1978-79 Detroit Pistons Game Log

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Record: 30-52, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Dick Vitale (30-52)

Executive: Bill Davidson

PTS/G: 110.0 (10th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 112.7 (18th of 22)

SRS: -2.60 (16th of 22) Pace: 107.2 (6th of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.1 (17th of 22) Def Rtg: 104.6 (15th of 22) Net Rtg: -2.5 (16th of 22)

Expected W-L: 34-48 (16th of 22)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

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		NJN	L	105	107	34	83	.410				37	53	.698		52	21				38	37	83	.446				33	38	.868		41	19				38
2	2	1978-10-14	@	ATL	L	114	122	41						32	44	.727						30		46						30	46	.652						23	35
3	3	1978-10-17	@	NOJ	L	109	114	45	111	.405				19	29	.655		65	22			20	26	45	106	.425				24	33	.727		60	31			15	22
4	4	1978-10-20		PHI	L	117	126	45	95	.474				27	36	.750		46	23				34	48	87	.552				30	41	.732		44	32				24
5	5	1978-10-21	@	WSB	L	99	119	42	99	.424				15	24	.625		49	23				23	52	101	.515				15	18	.833		55	32				24
6	6	1978-10-25		CLE	W	110	105	41	87	.471				28	34	.824	19	49	24	14	14	23	29	35	81	.432				35	44	.795	15	41	14	16	6	23	24
7	7	1978-10-27		KCK	W	107	102	41	93	.441				25	33	.758		41	16	12			32	44	84	.524				14	23	.609		38	24	3			35
8	8	1978-10-28	@	SAS	L	126	150	52	123	.423				22	27	.815		54	24	11	5	20	36	58	97	.598				34	40	.850		48	45	11	13	19	23
9	9	1978-10-31	@	POR	L	96	112	38	84	.452				20	25	.800	14	42	25	7	7	23	18	49	98	.500				14	17	.824	18	52	36	10	5	21	26
10	10	1978-11-02		SEA	L	94	95	41	96	.427				12	13	.923	16	44	26	17	12	22	21	40	84	.476				15	20	.750	11	42	23	9	9	25	17
11	11	1978-11-03	@	CHI	W	99	93	43	81	.531				13	18	.722	12	39	21	14	7	15	20	42	89	.472				9	14	.643	15	43	31	1	8	21	15
12	12	1978-11-04		GSW	L	95	103	40	94	.426				15	24	.625	17	44	22	4	7	16	15	49	93	.527				5	8	.625	13	49	24	7	5	19	18
13	13	1978-11-08		MIL	W	117	106	46	88	.523				25	33	.758	17	53	27	6	10	25	31	42	90	.467				22	31	.710	10	36	24	12	4	20	26
14	14	1978-11-10		CHI	W	115	101	53	93	.570				9	12	.750	12	41	35	13	19	15	18	47	108	.435				7	10	.700	33	58	18	4	5	20	14
15	15	1978-11-11	@	PHI	L	112	135	43	89	.483				26	42	.619		44	32	16	2	34	28	50	96	.521				35	44	.795		55	36	24		31	29
16	16	1978-11-12	@	BOS	W	128	123	54	94	.574				20	28	.714	10	27	25	11	2	8	27	49	82	.598				25	34	.735	13	44	28	5	1	26	26
17	17	1978-11-15		LAL	L	126	133	52	112	.464				22	27	.815	18	47	36	3	15	14	32	49	100	.490				35	46	.761	16	53	30	6	7	14	19
18	18	1978-11-18		PHO	L	105	119	41	102	.402				23	30	.767	28	58	21	11	9	28	31	47	83	.566				25	36	.694	10	41	31	14	4	23	25
19	19	1978-11-21	@	NYK	L	79	96	34	89	.382				11	19	.579		44	24				22	41	96	.427				14	21	.667		55	24				22
20	20	1978-11-24		ATL	W	119	117	41	81	.506				37	54	.685		46	31		13	19	30	46	95	.484				25	36	.694		44	19		8	20	36
								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	1978-11-28	@	LAL	W	105	103	45	105	.429				15	21	.714	23	52	26	19	8	22	22	44	91	.484				15	21	.714	21	52	29	13	14	28	18
22	22	1978-11-30	@	PHO	L	109	119	51	101	.505				7	10	.700	16	48	24	10	8	22	30	49	98	.500				21	28	.750	12	43	32	7	6	18	14
23	23	1978-12-01	@	DEN	L	120	125	50	102	.490				20	28	.714	22	48	28	10	4	15	29	48	92	.522				29	38	.763	17	45	32	6	7	17	23
24	24	1978-12-02	@	SDC	W	120	113	51	106	.481				18	23	.783		48	19	14	5	19	24	49	105	.467				15	22	.682		55	19	4	7	29	23
25	25	1978-12-05		BOS	L	112	114	45	98	.459				22	30	.733	14	34	29	17	6	17	28	42	82	.512				30	40	.750	17	53	25	8	7	31	27
26	26	1978-12-07		CLE	W	121	105	49	89	.551				23	33	.697	13	47	26	12	15	16	22	45	99	.455				15	23	.652	18	41	24	6	5	16	27
27	27	1978-12-08	@	IND	L	107	114	44	100	.440				19	27	.704		41	27	15	8	21	32	36	87	.414				42	47	.894		57	20	4	6	31	24
28	28	1978-12-09	@	KCK	L	108	132	38	104	.365				32	45	.711		47	12	9	4		34	50	88	.568				32	52	.615		60	32	9	10		32
29	29	1978-12-12	@	CLE	L	110	127	45	97	.464				20	33	.606	19	40	21	10	4	22	31	50	101	.495				27	33	.818	25	57	31	7	8	21	30
30	30	1978-12-15		WSB	L	114	116	50	103	.485				14	24	.583		48	25				37	45	96	.469				26	45	.578		52	25				22
31	31	1978-12-21		IND	W	121	108	49	101	.485				23	32	.719		48	26	13	7	23	29	45	92	.489				18	25	.720		47	23	8	3	30	29
32	32	1978-12-23		SAS	L	126	130	53	104	.510				20	26	.769		52	31	13	9	26	33	52	96	.542				26	32	.813		40	24	5	7	19	22
33	33	1978-12-26	@	MIL	L	84	143	40	96	.417				4	12	.333	13	31	28	10	10	32	20	65	107	.607				13	17	.765	18	54	53	17	11	17	12
34	34	1978-12-27		HOU	W	131	119	59	104	.567				13	20	.650		45	39			12	28	45	99	.455				29	37	.784		51	20	4		21	15
35	35	1978-12-29		SDC	L	107	111	43	102	.422				21	34	.618		45	27	9	11	15	23	46	93	.495				19	27	.704		56	22	8	6	18	27
36	36	1978-12-30	@	HOU	L	101	112	41	89	.461				19	23	.826		43	24	8	1	20	32	47	92	.511				18	26	.692		45	35	3	4	16	21
37	37	1979-01-02	@	SDC	L	119	137	45	115	.391				29	38	.763		53	12	6	4	21	33	54	114	.474				29	39	.744		57	25	11	16	17	33
38	38	1979-01-03	@	GSW	L	81	96	30	77	.390				21	29	.724	11	43	19	11	2	24	23	41	86	.477				14	18	.778	15	52	26	11	10	21	26
39	39	1979-01-05	@	POR	L	96	98	38	82	.463				20	27	.741	17	40	15	16	10	22	27	37	93	.398				24	29	.828	26	57	24	8	7	24	24
40	40	1979-01-09	@	SAS	L	114	116	45	85	.529				24	31	.774		36	28	11	4	23	32	46	90	.511				24	33	.727		38	36	10	4	25	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
41	41	1979-01-11		POR	W	104	101	40	78	.513				24	32	.750	9	35	24	9	9	24	27	40	86	.465				21	26	.808	11	39	21	14	7	21	26
42	42	1979-01-13		GSW	W	114	109	48	96	.500				18	21	.857	24	50	29	4	9	18	24	46	86	.535				17	18	.944	9	33	24	7	7	16	25
43	43	1979-01-16	@	NYK	L	110	111	47	89	.528				16	24	.667		34	21				22	49	89	.551				13	23	.565		50	39				22
44	44	1979-01-17	@	NJN	L	99	106	42	96	.438				15	19	.789		47	30				29	38	85	.447				30	40	.750		53	28				22
45	45	1979-01-18		PHO	L	87	97	36	93	.387				15	18	.833	12	42	24	14	6	16	18	43	85	.506				11	13	.846	10	52	31	10	4	24	19
46	46	1979-01-20		KCK	W	122	110	46	88	.523				30	37	.811		47	23	8	7		27	45	97	.464				20	23	.870		39	22	10	6		35
47	47	1979-01-22	@	DEN	W	121	117	45	85	.529				31	41	.756	17	47	29	8	10	18	33	45	101	.446				27	36	.750	24	46	27	7	7	16	31
48	48	1979-01-25		LAL	W	135	100	58	100	.580				19	22	.864	14	46	30	11	7	9	22	43	87	.494				14	17	.824	9	36	24	4	3	20	22
49	49	1979-01-28		SDC	W	128	118	56	81	.691				16	26	.615		40	33	8	4	25	25	48	98	.490				22	28	.786		32	19	16	2	14	19
50	50	1979-01-31		NYK	L	86	108	36	80	.450				14	25	.560		27	22				25	48	92	.522				12	16	.750		59	26				20
51	51	1979-02-01	@	CLE	W	120	116	49	82	.598				22	26	.846	9	35	27	8	3	18	24	49	92	.533				18	21	.857	13	33	27	4	4	15	26
52	52	1979-02-02	@	KCK	L	114	130	46	97	.474				22	32	.688		42	27	6	2		29	55	103	.534				20	32	.625		60	40	10	6		27
53	53	1979-02-06	@	HOU	L	108	113	45	88	.511				18	28	.643		32	28	8	6	14	29	44	85	.518				25	28	.893		40	36	6	1	20	18
54	54	1979-02-07	@	PHI	L	103	114	42	88	.477				19	26	.731	16	55	26	9	9	34	28	44	100	.440				26	34	.765	14	40	27	20	7	17	24
55	55	1979-02-08		NJN	L	105	106	43	88	.489				19	29	.655		52	22				24	44	92	.478				18	24	.750		44	16				24
56	56	1979-02-10		NOJ	L	105	107	43	103	.417				19	29	.655		45	27			13	24	40	80	.500				27	31	.871		47	17			20	22
57	57	1979-02-14		DEN	W	111	107	47	96	.490				17	26	.654	15	45	27	10	10	12	22	43	85	.506				21	30	.700	12	48	26	6	4	23	23
58	58	1979-02-16		HOU	W	110	96	44	92	.478				22	31	.710		43	29	11	8		20	41	91	.451				14	24	.583		48	17	4	3	23	17
59	59	1979-02-18		SAS	W	124	104	51	95	.537				22	32	.688		52	34	10	7	23	26	41	91	.451				22	27	.815		36	22	7	8	22	25
60	60	1979-02-21		PHI	W	106	99	49	110	.445				8	13	.615	13	48	34	16	3	13	23	37	85	.435				25	29	.862	12	57	16	6	9	28	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
61	61	1979-02-25		POR	L	119	126	46	93	.495				27	42	.643	15	48	24	7	6	22	34	51	105	.486				24	34	.706	19	50	26	8	5	17	32
62	62	1979-02-27	@	CHI	L	117	124	47	84	.560				23	30	.767	12	33	30	11	2	16	27	50	81	.617				24	27	.889	9	36	36	9	3	17	24
63	63	1979-03-03		NOJ	W	110	101	46	101	.455				18	22	.818		62	24				26	38	99	.384				25	29	.862		45	11				18
64	64	1979-03-07		SEA	L	93	99	38	80	.475				17	26	.654	5	35	21	13	3	20	24	39	85	.459				21	28	.750	15	54	19	7	1	29	23
65	65	1979-03-09		BOS	W	160	117	69	108	.639				22	35	.629	19	57	36	7	4	14	23	49	111	.441				19	26	.731	24	45	23	4	3	13	26
66	66	1979-03-11	@	MIL	W	125	115	55	92	.598				15	22	.682	8	31	35	15	4	21	26	48	92	.522				19	25	.760	14	40	35	12	4	24	22
67	67	1979-03-13	@	IND	L	120	122	52	114	.456				16	19	.842		54	31	8	4	17	28	52	98	.531				18	26	.692		55	33	7	11	19	19
68	68	1979-03-15		NYK	W	88	83	39	86	.453				10	15	.667		50	18				16	37	88	.420				9	12	.750		41	23				13
69	69	1979-03-16	@	BOS	L	98	99	39	83	.470				20	24	.833	14	38	21	11	5	17	20	46	87	.529				7	11	.636	11	40	21	5	4	20	20
70	70	1979-03-17		IND	W	105	98	43	94	.457				19	25	.760		46	29	12	3	18	18	44	99	.444				10	14	.714		54	21	5	4	25	20
71	71	1979-03-20	@	NJN	L	110	117	43	95	.453				24	32	.750		42	28				38	39	83	.470				39	46	.848		45	24				28
72	72	1979-03-21	@	ATL	L	104	111	43	97	.443				18	20	.900		44	25		5	13	14	50	100	.500				11	13	.846		59	27		6	19	19
73	73	1979-03-23		WSB	W	124	114	51	109	.468				22	27	.815		50	23				26	44	91	.484				26	32	.813		47	26				24
74	74	1979-03-25	@	WSB	L	107	116	46	97	.474				15	20	.750		44	24				18	51	107	.477				14	19	.737		54	25				18
75	75	1979-03-28		DEN	L	110	115	49	108	.454				12	19	.632	29	56	28	6	5	15	26	43	87	.494				29	37	.784	16	45	19	9	3	14	17
76	76	1979-03-30	@	LAL	L	113	124	50	102	.490				13	19	.684	13	41	32	4	0	13	19	54	93	.581				16	23	.696	10	51	38	3	5	19	21
77	77	1979-03-31	@	SEA	L	102	123	41	105	.390				20	24	.833	20	44	22	21	4	23	25	52	90	.578				19	22	.864	10	46	34	6	3	32	24
78	78	1979-04-01	@	PHO	L	105	116	45	104	.433				15	24	.625	17	47	31	12	2	19	21	52	105	.495				12	18	.667	16	51	34	4	7	21	20
79	79	1979-04-03	@	GSW	L	100	104	38	93	.409				24	30	.800	19	46	23	10	3	14	20	44	89	.494				16	22	.727	13	50	30	5	11	17	23
80	80	1979-04-05	@	NOJ	W	120	104	51	108	.472				18	26	.692		47	27	17		15	18	46	91	.505				12	13	.923		53	34	4		33	22
								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		ATL	L	96	112	39	88	.443				18	31	.581		40	19		8	15	32	39	86	.453				34	50	.680		63	21		5	17	29
82	82	1979-04-08		CHI	L	107	117	47	101	.465				13	15	.867	17	47	21	11	7	14	18	52	99	.525				13	19	.684	20	56	29	6	2	20	13

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