1979-80 Kansas City Kings Schedule and Results

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Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (47-35)

Executive: John Begzos

PTS/G: 108.0 (15th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.9 (5th of 22)

SRS: 2.82 (8th of 22) Pace: 103.2 (10th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.0 (16th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.0 (2nd of 22) Net Rtg: +3.0 (7th of 22)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (7th of 22)

Arena: Kemper Arena

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

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1979-80 Kansas City Kings Menu

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		105	103	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		94	107	1	1	L 1
3	Fri, Oct 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		107	84	2	1	W 1
4	Sun, Oct 21, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		122	85	3	1	W 2
5	Tue, Oct 23, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		88	90	3	2	L 1
6	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		92	105	3	3	L 2
7	Fri, Oct 26, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	116	3	4	L 3
8	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		95	101	3	5	L 4
9	Sun, Oct 28, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		106	101	4	5	W 1
10	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		125	108	5	5	W 2
11	Fri, Nov 2, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		111	112	5	6	L 1
12	Sat, Nov 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		110	123	5	7	L 2
13	Sun, Nov 4, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		98	101	5	8	L 3
14	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	110	5	9	L 4
15	Fri, Nov 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		119	127	5	10	L 5	15,320	2:19
16	Sun, Nov 11, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		109	112	5	11	L 6
17	Tue, Nov 13, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		110	103	6	11	W 1
18	Thu, Nov 15, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	108	7	11	W 2
19	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		103	97	8	11	W 3			at St. Louis, MO
20	Sun, Nov 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		109	92	9	11	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 20, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		112	109	10	11	W 5
22	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		120	128	10	12	L 1
23	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		107	91	11	12	W 1
24	Sun, Nov 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	111	11	13	L 1
25	Tue, Nov 27, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		117	115	12	13	W 1
26	Thu, Nov 29, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		105	95	13	13	W 2
27	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	102	107	13	14	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 2, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		94	88	14	14	W 1	9,442	2:09
29	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		109	93	15	14	W 2
30	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		145	129	16	14	W 3
31	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		124	85	17	14	W 4
32	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		103	87	18	14	W 5
33	Sun, Dec 16, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		107	105	19	14	W 6
34	Tue, Dec 18, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		110	96	20	14	W 7
35	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		107	97	21	14	W 8
36	Thu, Dec 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		109	120	21	15	L 1
37	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		111	115	21	16	L 2
38	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	111	22	16	W 1
39	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		112	118	22	17	L 1
40	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	OT	125	127	22	18	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W	OT	128	121	23	18	W 1
42	Fri, Jan 4, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		115	106	24	18	W 2
43	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		112	107	25	18	W 3
44	Sun, Jan 6, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		120	101	26	18	W 4
45	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		116	124	26	19	L 1
46	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		104	83	27	19	W 1
47	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		112	99	28	19	W 2			at St. Louis, MO
48	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		120	101	29	19	W 3
49	Tue, Jan 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		109	111	29	20	L 1
50	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	108	30	20	W 1
51	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		103	108	30	21	L 1
52	Tue, Jan 22, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		101	89	31	21	W 1
53	Thu, Jan 24, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		110	88	32	21	W 2
54	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	OT	107	113	32	22	L 1
55	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		112	107	33	22	W 1
56	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		121	111	34	22	W 2
57	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		99	97	35	22	W 3
58	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		93	94	35	23	L 1
59	Tue, Feb 5, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		99	105	35	24	L 2
60	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		95	97	35	25	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		107	100	36	25	W 1
62	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W	OT	108	106	37	25	W 2
63	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	114	37	26	L 1
64	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		108	107	38	26	W 1
65	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		107	105	39	26	W 2
66	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		72	94	39	27	L 1
67	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		117	99	40	27	W 1
68	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		98	93	41	27	W 2			at St. Louis, MO
69	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		94	91	42	27	W 3
70	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	117	42	28	L 1
71	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		104	111	42	29	L 2
72	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		113	93	43	29	W 1
73	Tue, Mar 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		98	100	43	30	L 1
74	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		121	128	43	31	L 2
75	Tue, Mar 18, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		109	112	43	32	L 3
76	Thu, Mar 20, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		121	105	44	32	W 1
77	Fri, Mar 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		102	98	45	32	W 2
78	Sun, Mar 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		90	112	45	33	L 1
79	Tue, Mar 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		102	106	45	34	L 2
80	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		100	106	45	35	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	114	46	35	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		114	110	47	35	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Wed, Apr 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	93	96	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Apr 4, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	106	96	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Apr 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	99	114	1	2	L 1

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