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";s:4:"text";s:5594:"(1) Seattle SuperSonics & (2) Kansas City Kings have first round byes. This is the most recent time that a Western Conference team not based in Texas or California has won an NBA title, and the last of only two occasions alongside the 1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers when a team from the present-day Northwest Division has won the league title, which is by 27 years the longest league championship drought for any division of the four major North American sports leagues. This article related to Basketball is short. The SuperSonics defeated the Bullets 4 games to 1. Die Liste der NBA-Finals führt die Endspielserien um die Meisterschaft der National Basketball Association (NBA) seit 1947 auf. Unable to verify your NBA partner. https://basketball.fandom.com/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals?oldid=67666. Privacy Policy 1979 NBA Finals. The Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics played the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets, with the Bullets holding home-court advantage, due to a better regular season record. Basketball Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. You could also do it yourself at any point in time. Dennis Johnson of the SuperSonics was named as the NBA Finals MVP, while Gus Williams of the SuperSonics was the top scorer, averaging 28.6 points per game. The remaining nineteen titles since 1980 have been won by Eastern Conference teams. This was the first time that three of the former ABA teams made the playoffs, as it was the NBA playoff debut of the New Jersey Nets. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. [3] Es wird im Modus Best-of-Seven gespielt. The SuperSonics defeated the Bullets 4 games to 1. Or write about sports? PLEASE do expand it! Coincidentally, this series (along with the 1978 NBA Finals) was informally known as the George Washington series, because both teams were playing in places named after the first President of the United States (the SuperSonics represented Seattle, the most populous city in the state of Washington, and the Bullets represented Washington, D.C., albeit playing in nearby Landover, Maryland). Find out more. All rights reserved. (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets: 76ers win series 2–0, (4) Houston Rockets vs. (5) Atlanta Hawks: Hawks win series 2–0, (1) Washington Bullets vs. (5) Atlanta Hawks: Bullets win series 4–3, (2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers: Spurs win series 4–3, (1) Washington Bullets vs. (2) San Antonio Spurs: Bullets win series 4-3, (1) Washington Bullets vs. (1) Seattle SuperSonics: Sonics win series 4-1, Basketball-Reference.com's 1979 NBA Playoffs page, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1979_NBA_playoffs&oldid=934011203, Articles containing potentially dated statements from May 2019, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 January 2020, at 06:38. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. |Customer Support, NBA Video features NBA video and highlights. The 1979 NBA Finals the championship series played at the conclusion of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1978–79 season. The series was a rematch of the 1978 NBA Finals which the Washington Bullets had won 4–3. Finals MVP: Dennis Johnson (22.6 / 6.0 / 6.0) 1979 Playoff Leaders: PTS: Gus Williams (454) TRB: Elvin Hayes (266) AST: Tom Henderson (107) WS: Gus Williams (2.7) More playoffs info. The Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics played the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets, with the Bullets holding home-court advantage, due to a better regular season record. The 1979 NBA World Championship Series at the conclusion of the 1978–79 season were won by the Seattle SuperSonics defeating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1. The Finals was a rematch of 1978, in which Washington defeated Seattle 4–3. The remaining twenty titles since 1980 have been won by Eastern Conference teams. The Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics played the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets , with the Bullets holding home-court advantage, due to a better regular season record. We have created a browser extension. This was Seattle's second men's professional sports championship, following the Seattle Metropolitans' Stanley Cup victory in the 1917 Stanley Cup Finals. Edit. NBA Basketball Wikia is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Both earned a first-round bye. Seattle made a key offseason trade sending Marvin Webster to the New York Knicks for Lonnie Shelton. To install click the Add extension button. As of the 2018–19 season[update], this remains the last time the Bullets (now the Wizards) have advanced as far as the Conference Finals. https://nba-basketball.fandom.com/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals?oldid=810. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. No videos available at this time. Your NBA League Pass account has reached its maximum number of streams. Dennis Johnson of the SuperSonics was named as the NBA Finals MVP, while Gus Williams of the SuperSonics was the top scorer, averaging 28.6 points per game. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. Please check back later. The Sonics earned their only NBA title. This was Seattle's second men's professional sports championship, following the Seattle Metropolitans' Stanley Cup victory in the 1917 Stanley Cup Finals. ";s:7:"keyword";s:15:"1979 nba finals";s:5:"links";s:1188:"Lion King Broadway Cast Original, Anthony Rendon Hall Of Fame, L' En Tailleur - Sugar Shack, Joe Morgan Number, Western Reserve High School Ohio, Nickname For Elijah In Spanish, Don Gullett Family, Best Mlb Players Of All-time By Team, Communication Iep Goals, Clipsal Classic, ";s:7:"expired";i:-1;}