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31-51, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 104.7 points per game, Allowed 108.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 31-51)
Coached by Larry Costello (20-36) and Scotty Robertson (11-15)
Arena: Chicago Stadium / Attendance: 368,968 (16th of 22 available)
SRS: -3.78 (19th of 22) / Pace Factor: 102.9 (19th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 101.3 (20th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 105.1 (16th of 22)
1978-79 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 13, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 86 | 104 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 15, 1978 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 108 | 97 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 17, 1978 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 94 | 99 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 20, 1978 | San Diego Clippers | L | 94 | 110 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 21, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 104 | 113 | 1 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 24, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | L | 117 | 123 | 1 | 5 | L 4 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Oct 27, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | L | 110 | 115 | 1 | 6 | L 5 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 28, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 92 | 116 | 1 | 7 | L 6 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 31, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 92 | 97 | 1 | 8 | L 7 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 1, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 118 | 1 | 9 | L 8 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 3, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | L | 93 | 99 | 1 | 10 | L 9 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 4, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | W | 97 | 84 | 2 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 7, 1978 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 111 | 112 | 2 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 10, 1978 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 101 | 115 | 2 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 11, 1978 | New Jersey Nets | L | 112 | 125 | 2 | 13 | L 3 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 15, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 117 | 103 | 3 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 17, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 100 | 89 | 4 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 19, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 104 | 4 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 22, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 96 | 98 | 4 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 24, 1978 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 100 | 99 | 5 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Nov 26, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 109 | 125 | 5 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Nov 28, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | W | 124 | 112 | 6 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 105 | 91 | 7 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 5, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 96 | 91 | 8 | 16 | W 3 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 8, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 100 | 99 | 9 | 16 | W 4 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 101 | 96 | 10 | 16 | W 5 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 12, 1978 | Golden State Warriors | W | 99 | 94 | 11 | 16 | W 6 | |||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 15, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 118 | 11 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 16, 1978 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 108 | 100 | 12 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 17, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 101 | 117 | 12 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Tue, Dec 19, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 101 | 95 | 13 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Wed, Dec 20, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 102 | 131 | 13 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Fri, Dec 22, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 92 | 103 | 13 | 20 | L 2 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 26, 1978 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 109 | 115 | 13 | 21 | L 3 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 28, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 111 | 107 | 14 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Dec 29, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | W | 123 | 117 | 15 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 2, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 86 | 109 | 15 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 3, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 98 | 111 | 15 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 5, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 124 | 119 | 16 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 9, 1979 | Golden State Warriors | L | 101 | 103 | 16 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 10, 1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 120 | 116 | 17 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 12, 1979 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 93 | 100 | 17 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 14, 1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 99 | 104 | 17 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 19, 1979 | Washington Bullets | L | 102 | 113 | 17 | 27 | L 3 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 20, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 101 | 107 | 17 | 28 | L 4 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 21, 1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 93 | 94 | 17 | 29 | L 5 | ||
| 47 | Tue, Jan 23, 1979 | Boston Celtics | W | 100 | 90 | 18 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 26, 1979 | San Diego Clippers | L | 91 | 107 | 18 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 28, 1979 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 87 | 98 | 18 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Jan 30, 1979 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 108 | 112 | 18 | 32 | L 3 | |||
| 51 | Thu, Feb 1, 1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 105 | 128 | 18 | 33 | L 4 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 2, 1979 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 116 | 110 | 19 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 6, 1979 | Indiana Pacers | W | 110 | 107 | 20 | 33 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 9, 1979 | Kansas City Kings | L | 114 | 124 | 20 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 11, 1979 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 108 | 110 | 20 | 35 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 13, 1979 | Denver Nuggets | L | 94 | 104 | 20 | 36 | L 3 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 16, 1979 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 107 | 104 | 21 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 18, 1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 107 | 130 | 21 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 20, 1979 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 99 | 97 | 22 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 23, 1979 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 102 | 111 | 22 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 25, 1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 108 | 117 | 22 | 39 | L 2 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 27, 1979 | Detroit Pistons | W | 124 | 117 | 23 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 28, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 113 | 124 | 23 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Sat, Mar 3, 1979 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 101 | 119 | 23 | 41 | L 2 | ||
| 65 | Thu, Mar 8, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 117 | 132 | 23 | 42 | L 3 | ||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 9, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 102 | 92 | 24 | 42 | W 1 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 11, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 109 | 107 | 25 | 42 | W 2 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 13, 1979 | New Jersey Nets | W | 105 | 102 | 26 | 42 | W 3 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 16, 1979 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 118 | 124 | 26 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 17, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 88 | 106 | 26 | 44 | L 2 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 18, 1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 103 | 114 | 26 | 45 | L 3 | ||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 21, 1979 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 105 | 114 | 26 | 46 | L 4 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 23, 1979 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 116 | 99 | 27 | 46 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 24, 1979 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 148 | 143 | 28 | 46 | W 2 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 25, 1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 88 | 99 | 28 | 47 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 27, 1979 | Houston Rockets | L | 116 | 122 | 28 | 48 | L 2 | |||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 28, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 96 | 112 | 28 | 49 | L 3 | ||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 30, 1979 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 121 | 105 | 29 | 49 | W 1 | ||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 31, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 99 | 108 | 29 | 50 | L 1 | |||
| 80 | Tue, Apr 3, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 97 | 29 | 51 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 6, 1979 | Washington Bullets | W | 128 | 114 | 30 | 51 | W 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 8, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 117 | 107 | 31 | 51 | W 2 |