 255 56 106 32 47 21 61 82 12 2 16 17 42 144 16.0
F Bobby Jones 9 260 48 87 22 26 12 31 43 19 5 4 15 30 118 13.1
C Caldwell Jones 9 320 43 89 28 36 37 84 121 21 4 22 21 36 114 12.7
F Steve Mix 9 179 31 59 13 15 12 23 35 16 6 0 11 20 75 8.3
G Henry Bibby 9 231 26 67 20 30 8 11 19 42 4 0 22 26 72 8.0
G Eric Money 8 129 26 61 2 4 6 5 11 22 3 0 22 17 54 6.8
F Joe Bryant 7 35 10 26 1 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 8 21 3.0
G Al Skinner 5 47 6 17 6 8 5 5 10 11 3 1 6 6 18 3.6
G Marlon Redmond 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 110-102 1-0 10/18/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 111-121 1-1 10/20/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 126-117 2-1 10/21/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 130-111 3-1 10/25/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 118-117 4-1 10/28/1978 at Houston Rockets W 101-99 5-1 11/01/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 116-115 6-1 11/03/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 118-103 7-1 11/08/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 123-117 8-1 11/10/1978 at Washington Bullets W 123-122 9-1 11/11/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 135-112 10-1 11/14/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 108-124 10-2 11/15/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 109-103 11-2 11/17/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 95-94 12-2 11/18/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 116-124 12-3 11/21/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 105-115 12-4 11/24/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 134-120 13-4 11/25/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 126-127 13-5 11/28/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 103-107 13-6 11/29/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 120-114 14-6 12/02/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 97-100 14-7 12/05/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 91-96 14-8 12/06/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 114-106 15-8 12/09/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 107-115 15-9 12/13/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-100 16-9 12/15/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 91-84 17-9 12/17/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers W 103-96 18-9 12/19/1978 at San Diego Clippers W 124-113 19-9 12/20/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 81-85 19-10 12/22/1978 at Seattle Supersonics W 103-95 20-10 12/25/1978 at New York Knicks W 109-94 21-10 12/27/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 122-110 22-10 12/29/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 113-107 23-10 12/30/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 94-100 23-11 01/03/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 111-98 24-11 01/05/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 96-123 24-12 01/06/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 139-143 24-13 01/10/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 123-112 25-13 01/12/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 89-100 25-14 01/14/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 112-106 26-14 01/17/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-94 27-14 01/20/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 102-108 27-15 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1979 at Boston Celtics W 91-87 28-15 01/24/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 94-101 28-16 01/26/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 105-96 29-16 01/28/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 94-116 29-17 01/31/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 106-108 29-18 02/01/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 128-105 30-18 02/02/1979 vs New York Knicks L 101-105 30-19 02/07/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-103 31-19 02/09/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 117-106 32-19 02/11/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 107-99 33-19 02/14/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 106-108 33-20 02/15/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-113 33-21 02/16/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 104-119 33-22 02/18/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-107 34-22 02/21/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 99-106 34-23 02/23/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 116-117 34-24 02/25/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 119-111 35-24 02/27/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 115-118 35-25 02/28/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 93-97 35-26 03/02/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 111-126 35-27 03/04/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 94-119 35-28 03/06/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 91-94 35-29 03/07/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 114-107 36-29 03/09/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-119 36-30 03/11/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 103-104 36-31 03/14/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 96-99 36-32 03/16/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 114-106 37-32 03/17/1979 at New York Knicks L 101-103 37-33 03/18/1979 vs New York Knicks W 106-90 38-33 03/20/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 124-120 39-33 03/21/1979 at Houston Rockets W 114-108 40-33 03/23/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 110-98 41-33 03/25/1979 at Boston Celtics L 94-103 41-34 03/27/1979 at Washington Bullets W 100-97 42-34 03/28/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 112-96 43-34 03/30/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 129-93 44-34 04/01/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-111 45-34 04/04/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 121-120 46-34 04/06/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 118-136 46-35 04/08/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 112-111 47-35 |