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1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers Schedule and Results

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

Coach: Jack Ramsay (45-37)

PTS/G: 108.4 (14th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.1 (4th of 22)

SRS: 1.12 (11th of 22) Pace: 103.4 (17th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.3 (11th of 22) Def Rtg: 103.1 (9th of 22) Net Rtg: +1.2 (10th of 22)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (10th of 22)

Arena: Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

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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		Chicago Bulls	L		97	108	0	1	L 1
2	Tue, Oct 17, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		115	112	1	1	W 1
3	Wed, Oct 18, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		113	125	1	2	L 1
4	Fri, Oct 20, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		108	111	1	3	L 2
5	Sun, Oct 22, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		116	124	1	4	L 3
6	Tue, Oct 24, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		104	102	2	4	W 1
7	Sat, Oct 28, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		106	95	3	4	W 2
8	Tue, Oct 31, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		112	96	4	4	W 3
9	Fri, Nov 3, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		119	98	5	4	W 4
10	Sun, Nov 5, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		111	96	6	4	W 5
11	Tue, Nov 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		103	143	6	5	L 1
12	Wed, Nov 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		112	109	7	5	W 1	6,534	2:13
13	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		86	91	7	6	L 1
14	Sun, Nov 12, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	91	8	6	W 1
15	Tue, Nov 14, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		123	103	9	6	W 2
16	Sat, Nov 18, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		123	111	10	6	W 3
17	Sun, Nov 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		85	88	10	7	L 1
18	Tue, Nov 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		93	123	10	8	L 2
19	Wed, Nov 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		96	115	10	9	L 3
20	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		99	100	10	10	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		127	105	11	10	W 1
22	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		102	97	12	10	W 2	12,666	1:51
23	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	97	13	10	W 3
24	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		77	111	13	11	L 1
25	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		109	115	13	12	L 2
26	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	100	13	13	L 3
27	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		110	116	13	14	L 4
28	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		117	115	14	14	W 1
29	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		116	113	15	14	W 2
30	Sun, Dec 17, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		123	110	16	14	W 3
31	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		114	109	17	14	W 4
32	Mon, Dec 25, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		115	102	18	14	W 5
33	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	OT	127	129	18	15	L 1
34	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		95	118	18	16	L 2
35	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		108	109	18	17	L 3
36	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		98	96	19	17	W 1
37	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		104	112	19	18	L 1
38	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	104	19	19	L 2
39	Fri, Jan 12, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		125	128	19	20	L 3	12,077	2:16
40	Sun, Jan 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	112	19	21	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		110	111	19	22	L 5
42	Fri, Jan 19, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		101	107	19	23	L 6
43	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		118	113	20	23	W 1
44	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		121	122	20	24	L 1
45	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		108	103	21	24	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 28, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		116	94	22	24	W 2
47	Tue, Jan 30, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		82	76	23	24	W 3
48	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		112	115	23	25	L 1
49	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	100	24	25	W 1
50	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		110	93	25	25	W 2
51	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		125	106	26	25	W 3
52	Sun, Feb 11, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		91	87	27	25	W 4
53	Tue, Feb 13, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		120	101	28	25	W 5
54	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		116	119	28	26	L 1
55	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	OT	120	121	28	27	L 2
56	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	104	29	27	W 1	12,666	2:00
57	Tue, Feb 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		97	99	29	28	L 1
58	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		83	106	29	29	L 2
59	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		99	110	29	30	L 3
60	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	126	119	30	30	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	115	31	30	W 2
62	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		98	118	31	31	L 1
63	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		106	102	32	31	W 1
64	Tue, Mar 6, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		118	110	33	31	W 2
65	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		103	102	34	31	W 3
66	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		116	125	34	32	L 1
67	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		115	100	35	32	W 1
68	Tue, Mar 13, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		103	82	36	32	W 2
69	Wed, Mar 14, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		105	110	36	33	L 1
70	Sat, Mar 17, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		124	113	37	33	W 1
71	Tue, Mar 20, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		115	109	38	33	W 2
72	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	110	39	33	W 3
73	Sat, Mar 24, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		100	98	40	33	W 4
74	Sun, Mar 25, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	110	122	40	34	L 1	12,666
75	Tue, Mar 27, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	112	41	34	W 1
76	Thu, Mar 29, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		120	103	42	34	W 2
77	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		132	104	43	34	W 3
78	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		109	107	44	34	W 4
79	Tue, Apr 3, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	102	45	34	W 5
80	Wed, Apr 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		95	106	45	35	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		87	91	45	36	L 2
82	Sat, Apr 7, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	99	45	37	L 3

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Tue, Apr 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	103	107	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Apr 13, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	96	92	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Apr 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	91	101	1	2	L 1

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