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1979 NBA Western Conference Semifinals
Kings vs. Suns

League Champion: Seattle SuperSonics

Finals MVP: Dennis Johnson (22.6 / 6.0 / 6.0)

1979 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Gus Williams (454)

TRB: Elvin Hayes (266)

AST: Tom Henderson (107)

WS: Gus Williams (2.7)

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#2 Kansas City Kings (1-4) vs. #3 Phoenix Suns (4-1)

Game 1, Apr 17
Kansas City Kings	99	Final
Phoenix Suns	102

PTS	P. Westphal-PHO	25
TRB	2 tied	12

Game 2, Apr 20
Phoenix Suns	91	Final
Kansas City Kings	111

PTS	O. Birdsong-KCK	23
TRB	T. Robinson-PHO	13

Game 3, Apr 22
Kansas City Kings	93	Final
Phoenix Suns	108

PTS	3 tied	22
TRB	B. Robinzine-KCK	10

Game 4, Apr 25
Phoenix Suns	108	Final
Kansas City Kings	94

PTS	P. Westphal-PHO	26
TRB	G. Heard-PHO	14

Game 5, Apr 27
Kansas City Kings	99	Final
Phoenix Suns	120

PTS	P. Westphal-PHO	32
TRB	J. Kramer-PHO	11

Playoff Series

Four Factors

Phoenix Suns Basic Stats

Phoenix Suns Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Walter Davis	24	5	5	160	38	73			21	26			18	25	6	0	18	14	97	.521		.808	32.0	19.4	3.6	5.0	1.2	0.0
2	Paul Westphal	28	5	5	154	42	74			11	13			10	10	7	2	20	14	95	.568		.846	30.8	19.0	2.0	2.0	1.4	0.4
3	Alvan Adams	24	5	5	153	27	56			10	12			42	21	5	5	18	18	64	.482		.833	30.6	12.8	8.4	4.2	1.0	1.0
4	Truck Robinson	27	5	0	121	16	42			29	39			45	5	3	4	12	19	61	.381		.744	24.2	12.2	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.8
5	Mike Bratz	23	5	0	119	18	41			18	19			9	16	4	0	17	19	54	.439		.947	23.8	10.8	1.8	3.2	0.8	0.0
6	Don Buse	28	5	5	170	19	43			11	12			21	20	10	0	8	7	49	.442		.917	34.0	9.8	4.2	4.0	2.0	0.0
7	Gar Heard	30	5	5	112	17	36			10	15			45	5	2	7	13	13	44	.472		.667	22.4	8.8	9.0	1.0	0.4	1.4
8	Joel Kramer	23	5	0	82	9	20			8	11			23	11	4	2	5	11	26	.450		.727	16.4	5.2	4.6	2.2	0.8	0.4
9	Alvin Scott	23	5	0	76	9	17			3	4			8	9	2	4	4	1	21	.529		.750	15.2	4.2	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.8
10	Ted McClain	32	4	0	37	5	12			5	7			5	4	4	0	8	8	15	.417		.714	9.3	3.8	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.0
11	Bayard Forrest	24	5	0	16	1	4			1	5			3	0	0	0	2	4	3	.250		.200	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	25.6	5		1200	201	418			127	163			229	126	47	24	125	128	529	.481		.779	240.0	105.8	45.8	25.2	9.4	4.8

Kansas City Kings Basic Stats

Kansas City Kings Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Otis Birdsong	23	5	5	168	39	76			27	38			18	9	11	0	10	13	105	.513		.711	33.6	21.0	3.6	1.8	2.2	0.0
2	Scott Wedman	26	5	5	174	36	78			24	32			37	9	9	3	14	18	96	.462		.750	34.8	19.2	7.4	1.8	1.8	0.6
3	Bill Robinzine	26	5	5	118	22	51			6	8			36	3	13	0	8	20	50	.431		.750	23.6	10.0	7.2	0.6	2.6	0.0
4	Sam Lacey	30	5	5	176	16	42			15	19			51	21	9	10	19	20	47	.381		.789	35.2	9.4	10.2	4.2	1.8	2.0
5	Phil Ford	22	5	5	143	15	57			9	16			12	29	12	0	15	14	39	.263		.563	28.6	7.8	2.4	5.8	2.4	0.0
6	Lucius Allen	31	5	0	73	15	32			6	6			7	3	2	1	5	7	36	.469		1.000	14.6	7.2	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2
7	Billy McKinney	23	5	0	96	15	40			6	7			7	24	5	0	12	5	36	.375		.857	19.2	7.2	1.4	4.8	1.0	0.0
8	Darnell Hillman	29	5	0	112	10	32			9	17			33	8	4	3	10	17	29	.313		.529	22.4	5.8	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.6
9	Bob Nash	28	5	0	64	8	27			8	10			11	0	0	4	7	10	24	.296		.800	12.8	4.8	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.8
10	Richard Washington	23	4	0	52	11	20			2	2			13	0	1	1	1	17	24	.550		1.000	13.0	6.0	3.3	0.0	0.3	0.3
11	Gus Gerard	25	5	0	24	4	9			2	4			8	0	1	1	1	6	10	.444		.500	4.8	2.0	1.6	0.0	0.2	0.2
	Team Totals	25.8	5		1200	191	464			114	159			233	106	67	23	102	147	496	.412		.717	240.0	99.2	46.6	21.2	13.4	4.6

More 1979 Playoffs Pages

1979 NBA Playoffs

Player Stats

East Conf 1st Round

West Conf 1st Round

East Conf Semis

West Conf Semis

East Conf Finals

San Antonio Spurs vs. Washington Bullets

West Conf Finals

Phoenix Suns vs. Seattle SuperSonics

Finals

Seattle SuperSonics vs. Washington Bullets

1978-79 Reg. Season Summary