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30-52, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 107.5 points per game, Allowed 110.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 34-48)
Coached by Jerry Sloan (30-52)
Arena: Chicago Stadium / Attendance: 363,605 (16th of 22 available)
SRS: -2.63 (17th of 22) / Pace Factor: 101.8 (15th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 104.3 (14th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 107.0 (15th of 22)
1979-80 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 13, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | OT | 102 | 96 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sun, Oct 14, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 112 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 16, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 96 | 105 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Oct 18, 1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 107 | 111 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 20, 1979 | Phoenix Suns | W | 116 | 104 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Oct 21, 1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 111 | 113 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 23, 1979 | New Jersey Nets | W | 108 | 103 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Oct 25, 1979 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 105 | 113 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Oct 26, 1979 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 93 | 95 | 3 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Oct 28, 1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 97 | 108 | 3 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Oct 30, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 111 | 3 | 8 | L 4 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 2, 1979 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 99 | 113 | 3 | 9 | L 5 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 3, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 134 | 136 | 3 | 10 | L 6 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 6, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 97 | 114 | 3 | 11 | L 7 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 9, 1979 | San Diego Clippers | W | 107 | 92 | 4 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 10, 1979 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 90 | 94 | 4 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 13, 1979 | Houston Rockets | L | 127 | 128 | 4 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 14, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 105 | 118 | 4 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 16, 1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 97 | 103 | 4 | 15 | L 4 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Nov 17, 1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | OT | 106 | 103 | 5 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 20, 1979 | Denver Nuggets | L | 91 | 124 | 5 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Nov 23, 1979 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 103 | 98 | 6 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Nov 24, 1979 | Golden State Warriors | L | 101 | 106 | 6 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Nov 27, 1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 103 | 128 | 6 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 107 | 100 | 7 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 86 | 99 | 7 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Wed, Dec 5, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 90 | 97 | 7 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 7, 1979 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 95 | 93 | 8 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 9, 1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 121 | 112 | 9 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 11, 1979 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 104 | 93 | 10 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 15, 1979 | Washington Bullets | L | 113 | 115 | 10 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 18, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 129 | 10 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 19, 1979 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 108 | 102 | 11 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 21, 1979 | Phoenix Suns | L | 117 | 127 | 11 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 126 | 117 | 12 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 26, 1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 101 | 110 | 12 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 120 | 12 | 25 | L 2 | |||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 4, 1980 | San Diego Clippers | W | 121 | 118 | 13 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 117 | 124 | 13 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 8, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 110 | 102 | 14 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 83 | 104 | 14 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 11, 1980 | Indiana Pacers | L | 105 | 110 | 14 | 28 | L 2 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 13, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 102 | 107 | 14 | 29 | L 3 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 15, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 111 | 109 | 15 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 16, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 114 | 15 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 18, 1980 | Utah Jazz | L | 102 | 107 | 15 | 31 | L 2 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | W | 117 | 108 | 16 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 22, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 145 | 131 | 17 | 31 | W 2 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Jan 25, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 113 | 107 | 18 | 31 | W 3 | |||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 104 | 109 | 18 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 27, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 127 | 128 | 18 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 29, 1980 | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 103 | 18 | 34 | L 3 | |||
| 53 | Thu, Jan 31, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 97 | 107 | 18 | 35 | L 4 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 5, 1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 106 | 116 | 18 | 36 | L 5 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 6, 1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 111 | 122 | 18 | 37 | L 6 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 8, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | L | 109 | 113 | 18 | 38 | L 7 | |||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 10, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 123 | 117 | 19 | 38 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 12, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | W | 100 | 94 | 20 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 13, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 101 | 111 | 20 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 15, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 124 | 131 | 20 | 40 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 92 | 100 | 20 | 41 | L 3 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 17, 1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 100 | 108 | 20 | 42 | L 4 | ||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 19, 1980 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 115 | 106 | 21 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Wed, Feb 20, 1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 117 | 125 | 21 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 24, 1980 | San Diego Clippers | W | 110 | 102 | 22 | 43 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Tue, Feb 26, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 105 | 85 | 23 | 43 | W 2 | |||
| 67 | Fri, Feb 29, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 101 | 108 | 23 | 44 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 2, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 107 | 110 | 23 | 45 | L 2 | ||
| 69 | Wed, Mar 5, 1980 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 106 | 105 | 24 | 45 | W 1 | ||
| 70 | Fri, Mar 7, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 99 | 101 | 24 | 46 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 9, 1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 103 | 113 | 24 | 47 | L 2 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 11, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 100 | 98 | 25 | 47 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 14, 1980 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 101 | 122 | 25 | 48 | L 1 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 15, 1980 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 110 | 108 | 26 | 48 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 18, 1980 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 115 | 101 | 27 | 48 | W 2 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 19, 1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 100 | 103 | 27 | 49 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 21, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | L | 3OT | 128 | 134 | 27 | 50 | L 2 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 23, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | W | 129 | 115 | 28 | 50 | W 1 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 25, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 111 | 122 | 28 | 51 | L 1 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 26, 1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 122 | 115 | 29 | 51 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 29, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 111 | 106 | 30 | 51 | W 2 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 30, 1980 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 110 | 114 | 30 | 52 | L 1 |