1979-80 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 34-48
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Kevin Loughery (34-48)
Location: Piscataway, New Jersey
Attendance: 257,418, Avg. 6,278 in 41 home dates

1979-80 New Jersey Nets Roster
1979-80 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 34 wins and 48 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.

New Jersey poured in 8,879 points and yielded 8,975. Mike Newlin tossed in a team-leading 1,634 points for the Nets, while George Johnson accounted for 602 boards. Eddie Jordan dished out 557 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Eddie Jordan added 223 steals, and George Johnson swatted 258 opponent shot attempts.

Kevin Loughery coached the team.

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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
Mike Newlin	G-F	78	67	2510	1329	611	152	45	415	367	101	163	264	314	115	4	231	195	1634
Eddie Jordan	G	82	82	2657	1017	437	48	12	258	201	62	208	270	557	223	27	258	238	1087
Calvin Natt	F	53	52	2046	879	421	5	1	280	199	173	340	513	112	78	22	133	148	1042
Cliff Robinson	F	70	21	1661	833	391	4	1	242	168	174	332	506	98	61	34	137	178	951
George Johnson	C-F	81	58	2119	543	248	1	0	126	89	192	410	602	173	53	258	199	312	585
Rich Kelley	C-F	57	25	1466	399	186	3	0	250	197	156	241	397	128	50	79	152	215	569
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	82	74	2399	458	212	20	7	155	130	103	326	429	247	100	76	158	307	561
Winford Boynes	G-F	64	0	1102	467	221	4	0	136	104	51	82	133	95	59	19	96	132	546
John Williamson	G	28	14	771	461	206	19	8	88	76	24	30	54	87	26	9	43	71	496
Maurice Lucas	F-C	22	16	708	261	128	4	0	102	79	58	154	212	83	19	27	70	82	335
Roger Phegley	G-F	28	1	541	260	126	4	2	83	73	26	44	70	32	15	4	49	52	327
Robert Smith	G	59	0	736	254	113	26	8	87	75	17	59	76	85	22	4	52	102	309
Bob Elliott	C-F	54	0	722	228	101	4	1	152	104	67	118	185	53	29	14	88	97	307
Phil Jackson	F-C	16	0	194	46	29	2	0	10	7	12	12	24	12	5	4	9	35	65
Ralph Simpson	G-F	8	0	81	47	18	2	0	10	5	6	5	11	14	9	0	12	3	41
Tim Bassett	F-C	7	0	92	22	8	0	0	12	8	7	11	18	4	5	0	4	14	24
Totals		789	410	19805	7504	3456	298	85	2406	1882	1229	2535	3764	2094	869	581	1691	2181	8879

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Mike Newlin	G-F	78	67	32.2	46.0	29.6	88.4	1.3	2.1	3.4	4.0	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.5	20.9
Eddie Jordan	G	82	82	32.4	43.0	25.0	77.9	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.8	2.7	0.3	3.1	2.9	13.3
Calvin Natt	F	53	52	38.6	47.9	20.0	71.1	3.3	6.4	9.7	2.1	1.5	0.4	2.5	2.8	19.7
Cliff Robinson	F	70	21	23.7	46.9	25.0	69.4	2.5	4.7	7.2	1.4	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.5	13.6
George Johnson	C-F	81	58	26.2	45.7	0.0	70.6	2.4	5.1	7.4	2.1	0.7	3.2	2.5	3.9	7.2
Rich Kelley	C-F	57	25	25.7	46.6	0.0	78.8	2.7	4.2	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.8	10.0
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	82	74	29.3	46.3	35.0	83.9	1.3	4.0	5.2	3.0	1.2	0.9	1.9	3.7	6.8
Winford Boynes	G-F	64	0	17.2	47.3	0.0	76.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.5	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.1	8.5
John Williamson	G	28	14	27.5	44.7	42.1	86.4	0.9	1.1	1.9	3.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.5	17.7
Maurice Lucas	F-C	22	16	32.2	49.0	0.0	77.5	2.6	7.0	9.6	3.8	0.9	1.2	3.2	3.7	15.2
Roger Phegley	G-F	28	1	19.3	48.5	50.0	88.0	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.9	11.7
Robert Smith	G	59	0	12.5	44.5	30.8	86.2	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.7	5.2
Bob Elliott	C-F	54	0	13.4	44.3	25.0	68.4	1.2	2.2	3.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.8	5.7
Phil Jackson	F-C	16	0	12.1	63.0	0.0	70.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.2	4.1
Ralph Simpson	G-F	8	0	10.1	38.3	0.0	50.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.8	1.1	0.0	1.5	0.4	5.1
Tim Bassett	F-C	7	0	13.1	36.4		66.7	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.6	2.0	3.4
Averages		789	410	25.1	46.1	28.5	78.2	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	2.8	11.3