John Long 1978-79 Advanced Game Log

John Eddie Long

(Johnny, Lightning)

Position: Shooting Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

6-5, 195lb (196cm, 88kg)

Born: August 28, 1956 in Romulus, Michigan us

Relatives: Nephews Grant Long, Terry Mills

College: Detroit Mercy

High School: Romulus in Romulus, Michigan

Draft: Detroit Pistons, 2nd round (7th pick, 29th overall), 1978 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 13, 1978

Career Length: 14 years

1989 NBA Champ

SUMMARY

Career

893

PTS

13.6

TRB

2.8

AST

1.9

FG%

46.7

FG3%

32.2

FT%

86.2

eFG%

47.2

PER

14.2

32.0

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1978-79 Regular Season

1978-79 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
1	1	1978-10-13	22-046	DET		NJN	L (-2)	0	13:00	.250
2	2	1978-10-14	22-047	DET	@	ATL	L (-8)	0
3	3	1978-10-17	22-050	DET	@	NOJ	L (-5)	0	24:00	.549
4	4	1978-10-20	22-053	DET		PHI	L (-9)	1	42:00	.580
5	5	1978-10-21	22-054	DET	@	WSB	L (-20)	1	38:00	.462
6	6	1978-10-25	22-058	DET		CLE	W (+5)	0	35:00	.582											19.2
7	7	1978-10-27	22-060	DET		KCK	W (+5)	0	36:00	.599
8	8	1978-10-28	22-061	DET	@	SAS	L (-24)	0	12:00	.375
9	9	1978-10-31	22-064	DET	@	POR	L (-16)	1	31:00	.400											5.2
10	10	1978-11-02	22-066	DET		SEA	L (-1)	1	23:00	.364
11	11	1978-11-03	22-067	DET	@	CHI	W (+6)	1	35:00	.606											12.5
12	12	1978-11-04	22-068	DET		GSW	L (-8)	1	37:00	.400											6.4
13	13	1978-11-08	22-072	DET		MIL	W (+11)	1	25:00	.403
14	14	1978-11-10	22-074	DET		CHI	W (+14)	1	31:00	.540											10.6
15	15	1978-11-11	22-075	DET	@	PHI	L (-23)	1	22:00	.441
16	16	1978-11-12	22-076	DET	@	BOS	W (+5)	0	34:00	.706											20.2
17	17	1978-11-15	22-079	DET		LAL	L (-7)	1	31:00	.400											7.3
18	18	1978-11-18	22-082	DET		PHO	L (-14)	1	39:00	.467											17.3
19	19	1978-11-21	22-085	DET	@	NYK	L (-17)	1	36:00	.538
20	20	1978-11-24	22-088	DET		ATL	W (+2)	0	33:00	.441
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
21	21	1978-11-28	22-092	DET	@	LAL	W (+2)	0	18:00	.333											2.2
22	22	1978-11-30	22-094	DET	@	PHO	L (-10)	0	23:00	.459											5.0
23	23	1978-12-01	22-095	DET	@	DEN	L (-5)	0	31:00	.693											23.1
24	24	1978-12-02	22-096	DET	@	SDC	W (+7)	0	28:00	.566
25	25	1978-12-05	22-099	DET		BOS	L (-2)	0	27:00	.432											5.4
26	26	1978-12-07	22-101	DET		CLE	W (+16)	0	30:00	.780											22.0
27	27	1978-12-08	22-102	DET	@	IND	L (-7)	0	29:00	.262
28	28	1978-12-09	22-103	DET	@	KCK	L (-24)	0	33:00	.358
29	29	1978-12-12	22-106	DET	@	CLE	L (-17)	1	26:00	.462											6.0
30	30	1978-12-15	22-109	DET		WSB	L (-2)	1	28:00	.202
31	31	1978-12-21	22-115	DET		IND	W (+13)	0	31:00	.563
32	32	1978-12-23	22-117	DET		SAS	L (-4)	0	25:00	.597
33	33	1978-12-26	22-120	DET	@	MIL	L (-59)	0	26:00	.462
34	34	1978-12-27	22-121	DET		HOU	W (+12)	1	39:00	.524
35	35	1978-12-29	22-123	DET		SDC	L (-4)	1	32:00	.344
36	36	1978-12-30	22-124	DET	@	HOU	L (-11)	1	29:00	.423
37	37	1979-01-02	22-127	DET	@	SDC	L (-18)	0	16:00	.379
38	38	1979-01-03	22-128	DET	@	GSW	L (-15)	0	39:00	.429											7.0
39	39	1979-01-05	22-130	DET	@	POR	L (-2)	1	23:00	.500											6.7
40	40	1979-01-09	22-134	DET	@	SAS	L (-2)	1	23:00	.333
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
41	41	1979-01-11	22-136	DET		POR	W (+3)	1	43:00	.478											7.3
42	42	1979-01-13	22-138	DET		GSW	W (+5)	1	33:00	.557											12.5
43	43	1979-01-16	22-141	DET	@	NYK	L (-1)	1	33:00	.444
44	44	1979-01-17	22-142	DET	@	NJN	L (-7)	1	34:00	.600
45	45	1979-01-18	22-143	DET		PHO	L (-10)	1	28:00	.421											4.8
46	46	1979-01-20	22-145	DET		KCK	W (+12)	1	41:00	.717
47	47	1979-01-22	22-147	DET	@	DEN	W (+4)	1	27:00	.564											4.6
48	48	1979-01-25	22-150	DET		LAL	W (+35)	1	36:00	.788											17.3
49	49	1979-01-28	22-153	DET		SDC	W (+10)	1	31:00	.685
50	50	1979-01-31	22-156	DET		NYK	L (-22)	1	25:00	.467
51	51	1979-02-01	22-157	DET	@	CLE	W (+4)	1	38:00	.444											3.1
52	52	1979-02-02	22-158	DET	@	KCK	L (-16)	1	35:00	.511
53	53	1979-02-06	22-162	DET	@	HOU	L (-5)	1	26:00	.589
54	54	1979-02-07	22-163	DET	@	PHI	L (-11)	1	28:00	.421
55	55	1979-02-08	22-164	DET		NJN	L (-1)	0	23:00	.504
56	56	1979-02-10	22-166	DET		NOJ	L (-2)	1	37:00	.547
57	57	1979-02-14	22-170	DET		DEN	W (+4)	1	41:00	.737											23.9
58	58	1979-02-16	22-172	DET		HOU	W (+14)	1	33:00	.560
59	59	1979-02-18	22-174	DET		SAS	W (+20)	1	27:00	.421
60	60	1979-02-21	22-177	DET		PHI	W (+7)	1	36:00	.503
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
61	61	1979-02-25	22-181	DET		POR	L (-7)	1	40:00	.555											9.9
62	62	1979-02-27	22-183	DET	@	CHI	L (-7)	1	34:00	.693											18.1
63	63	1979-03-03	22-187	DET		NOJ	W (+9)	1	27:00	.538
64	64	1979-03-07	22-191	DET		SEA	L (-6)	1	32:00	.539
65	65	1979-03-09	22-193	DET		BOS	W (+43)	1	24:00	.538											9.9
66	66	1979-03-11	22-195	DET	@	MIL	W (+10)	1	34:00	.621
67	67	1979-03-13	22-197	DET	@	IND	L (-2)	1	37:00	.250
68	68	1979-03-15	22-199	DET		NYK	W (+5)	1	31:00	.281
69	69	1979-03-16	22-200	DET	@	BOS	L (-1)	1	9:00	1.000											0.8
70	70	1979-03-17	22-201	DET		IND	W (+7)	1	37:00	.375
71	71	1979-03-20	22-204	DET	@	NJN	L (-7)	1	31:00	.440
72	72	1979-03-21	22-205	DET	@	ATL	L (-7)	1	39:00	.667
73	73	1979-03-23	22-207	DET		WSB	W (+10)	1	39:00	.477
74	74	1979-03-25	22-209	DET	@	WSB	L (-9)	1	37:00	.417
75	75	1979-03-28	22-212	DET		DEN	L (-5)	1	28:00	.429											2.4
76	76	1979-03-30	22-214	DET	@	LAL	L (-11)	1	29:00	.583											17.3
77	77	1979-03-31	22-215	DET	@	SEA	L (-21)	1	31:00	.438
78	78	1979-04-01	22-216	DET	@	PHO	L (-11)	1	33:00	.545											17.9
79	79	1979-04-03	22-218	DET	@	GSW	L (-4)	1	32:00	.466											5.8
80	80	1979-04-05	22-220	DET	@	NOJ	W (+16)	1	29:00	.500
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
81	81	1979-04-06	22-221	DET		ATL	L (-16)	1	31:00	.658
82	82	1979-04-08	22-223	DET		CHI	L (-10)	1	28:00	.504											9.9

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