1978-1979 New Jersey Nets: 37-45 .451
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-16 (4391 points scored, 4384 allowed) Road record: 12-29 (4331 points scored, 4686 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (110 points scored, 104 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 24-16 (4391 points scored, 4384 allowed) Road record: 12-29 (4331 points scored, 4686 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (110 points scored, 104 allowed)
Head Coach: Kevin Loughery 8832 points scored (17th of 22 teams), 9174 points allowed (16th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tim Bassett 6'8 225 27 Georgia Winford Boynes 6'6 185 21 San Francisco Harvey Catchings 6'9 218 27 Hardin-Simmons Bob Elliott 6'9 225 23 Arizona Phil Jackson 6'8 220 33 North Dakota George Johnson 6'11 205 30 Dillard Eddie Jordan 6'1 170 23 Rutgers Bernard King 6'7 205 22 Tennessee Eric Money 6'0 170 23 Arizona Ralph Simpson 6'5 200 29 Michigan State Al Skinner 6'3 190 26 Massachusetts Jan Van Breda Kolff 6'7 195 27 Vanderbilt Wilson Washington 6'9 227 23 Old Dominion John Williamson 6'2 185 27 New Mexico StateTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Bernard King 82 2859 710 1359 0 0 349 619 251 418 669 295 118 39 323 326 1769 21.6 G John Williamson 74 2451 635 1367 0 0 373 437 53 143 196 255 89 12 233 215 1643 22.2 G Eddie Jordan 82 2260 401 960 0 0 213 274 74 141 215 365 201 40 244 209 1015 12.4 G Eric Money 47 1434 325 676 0 0 136 183 55 70 125 249 74 10 166 132 786 16.7 G Winford Boynes 69 1176 256 595 0 0 133 169 60 95 155 75 43 7 119 117 645 9.3 F Jan Van Breda Kolff 80 1998 196 423 0 0 146 183 108 274 382 180 85 74 135 235 538 6.7 C George Johnson 78 2058 206 483 0 0 105 138 201 415 616 88 68 253 178 315 517 6.6 F Wilson Washington 62 1139 218 434 0 0 66 104 88 206 294 47 31 67 98 186 502 8.1 F Phil Jackson 59 1070 144 303 0 0 86 105 59 119 178 85 45 22 78 168 374 6.3 F Tim Bassett 82 1508 116 313 0 0 89 131 174 244 418 99 44 29 103 219 321 3.9 G Ralph Simpson 32 527 87 237 0 0 48 71 19 42 61 68 12 4 53 30 222 6.9 C Harvey Catchings 32 659 74 175 0 0 47 61 71 133 204 30 15 56 51 90 195 6.1 G Al Skinner 23 334 55 125 0 0 72 82 12 30 42 49 22 2 38 53 182 7.9 C Bob Elliott 14 282 41 73 0 0 41 56 16 40 56 22 6 4 26 34 123 8.8
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 13 Winford Boynes 177 San Francisco [pick acquired from NYK]
3 45 Mike Phillips Kentucky [pick acquired from BUF]
3 62 Dave Batton 58 Notre Dame [pick acquired from DEN]
4 84 Walter Jordan 30 Purdue [pick acquired from DEN]
5 89 Cecile Rose Houston
6 111 Golie Augustus South Carolina
7 132 Doug Jemison San Francisco
8 153 Bruce Campbell Providence
9 171 Frank Sowinski Princeton
10 187 Michael Vicens Holy Cross
Traded draft picks:
#1 to KC (Phil Ford)
#2 to DET (Terry Tyler)
#4 to HOU (Jackie Robinson)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern First Round 04/11/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 114-122 04/13/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 101-111Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G John Williamson 2 92 23 62 13 16 3 3 6 8 4 0 14 8 59 29.5 F Bernard King 2 81 21 42 10 24 5 6 11 7 4 0 6 10 52 26.0 G Eddie Jordan 2 83 15 38 8 9 6 9 15 17 8 3 6 6 38 19.0 C George Johnson 2 70 14 21 1 3 8 17 25 2 2 7 4 8 29 14.5 F Jan Van Breda Kolff 2 81 8 20 5 6 11 9 20 7 0 3 5 9 21 10.5 F Tim Bassett 2 17 2 5 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 6 3.0 F Phil Jackson 2 20 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 2.0 G Ralph Simpson 2 10 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 2.0 C Harvey Catchings 2 26 1 6 0 3 5 3 8 1 0 1 2 4 2 1.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/13/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 107-105 1-0
10/14/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 102-100 2-0
10/17/1978 at Washington Bullets L 109-113 2-1
10/18/1978 at Houston Rockets L 87-139 2-2
10/20/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 117-126 2-3
10/21/1978 at New York Knicks L 108-109 2-4
10/24/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 97-95 3-4
10/25/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 121-118 4-4
10/27/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-108 5-4
10/28/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 111-109 6-4
11/01/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 131-110 7-4
11/03/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 81-102 7-5
11/04/1978 at Atlanta Hawks W 118-117 8-5
11/08/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 117-123 8-6
11/10/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 91-86 9-6
11/11/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 125-112 10-6
11/14/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-108 11-6
11/17/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 94-143 11-7
11/18/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 100-114 11-8
11/21/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 118-140 11-9
11/22/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 100-92 12-9
11/24/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 103-100 13-9
11/25/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 110-151 13-10
11/29/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 111-125 13-11
12/01/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 120-110 14-11
12/03/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers W 107-105 15-11
12/06/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 83-92 15-12
12/08/1978 at Washington Bullets W 108-100 16-12
12/09/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 125-120 17-12
12/15/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 104-121 17-13
12/20/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 105-108 17-14
12/27/1978 vs New York Knicks L 104-115 17-15
12/29/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 126-137 17-16
12/30/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 94-104 17-17
01/03/1979 at Houston Rockets L 122-127 17-18
01/04/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 125-112 18-18
01/05/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 104-110 18-19
01/07/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 117-112 19-19
01/10/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 116-120 19-20
01/12/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 116-117 19-21
01/14/1979 at Boston Celtics W 110-100 20-21
01/17/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 106-99 21-21
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/24/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 114-123 21-22
01/26/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 110-104 22-22
01/28/1979 at Phoenix Suns W 117-114 23-22
01/30/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 108-127 23-23
01/31/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 104-112 23-24
02/01/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-107 23-25
02/02/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 100-117 23-26
02/06/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-119 23-27
02/07/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 90-84 24-27
02/08/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 106-105 25-27
02/11/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 104-98 26-27
02/13/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-102 27-27
02/14/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 94-115 27-28
02/16/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 100-105 27-29
02/18/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 126-124 28-29
02/21/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 123-112 29-29
02/23/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-99 30-29
02/24/1979 at New York Knicks L 107-111 30-30
02/25/1979 vs New York Knicks W 116-102 31-30
03/02/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 99-91 32-30
03/06/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 99-103 32-31
03/07/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 98-133 32-32
03/09/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 100-108 32-33
03/11/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 104-103 33-33
03/13/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 102-105 33-34
03/14/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 100-120 33-35
03/16/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 102-117 33-36
03/17/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 113-124 33-37
03/18/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 98-110 33-38
03/20/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 117-110 34-38
03/23/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 98-110 34-39
03/25/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-88 35-39
03/28/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 108-127 35-40
03/30/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 117-106 36-40
04/01/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 98-109 36-41
04/03/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 97-110 36-42
04/04/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 103-110 36-43
04/06/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 114-117 36-44
04/07/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 126-112 37-44
04/08/1979 at Boston Celtics L 101-127 37-45
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