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1978-79 Golden State Warriors Roster and Statistics

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38-44, Finished 6th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Attles (38-44)

Points Per Game: 105.1 (21st of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.8 (2nd of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (13th of 22)

Arena: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena ▪ Attendance: 427,252 (13th of 22)

SRS: 0.46 (13th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 102.2 (22nd of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.4 (15th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.0 (5th of 22)

1978-79 Golden State Warriors:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Tom Abernethy F 6-7 220 May 6, 1954 2 Indiana University
43 Wayne Cooper C-F 6-10 220 November 16, 1956 R University of New Orleans
41 Wesley Cox F 6-6 215 January 27, 1955 1 University of Louisville
32 Ray Epps F 6-6 195 August 20, 1956 R Norfolk State University
4 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 2 University of Maryland
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 2 Centenary College of Louisiana
22 Sonny Parker F-G 6-6 200 March 22, 1955 2 Texas A&M University
44 Clifford Ray C 6-9 230 January 21, 1949 7 University of Oklahoma
25 Tony Robertson G 6-4 195 January 1, 1956 1 West Virginia University
45 Purvis Short F-G 6-7 210 July 2, 1957 R Jackson State University
20 Phil Smith G 6-4 185 April 22, 1952 4 University of San Francisco
11 Raymond Townsend G 6-3 175 December 20, 1955 R University of California, Los Angeles
10 Jo Jo White G 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 9 University of Kansas
33 Nate Williams F-G 6-5 215 May 2, 1950 7 Utah State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 3627 7453 .487 1367 1872 .730 1169 2513 3682 2064 774 420 1500 2023 8621 105.1
Opponent 82 19780 3493 7255 .481 1604 2155 .744 1147 2533 3680 2094 637 362 1580 1854 8590 104.8

Player Statistics

Totals

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

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Phil Smith 26 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 Robert Parish 25 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
3 John Lucas 25 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
4 Sonny Parker 23 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
5 Jo Jo White 32 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 Purvis Short 21 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
7 Nate Williams 28 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
8 Clifford Ray 30 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
9 Tom Abernethy 24 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
10 Wesley Cox 24 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
11 Raymond Townsend 23 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 Wayne Cooper 22 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
13 Tony Robertson 23 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 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

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Robert Parish 25 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
2 Nate Williams 28 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
3 Phil Smith 26 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
4 Tony Robertson 23 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
5 Purvis Short 21 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
6 John Lucas 25 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
7 Sonny Parker 23 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
8 Wesley Cox 24 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
9 Jo Jo White 32 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 Raymond Townsend 23 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
11 Wayne Cooper 22 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
12 Ray Epps 22 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
13 Tom Abernethy 24 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
14 Clifford Ray 30 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

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 John Lucas 25 82 3095 16.9 .514 .462 2.2 6.4 4.3 33.0 2.3 0.2 16.5 20.2 107 104 4.7 3.2 7.9
2 Robert Parish 25 76 2411 20.8 .529 .499 11.7 29.2 20.4 6.9 1.9 4.9 15.9 24.6 100 94 1.8 5.4 7.1
3 Sonny Parker 23 79 2893 15.5 .537 .502 6.1 10.5 8.2 13.6 2.3 0.6 14.7 18.3 106 102 3.5 3.5 7.0
4 Phil Smith 26 59 2288 16.1 .538 .501 2.2 7.7 5.0 16.2 2.1 0.5 13.5 22.3 105 104 2.8 2.4 5.2
5 Clifford Ray 30 82 1917 12.5 .543 .526 11.9 22.3 17.0 8.9 1.2 1.4 22.6 14.3 101 101 1.0 2.8 3.8
6 Tom Abernethy 24 70 1219 13.6 .550 .515 6.5 12.6 9.5 8.4 1.5 0.6 7.7 13.8 118 103 2.3 1.3 3.7
7 Nate Williams 28 81 1299 14.7 .542 .501 5.6 11.6 8.6 6.7 2.0 0.2 13.1 22.2 104 103 1.4 1.5 2.9
8 Purvis Short 21 75 1703 13.1 .492 .479 8.0 14.0 10.9 8.1 1.5 0.4 12.1 21.8 99 103 0.7 1.9 2.6
9 Jo Jo White 32 29 883 12.7 .520 .475 2.4 6.4 4.4 20.1 1.4 0.2 16.9 19.0 102 106 0.7 0.7 1.4
10 Wayne Cooper 22 65 795 12.5 .464 .437 12.1 25.8 18.9 3.5 0.4 3.0 14.0 18.9 95 100 0.0 1.2 1.2
11 Raymond Townsend 23 65 771 10.8 .477 .439 1.5 6.2 3.8 15.7 1.6 0.4 13.8 19.4 97 105 0.1 0.7 0.8
12 Ray Epps 22 13 72 7.9 .490 .435 0.0 7.5 3.7 3.6 0.7 0.0 7.0 16.0 102 107 0.0 0.0 0.1
13 Tony Robertson 23 12 74 10.7 .409 .375 8.7 5.8 7.3 7.6 5.1 0.0 15.4 28.4 82 99 -0.2 0.1 0.0
14 Wesley Cox 24 31 360 5.3 .447 .431 5.3 13.5 9.4 4.0 1.7 0.8 21.2 23.3 78 102 -0.9 0.4 -0.5

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Jo Jo White $400,000
2 John Lucas $214,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)