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1979-80 Detroit Pistons

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16-66, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 108.9 points per game, Allowed 117.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 22-60)
Coached by Dick Vitale (4-8) and Richie Adubato (12-58)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome / Attendance: 333,233 (18th of 22 available)

SRS: -7.58 (22nd of 22) / Pace Factor: 107.1 (2nd of 22)
Offensive Rating: 101.2 (22nd of 22) / Defensive Rating: 108.8 (19th of 22)

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 Indiana Pacers W 114 105 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 @ San Antonio Spurs W 112 110 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Oct 16, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 117 137 2 1 L 1
4 Thu, Oct 18, 1979 New York Knickerbockers W 129 115 3 1 W 1
5 Fri, Oct 19, 1979 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 112 3 2 L 1
6 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 @ Washington Bullets L 106 117 3 3 L 2
7 Wed, Oct 24, 1979 Washington Bullets W 104 103 4 3 W 1
8 Fri, Oct 26, 1979 San Antonio Spurs L 113 129 4 4 L 1
9 Sat, Oct 27, 1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 118 132 4 5 L 2
10 Thu, Nov 1, 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers L 125 127 4 6 L 3
11 Sat, Nov 3, 1979 Houston Rockets L 111 114 4 7 L 4
12 Wed, Nov 7, 1979 Atlanta Hawks L 107 115 4 8 L 5
13 Fri, Nov 9, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers W 106 98 5 8 W 1
14 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 @ Houston Rockets L 104 112 5 9 L 1
15 Wed, Nov 14, 1979 @ Boston Celtics L 111 115 5 10 L 2
16 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 New Jersey Nets L 93 98 5 11 L 3
17 Tue, Nov 20, 1979 @ Atlanta Hawks L 105 109 5 12 L 4
18 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 Utah Jazz W 98 93 6 12 W 1
19 Fri, Nov 23, 1979 Milwaukee Bucks W 119 100 7 12 W 2
20 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers L 97 115 7 13 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Nov 27, 1979 @ New York Knickerbockers L OT 114 116 7 14 L 2
22 Wed, Nov 28, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets L 89 98 7 15 L 3
23 Thu, Nov 29, 1979 Kansas City Kings L 95 105 7 16 L 4
24 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 San Antonio Spurs W 134 124 8 16 W 1
25 Tue, Dec 4, 1979 Boston Celtics L OT 114 118 8 17 L 1
26 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 @ Kansas City Kings L 93 109 8 18 L 2
27 Fri, Dec 7, 1979 @ Houston Rockets L 109 124 8 19 L 3
28 Sat, Dec 8, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers L 102 103 8 20 L 4
29 Wed, Dec 12, 1979 @ Golden State Warriors W 114 96 9 20 W 1
30 Fri, Dec 14, 1979 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 122 138 9 21 L 1
31 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 @ Phoenix Suns L 105 126 9 22 L 2
32 Sun, Dec 16, 1979 @ San Diego Clippers L 126 133 9 23 L 3
33 Tue, Dec 18, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers L 102 114 9 24 L 4
34 Thu, Dec 20, 1979 Atlanta Hawks L 103 122 9 25 L 5
35 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 @ San Antonio Spurs L 112 141 9 26 L 6
36 Tue, Dec 25, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 101 111 9 27 L 7
37 Wed, Dec 26, 1979 Indiana Pacers L 97 98 9 28 L 8
38 Fri, Dec 28, 1979 Denver Nuggets W 114 98 10 28 W 1
39 Sat, Dec 29, 1979 @ Atlanta Hawks L 104 115 10 29 L 1
40 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 @ Denver Nuggets L 116 135 10 30 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 4, 1980 @ Seattle Supersonics L 105 123 10 31 L 3
42 Sun, Jan 6, 1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 102 119 10 32 L 4
43 Tue, Jan 8, 1980 @ Utah Jazz L 110 124 10 33 L 5
44 Fri, Jan 11, 1980 Los Angeles Lakers L 100 123 10 34 L 6
45 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 @ Indiana Pacers L 109 122 10 35 L 7
46 Sun, Jan 13, 1980 Chicago Bulls W 107 102 11 35 W 1
47 Thu, Jan 17, 1980 Washington Bullets W 110 107 12 35 W 2
48 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 Houston Rockets W 122 110 13 35 W 3
49 Tue, Jan 22, 1980 @ Chicago Bulls L 131 145 13 36 L 1
50 Wed, Jan 23, 1980 Boston Celtics L 104 131 13 37 L 2
51 Fri, Jan 25, 1980 @ New Jersey Nets W 119 116 14 37 W 1
52 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 New York Knickerbockers L 93 98 14 38 L 1
53 Tue, Jan 29, 1980 Golden State Warriors L 100 111 14 39 L 2
54 Wed, Jan 30, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 121 14 40 L 3
55 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 Seattle Supersonics L 102 119 14 41 L 4
56 Sat, Feb 9, 1980 @ New York Knickerbockers L 107 114 14 42 L 5
57 Sun, Feb 10, 1980 @ Boston Celtics L 111 128 14 43 L 6
58 Wed, Feb 13, 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers L 102 107 14 44 L 7
59 Fri, Feb 15, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L 104 114 14 45 L 8
60 Sat, Feb 16, 1980 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 104 123 14 46 L 9
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 Atlanta Hawks L 99 108 14 47 L 10
62 Thu, Feb 21, 1980 Phoenix Suns L 116 125 14 48 L 11
63 Sat, Feb 23, 1980 Portland Trail Blazers L 107 130 14 49 L 12
64 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 San Diego Clippers L 113 129 14 50 L 13
65 Fri, Feb 29, 1980 New Jersey Nets W OT 137 128 15 50 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 @ Boston Celtics L 115 118 15 51 L 1
67 Tue, Mar 4, 1980 @ Washington Bullets L 107 135 15 52 L 2
68 Wed, Mar 5, 1980 New York Knickerbockers W 120 113 16 52 W 1
69 Fri, Mar 7, 1980 Washington Bullets L 105 106 16 53 L 1
70 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 @ New York Knickerbockers L 104 110 16 54 L 2
71 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 @ New Jersey Nets L 100 140 16 55 L 3
72 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 New Jersey Nets L 119 137 16 56 L 4
73 Fri, Mar 14, 1980 San Antonio Spurs L 102 113 16 57 L 5
74 Sun, Mar 16, 1980 Houston Rockets L 99 102 16 58 L 6
75 Mon, Mar 17, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 109 123 16 59 L 7
76 Tue, Mar 18, 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers L OT 107 108 16 60 L 8
77 Thu, Mar 20, 1980 Boston Celtics L 106 124 16 61 L 9
78 Fri, Mar 21, 1980 @ Atlanta Hawks L 95 108 16 62 L 10
79 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 @ Washington Bullets L 114 119 16 63 L 11
80 Wed, Mar 26, 1980 Indiana Pacers L 114 124 16 64 L 12
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Mar 28, 1980 @ Houston Rockets L 112 128 16 65 L 13
82 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs L 124 144 16 66 L 14