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1979-80 Seattle SuperSonics Schedule and Results

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56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lenny Wilkens (56-26)

PTS/G: 108.5 (12th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 103.8 (3rd of 22)
SRS: 4.24 (3rd of 22) ▪ Pace: 101.8 (16th of 22)
Off Rtg: 105.8 (8th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 101.2 (3rd of 22)
Expected W-L: 53-29 (3rd of 22)

Arena: King County Domed Stadium ▪ Attendance: 890,713 (1st of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Oct 14, 1979 @ San Diego Clippers L 93 98 0 1 L 1
2 Tue, Oct 16, 1979 @ Phoenix Suns L 86 102 0 2 L 2
3 Wed, Oct 17, 1979 Los Angeles Lakers W 112 110 1 2 W 1
4 Fri, Oct 19, 1979 San Diego Clippers W 106 98 2 2 W 2
5 Sun, Oct 21, 1979 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 97 106 2 3 L 1
6 Wed, Oct 24, 1979 Kansas City Kings W 105 92 3 3 W 1
7 Fri, Oct 26, 1979 Phoenix Suns L 86 92 3 4 L 1
8 Sat, Oct 27, 1979 @ San Diego Clippers L 105 110 3 5 L 2
9 Sun, Oct 28, 1979 Chicago Bulls W 108 97 4 5 W 1
10 Wed, Oct 31, 1979 Denver Nuggets W 97 89 5 5 W 2
11 Fri, Nov 2, 1979 San Antonio Spurs W 117 107 6 5 W 3
12 Sun, Nov 4, 1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 114 101 7 5 W 4
13 Tue, Nov 6, 1979 @ Chicago Bulls W 114 97 8 5 W 5
14 Wed, Nov 7, 1979 @ Denver Nuggets L 92 113 8 6 L 1
15 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 @ Utah Jazz W 88 87 9 6 W 1
16 Wed, Nov 14, 1979 Milwaukee Bucks W 136 117 10 6 W 2
17 Fri, Nov 16, 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers W 108 100 11 6 W 3
18 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 @ Golden State Warriors W 108 103 12 6 W 4
19 Sun, Nov 18, 1979 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 95 100 12 7 L 1
20 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 Los Angeles Lakers W 119 110 13 7 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 23, 1979 Portland Trail Blazers W 94 90 14 7 W 2
22 Wed, Nov 28, 1979 Phoenix Suns W 127 116 15 7 W 3
23 Fri, Nov 30, 1979 @ Kansas City Kings W OT 107 102 16 7 W 4
24 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 @ Utah Jazz L 95 97 16 8 L 1
25 Sun, Dec 2, 1979 Golden State Warriors W 111 98 17 8 W 1
26 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 Utah Jazz W 115 96 18 8 W 2
27 Sat, Dec 8, 1979 @ Golden State Warriors W 125 100 19 8 W 3
28 Sun, Dec 9, 1979 Chicago Bulls L 112 121 19 9 L 1
29 Tue, Dec 11, 1979 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 103 99 20 9 W 1
30 Wed, Dec 12, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers W 112 107 21 9 W 2
31 Fri, Dec 14, 1979 Houston Rockets W 109 101 22 9 W 3
32 Sun, Dec 16, 1979 Denver Nuggets W 123 121 23 9 W 4
33 Wed, Dec 19, 1979 New Jersey Nets L 114 122 23 10 L 1
34 Fri, Dec 21, 1979 New York Knicks W 121 102 24 10 W 1
35 Sun, Dec 23, 1979 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 97 102 24 11 L 1
36 Wed, Dec 26, 1979 San Diego Clippers W 124 104 25 11 W 1
37 Fri, Dec 28, 1979 Portland Trail Blazers W 126 97 26 11 W 2
38 Sun, Dec 30, 1979 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 107 100 27 11 W 3
39 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 Washington Bullets L 2OT 134 139 27 12 L 1
40 Fri, Jan 4, 1980 Detroit Pistons W 123 105 28 12 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 @ Golden State Warriors W 121 112 29 12 W 2
42 Sun, Jan 6, 1980 @ San Diego Clippers L 103 105 29 13 L 1
43 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 Indiana Pacers W 120 111 30 13 W 1
44 Fri, Jan 11, 1980 Utah Jazz W 100 90 31 13 W 2
45 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 @ Denver Nuggets W 105 102 32 13 W 3
46 Sun, Jan 13, 1980 Golden State Warriors W 109 101 33 13 W 4
47 Tue, Jan 15, 1980 @ Washington Bullets W 120 100 34 13 W 5
48 Fri, Jan 18, 1980 @ New York Knicks W 124 117 35 13 W 6
49 Sun, Jan 20, 1980 @ Boston Celtics W 2OT 108 106 36 13 W 7
50 Wed, Jan 23, 1980 @ Atlanta Hawks W 98 96 37 13 W 8
51 Fri, Jan 25, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs L 116 125 37 14 L 1
52 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 @ Houston Rockets L 111 123 37 15 L 2
53 Wed, Jan 30, 1980 Kansas City Kings L 97 99 37 16 L 3
54 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks W 105 101 38 16 W 1
55 Tue, Feb 5, 1980 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 123 121 39 16 W 2
56 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 @ Detroit Pistons W 119 102 40 16 W 3
57 Fri, Feb 8, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 109 94 41 16 W 4
58 Sun, Feb 10, 1980 @ New Jersey Nets W 122 107 42 16 W 5
59 Wed, Feb 13, 1980 Atlanta Hawks W 93 86 43 16 W 6
60 Thu, Feb 14, 1980 Denver Nuggets W 93 84 44 16 W 7
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 Boston Celtics W 109 108 45 16 W 8
62 Tue, Feb 19, 1980 @ Chicago Bulls L 106 115 45 17 L 1
63 Wed, Feb 20, 1980 @ Kansas City Kings L 105 107 45 18 L 2
64 Sat, Feb 23, 1980 @ Utah Jazz W 105 95 46 18 W 1
65 Tue, Feb 26, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 108 131 46 19 L 1
66 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L OT 98 101 46 20 L 2
67 Fri, Feb 29, 1980 Chicago Bulls W 108 101 47 20 W 1
68 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 Utah Jazz W 103 91 48 20 W 2
69 Tue, Mar 4, 1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 98 97 49 20 W 3
70 Wed, Mar 5, 1980 @ Phoenix Suns L 111 127 49 21 L 1
71 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 @ Denver Nuggets W 104 97 50 21 W 1
72 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 @ Kansas City Kings L 93 113 50 22 L 1
73 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 103 112 50 23 L 2
74 Fri, Mar 14, 1980 @ Chicago Bulls W 122 101 51 23 W 1
75 Wed, Mar 19, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks L 106 108 51 24 L 1
76 Fri, Mar 21, 1980 San Diego Clippers W 107 104 52 24 W 1
77 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 Los Angeles Lakers L 92 97 52 25 L 1
78 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 Kansas City Kings W 112 90 53 25 W 1
79 Tue, Mar 25, 1980 Phoenix Suns W 104 95 54 25 W 2
80 Wed, Mar 26, 1980 @ Phoenix Suns L 99 109 54 26 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Mar 28, 1980 Golden State Warriors W 108 82 55 26 W 1
82 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 Portland Trail Blazers W 135 104 56 26 W 2

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 2, 1980 Portland Trail Blazers W 120 110 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 4, 1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers L OT 95 105 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Apr 6, 1980 Portland Trail Blazers W 103 86 2 1 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Tue, Apr 8, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks W OT 114 113 3 1 W 2
5 Wed, Apr 9, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks L OT 112 114 3 2 L 1
6 Fri, Apr 11, 1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 91 95 3 3 L 2
7 Sun, Apr 13, 1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 112 107 4 3 W 1
8 Tue, Apr 15, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks L 97 108 4 4 L 1
9 Fri, Apr 18, 1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 86 85 5 4 W 1
10 Sun, Apr 20, 1980 Milwaukee Bucks W 98 94 6 4 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
11 Tue, Apr 22, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 108 107 7 4 W 3
12 Wed, Apr 23, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 99 108 7 5 L 1
13 Fri, Apr 25, 1980 Los Angeles Lakers L 100 104 7 6 L 2
14 Sun, Apr 27, 1980 Los Angeles Lakers L 93 98 7 7 L 3
15 Wed, Apr 30, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 105 111 7 8 L 4