1979-80 Philadelphia 76ers Statistics
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 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.
Philadelphia poured in 8,949 points and surrendered 8,603. Julius Erving scored a team-leading 2,100 points for the 76ers, 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 |
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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 |