1978-79 Chicago Bulls Game Log

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Record: 31-51, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Larry Costello (20-36), Scotty Robertson (11-15)

Executive: Rod Thorn

PTS/G: 104.7 (22nd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 108.7 (6th of 22)

SRS: -3.78 (19th of 22) Pace: 102.9 (19th of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.3 (20th of 22) Def Rtg: 105.1 (16th of 22) Net Rtg: -3.8 (20th of 22)

Expected W-L: 31-51 (19th of 22)

Arena: Chicago Stadium

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Regular Season

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Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1978-10-13	@	SEA	L	86	104	36	93	.387				14	22	.636	12	35	17	12	5	19	30	39	85	.459				26	31	.839	17	56	22	7	9	21	24
2	2	1978-10-15	@	POR	W	108	97	40	72	.556				28	35	.800	7	46	19	9	0	29	28	37	84	.440				23	30	.767	8	34	17	11	4	21	31
3	3	1978-10-17	@	SDC	L	94	99	42	95	.442				10	15	.667	15	45	11	12	5	19	22	40	90	.444				19	23	.826	14	46	16	11	8	20	16
4	4	1978-10-20		SDC	L	94	110	37	78	.474				20	26	.769	12	40	23	3	4	24	30	46	86	.535				18	21	.857	13	44	26	7	4	19	32
5	5	1978-10-21	@	CLE	L	104	113	40	83	.482				24	34	.706	20	57	20	4	4	25	30	43	103	.417				27	34	.794	17	39	23	12	3	8	30
6	6	1978-10-24		KCK	L	117	123	43	81	.531				31	45	.689	14	40	22	4	1	23	31	50	85	.588				23	36	.639	10	34	19	12	8	18	31
7	7	1978-10-27		PHO	L	110	115	45	85	.529				20	25	.800	13	51	33	10	5	38	30	50	103	.485				15	21	.714	17	42	30	22	6	24	27
8	8	1978-10-28	@	ATL	L	92	116	35	70	.500				22	30	.733	16	42	16	2	4	33	34	49	89	.551				18	23	.783	12	34	27	9	7	16	32
9	9	1978-10-31	@	NOJ	L	92	97	42	111	.378				8	11	.727	29	63	19	9	3	19	27	40	97	.412				17	24	.708	25	67	29	8	16	24	22
10	10	1978-11-01	@	BOS	L	112	118	42	84	.500				28	37	.757	10	36	19	5	7	23	30	47	87	.540				24	36	.667	10	37	30	12	2	18	35
11	11	1978-11-03		DET	L	93	99	42	89	.472				9	14	.643	15	43	31	1	8	21	15	43	81	.531				13	18	.722	12	39	21	14	7	15	20
12	12	1978-11-04		IND	W	97	84	38	81	.469				21	25	.840	12	43	29	7	9	21	18	37	91	.407				10	11	.909	16	49	15	9	5	25	29
13	13	1978-11-07		LAL	L	111	112	45	82	.549				21	28	.750	16	41	29	7	5	26	30	45	78	.577				22	25	.880	8	28	23	7	10	22	28
14	14	1978-11-10	@	DET	L	101	115	47	108	.435				7	10	.700	33	58	18	4	5	20	14	53	93	.570				9	12	.750	12	41	35	13	19	15	18
15	15	1978-11-11		NJN	L	112	125	36	83	.434				40	52	.769	12	45	23	14	6	27	32	41	89	.461				43	52	.827	12	49	27	16	5	24	35
16	16	1978-11-15	@	HOU	W	117	103	51	91	.560				15	22	.682	16	47	33	4	6	16	15	47	100	.470				9	9	1.000	20	47	30	4	4	17	28
17	17	1978-11-17	@	GSW	W	100	89	36	77	.468				28	38	.737	9	39	22	12	4	21	23	38	83	.458				13	18	.722	18	50	22	8	3	27	34
18	18	1978-11-19	@	LAL	L	95	104	43	87	.494				9	13	.692	9	38	27	5	2	26	27	40	77	.519				24	28	.857	8	39	31	15	7	23	24
19	19	1978-11-22	@	SEA	L	96	98	42	95	.442				12	18	.667	17	46	24	6	3	15	18	43	81	.531				12	18	.667	7	44	28	7	5	17	22
20	20	1978-11-24	@	POR	W	100	99	37	78	.474				26	31	.839	17	49	26	6	1	24	22	43	93	.462				13	16	.813	14	42	23	9	5	15	30
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1978-11-26	@	PHO	L	109	125	47	90	.522				15	19	.789	14	38	28	11	0	25	24	53	91	.582				19	28	.679	14	39	40	13	2	20	22
22	22	1978-11-28		PHO	W	124	112	54	91	.593				16	18	.889	15	45	35	12	5	27	28	42	83	.506				28	40	.700	12	35	18	17	7	25	22
23	23	1978-12-02		HOU	W	105	91	50	91	.549				5	7	.714	12	46	38	12	6	17	20	40	88	.455				11	16	.688	13	46	20	6	4	21	14
24	24	1978-12-05		PHI	W	96	91	33	79	.418				30	39	.769	23	51	20	10	2	28	22	37	82	.451				17	22	.773	15	38	25	10	6	27	30
25	25	1978-12-08		POR	W	100	99	38	77	.494				24	29	.828	9	44	25	8	3	16	23	43	90	.478				13	14	.929	10	42	28	9	4	13	28
26	26	1978-12-09	@	NYK	W	101	96	42	82	.512				17	24	.708	14	51	24	4	4	22	25	39	94	.415				18	25	.720	18	41	23	10	5	12	24
27	27	1978-12-12		GSW	W	99	94	42	97	.433				15	18	.833	22	57	28	7	5	18	22	38	81	.469				18	26	.692	7	35	27	11	8	17	21
28	28	1978-12-15		NYK	L	94	118	34	77	.442				26	32	.813	12	38	20	5	3	22	30	48	87	.552				22	30	.733	16	45	26	9	5	17	30
29	29	1978-12-16		CLE	W	108	100	43	77	.558				22	29	.759	13	42	37	8	4	18	23	44	91	.484				12	17	.706	17	37	19	5	3	15	25
30	30	1978-12-17	@	MIL	L	101	117	40	78	.513				21	25	.840	9	35	25	6	9	25	26	48	98	.490				21	26	.808	16	42	32	11	5	15	29
31	31	1978-12-19		ATL	W	101	95	33	75	.440				35	46	.761	15	50	21	7	10	22	26	39	93	.419				17	26	.654	18	43	16	10	5	22	37
32	32	1978-12-20	@	SAS	L	102	131	42	100	.420				18	20	.900	18	48	30	7	2	17	16	59	105	.562				13	15	.867	11	46	47	12	4	11	16
33	33	1978-12-22		SAS	L	92	103	40	89	.449				12	15	.800	9	45	26	7	5	19	20	44	94	.468				15	18	.833	11	49	19	10	5	18	24
34	34	1978-12-26	@	SDC	L	109	115	42	80	.525				25	29	.862	13	39	19	2	3	25	29	46	93	.495				23	35	.657	16	39	16	4	2	13	26
35	35	1978-12-28	@	DEN	W	111	107	44	84	.524				23	31	.742	10	40	30	3	6	17	31	43	94	.457				21	30	.700	19	50	29	6	2	15	31
36	36	1978-12-29		DEN	W	123	117	40	84	.476				43	52	.827	17	52	25	5	7	16	33	42	98	.429				33	45	.733	23	48	29	8	4	12	33
37	37	1979-01-02	@	WSB	L	86	109	36	95	.379				14	22	.636	20	46	19	11	2	18	17	49	96	.510				11	13	.846	12	53	27	10	6	18	20
38	38	1979-01-03	@	PHI	L	98	111	39	84	.464				20	28	.714	11	46	26	5	3	19	17	49	92	.533				13	14	.929	8	41	36	7	12	14	22
39	39	1979-01-05		MIL	W	124	119	45	74	.608				34	39	.872	13	45	29	5	2	28	25	46	95	.484				27	30	.900	13	33	25	15	3	16	29
40	40	1979-01-09		GSW	L	101	103	37	79	.468				27	33	.818	16	51	27	5	1	25	19	44	93	.473				15	16	.938	14	40	24	17	4	16	29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1979-01-10	@	NJN	W	120	116	46	80	.575				28	36	.778	8	40	37	10	5	29	25	47	95	.495				22	28	.786	11	33	30	13	6	23	30
42	42	1979-01-12		ATL	L	93	100	41	87	.471				11	19	.579	21	54	26	3	3	24	15	46	84	.548				8	13	.615	7	34	24	12	7	15	19
43	43	1979-01-14	@	MIL	L	99	104	41	81	.506				17	35	.486	10	39	28	10	3	22	28	45	96	.469				14	22	.636	17	44	25	10	6	15	27
44	44	1979-01-19		WSB	L	102	113	46	93	.495				10	19	.526	17	49	29	2	2	16	18	47	96	.490				19	21	.905	16	50	22	10	3	9	15
45	45	1979-01-20		SEA	L	101	107	42	86	.488				17	18	.944	17	40	32	9	3	17	24	46	78	.590				15	21	.714	10	33	22	10	9	18	25
46	46	1979-01-21	@	CLE	L	93	94	35	76	.461				23	35	.657	11	47	25	4	0	22	17	41	90	.456				12	13	.923	9	38	21	8	7	16	24
47	47	1979-01-23		BOS	W	100	90	44	82	.537				12	19	.632	13	42	29	7	6	21	20	36	76	.474				18	25	.720	11	37	18	8	4	28	26
48	48	1979-01-26		SDC	L	91	107	39	98	.398				13	20	.650	25	60	21	7	4	19	24	42	102	.412				23	30	.767	26	65	20	10	8	17	21
49	49	1979-01-28	@	DEN	L	87	98	39	96	.406				9	13	.692	20	52	23	5	6	19	20	43	90	.478				12	16	.750	13	52	31	7	10	15	22
50	50	1979-01-30		SAS	L	108	112	45	108	.417				18	21	.857	20	63	27	4	5	24	36	40	100	.400				32	36	.889	18	59	16	7	8	20	28
51	51	1979-02-01		PHI	L	105	128	43	87	.494				19	25	.760	10	38	26	11	2	25	18	56	99	.566				16	17	.941	16	48	38	13	8	22	23
52	52	1979-02-02		NOJ	W	116	110	46	89	.517				24	26	.923	18	52	34	7	4	21	24	47	99	.475				16	22	.727	19	41	20	11	5	15	25
53	53	1979-02-06		IND	W	110	107	42	81	.519				26	30	.867	16	42	28	7	3	21	23	42	83	.506				23	28	.821	16	39	20	14	12	19	25
54	54	1979-02-09		KCK	L	114	124	43	80	.538				28	38	.737	14	40	32	8	6	34	29	51	84	.607				22	29	.759	9	38	33	14	6	27	33
55	55	1979-02-11	@	IND	L	108	110	41	86	.477				26	31	.839	18	50	25	6	1	32	33	41	81	.506				28	46	.609	8	34	25	10	7	21	28
56	56	1979-02-13		DEN	L	94	104	36	94	.383				22	27	.815	20	59	22	6	1	22	28	41	92	.446				22	27	.815	12	47	25	9	6	15	26
57	57	1979-02-16		NYK	W	107	104	42	78	.538				23	33	.697	10	43	30	6	5	20	23	46	89	.517				12	16	.750	12	42	24	6	6	20	31
58	58	1979-02-18	@	KCK	L	107	130	44	89	.494				19	25	.760	11	40	16	8	2	15	23	54	93	.581				22	25	.880	9	44	42	10	4	13	20
59	59	1979-02-20		POR	W	99	97	40	86	.465				19	27	.704	17	48	24	10	3	17	26	42	88	.477				13	15	.867	14	45	23	3	6	17	24
60	60	1979-02-23	@	NOJ	L	102	111	42	90	.467				18	29	.621	17	47	30	12	5	22	25	46	89	.517				19	27	.704	14	49	27	10	10	23	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1979-02-25		CLE	L	108	117	43	81	.531				22	36	.611	16	48	24	5	5	20	22	49	95	.516				19	24	.792	16	41	23	10	4	12	26
62	62	1979-02-27		DET	W	124	117	50	81	.617				24	27	.889	9	36	36	9	3	17	24	47	84	.560				23	30	.767	12	33	30	11	2	16	27
63	63	1979-02-28	@	WSB	L	113	124	50	98	.510				13	22	.591	17	49	30	6	4	18	34	47	84	.560				30	44	.682	4	35	33	5	7	11	20
64	64	1979-03-03	@	ATL	L	101	119	39	88	.443				23	29	.793	21	40	21	7	6	17	26	41	75	.547				37	41	.902	15	47	33	11	15	17	30
65	65	1979-03-08	@	PHO	L	117	132	53	101	.525				11	18	.611	16	44	32	13	5	26	20	56	95	.589				20	27	.741	11	42	39	16	8	22	17
66	66	1979-03-09	@	LAL	W	102	92	44	92	.478				14	18	.778	15	50	31	11	6	28	26	38	89	.427				16	22	.727	12	40	27	18	7	25	21
67	67	1979-03-11	@	GSW	W	109	107	43	78	.551				23	28	.821	11	38	26	6	2	21	26	49	83	.590				9	20	.450	9	31	30	7	4	17	31
68	68	1979-03-13		NJN	W	105	102	40	74	.541				25	30	.833	11	44	29	9	6	32	25	39	89	.438				24	34	.706	15	41	20	19	3	23	31
69	69	1979-03-16	@	HOU	L	118	124	45	89	.506				28	36	.778	16	45	29	3	4	14	30	45	90	.500				34	45	.756	22	47	31	9	4	10	26
70	70	1979-03-17		SEA	L	88	106	36	84	.429				16	20	.800	14	48	23	8	5	19	17	47	97	.485				12	18	.667	14	45	27	10	9	12	16
71	71	1979-03-18	@	KCK	L	103	114	39	76	.513				25	34	.735	9	45	17	5	0	25	20	52	96	.542				10	14	.714	8	38	34	10	4	16	27
72	72	1979-03-21	@	IND	L	105	114	46	90	.511				13	17	.765	16	45	29	2	2	19	20	51	97	.526				12	15	.800	16	44	34	10	8	12	19
73	73	1979-03-23		NOJ	W	116	99	50	82	.610				16	25	.640	10	45	34	6	4	15	24	41	82	.500				17	24	.708	8	30	18	6	2	13	23
74	74	1979-03-24	@	NYK	W	148	143	58	108	.537				32	45	.711	19	52	41	5	4	20	20	60	114	.526				23	25	.920	14	41	42	10	11	14	36
75	75	1979-03-25	@	NJN	L	88	99	36	93	.387				16	21	.762	19	52	23	8	5	29	17	45	90	.500				9	15	.600	13	49	32	11	9	25	22
76	76	1979-03-27		HOU	L	116	122	50	94	.532				16	22	.727	12	38	31	6	3	14	22	51	82	.622				20	26	.769	5	36	29	9	4	14	24
77	77	1979-03-28	@	PHI	L	96	112	37	85	.435				22	27	.815	16	48	23	7	4	23	29	42	89	.472				28	34	.824	12	41	30	16	7	18	29
78	78	1979-03-30	@	BOS	W	121	105	53	93	.570				15	21	.714	13	45	29	7	7	19	17	45	98	.459				15	18	.833	20	47	24	8	1	19	21
79	79	1979-03-31		MIL	L	99	108	40	92	.435				19	29	.655	15	43	31	13	3	19	29	40	78	.513				28	32	.875	11	47	22	11	4	26	26
80	80	1979-04-03		LAL	L	95	97	43	84	.512				9	10	.900	12	47	29	9	2	17	24	42	84	.500				13	23	.565	10	39	18	10	4	15	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1979-04-06		WSB	W	128	114	56	96	.583				16	23	.696	15	52	35	7	8	17	24	45	94	.479				24	31	.774	11	36	23	8	9	14	22
82	82	1979-04-08	@	DET	W	117	107	52	99	.525				13	19	.684	20	56	29	6	2	20	13	47	101	.465				13	15	.867	17	47	21	11	7	14	18

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