David Thompson 1978-79 Advanced Game Log

David O'Neil Thompson

(Skywalker, D.T.)

Position: Shooting Guard and Small Forward ▪ Shoots: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: July 13, 1954 in Shelby, North Carolina us

College: NC State

High School: Crest in Shelby, North Carolina

Draft: Atlanta Hawks, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1975 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 22, 1976 ▪ ABA Debut: October 24, 1975

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1996 (Full List)

Career Length: 9 years

Hall of Fame
5x All Star
2x All-NBA
1975-76 All-ABA
1975-76 All-Rookie
2x AS MVP
1975-76 ROY
ABA All-Time Team

SUMMARY

Career

592

PTS

22.7

TRB

4.1

AST

3.3

FG%

50.5

FG3%

25.5

FT%

78.1

eFG%

50.7

PER

19.9

63.3

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1978-79 Regular Season

1978-79 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
1	1	1978-10-13	24-092	DEN		SAS	W (+1)	1	32:00	.687											21.8
2	2	1978-10-15	24-094	DEN	@	SDC	W (+4)	1	36:00	.601											20.0
3	3	1978-10-18	24-097	DEN		POR	W (+12)	1	32:00	.640											17.4
4	4	1978-10-20	24-099	DEN	@	NJN	W (+9)	1	35:00	.787											26.3
5	5	1978-10-21	24-100	DEN	@	ATL	L (-5)	1	35:00	.692											24.9
6	6	1978-10-27	24-106	DEN	@	IND	L (-13)	1	32:00	.474											10.6
7	7	1978-10-29	24-108	DEN		HOU	W (+13)	1	37:00	.686											19.1
8	8	1978-10-31	24-110	DEN	@	LAL	L (-27)	1	33:00	.674											13.7
9	9	1978-11-03	24-113	DEN		CLE	W (+17)	1	33:00	.711											24.6
10	10	1978-11-04	24-114	DEN	@	KCK	L (-2)	1	37:00	.542											17.2
11	11	1978-11-09	24-119	DEN		NYK	W (+7)	1	37:00	.378											6.0
12	12	1978-11-10	24-120	DEN	@	PHO	W (+18)	1	33:00	.668											22.4
13	13	1978-11-11	24-121	DEN		KCK	L (-4)	1	40:00	.453											11.0
14	14	1978-11-14	24-124	DEN	@	NYK	L (-6)	1	38:00	.519											17.5
15	15	1978-11-15	24-125	DEN	@	PHI	L (-6)	1	32:00	.237											-4.2
16	16	1978-11-17	24-127	DEN	@	BOS	L (-2)	1	40:00	.615											20.3
17	17	1978-11-18	24-128	DEN	@	WSB	L (-5)	1	41:00	.638											27.5
18	18	1978-11-22	24-132	DEN		ATL	L (-2)	1	42:00	.550											21.8
19	19	1978-11-24	24-134	DEN	@	SEA	W (+3)	1	2:00	.500											0.0
20	20	1978-11-28	24-138	DEN	@	MIL	L (-17)	1	30:00	.629											15.0
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
21	21	1978-11-30	24-140	DEN	@	NOJ	L (-6)	1	35:00	.548											15.1
22	22	1978-12-01	24-141	DEN		DET	W (+5)	1	38:00	.639											16.3
23	23	1978-12-09	24-149	DEN		MIL	W (+10)	0	27:00	.593											8.3
24	24	1978-12-12	24-152	DEN		SAS	W (+4)	1	38:00	.533											14.7
25	25	1978-12-15	24-155	DEN		POR	L (-3)	1	30:00	.832											30.0
26	26	1978-12-17	24-157	DEN	@	POR	L (-13)	1	36:00	.537											11.7
27	27	1978-12-20	24-160	DEN		NOJ	W (+9)	1	40:00	.602											28.1
28	28	1978-12-22	24-162	DEN	@	GSW	W (+4)	1	43:00	.472											11.8
29	29	1978-12-26	24-166	DEN		PHO	L (-4)	1	39:00	.394											12.0
30	30	1978-12-28	24-168	DEN		CHI	L (-4)	1	38:00	.570											21.9
31	31	1978-12-29	24-169	DEN	@	CHI	L (-6)	1	39:00	.491											10.2
32	32	1978-12-30	24-170	DEN	@	ATL	L (-26)	1	29:00	.547											11.5
33	33	1979-01-02	24-173	DEN	@	KCK	W (+2)	1	39:00	.415											8.6
34	34	1979-01-03	24-174	DEN		KCK	L (-7)	1	42:00	.522											15.8
35	35	1979-01-05	24-176	DEN	@	SEA	W (+3)	1	38:00	.553											13.4
36	36	1979-01-06	24-177	DEN		BOS	W (+29)	1	22:00	.491											11.6
37	37	1979-01-09	24-180	DEN		WSB	W (+31)	1	31:00	.703											17.3
38	38	1979-01-12	24-183	DEN		NYK	W (+7)	1	37:00	.563											11.3
39	39	1979-01-14	24-185	DEN		IND	W (+2)	1	37:00	.566											22.5
40	40	1979-01-16	24-187	DEN	@	NOJ	W (+4)	1	42:00	.460											13.3
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
41	41	1979-01-17	24-188	DEN	@	SAS	L (-18)	1	39:00	.349											10.3
42	42	1979-01-19	24-190	DEN	@	IND	W (+3)	1	35:00	.624											18.3
43	43	1979-01-20	24-191	DEN		GSW	W (+3)	1	36:00	.613											16.0
44	44	1979-01-22	24-193	DEN		DET	L (-4)	1	39:00	.446											15.8
45	45	1979-01-23	24-194	DEN	@	CLE	L (-1)	1	39:00	.674											18.3
46	46	1979-01-26	24-197	DEN		LAL	W (+12)	1	36:00	.559											26.1
47	47	1979-01-28	24-199	DEN		CHI	W (+11)	1	34:00	.617											19.8
48	48	1979-01-30	24-201	DEN	@	POR	L (-6)	1	42:00	.515											14.0
49	49	1979-02-02	24-204	DEN	@	SDC	L (-24)	1	33:00	.552											15.1
50	50	1979-02-07	24-209	DEN		CLE	W (+15)	1	37:00	.476											11.2
51	51	1979-02-09	24-211	DEN	@	GSW	W (+2)	1	25:00	.571											7.8
52	52	1979-02-11	24-213	DEN	@	MIL	L (-39)	1	29:00	.400											-1.1
53	53	1979-02-13	24-215	DEN	@	CHI	W (+10)	1	34:00	.641											22.1
54	54	1979-02-14	24-216	DEN	@	DET	L (-4)	1	40:00	.634											20.2
55	55	1979-02-16	24-218	DEN		SDC	L (-14)	1	30:00	.437											8.7
56	56	1979-02-18	24-220	DEN		NOJ	W (+3)	1	29:00	.662											21.1
57	57	1979-02-21	24-223	DEN		IND	W (+5)	1	40:00	.604											20.8
58	58	1979-02-24	24-226	DEN		MIL	W (+15)	1	39:00	.637											19.6
59	59	1979-02-25	24-227	DEN		PHI	L (-8)	1	37:00	.516											19.2
60	60	1979-02-27	24-229	DEN		SEA	W (+15)	1	37:00	.546											25.9
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
61	61	1979-02-28	24-230	DEN	@	HOU	L (-25)	1	26:00	.237											1.3
62	62	1979-03-02	24-232	DEN	@	PHO	W (+14)	1	35:00	.645											24.0
63	63	1979-03-04	24-234	DEN	@	LAL	W (+14)	1	40:00	.457											15.8
64	64	1979-03-06	24-236	DEN		HOU	L (-1)	1	38:00	.583											23.8
65	65	1979-03-14	24-244	DEN		NJN	W (+20)	1	32:00	.490											17.0
66	66	1979-03-17	24-247	DEN		ATL	W (+7)	1	36:00	.536											19.1
67	67	1979-03-20	24-250	DEN		GSW	W (+11)	1	34:00	.672											20.3
68	68	1979-03-23	24-253	DEN		BOS	W (+24)	1	34:00	.694											24.5
69	69	1979-03-25	24-255	DEN		LAL	W (+10)	1	36:00	.519											15.7
70	70	1979-03-28	24-258	DEN	@	DET	W (+5)	1	39:00	.535											8.9
71	71	1979-03-30	24-260	DEN		SDC	W (+9)	1	39:00	.587											22.4
72	72	1979-04-01	24-262	DEN	@	WSB	L (-16)	1	44:00	.606											19.6
73	73	1979-04-03	24-264	DEN	@	NJN	W (+13)	1	26:00	.533											5.3
74	74	1979-04-05	24-266	DEN	@	NYK	W (+7)	1	31:00	.451											12.1
75	75	1979-04-06	24-267	DEN	@	BOS	W (+6)	1	34:00	.642											18.0
76	76	1979-04-08	24-269	DEN	@	PHI	L (-1)	1	39:00	.734											36.3

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