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1978-1979 NBA season

1978–79 NBA season

1978–79 NBA season
League National Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration October 13, 1978 – April 8, 1979
TV partner/s CBS
Draft
Top draft pick Mychal Thompson
Picked by Portland Trail Blazers
Regular season
Season MVP Moses Malone (Houston)
Top scorer George Gervin (San Antonio)
Playoffs
Eastern champions Washington Bullets
Eastern runners-up San Antonio Spurs
Western champions Seattle SuperSonics
Western runners-up Phoenix Suns
Finals
Finals champions Seattle SuperSonics
Runners-up Washington Bullets
Finals MVP Dennis Johnson (Seattle)
NBA seasons
← 1977–78

1979–80 →

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.

Notable occurrences

Final standings

By division

By conference


Notes

Statistics leaders

NBA awards

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

See also






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