1978-79 Golden State Warriors Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 38-44
Finishing 6th in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Al Attles (38-44)
Location: Oakland, California
Attendance: 427,252, Avg. 10,421 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Golden State Warriors Roster
1978-79 Golden State Warriors Results

The Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses, finishing sixth in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference.

The Warriors scored 8,621 points and allowed 8,590. John Lucas netted a team-best 1,324 points for Golden State, while Phil Smith and Robert Parish averaged 17 or more per game as well. Robert Parish contributed 916 rebounds. John Lucas dished out 762 assists for the squad.

Defensively, John Lucas added 152 steals, and Robert Parish blocked 217 shots.

Al Attles 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
John Lucas	G	82	0	3095	1146	530			321	264	65	182	247	762	152	9	255	229	1324
Robert Parish	C	76	75	2411	1110	554			281	196	265	651	916	115	100	217	233	303	1304
Sonny Parker	F-G	79	0	2893	1019	512			222	175	164	280	444	291	144	33	193	187	1199
Phil Smith	G	59	0	2288	977	489			255	194	48	164	212	261	101	23	170	159	1172
Purvis Short	F-G	75	0	1703	771	369			85	57	127	220	347	97	54	12	111	233	795
Nate Williams	F-G	81	0	1299	567	284			117	102	68	139	207	61	55	5	93	169	670
Clifford Ray	C	82	0	1917	439	231			190	106	213	395	608	136	47	50	153	264	568
Tom Abernethy	F	70	0	1219	342	176			94	70	74	142	216	79	39	13	32	133	422
Jo Jo White	G	29	0	883	314	149			69	60	20	52	72	133	26	3	70	73	358
Raymond Townsend	G	65	0	771	289	127			68	50	11	44	55	91	27	6	51	70	304
Wayne Cooper	C-F	65	1	795	293	128			61	41	90	190	280	21	7	44	52	118	297
Wesley Cox	F	31	0	360	123	53			92	40	18	45	63	11	13	5	44	68	146
Tony Robertson	G	12	0	74	40	15			9	6	6	4	10	4	8	0	8	10	36
Ray Epps	F	13	0	72	23	10			8	6	0	5	5	2	1	0	2	7	26
Totals		819	76	19780	7453	3627	0	0	1872	1367	1169	2513	3682	2064	774	420	1467	2023	8621

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
John Lucas	G	82	0	37.7	46.2	82.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.8	16.1
Robert Parish	C	76	75	31.7	49.9	69.8	3.5	8.6	12.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	3.1	4.0	17.2
Sonny Parker	F-G	79	0	36.6	50.2	78.8	2.1	3.5	5.6	3.7	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.4	15.2
Phil Smith	G	59	0	38.8	50.1	76.1	0.8	2.8	3.6	4.4	1.7	0.4	2.9	2.7	19.9
Purvis Short	F-G	75	0	22.7	47.9	67.1	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	3.1	10.6
Nate Williams	F-G	81	0	16.0	50.1	87.2	0.8	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.7	0.1	1.1	2.1	8.3
Clifford Ray	C	82	0	23.4	52.6	55.8	2.6	4.8	7.4	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.9	3.2	6.9
Tom Abernethy	F	70	0	17.4	51.5	74.5	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.9	6.0
Jo Jo White	G	29	0	30.4	47.5	87.0	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.5	12.3
Raymond Townsend	G	65	0	11.9	43.9	73.5	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.1	4.7
Wayne Cooper	C-F	65	1	12.2	43.7	67.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.8	4.6
Wesley Cox	F	31	0	11.6	43.1	43.5	0.6	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.2	4.7
Tony Robertson	G	12	0	6.2	37.5	66.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.8	3.0
Ray Epps	F	13	0	5.5	43.5	75.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	2.0
Averages		819	76	24.2	48.7	73.0	1.4	3.1	4.5	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.5	10.5