# Temporada 1978-79 de los New Orleans Jazz

La temporada 1978-79 fue la quinta de los New Orleans Jazz en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 26 victorias y 56 derrotas, ocupando el undécimo puesto de la Conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 11 | James Hardy | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | San Francisco |
| 2 | 35 | Tommie Green | Base | Estados Unidos | Southern |
| 5 | 96 | Duck Williams | Base | Estados Unidos | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 118 | John Douglas | Base | Estados Unidos | Kansas |
| 8 | 158 | Carl Kilpatrick | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 10 | 190 | Rickey Williams | Base | Estados Unidos | Long Beach State |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 29–12 | 19–22 | 11–9 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 | 30–11 | 17–24 | 12–8 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2 | 34–7 | 12–29 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 20–21 | 10–31 | 6–14 |
| Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 22–19 | 8–33 | 9–11 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 22 | 21–20 | 8–33 | 9–15 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Truck Robinson | 27 | 43 | 41.4 | 9.2 | 19.0 | .485 | 5.7 | 7.9 | .723 | 3.2 | 10.2 | 13.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 24.2 |
| 2 | Spencer Haywood | 29 | 34 | 39.4 | 10.2 | 20.5 | .497 | 3.6 | 4.3 | .849 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 24.0 |
| 3 | Pete Maravich | 31 | 49 | 37.2 | 8.9 | 21.1 | .421 | 4.8 | 5.7 | .841 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 22.6 |
| 4 | Jim McElroy | 25 | 79 | 34.2 | 6.8 | 13.9 | .491 | 3.3 | 4.3 | .762 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 16.9 |
| 5 | Rich Kelley | 25 | 80 | 33.8 | 5.5 | 10.9 | .506 | 4.7 | 5.7 | .814 | 3.8 | 9.0 | 12.8 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 15.7 |
| 6 | Gail Goodrich | 35 | 74 | 28.8 | 5.2 | 11.5 | .449 | 2.4 | 2.8 | .853 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 12.7 |
| 7 | Ron Lee | 26 | 17 | 23.4 | 2.6 | 7.3 | .363 | 1.4 | 2.2 | .649 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 6.7 |
| 8 | James Hardy | 22 | 68 | 21.4 | 2.9 | 6.3 | .460 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .693 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 6.7 |
| 9 | Aaron James | 26 | 73 | 19.4 | 4.3 | 8.6 | .494 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .750 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Ira Terrell | 24 | 31 | 18.5 | 2.0 | 4.6 | .438 | 0.9 | 1.2 | .711 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 4.9 |
| 11 | Paul Griffin | 25 | 77 | 18.2 | 1.4 | 2.9 | .475 | 1.2 | 1.9 | .619 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 12 | Joe Meriweather | 25 | 36 | 17.8 | 2.3 | 5.2 | .449 | 1.4 | 2.2 | .654 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 6.1 |
| 13 | Marty Byrnes | 22 | 36 | 14.7 | 2.2 | 4.6 | .470 | 0.9 | 1.5 | .611 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| 14 | Tommie Green | 22 | 59 | 13.7 | 1.6 | 4.0 | .388 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .762 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
| 15 | Gus Bailey | 27 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 3.5 | .286 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Pete Maravich | All-Star |