who won the nba mvp in 1979

Moses Malone won the MVP award in 1978-79.

NAMEMVPSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Moses Malone
M. Malone
1
1978-79
82
41.3
24.8
17.6
1.8
1.0
1.5
8.7
16.2
54.0
7.3
9.9
73.9
60.4
7.2
10.5
4.0
3,390
2,031
1,444
147
79
119
326
223
NAMEDATEMVPSEASONTMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Moses Malone
M. Malone
4/8/1979
1
1978-79
@
46
20
12
4
3
7
14
50.0
6
8
75.0
57.1
3
1
2Moses Malone
M. Malone
4/7/1979
1
1978-79
vs
39
29
26
0
2
3
11
22
50.0
7
7
100.0
57.8
15
11
3
3Moses Malone
M. Malone
4/6/1979
1
1978-79
vs
45
30
12
3
2
0
10
15
66.7
10
12
83.3
74.0
3
9
6
3
4Moses Malone
M. Malone
4/4/1979
1
1978-79
@
45
30
21
1
6
16
37.5
18
26
69.2
54.7
3
5Moses Malone
M. Malone
4/3/1979
1
1978-79
@
43
20
22
3
7
17
41.2
6
7
85.7
49.8
0
6Moses Malone
M. Malone
4/1/1979
1
1978-79
@
46
24
20
2
0
3
10
19
52.6
4
4
100.0
57.8
8
12
3
2
7Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/30/1979
1
1978-79
@
40
36
19
2
0
3
12
20
60.0
12
14
85.7
68.8
2
8Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/28/1979
1
1978-79
vs
46
21
23
3
1
0
5
19
26.3
11
13
84.6
42.5
3
3
9Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/27/1979
1
1978-79
@
43
27
14
4
1
3
13
20
65.0
1
2
50.0
64.7
4
10
3
3
10Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/24/1979
1
1978-79
vs
35
28
13
2
0
1
11
15
73.3
6
6
100.0
79.4
4
4
11Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/23/1979
1
1978-79
@
45
33
11
3
13
20
65.0
7
12
58.3
65.3
5
2
12Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/21/1979
1
1978-79
vs
46
26
21
2
1
8
21
38.1
10
13
76.9
48.7
2
13Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/17/1979
1
1978-79
vs
46
31
24
1
1
0
8
12
66.7
15
18
83.3
77.8
7
17
4
3
14Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/16/1979
1
1978-79
vs
41
32
22
1
2
0
13
23
56.5
6
9
66.7
59.3
12
10
3
4
15Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/14/1979
1
1978-79
vs
36
18
11
6
2
1
6
13
46.2
6
7
85.7
56.0
2
16Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/10/1979
1
1978-79
vs
35
26
17
4
0
10
14
71.4
6
6
100.0
78.1
4
17Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/7/1979
1
1978-79
@
37
19
11
4
2
1
5
14
35.7
9
12
75.0
49.3
1
0
18Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/6/1979
1
1978-79
@
45
26
17
2
0
5
8
18
44.4
10
12
83.3
55.8
5
12
1
3
19Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/4/1979
1
1978-79
@
44
36
15
2
1
0
16
21
76.2
4
5
80.0
77.6
3
12
4
20Moses Malone
M. Malone
3/2/1979
1
1978-79
@
41
29
16
1
2
3
12
17
70.6
5
8
62.5
70.7
5
11
7
4
21Moses Malone
M. Malone
2/28/1979
1
1978-79
vs
33
19
16
2
2
2
8
20
40.0
3
4
75.0
43.7
8
8
3
0
22Moses Malone
M. Malone
2/27/1979
1
1978-79
@
45
24
21
2
2
1
9
15
60.0
6
7
85.7
66.4
4
3
23Moses Malone
M. Malone
2/25/1979
1
1978-79
@
43
33
25
2
0
0
11
21
52.4
11
15
73.3
59.8
8
17
4
2
24Moses Malone
M. Malone
2/22/1979
1
1978-79
@
40
35
23
3
1
14
19
73.7
7
7
100.0
79.3
4
25Moses Malone
M. Malone
2/18/1979
1
1978-79
@
48
45
15
1
14
23
60.9
17
19
89.5
71.7
5
Average0.041.324.817.61.81.21.78.716.254.07.39.973.960.414.721.46.22.7
Total13,3902,0311,444147791197161,32554.059981173.960.4587857326223

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