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1978-79 Kansas City Kings Roster and Statistics

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48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Cotton Fitzsimmons (48-34)

Points Per Game: 113.1 (7th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.2 (11th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (6th of 22)

Arena: Kemper Arena ▪ Attendance: 442,354 (11th of 22)

SRS: 2.73 (5th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 107.3 (5th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 104.5 (9th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.9 (4th of 22)

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

1978-79 Kansas City Kings:

Roster

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

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 19855 3764 7644 .492 1746 2392 .730 1191 2404 3595 2239 825 390 1631 2419 9274 113.1
Opponent 82 19855 3434 7061 .486 2170 2897 .749 1156 2547 3703 1776 678 435 1879 2223 9038 110.2

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

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 Otis Birdsong 23 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
2 Scott Wedman 26 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
3 Phil Ford 22 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
4 Bill Robinzine 26 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
5 Sam Lacey 30 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
6 Tom Burleson 26 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
7 Billy McKinney 23 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
8 Marlon Redmond 23 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
9 Darnell Hillman 29 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
10 Bob Nash 28 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
11 Ron Behagen 28 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 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 Gus Gerard 25 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
14 Richard Washington 23 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

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 Otis Birdsong 23 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
2 Scott Wedman 26 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
3 Bill Robinzine 26 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
4 Billy McKinney 23 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
5 Marlon Redmond 23 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
6 Tom Burleson 26 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
7 Gus Gerard 25 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
8 Phil Ford 22 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
9 Ron Behagen 28 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
10 Bob Nash 28 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
11 Lucius Allen 31 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
12 Darnell Hillman 29 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
13 Sam Lacey 30 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
14 Richard Washington 23 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

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 Otis Birdsong 23 82 2839 18.4 .544 .509 6.6 7.0 6.8 14.4 2.0 0.3 10.9 24.9 109 104 5.9 2.9 8.8
2 Scott Wedman 26 73 2498 16.9 .572 .534 5.7 11.2 8.4 8.0 1.4 0.7 8.3 19.6 117 104 6.0 2.6 8.6
3 Bill Robinzine 26 82 2179 16.4 .581 .548 10.6 21.5 15.9 6.5 2.2 0.4 15.9 19.8 108 99 3.4 3.4 6.9
4 Sam Lacey 30 82 2627 15.3 .544 .502 7.2 22.2 14.5 20.1 1.8 3.0 23.5 15.2 103 98 2.0 4.5 6.5
5 Phil Ford 22 79 2723 15.8 .534 .465 1.3 6.1 3.6 32.2 2.9 0.1 21.5 21.2 102 103 2.5 3.2 5.7
6 Billy McKinney 23 78 1242 15.6 .555 .503 1.7 5.8 3.7 27.0 2.1 0.1 18.4 20.8 106 104 1.7 1.2 3.0
7 Tom Burleson 26 56 927 15.3 .522 .459 9.6 23.7 16.5 6.9 1.3 3.5 13.3 19.9 105 98 1.1 1.6 2.7
8 Darnell Hillman 29 78 1618 10.7 .519 .493 9.1 20.2 14.5 6.9 1.4 2.3 20.3 15.7 97 100 0.2 2.4 2.6
9 Bob Nash 28 82 1307 9.6 .467 .435 6.2 11.1 8.6 7.0 1.0 0.6 12.8 18.9 95 105 -0.1 1.2 1.1
10 Gus Gerard 25 56 459 11.4 .467 .435 9.0 14.1 11.5 6.0 1.8 1.6 13.5 22.3 94 101 -0.1 0.6 0.5
11 Marlon Redmond 23 49 736 11.3 .447 .432 8.2 7.7 8.0 10.6 1.7 1.2 12.4 23.7 92 104 -0.3 0.8 0.4
12 Ron Behagen 28 9 126 10.8 .492 .460 9.3 17.7 13.4 5.2 0.7 0.4 9.9 18.6 104 103 0.1 0.1 0.3
13 Lucius Allen 31 31 413 8.7 .416 .397 3.6 8.6 6.1 13.6 2.3 0.8 13.7 20.3 87 103 -0.4 0.5 0.1
14 Richard Washington 23 18 161 5.3 .396 .341 7.3 25.6 16.2 5.1 1.9 1.0 23.8 15.1 76 98 -0.3 0.3 0.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Otis Birdsong 23 5 168 39 76 27 38 8 18 9 10 0 10 13 105 .513 .711 33.6 21.0 3.6 1.8
2 Scott Wedman 26 5 174 36 78 24 32 13 37 9 9 3 14 18 96 .462 .750 34.8 19.2 7.4 1.8
3 Bill Robinzine 26 5 118 22 51 6 8 15 36 3 13 0 8 20 50 .431 .750 23.6 10.0 7.2 0.6
4 Sam Lacey 30 5 176 16 42 15 19 17 51 21 9 10 19 20 47 .381 .789 35.2 9.4 10.2 4.2
5 Phil Ford 22 5 143 15 57 9 16 2 12 29 12 0 15 14 39 .263 .563 28.6 7.8 2.4 5.8
6 Billy McKinney 23 5 96 15 40 6 7 4 7 24 5 0 12 5 36 .375 .857 19.2 7.2 1.4 4.8
7 Lucius Allen 31 5 73 15 32 6 6 2 7 3 2 1 5 7 36 .469 1.000 14.6 7.2 1.4 0.6
8 Darnell Hillman 29 5 112 10 32 9 17 19 33 8 4 3 10 17 29 .313 .529 22.4 5.8 6.6 1.6
9 Richard Washington 23 4 52 11 20 2 2 3 13 0 1 1 1 17 24 .550 1.000 13.0 6.0 3.3 0.0
10 Bob Nash 28 5 64 8 27 8 10 6 11 0 0 4 7 10 24 .296 .800 12.8 4.8 2.2 0.0
11 Gus Gerard 25 5 24 4 9 2 4 2 8 0 1 1 1 6 10 .444 .500 4.8 2.0 1.6 0.0

Playoffs 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 Otis Birdsong 23 5 168 19.3 .566 .513 4.4 6.9 5.5 9.5 2.7 0.0 9.7 23.0 114 101 0.4 0.2 0.7
2 Scott Wedman 26 5 174 16.9 .521 .462 6.9 16.0 10.9 8.8 2.3 1.0 13.2 22.9 103 99 0.2 0.3 0.5
3 Bill Robinzine 26 5 118 15.2 .459 .431 11.7 20.6 15.6 4.2 5.0 0.0 12.8 19.9 95 93 0.0 0.3 0.3
4 Richard Washington 23 4 52 12.8 .575 .550 5.3 22.3 12.8 0.0 0.9 1.1 4.6 15.8 120 100 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Sam Lacey 30 5 176 12.5 .467 .381 8.9 22.4 14.9 16.9 2.3 3.3 27.4 14.8 88 96 -0.1 0.3 0.2
6 Lucius Allen 31 5 73 12.2 .520 .469 2.5 7.9 4.9 7.0 1.2 0.8 12.6 20.4 101 103 0.1 0.1 0.1
7 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 97 95 0.0 0.0 0.1
8 Darnell Hillman 29 5 112 8.3 .367 .313 15.6 14.5 15.1 10.1 1.6 1.5 20.2 16.6 82 100 -0.2 0.2 0.0
9 Billy McKinney 23 5 96 11.7 .418 .375 3.8 3.6 3.7 39.1 2.3 0.0 21.8 21.6 87 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Bob Nash 28 5 64 3.9 .382 .296 8.6 9.1 8.8 0.0 0.0 3.6 18.2 22.6 76 103 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
11 Phil Ford 22 5 143 6.3 .304 .263 1.3 8.1 4.3 29.4 3.8 0.0 19.0 20.8 70 99 -0.5 0.2 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Phil Ford $200,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)