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1979-80 Houston Rockets Schedule and Results

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Record: 41-41, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Del Harris (41-41)

PTS/G: 110.8 (8th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 110.6 (15th of 22)
SRS: 0.27 (10th of 22) ▪ Pace: 101.2 (18th of 22)
Off Rtg: 108.1 (4th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 108.0 (18th of 22)
Expected W-L: 41-41 (10th of 22)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 413,572 (14th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus San Antonio Spurs

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 12, 1979 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 106 114 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 105 113 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Oct 16, 1979 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 121 126 0 3 L 3
4 Wed, Oct 17, 1979 Box Score Indiana Pacers W 116 112 1 3 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 107 102 2 3 W 2
6 Wed, Oct 24, 1979 Box Score Boston Celtics L 99 100 2 4 L 1
7 Sun, Oct 28, 1979 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets L 115 120 2 5 L 2
8 Tue, Oct 30, 1979 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 112 124 2 6 L 3
9 Wed, Oct 31, 1979 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers L OT 129 133 2 7 L 4
10 Sat, Nov 3, 1979 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 114 111 3 7 W 1
11 Wed, Nov 7, 1979 Box Score New Jersey Nets W 106 101 4 7 W 2
12 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 112 104 5 7 W 3
13 Tue, Nov 13, 1979 Box Score @ Chicago Bulls W 128 127 6 7 W 4
14 Wed, Nov 14, 1979 Box Score Golden State Warriors W 133 92 7 7 W 5
15 Fri, Nov 16, 1979 Box Score New York Knicks W 133 130 8 7 W 6
16 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks W 102 100 9 7 W 7
17 Tue, Nov 20, 1979 Box Score @ New York Knicks L OT 125 130 9 8 L 1
18 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 97 94 10 8 W 1
19 Fri, Nov 23, 1979 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 102 113 10 9 L 1
20 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 Box Score Washington Bullets L 103 105 10 10 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Nov 27, 1979 Box Score @ Kansas City Kings L 115 117 10 11 L 3
22 Wed, Nov 28, 1979 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 113 111 11 11 W 1
23 Fri, Nov 30, 1979 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 106 95 12 11 W 2
24 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 Box Score Portland Trail Blazers W OT 120 112 13 11 W 3
25 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 114 116 13 12 L 1
26 Fri, Dec 7, 1979 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 124 109 14 12 W 1
27 Sat, Dec 8, 1979 Box Score @ San Antonio Spurs L 129 138 14 13 L 1
28 Wed, Dec 12, 1979 Box Score @ San Diego Clippers W 118 107 15 13 W 1
29 Thu, Dec 13, 1979 Box Score @ Phoenix Suns L 113 121 15 14 L 1
30 Fri, Dec 14, 1979 Box Score @ Seattle SuperSonics L 101 109 15 15 L 2
31 Sun, Dec 16, 1979 Box Score @ Portland Trail Blazers L 101 123 15 16 L 3
32 Wed, Dec 19, 1979 Box Score Chicago Bulls L 102 108 15 17 L 4
33 Fri, Dec 21, 1979 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 106 117 15 18 L 5
34 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 Box Score @ Washington Bullets L 114 122 15 19 L 6
35 Wed, Dec 26, 1979 Box Score San Antonio Spurs W 143 110 16 19 W 1
36 Thu, Dec 27, 1979 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 110 112 16 20 L 1
37 Sat, Dec 29, 1979 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 104 100 17 20 W 1
38 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 Box Score Boston Celtics L 103 111 17 21 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 4, 1980 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets L 101 104 17 22 L 2
40 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 Box Score Phoenix Suns W 111 110 18 22 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 8, 1980 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 118 115 19 22 W 2
42 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 Box Score Denver Nuggets W 114 112 20 22 W 3
43 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 112 96 21 22 W 4
44 Sun, Jan 13, 1980 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks W 121 117 22 22 W 5
45 Wed, Jan 16, 1980 Box Score New Jersey Nets L 112 122 22 23 L 1
46 Fri, Jan 18, 1980 Box Score Washington Bullets W 134 111 23 23 W 1
47 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 110 122 23 24 L 1
48 Tue, Jan 22, 1980 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 106 112 23 25 L 2
49 Wed, Jan 23, 1980 Box Score San Diego Clippers W 2OT 111 110 24 25 W 1
50 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 Box Score Seattle SuperSonics W 123 111 25 25 W 2
51 Tue, Jan 29, 1980 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers L 112 133 25 26 L 1
52 Wed, Jan 30, 1980 Box Score San Antonio Spurs L 111 118 25 27 L 2
53 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers L 105 110 25 28 L 3
54 Wed, Feb 6, 1980 Box Score New Jersey Nets W 115 114 26 28 W 1
55 Fri, Feb 8, 1980 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 105 104 27 28 W 2
56 Sat, Feb 9, 1980 Box Score Utah Jazz W 117 95 28 28 W 3
57 Tue, Feb 12, 1980 Box Score @ San Antonio Spurs W 120 118 29 28 W 4
58 Wed, Feb 13, 1980 Box Score New York Knicks W 122 117 30 28 W 5
59 Fri, Feb 15, 1980 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks L 103 114 30 29 L 1
60 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 Box Score @ Denver Nuggets L 99 112 30 30 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 20, 1980 Box Score @ Golden State Warriors L 102 115 30 31 L 3
62 Fri, Feb 22, 1980 Box Score @ Utah Jazz W 94 82 31 31 W 1
63 Sun, Feb 24, 1980 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 100 112 31 32 L 1
64 Tue, Feb 26, 1980 Box Score Indiana Pacers W 93 88 32 32 W 1
65 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 Box Score Washington Bullets W 110 97 33 32 W 2
66 Thu, Feb 28, 1980 Box Score @ Washington Bullets L 99 105 33 33 L 1
67 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 Box Score Kansas City Kings L 91 94 33 34 L 2
68 Tue, Mar 4, 1980 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks W 93 83 34 34 W 1
69 Wed, Mar 5, 1980 Box Score Boston Celtics L OT 99 103 34 35 L 1
70 Fri, Mar 7, 1980 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets W 2OT 111 110 35 35 W 1
71 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 Box Score Atlanta Hawks L 79 97 35 36 L 1
72 Tue, Mar 11, 1980 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 109 129 35 37 L 2
73 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 105 121 35 38 L 3
74 Fri, Mar 14, 1980 Box Score @ Washington Bullets L 85 92 35 39 L 4
75 Sun, Mar 16, 1980 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 102 99 36 39 W 1
76 Wed, Mar 19, 1980 Box Score New York Knicks W 139 113 37 39 W 2
77 Thu, Mar 20, 1980 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 96 109 37 40 L 1
78 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 Box Score Indiana Pacers W 125 110 38 40 W 1
79 Tue, Mar 25, 1980 Box Score @ San Antonio Spurs L 107 126 38 41 L 1
80 Wed, Mar 26, 1980 Box Score San Antonio Spurs W 113 101 39 41 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Mar 28, 1980 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 128 112 40 41 W 2
82 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers W 121 106 41 41 W 3

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 2, 1980 Box Score San Antonio Spurs W 95 85 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 4, 1980 Box Score @ San Antonio Spurs L 101 106 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Apr 6, 1980 Box Score San Antonio Spurs W 141 120 2 1 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Wed, Apr 9, 1980 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 101 119 2 2 L 1
5 Fri, Apr 11, 1980 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 75 95 2 3 L 2
6 Sun, Apr 13, 1980 Box Score Boston Celtics L 81 100 2 4 L 3
7 Mon, Apr 14, 1980 Box Score Boston Celtics L 121 138 2 5 L 4