1978-79 Philadelphia 76ers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 5-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated New Jersey Nets 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to San Antonio Spurs 4-3
Coach: Billy Cunningham (47-35)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 506,485, Avg. 12,353 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Philadelphia 76ers Roster
1978-79 Philadelphia 76ers Results

The Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-4.

The 76ers scored 8,983 points and allowed 8,831. Julius Erving scored a team-leading 1,803 points for Philadelphia, and Caldwell Jones accounted for 747 rebounds. Maurice Cheeks dished out 431 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Maurice Cheeks added 174 steals, while Caldwell Jones swatted 157 opponent shot attempts.

Billy Cunningham coached the team. The 1978-79 Philadelphia 76ers lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	78	76	2802	1455	715			501	373	198	366	564	357	133	100	315	207	1803
Darryl Dawkins	C	78	12	2035	831	430			235	158	123	508	631	128	32	143	197	295	1018
Henry Bibby	G	82	38	2538	869	368			335	266	72	172	244	371	72	7	197	199	1002
Bobby Jones	F	80	78	2304	704	378			277	209	199	332	531	201	107	96	165	245	965
Doug Collins	G-F	47	44	1595	717	358			247	201	36	87	123	191	52	20	131	139	917
Caldwell Jones	C-F	78	75	2171	637	302			162	121	177	570	747	151	39	157	156	303	725
Steve Mix	F	74	1	1269	493	265			201	161	109	184	293	121	57	16	100	112	691
Maurice Cheeks	G	82	82	2409	572	292			140	101	63	191	254	431	174	12	193	198	685
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	70	0	1064	478	205			170	123	96	163	259	103	49	9	114	171	533
Eric Money	G	23	0	545	217	119			54	34	15	22	37	82	13	2	69	70	272
Ralph Simpson	G-F	37	0	452	196	87			40	28	16	19	35	58	25	1	47	27	202
Al Skinner	G	22	0	309	89	36			32	27	15	29	44	40	18	1	34	61	99
Harvey Catchings	C-F	25	4	289	68	28			17	13	30	68	98	18	8	35	37	42	69
Marlon Redmond	G	4	0	23	12	1			0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	2
Totals		780	410	19805	7338	3584	0	0	2411	1815	1149	2712	3861	2253	779	599	1756	2072	8983

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	78	76	35.9	49.1	74.5	2.5	4.7	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	4.0	2.7	23.1
Darryl Dawkins	C	78	12	26.1	51.7	67.2	1.6	6.5	8.1	1.6	0.4	1.8	2.5	3.8	13.1
Henry Bibby	G	82	38	31.0	42.3	79.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	4.5	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.4	12.2
Bobby Jones	F	80	78	28.8	53.7	75.5	2.5	4.2	6.6	2.5	1.3	1.2	2.1	3.1	12.1
Doug Collins	G-F	47	44	33.9	49.9	81.4	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.1	1.1	0.4	2.8	3.0	19.5
Caldwell Jones	C-F	78	75	27.8	47.4	74.7	2.3	7.3	9.6	1.9	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.9	9.3
Steve Mix	F	74	1	17.1	53.8	80.1	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.5	9.3
Maurice Cheeks	G	82	82	29.4	51.0	72.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	2.4	2.4	8.4
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	70	0	15.2	42.9	72.4	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.5	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.4	7.6
Eric Money	G	23	0	23.7	54.8	63.0	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.6	0.6	0.1	3.0	3.0	11.8
Ralph Simpson	G-F	37	0	12.2	44.4	70.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.7	5.5
Al Skinner	G	22	0	14.0	40.4	84.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.8	0.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	4.5
Harvey Catchings	C-F	25	4	11.6	41.2	76.5	1.2	2.7	3.9	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.5	1.7	2.8
Marlon Redmond	G	4	0	5.8	8.3		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5
Averages		780	410	25.4	48.8	75.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.9	1.0	0.8	2.3	2.7	11.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	9	372	172	89			67	51	29	41	70	53	18	17	38	22	229
Maurice Cheeks	G	9	330	121	66			56	37	13	22	35	63	37	4	29	29	169
Darryl Dawkins	C	9	255	106	56			47	32	21	61	82	12	2	16	17	42	144
Bobby Jones	F	9	260	87	48			26	22	12	31	43	19	5	4	15	30	118
Caldwell Jones	C-F	9	320	89	43			36	28	37	84	121	21	4	22	21	36	114
Steve Mix	F	9	179	59	31			15	13	12	23	35	16	6	0	11	20	75
Henry Bibby	G	9	231	67	26			30	20	8	11	19	42	4	0	22	26	72
Eric Money	G	8	129	61	26			4	2	6	5	11	22	3	0	22	17	54
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	7	35	26	10			2	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	8	21
Al Skinner	G	5	47	17	6			8	6	5	5	10	11	3	1	6	6	18
Marlon Redmond	G	1	2	2	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		84	2160	807	401	0	0	291	212	143	284	427	263	83	64	183	236	1014

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	9	41.3	51.7	76.1	3.2	4.6	7.8	5.9	2.0	1.9	4.2	2.4	25.4
Maurice Cheeks	G	9	36.7	54.5	66.1	1.4	2.4	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2	3.2	18.8
Darryl Dawkins	C	9	28.3	52.8	68.1	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.3	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.7	16.0
Bobby Jones	F	9	28.9	55.2	84.6	1.3	3.4	4.8	2.1	0.6	0.4	1.7	3.3	13.1
Caldwell Jones	C-F	9	35.6	48.3	77.8	4.1	9.3	13.4	2.3	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.0	12.7
Steve Mix	F	9	19.9	52.5	86.7	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.8	0.7	0.0	1.2	2.2	8.3
Henry Bibby	G	9	25.7	38.8	66.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.7	0.4	0.0	2.4	2.9	8.0
Eric Money	G	8	16.1	42.6	50.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.8	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.1	6.8
Joe Bryant	F-C-G	7	5.0	38.5	50.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	3.0
Al Skinner	G	5	9.4	35.3	75.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.2	3.6
Marlon Redmond	G	1	2.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		780	25.7	49.7	72.9	1.7	3.4	5.1	3.1	1.0	0.8	2.2	2.8	12.1