1978-79 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 37-45
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 2-0
Coach: Kevin Loughery (37-45)
Location: Piscataway, New Jersey
Attendance: 198,990, Avg. 4,853 in 41 home dates

1978-79 New Jersey Nets Roster
1978-79 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 37 wins and 45 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

New Jersey scored 8,832 points and surrendered 9,174.

Kevin Loughery coached the team. The 1978-79 New Jersey Nets lost in the conference first round.

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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
Bernard King	F	82	80	2859	1359	710			619	349	251	418	669	295	118	39	323	326	1769
John Williamson	G	74	65	2451	1367	635			437	373	53	143	196	255	89	12	233	215	1643
Eddie Jordan	G	82	40	2260	960	401			274	213	74	141	215	365	201	40	244	209	1015
Eric Money	G	47	46	1434	676	325			183	136	55	70	125	249	74	10	166	132	786
Winford Boynes	G-F	69	10	1176	595	256			169	133	60	95	155	75	43	7	119	117	645
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	80	39	1998	423	196			183	146	108	274	382	180	85	74	135	235	538
George Johnson	C-F	78	77	2058	483	206			138	105	201	415	616	88	68	253	178	315	517
Wilson Washington	F-C	62	44	1139	434	218			104	66	88	206	294	47	31	67	98	186	502
Phil Jackson	F-C	59	1	1070	303	144			105	86	59	119	178	85	45	22	78	168	374
Tim Bassett	F-C	82	6	1508	313	116			131	89	174	244	418	99	44	29	103	219	321
Ralph Simpson	G-F	32	0	527	237	87			71	48	19	42	61	68	12	4	53	30	222
Harvey Catchings	C-F	32	1	659	175	74			61	47	71	133	204	30	15	56	51	90	195
Al Skinner	G	23	0	334	125	55			82	72	12	30	42	49	22	2	38	53	182
Bob Elliott	C-F	14	0	282	73	41			56	41	16	40	56	22	6	4	26	34	123
Totals		816	409	19755	7523	3464	0	0	2613	1904	1241	2370	3611	1907	853	619	1845	2329	8832

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Bernard King	F	82	80	34.9	52.2	56.4	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	3.9	4.0	21.6
John Williamson	G	74	65	33.1	46.5	85.4	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.2	3.1	2.9	22.2
Eddie Jordan	G	82	40	27.6	41.8	77.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.5	2.5	0.5	3.0	2.5	12.4
Eric Money	G	47	46	30.5	48.1	74.3	1.2	1.5	2.7	5.3	1.6	0.2	3.5	2.8	16.7
Winford Boynes	G-F	69	10	17.0	43.0	78.7	0.9	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.7	1.7	9.3
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	80	39	25.0	46.3	79.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.7
George Johnson	C-F	78	77	26.4	42.7	76.1	2.6	5.3	7.9	1.1	0.9	3.2	2.3	4.0	6.6
Wilson Washington	F-C	62	44	18.4	50.2	63.5	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	3.0	8.1
Phil Jackson	F-C	59	1	18.1	47.5	81.9	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.3
Tim Bassett	F-C	82	6	18.4	37.1	67.9	2.1	3.0	5.1	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.7	3.9
Ralph Simpson	G-F	32	0	16.5	36.7	67.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.7	0.9	6.9
Harvey Catchings	C-F	32	1	20.6	42.3	77.0	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	2.8	6.1
Al Skinner	G	23	0	14.5	44.0	87.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.3	7.9
Bob Elliott	C-F	14	0	20.1	56.2	73.2	1.1	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.9	2.4	8.8
Averages		816	409	24.2	46.0	72.9	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.3	1.0	0.8	2.3	2.9	10.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
John Williamson	G	2	92	62	23			16	13	3	3	6	8	4	0	14	8	59
Bernard King	F	2	81	42	21			24	10	5	6	11	7	4	0	6	10	52
Eddie Jordan	G	2	83	38	15			9	8	6	9	15	17	8	3	6	6	38
George Johnson	C-F	2	70	21	14			3	1	8	17	25	2	2	7	4	8	29
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	2	81	20	8			6	5	11	9	20	7	0	3	5	9	21
Tim Bassett	F-C	2	17	5	2			2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	6
Phil Jackson	F-C	2	20	3	1			2	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	4
Ralph Simpson	G-F	2	10	5	2			0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4
Harvey Catchings	C-F	2	26	6	1			3	0	5	3	8	1	0	1	2	4	2
Totals		18	480	202	87	0	0	65	41	42	50	92	44	19	14	39	50	215

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
John Williamson	G	2	46.0	37.1	81.3	1.5	1.5	3.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	4.0	29.5
Bernard King	F	2	40.5	50.0	41.7	2.5	3.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	26.0
Eddie Jordan	G	2	41.5	39.5	88.9	3.0	4.5	7.5	8.5	4.0	1.5	3.0	3.0	19.0
George Johnson	C-F	2	35.0	66.7	33.3	4.0	8.5	12.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.0	4.0	14.5
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	2	40.5	40.0	83.3	5.5	4.5	10.0	3.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	4.5	10.5
Tim Bassett	F-C	2	8.5	40.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	3.0
Phil Jackson	F-C	2	10.0	33.3	100.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
Ralph Simpson	G-F	2	5.0	40.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0
Harvey Catchings	C-F	2	13.0	16.7	0.0	2.5	1.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	1.0
Averages		816	26.7	43.1	63.1	2.3	2.8	5.1	2.4	1.1	0.8	2.2	2.8	11.9