1978–79 NBA season

Infobox sports season
title =1978–79 NBA season
league =National Basketball Association
sport =Basketball
TV =CBS
season =Regular season
season_champ =Seattle SuperSonics
MVP =flagicon|USA Moses Malone (Houston)
MVP_link =NBA MVP
top_scorer =flagicon|USA George Gervin (San Antonio)
playoffs =Playoffs
playoffs_link =1979 NBA Playoffs
conf1 =Eastern
conf1_link =Eastern Conference (NBA)
conf1_champ =Washington Bullets
conf1_runner-up =San Antonio Spurs
conf2 =Western
conf2_link =Western Conference (NBA)
conf2_champ =Seattle SuperSonics
conf2_runner-up =Phoenix Suns
finals =Finals
finals_link =1979 NBA Finals
finals_champ =Seattle SuperSonics
finals_runner-up =Washington Bullets
finals_MVP =flagicon|USA Dennis Johnson (Seattle)
finals_MVP_link =NBA Finals MVP
seasonslist =List of NBA seasons
seasonslistnames =NBA
prevseason_link =1977–78 NBA season
prevseason_year =1977–78
nextseason_link =1979–80 NBA season
nextseason_year =1979–80The 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

*The Buffalo Braves move from Buffalo, New York to San Diego, California and become the San Diego Clippers
*The 1979 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, with the West defeating the East 134-129 in overtime. David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets wins the game's MVP award.
*The Jazz play their final season in New Orleans, Louisiana, before moving to Salt Lake City, Utah. It would be 23 years before New Orleans received another NBA franchise.

Final standings

Eastern Conference

C - NBA Champions

1978-79 NBA statistics leaders

NBA awards

*Most Valuable Player: Moses Malone, Houston Rockets
*Rookie of the Year: Phil Ford, Kansas City Kings
*Coach of the Year: Cotton Fitzsimmons, Kansas City Kings
*All-NBA First Team:
**Paul Westphal, Phoenix Suns
**George Gervin, San Antonio Spurs
**Moses Malone, Houston Rockets
**Marques Johnson, Milwaukee Bucks
**Elvin Hayes, Washington Bullets
*All-NBA Rookie Team:
**Mychal Thompson, Portland Trail Blazers
**Terry Tyler, Detroit Pistons
**Ron Brewer, Portland Trail Blazers
**Reggie Theus, Chicago Bulls
**Phil Ford, Kansas City Kings
*NBA All-Defensive First Team:
**Bobby Jones, Philadelphia 76ers
**Bobby Dandridge, Washington Bullets
**Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
**Dennis Johnson, Seattle SuperSonics
**Don Buse, Phoenix Suns
*NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
**Maurice Lucas, Portland Trail Blazers
**M. L. Carr, Detroit Pistons
**Moses Malone, Houston Rockets
**Lionel Hollins, Portland Trail Blazers
**Eddie Johnson, Atlanta Hawks

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