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35-47, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Gene Shue (35-47)
Points Per Game: 107.6 (16th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.7 (16th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 30-52 (18th of 22)
Arena: San Diego Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 325,012 (19th of 22)
SRS: -3.97 (18th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.4 (17th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 105.7 (9th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.8 (21st of 22)
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 12, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 102 | 103 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 14, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 98 | 93 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 16, 1979 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 81 | 88 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Oct 18, 1979 | Chicago Bulls | W | 111 | 107 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 19, 1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 106 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Oct 22, 1979 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 109 | 110 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 23, 1979 | Denver Nuggets | W | 132 | 127 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Oct 25, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 115 | 118 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Oct 27, 1979 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 110 | 105 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Oct 28, 1979 | Kansas City Kings | L | 101 | 106 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Wed, Oct 31, 1979 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 123 | 130 | 4 | 7 | L 2 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 2, 1979 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 102 | 123 | 4 | 8 | L 3 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 3, 1979 | Utah Jazz | W | 126 | 109 | 5 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 6, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 127 | 5 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 7, 1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 114 | 102 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 9, 1979 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 92 | 107 | 6 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 10, 1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 104 | 133 | 6 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Nov 13, 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 91 | 137 | 6 | 12 | L 3 | |||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 16, 1979 | Indiana Pacers | W | 105 | 97 | 7 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 18, 1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 112 | 96 | 8 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 20, 1979 | Phoenix Suns | W | 117 | 110 | 9 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Nov 21, 1979 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 84 | 105 | 9 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Nov 23, 1979 | Kansas City Kings | L | 91 | 107 | 9 | 14 | L 2 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Nov 27, 1979 | Chicago Bulls | W | 128 | 103 | 10 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Wed, Nov 28, 1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 114 | 108 | 11 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 101 | 104 | 11 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 96 | 106 | 11 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 4, 1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 112 | 115 | 11 | 17 | L 3 | ||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 6, 1979 | Golden State Warriors | W | 105 | 103 | 12 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 7, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 116 | 108 | 13 | 17 | W 2 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 9, 1979 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 98 | 96 | 14 | 17 | W 3 | ||
| 32 | Wed, Dec 12, 1979 | Houston Rockets | L | 107 | 118 | 14 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 33 | Fri, Dec 14, 1979 | Denver Nuggets | W | 112 | 108 | 15 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Sun, Dec 16, 1979 | Detroit Pistons | W | 133 | 126 | 16 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 18, 1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 96 | 110 | 16 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Thu, Dec 20, 1979 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 128 | 118 | 17 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Fri, Dec 21, 1979 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 110 | 98 | 18 | 19 | W 2 | ||
| 38 | Sun, Dec 23, 1979 | Utah Jazz | W | OT | 124 | 118 | 19 | 19 | W 3 | ||
| 39 | Wed, Dec 26, 1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 104 | 124 | 19 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Dec 27, 1979 | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 118 | 19 | 21 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 93 | 90 | 20 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 42 | Wed, Jan 2, 1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 103 | 97 | 21 | 21 | W 2 | ||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 101 | 138 | 21 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 4, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 118 | 121 | 21 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 6, 1980 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 105 | 103 | 22 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 8, 1980 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 124 | 116 | 23 | 23 | W 2 | ||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 9, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 111 | 107 | 24 | 23 | W 3 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 11, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | W | 116 | 112 | 25 | 23 | W 4 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | Utah Jazz | W | 119 | 102 | 26 | 23 | W 5 | |||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 16, 1980 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 111 | 108 | 27 | 23 | W 6 | |||
| 51 | Fri, Jan 18, 1980 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 91 | 92 | 27 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 123 | 137 | 27 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 22, 1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 129 | 27 | 26 | L 3 | ||
| 54 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 2OT | 110 | 111 | 27 | 27 | L 4 | |
| 55 | Fri, Jan 25, 1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 117 | 139 | 27 | 28 | L 5 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Jan 27, 1980 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 131 | 27 | 29 | L 6 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Jan 29, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | W | 133 | 121 | 28 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 6, 1980 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 92 | 117 | 28 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 8, 1980 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 118 | 104 | 29 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 104 | 123 | 29 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 13, 1980 | Washington Bullets | L | 103 | 108 | 29 | 32 | L 2 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 17, 1980 | Kansas City Kings | L | 107 | 108 | 29 | 33 | L 3 | |||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 19, 1980 | New Jersey Nets | L | 113 | 123 | 29 | 34 | L 4 | |||
| 64 | Thu, Feb 21, 1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 104 | 99 | 30 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 24, 1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 102 | 110 | 30 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Tue, Feb 26, 1980 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 88 | 122 | 30 | 36 | L 2 | ||
| 67 | Wed, Feb 27, 1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 129 | 113 | 31 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Fri, Feb 29, 1980 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 93 | 98 | 31 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 2, 1980 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 98 | 101 | 31 | 38 | L 2 | |||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 4, 1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 116 | 105 | 32 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 8, 1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 113 | 98 | 33 | 38 | W 2 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 9, 1980 | Golden State Warriors | L | 107 | 125 | 33 | 39 | L 1 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 11, 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 106 | 123 | 33 | 40 | L 2 | |||
| 74 | Thu, Mar 13, 1980 | Denver Nuggets | W | 116 | 102 | 34 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 15, 1980 | Phoenix Suns | W | 120 | 109 | 35 | 40 | W 2 | |||
| 76 | Sun, Mar 16, 1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 107 | 127 | 35 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Tue, Mar 18, 1980 | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 115 | 35 | 42 | L 2 | |||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 21, 1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 104 | 107 | 35 | 43 | L 3 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 23, 1980 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 91 | 98 | 35 | 44 | L 4 | ||
| 80 | Thu, Mar 27, 1980 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 93 | 96 | 35 | 45 | L 5 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 28, 1980 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 88 | 126 | 35 | 46 | L 6 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 30, 1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 104 | 122 | 35 | 47 | L 7 |