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1978-79 Kansas City Kings Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (48-34)

Executive: Joe Axelson

PTS/G: 113.1 (7th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.2 (11th of 22)

SRS: 2.73 (5th of 22) Pace: 107.3 (5th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.5 (9th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.9 (4th of 22) Net Rtg: +2.7 (5th of 22)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (6th of 22)

Arena: Kemper Arena

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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Recent Game Results

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

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
42	Lucius Allen	PG	6-2	175	September 26, 1947	us US	9	UCLA
11	Ron Behagen	PF	6-9	185	January 14, 1951	us US	5	Minnesota
10	Otis Birdsong	SG	6-3	190	December 9, 1955	us US	1	Houston
16	Tom Burleson	C	7-2	225	February 24, 1952	us US	4	NC State
1	Phil Ford	PG	6-2	175	February 9, 1956	us US	R	UNC
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	us US	4	Virginia
30	Darnell Hillman	PF	6-9	215	August 29, 1949	us US	7	San Jose State
44	Sam Lacey	C	6-10	235	March 28, 1948	us US	8	New Mexico State
25	Billy McKinney	PG	6-0	160	June 5, 1955	us US	R	Northwestern
55	Bob Nash	SF	6-8	195	August 24, 1950	us US	4	San Jacinto College, Hawaii
23	Marlon Redmond	SG	6-6	188	April 15, 1955	us US	R	San Francisco
52	Bill Robinzine	PF	6-7	230	January 20, 1953	us US	3	DePaul
31	Richard Washington	PF	6-11	220	July 15, 1955	us US	2	UCLA
15	Scott Wedman	SF	6-7	215	July 29, 1952	us US	4	Colorado

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

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

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Per Game

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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	Awards
1	Otis Birdsong	23	SG	82	82	34.6	9.0	17.8	.509	3.6	5.0	.725	2.1	2.2	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.1	21.7	AS
2	Phil Ford	22	PG	79		34.5	5.9	12.7	.465	4.1	5.1	.813	0.4	1.9	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1	4.1	3.1	15.9	MVP-8,ROY-1,NBA2
3	Scott Wedman	26	SF	73		34.2	7.7	14.4	.534	3.0	3.7	.797	1.8	3.4	5.3	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.5	3.3	18.3
4	Sam Lacey	30	C	82		32.0	4.3	8.5	.502	2.0	2.8	.739	2.2	6.4	8.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.8	10.6
5	Bill Robinzine	26	PF	82		26.6	5.6	10.2	.548	2.2	3.0	.732	2.7	5.1	7.8	1.3	1.3	0.2	2.2	4.5	13.4
6	Darnell Hillman	29	PF	78		20.7	2.7	5.5	.493	1.6	2.9	.558	1.8	3.8	5.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	1.7	3.7	7.0
7	Tom Burleson	26	C	56		16.6	2.8	6.1	.459	2.2	3.0	.716	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.1	3.3	7.8
8	Billy McKinney	23	PG	78		15.9	3.1	6.1	.503	1.7	2.1	.796	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.2	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	7.8
9	Bob Nash	28	SF	82		15.9	2.8	6.4	.435	0.8	1.0	.802	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.6	6.4
10	Marlon Redmond	23	SG	49		15.0	3.3	7.7	.432	0.6	1.0	.620	1.2	1.0	2.2	1.2	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.9	7.2
11	Ron Behagen	28	PF	9		14.0	2.6	5.6	.460	0.9	1.2	.727	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.7	3.0	6.0
12	Lucius Allen	31	PG	31		13.3	2.2	5.6	.397	0.6	1.1	.576	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	5.1
13	Richard Washington	23	PF	18		8.9	0.8	2.3	.341	0.6	0.9	.625	0.6	2.1	2.7	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.1
14	Gus Gerard	25	SF	56		8.2	1.5	3.4	.435	0.9	1.6	.551	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.3	3.8
	Team Totals					48.4	45.9	93.2	.492	21.3	29.2	.730	14.5	29.3	43.8	27.3	10.1	4.8	19.9	29.5	113.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Sam Lacey	30	C	5	35.2	3.2	8.4	.381	3.0	3.8	.789	3.4	6.8	10.2	4.2	1.8	2.0	3.8	4.0	9.4
2	Scott Wedman	26	SF	5	34.8	7.2	15.6	.462	4.8	6.4	.750	2.6	4.8	7.4	1.8	1.8	0.6	2.8	3.6	19.2
3	Otis Birdsong	23	SG	5	33.6	7.8	15.2	.513	5.4	7.6	.711	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.8	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.6	21.0
4	Phil Ford	22	PG	5	28.6	3.0	11.4	.263	1.8	3.2	.563	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.8	2.4	0.0	3.0	2.8	7.8
5	Bill Robinzine	26	PF	5	23.6	4.4	10.2	.431	1.2	1.6	.750	3.0	4.2	7.2	0.6	2.6	0.0	1.6	4.0	10.0
6	Darnell Hillman	29	PF	5	22.4	2.0	6.4	.313	1.8	3.4	.529	3.8	2.8	6.6	1.6	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.4	5.8
7	Billy McKinney	23	PG	5	19.2	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	1.4	.857	0.8	0.6	1.4	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.4	1.0	7.2
8	Lucius Allen	31	PG	5	14.6	3.0	6.4	.469	1.2	1.2	1.000	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.4	7.2
9	Richard Washington	23	PF	4	13.0	2.8	5.0	.550	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.3	6.0
10	Bob Nash	28	SF	5	12.8	1.6	5.4	.296	1.6	2.0	.800	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.4	2.0	4.8
11	Gus Gerard	25	SF	5	4.8	0.8	1.8	.444	0.4	0.8	.500	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0
	Team Totals				48.0	38.2	92.8	.412	22.8	31.8	.717			46.6	21.2	13.4	4.6	20.4	29.4	99.2

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Otis Birdsong	23	82	82	2839	741	1456	.509				741	1456	.509	.509	296	408	.725	176	178	354	281	125	17	200	255	1778
2	Phil Ford	22	79		2723	467	1004	.465				467	1004	.465	.465	326	401	.813	33	149	182	681	174	6	323	245	1260
3	Sam Lacey	30	82		2627	350	697	.502				350	697	.502	.502	167	226	.739	179	523	702	430	106	141	245	309	867
4	Scott Wedman	26	73		2498	561	1050	.534				561	1050	.534	.534	216	271	.797	135	251	386	144	76	30	106	239	1338
5	Bill Robinzine	26	82		2179	459	837	.548				459	837	.548	.548	180	246	.732	218	420	638	104	105	15	179	367	1098
6	Darnell Hillman	29	78		1618	211	428	.493				211	428	.493	.493	125	224	.558	138	293	431	91	50	66	134	288	547
7	Bob Nash	28	82		1307	227	522	.435				227	522	.435	.435	69	86	.802	76	130	206	71	29	15	82	135	523
8	Billy McKinney	23	78		1242	240	477	.503				240	477	.503	.503	129	162	.796	20	65	85	253	58	3	124	121	609
9	Tom Burleson	26	56		927	157	342	.459				157	342	.459	.459	121	169	.716	84	197	281	50	26	58	64	183	435
10	Marlon Redmond	23	49		736	162	375	.432				162	375	.432	.432	31	50	.620	57	51	108	57	28	16	56	93	355
11	Gus Gerard	25	56		459	83	191	.435				83	191	.435	.435	49	89	.551	39	58	97	21	18	13	36	74	215
12	Lucius Allen	31	31		413	69	174	.397				69	174	.397	.397	19	33	.576	14	32	46	44	21	6	30	52	157
13	Richard Washington	23	18		161	14	41	.341				14	41	.341	.341	10	16	.625	11	37	48	7	7	3	15	31	38
14	Ron Behagen	28	9		126	23	50	.460				23	50	.460	.460	8	11	.727	11	20	31	5	2	1	6	27	54
			82		19855	3764	7644	.492				3764	7644	.492	.492	1746	2392	.730	1191	2404	3595	2239	825	390	1631	2419	9274

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Sam Lacey	30	5		176	16	42	.381				16	42	.381	.381	15	19	.789	17	34	51	21	9	10	19	20	47
2	Scott Wedman	26	5		174	36	78	.462				36	78	.462	.462	24	32	.750	13	24	37	9	9	3	14	18	96
3	Otis Birdsong	23	5		168	39	76	.513				39	76	.513	.513	27	38	.711	8	10	18	9	10	0	10	13	105
4	Phil Ford	22	5		143	15	57	.263				15	57	.263	.263	9	16	.563	2	10	12	29	12	0	15	14	39
5	Bill Robinzine	26	5		118	22	51	.431				22	51	.431	.431	6	8	.750	15	21	36	3	13	0	8	20	50
6	Darnell Hillman	29	5		112	10	32	.313				10	32	.313	.313	9	17	.529	19	14	33	8	4	3	10	17	29
7	Billy McKinney	23	5		96	15	40	.375				15	40	.375	.375	6	7	.857	4	3	7	24	5	0	12	5	36
8	Lucius Allen	31	5		73	15	32	.469				15	32	.469	.469	6	6	1.000	2	5	7	3	2	1	5	7	36
9	Bob Nash	28	5		64	8	27	.296				8	27	.296	.296	8	10	.800	6	5	11	0	0	4	7	10	24
10	Richard Washington	23	4		52	11	20	.550				11	20	.550	.550	2	2	1.000	3	10	13	0	1	1	1	17	24
11	Gus Gerard	25	5		24	4	9	.444				4	9	.444	.444	2	4	.500	2	6	8	0	1	1	1	6	10

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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	Awards
1	Otis Birdsong	23	SG	82	82	2839	9.4	18.5	.509	3.8	5.2	.725	2.2	2.3	4.5	3.6	1.6	0.2	2.5	3.2	22.5	AS
2	Phil Ford	22	PG	79		2723	6.2	13.3	.465	4.3	5.3	.813	0.4	2.0	2.4	9.0	2.3	0.1	4.3	3.2	16.7	MVP-8,ROY-1,NBA2
3	Sam Lacey	30	C	82		2627	4.8	9.6	.502	2.3	3.1	.739	2.5	7.2	9.6	5.9	1.5	1.9	3.4	4.2	11.9
4	Scott Wedman	26	SF	73		2498	8.1	15.1	.534	3.1	3.9	.797	1.9	3.6	5.6	2.1	1.1	0.4	1.5	3.4	19.3
5	Bill Robinzine	26	PF	82		2179	7.6	13.8	.548	3.0	4.1	.732	3.6	6.9	10.5	1.7	1.7	0.2	3.0	6.1	18.1
6	Darnell Hillman	29	PF	78		1618	4.7	9.5	.493	2.8	5.0	.558	3.1	6.5	9.6	2.0	1.1	1.5	3.0	6.4	12.2
7	Bob Nash	28	SF	82		1307	6.3	14.4	.435	1.9	2.4	.802	2.1	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.8	0.4	2.3	3.7	14.4
8	Billy McKinney	23	PG	78		1242	7.0	13.8	.503	3.7	4.7	.796	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.3	1.7	0.1	3.6	3.5	17.7
9	Tom Burleson	26	C	56		927	6.1	13.3	.459	4.7	6.6	.716	3.3	7.7	10.9	1.9	1.0	2.3	2.5	7.1	16.9
10	Marlon Redmond	23	SG	49		736	7.9	18.3	.432	1.5	2.4	.620	2.8	2.5	5.3	2.8	1.4	0.8	2.7	4.5	17.4
11	Gus Gerard	25	SF	56		459	6.5	15.0	.435	3.8	7.0	.551	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.6	1.4	1.0	2.8	5.8	16.9
12	Lucius Allen	31	PG	31		413	6.0	15.2	.397	1.7	2.9	.576	1.2	2.8	4.0	3.8	1.8	0.5	2.6	4.5	13.7
13	Richard Washington	23	PF	18		161	3.1	9.2	.341	2.2	3.6	.625	2.5	8.3	10.7	1.6	1.6	0.7	3.4	6.9	8.5
14	Ron Behagen	28	PF	9		126	6.6	14.3	.460	2.3	3.1	.727	3.1	5.7	8.9	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.7	7.7	15.4

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Sam Lacey	30	C	5	176	3.3	8.6	.381	3.1	3.9	.789	3.5	7.0	10.4	4.3	1.8	2.0	3.9	4.1	9.6
2	Scott Wedman	26	SF	5	174	7.4	16.1	.462	5.0	6.6	.750	2.7	5.0	7.7	1.9	1.9	0.6	2.9	3.7	19.9
3	Otis Birdsong	23	SG	5	168	8.4	16.3	.513	5.8	8.1	.711	1.7	2.1	3.9	1.9	2.1	0.0	2.1	2.8	22.5
4	Phil Ford	22	PG	5	143	3.8	14.3	.263	2.3	4.0	.563	0.5	2.5	3.0	7.3	3.0	0.0	3.8	3.5	9.8
5	Bill Robinzine	26	PF	5	118	6.7	15.6	.431	1.8	2.4	.750	4.6	6.4	11.0	0.9	4.0	0.0	2.4	6.1	15.3
6	Darnell Hillman	29	PF	5	112	3.2	10.3	.313	2.9	5.5	.529	6.1	4.5	10.6	2.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	5.5	9.3
7	Billy McKinney	23	PG	5	96	5.6	15.0	.375	2.3	2.6	.857	1.5	1.1	2.6	9.0	1.9	0.0	4.5	1.9	13.5
8	Lucius Allen	31	PG	5	73	7.4	15.8	.469	3.0	3.0	1.000	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	3.5	17.8
9	Bob Nash	28	SF	5	64	4.5	15.2	.296	4.5	5.6	.800	3.4	2.8	6.2	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.9	5.6	13.5
10	Richard Washington	23	PF	4	52	7.6	13.8	.550	1.4	1.4	1.000	2.1	6.9	9.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	11.8	16.6
11	Gus Gerard	25	SF	5	24	6.0	13.5	.444	3.0	6.0	.500	3.0	9.0	12.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	9.0	15.0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Otis Birdsong	23	82	2839	18.4	.544		.280	6.6	7.0	6.8	14.4	2.0	0.3	10.9	24.9		5.9	2.9	8.8	.148		2.4	-0.2	2.2	3.0
2	Phil Ford	22	79	2723	15.8	.534		.399	1.3	6.1	3.6	32.2	2.9	0.1	21.5	21.2		2.5	3.2	5.7	.101		0.9	0.0	0.9	2.0
3	Sam Lacey	30	82	2627	15.3	.544		.324	7.2	22.2	14.5	20.1	1.8	3.0	23.5	15.2		2.0	4.5	6.5	.119		0.8	3.1	3.9	3.9
4	Scott Wedman	26	73	2498	16.9	.572		.258	5.7	11.2	8.4	8.0	1.4	0.7	8.3	19.6		6.0	2.6	8.6	.165		2.0	-0.2	1.9	2.4
5	Bill Robinzine	26	82	2179	16.4	.581		.294	10.6	21.5	15.9	6.5	2.2	0.4	15.9	19.8		3.4	3.4	6.9	.151		0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3
6	Darnell Hillman	29	78	1618	10.7	.519		.523	9.1	20.2	14.5	6.9	1.4	2.3	20.3	15.7		0.2	2.4	2.6	.077		-2.8	0.9	-1.8	0.1
7	Bob Nash	28	82	1307	9.6	.467		.165	6.2	11.1	8.6	7.0	1.0	0.6	12.8	18.9		-0.1	1.2	1.1	.042		-2.1	-1.1	-3.2	-0.4
8	Billy McKinney	23	78	1242	15.6	.555		.340	1.7	5.8	3.7	27.0	2.1	0.1	18.4	20.8		1.7	1.2	3.0	.114		0.7	-0.3	0.4	0.7
9	Tom Burleson	26	56	927	15.3	.522		.494	9.6	23.7	16.5	6.9	1.3	3.5	13.3	19.9		1.1	1.6	2.7	.140		-1.4	1.0	-0.4	0.4
10	Marlon Redmond	23	49	736	11.3	.447		.133	8.2	7.7	8.0	10.6	1.7	1.2	12.4	23.7		-0.3	0.8	0.4	.029		-1.8	-0.9	-2.7	-0.1
11	Gus Gerard	25	56	459	11.4	.467		.466	9.0	14.1	11.5	6.0	1.8	1.6	13.5	22.3		-0.1	0.6	0.5	.053		-2.7	-0.4	-3.1	-0.1
12	Lucius Allen	31	31	413	8.7	.416		.190	3.6	8.6	6.1	13.6	2.3	0.8	13.7	20.3		-0.4	0.5	0.1	.007		-3.7	0.4	-3.3	-0.1
13	Richard Washington	23	18	161	5.3	.396		.390	7.3	25.6	16.2	5.1	1.9	1.0	23.8	15.1		-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.006		-5.1	0.4	-4.7	-0.1
14	Ron Behagen	28	9	126	10.8	.492		.220	9.3	17.7	13.4	5.2	0.7	0.4	9.9	18.6		0.1	0.1	0.3	.096		-2.9	-0.6	-3.5	-0.1

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Sam Lacey	30	5	176	12.5	.467		.452	8.9	22.4	14.9	16.9	2.3	3.3	27.4	14.8		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.062		-0.7	2.0	1.3	0.1
2	Scott Wedman	26	5	174	16.9	.521		.410	6.9	16.0	10.9	8.8	2.3	1.0	13.2	22.9		0.2	0.3	0.5	.133		2.2	0.1	2.3	0.2
3	Otis Birdsong	23	5	168	19.3	.566		.500	4.4	6.9	5.5	9.5	2.7	0.0	9.7	23.0		0.4	0.2	0.7	.186		3.8	0.5	4.3	0.3
4	Phil Ford	22	5	143	6.3	.304		.281	1.3	8.1	4.3	29.4	3.8	0.0	19.0	20.8		-0.5	0.2	-0.2	-0.078		-4.6	0.0	-4.5	-0.1
5	Bill Robinzine	26	5	118	15.2	.459		.157	11.7	20.6	15.6	4.2	5.0	0.0	12.8	19.9		0.0	0.3	0.3	.114		-0.5	0.9	0.4	0.1
6	Darnell Hillman	29	5	112	8.3	.367		.531	15.6	14.5	15.1	10.1	1.6	1.5	20.2	16.6		-0.2	0.2	0.0	.000		-2.7	-1.4	-4.1	-0.1
7	Billy McKinney	23	5	96	11.7	.418		.175	3.8	3.6	3.7	39.1	2.3	0.0	21.8	21.6		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.003		0.6	-1.8	-1.2	0.0
8	Lucius Allen	31	5	73	12.2	.520		.188	2.5	7.9	4.9	7.0	1.2	0.8	12.6	20.4		0.1	0.1	0.1	.084		-0.5	-0.8	-1.3	0.0
9	Bob Nash	28	5	64	3.9	.382		.370	8.6	9.1	8.8	0.0	0.0	3.6	18.2	22.6		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.073		-5.1	-3.0	-8.1	-0.1
10	Richard Washington	23	4	52	12.8	.575		.100	5.3	22.3	12.8	0.0	0.9	1.1	4.6	15.8		0.1	0.1	0.2	.176		-2.5	-0.1	-2.5	0.0
11	Gus Gerard	25	5	24	12.3	.465		.444	7.7	29.0	17.1	0.0	1.9	2.4	8.5	18.4		0.0	0.0	0.1	.110		-2.8	0.6	-2.2	0.0

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