1978-79 New Orleans Jazz Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 26-56
Finishing 6th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Elgin Baylor (26-56)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 364,205, Avg. 8,883 in 41 home dates

1978-79 New Orleans Jazz Roster
1978-79 New Orleans Jazz Results

The New Orleans Jazz of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 26 wins and 56 losses, finishing sixth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

New Orleans scored 8,882 points and surrendered 9,394. Jim McElroy tossed in a team-leading 1,337 points for the Jazz, and Rich Kelley contributed 1,026 boards. Jim McElroy dished out 453 assists for the squad.

On defense, Jim McElroy added 148 steals, while Rich Kelley blocked 166 shots.

Elgin Baylor 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
Jim McElroy	G	79	0	2698	1097	539			340	259	61	154	215	453	148	49	237	183	1337
Rich Kelley	C-F	80	0	2705	870	440			458	373	303	723	1026	285	126	166	288	309	1253
Pete Maravich	G	49	0	1824	1035	436			277	233	33	88	121	243	60	18	200	104	1105
Truck Robinson	F-C	43	43	1781	819	397			339	245	139	438	577	74	29	63	143	130	1039
Gail Goodrich	G	74	0	2130	850	382			204	174	68	115	183	357	90	13	185	177	938
Spencer Haywood	F-C	34	0	1338	696	346			146	124	106	221	327	71	30	53	113	128	816
Aaron James	F	73	0	1417	630	311			140	105	97	151	248	78	28	21	111	202	727
James Hardy	F-C	68	0	1456	426	196			88	61	121	189	310	65	52	61	93	133	453
Paul Griffin	F-C	77	0	1398	223	106			147	91	126	265	391	138	54	36	117	198	303
Tommie Green	G	59	0	809	237	92			63	48	20	48	68	140	61	6	89	111	232
Joe Meriweather	C-F	36	0	640	187	84			78	51	62	122	184	31	17	41	45	105	219
Marty Byrnes	F	36	0	530	166	78			54	33	41	53	94	43	12	8	40	42	189
Ira Terrell	F-C	31	0	572	144	63			38	27	34	75	109	26	15	22	36	73	153
Ron Lee	G	17	0	398	124	45			37	24	21	34	55	73	38	2	49	44	114
Gus Bailey	G-F	2	0	9	7	2			0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	4
Totals		758	43	19705	7511	3517	0	0	2409	1848	1234	2676	3910	2079	760	559	1747	1940	8882

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jim McElroy	G	79	0	34.2	49.1	76.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	5.7	1.9	0.6	3.0	2.3	16.9
Rich Kelley	C-F	80	0	33.8	50.6	81.4	3.8	9.0	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	3.6	3.9	15.7
Pete Maravich	G	49	0	37.2	42.1	84.1	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	22.6
Truck Robinson	F-C	43	43	41.4	48.5	72.3	3.2	10.2	13.4	1.7	0.7	1.5	3.3	3.0	24.2
Gail Goodrich	G	74	0	28.8	44.9	85.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	4.8	1.2	0.2	2.5	2.4	12.7
Spencer Haywood	F-C	34	0	39.4	49.7	84.9	3.1	6.5	9.6	2.1	0.9	1.6	3.3	3.8	24.0
Aaron James	F	73	0	19.4	49.4	75.0	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.5	2.8	10.0
James Hardy	F-C	68	0	21.4	46.0	69.3	1.8	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.0	6.7
Paul Griffin	F-C	77	0	18.2	47.5	61.9	1.6	3.4	5.1	1.8	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.9
Tommie Green	G	59	0	13.7	38.8	76.2	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.9	3.9
Joe Meriweather	C-F	36	0	17.8	44.9	65.4	1.7	3.4	5.1	0.9	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.9	6.1
Marty Byrnes	F	36	0	14.7	47.0	61.1	1.1	1.5	2.6	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.1	1.2	5.3
Ira Terrell	F-C	31	0	18.5	43.8	71.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.4	4.9
Ron Lee	G	17	0	23.4	36.3	64.9	1.2	2.0	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.1	2.9	2.6	6.7
Gus Bailey	G-F	2	0	4.5	28.6		1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0
Averages		758	43	26.0	46.8	76.7	1.6	3.5	5.2	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.3	2.6	11.7