1978–79 NBA season

The 1978–79 NBA season was the 33rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Seattle SuperSonics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals, a rematch of the previous year's Finals, but with the opposite result.

[edit] Notable occurrences

The Buffalo Braves move from Buffalo, New York to San Diego, California and become the San Diego Clippers
The NBA All-Star Game was played at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, with the West defeating the East 134-129 in overtime. David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets wins the game's MVP award.
The Jazz play their final season in New Orleans, Louisiana, before moving to Salt Lake City, Utah. It would be 23 years before New Orleans received another NBA franchise.

C - NBA Champions

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	George Gervin	San Antonio Spurs	29.6
Rebounds per game	Moses Malone	Houston Rockets	17.6
Assists per game	Kevin Porter	Detroit Pistons	13.4
Steals per game	M.L. Carr	Detroit Pistons	2.5
Blocks per game	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Los Angeles Lakers	4.0
FG%	Cedric Maxwell	Boston Celtics	58.4
FT%	Rick Barry	Houston Rockets	94.7

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com

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1978–79 NBA season by team

1978 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions

Atlantic	Boston • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia • Washington

Central	Atlanta • Cleveland • Detroit • Houston • New Orleans • San Antonio

Midwest	Chicago • Denver • Indiana • Kansas City • Milwaukee

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