1978-79 Chicago Bulls Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1978-10-13	@	SEA	L	86	104	84.3	102.0	102.0	.237		.419	38.5	47.2	11.8	5.9	.387	15.6	23.5	.151	.459	17.6	57.5	.306
2	2	1978-10-15	@	POR	W	108	97	99.9	89.7	108.1	.486		.618	57.5	47.5	8.3	0.0	.556	24.9	21.2	.389	.440	17.8	83.0	.274
3	3	1978-10-17	@	SDC	L	94	99	92.1	97.0	102.0	.158		.463	49.5	26.2	11.8	5.6	.442	15.8	31.9	.105	.444	16.7	68.2	.211
4	4	1978-10-20		SDC	L	94	110	94.0	110.0	100.0	.333		.525	47.6	62.2	3.0	4.7	.474	21.2	27.9	.256	.535	16.6	68.3	.209
5	5	1978-10-21	@	CLE	L	104	113	101.9	110.7	102.0	.410		.531	59.4	50.0	3.9	3.9	.482	20.3	47.6	.289	.417	6.4	68.5	.262
6	6	1978-10-24		KCK	L	117	123	109.3	114.9	107.0	.556		.580	54.1	51.2	3.7	1.2	.531	18.6	36.8	.383	.588	15.1	72.2	.271
7	7	1978-10-27		PHO	L	110	115	93.1	97.4	107.0	.294		.573	54.8	73.3	8.5	4.9	.529	28.4	34.2	.235	.485	17.6	69.1	.146
8	8	1978-10-28	@	ATL	L	92	116	92.0	116.0	100.0	.429		.553	55.3	45.7	2.0	4.5	.500	28.4	42.1	.314	.551	13.9	68.4	.202
9	9	1978-10-31	@	NOJ	L	92	97	88.0	92.8	104.5	.099		.397	48.5	45.2	8.6	3.1	.378	14.1	40.8	.072	.412	18.2	57.6	.175
10	10	1978-11-01	@	BOS	L	112	118	103.1	108.7	108.6	.440		.558	49.3	45.2	4.6	8.0	.500	18.7	27.0	.333	.540	14.9	72.2	.276
11	11	1978-11-03		DET	L	93	99	98.6	105.0	94.3	.157		.489	52.4	73.8	1.1	9.9	.472	18.1	35.7	.101	.531	14.4	70.0	.160
12	12	1978-11-04		IND	W	97	84	96.8	83.8	100.2	.309		.527	46.7	76.3	7.0	9.9	.469	18.6	26.7	.259	.407	20.7	66.0	.110
13	13	1978-11-07		LAL	L	111	112	109.3	110.3	101.5	.341		.588	59.4	64.4	6.9	6.4	.549	21.6	44.4	.256	.577	19.8	75.8	.282
14	14	1978-11-10	@	DET	L	101	115	103.0	117.2	98.1	.093		.449	58.6	38.3	4.1	5.4	.435	15.1	53.2	.065	.570	13.2	67.6	.097
15	15	1978-11-11		NJN	L	112	125	93.9	104.8	119.3	.627		.529	47.9	63.9	11.7	6.7	.434	20.3	24.5	.482	.461	17.7	73.3	.483
16	16	1978-11-15	@	HOU	W	117	103	118.0	103.9	99.1	.242		.581	50.0	64.7	4.0	6.0	.560	13.7	37.2	.165	.470	14.1	60.8	.090
17	17	1978-11-17	@	GSW	W	100	89	98.7	87.8	101.4	.494		.534	43.8	61.1	11.8	4.8	.468	18.3	22.0	.364	.458	22.9	62.5	.157
18	18	1978-11-19	@	LAL	L	95	104	90.4	98.9	105.1	.149		.512	49.4	62.8	4.8	2.6	.494	21.9	22.5	.103	.519	20.5	78.4	.312
19	19	1978-11-22	@	SEA	L	96	98	97.6	99.7	98.3	.189		.466	51.1	57.1	6.1	3.7	.442	12.7	31.5	.126	.531	16.0	80.6	.148
20	20	1978-11-24	@	POR	W	100	99	102.1	101.0	98.0	.397		.546	53.8	70.3	6.1	1.1	.474	20.8	37.8	.333	.462	13.0	69.6	.140
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1978-11-26	@	PHO	L	109	125	102.2	117.2	106.7	.211		.554	49.4	59.6	10.3	0.0	.522	20.3	35.9	.167	.582	16.2	63.2	.209
22	22	1978-11-28		PHO	W	124	112	112.2	101.3	110.5	.198		.627	56.3	64.8	10.9	6.0	.593	21.4	39.5	.176	.506	19.9	71.4	.337
23	23	1978-12-02		HOU	W	105	91	104.8	90.9	100.1	.077		.558	50.0	76.0	12.0	6.8	.549	15.3	26.7	.055	.455	18.1	72.3	.125
24	24	1978-12-05		PHI	W	96	91	96.5	91.5	99.5	.494		.499	57.3	60.6	10.1	2.4	.418	22.6	50.0	.380	.451	22.8	65.1	.207
25	25	1978-12-08		POR	W	100	99	103.7	102.7	96.4	.377		.557	51.2	65.8	8.3	3.3	.494	15.1	22.0	.312	.478	11.9	77.8	.144
26	26	1978-12-09	@	NYK	W	101	96	104.0	98.9	97.1	.293		.546	55.4	57.1	4.1	4.3	.512	19.2	37.8	.207	.415	10.3	67.3	.191
27	27	1978-12-12		GSW	W	99	94	100.5	95.4	98.5	.186		.472	62.0	66.7	7.1	6.2	.433	14.6	44.0	.155	.469	15.5	83.3	.222
28	28	1978-12-15		NYK	L	94	118	94.7	118.9	99.2	.416		.516	45.8	58.8	5.0	3.4	.442	19.5	29.3	.338	.552	14.5	61.9	.253
29	29	1978-12-16		CLE	W	108	100	115.8	107.2	93.2	.377		.602	53.2	86.0	8.6	4.4	.558	16.7	39.4	.286	.484	13.2	63.0	.132
30	30	1978-12-17	@	MIL	L	101	117	98.3	113.8	102.8	.321		.567	45.5	62.5	5.8	9.2	.513	21.9	25.7	.269	.490	12.1	61.9	.214
31	31	1978-12-19		ATL	W	101	95	98.9	93.0	102.2	.613		.530	53.8	63.6	6.9	10.8	.440	18.8	37.5	.467	.419	17.4	66.0	.183
32	32	1978-12-20	@	SAS	L	102	131	95.9	123.2	106.4	.200		.469	51.1	71.4	6.6	1.9	.420	13.5	34.0	.180	.562	9.0	73.2	.124
33	33	1978-12-22		SAS	L	92	103	87.4	97.8	105.3	.169		.481	47.9	65.0	6.6	5.3	.449	16.6	19.1	.135	.468	15.0	76.6	.160
34	34	1978-12-26	@	SDC	L	109	115	107.5	113.4	101.4	.363		.588	50.0	45.2	2.0	3.2	.525	21.2	36.1	.313	.495	10.7	61.9	.247
35	35	1978-12-28	@	DEN	W	111	107	109.5	105.5	101.4	.369		.568	44.4	68.2	3.0	6.4	.524	14.8	24.4	.274	.457	12.3	61.2	.223
36	36	1978-12-29		DEN	W	123	117	119.4	113.6	103.0	.619		.575	52.0	62.5	4.9	7.1	.476	13.0	40.5	.512	.429	9.2	60.3	.337
37	37	1979-01-02	@	WSB	L	86	109	84.1	106.6	102.2	.232		.411	46.5	52.8	10.8	2.1	.379	14.7	32.8	.147	.510	15.0	68.4	.115
38	38	1979-01-03	@	PHI	L	98	111	95.5	108.2	102.6	.333		.509	52.9	66.7	4.9	3.3	.464	16.5	25.0	.238	.533	12.5	81.4	.141
39	39	1979-01-05		MIL	W	124	119	116.3	111.6	106.6	.527		.680	57.7	64.4	4.7	2.1	.608	23.5	39.4	.459	.484	12.9	71.1	.284
40	40	1979-01-09		GSW	L	101	103	100.7	102.7	100.3	.418		.540	56.0	73.0	5.0	1.1	.468	21.1	38.1	.342	.473	13.8	71.4	.161
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1979-01-10	@	NJN	W	120	116	104.5	101.0	114.9	.450		.626	54.8	80.4	8.7	5.3	.575	23.2	26.7	.350	.495	17.6	74.4	.232
42	42	1979-01-12		ATL	L	93	100	95.8	103.0	97.1	.218		.488	61.4	63.4	3.1	3.6	.471	20.1	43.8	.126	.548	14.3	82.5	.095
43	43	1979-01-14	@	MIL	L	99	104	96.6	101.4	102.5	.432		.513	47.0	68.3	9.8	3.1	.506	18.6	27.0	.210	.469	12.4	63.0	.146
44	44	1979-01-19		WSB	L	102	113	104.2	115.4	97.9	.204		.503	49.5	63.0	2.0	2.1	.495	13.6	33.3	.108	.490	7.9	66.7	.198
45	45	1979-01-20		SEA	L	101	107	109.7	116.2	92.1	.209		.538	54.8	76.2	9.8	3.8	.488	15.3	42.5	.198	.590	17.1	69.7	.192
46	46	1979-01-21	@	CLE	L	93	94	92.7	93.7	100.3	.461		.509	55.3	71.4	4.0	0.0	.461	19.4	27.5	.303	.456	14.3	80.0	.133
47	47	1979-01-23		BOS	W	100	90	100.4	90.3	99.6	.232		.553	53.2	65.9	7.0	7.9	.537	18.9	33.3	.146	.474	24.3	72.5	.237
48	48	1979-01-26		SDC	L	91	107	89.2	104.9	102.0	.204		.426	48.0	53.8	6.9	3.9	.398	15.1	39.1	.133	.412	12.9	57.4	.225
49	49	1979-01-28	@	DEN	L	87	98	88.6	99.8	98.2	.135		.428	50.0	59.0	5.1	6.7	.406	15.7	33.9	.094	.478	13.4	71.1	.133
50	50	1979-01-30		SAS	L	108	112	92.4	95.8	105.9	.194		.461	51.6	60.0	3.4	5.0	.417	17.0	32.8	.167	.400	14.7	70.5	.320
51	51	1979-02-01		PHI	L	105	128	94.7	115.4	110.9	.287		.536	44.2	60.5	9.9	2.0	.494	20.3	23.8	.218	.566	17.1	63.6	.162
52	52	1979-02-02		NOJ	W	116	110	114.5	108.6	101.3	.292		.577	55.9	73.9	6.9	4.0	.517	17.3	45.0	.270	.475	12.1	64.2	.162
53	53	1979-02-06		IND	W	110	107	113.8	110.7	96.7	.370		.584	51.9	66.7	7.2	3.6	.519	18.2	41.0	.321	.506	16.6	61.9	.277
54	54	1979-02-09		KCK	L	114	124	99.2	107.9	114.9	.475		.589	51.3	74.4	7.0	7.1	.538	26.0	32.6	.350	.607	21.8	74.3	.262
55	55	1979-02-11	@	IND	L	108	110	97.1	98.9	111.3	.360		.542	59.5	61.0	5.4	1.2	.477	24.3	40.9	.302	.506	17.2	80.0	.346
56	56	1979-02-13		DEN	L	94	104	89.9	99.4	104.6	.287		.444	55.7	61.1	5.7	1.1	.383	17.2	36.4	.234	.446	12.6	76.5	.239
57	57	1979-02-16		NYK	W	107	104	104.5	101.6	102.4	.423		.578	50.6	71.4	5.9	5.6	.538	17.8	25.0	.295	.517	17.2	73.3	.135
58	58	1979-02-18	@	KCK	L	107	130	102.6	124.6	104.3	.281		.535	47.6	36.4	7.7	2.2	.494	13.0	23.9	.213	.581	11.1	76.3	.237
59	59	1979-02-20		POR	W	99	97	103.1	101.0	96.0	.314		.506	51.6	60.0	10.4	3.4	.465	14.8	35.4	.221	.477	15.2	68.9	.148
60	60	1979-02-23	@	NOJ	L	102	111	94.9	103.3	107.5	.322		.496	49.0	71.4	11.2	5.6	.467	17.6	32.7	.200	.517	18.6	68.2	.213
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1979-02-25		CLE	L	108	117	108.1	117.2	99.9	.444		.558	53.9	55.8	5.0	5.3	.531	17.1	39.0	.272	.516	10.2	66.7	.200
62	62	1979-02-27		DET	W	124	117	124.8	117.8	99.3	.333		.668	52.2	72.0	9.1	3.6	.617	15.5	30.0	.296	.560	14.1	69.2	.274
63	63	1979-02-28	@	WSB	L	113	124	105.2	115.5	107.4	.224		.525	58.3	60.0	5.6	4.8	.510	14.3	35.4	.133	.560	9.6	88.9	.357
64	64	1979-03-03	@	ATL	L	101	119	107.3	126.5	94.1	.330		.501	46.0	53.8	7.4	8.0	.443	14.4	39.6	.261	.547	15.4	55.9	.493
65	65	1979-03-08	@	PHO	L	117	132	100.5	113.4	116.4	.178		.537	51.2	60.4	11.2	5.3	.525	19.3	34.0	.109	.589	17.1	71.8	.211
66	66	1979-03-09	@	LAL	W	102	92	93.5	84.3	109.1	.196		.510	55.6	70.5	10.1	6.7	.478	21.9	34.9	.152	.427	20.2	74.5	.180
67	67	1979-03-11	@	GSW	W	109	107	110.9	108.8	98.3	.359		.603	55.1	60.5	6.1	2.4	.551	18.9	33.3	.295	.590	15.6	75.0	.108
68	68	1979-03-13		NJN	W	105	102	97.2	94.4	108.0	.405		.602	51.8	72.5	8.3	6.7	.541	26.8	29.7	.338	.438	18.1	68.8	.270
69	69	1979-03-16	@	HOU	L	118	124	120.3	126.4	98.1	.404		.563	48.9	64.4	3.1	4.4	.506	11.8	39.0	.315	.500	8.3	56.9	.378
70	70	1979-03-17		SEA	L	88	106	90.0	108.4	97.8	.238		.474	51.6	63.9	8.2	5.2	.429	17.0	31.1	.190	.485	10.3	70.8	.124
71	71	1979-03-18	@	KCK	L	103	114	96.0	106.3	107.3	.447		.566	54.2	43.6	4.7	0.0	.513	21.6	23.1	.329	.542	13.5	81.8	.104
72	72	1979-03-21	@	IND	L	105	114	107.0	116.2	98.1	.189		.539	50.6	63.0	2.0	2.1	.511	16.3	36.4	.144	.526	10.4	64.4	.124
73	73	1979-03-23		NOJ	W	116	99	120.4	102.7	96.4	.305		.624	60.0	68.0	6.2	4.9	.610	13.9	31.3	.195	.500	12.3	81.4	.207
74	74	1979-03-24	@	NYK	W	148	143	121.0	116.9	101.3	.417		.579	55.9	70.7	4.1	3.5	.537	13.5	41.3	.296	.526	10.1	70.2	.202
75	75	1979-03-25	@	NJN	L	88	99	81.2	91.4	108.4	.226		.430	51.5	63.9	7.4	5.6	.387	22.1	34.5	.172	.500	20.6	71.7	.100
76	76	1979-03-27		HOU	L	116	122	113.3	119.2	102.4	.234		.559	51.4	62.0	5.9	3.7	.532	11.9	27.9	.170	.622	13.0	83.9	.244
77	77	1979-03-28	@	PHI	L	96	112	92.6	108.0	103.7	.318		.495	53.9	62.2	6.7	4.5	.435	19.2	35.6	.259	.472	14.8	72.7	.315
78	78	1979-03-30	@	BOS	W	121	105	115.9	100.5	104.4	.226		.592	48.9	54.7	6.7	7.1	.570	15.7	32.5	.161	.459	15.2	61.5	.153
79	79	1979-03-31		MIL	L	99	108	93.6	102.1	105.8	.315		.473	47.8	77.5	12.3	3.8	.435	15.4	29.4	.207	.513	22.0	71.8	.359
80	80	1979-04-03		LAL	L	95	97	99.8	101.9	95.2	.119		.537	54.7	67.4	9.5	2.4	.512	16.1	29.3	.107	.500	13.7	77.8	.155
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1979-04-06		WSB	W	128	114	119.3	106.3	107.3	.240		.603	59.1	62.5	6.5	8.5	.583	13.8	37.5	.167	.479	11.5	77.1	.255
82	82	1979-04-08	@	DET	W	117	107	112.0	102.4	104.5	.192		.545	54.4	55.8	5.7	2.0	.525	15.7	40.0	.131	.465	11.5	67.9	.129

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