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1978-79 Golden State Warriors Roster and Stats

Record: 38-44, Finished 6th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Al Attles (38-44)

Executive: Al Attles

PTS/G: 105.1 (21st of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.8 (2nd of 22)

SRS: 0.46 (13th of 22) Pace: 102.2 (22nd of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.4 (15th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.0 (5th of 22) Net Rtg: +0.4 (13th of 22)

Expected W-L: 42-40 (13th of 22)

Arena: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
5	Tom Abernethy	PF	6-7	220	May 6, 1954	us US	2	Indiana
43	Wayne Cooper	C	6-10	220	November 16, 1956	us US	R	New Orleans
41	Wesley Cox	SF	6-6	215	January 27, 1955	us US	1	Louisville
32	Ray Epps	SF	6-6	195	August 20, 1956	us US	R	Norfolk State
4	John Lucas	PG	6-3	175	October 31, 1953	us US	2	Maryland
00	Robert Parish	C	7-1	230	August 30, 1953	us US	2	Centenary (LA)
22	Sonny Parker	SF	6-6	200	March 22, 1955	us US	2	Texas A&M
44	Clifford Ray	C	6-9	230	January 21, 1949	us US	7	Oklahoma
25	Tony Robertson	SG	6-4	195	January 1, 1956	us US	1	West Virginia
45	Purvis Short	PF	6-7	210	July 2, 1957	us US	R	Jackson State University
20	Phil Smith	SG	6-4	185	April 22, 1952	us US	4	San Francisco
11	Raymond Townsend	SG	6-3	175	December 20, 1955	us US	R	UCLA
10	Jo Jo White	PG	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	us US	9	Kansas
33	Nate Williams	SG	6-5	215	May 2, 1950	us US	7	Utah State University

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Phil Smith	26	SG	59		38.8	8.3	16.6	.501	3.3	4.3	.761	0.8	2.8	3.6	4.4	1.7	0.4	2.9	2.7	19.9
2	John Lucas	25	PG	82	82	37.7	6.5	14.0	.462	3.2	3.9	.822	0.8	2.2	3.0	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.8	16.1
3	Sonny Parker	23	SF	79		36.6	6.5	12.9	.502	2.2	2.8	.788	2.1	3.5	5.6	3.7	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.4	15.2
4	Robert Parish	25	C	76		31.7	7.3	14.6	.499	2.6	3.7	.698	3.5	8.6	12.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	3.1	4.0	17.2
5	Jo Jo White	32	PG	29		30.4	5.1	10.8	.475	2.1	2.4	.870	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.5	12.3
6	Clifford Ray	30	C	82		23.4	2.8	5.4	.526	1.3	2.3	.558	2.6	4.8	7.4	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.9	3.2	6.9
7	Purvis Short	21	PF	75		22.7	4.9	10.3	.479	0.8	1.1	.671	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	3.1	10.6
8	Tom Abernethy	24	PF	70		17.4	2.5	4.9	.515	1.0	1.3	.745	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.9	6.0
9	Nate Williams	28	SG	81		16.0	3.5	7.0	.501	1.3	1.4	.872	0.8	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.7	0.1	1.1	2.1	8.3
10	Wayne Cooper	22	C	65		12.2	2.0	4.5	.437	0.6	0.9	.672	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.8	4.6
11	Raymond Townsend	23	SG	65		11.9	2.0	4.4	.439	0.8	1.0	.735	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.1	4.7
12	Wesley Cox	24	SF	31		11.6	1.7	4.0	.431	1.3	3.0	.435	0.6	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.2	4.7
13	Tony Robertson	23	SG	12		6.2	1.3	3.3	.375	0.5	0.8	.667	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.8	3.0
14	Ray Epps	22	SF	13		5.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.5	0.6	.750	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	2.0
	Team Totals			82	82	241.2	44.2	90.9	.487	16.7	22.8	.730	14.3	30.6	44.9	25.2	9.4	5.1	18.3	24.7	105.1

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	John Lucas	25	PG	82	82	3095	6.2	13.3	.462	3.1	3.7	.822	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	1.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	15.4
2	Sonny Parker	23	SF	79		2893	6.4	12.7	.502	2.2	2.8	.788	2.0	3.5	5.5	3.6	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.3	14.9
3	Robert Parish	25	C	76		2411	8.3	16.6	.499	2.9	4.2	.698	4.0	9.7	13.7	1.7	1.5	3.2	3.5	4.5	19.5
4	Phil Smith	26	SG	59		2288	7.7	15.4	.501	3.1	4.0	.761	0.8	2.6	3.3	4.1	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.5	18.4
5	Clifford Ray	30	C	82		1917	4.3	8.2	.526	2.0	3.6	.558	4.0	7.4	11.4	2.6	0.9	0.9	2.9	5.0	10.7
6	Purvis Short	21	PF	75		1703	7.8	16.3	.479	1.2	1.8	.671	2.7	4.7	7.3	2.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	4.9	16.8
7	Nate Williams	28	SG	81		1299	7.9	15.7	.501	2.8	3.2	.872	1.9	3.9	5.7	1.7	1.5	0.1	2.6	4.7	18.6
8	Tom Abernethy	24	PF	70		1219	5.2	10.1	.515	2.1	2.8	.745	2.2	4.2	6.4	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.9	3.9	12.5
9	Jo Jo White	32	PG	29		883	6.1	12.8	.475	2.4	2.8	.870	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.9	3.0	14.6
10	Wayne Cooper	22	C	65		795	5.8	13.3	.437	1.9	2.8	.672	4.1	8.6	12.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.4	5.3	13.4
11	Raymond Townsend	23	SG	65		771	5.9	13.5	.439	2.3	3.2	.735	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.2	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.3	14.2
12	Wesley Cox	24	SF	31		360	5.3	12.3	.431	4.0	9.2	.435	1.8	4.5	6.3	1.1	1.3	0.5	4.4	6.8	14.6
13	Tony Robertson	23	SG	12		74	7.3	19.5	.375	2.9	4.4	.667	2.9	1.9	4.9	1.9	3.9	0.0	3.9	4.9	17.5
14	Ray Epps	22	SF	13		72	5.0	11.5	.435	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.5	13.0