1978–79 NBA season
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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.
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1978–79 NBA season | |
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League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | October 13, 1978 – April 8, 1979 April 10 – May 18, 1979 (Playoffs) May 20 – June 1, 1979 (Finals) |
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 | |
Top seed | Washington Bullets |
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) |
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