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1978-79 San Diego Clippers

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43-39, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 113.1 points per game, Allowed 114.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 37-45)
Coached by Gene Shue (43-39)

Arena: San Diego Sports Arena / Attendance: 311,789 (21st of 22 available)

SRS: -1.76 (15th of 22) / Pace Factor: 106.3 (11th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 106.2 (4th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 107.9 (22nd of 22)

1978-79 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 13, 1978 @ Phoenix Suns L 114 128 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 14, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors L 89 117 0 2 L 2
3 Sun, Oct 15, 1978 Denver Nuggets L 94 98 0 3 L 3
4 Tue, Oct 17, 1978 Chicago Bulls W 99 94 1 3 W 1
5 Wed, Oct 18, 1978 San Antonio Spurs L 125 127 1 4 L 1
6 Fri, Oct 20, 1978 @ Chicago Bulls W 110 94 2 4 W 1
7 Sat, Oct 21, 1978 @ Indiana Pacers L 119 125 2 5 L 1
8 Tue, Oct 24, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers W 124 123 3 5 W 1
9 Wed, Oct 25, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks W 125 116 4 5 W 2
10 Fri, Oct 27, 1978 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 101 113 4 6 L 1
11 Sun, Oct 29, 1978 Seattle Supersonics W 103 100 5 6 W 1
12 Thu, Nov 2, 1978 New York Knickerbockers L 122 127 5 7 L 1
13 Fri, Nov 3, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 98 119 5 8 L 2
14 Sat, Nov 4, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers L 106 112 5 9 L 3
15 Tue, Nov 7, 1978 @ New Orleans Jazz W 121 115 6 9 W 1
16 Wed, Nov 8, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs L 125 163 6 10 L 1
17 Thu, Nov 9, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks L 101 125 6 11 L 2
18 Sat, Nov 11, 1978 @ Houston Rockets L 123 136 6 12 L 3
19 Tue, Nov 14, 1978 Indiana Pacers W 109 106 7 12 W 1
20 Thu, Nov 16, 1978 Golden State Warriors W 112 109 8 12 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 18, 1978 New Orleans Jazz W 114 111 9 12 W 3
22 Tue, Nov 21, 1978 Atlanta Hawks L 107 113 9 13 L 1
23 Fri, Nov 24, 1978 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 120 134 9 14 L 2
24 Sat, Nov 25, 1978 @ Kansas City Kings W 87 86 10 14 W 1
25 Sun, Nov 26, 1978 Boston Celtics W 105 103 11 14 W 2
26 Thu, Nov 30, 1978 Houston Rockets L 104 113 11 15 L 1
27 Sat, Dec 2, 1978 Detroit Pistons L 113 120 11 16 L 2
28 Wed, Dec 6, 1978 @ Boston Celtics L 111 117 11 17 L 3
29 Sat, Dec 9, 1978 @ New Jersey Nets L 120 125 11 18 L 4
30 Sun, Dec 10, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 107 106 12 18 W 1
31 Tue, Dec 12, 1978 @ New York Knickerbockers W 105 103 13 18 W 2
32 Wed, Dec 13, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 117 134 13 19 L 1
33 Sun, Dec 17, 1978 Phoenix Suns W 116 110 14 19 W 1
34 Tue, Dec 19, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers L 113 124 14 20 L 1
35 Mon, Dec 25, 1978 @ Seattle Supersonics W 123 118 15 20 W 1
36 Tue, Dec 26, 1978 Chicago Bulls W 115 109 16 20 W 2
37 Thu, Dec 28, 1978 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 114 116 16 21 L 1
38 Fri, Dec 29, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons W 111 107 17 21 W 1
39 Sat, Dec 30, 1978 @ Indiana Pacers W 114 111 18 21 W 2
40 Tue, Jan 2, 1979 Detroit Pistons W 137 119 19 21 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 4, 1979 @ Kansas City Kings L 99 108 19 22 L 1
42 Sat, Jan 6, 1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 93 104 19 23 L 2
43 Tue, Jan 9, 1979 @ New Orleans Jazz W 114 107 20 23 W 1
44 Thu, Jan 11, 1979 @ San Antonio Spurs L 111 140 20 24 L 1
45 Sat, Jan 13, 1979 @ Atlanta Hawks L 119 124 20 25 L 2
46 Sun, Jan 14, 1979 @ Washington Bullets L 91 125 20 26 L 3
47 Wed, Jan 17, 1979 Los Angeles Lakers W 119 117 21 26 W 1
48 Wed, Jan 24, 1979 Portland Trail Blazers W 122 121 22 26 W 2
49 Fri, Jan 26, 1979 @ Chicago Bulls W 107 91 23 26 W 3
50 Sat, Jan 27, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 111 110 24 26 W 4
51 Sun, Jan 28, 1979 @ Detroit Pistons L 118 128 24 27 L 1
52 Tue, Jan 30, 1979 Milwaukee Bucks W 117 113 25 27 W 1
53 Wed, Jan 31, 1979 New Jersey Nets W 112 104 26 27 W 2
54 Fri, Feb 2, 1979 Denver Nuggets W 124 100 27 27 W 3
55 Wed, Feb 7, 1979 San Antonio Spurs L 113 126 27 28 L 1
56 Fri, Feb 9, 1979 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 106 117 27 29 L 2
57 Sun, Feb 11, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets L 98 104 27 30 L 3
58 Tue, Feb 13, 1979 Washington Bullets L 136 138 27 31 L 4
59 Thu, Feb 15, 1979 New Orleans Jazz W 122 112 28 31 W 1
60 Fri, Feb 16, 1979 @ Denver Nuggets W 118 104 29 31 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 18, 1979 Atlanta Hawks W 116 101 30 31 W 3
62 Fri, Feb 23, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers W 117 116 31 31 W 4
63 Sun, Feb 25, 1979 Boston Celtics W 131 116 32 31 W 5
64 Tue, Feb 27, 1979 Indiana Pacers W 124 107 33 31 W 6
65 Wed, Feb 28, 1979 Kansas City Kings W 122 120 34 31 W 7
66 Fri, Mar 2, 1979 @ Boston Celtics W 106 99 35 31 W 8
67 Sat, Mar 3, 1979 @ New York Knickerbockers L 108 111 35 32 L 1
68 Wed, Mar 7, 1979 Houston Rockets W 138 115 36 32 W 1
69 Sat, Mar 10, 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers W 121 115 37 32 W 2
70 Wed, Mar 14, 1979 Portland Trail Blazers W 110 105 38 32 W 3
71 Sat, Mar 17, 1979 Golden State Warriors W 107 102 39 32 W 4
72 Sun, Mar 18, 1979 New Jersey Nets W 110 98 40 32 W 5
73 Tue, Mar 20, 1979 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 109 115 40 33 L 1
74 Wed, Mar 21, 1979 @ Golden State Warriors W 106 103 41 33 W 1
75 Fri, Mar 23, 1979 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 119 156 41 34 L 1
76 Tue, Mar 27, 1979 @ Seattle Supersonics L 109 115 41 35 L 2
77 Thu, Mar 29, 1979 Kansas City Kings L 111 116 41 36 L 3
78 Fri, Mar 30, 1979 @ Denver Nuggets L 121 130 41 37 L 4
79 Sun, Apr 1, 1979 New York Knickerbockers W 126 116 42 37 W 1
80 Wed, Apr 4, 1979 Seattle Supersonics L 107 115 42 38 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 6, 1979 @ Phoenix Suns L 117 118 42 39 L 2
82 Sat, Apr 7, 1979 Phoenix Suns W 120 116 43 39 W 1