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37-45, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 111.2 points per game, Allowed 111.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 39-43)
Coached by Slick Leonard (37-45)
Arena: Market Square Arena / Attendance: 433,402 (13th of 22 available)
SRS: -0.54 (12th of 22) / Pace Factor: 104.4 (7th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 105.5 (11th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 106.2 (12th 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 | Fri, Oct 12, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 114 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 13, 1979 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 115 | 101 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 16, 1979 | New Jersey Nets | W | 113 | 100 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 4 | Wed, Oct 17, 1979 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 112 | 116 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Oct 18, 1979 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 85 | 115 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 20, 1979 | Boston Celtics | W | 131 | 128 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 23, 1979 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 112 | 136 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Oct 24, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 110 | 132 | 3 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Oct 26, 1979 | Washington Bullets | W | 118 | 108 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Oct 27, 1979 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 121 | 128 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Oct 31, 1979 | Houston Rockets | W | OT | 133 | 129 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 2, 1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 93 | 115 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 3, 1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 2OT | 114 | 120 | 5 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 6, 1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 117 | 134 | 5 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 7, 1979 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 97 | 90 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 10, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 104 | 101 | 7 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Nov 12, 1979 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | OT | 113 | 105 | 8 | 9 | W 3 | |
| 18 | Wed, Nov 14, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 100 | 104 | 8 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 16, 1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 97 | 105 | 8 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 18, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 104 | 127 | 8 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 21, 1979 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 108 | 9 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Nov 23, 1979 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 118 | 9 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Nov 24, 1979 | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 97 | 10 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Mon, Nov 26, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 112 | 113 | 10 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Nov 28, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 79 | 87 | 10 | 15 | L 2 | |||
| 26 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 99 | 91 | 11 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 106 | 11 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 5, 1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 118 | 99 | 12 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | Detroit Pistons | W | 103 | 102 | 13 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 11, 1979 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 124 | 122 | 14 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 12, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 107 | 112 | 14 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 14, 1979 | Washington Bullets | W | 111 | 109 | 15 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 16, 1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 105 | 107 | 15 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 19, 1979 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 123 | 127 | 15 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 130 | 110 | 16 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 26, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 98 | 97 | 17 | 19 | W 2 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 101 | 116 | 17 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | Utah Jazz | L | 114 | 116 | 17 | 21 | L 2 | |||
| 39 | Wed, Jan 2, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 120 | 127 | 17 | 22 | L 3 | |||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 96 | 106 | 17 | 23 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 105 | 111 | 17 | 24 | L 5 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 8, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 122 | 118 | 18 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 9, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 111 | 120 | 18 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 11, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 110 | 105 | 19 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 109 | 20 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 16, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | W | 117 | 99 | 21 | 25 | W 3 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | W | 108 | 103 | 22 | 25 | W 4 | |||
| 48 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 130 | 144 | 22 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Jan 25, 1980 | San Diego Clippers | W | 139 | 117 | 23 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 115 | 114 | 24 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 27, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 123 | 121 | 25 | 26 | W 3 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 29, 1980 | Houston Rockets | W | 133 | 112 | 26 | 26 | W 4 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Jan 30, 1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 119 | 120 | 26 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 54 | Thu, Jan 31, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 112 | 26 | 28 | L 2 | |||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 5, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 108 | 109 | 26 | 29 | L 3 | |||
| 56 | Thu, Feb 7, 1980 | Washington Bullets | W | 134 | 104 | 27 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 8, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 130 | 27 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 131 | 127 | 28 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 13, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | L | 96 | 98 | 28 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 60 | Thu, Feb 14, 1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 118 | 114 | 29 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 15, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | L | 107 | 118 | 29 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 17, 1980 | Chicago Bulls | W | 108 | 100 | 30 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 20, 1980 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 131 | 86 | 31 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 24, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | L | 105 | 113 | 31 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 26, 1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 88 | 93 | 31 | 34 | L 2 | ||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 27, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 111 | 116 | 31 | 35 | L 3 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 2, 1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 104 | 118 | 31 | 36 | L 4 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 4, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 109 | 114 | 31 | 37 | L 5 | ||
| 69 | Wed, Mar 5, 1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 113 | 120 | 31 | 38 | L 6 | ||
| 70 | Fri, Mar 7, 1980 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 94 | 99 | 31 | 39 | L 7 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 9, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 107 | 113 | 31 | 40 | L 8 | |||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 11, 1980 | Boston Celtics | W | 114 | 108 | 32 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Thu, Mar 13, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 107 | 100 | 33 | 40 | W 2 | ||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 14, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 104 | 94 | 34 | 40 | W 3 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 16, 1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 90 | 95 | 34 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 18, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 114 | 34 | 42 | L 2 | ||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 19, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | W | 125 | 112 | 35 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 21, 1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 116 | 35 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 22, 1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 110 | 125 | 35 | 44 | L 2 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 26, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 124 | 114 | 36 | 44 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 28, 1980 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 127 | 122 | 37 | 44 | W 2 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 30, 1980 | Houston Rockets | L | 106 | 121 | 37 | 45 | L 1 |