1979-80 Philadelphia 76ers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 59-23
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 12-6 Lost finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Washington Bullets 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Boston Celtics 4-1
Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-2
Coach: Billy Cunningham (59-23)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 479,727, Avg. 11,701 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Philadelphia 76ers Roster
1979-80 Philadelphia 76ers Results

The Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 59 wins and 23 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-6.

The 76ers poured in 8,949 points and surrendered 8,603. Julius Erving scored a team-leading 2,100 points for Philadelphia, while Caldwell Jones accounted for 950 rebounds. Maurice Cheeks dished out 556 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Maurice Cheeks added 183 steals, and Caldwell Jones swatted 162 opponent shot attempts.

Billy Cunningham coached the team. The 1979-80 Philadelphia 76ers lost in the finals.

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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
Julius Erving	F-G-C	78	78	2812	1614	838	20	4	534	420	215	361	576	355	170	140	284	208	2100
Darryl Dawkins	C	80	80	2541	946	494	6	0	291	190	197	496	693	149	49	142	230	328	1178
Bobby Jones	F	81	3	2125	748	398	3	0	329	257	152	298	450	146	102	118	146	223	1053
Steve Mix	F	81	5	1543	703	363	10	4	249	207	114	176	290	149	67	9	132	114	937
Maurice Cheeks	G	79	79	2623	661	357	9	4	231	180	75	199	274	556	183	32	216	197	898
Henry Bibby	G	82	8	2035	626	251	52	11	286	226	65	143	208	307	62	6	147	161	739
Caldwell Jones	C-F	80	80	2771	532	232	2	0	178	124	219	731	950	164	43	162	218	298	588
Doug Collins	G-F	36	17	963	410	191	1	0	124	113	29	65	94	100	30	7	82	76	495
Clint Richardson	G	52	34	988	348	159	3	1	45	28	55	68	123	107	24	15	64	97	347
Lionel Hollins	G	27	26	796	313	130	10	2	87	67	24	45	69	112	46	9	68	68	329
Jim Spanarkel	G-F	40	0	442	153	72	2	0	65	54	27	27	54	51	12	6	57	58	198
Bernard Toone	F	23	0	124	64	23	7	1	10	8	12	22	34	12	4	5	16	20	55
Eric Money	G	6	0	82	36	14	0	0	2	2	3	4	7	16	0	1	12	11	30
Al Skinner	G	2	0	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2
Totals		747	410	19855	7156	3523	125	27	2431	1876	1187	2635	3822	2226	792	652	1674	1860	8949

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	78	78	36.1	51.9	20.0	78.7	2.8	4.6	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	3.6	2.7	26.9
Darryl Dawkins	C	80	80	31.8	52.2	0.0	65.3	2.5	6.2	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.1	14.7
Bobby Jones	F	81	3	26.2	53.2	0.0	78.1	1.9	3.7	5.6	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	13.0
Steve Mix	F	81	5	19.0	51.6	40.0	83.1	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.4	11.6
Maurice Cheeks	G	79	79	33.2	54.0	44.4	77.9	0.9	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.5	11.4
Henry Bibby	G	82	8	24.8	40.1	21.2	79.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.0	9.0
Caldwell Jones	C-F	80	80	34.6	43.6	0.0	69.7	2.7	9.1	11.9	2.1	0.5	2.0	2.7	3.7	7.4
Doug Collins	G-F	36	17	26.8	46.6	0.0	91.1	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.1	13.8
Clint Richardson	G	52	34	19.0	45.7	33.3	62.2	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.9	6.7
Lionel Hollins	G	27	26	29.5	41.5	20.0	77.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.5	2.5	12.2
Jim Spanarkel	G-F	40	0	11.1	47.1	0.0	83.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.5	5.0
Bernard Toone	F	23	0	5.4	35.9	14.3	80.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.4
Eric Money	G	6	0	13.7	38.9		100.0	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.7	0.0	0.2	2.0	1.8	5.0
Al Skinner	G	2	0	5.0	50.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0
Averages		747	410	26.6	49.2	21.6	77.2	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.0	1.1	0.9	2.2	2.5	12.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	18	694	338	165	9	2	136	108	31	105	136	79	36	37	56	56	440
Darryl Dawkins	C	18	607	238	126	3	0	93	60	44	93	137	33	13	42	46	75	312
Lionel Hollins	G	18	618	233	97	10	0	68	54	17	54	71	113	27	3	46	49	248
Bobby Jones	F	18	470	172	90	1	0	62	53	29	57	86	31	21	32	23	56	233
Maurice Cheeks	G	18	675	174	89	5	1	41	29	22	52	74	111	45	4	45	43	208
Caldwell Jones	C-F	18	639	129	58	3	0	52	42	50	135	185	34	13	37	37	75	158
Henry Bibby	G	18	400	124	45	13	5	50	40	15	29	44	52	7	0	27	35	135
Steve Mix	F	17	200	96	44	0	0	28	25	10	21	31	13	8	5	15	22	113
Jim Spanarkel	G-F	5	8	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Clint Richardson	G	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Bernard Toone	F	4	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		155	4320	1513	715	47	8	532	413	218	548	766	468	171	160	296	413	1851

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Julius Erving	F-G-C	18	38.6	48.8	22.2	79.4	1.7	5.8	7.6	4.4	2.0	2.1	3.1	3.1	24.4
Darryl Dawkins	C	18	33.7	52.9	0.0	64.5	2.4	5.2	7.6	1.8	0.7	2.3	2.6	4.2	17.3
Lionel Hollins	G	18	34.3	41.6	0.0	79.4	0.9	3.0	3.9	6.3	1.5	0.2	2.6	2.7	13.8
Bobby Jones	F	18	26.1	52.3	0.0	85.5	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.7	1.2	1.8	1.3	3.1	12.9
Maurice Cheeks	G	18	37.5	51.1	20.0	70.7	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.4	11.6
Caldwell Jones	C-F	18	35.5	45.0	0.0	80.8	2.8	7.5	10.3	1.9	0.7	2.1	2.1	4.2	8.8
Henry Bibby	G	18	22.2	36.3	38.5	80.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.9	0.4	0.0	1.5	1.9	7.5
Steve Mix	F	17	11.8	45.8		89.3	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.3	6.6
Jim Spanarkel	G-F	5	1.6	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4
Clint Richardson	G	3	1.0	33.3	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7
Bernard Toone	F	4	1.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Averages		747	27.9	47.3	17.0	77.6	1.4	3.5	4.9	3.0	1.1	1.0	1.9	2.7	11.9