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1979-80 Atlanta Hawks

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50-32, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 104.5 points per game, Allowed 101.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 49-33)
Coached by Hubie Brown (50-32)

Arena: Omni Coliseum / Attendance: 449,843 (11th of 22 available)

SRS: 2.82 (7th of 22) / Pace Factor: 98.9 (20th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 105.2 (12th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 102.3 (6th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers

1979-80 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 12, 1979 New York Knickerbockers W 121 104 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers L 101 115 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Oct 16, 1979 San Antonio Spurs L 116 118 1 2 L 2
4 Wed, Oct 17, 1979 @ Washington Bullets L 97 100 1 3 L 3
5 Thu, Oct 18, 1979 Indiana Pacers W 115 85 2 3 W 1
6 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 @ Houston Rockets L 102 107 2 4 L 1
7 Tue, Oct 23, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 121 111 3 4 W 1
8 Wed, Oct 24, 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers W 128 118 4 4 W 2
9 Fri, Oct 26, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets W 94 90 5 4 W 3
10 Sat, Oct 27, 1979 Boston Celtics L 95 100 5 5 L 1
11 Wed, Oct 31, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers W 102 97 6 5 W 1
12 Fri, Nov 2, 1979 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 85 81 7 5 W 2
13 Sat, Nov 3, 1979 New Jersey Nets W 110 107 8 5 W 3
14 Tue, Nov 6, 1979 @ New York Knickerbockers W 98 96 9 5 W 4
15 Wed, Nov 7, 1979 @ Detroit Pistons W 115 107 10 5 W 5
16 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 Washington Bullets W 109 105 11 5 W 6
17 Tue, Nov 13, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets L 82 101 11 6 L 1
18 Wed, Nov 14, 1979 Utah Jazz W 108 97 12 6 W 1
19 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 Houston Rockets L 100 102 12 7 L 1
20 Tue, Nov 20, 1979 Detroit Pistons W 109 105 13 7 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 93 96 13 8 L 1
22 Fri, Nov 23, 1979 @ Chicago Bulls L 98 103 13 9 L 2
23 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 Boston Celtics L 101 106 13 10 L 3
24 Tue, Nov 27, 1979 @ San Antonio Spurs W 143 120 14 10 W 1
25 Wed, Nov 28, 1979 Portland Trail Blazers W 106 99 15 10 W 2
26 Fri, Nov 30, 1979 @ Houston Rockets L 95 106 15 11 L 1
27 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 San Diego Clippers W 106 96 16 11 W 1
28 Sun, Dec 2, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 108 126 16 12 L 1
29 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 @ Boston Celtics W 120 92 17 12 W 1
30 Sat, Dec 8, 1979 @ Washington Bullets L 95 96 17 13 L 1
31 Sun, Dec 9, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets W 122 85 18 13 W 1
32 Wed, Dec 12, 1979 New York Knickerbockers W 114 102 19 13 W 2
33 Fri, Dec 14, 1979 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 103 98 20 13 W 3
34 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers W 112 96 21 13 W 4
35 Tue, Dec 18, 1979 @ New York Knickerbockers L 99 101 21 14 L 1
36 Wed, Dec 19, 1979 Los Angeles Lakers W 119 112 22 14 W 1
37 Thu, Dec 20, 1979 @ Detroit Pistons W 122 103 23 14 W 2
38 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers L 110 130 23 15 L 1
39 Thu, Dec 27, 1979 Houston Rockets W 112 110 24 15 W 1
40 Sat, Dec 29, 1979 Detroit Pistons W 115 104 25 15 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 3, 1980 New Jersey Nets L 119 126 25 16 L 1
42 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 Kansas City Kings L 107 112 25 17 L 2
43 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers W 111 107 26 17 W 1
44 Fri, Jan 11, 1980 @ Boston Celtics L 93 108 26 18 L 1
45 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 San Antonio Spurs W 120 101 27 18 W 1
46 Sun, Jan 13, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs W 107 104 28 18 W 2
47 Wed, Jan 16, 1980 @ San Diego Clippers L 108 111 28 19 L 1
48 Thu, Jan 17, 1980 @ Phoenix Suns L 99 101 28 20 L 2
49 Fri, Jan 18, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 102 108 28 21 L 3
50 Tue, Jan 22, 1980 @ Kansas City Kings L 89 101 28 22 L 4
51 Wed, Jan 23, 1980 Seattle Supersonics L 96 98 28 23 L 5
52 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 Chicago Bulls W 109 104 29 23 W 1
53 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs W 118 111 30 23 W 2
54 Tue, Jan 29, 1980 Washington Bullets W 98 82 31 23 W 3
55 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 Golden State Warriors W OT 111 107 32 23 W 4
56 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 @ Utah Jazz W 92 90 33 23 W 5
57 Sun, Feb 10, 1980 @ Golden State Warriors W OT 98 96 34 23 W 6
58 Tue, Feb 12, 1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 95 89 35 23 W 7
59 Wed, Feb 13, 1980 @ Seattle Supersonics L 86 93 35 24 L 1
60 Fri, Feb 15, 1980 @ Denver Nuggets L 98 111 35 25 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 @ Detroit Pistons W 108 99 36 25 W 1
62 Wed, Feb 20, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks W 106 103 37 25 W 2
63 Fri, Feb 22, 1980 Phoenix Suns W 111 104 38 25 W 3
64 Tue, Feb 26, 1980 @ Boston Celtics L 97 108 38 26 L 1
65 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 Indiana Pacers W 116 111 39 26 W 1
66 Fri, Feb 29, 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 111 103 40 26 W 2
67 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 Denver Nuggets W 100 93 41 26 W 3
68 Tue, Mar 4, 1980 Houston Rockets L 83 93 41 27 L 1
69 Fri, Mar 7, 1980 @ Indiana Pacers W 99 94 42 27 W 1
70 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 @ Houston Rockets W 97 79 43 27 W 2
71 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 New York Knickerbockers W 98 92 44 27 W 3
72 Tue, Mar 11, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L OT 97 102 44 28 L 1
73 Fri, Mar 14, 1980 Boston Celtics W 88 87 45 28 W 1
74 Sun, Mar 16, 1980 Indiana Pacers W 95 90 46 28 W 2
75 Tue, Mar 18, 1980 @ New York Knickerbockers L 110 111 46 29 L 1
76 Wed, Mar 19, 1980 Washington Bullets W 109 93 47 29 W 1
77 Fri, Mar 21, 1980 Detroit Pistons W 108 95 48 29 W 2
78 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 San Antonio Spurs W 103 95 49 29 W 3
79 Wed, Mar 26, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 81 84 49 30 L 1
80 Thu, Mar 27, 1980 New Jersey Nets W 117 100 50 30 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Mar 28, 1980 @ Washington Bullets L 80 100 50 31 L 1
82 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 102 111 50 32 L 2

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Apr 6, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 107 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Apr 9, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 92 99 0 2 L 2
3 Thu, Apr 10, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers W 105 93 1 2 W 1
4 Sun, Apr 13, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L 83 107 1 3 L 1
5 Tue, Apr 15, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 100 105 1 4 L 2