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1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	New Orleans Jazz (NBA)New Orleans Jazz
end_year	1979
wins	26
losses	56
division	Central
division_place	6
conf_place	11
coach	Elgin Baylor
arena	Louisiana Superdome
television	WGNO
radio	WWL
playoffs	[Did not qualify](1979-nba-playoffs)
bbr_team	NOJ
prev_name	New Orleans Jazz
next_name	Utah Jazz

The 1978–79 New Orleans Jazz season was their fifth season in the NBA and its last in New Orleans. The Jazz averaged 108.3 points per game (ranked 15th in NBA) while allowing an average of 114.6 points per game (ranked 21st in NBA). The attendance was 364,205 (ranked 18th in NBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	11	James Hardy		United States	San Francisco

Roster

Elgin Baylor
Bill Bertka

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

The Jazz missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season.

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Jim McElroy	79	215	453	148	49	1337
Rich Kelley	80	1026	285	126	166	1253
Pete Maravich	79	422	488	120	18	1700
Truck Robinson	43	577	74	29	63	1039
Gail Goodrich	74	183	357	90	13	938
Spencer Haywood	34	327	71	30	53	816
Aaron James	73	248	78	28	21	727
James Hardy	68	310	65	52	61	453
Paul Griffin	77	391	138	54	36	303
Tommie Green	59	68	140	61	6	232
Joe C. Meriweather	36	184	31	17	41	219
Marty Byrnes	36	94	43	12	8	189
Ira Terrell	31	109	26	15	22	153
Ron Lee	17	55	73	38	2	114
Gus Bailey	2	2	2	0	0	4

Relocation to Utah

By 1979, the Jazz were sinking under the weight of $5 million in losses over five years. Original owner Sam Battistone decided to move to Salt Lake City, even though it was a smaller market than New Orleans at the time. However, Salt Lake City had proven it could support a pro basketball team when it played host to the American Basketball Association's Utah Stars from 1970 to 1976.

Professional basketball returned to New Orleans, when the Charlotte Hornets relocated there, in 2002. The team became the Pelicans in 2013 season, and the 1988-2002 history of the Hornets returned to the Bobcats, who reinstated the Hornets name prior to the 2014–15 season.

References

Jazz on Basketball Reference

References

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