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1978-79 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats

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Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Billy Cunningham (47-35)

PTS/G: 109.5 (11th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 107.7 (5th of 22)
SRS: 1.74 (9th of 22) ▪ Pace: 106.7 (7th of 22)
Off Rtg: 102.0 (18th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 100.3 (2nd of 22)
Expected W-L: 46-36 (9th of 22)

Arena: The Spectrum ▪ Attendance: 506,485 (6th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus New Jersey Nets

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Henry Bibby PG 6-1 185 November 24, 1949 6 University of California, Los Angeles
23 Joe Bryant PF 6-9 185 October 19, 1954 3 La Salle University
42 Harvey Catchings C 6-9 218 September 2, 1951 4 Hardin-Simmons University
10 Maurice Cheeks PG 6-1 180 September 8, 1956 R West Texas A&M University
20 Doug Collins SG 6-6 180 July 28, 1951 5 Illinois State University
53 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 3
6 Julius Erving SF 6-6 200 February 22, 1950 7 University of Massachusetts Amherst
24 Bobby Jones PF 6-9 210 December 18, 1951 4 University of North Carolina
11 Caldwell Jones C 6-11 217 August 4, 1950 5 Albany State University
50 Steve Mix SF 6-7 215 December 30, 1947 8 University of Toledo
22 Eric Money PG 6-0 170 February 6, 1955 4 University of Arizona
4 Marlon Redmond SG 6-6 188 April 15, 1955 R University of San Francisco
44 Ralph Simpson SG 6-5 200 August 10, 1949 8 Michigan State University
30 Al Skinner SG 6-3 190 June 16, 1952 4 University of Massachusetts Amherst

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19805 3584 7338 .488 1815 2411 .753 1149 2712 3861 2253 779 599 1771 2072 8983 109.5
Lg Rank 5 12 19 8 9 7 13 18 2 5 6 9 2 20 11 11 11
Opponent 82 19805 3542 7626 .464 1747 2331 .749 1252 2506 3758 2094 795 353 1627 2128 8831 107.7
Lg Rank 5 7 16 2 12 13 8 16 13 16 8 17 2 9 14 5 5

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 46 36 1.85 -0.11 1.74 102.0 100.3 106.7 .488 17.4 31.4 .247 .464 15.8 68.4 .229 The Spectrum 506,485
Lg Rank 9 9 9 15 9 18 2 7 8 20 18 6 2 13 6 14 6

Totals

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 Julius Erving 28 78 2802 715 1455 .491 373 501 .745 198 366 564 357 133 100 315 207 1803
2 Darryl Dawkins 22 78 2035 430 831 .517 158 235 .672 123 508 631 128 32 143 197 295 1018
3 Henry Bibby 29 82 2538 368 869 .423 266 335 .794 72 172 244 371 72 7 197 199 1002
4 Bobby Jones 27 80 2304 378 704 .537 209 277 .755 199 332 531 201 107 96 165 245 965
5 Doug Collins 27 47 1595 358 717 .499 201 247 .814 36 87 123 191 52 20 131 139 917
6 Caldwell Jones 28 78 2171 302 637 .474 121 162 .747 177 570 747 151 39 157 156 303 725
7 Steve Mix 31 74 1269 265 493 .538 161 201 .801 109 184 293 121 57 16 100 112 691
8 Maurice Cheeks 22 82 2409 292 572 .510 101 140 .721 63 191 254 431 174 12 193 198 685
9 Joe Bryant 24 70 1064 205 478 .429 123 170 .724 96 163 259 103 49 9 114 171 533
10 Eric Money 23 23 545 119 217 .548 34 54 .630 15 22 37 82 13 2 69 70 272
11 Ralph Simpson 29 37 452 87 196 .444 28 40 .700 16 19 35 58 25 1 47 27 202
12 Al Skinner 26 22 309 36 89 .404 27 32 .844 15 29 44 40 18 1 34 61 99
13 Harvey Catchings 27 25 289 28 68 .412 13 17 .765 30 68 98 18 8 35 37 42 69
14 Marlon Redmond 23 4 23 1 12 .083 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 2

Per Game

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 Julius Erving 28 78 35.9 9.2 18.7 .491 4.8 6.4 .745 2.5 4.7 7.2 4.6 1.7 1.3 4.0 2.7 23.1
2 Doug Collins 27 47 33.9 7.6 15.3 .499 4.3 5.3 .814 0.8 1.9 2.6 4.1 1.1 0.4 2.8 3.0 19.5
3 Darryl Dawkins 22 78 26.1 5.5 10.7 .517 2.0 3.0 .672 1.6 6.5 8.1 1.6 0.4 1.8 2.5 3.8 13.1
4 Henry Bibby 29 82 31.0 4.5 10.6 .423 3.2 4.1 .794 0.9 2.1 3.0 4.5 0.9 0.1 2.4 2.4 12.2
5 Bobby Jones 27 80 28.8 4.7 8.8 .537 2.6 3.5 .755 2.5 4.2 6.6 2.5 1.3 1.2 2.1 3.1 12.1
6 Eric Money 23 23 23.7 5.2 9.4 .548 1.5 2.3 .630 0.7 1.0 1.6 3.6 0.6 0.1 3.0 3.0 11.8
7 Steve Mix 31 74 17.1 3.6 6.7 .538 2.2 2.7 .801 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.6 0.8 0.2 1.4 1.5 9.3
8 Caldwell Jones 28 78 27.8 3.9 8.2 .474 1.6 2.1 .747 2.3 7.3 9.6 1.9 0.5 2.0 2.0 3.9 9.3
9 Maurice Cheeks 22 82 29.4 3.6 7.0 .510 1.2 1.7 .721 0.8 2.3 3.1 5.3 2.1 0.1 2.4 2.4 8.4
10 Joe Bryant 24 70 15.2 2.9 6.8 .429 1.8 2.4 .724 1.4 2.3 3.7 1.5 0.7 0.1 1.6 2.4 7.6
11 Ralph Simpson 29 37 12.2 2.4 5.3 .444 0.8 1.1 .700 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.6 0.7 0.0 1.3 0.7 5.5
12 Al Skinner 26 22 14.0 1.6 4.0 .404 1.2 1.5 .844 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.8 0.8 0.0 1.5 2.8 4.5
13 Harvey Catchings 27 25 11.6 1.1 2.7 .412 0.5 0.7 .765 1.2 2.7 3.9 0.7 0.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.8
14 Marlon Redmond 23 4 5.8 0.3 3.0 .083 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.5

Per 36 Minutes

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 Julius Erving 28 78 2802 9.2 18.7 .491 4.8 6.4 .745 2.5 4.7 7.2 4.6 1.7 1.3 4.0 2.7 23.2
2 Doug Collins 27 47 1595 8.1 16.2 .499 4.5 5.6 .814 0.8 2.0 2.8 4.3 1.2 0.5 3.0 3.1 20.7
3 Steve Mix 31 74 1269 7.5 14.0 .538 4.6 5.7 .801 3.1 5.2 8.3 3.4 1.6 0.5 2.8 3.2 19.6
4 Darryl Dawkins 22 78 2035 7.6 14.7 .517 2.8 4.2 .672 2.2 9.0 11.2 2.3 0.6 2.5 3.5 5.2 18.0
5 Joe Bryant 24 70 1064 6.9 16.2 .429 4.2 5.8 .724 3.2 5.5 8.8 3.5 1.7 0.3 3.9 5.8 18.0
6 Eric Money 23 23 545 7.9 14.3 .548 2.2 3.6 .630 1.0 1.5 2.4 5.4 0.9 0.1 4.6 4.6 18.0
7 Ralph Simpson 29 37 452 6.9 15.6 .444 2.2 3.2 .700 1.3 1.5 2.8 4.6 2.0 0.1 3.7 2.2 16.1
8 Bobby Jones 27 80 2304 5.9 11.0 .537 3.3 4.3 .755 3.1 5.2 8.3 3.1 1.7 1.5 2.6 3.8 15.1
9 Henry Bibby 29 82 2538 5.2 12.3 .423 3.8 4.8 .794 1.0 2.4 3.5 5.3 1.0 0.1 2.8 2.8 14.2
10 Caldwell Jones 28 78 2171 5.0 10.6 .474 2.0 2.7 .747 2.9 9.5 12.4 2.5 0.6 2.6 2.6 5.0 12.0
11 Al Skinner 26 22 309 4.2 10.4 .404 3.1 3.7 .844 1.7 3.4 5.1 4.7 2.1 0.1 4.0 7.1 11.5
12 Maurice Cheeks 22 82 2409 4.4 8.5 .510 1.5 2.1 .721 0.9 2.9 3.8 6.4 2.6 0.2 2.9 3.0 10.2
13 Harvey Catchings 27 25 289 3.5 8.5 .412 1.6 2.1 .765 3.7 8.5 12.2 2.2 1.0 4.4 4.6 5.2 8.6
14 Marlon Redmond 23 4 23 1.6 18.8 .083 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 4.7 3.1

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Julius Erving 28 78 2802 20.1 .538 .491 7.7 13.1 10.5 19.6 2.1 1.9 15.8 27.7 103 100 3.6 4.4 7.9 .136
2 Bobby Jones 27 80 2304 16.7 .584 .537 9.4 14.4 12.0 11.8 2.1 2.2 16.7 16.8 111 99 3.9 3.8 7.7 .160
3 Caldwell Jones 28 78 2171 13.4 .512 .474 8.8 26.2 17.9 9.1 0.8 3.8 18.0 15.5 99 97 0.8 4.2 5.0 .111
4 Maurice Cheeks 22 82 2409 12.6 .541 .510 2.8 7.9 5.5 22.8 3.2 0.3 23.3 13.4 101 100 1.3 3.6 4.9 .097
5 Steve Mix 31 74 1269 19.4 .594 .538 9.3 14.5 12.0 13.7 2.0 0.7 14.7 20.9 114 100 3.0 1.9 4.9 .186
6 Darryl Dawkins 22 78 2035 15.6 .545 .517 6.6 24.9 16.1 9.1 0.7 3.6 17.4 21.7 98 97 0.8 3.8 4.6 .108
7 Doug Collins 27 47 1595 16.0 .555 .499 2.4 5.5 4.0 17.6 1.5 0.7 13.7 23.4 107 104 2.6 1.6 4.2 .125
8 Henry Bibby 29 82 2538 11.2 .493 .423 3.1 6.8 5.0 19.2 1.3 0.1 16.2 18.6 100 105 1.3 2.4 3.7 .069
9 Joe Bryant 24 70 1064 13.1 .482 .429 9.8 15.3 12.7 13.6 2.1 0.4 17.1 24.4 95 100 -0.1 1.6 1.5 .067
10 Eric Money 23 23 545 11.8 .565 .548 3.0 4.0 3.5 21.9 1.1 0.2 22.3 22.1 97 106 0.1 0.4 0.5 .048
11 Al Skinner 26 22 309 8.0 .480 .404 5.3 9.4 7.4 16.4 2.6 0.2 24.8 17.3 89 101 -0.2 0.4 0.2 .035
12 Ralph Simpson 29 37 452 11.2 .473 .444 3.8 4.2 4.0 18.0 2.5 0.1 18.0 22.5 90 103 -0.3 0.5 0.2 .021
13 Harvey Catchings 27 25 289 9.9 .457 .412 11.2 23.5 17.6 7.7 1.2 6.3 32.9 15.2 78 95 -0.5 0.6 0.1 .021
14 Marlon Redmond 23 4 23 -13.4 .083 .083 0.0 4.3 2.3 5.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 22.0 24 108 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.369

Playoffs Totals

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 Julius Erving 28 9 372 89 172 .517 51 67 .761 29 41 70 53 18 17 38 22 229
2 Maurice Cheeks 22 9 330 66 121 .545 37 56 .661 13 22 35 63 37 4 29 29 169
3 Darryl Dawkins 22 9 255 56 106 .528 32 47 .681 21 61 82 12 2 16 17 42 144
4 Bobby Jones 27 9 260 48 87 .552 22 26 .846 12 31 43 19 5 4 15 30 118
5 Caldwell Jones 28 9 320 43 89 .483 28 36 .778 37 84 121 21 4 22 21 36 114
6 Steve Mix 31 9 179 31 59 .525 13 15 .867 12 23 35 16 6 0 11 20 75
7 Henry Bibby 29 9 231 26 67 .388 20 30 .667 8 11 19 42 4 0 22 26 72
8 Eric Money 23 8 129 26 61 .426 2 4 .500 6 5 11 22 3 0 22 17 54
9 Joe Bryant 24 7 35 10 26 .385 1 2 .500 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 8 21
10 Al Skinner 26 5 47 6 17 .353 6 8 .750 5 5 10 11 3 1 6 6 18
11 Marlon Redmond 23 1 2 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Per Game

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 Julius Erving 28 9 41.3 9.9 19.1 .517 5.7 7.4 .761 3.2 4.6 7.8 5.9 2.0 1.9 4.2 2.4 25.4
2 Maurice Cheeks 22 9 36.7 7.3 13.4 .545 4.1 6.2 .661 1.4 2.4 3.9 7.0 4.1 0.4 3.2 3.2 18.8
3 Darryl Dawkins 22 9 28.3 6.2 11.8 .528 3.6 5.2 .681 2.3 6.8 9.1 1.3 0.2 1.8 1.9 4.7 16.0
4 Bobby Jones 27 9 28.9 5.3 9.7 .552 2.4 2.9 .846 1.3 3.4 4.8 2.1 0.6 0.4 1.7 3.3 13.1
5 Caldwell Jones 28 9 35.6 4.8 9.9 .483 3.1 4.0 .778 4.1 9.3 13.4 2.3 0.4 2.4 2.3 4.0 12.7
6 Steve Mix 31 9 19.9 3.4 6.6 .525 1.4 1.7 .867 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.8 0.7 0.0 1.2 2.2 8.3
7 Henry Bibby 29 9 25.7 2.9 7.4 .388 2.2 3.3 .667 0.9 1.2 2.1 4.7 0.4 0.0 2.4 2.9 8.0
8 Eric Money 23 8 16.1 3.3 7.6 .426 0.3 0.5 .500 0.8 0.6 1.4 2.8 0.4 0.0 2.8 2.1 6.8
9 Al Skinner 26 5 9.4 1.2 3.4 .353 1.2 1.6 .750 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.2 0.6 0.2 1.2 1.2 3.6
10 Joe Bryant 24 7 5.0 1.4 3.7 .385 0.1 0.3 .500 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.1 3.0
11 Marlon Redmond 23 1 2.0 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 Julius Erving 28 9 372 8.6 16.6 .517 4.9 6.5 .761 2.8 4.0 6.8 5.1 1.7 1.6 3.7 2.1 22.2
2 Joe Bryant 24 7 35 10.3 26.7 .385 1.0 2.1 .500 0.0 1.0 1.0 4.1 1.0 0.0 2.1 8.2 21.6
3 Darryl Dawkins 22 9 255 7.9 15.0 .528 4.5 6.6 .681 3.0 8.6 11.6 1.7 0.3 2.3 2.4 5.9 20.3
4 Maurice Cheeks 22 9 330 7.2 13.2 .545 4.0 6.1 .661 1.4 2.4 3.8 6.9 4.0 0.4 3.2 3.2 18.4
5 Bobby Jones 27 9 260 6.6 12.0 .552 3.0 3.6 .846 1.7 4.3 6.0 2.6 0.7 0.6 2.1 4.2 16.3
6 Eric Money 23 8 129 7.3 17.0 .426 0.6 1.1 .500 1.7 1.4 3.1 6.1 0.8 0.0 6.1 4.7 15.1
7 Steve Mix 31 9 179 6.2 11.9 .525 2.6 3.0 .867 2.4 4.6 7.0 3.2 1.2 0.0 2.2 4.0 15.1
8 Al Skinner 26 5 47 4.6 13.0 .353 4.6 6.1 .750 3.8 3.8 7.7 8.4 2.3 0.8 4.6 4.6 13.8
9 Caldwell Jones 28 9 320 4.8 10.0 .483 3.2 4.1 .778 4.2 9.5 13.6 2.4 0.5 2.5 2.4 4.1 12.8
10 Henry Bibby 29 9 231 4.1 10.4 .388 3.1 4.7 .667 1.2 1.7 3.0 6.5 0.6 0.0 3.4 4.1 11.2
11 Marlon Redmond 23 1 2 0.0 36.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Maurice Cheeks 22 9 330 21.4 .580 .545 4.3 6.6 5.5 26.2 5.1 0.6 16.6 20.4 113 100 0.8 0.5 1.3 .186
2 Julius Erving 28 9 372 22.1 .568 .517 8.5 11.0 9.8 20.7 2.2 2.3 15.9 24.9 111 103 1.0 0.4 1.3 .174
3 Darryl Dawkins 22 9 255 18.7 .568 .528 9.0 23.8 16.7 6.6 0.4 3.2 11.8 21.8 112 101 0.6 0.3 0.9 .171
4 Caldwell Jones 28 9 320 16.2 .544 .483 12.6 26.1 19.7 8.3 0.6 3.5 16.7 15.2 110 100 0.5 0.4 0.9 .142
5 Bobby Jones 27 9 260 14.7 .599 .552 5.0 11.9 8.6 9.8 0.9 0.8 13.2 16.9 116 106 0.6 0.2 0.7 .136
6 Steve Mix 31 9 179 14.6 .572 .525 7.3 12.8 10.2 11.8 1.5 0.0 14.4 16.5 113 105 0.4 0.1 0.5 .129
7 Al Skinner 26 5 47 14.7 .439 .353 11.6 10.6 11.1 29.2 2.9 1.1 22.6 21.8 95 102 0.0 0.1 0.1 .057
8 Henry Bibby 29 9 231 7.9 .449 .388 3.8 4.7 4.3 22.3 0.8 0.0 21.5 17.1 93 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001
9 Joe Bryant 24 7 35 7.3 .391 .385 0.0 2.8 1.5 17.8 1.3 0.0 6.9 31.9 87 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.051
10 Marlon Redmond 23 1 2 -29.5 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 38.6 0 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.806
11 Eric Money 23 8 129 5.7 .430 .426 5.1 3.9 4.4 23.5 1.1 0.0 26.0 25.4 78 109 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.111