1978-79 Kansas City Kings Schedule and Results

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Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (48-34)

Executive: Joe Axelson

PTS/G: 113.1 (7th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.2 (11th of 22)

SRS: 2.73 (5th of 22) Pace: 107.3 (5th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.5 (9th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.9 (4th of 22) Net Rtg: +2.7 (5th of 22)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (6th of 22)

Arena: Kemper Arena

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Oct 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		105	115	0	1	L 1
2	Tue, Oct 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		112	115	0	2	L 2
3	Thu, Oct 19, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		108	103	1	2	W 1
4	Sat, Oct 21, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		99	103	1	3	L 1
5	Tue, Oct 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		123	117	2	3	W 1
6	Wed, Oct 25, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		114	109	3	3	W 2
7	Fri, Oct 27, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		102	107	3	4	L 1
8	Sat, Oct 28, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		112	102	4	4	W 1
9	Tue, Oct 31, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		112	114	4	5	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 1, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		122	107	5	5	W 1
11	Fri, Nov 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		108	115	5	6	L 1
12	Sat, Nov 4, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		109	107	6	6	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		105	97	7	6	W 2
14	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		127	136	7	7	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 11, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		117	113	8	7	W 1
16	Wed, Nov 15, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		109	100	9	7	W 2
17	Sat, Nov 18, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		114	100	10	7	W 3
18	Wed, Nov 22, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		115	96	11	7	W 4
19	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		86	87	11	8	L 1
20	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		108	94	12	8	W 1	10,435	1:59
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		110	109	13	8	W 2
22	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		105	92	14	8	W 3
23	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	114	14	9	L 1
24	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		132	108	15	9	W 1
25	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		100	120	15	10	L 1
26	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		105	101	16	10	W 1	10,171	2:08
27	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		128	100	17	10	W 2
28	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		114	95	18	10	W 3
29	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		103	123	18	11	L 1
30	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	OT	122	117	19	11	W 1
31	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		102	109	19	12	L 1
32	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	112	19	13	L 2	14,442	1:55	at St. Louis, MO
33	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		137	126	20	13	W 1
34	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		108	112	20	14	L 1
35	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		97	99	20	15	L 2
36	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		108	101	21	15	W 1
37	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		108	99	22	15	W 2
38	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		120	99	23	15	W 3
39	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		110	126	23	16	L 1
40	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		94	89	24	16	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 14, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		124	104	25	16	W 2
42	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		86	79	26	16	W 3
43	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		120	99	27	16	W 4	6,583	1:55
44	Fri, Jan 19, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		115	113	28	16	W 5
45	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		110	122	28	17	L 1
46	Tue, Jan 23, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		116	118	28	18	L 2
47	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		95	124	28	19	L 3
48	Fri, Jan 26, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		142	128	29	19	W 1
49	Sun, Jan 28, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		137	109	30	19	W 2
50	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		118	130	30	20	L 1
51	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		130	114	31	20	W 1
52	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		124	108	32	20	W 2
53	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		124	114	33	20	W 3
54	Sun, Feb 11, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		104	103	34	20	W 4
55	Tue, Feb 13, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		102	111	34	21	L 1
56	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		108	106	35	21	W 1
57	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		119	104	36	21	W 2			at St. Louis, MO
58	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		130	107	37	21	W 3
59	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		133	117	38	21	W 4
60	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	111	38	22	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		121	112	39	22	W 1
62	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		114	106	40	22	W 2
63	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	122	40	23	L 1
64	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		120	122	40	24	L 2
65	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	OT	125	129	40	25	L 3
66	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L	OT	110	111	40	26	L 4
67	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	OT	120	122	40	27	L 5
68	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		121	116	41	27	W 1
69	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	115	41	28	L 1
70	Wed, Mar 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		107	129	41	29	L 2
71	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		120	112	42	29	W 1
72	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		114	103	43	29	W 2
73	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		116	123	43	30	L 1
74	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		107	126	43	31	L 2
75	Sat, Mar 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		98	100	43	32	L 3
76	Sun, Mar 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		101	111	43	33	L 4
77	Wed, Mar 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L	OT	122	132	43	34	L 5
78	Thu, Mar 29, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		116	111	44	34	W 1
79	Sat, Mar 31, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		126	101	45	34	W 2			at St. Louis, MO
80	Wed, Apr 4, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	115	111	46	34	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 6, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W	OT	117	114	47	34	W 4
82	Sun, Apr 8, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		107	101	48	34	W 5

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	99	102	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Apr 20, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	111	91	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Apr 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	93	108	1	2	L 1	at Tempe, AZ
4	Wed, Apr 25, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L	94	108	1	3	L 2
5	Fri, Apr 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	99	120	1	4	L 3

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