1978-79 Detroit Pistons Schedule | Basketball-Reference.com

1978-79 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

Record: 30-52, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Dick Vitale (30-52)

PTS/G: 110.0 (10th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 112.7 (18th of 22)

SRS: -2.60 (16th of 22) Pace: 107.2 (6th of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.1 (17th of 22) Def Rtg: 104.6 (15th of 22) Net Rtg: -2.5 (16th of 22)

Expected W-L: 34-48 (16th of 22)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 13, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		105	107	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		114	122	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Oct 17, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		109	114	0	3	L 3
4	Fri, Oct 20, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		117	126	0	4	L 4
5	Sat, Oct 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		99	119	0	5	L 5
6	Wed, Oct 25, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	105	1	5	W 1
7	Fri, Oct 27, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		107	102	2	5	W 2
8	Sat, Oct 28, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		126	150	2	6	L 1
9	Tue, Oct 31, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		96	112	2	7	L 2
10	Thu, Nov 2, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	95	2	8	L 3
11	Fri, Nov 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		99	93	3	8	W 1
12	Sat, Nov 4, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		95	103	3	9	L 1
13	Wed, Nov 8, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		117	106	4	9	W 1
14	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		115	101	5	9	W 2
15	Sat, Nov 11, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		112	135	5	10	L 1
16	Sun, Nov 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		128	123	6	10	W 1	8,274	2:02
17	Wed, Nov 15, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		126	133	6	11	L 1
18	Sat, Nov 18, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		105	119	6	12	L 2
19	Tue, Nov 21, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		79	96	6	13	L 3
20	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	119	117	7	13	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		105	103	8	13	W 2
22	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		109	119	8	14	L 1
23	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		120	125	8	15	L 2
24	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		120	113	9	15	W 1
25	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		112	114	9	16	L 1	10,326	2:16
26	Thu, Dec 7, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		121	105	10	16	W 1
27	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		107	114	10	17	L 1
28	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		108	132	10	18	L 2
29	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		110	127	10	19	L 3
30	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		114	116	10	20	L 4
31	Thu, Dec 21, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		121	108	11	20	W 1
32	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		126	130	11	21	L 1
33	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		84	143	11	22	L 2
34	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		131	119	12	22	W 1
35	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		107	111	12	23	L 1
36	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		101	112	12	24	L 2
37	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		119	137	12	25	L 3
38	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		81	96	12	26	L 4
39	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		96	98	12	27	L 5
40	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		114	116	12	28	L 6
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		104	101	13	28	W 1
42	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		114	109	14	28	W 2
43	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	111	14	29	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		99	106	14	30	L 2
45	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		87	97	14	31	L 3
46	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		122	110	15	31	W 1
47	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		121	117	16	31	W 2
48	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		135	100	17	31	W 3
49	Sun, Jan 28, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		128	118	18	31	W 4
50	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		86	108	18	32	L 1
51	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		120	116	19	32	W 1
52	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		114	130	19	33	L 1
53	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		108	113	19	34	L 2
54	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	114	19	35	L 3
55	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		105	106	19	36	L 4
56	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		105	107	19	37	L 5
57	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		111	107	20	37	W 1
58	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		110	96	21	37	W 2
59	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		124	104	22	37	W 3
60	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	106	99	23	37	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	119	126	23	38	L 1
62	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		117	124	23	39	L 2
63	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		110	101	24	39	W 1
64	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		93	99	24	40	L 1
65	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		160	117	25	40	W 1	9,104	2:05
66	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		125	115	26	40	W 2
67	Tue, Mar 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	OT	120	122	26	41	L 1
68	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		88	83	27	41	W 1
69	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	99	27	42	L 1	10,395	1:51
70	Sat, Mar 17, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		105	98	28	42	W 1
71	Tue, Mar 20, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		110	117	28	43	L 1
72	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		104	111	28	44	L 2
73	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		124	114	29	44	W 1
74	Sun, Mar 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		107	116	29	45	L 1
75	Wed, Mar 28, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		110	115	29	46	L 2
76	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	124	29	47	L 3
77	Sat, Mar 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		102	123	29	48	L 4
78	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		105	116	29	49	L 5
79	Tue, Apr 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		100	104	29	50	L 6
80	Thu, Apr 5, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		120	104	30	50	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 6, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		96	112	30	51	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 8, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		107	117	30	52	L 2

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