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.

The Nets scored 8,832 points and surrendered 9,174. Bernard King tossed in a team-leading 1,769 points for New Jersey, and John Williamson contributed 17 or more per game also. Bernard King accounted for 669 boards. Eddie Jordan dished out 365 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Eddie Jordan added 201 steals, while George Johnson swatted 253 opponent shot attempts.

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