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47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Larry Brown (28-25), Donnie Walsh (19-10)
Points Per Game: 110.7 (9th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.5 (7th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (11th of 22)
Arena: McNichols Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 603,356 (2nd of 22)
SRS: 1.24 (10th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.9 (13th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 104.4 (10th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.2 (11th of 22)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 13, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 118 | 117 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 15, 1978 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 98 | 94 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 18, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 125 | 113 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 20, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 126 | 117 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 21, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 125 | 130 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 25, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | W | 108 | 104 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Oct 27, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 99 | 112 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Sun, Oct 29, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 134 | 121 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 31, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 134 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 3, 1978 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 110 | 93 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 4, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 107 | 109 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 9, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 109 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 10, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 150 | 132 | 9 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 11, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | L | 113 | 117 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 14, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 100 | 106 | 9 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 15, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | OT | 103 | 109 | 9 | 7 | L 3 | |
| 17 | Fri, Nov 17, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 118 | 120 | 9 | 8 | L 4 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 18, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 114 | 119 | 9 | 9 | L 5 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 22, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 111 | 113 | 9 | 10 | L 6 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 24, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 103 | 100 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 25, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 104 | 110 | 10 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Nov 28, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 100 | 117 | 10 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Nov 30, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 105 | 111 | 10 | 13 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 1, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | W | 125 | 120 | 11 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 104 | 93 | 12 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 6, 1978 | New Jersey Nets | W | 92 | 83 | 13 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 113 | 103 | 14 | 13 | W 4 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 12, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 107 | 103 | 15 | 13 | W 5 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 15, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 113 | 116 | 15 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 17, 1978 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 110 | 123 | 15 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 20, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 121 | 112 | 16 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 22, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 107 | 103 | 17 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 26, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 106 | 17 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 34 | Thu, Dec 28, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | L | 107 | 111 | 17 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 29, 1978 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 117 | 123 | 17 | 18 | L 3 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 30, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 87 | 113 | 17 | 19 | L 4 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 2, 1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 99 | 97 | 18 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 3, 1979 | Kansas City Kings | L | 101 | 108 | 18 | 20 | L 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 5, 1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 95 | 92 | 19 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 6, 1979 | Boston Celtics | W | 127 | 98 | 20 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 9, 1979 | Washington Bullets | W | 121 | 90 | 21 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 12, 1979 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 126 | 119 | 22 | 20 | W 4 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 14, 1979 | Indiana Pacers | W | 111 | 109 | 23 | 20 | W 5 | |||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 16, 1979 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | W | 104 | 100 | 24 | 20 | W 6 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 17, 1979 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 101 | 119 | 24 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 19, 1979 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 101 | 98 | 25 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 20, 1979 | Golden State Warriors | W | 109 | 106 | 26 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 48 | Mon, Jan 22, 1979 | Detroit Pistons | L | 117 | 121 | 26 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 23, 1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 107 | 108 | 26 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 24, 1979 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 116 | 117 | 26 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Jan 26, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 119 | 107 | 27 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 28, 1979 | Chicago Bulls | W | 98 | 87 | 28 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 30, 1979 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 76 | 82 | 28 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 2, 1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 100 | 124 | 28 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 7, 1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 120 | 105 | 29 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 9, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 106 | 104 | 30 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 11, 1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 87 | 126 | 30 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 13, 1979 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 104 | 94 | 31 | 27 | W 1 | ||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 14, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 107 | 111 | 31 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 16, 1979 | San Diego Clippers | L | 104 | 118 | 31 | 29 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 18, 1979 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 115 | 112 | 32 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 21, 1979 | Indiana Pacers | W | 114 | 109 | 33 | 29 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 24, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 132 | 117 | 34 | 29 | W 3 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 25, 1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 111 | 119 | 34 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 27, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 121 | 106 | 35 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 28, 1979 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 97 | 122 | 35 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Fri, Mar 2, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 105 | 36 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 4, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 113 | 99 | 37 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 6, 1979 | Houston Rockets | L | 118 | 119 | 37 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 11, 1979 | Washington Bullets | L | 98 | 119 | 37 | 33 | L 2 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 14, 1979 | New Jersey Nets | W | 120 | 100 | 38 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 17, 1979 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 118 | 111 | 39 | 33 | W 2 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 20, 1979 | Golden State Warriors | W | 113 | 102 | 40 | 33 | W 3 | |||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 23, 1979 | Boston Celtics | W | 137 | 113 | 41 | 33 | W 4 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 25, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 123 | 113 | 42 | 33 | W 5 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 28, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 110 | 43 | 33 | W 6 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 30, 1979 | San Diego Clippers | W | 130 | 121 | 44 | 33 | W 7 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 1, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 89 | 105 | 44 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 3, 1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 110 | 97 | 45 | 34 | W 1 | ||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 5, 1979 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 107 | 46 | 34 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 6, 1979 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 107 | 101 | 47 | 34 | W 3 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 8, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 111 | 112 | 47 | 35 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 10, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 110 | 105 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 13, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 109 | 121 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Apr 15, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 111 | 112 | 1 | 2 | L 2 |