1978-79 Kansas City Kings Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-34
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Phoenix Suns 4-1
Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (48-34)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Attendance: 442,354, Avg. 10,789 in 41 home dates

1978-79 Kansas City Kings Roster
1978-79 Kansas City Kings Results

The Kansas City Kings of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

Kansas City tossed in 9,274 points and conceded 9,038. Otis Birdsong scored a team-leading 1,778 points for the Kings, and Scott Wedman contributed 18 or more per game, too. Sam Lacey racked up 702 rebounds. Phil Ford dished out 681 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Phil Ford added 174 thefts, while Sam Lacey rejected 141 opposing shots.

Cotton Fitzsimmons coached the team. The 1978-79 Kansas City Kings lost in the conference semifinals.

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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
Otis Birdsong	G	82	82	2839	1456	741			408	296	176	178	354	281	125	17	200	255	1778
Scott Wedman	F-G	73	0	2498	1050	561			271	216	135	251	386	144	76	30	106	239	1338
Phil Ford	G	79	0	2723	1004	467			401	326	33	149	182	681	174	6	323	245	1260
Bill Robinzine	F	82	0	2179	837	459			246	180	218	420	638	104	105	15	179	367	1098
Sam Lacey	C	82	0	2627	697	350			226	167	179	523	702	430	106	141	245	309	867
Billy McKinney	G	78	0	1242	477	240			162	129	20	65	85	253	58	3	124	121	609
Darnell Hillman	F-C	78	0	1618	428	211			224	125	138	293	431	91	50	66	134	288	547
Bob Nash	F	82	0	1307	522	227			86	69	76	130	206	71	29	15	82	135	523
Tom Burleson	C	56	0	927	342	157			169	121	84	197	281	50	26	58	64	183	435
Marlon Redmond	G	49	0	736	375	162			50	31	57	51	108	57	28	16	56	93	355
Gus Gerard	F-G	56	0	459	191	83			89	49	39	58	97	21	18	13	36	74	215
Lucius Allen	G	31	0	413	174	69			33	19	14	32	46	44	21	6	30	52	157
Ron Behagen	F-C	9	0	126	50	23			11	8	11	20	31	5	2	1	6	27	54
Richard Washington	F-C	18	0	161	41	14			16	10	11	37	48	7	7	3	15	31	38
Totals		855	82	19855	7644	3764	0	0	2392	1746	1191	2404	3595	2239	825	390	1600	2419	9274

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Otis Birdsong	G	82	82	34.6	50.9	72.5	2.1	2.2	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.1	21.7
Scott Wedman	F-G	73	0	34.2	53.4	79.7	1.8	3.4	5.3	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.5	3.3	18.3
Phil Ford	G	79	0	34.5	46.5	81.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1	4.1	3.1	15.9
Bill Robinzine	F	82	0	26.6	54.8	73.2	2.7	5.1	7.8	1.3	1.3	0.2	2.2	4.5	13.4
Sam Lacey	C	82	0	32.0	50.2	73.9	2.2	6.4	8.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.8	10.6
Billy McKinney	G	78	0	15.9	50.3	79.6	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.2	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	7.8
Darnell Hillman	F-C	78	0	20.7	49.3	55.8	1.8	3.8	5.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	1.7	3.7	7.0
Bob Nash	F	82	0	15.9	43.5	80.2	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.6	6.4
Tom Burleson	C	56	0	16.6	45.9	71.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.1	3.3	7.8
Marlon Redmond	G	49	0	15.0	43.2	62.0	1.2	1.0	2.2	1.2	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.9	7.2
Gus Gerard	F-G	56	0	8.2	43.5	55.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.3	3.8
Lucius Allen	G	31	0	13.3	39.7	57.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	5.1
Ron Behagen	F-C	9	0	14.0	46.0	72.7	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.7	3.0	6.0
Richard Washington	F-C	18	0	8.9	34.1	62.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.1
Averages		855	82	23.2	49.2	73.0	1.4	2.8	4.2	2.6	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.8	10.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Otis Birdsong	G	5	168	76	39			38	27	8	10	18	9	10	0	10	13	105
Scott Wedman	F-G	5	174	78	36			32	24	13	24	37	9	9	3	14	18	96
Bill Robinzine	F	5	118	51	22			8	6	15	21	36	3	13	0	8	20	50
Sam Lacey	C	5	176	42	16			19	15	17	34	51	21	9	10	19	20	47
Phil Ford	G	5	143	57	15			16	9	2	10	12	29	12	0	15	14	39
Lucius Allen	G	5	73	32	15			6	6	2	5	7	3	2	1	5	7	36
Billy McKinney	G	5	96	40	15			7	6	4	3	7	24	5	0	12	5	36
Darnell Hillman	F-C	5	112	32	10			17	9	19	14	33	8	4	3	10	17	29
Richard Washington	F-C	4	52	20	11			2	2	3	10	13	0	1	1	1	17	24
Bob Nash	F	5	64	27	8			10	8	6	5	11	0	0	4	7	10	24
Gus Gerard	F-G	5	24	9	4			4	2	2	6	8	0	1	1	1	6	10
Totals		54	1200	464	191	0	0	159	114	91	142	233	106	66	23	102	147	496

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Otis Birdsong	G	5	33.6	51.3	71.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.8	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.6	21.0
Scott Wedman	F-G	5	34.8	46.2	75.0	2.6	4.8	7.4	1.8	1.8	0.6	2.8	3.6	19.2
Bill Robinzine	F	5	23.6	43.1	75.0	3.0	4.2	7.2	0.6	2.6	0.0	1.6	4.0	10.0
Sam Lacey	C	5	35.2	38.1	78.9	3.4	6.8	10.2	4.2	1.8	2.0	3.8	4.0	9.4
Phil Ford	G	5	28.6	26.3	56.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.8	2.4	0.0	3.0	2.8	7.8
Lucius Allen	G	5	14.6	46.9	100.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.4	7.2
Billy McKinney	G	5	19.2	37.5	85.7	0.8	0.6	1.4	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.4	1.0	7.2
Darnell Hillman	F-C	5	22.4	31.3	52.9	3.8	2.8	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.4	5.8
Richard Washington	F-C	4	13.0	55.0	100.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.3	6.0
Bob Nash	F	5	12.8	29.6	80.0	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.4	2.0	4.8
Gus Gerard	F-G	5	4.8	44.4	50.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0
Averages		855	22.2	41.2	71.7	1.7	2.6	4.3	2.0	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.7	9.2