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		Exp	College
5	Tom Abernethy	PF	6-7	220	May 6, 1954	us	2	Indiana
43	Wayne Cooper	C	6-10	220	November 16, 1956	us	R	New Orleans
41	Wesley Cox	SF	6-6	215	January 27, 1955	us	1	Louisville
32	Ray Epps	SF	6-6	195	August 20, 1956	us	R	Norfolk State
4	John Lucas	PG	6-3	175	October 31, 1953	us	2	Maryland
00	Robert Parish	C	7-1	230	August 30, 1953	us	2	Centenary (LA)
22	Sonny Parker	SF	6-6	200	March 22, 1955	us	2	Texas A&M
44	Clifford Ray	C	6-9	230	January 21, 1949	us	7	Oklahoma
25	Tony Robertson	SG	6-4	195	January 1, 1956	us	1	West Virginia
45	Purvis Short	PF	6-7	210	July 2, 1957	us	R	Jackson State University
20	Phil Smith	SG	6-4	185	April 22, 1952	us	4	San Francisco
11	Raymond Townsend	SG	6-3	175	December 20, 1955	us	R	UCLA
10	Jo Jo White	PG	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	us	9	Kansas
33	Nate Williams	SG	6-5	215	May 2, 1950	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	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Phil Smith	26	59	38.8	8.3	16.6	.501	8.3	16.6	.501	.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	82	37.7	6.5	14.0	.462	6.5	14.0	.462	.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	79	36.6	6.5	12.9	.502	6.5	12.9	.502	.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	76	31.7	7.3	14.6	.499	7.3	14.6	.499	.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	29	30.4	5.1	10.8	.475	5.1	10.8	.475	.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	82	23.4	2.8	5.4	.526	2.8	5.4	.526	.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	75	22.7	4.9	10.3	.479	4.9	10.3	.479	.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	70	17.4	2.5	4.9	.515	2.5	4.9	.515	.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	81	16.0	3.5	7.0	.501	3.5	7.0	.501	.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	65	12.2	2.0	4.5	.437	2.0	4.5	.437	.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	65	11.9	2.0	4.4	.439	2.0	4.4	.439	.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	31	11.6	1.7	4.0	.431	1.7	4.0	.431	.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	12	6.2	1.3	3.3	.375	1.3	3.3	.375	.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	13	5.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.8	1.8	.435	.435	0.5	0.6	.750	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	2.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	John Lucas	25	82	3095	530	1146	.462	530	1146	.462	.462	264	321	.822	65	182	247	762	152	9	255	229	1324
2	Sonny Parker	23	79	2893	512	1019	.502	512	1019	.502	.502	175	222	.788	164	280	444	291	144	33	193	187	1199
3	Robert Parish	25	76	2411	554	1110	.499	554	1110	.499	.499	196	281	.698	265	651	916	115	100	217	233	303	1304
4	Phil Smith	26	59	2288	489	977	.501	489	977	.501	.501	194	255	.761	48	164	212	261	101	23	170	159	1172
5	Clifford Ray	30	82	1917	231	439	.526	231	439	.526	.526	106	190	.558	213	395	608	136	47	50	153	264	568
6	Purvis Short	21	75	1703	369	771	.479	369	771	.479	.479	57	85	.671	127	220	347	97	54	12	111	233	795
7	Nate Williams	28	81	1299	284	567	.501	284	567	.501	.501	102	117	.872	68	139	207	61	55	5	93	169	670
8	Tom Abernethy	24	70	1219	176	342	.515	176	342	.515	.515	70	94	.745	74	142	216	79	39	13	32	133	422
9	Jo Jo White	32	29	883	149	314	.475	149	314	.475	.475	60	69	.870	20	52	72	133	26	3	70	73	358
10	Wayne Cooper	22	65	795	128	293	.437	128	293	.437	.437	41	61	.672	90	190	280	21	7	44	52	118	297
11	Raymond Townsend	23	65	771	127	289	.439	127	289	.439	.439	50	68	.735	11	44	55	91	27	6	51	70	304
12	Wesley Cox	24	31	360	53	123	.431	53	123	.431	.431	40	92	.435	18	45	63	11	13	5	44	68	146
13	Tony Robertson	23	12	74	15	40	.375	15	40	.375	.375	6	9	.667	6	4	10	4	8	0	8	10	36
14	Ray Epps	22	13	72	10	23	.435	10	23	.435	.435	6	8	.750	0	5	5	2	1	0	2	7	26
			82	19780	3627	7453	.487	3627	7453	.487	.487	1367	1872	.730	1169	2513	3682	2064	774	420	1500	2023	8621

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	John Lucas	25	82	3095	16.9	.514	.280	2.2	6.4	4.3	33.0	2.3	0.2	16.5	20.2	4.7	3.2	7.9	.122	1.5	0.0	1.4	2.7
2	Sonny Parker	23	79	2893	15.5	.537	.218	6.1	10.5	8.2	13.6	2.3	0.6	14.7	18.3	3.5	3.5	7.0	.116	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.8
3	Robert Parish	25	76	2411	20.8	.529	.253	11.7	29.2	20.4	6.9	1.9	4.9	15.9	24.6	1.8	5.4	7.1	.142	0.3	1.8	2.2	2.5
4	Phil Smith	26	59	2288	16.1	.538	.261	2.2	7.7	5.0	16.2	2.1	0.5	13.5	22.3	2.8	2.4	5.2	.110	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.7
5	Clifford Ray	30	82	1917	12.5	.543	.433	11.9	22.3	17.0	8.9	1.2	1.4	22.6	14.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	.095	-1.6	0.6	-1.0	0.5
6	Purvis Short	21	75	1703	13.1	.492	.110	8.0	14.0	10.9	8.1	1.5	0.4	12.1	21.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	.074	-1.7	-0.6	-2.3	-0.1
7	Nate Williams	28	81	1299	14.7	.542	.206	5.6	11.6	8.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	13.1	22.2	1.4	1.5	2.9	.107	-0.9	-0.1	-1.0	0.3
8	Tom Abernethy	24	70	1219	13.6	.550	.275	6.5	12.6	9.5	8.4	1.5	0.6	7.7	13.8	2.3	1.3	3.7	.144	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.9
9	Jo Jo White	32	29	883	12.7	.520	.220	2.4	6.4	4.4	20.1	1.4	0.2	16.9	19.0	0.7	0.7	1.4	.075	-0.9	-0.5	-1.4	0.1
10	Wayne Cooper	22	65	795	12.5	.464	.208	12.1	25.8	18.9	3.5	0.4	3.0	14.0	18.9	0.0	1.2	1.2	.073	-2.9	-0.5	-3.4	-0.3
11	Raymond Townsend	23	65	771	10.8	.477	.235	1.5	6.2	3.8	15.7	1.6	0.4	13.8	19.4	0.1	0.7	0.8	.048	-2.2	-0.1	-2.4	-0.1
12	Wesley Cox	24	31	360	5.3	.447	.748	5.3	13.5	9.4	4.0	1.7	0.8	21.2	23.3	-0.9	0.4	-0.5	-0.061	-7.1	-0.8	-7.9	-0.6
13	Tony Robertson	23	12	74	10.7	.409	.225	8.7	5.8	7.3	7.6	5.1	0.0	15.4	28.4	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.027	-4.4	0.4	-4.0	0.0
14	Ray Epps	22	13	72	7.9	.490	.348	0.0	7.5	3.7	3.6	0.7	0.0	7.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	.057	-3.8	-0.4	-4.2	0.0

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.