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1979-80 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 37-45, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Slick Leonard (37-45)

PTS/G: 111.2 (6th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 111.9 (17th of 22)

SRS: -0.54 (12th of 22) Pace: 104.4 (7th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.5 (11th of 22) Def Rtg: 106.2 (12th of 22) Net Rtg: -0.7 (12th of 22)

Expected W-L: 39-43 (12th of 22)

Arena: Market Square Arena

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		105	114	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 13, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	101	1	1	W 1
3	Tue, Oct 16, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		113	100	2	1	W 2
4	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	116	2	2	L 1
5	Thu, Oct 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		85	115	2	3	L 2
6	Sat, Oct 20, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	131	128	3	3	W 1
7	Tue, Oct 23, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	136	3	4	L 1
8	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		110	132	3	5	L 2
9	Fri, Oct 26, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		118	108	4	5	W 1
10	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		121	128	4	6	L 1
11	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	OT	133	129	5	6	W 1
12	Fri, Nov 2, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		93	115	5	7	L 1
13	Sat, Nov 3, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	2OT	114	120	5	8	L 2
14	Tue, Nov 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		117	134	5	9	L 3
15	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		97	90	6	9	W 1
16	Sat, Nov 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		104	101	7	9	W 2
17	Mon, Nov 12, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W	OT	113	105	8	9	W 3
18	Wed, Nov 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		100	104	8	10	L 1
19	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		97	105	8	11	L 2
20	Sun, Nov 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	127	8	12	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		119	108	9	12	W 1
22	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	118	9	13	L 1
23	Sat, Nov 24, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		115	97	10	13	W 1
24	Mon, Nov 26, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		112	113	10	14	L 1
25	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		79	87	10	15	L 2
26	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		99	91	11	15	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	102	106	11	16	L 1
28	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		118	99	12	16	W 1
29	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		103	102	13	16	W 2
30	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	OT	124	122	14	16	W 3
31	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		107	112	14	17	L 1
32	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		111	109	15	17	W 1
33	Sun, Dec 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		105	107	15	18	L 1
34	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		123	127	15	19	L 2
35	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		130	110	16	19	W 1
36	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		98	97	17	19	W 2
37	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		101	116	17	20	L 1
38	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		114	116	17	21	L 2
39	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		120	127	17	22	L 3
40	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	106	17	23	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		105	111	17	24	L 5
42	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		122	118	18	24	W 1
43	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		111	120	18	25	L 1
44	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		110	105	19	25	W 1
45	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	109	20	25	W 2
46	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		117	99	21	25	W 3
47	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		108	103	22	25	W 4
48	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		130	144	22	26	L 1
49	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		139	117	23	26	W 1
50	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		115	114	24	26	W 2
51	Sun, Jan 27, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		123	121	25	26	W 3
52	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		133	112	26	26	W 4
53	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		119	120	26	27	L 1
54	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		102	112	26	28	L 2
55	Tue, Feb 5, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	109	26	29	L 3
56	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		134	104	27	29	W 1
57	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	130	27	30	L 1
58	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		131	127	28	30	W 1
59	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		96	98	28	31	L 1
60	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		118	114	29	31	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		107	118	29	32	L 1
62	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		108	100	30	32	W 1
63	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		131	86	31	32	W 2
64	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		105	113	31	33	L 1
65	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		88	93	31	34	L 2
66	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		111	116	31	35	L 3
67	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		104	118	31	36	L 4
68	Tue, Mar 4, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		109	114	31	37	L 5
69	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		113	120	31	38	L 6
70	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		94	99	31	39	L 7
71	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	113	31	40	L 8
72	Tue, Mar 11, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		114	108	32	40	W 1
73	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		107	100	33	40	W 2
74	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		104	94	34	40	W 3
75	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		90	95	34	41	L 1
76	Tue, Mar 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	114	34	42	L 2	at Hartford, CT
77	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		125	112	35	42	W 1
78	Fri, Mar 21, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		109	116	35	43	L 1
79	Sat, Mar 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		110	125	35	44	L 2
80	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	114	36	44	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		127	122	37	44	W 2
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		106	121	37	45	L 1

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