1978-79 Atlanta Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Hubie Brown (46-36)

Executive: Michael Gearon

PTS/G: 109.1 (12th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.1 (3rd of 22)

SRS: 1.92 (8th of 22) Pace: 102.5 (21st of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.6 (8th of 22) Def Rtg: 103.6 (12th of 22) Net Rtg: +2.0 (8th of 22)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (8th of 22)

Arena: Omni Coliseum

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Washington Bullets (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	Fri, Oct 13, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		104	117	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	114	1	1	W 1
3	Wed, Oct 18, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		99	116	1	2	L 1	5,543	2:09
4	Sat, Oct 21, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		130	125	2	2	W 1
5	Tue, Oct 24, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		109	113	2	3	L 1
6	Wed, Oct 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		117	118	2	4	L 2
7	Sat, Oct 28, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		116	92	3	4	W 1
8	Tue, Oct 31, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		110	108	4	4	W 2
9	Thu, Nov 2, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		106	113	4	5	L 1
10	Sat, Nov 4, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L	OT	117	118	4	6	L 2
11	Thu, Nov 9, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		125	101	5	6	W 1
12	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		115	103	6	6	W 2	8,455	1:58
13	Sat, Nov 11, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		102	95	7	6	W 3
14	Wed, Nov 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		100	109	7	7	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 18, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	116	8	7	W 1
16	Tue, Nov 21, 1978	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		113	107	9	7	W 2
17	Wed, Nov 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		113	111	10	7	W 3
18	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	117	119	10	8	L 1
19	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		109	103	11	8	W 1
20	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		98	112	11	9	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	102	96	12	9	W 1
22	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		128	94	13	9	W 2
23	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		109	136	13	10	L 1
24	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		106	107	13	11	L 2
25	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		84	94	13	12	L 3
26	Sun, Dec 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		86	88	13	13	L 4
27	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		117	101	14	13	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		121	104	15	13	W 2
29	Sun, Dec 17, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	111	15	14	L 1
30	Tue, Dec 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		95	101	15	15	L 2
31	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	112	16	15	W 1
32	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		105	124	16	16	L 1	9,805	2:00
33	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	91	17	16	W 1
34	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		111	124	17	17	L 1
35	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		115	107	18	17	W 1
36	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	113	18	18	L 1
37	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		113	87	19	18	W 1
38	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		96	99	19	19	L 1
39	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		109	106	20	19	W 1
40	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		102	106	20	20	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		97	112	20	21	L 2
42	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	2OT	117	113	21	21	W 1
43	Fri, Jan 12, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		100	93	22	21	W 2
44	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		124	119	23	21	W 3
45	Sun, Jan 14, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		115	105	24	21	W 4
46	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		111	110	25	21	W 5
47	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		118	94	26	21	W 6
48	Sun, Jan 21, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		87	108	26	22	L 1
49	Tue, Jan 23, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		107	110	26	23	L 2
50	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		98	100	26	24	L 3
51	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		120	113	27	24	W 1
52	Tue, Jan 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		105	109	27	25	L 1
53	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		130	118	28	25	W 1
54	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		104	101	29	25	W 2	5,147	2:04
55	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		108	124	29	26	L 1
56	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		105	102	30	26	W 1
57	Sun, Feb 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		87	91	30	27	L 1
58	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		104	116	30	28	L 2
59	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		101	116	30	29	L 3
60	Tue, Feb 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		119	109	31	29	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	83	32	29	W 2
62	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		110	85	33	29	W 3
63	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		125	111	34	29	W 4
64	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		104	86	35	29	W 5
65	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		119	101	36	29	W 6
66	Tue, Mar 6, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		94	91	37	29	W 7
67	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W	OT	122	120	38	29	W 8
68	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	113	111	39	29	W 9
69	Tue, Mar 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		82	103	39	30	L 1
70	Wed, Mar 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		98	113	39	31	L 2
71	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	111	39	32	L 3
72	Sat, Mar 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		111	118	39	33	L 4
73	Tue, Mar 20, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		115	109	40	33	W 1
74	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		111	104	41	33	W 2
75	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		115	108	42	33	W 3
76	Sat, Mar 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		116	120	42	34	L 1
77	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		106	117	42	35	L 2
78	Sat, Mar 31, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		107	109	42	36	L 3
79	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		109	98	43	36	W 1
80	Wed, Apr 4, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		118	109	44	36	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		112	96	45	36	W 3
82	Sat, Apr 7, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		103	102	46	36	W 4

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		109	106	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 13, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		100	91	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Sun, Apr 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		89	103	2	1	L 1
4	Tue, Apr 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		107	99	3	1	W 1
5	Fri, Apr 20, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		77	89	3	2	L 1
6	Sun, Apr 22, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L	OT	118	120	3	3	L 2
7	Tue, Apr 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		107	103	4	3	W 1
8	Thu, Apr 26, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		104	86	5	3	W 2
9	Sun, Apr 29, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		94	100	5	4	L 1

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