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1978-79 NBA season

1978–79 NBA season
League National Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration October 13, 1978 – April 8, 1979
Number of games 82
Number of teams 22
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
Champions Seattle SuperSonics
  Runners-up Washington Bullets
Finals MVP Dennis Johnson (Seattle)
NBA seasons

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.







Notes

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


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