# Temporada 1978-79 de los Golden State Warriors

La temporada 1978-79 fue la trigésimo tercera de los Warriors en la NBA, la decimoséptima en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco, a donde llegaron procedentes de Filadelfia, y la octava en la ciudad de Oakland con la denominación de Golden State Warriors. La temporada regular acabó con 38 victorias y 44 derrotas, acabando en la décima posición de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 5 | Purvis Short | Alero | Estados Unidos | Jackson State |
| 1 | 22 | Raymond Townsend | Base | Estados Unidos | UCLA |
| 2 | 40 | Wayne Cooper | Pívot | Estados Unidos | New Orleans |
| 5 | 101 | Bubba Wilson | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Western Carolina |

## Temporada regular

División Pacífico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 31-10 | 21-20 | 11–9 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 50 | 32 | .610 | 2 | 32–9 | 18–23 | 11–9 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 5 | 31–10 | 16–25 | 11–9 |
| x-Portland Trail Blazers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 7 | 33–8 | 12–29 | 8–12 |
| San Diego Clippers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 29–12 | 14–27 | 11–9 |
| Golden State Warriors | 38 | 44 | .463 | 14 | 23–18 | 15–26 | 8–12 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Phil Smith | 26 | 59 | 38.8 | 8.3 | 16.6 | .501 | 3.3 | 4.3 | .761 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 19.9 |
| 2 | John Lucas | 25 | 82 | 37.7 | 6.5 | 14.0 | .462 | 3.2 | 3.9 | .822 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 16.1 |
| 3 | Sonny Parker | 23 | 79 | 36.6 | 6.5 | 12.9 | .502 | 2.2 | 2.8 | .788 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 15.2 |
| 4 | Robert Parish | 25 | 76 | 31.7 | 7.3 | 14.6 | .499 | 2.6 | 3.7 | .698 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 12.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 17.2 |
| 5 | Jo Jo White | 32 | 29 | 30.4 | 5.1 | 10.8 | .475 | 2.1 | 2.4 | .870 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
| 6 | Clifford Ray | 30 | 82 | 23.4 | 2.8 | 5.4 | .526 | 1.3 | 2.3 | .558 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 6.9 |
| 7 | Purvis Short | 21 | 75 | 22.7 | 4.9 | 10.3 | .479 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .671 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 10.6 |
| 8 | Tom Abernethy | 24 | 70 | 17.4 | 2.5 | 4.9 | .515 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .745 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 6.0 |
| 9 | Nate Williams | 28 | 81 | 16.0 | 3.5 | 7.0 | .501 | 1.3 | 1.4 | .872 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 8.3 |
| 10 | Wayne Cooper | 22 | 65 | 12.2 | 2.0 | 4.5 | .437 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .672 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| 11 | Raymond Townsend | 23 | 65 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 4.4 | .439 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .735 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| 12 | Wesley Cox | 24 | 31 | 11.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | .431 | 1.3 | 3.0 | .435 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.7 |
| 13 | Tony Robertson | 23 | 12 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 3.3 | .375 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .667 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Ray Epps | 22 | 13 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .435 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .750 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 |