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1978-79 Detroit Pistons Game Log (Advanced)

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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 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		NJN	L	105	107				.639		.494	55.9	61.8			.410			.446	.446			.398
2	2	1978-10-14	@	ATL	L	114	122
3	3	1978-10-17	@	NOJ	L	109	114				.261		.440	52.0	48.9			.405	13.9		.171	.425	11.1		.226
4	4	1978-10-20		PHI	L	117	126				.379		.528	51.1	51.1			.474			.284	.552			.345
5	5	1978-10-21	@	WSB	L	99	119				.242		.452	47.1	54.8			.424			.152	.515			.149
6	6	1978-10-25		CLE	W	110	105	105.8	101.0	104.0	.391		.539	54.4	58.5	13.5	17.3	.471	18.4	42.2	.322	.432	18.6	66.7	.432
7	7	1978-10-27		KCK	W	107	102				.355		.498	51.9	39.0			.441			.269	.524			.167
8	8	1978-10-28	@	SAS	L	126	150				.220		.467	52.9	46.2		5.2	.423	12.9		.179	.598	14.2		.351
9	9	1978-10-31	@	POR	L	96	112	92.3	107.7	104.0	.298		.505	44.7	65.8	6.7	7.1	.452	19.5	29.2	.238	.500	16.6	60.9	.143
10	10	1978-11-02		SEA	L	94	95	90.4	91.4	103.9	.135		.462	51.2	63.4	16.4	14.3	.427	18.4	34.0	.125	.476	21.2	71.8	.179
11	11	1978-11-03	@	CHI	W	99	93	105.0	98.6	94.3	.222		.557	47.6	48.8	14.8	7.9	.531	14.4	30.0	.160	.472	18.1	64.3	.101
12	12	1978-11-04		GSW	L	95	103	94.5	102.5	100.5	.255		.454	47.3	55.0	4.0	7.5	.426	13.3	32.1	.160	.527	16.4	67.5	.054
13	13	1978-11-08		MIL	W	117	106	106.5	96.5	109.8	.375		.571	59.6	58.7	5.5	11.1	.523	19.6	39.5	.284	.467	16.2	78.3	.244
14	14	1978-11-10		CHI	W	115	101	117.2	103.0	98.1	.129		.585	41.4	66.0	13.3	17.6	.570	13.2	32.4	.097	.435	15.1	46.8	.065
15	15	1978-11-11	@	PHI	L	112	135				.472		.521	44.4	74.4		2.1	.483	24.0		.292	.521	21.2		.365
16	16	1978-11-12	@	BOS	W	128	123	122.5	117.7	104.5	.298		.602	38.0	46.3	10.5	2.4	.574	7.0	24.4	.213	.598	21.1	56.7	.305
17	17	1978-11-15		LAL	L	126	133	110.1	116.3	114.4	.241		.509	47.0	69.2	2.6	15.0	.464	10.2	32.7	.196	.490	10.4	64.4	.350
18	18	1978-11-18		PHO	L	105	119	94.7	107.3	110.9	.294		.456	58.6	51.2	9.9	10.8	.402	19.6	47.5	.225	.566	18.9	75.0	.301
19	19	1978-11-21	@	NYK	L	79	96				.213		.406	44.4	70.6			.382			.124	.427			.146
20	20	1978-11-24		ATL	W	119	117				.667		.568	51.1	75.6		13.7	.506	15.4		.457	.484	15.3		.263
								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	1978-11-28	@	LAL	W	105	103	98.0	96.1	107.2	.200		.460	50.0	57.8	17.7	8.8	.429	16.1	42.6	.143	.484	21.8	58.0	.165
22	22	1978-11-30	@	PHO	L	109	119	98.3	107.4	110.8	.099		.517	52.7	47.1	9.0	8.2	.505	17.3	34.0	.069	.500	14.0	72.7	.214
23	23	1978-12-01	@	DEN	L	120	125	114.7	119.4	104.7	.275		.525	51.6	56.0	9.6	4.3	.490	11.6	44.0	.196	.522	13.5	60.5	.315
24	24	1978-12-02	@	SDC	W	120	113				.217		.517	46.6	37.3		4.8	.481	14.1		.170	.467	20.2		.143
25	25	1978-12-05		BOS	L	112	114	101.6	103.4	110.2	.306		.504	39.1	64.4	15.4	7.3	.459	13.3	28.0	.224	.512	23.7	54.1	.366
26	26	1978-12-07		CLE	W	121	105	116.9	101.5	103.5	.371		.584	53.4	53.1	11.6	15.2	.551	13.4	36.1	.258	.455	12.8	65.4	.152
27	27	1978-12-08	@	IND	L	107	114				.270		.478	41.8	61.4		9.2	.440	15.8		.190	.414	22.4		.483
28	28	1978-12-09	@	KCK	L	108	132				.433		.436	43.9	31.6		4.5	.365			.308	.568			.364
29	29	1978-12-12	@	CLE	L	110	127	101.4	117.0	108.5	.340		.493	41.2	46.7	9.2	4.0	.464	16.5	37.3	.206	.495	15.4	45.7	.267
30	30	1978-12-15		WSB	L	114	116				.233		.502	48.0	50.0			.485			.136	.469			.271
31	31	1978-12-21		IND	W	121	108				.317		.526	50.5	53.1		7.6	.485	16.7		.228	.489	22.6		.196
32	32	1978-12-23		SAS	L	126	130				.250		.546	56.5	58.5		9.4	.510	18.4		.192	.542	14.7		.271
33	33	1978-12-26	@	MIL	L	84	143	74.6	127.0	112.6	.125		.415	36.5	70.0	8.9	9.3	.417	24.0	26.5	.042	.607	12.9	50.0	.121
34	34	1978-12-27		HOU	W	131	119				.192		.581	46.9	66.1			.567	9.6		.125	.455	15.4		.293
35	35	1978-12-29		SDC	L	107	111				.333		.457	44.6	62.8		11.8	.422	11.4		.206	.495	14.6		.204
36	36	1978-12-30	@	HOU	L	101	112				.258		.509	48.9	58.5		1.1	.461	16.8		.213	.511	13.4		.196
37	37	1979-01-02	@	SDC	L	119	137				.330		.452	48.2	26.7		3.5	.391	13.8		.252	.474	11.5		.254
38	38	1979-01-03	@	GSW	L	81	96	81.0	96.0	100.0	.377		.451	45.3	63.3	11.0	2.3	.390	21.1	22.9	.273	.477	18.3	68.1	.163
39	39	1979-01-05	@	POR	L	96	98	98.5	100.5	97.5	.329		.511	41.2	39.5	16.4	10.8	.463	19.0	35.4	.244	.398	18.5	46.9	.258
40	40	1979-01-09	@	SAS	L	114	116				.365		.578	48.6	62.2		4.4	.529	18.9		.282	.511	19.3		.267
								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	1979-01-11		POR	W	104	101	100.2	97.3	103.8	.410		.565	47.3	60.0	8.7	10.5	.513	20.7	24.3	.308	.465	17.7	70.3	.244
42	42	1979-01-13		GSW	W	114	109	117.0	111.8	97.5	.219		.542	60.2	60.4	4.1	10.5	.500	14.6	50.0	.188	.535	14.6	74.3	.198
43	43	1979-01-16	@	NYK	L	110	111				.270		.552	40.5	44.7			.528			.180	.551			.146
44	44	1979-01-17	@	NJN	L	99	106				.198		.474	47.0	71.4			.438			.156	.447			.353
45	45	1979-01-18		PHO	L	87	97	84.6	94.4	102.8	.194		.431	44.7	66.7	13.6	7.1	.387	13.7	22.2	.161	.506	20.9	75.0	.129
46	46	1979-01-20		KCK	W	122	110				.420		.585	54.7	50.0		7.2	.523			.341	.464			.206
47	47	1979-01-22	@	DEN	W	121	117	117.8	113.9	102.8	.482		.587	50.5	64.4	7.8	9.9	.529	14.9	43.6	.365	.446	12.0	55.6	.267
48	48	1979-01-25		LAL	W	135	100	131.1	97.1	103.0	.220		.615	56.1	51.7	10.7	8.0	.580	7.6	34.1	.190	.494	17.5	78.0	.161
49	49	1979-01-28		SDC	W	128	118				.321		.692	55.6	58.9		4.1	.691	21.3		.198	.490	11.3		.224
50	50	1979-01-31		NYK	L	86	108				.313		.473	31.4	61.1			.450			.175	.522			.130
51	51	1979-02-01	@	CLE	W	120	116	120.3	116.3	99.8	.317		.642	51.5	55.1	8.0	3.3	.598	16.2	31.0	.268	.533	12.9	66.7	.196
52	52	1979-02-02	@	KCK	L	114	130				.330		.513	41.2	58.7		1.9	.474			.227	.534			.194
53	53	1979-02-06	@	HOU	L	108	113				.318		.538	44.4	62.2		7.1	.511	12.2		.205	.518	17.0		.294
54	54	1979-02-07	@	PHI	L	103	114	90.2	99.8	114.2	.295		.518	57.9	61.9	7.9	9.0	.477	25.5	38.1	.216	.440	12.9	73.6	.260
55	55	1979-02-08		NJN	L	105	106				.330		.521	54.2	51.2			.489			.216	.478			.196
56	56	1979-02-10		NOJ	L	105	107				.282		.454	48.9	62.8			.417	10.1		.184	.500	17.6		.338
57	57	1979-02-14		DEN	W	111	107	105.6	101.8	105.1	.271		.517	48.4	57.4	9.5	11.8	.490	10.0	29.4	.177	.506	19.0	71.4	.247
58	58	1979-02-16		HOU	W	110	96				.337		.521	47.3	65.9		8.8	.478			.239	.451	18.5		.154
59	59	1979-02-18		SAS	W	124	104				.337		.568	59.1	66.7		7.7	.537	17.4		.232	.451	17.6		.242
60	60	1979-02-21		PHI	W	106	99	94.2	88.0	101.9	.118		.458	45.7	69.4	14.2	3.5	.445	10.1	22.4	.073	.435	22.3	74.5	.294
								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		POR	L	119	126	103.5	109.6	104.1	.452		.534	49.0	52.2	6.1	5.7	.495	16.5	32.6	.290	.486	12.4	63.5	.229
62	62	1979-02-27	@	CHI	L	117	124	117.8	124.8	99.3	.357		.602	47.8	63.8	11.1	2.5	.560	14.1	30.8	.274	.617	15.5	70.0	.296
63	63	1979-03-03		NOJ	W	110	101				.218		.497	57.9	52.2			.455			.178	.384			.253
64	64	1979-03-07		SEA	L	93	99	86.1	91.6	108.0	.325		.509	39.3	55.3	12.0	3.5	.475	19.4	11.4	.213	.459	23.0	66.7	.247
65	65	1979-03-09		BOS	W	160	117	142.3	104.0	112.4	.324		.648	55.9	52.2	6.2	3.6	.639	10.2	47.5	.204	.441	9.6	61.3	.171
66	66	1979-03-11	@	MIL	W	125	115	113.3	104.2	110.3	.239		.615	43.7	63.6	13.6	4.3	.598	17.1	23.5	.163	.522	18.9	62.2	.207
67	67	1979-03-13	@	IND	L	120	122				.167		.490	49.5	59.6		4.1	.456	12.2		.140	.531	14.8		.184
68	68	1979-03-15		NYK	W	88	83				.174		.475	54.9	46.2			.453			.116	.420			.102
69	69	1979-03-16	@	BOS	L	98	99	102.1	103.2	95.9	.289		.524	48.7	53.8	11.5	5.7	.470	15.4	32.6	.241	.529	17.9	68.6	.080
70	70	1979-03-17		IND	W	105	98				.266		.500	46.0	67.4		3.0	.457	14.6		.202	.444	19.2		.101
71	71	1979-03-20	@	NJN	L	110	117				.337		.504	48.3	65.1			.453			.253	.470			.470
72	72	1979-03-21	@	ATL	L	104	111				.206		.491	42.7	58.1		5.0	.443	10.9		.186	.500	15.2		.110
73	73	1979-03-23		WSB	W	124	114				.248		.513	51.5	45.1			.468			.202	.484			.286
74	74	1979-03-25	@	WSB	L	107	116				.206		.506	44.9	52.2			.474			.155	.477			.131
75	75	1979-03-28		DEN	L	110	115	111.5	116.6	98.7	.176		.473	55.4	57.1	6.1	5.7	.454	11.4	50.0	.111	.494	11.9	62.8	.333
76	76	1979-03-30	@	LAL	L	113	124	103.0	113.0	109.7	.186		.512	44.6	64.0	3.6	0.0	.490	10.5	24.1	.127	.581	15.6	73.7	.172
77	77	1979-03-31	@	SEA	L	102	123	88.3	106.5	115.5	.229		.441	48.9	53.7	18.2	4.4	.390	16.6	35.7	.190	.578	23.7	70.6	.211
78	78	1979-04-01	@	PHO	L	105	116	93.2	102.9	112.7	.231		.458	48.0	68.9	10.6	1.9	.433	14.2	32.7	.144	.495	15.7	65.2	.114
79	79	1979-04-03	@	GSW	L	100	104	100.9	105.0	99.1	.323		.471	47.9	60.5	10.1	3.4	.409	11.6	33.9	.258	.494	14.7	67.5	.180
80	80	1979-04-05	@	NOJ	W	120	104				.241		.502	47.0	52.9			.472	11.2		.167	.505	25.4		.132
								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		ATL	L	96	112				.352		.472	38.8	48.7		9.3	.443	12.9		.205	.453	13.6		.395
82	82	1979-04-08		CHI	L	107	117	102.4	112.0	104.5	.149		.497	45.6	44.7	10.5	7.1	.465	11.5	32.1	.129	.525	15.7	60.0	.131

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