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1978-79 Phoenix Suns Team Game Log

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Record: 50-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John MacLeod (50-32)

PTS/G: 115.4 (2nd of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.7 (14th of 22)
SRS: 3.55 (3rd of 22) ▪ Pace: 108.5 (4th of 22)
Off Rtg: 105.7 (7th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.4 (6th of 22)
Expected W-L: 50-32 (3rd of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 465,010 (9th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Kansas City Kings
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers

Regular Season

Team Opponent
Rk G Date Opp MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 1 1978-10-13 SDC W 240 50 28 35 128 49 16 23 114
2 2 1978-10-15 GSW W 240 48 33 40 129 51 8 14 110
3 3 1978-10-17 SAS L 240 47 13 22 107 39 32 37 110
4 4 1978-10-18 @ GSW W 240 49 24 31 122 47 18 25 112
5 5 1978-10-22 @ POR W 240 49 26 35 124 43 30 36 116
6 6 1978-10-24 MIL W 240 48 28 37 124 51 14 21 116
7 7 1978-10-25 @ DEN L 240 46 12 14 104 41 26 42 108
8 8 1978-10-27 @ CHI W 265 50 15 21 115 45 20 25 110
9 9 1978-10-28 @ KCK L 240 43 16 24 102 47 18 22 112
10 10 1978-10-31 NYK W 240 51 18 24 120 41 26 32 108
11 11 1978-11-02 @ NOJ W 240 46 14 19 106 40 19 26 99
12 12 1978-11-04 @ HOU L 240 43 17 22 103 42 26 42 110
13 13 1978-11-08 CLE W 240 49 20 23 118 38 20 25 96
14 14 1978-11-10 DEN L 240 51 30 40 132 60 30 41 150
15 15 1978-11-12 NOJ W 240 49 30 36 128 47 28 37 122
16 16 1978-11-15 @ SAS W 240 47 31 38 125 45 29 33 119
17 17 1978-11-17 @ PHI L 240 40 14 18 94 37 21 28 95
18 18 1978-11-18 @ DET W 240 47 25 36 119 41 23 30 105
19 19 1978-11-21 @ CLE W 240 38 34 46 110 45 18 23 108
20 20 1978-11-22 @ IND W 240 41 33 34 115 45 20 26 110
Team Opponent
Rk G Date Opp MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
21 21 1978-11-24 HOU W 240 45 30 34 120 46 21 25 113
22 22 1978-11-26 CHI W 240 53 19 28 125 47 15 19 109
23 23 1978-11-28 @ CHI L 240 42 28 40 112 54 16 18 124
24 24 1978-11-30 DET W 240 49 21 28 119 51 7 10 109
25 25 1978-12-01 @ LAL L 240 51 20 21 122 53 24 27 130
26 26 1978-12-02 GSW L 240 44 20 24 108 49 18 26 116
27 27 1978-12-06 ATL W 240 57 22 25 136 43 23 27 109
28 28 1978-12-08 @ BOS W 240 52 20 25 124 43 18 26 104
29 29 1978-12-09 @ WSB L 240 43 12 19 98 43 15 25 101
30 30 1978-12-12 @ MIL L 240 50 14 15 114 52 16 22 120
31 31 1978-12-16 LAL W 240 49 21 30 119 44 12 14 100
32 32 1978-12-17 @ SDC L 240 45 20 23 110 52 12 17 116
33 33 1978-12-20 WSB L 240 57 15 19 129 57 23 34 137
34 34 1978-12-22 KCK W 240 48 27 40 123 38 27 34 103
35 35 1978-12-26 @ DEN W 240 49 8 17 106 36 30 46 102
36 36 1978-12-28 POR W 265 48 33 48 129 46 35 41 127
37 37 1978-12-29 @ SEA L 240 31 30 38 92 45 29 38 119
38 38 1978-12-30 BOS W 240 48 16 21 112 44 21 24 109
39 39 1979-01-02 @ NYK W 240 44 26 34 114 45 12 18 102
40 40 1979-01-05 @ WSB L 240 42 10 17 94 39 26 40 104
Team Opponent
Rk G Date Opp MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
41 41 1979-01-06 @ PHI W 265 58 27 32 143 58 23 26 139
42 42 1979-01-07 @ NJN L 240 46 20 23 112 44 29 40 117
43 43 1979-01-11 SEA L 240 46 14 17 106 50 9 14 109
44 44 1979-01-13 IND L 240 39 21 36 99 37 28 29 102
45 45 1979-01-17 @ MIL L 240 49 20 23 118 50 23 31 123
46 46 1979-01-18 @ DET W 240 43 11 13 97 36 15 18 87
47 47 1979-01-20 HOU W 240 48 20 24 116 40 17 24 97
48 48 1979-01-24 PHI W 240 42 17 20 101 41 12 16 94
49 49 1979-01-26 NYK W 240 44 20 25 108 49 9 10 107
50 50 1979-01-28 NJN L 240 42 30 35 114 46 25 34 117
51 51 1979-01-31 MIL W 240 50 23 28 123 49 20 26 118
52 52 1979-02-02 SAS W 240 60 13 20 133 49 10 13 108
53 53 1979-02-06 @ POR L 240 36 21 25 93 46 18 21 110
54 54 1979-02-09 ATL L 240 41 20 26 102 36 33 40 105
55 55 1979-02-11 CLE W 240 50 36 48 136 42 17 25 101
56 56 1979-02-15 WSB W 240 48 23 34 119 45 18 25 108
57 57 1979-02-16 @ SEA L 240 45 14 22 104 50 19 25 119
58 58 1979-02-17 NOJ W 240 56 24 35 136 46 20 24 112
59 59 1979-02-20 @ NYK W 240 45 27 31 117 49 9 12 107
60 60 1979-02-21 @ NJN L 240 49 14 20 112 50 23 36 123
Team Opponent
Rk G Date Opp MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
61 61 1979-02-23 @ KCK L 240 42 28 35 112 49 23 29 121
62 62 1979-02-24 @ ATL L 240 33 19 28 85 48 14 19 110
63 63 1979-02-28 IND W 240 40 23 29 103 44 14 20 102
64 64 1979-03-02 DEN L 240 43 19 23 105 46 27 37 119
65 65 1979-03-04 PHI W 240 52 15 21 119 41 12 13 94
66 66 1979-03-08 CHI W 240 56 20 27 132 53 11 18 117
67 67 1979-03-11 @ IND L 240 46 19 28 111 42 28 37 112
68 68 1979-03-13 @ CLE W 240 46 32 44 124 48 24 28 120
69 69 1979-03-14 @ BOS W 240 51 24 27 126 50 17 23 117
70 70 1979-03-16 @ SAS W 240 49 30 39 128 47 28 32 122
71 71 1979-03-17 @ HOU L 240 52 18 20 122 52 30 35 134
72 72 1979-03-18 @ NOJ L 240 47 23 32 117 55 11 15 121
73 73 1979-03-21 BOS W 240 57 20 24 134 45 23 30 113
74 74 1979-03-23 KCK W 240 47 32 40 126 44 19 26 107
75 75 1979-03-25 @ GSW W 240 49 13 14 111 41 13 18 95
76 76 1979-03-28 LAL W 240 43 26 28 112 43 20 27 106
77 77 1979-03-30 SEA W 265 47 19 29 113 51 9 11 111
78 78 1979-04-01 DET W 240 52 12 18 116 45 15 24 105
79 79 1979-04-04 POR W 240 44 18 23 106 42 11 16 95
80 80 1979-04-06 SDC W 240 43 32 41 118 51 15 25 117
Team Opponent
Rk G Date Opp MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
81 81 1979-04-07 @ SDC L 240 48 20 25 116 50 20 28 120
82 82 1979-04-08 @ LAL L 240 44 15 18 103 53 5 9 111

Playoffs

Team Opponent
Rk G Date Opp MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 1 1979-04-10 POR W 240 44 19 26 107 41 21 28 103
2 2 1979-04-13 @ POR L 240 35 22 32 92 36 24 35 96
3 3 1979-04-15 POR W 240 39 23 29 101 41 9 14 91
4 4 1979-04-17 KCK W 240 40 22 26 102 38 23 32 99
5 5 1979-04-20 @ KCK L 240 34 23 36 91 48 15 18 111
6 6 1979-04-22 KCK W 240 42 24 29 108 33 27 39 93
7 7 1979-04-25 @ KCK W 240 43 22 27 108 34 26 33 94
8 8 1979-04-27 KCK W 240 42 36 45 120 38 23 35 99
9 9 1979-05-01 @ SEA L 240 37 19 25 93 47 14 24 108
10 10 1979-05-04 @ SEA L 240 40 17 29 97 38 27 30 103
11 11 1979-05-06 SEA W 240 46 21 32 113 39 25 37 103
12 12 1979-05-08 SEA W 240 39 22 37 100 40 11 13 91
13 13 1979-05-11 @ SEA W 240 37 25 36 99 36 21 29 93
14 14 1979-05-13 SEA L 240 44 17 20 105 42 22 30 106
15 15 1979-05-17 @ SEA L 240 42 26 38 110 41 32 42 114