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45-37, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 108.4 points per game, Allowed 107.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 44-38)
Coached by Jack Ramsay (45-37)
Arena: Memorial Coliseum / Attendance: 519,306 (5th of 22 available)
SRS: 1.12 (11th of 22) / Pace Factor: 103.4 (17th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 104.3 (11th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 103.1 (9th of 22)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Phoenix Suns
1978-79 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Oct 15, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | L | 97 | 108 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 17, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | W | 115 | 112 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 18, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 113 | 125 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 20, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 108 | 111 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 22, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | L | 116 | 124 | 1 | 4 | L 3 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 24, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 104 | 102 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 28, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 106 | 95 | 3 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 31, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 96 | 4 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 3, 1978 | San Diego Clippers | W | 119 | 98 | 5 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 5, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 96 | 6 | 4 | W 5 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 7, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 103 | 143 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 8, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 112 | 109 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 10, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 86 | 91 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 12, 1978 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 98 | 91 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 14, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 123 | 103 | 9 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 18, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | W | 123 | 111 | 10 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 17 | Sun, Nov 19, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 85 | 88 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Nov 21, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 93 | 123 | 10 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 22, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 96 | 115 | 10 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 24, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | L | 99 | 100 | 10 | 10 | L 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 25, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 127 | 105 | 11 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Nov 28, 1978 | Boston Celtics | W | 102 | 97 | 12 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 23 | Thu, Nov 30, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 98 | 97 | 13 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 77 | 111 | 13 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 6, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 109 | 115 | 13 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 8, 1978 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 99 | 100 | 13 | 13 | L 3 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 110 | 116 | 13 | 14 | L 4 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 12, 1978 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 115 | 14 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 15, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 116 | 113 | 15 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 17, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | W | 123 | 110 | 16 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 23, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 114 | 109 | 17 | 14 | W 4 | |||
| 32 | Mon, Dec 25, 1978 | Golden State Warriors | W | 115 | 102 | 18 | 14 | W 5 | |||
| 33 | Thu, Dec 28, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | OT | 127 | 129 | 18 | 15 | L 1 | |
| 34 | Fri, Dec 29, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 118 | 18 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 2, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 108 | 109 | 18 | 17 | L 3 | |||
| 36 | Fri, Jan 5, 1979 | Detroit Pistons | W | 98 | 96 | 19 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 9, 1979 | Indiana Pacers | L | 104 | 112 | 19 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 38 | Thu, Jan 11, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 101 | 104 | 19 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 12, 1979 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 125 | 128 | 19 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 14, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 112 | 19 | 21 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 17, 1979 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 110 | 111 | 19 | 22 | L 5 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 19, 1979 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 101 | 107 | 19 | 23 | L 6 | ||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 20, 1979 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 118 | 113 | 20 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 24, 1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 121 | 122 | 20 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 25, 1979 | Golden State Warriors | W | 108 | 103 | 21 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 28, 1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 116 | 94 | 22 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Tue, Jan 30, 1979 | Denver Nuggets | W | 82 | 76 | 23 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 48 | Wed, Jan 31, 1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 112 | 115 | 23 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Fri, Feb 2, 1979 | New Jersey Nets | W | 117 | 100 | 24 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 6, 1979 | Phoenix Suns | W | 110 | 93 | 25 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 51 | Fri, Feb 9, 1979 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 125 | 106 | 26 | 25 | W 3 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 11, 1979 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 91 | 87 | 27 | 25 | W 4 | |||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 13, 1979 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 120 | 101 | 28 | 25 | W 5 | |||
| 54 | Thu, Feb 15, 1979 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 116 | 119 | 28 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 16, 1979 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | OT | 120 | 121 | 28 | 27 | L 2 | |
| 56 | Sun, Feb 18, 1979 | Boston Celtics | W | 111 | 104 | 29 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 20, 1979 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 97 | 99 | 29 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 21, 1979 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 83 | 106 | 29 | 29 | L 2 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 23, 1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 99 | 110 | 29 | 30 | L 3 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 25, 1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 126 | 119 | 30 | 30 | W 1 | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 27, 1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 118 | 115 | 31 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 62 | Fri, Mar 2, 1979 | Houston Rockets | L | 98 | 118 | 31 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 4, 1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 106 | 102 | 32 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 6, 1979 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 118 | 110 | 33 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 7, 1979 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | W | 103 | 102 | 34 | 31 | W 3 | ||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 9, 1979 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 116 | 125 | 34 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 11, 1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 115 | 100 | 35 | 32 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 13, 1979 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 103 | 82 | 36 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Wed, Mar 14, 1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 105 | 110 | 36 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 17, 1979 | New Jersey Nets | W | 124 | 113 | 37 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 20, 1979 | San Diego Clippers | W | 115 | 109 | 38 | 33 | W 2 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 21, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 114 | 110 | 39 | 33 | W 3 | ||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 24, 1979 | Kansas City Kings | W | 100 | 98 | 40 | 33 | W 4 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 25, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | OT | 110 | 122 | 40 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 27, 1979 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 123 | 112 | 41 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Thu, Mar 29, 1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 120 | 103 | 42 | 34 | W 2 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 30, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 132 | 104 | 43 | 34 | W 3 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 1, 1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 109 | 107 | 44 | 34 | W 4 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 3, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 102 | 45 | 34 | W 5 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 4, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 95 | 106 | 45 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 6, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 87 | 91 | 45 | 36 | L 2 | ||
| 82 | Sat, Apr 7, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 98 | 99 | 45 | 37 | L 3 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 10, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 103 | 107 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 13, 1979 | Phoenix Suns | W | 96 | 92 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Apr 15, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 91 | 101 | 1 | 2 | L 1 |