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1978-79 Detroit Pistons

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30-52, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 110.0 points per game, Allowed 112.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 34-48)
Coached by Dick Vitale (30-52)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome / Attendance: 389,936 (15th of 22 available)

SRS: -2.60 (16th of 22) / Pace Factor: 107.2 (6th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.1 (17th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 104.6 (15th of 22)

1978-79 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 13, 1978 New Jersey Nets L 105 107 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 14, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks L 114 122 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Oct 17, 1978 @ New Orleans Jazz L 109 114 0 3 L 3
4 Fri, Oct 20, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers L 117 126 0 4 L 4
5 Sat, Oct 21, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 99 119 0 5 L 5
6 Wed, Oct 25, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers W 110 105 1 5 W 1
7 Fri, Oct 27, 1978 Kansas City Kings W 107 102 2 5 W 2
8 Sat, Oct 28, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs L 126 150 2 6 L 1
9 Tue, Oct 31, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 112 2 7 L 2
10 Thu, Nov 2, 1978 Seattle Supersonics L 94 95 2 8 L 3
11 Fri, Nov 3, 1978 @ Chicago Bulls W 99 93 3 8 W 1
12 Sat, Nov 4, 1978 Golden State Warriors L 95 103 3 9 L 1
13 Wed, Nov 8, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks W 117 106 4 9 W 1
14 Fri, Nov 10, 1978 Chicago Bulls W 115 101 5 9 W 2
15 Sat, Nov 11, 1978 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 135 5 10 L 1
16 Sun, Nov 12, 1978 @ Boston Celtics W 128 123 6 10 W 1
17 Wed, Nov 15, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers L 126 133 6 11 L 1
18 Sat, Nov 18, 1978 Phoenix Suns L 105 119 6 12 L 2
19 Tue, Nov 21, 1978 @ New York Knickerbockers L 79 96 6 13 L 3
20 Fri, Nov 24, 1978 Atlanta Hawks W OT 119 117 7 13 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Nov 28, 1978 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 105 103 8 13 W 2
22 Thu, Nov 30, 1978 @ Phoenix Suns L 109 119 8 14 L 1
23 Fri, Dec 1, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets L 120 125 8 15 L 2
24 Sat, Dec 2, 1978 @ San Diego Clippers W 120 113 9 15 W 1
25 Tue, Dec 5, 1978 Boston Celtics L 112 114 9 16 L 1
26 Thu, Dec 7, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers W 121 105 10 16 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 8, 1978 @ Indiana Pacers L 107 114 10 17 L 1
28 Sat, Dec 9, 1978 @ Kansas City Kings L 108 132 10 18 L 2
29 Tue, Dec 12, 1978 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 110 127 10 19 L 3
30 Fri, Dec 15, 1978 Washington Bullets L 114 116 10 20 L 4
31 Thu, Dec 21, 1978 Indiana Pacers W 121 108 11 20 W 1
32 Sat, Dec 23, 1978 San Antonio Spurs L 126 130 11 21 L 1
33 Tue, Dec 26, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 84 143 11 22 L 2
34 Wed, Dec 27, 1978 Houston Rockets W 131 119 12 22 W 1
35 Fri, Dec 29, 1978 San Diego Clippers L 107 111 12 23 L 1
36 Sat, Dec 30, 1978 @ Houston Rockets L 101 112 12 24 L 2
37 Tue, Jan 2, 1979 @ San Diego Clippers L 119 137 12 25 L 3
38 Wed, Jan 3, 1979 @ Golden State Warriors L 81 96 12 26 L 4
39 Fri, Jan 5, 1979 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 98 12 27 L 5
40 Tue, Jan 9, 1979 @ San Antonio Spurs L 114 116 12 28 L 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 11, 1979 Portland Trail Blazers W 104 101 13 28 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 13, 1979 Golden State Warriors W 114 109 14 28 W 2
43 Tue, Jan 16, 1979 @ New York Knickerbockers L 110 111 14 29 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 17, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets L 99 106 14 30 L 2
45 Thu, Jan 18, 1979 Phoenix Suns L 87 97 14 31 L 3
46 Sat, Jan 20, 1979 Kansas City Kings W 122 110 15 31 W 1
47 Mon, Jan 22, 1979 @ Denver Nuggets W 121 117 16 31 W 2
48 Thu, Jan 25, 1979 Los Angeles Lakers W 135 100 17 31 W 3
49 Sun, Jan 28, 1979 San Diego Clippers W 128 118 18 31 W 4
50 Wed, Jan 31, 1979 New York Knickerbockers L 86 108 18 32 L 1
51 Thu, Feb 1, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 120 116 19 32 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 2, 1979 @ Kansas City Kings L 114 130 19 33 L 1
53 Tue, Feb 6, 1979 @ Houston Rockets L 108 113 19 34 L 2
54 Wed, Feb 7, 1979 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 103 114 19 35 L 3
55 Thu, Feb 8, 1979 New Jersey Nets L 105 106 19 36 L 4
56 Sat, Feb 10, 1979 New Orleans Jazz L 105 107 19 37 L 5
57 Wed, Feb 14, 1979 Denver Nuggets W 111 107 20 37 W 1
58 Fri, Feb 16, 1979 Houston Rockets W 110 96 21 37 W 2
59 Sun, Feb 18, 1979 San Antonio Spurs W 124 104 22 37 W 3
60 Wed, Feb 21, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers W OT 106 99 23 37 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 25, 1979 Portland Trail Blazers L OT 119 126 23 38 L 1
62 Tue, Feb 27, 1979 @ Chicago Bulls L 117 124 23 39 L 2
63 Sat, Mar 3, 1979 New Orleans Jazz W 110 101 24 39 W 1
64 Wed, Mar 7, 1979 Seattle Supersonics L 93 99 24 40 L 1
65 Fri, Mar 9, 1979 Boston Celtics W 160 117 25 40 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 11, 1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 125 115 26 40 W 2
67 Tue, Mar 13, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers L OT 120 122 26 41 L 1
68 Thu, Mar 15, 1979 New York Knickerbockers W 88 83 27 41 W 1
69 Fri, Mar 16, 1979 @ Boston Celtics L 98 99 27 42 L 1
70 Sat, Mar 17, 1979 Indiana Pacers W 105 98 28 42 W 1
71 Tue, Mar 20, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets L 110 117 28 43 L 1
72 Wed, Mar 21, 1979 @ Atlanta Hawks L 104 111 28 44 L 2
73 Fri, Mar 23, 1979 Washington Bullets W 124 114 29 44 W 1
74 Sun, Mar 25, 1979 @ Washington Bullets L 107 116 29 45 L 1
75 Wed, Mar 28, 1979 Denver Nuggets L 110 115 29 46 L 2
76 Fri, Mar 30, 1979 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 113 124 29 47 L 3
77 Sat, Mar 31, 1979 @ Seattle Supersonics L 102 123 29 48 L 4
78 Sun, Apr 1, 1979 @ Phoenix Suns L 105 116 29 49 L 5
79 Tue, Apr 3, 1979 @ Golden State Warriors L 100 104 29 50 L 6
80 Thu, Apr 5, 1979 @ New Orleans Jazz W 120 104 30 50 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 6, 1979 Atlanta Hawks L 96 112 30 51 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 8, 1979 Chicago Bulls L 107 117 30 52 L 2