1978-79 Philadelphia 76ers Schedule and Results

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

Coach: Billy Cunningham (47-35)

Executive: Pat Williams

PTS/G: 109.5 (11th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.7 (5th of 22)

SRS: 1.74 (9th of 22) Pace: 106.7 (7th of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.0 (18th of 22) Def Rtg: 100.3 (2nd of 22) Net Rtg: +1.7 (9th of 22)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (9th of 22)

Arena: The Spectrum

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus New Jersey Nets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)

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1978-79 Philadelphia 76ers 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 13, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		110	102	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Oct 18, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		111	121	1	1	L 1
3	Fri, Oct 20, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		126	117	2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Oct 21, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		130	111	3	1	W 2
5	Wed, Oct 25, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		118	117	4	1	W 3
6	Sat, Oct 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		101	99	5	1	W 4
7	Wed, Nov 1, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		116	115	6	1	W 5
8	Fri, Nov 3, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		118	103	7	1	W 6
9	Wed, Nov 8, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		123	117	8	1	W 7			Game protested and completed on 1979-03-23
10	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		123	122	9	1	W 8
11	Sat, Nov 11, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		135	112	10	1	W 9
12	Tue, Nov 14, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		108	124	10	2	L 1
13	Wed, Nov 15, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W	OT	109	103	11	2	W 1
14	Fri, Nov 17, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		95	94	12	2	W 2
15	Sat, Nov 18, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		116	124	12	3	L 1
16	Tue, Nov 21, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		105	115	12	4	L 2
17	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		134	120	13	4	W 1
18	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		126	127	13	5	L 1
19	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		103	107	13	6	L 2
20	Wed, Nov 29, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	OT	120	114	14	6	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		97	100	14	7	L 1
22	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		91	96	14	8	L 2
23	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		114	106	15	8	W 1
24	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	115	15	9	L 1
25	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		120	100	16	9	W 1
26	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		91	84	17	9	W 2
27	Sun, Dec 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		103	96	18	9	W 3
28	Tue, Dec 19, 1978	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		124	113	19	9	W 4
29	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		81	85	19	10	L 1
30	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		103	95	20	10	W 1
31	Mon, Dec 25, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		109	94	21	10	W 2
32	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		122	110	22	10	W 3
33	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		113	107	23	10	W 4
34	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		94	100	23	11	L 1
35	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		111	98	24	11	W 1
36	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		96	123	24	12	L 1
37	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L	OT	139	143	24	13	L 2
38	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		123	112	25	13	W 1
39	Fri, Jan 12, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		89	100	25	14	L 1
40	Sun, Jan 14, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	106	26	14	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	94	27	14	W 2
42	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		102	108	27	15	L 1	10,081	1:46
43	Sun, Jan 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		91	87	28	15	W 1	11,783	1:59
44	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		94	101	28	16	L 1
45	Fri, Jan 26, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		105	96	29	16	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		94	116	29	17	L 1
47	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		106	108	29	18	L 2
48	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		128	105	30	18	W 1
49	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	105	30	19	L 1
50	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		114	103	31	19	W 1
51	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		117	106	32	19	W 2
52	Sun, Feb 11, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		107	99	33	19	W 3
53	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		106	108	33	20	L 1
54	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		100	113	33	21	L 2
55	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		104	119	33	22	L 3			at St. Louis, MO
56	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	OT	110	107	34	22	W 1
57	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	99	106	34	23	L 1
58	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		116	117	34	24	L 2
59	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		119	111	35	24	W 1
60	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		115	118	35	25	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		93	97	35	26	L 2
62	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	126	35	27	L 3
63	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		94	119	35	28	L 4
64	Tue, Mar 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	94	35	29	L 5
65	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		114	107	36	29	W 1	11,411	1:54
66	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	119	36	30	L 1
67	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		103	104	36	31	L 2
68	Wed, Mar 14, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		96	99	36	32	L 3
69	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		114	106	37	32	W 1
70	Sat, Mar 17, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		101	103	37	33	L 1
71	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	90	38	33	W 1
72	Tue, Mar 20, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		124	120	39	33	W 2
73	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		114	108	40	33	W 3
74	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		110	98	41	33	W 4
75	Sun, Mar 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	103	41	34	L 1	13,927	2:02
76	Tue, Mar 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		100	97	42	34	W 1
77	Wed, Mar 28, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		112	96	43	34	W 2
78	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		129	93	44	34	W 3
79	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	111	45	34	W 4
80	Wed, Apr 4, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		121	120	46	34	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		118	136	46	35	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 8, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		112	111	47	35	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 11, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W	122	114	1	0	W 1	8,846	1:57
2	Fri, Apr 13, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	111	101	2	0	W 2	9,126	2:03
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Sun, Apr 15, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	106	119	2	1	L 1
4	Tue, Apr 17, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	120	121	2	2	L 2
5	Fri, Apr 20, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W	123	115	3	2	W 1
6	Sun, Apr 22, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L	112	115	3	3	L 1
7	Thu, Apr 26, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	120	97	4	3	W 1
8	Sun, Apr 29, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W	92	90	5	3	W 2
9	Wed, May 2, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	108	111	5	4	L 1

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