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1979-80 Detroit Pistons Game Log

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Record: 16-66, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Dick Vitale (4-8), Richie Adubato (12-58)

Executive: Bill Davidson, Jack McCloskey

PTS/G: 108.9 (11th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 117.2 (21st of 22)

SRS: -7.57 (22nd of 22) Pace: 107.1 (2nd of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.2 (22nd of 22) Def Rtg: 108.8 (19th of 22) Net Rtg: -7.7 (22nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 22-60 (22nd of 22)

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome

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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	1979-10-12		IND	W	114	105	45	84	.536	0	1	.000	24	32	.750		48	27	7	4	24	23	40	92	.435	0	1	.000	25	28	.893		38	20	17	4	18	30
2	2	1979-10-13	@	SAS	W	112	110	48	91	.527	0	0		16	31	.516		45	22	2	5	12	26	40	93	.430	0	0		30	35	.857		48	23	6	3	13	27
3	3	1979-10-16	@	CLE	L	117	137	47	102	.461	1	2	.500	22	27	.815	11	46	22	7	4	28	25	61	113	.540	0	4	.000	15	23	.652	14	47	39	10	12	22	24
4	4	1979-10-18		NYK	W	129	115	52	94	.553	0	1	.000	25	34	.735		54	27				15	51	115	.443	1	3	.333	12	12	1.000		39	23				27
5	5	1979-10-19	@	PHI	L	104	112	39	86	.453	2	5	.400	24	33	.727		39	26				26	44	99	.444	1	2	.500	23	29	.793		59	31				25
6	6	1979-10-20	@	WSB	L	106	117	49	105	.467	1			7	15	.467		55	29				22	51	102	.500	0			15	20	.750		48	37				16
7	7	1979-10-24		WSB	W	104	103	40	105	.381	0			24	28	.857		56	14				23	40	91	.440	0			23	29	.793		58	22				24
8	8	1979-10-26		SAS	L	113	129	45	94	.479	1	6	.167	22	33	.667		38	14	10	10	24	24	55	97	.567	1	4	.250	18	24	.750		45	27	15	1	23	29
9	9	1979-10-27	@	MIL	L	118	132	47	100	.470	1	1	1.000	23	31	.742		43	28	7	6	18	18	55	113	.487	2	3	.667	20	26	.769	21	53	31	12		13	25
10	10	1979-11-01		CLE	L	125	127	50	89	.562	0	1	.000	25	34	.735	18	46	27	9	10	21	30	47	104	.452	1	1	1.000	32	38	.842	20	43	21	7	7	15	27
11	11	1979-11-03		HOU	L	111	114	46	92	.500	0	1	.000	19	24	.792		46	24	8	8	19	22	47	102	.461	0	0		20	25	.800		52	25	9	9	18	17
12	12	1979-11-07		ATL	L	107	115	40	73	.548	0	2	.000	27	39	.692		35	21		8	22	25	45	88	.511	0	1	.000	25	29	.862		41	17		4	16	28
13	13	1979-11-09		PHI	W	106	98	44	92	.478	0	0		18	25	.720		58	23		7		16	39	95	.411	0	4	.000	20	24	.833		41	21		8		18
14	14	1979-11-10	@	HOU	L	104	112	41	79	.519	1			21	29	.724		33	31	11	4	13	25	45	100	.450	0			22	28	.786		64	33	6	3	16	21
15	15	1979-11-14	@	BOS	L	111	115	47	96	.490	1	6	.167	16	23	.696	14	44	25	12	5	26	28	46	106	.434	1	6	.167	22	31	.710	25	60	31	15	3	23	19
16	16	1979-11-17		NJN	L	93	98	38	94	.404	0	3	.000	17	27	.630		51	21				27	37	85	.435	0	0		24	35	.686		50	19				22
17	17	1979-11-20	@	ATL	L	105	109	40	80	.500	0	1	.000	25	30	.833		39	22		10	25	23	48	96	.500	0	1	.000	13	13	1.000		42	36		4	16	28
18	18	1979-11-21		UTA	W	98	93	41	91	.451	0	1	.000	16	19	.842		54	21		9		22	37	85	.435	0	1	.000	19	22	.864		34	22		5		22
19	19	1979-11-23		MIL	W	119	100	48	96	.500	0	0		23	34	.676		49	25	17	9	24	26	38	95	.400	3	7	.429	21	30	.700		52	23	6	8	26	25
20	20	1979-11-24	@	IND	L	97	115	41	89	.461	0	3	.000	15	23	.652		49	18	12	7	31	18	50	104	.481	0	2	.000	15	17	.882		51	38	20	2	18	20
								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	1979-11-27	@	NYK	L	114	116	46	95	.484	0			22	33	.667		57	24				23	48	104	.462	0			20	26	.769		42	30				25
22	22	1979-11-28	@	NJN	L	89	98	31	65	.477	0	1	.000	27	31	.871		40	24				26	41	88	.466	0	0		16	24	.667		46	26				24
23	23	1979-11-29		KCK	L	95	105	36	78	.462	0	2	.000	23	29	.793		45	24	7	5		26	39	86	.453	0	0		27	38	.711		42	25	14	3		25
24	24	1979-12-01		SAS	W	134	124	55	96	.573	0	0		24	28	.857		46	39	10	0	23	34	45	87	.517	0	5	.000	34	39	.872		34	19	14	2	22	28
25	25	1979-12-04		BOS	L	114	118	48	96	.500	0	0		18	26	.692		53	26				26	45	102	.441	4	5	.800	24	32	.750		51	28				26
26	26	1979-12-05	@	KCK	L	93	109	40	84	.476	1			12	17	.706		49	14	9	2		21	44	84	.524	0			21	26	.808		33	30	12	6		21
27	27	1979-12-07	@	HOU	L	109	124	45	98	.459	0			19	29	.655		35	29	12	5	17	24	49	84	.583	0			26	32	.813		48	42	9	1		22
28	28	1979-12-08	@	IND	L	102	103	44	90	.489	0	1	.000	14	20	.700		52	26	4	2	21	32	37	86	.430	0	2	.000	29	34	.853		42	25	14	11	14	22
29	29	1979-12-12	@	GSW	W	114	96	45	87	.517	0	0		24	31	.774	15	50	17	5	1	18	24	40	93	.430	0	1	.000	16	23	.696	15	42	20	11	5	16	23
30	30	1979-12-14	@	LAL	L	122	138	50	93	.538	1	2	.500	21	28	.750	14	35	29	5	5	15	20	60	98	.612	0	0		18	22	.818	17	43	38	9	4	14	22
31	31	1979-12-15	@	PHO	L	105	126	45	102	.441	1	3	.333	14	19	.737	18	43	20	8	1	19	31	50	95	.526	1	4	.250	25	33	.758	17	51	38	12	2	17	18
32	32	1979-12-16	@	SDC	L	126	133	55	103	.534	0	2	.000	16	23	.696		46	24	6	4	21	23	57	104	.548	2	5	.400	17	29	.586		44	23	4	4	15	20
33	33	1979-12-18		PHI	L	102	114	44	94	.468	1	4	.250	13	19	.684	11	42	23	10	9	18	27	45	94	.479	0	0		24	30	.800	18	55	32	10	9	22	17
34	34	1979-12-20		ATL	L	103	122	42	82	.512	0	3	.000	19	28	.679		32	27		5	15	27	46	76	.605	1	1	1.000	29	36	.806		37	23		4	17	28
35	35	1979-12-22	@	SAS	L	112	141	46	93	.495	2	6	.333	18	24	.750		44	27	4	5	23	26	60	104	.577	0	1	.000	21	25	.840		42	40	16	6	13	21
36	36	1979-12-25	@	CLE	L	101	111	40	84	.476	0	2	.000	21	29	.724	8	43	30	7	13	21	27	45	111	.405	0	0		21	31	.677	28	61	25	9	1	15	23
37	37	1979-12-26		IND	L	97	98	42	105	.400	0	1	.000	13	20	.650		54	19	10	7	17	29	37	78	.474	1	2	.500	23	35	.657		43	18	8	8	22	15
38	38	1979-12-28		DEN	W	114	98	50	97	.515	0	0		14	19	.737	16	53	24	7	6	16	22	42	94	.447	0	2	.000	14	18	.778	14	46	19	4	7	16	18
39	39	1979-12-29	@	ATL	L	104	115	40	88	.455	0	2	.000	24	34	.706		51	22		7	31	30	41	94	.436	0	0		33	42	.786		50	30		13	17	29
40	40	1980-01-02	@	DEN	L	116	135	46	101	.455	0	1	.000	24	32	.750	15	57	27	6	8	28	30	54	116	.466	1	2	.500	26	37	.703	20	57	36	15	10	16	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	1980-01-04	@	SEA	L	105	123	41	79	.519	0	0		23	30	.767	9	34	23	9	3	22	24	53	101	.525	0	3	.000	17	18	.944	13	40	32	11	3	19	23
42	42	1980-01-06	@	POR	L	102	119	38	89	.427	2	5	.400	24	28	.857	14	39	19	11	4	22	21	50	93	.538	0	0		19	26	.731	19	53	33	13	13	20	20
43	43	1980-01-08	@	UTA	L	110	124	46	101	.455	0	0		18	24	.750		41	20		12		17	54	90	.600	1	2	.500	15	16	.938		51	36		5		23
44	44	1980-01-11		LAL	L	100	123	45	104	.433	0	2	.000	10	12	.833	20	42	15	7	8	19	22	51	84	.607	0	0		21	28	.750	12	47	35	13	4	22	16
45	45	1980-01-12	@	IND	L	109	122	48	99	.485	2	5	.400	11	15	.733		45	28	9	3	24	20	50	90	.556	4	6	.667	18	19	.947		44	35	15	2	22	19
46	46	1980-01-13		CHI	W	107	102	43	89	.483	0	1	.000	21	27	.778	10	34	20	12	7	15	26	40	73	.548	0	2	.000	22	30	.733	7	42	24	6	2	26	24
47	47	1980-01-17		WSB	W	110	107	47	86	.547	0	1	.000	16	20	.800		46	29				28	40	95	.421	0	0		27	36	.750		45	19				20
48	48	1980-01-19		HOU	W	122	110	49	89	.551	0	0		24	31	.774		56	27	5	21	21	27	40	105	.381	3	7	.429	27	36	.750		48	17	11	4	12	26
49	49	1980-01-22	@	CHI	L	131	145	52	93	.559	3	5	.600	24	29	.828	12	30	19	12	3	18	28	58	83	.699	1	2	.500	28	35	.800	5	33	44	9	5	18	25
50	50	1980-01-23		BOS	L	104	131	46	98	.469	0	4	.000	12	16	.750		45	23				27	53	106	.500	3	6	.500	22	29	.759		49	28				16
51	51	1980-01-25	@	NJN	W	119	116	46	98	.469	0			27	37	.730		56	32				26	47	105	.448	1			21	32	.656		56	29				24
52	52	1980-01-27		NYK	L	93	98	38	91	.418	0	1	.000	17	23	.739		48	20			21	17	43	99	.434	0			12	16	.750		50	25			20	23
53	53	1980-01-29		GSW	L	100	111	36	85	.424	0	2	.000	28	38	.737	15	52	16	10	7	22	30	41	86	.477	0	0		29	39	.744	10	41	32	12	7	16	27
54	54	1980-01-30	@	PHI	L	108	121	40	99	.404	1	7	.143	27	31	.871	25	56	20	16	3	33	36	44	86	.512	0	0		33	44	.750	13	44	28	16	9	26	25
55	55	1980-02-07		SEA	L	102	119	48	110	.436	1	4	.250	5	6	.833	16	40	28	12	17	17	18	50	112	.446	1	1	1.000	18	20	.900	31	69	22	15	6	22	15
56	56	1980-02-09	@	NYK	L	107	114	44	88	.500	0			19	25	.760		45	26				28	45	88	.511	0			24	36	.667		41	26				24
57	57	1980-02-10	@	BOS	L	111	128	50	96	.521	0	1	.000	11	17	.647	14	40	21	14	5	27	26	47	80	.588	4	6	.667	30	40	.750	6	34	29	12	2	25	19
58	58	1980-02-13		CLE	L	102	107	42	86	.488	1	4	.250	17	21	.810	16	48	33	5	6	22	27	43	100	.430	0	2	.000	21	28	.750	22	48	24	9	6	14	20
59	59	1980-02-15		PHI	L	104	114	42	101	.416	0	3	.000	20	26	.769		51	23		12	17	35	36	93	.387	0	0		42	51	.824		65	28		11	24	20
60	60	1980-02-16	@	CLE	L	104	123	44	90	.489	1	2	.500	15	26	.577	11	42	21	9	8	23	26	49	98	.500	0	0		25	32	.781	16	50	24	15	2	18	23
								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	1980-02-17		ATL	L	99	108	35	80	.438	0			29	38	.763		38	20		9	28	35	37	78	.474	0			34	43	.791		47	19		10	25	33
62	62	1980-02-21		PHO	L	116	125	45	89	.506	0	4	.000	26	29	.897	9	38	29	14	5	26	29	46	95	.484	2	6	.333	31	37	.838	18	49	25	15	5	23	21
63	63	1980-02-23		POR	L	107	130	49	101	.485	0	3	.000	9	16	.563	20	41	23	7	7	23	34	46	86	.535	1	3	.333	37	51	.725	15	44	29	11	7	19	17
64	64	1980-02-27		SDC	L	113	129	48	106	.453	1	5	.200	16	22	.727		41	22	11	11	19	25	54	91	.593	1	4	.250	20	32	.625		47	27	9	5	18	22
65	65	1980-02-29		NJN	W	137	128	46			0			45	57	.789								45			1			37	51	.725							43
66	66	1980-03-02	@	BOS	L	115	118	47	77	.610	1	3	.333	20	23	.870	8	30	19	7	5	23	29	45	85	.529	4	9	.444	24	34	.706	16	32	27	9	3	19	20
67	67	1980-03-04	@	WSB	L	107	135	44	103	.427	0			19	25	.760		35	25				24	55	101	.545	0			25	30	.833		60	44				23
68	68	1980-03-05		NYK	W	120	113	50			0			20	26	.769								46			1			20	32	.625							28
69	69	1980-03-07		WSB	L	105	106	46	103	.447	0			13	16	.813		50	24				25	42	80	.525	0			22	31	.710		43	23				23
70	70	1980-03-08	@	NYK	L	104	110	43	88	.489	0			18	24	.750		45	21				30	42	90	.467	0			26	32	.813		41	23				21
71	71	1980-03-09	@	NJN	L	100	140	36	92	.391	1	6	.167	27	33	.818		36	16				23	59	100	.590	2	6	.333	20	25	.800		60	30				25
72	72	1980-03-12		NJN	L	119	137	47	91	.516	3	4	.750	22	29	.759		31	28				24	54	104	.519	0	0		29	31	.935		55	24				22
73	73	1980-03-14		SAS	L	102	113	42	104	.404	2	5	.400	16	24	.667		55	24	6	6	16	29	44	91	.484	0	0		25	32	.781		59	23	11	3	21	24
74	74	1980-03-16		HOU	L	99	102	43	93	.462	6	12	.500	7	12	.583		39	24	13	7	13	22	40	88	.455	1	3	.333	21	26	.808		50	17	6	5	18	12
75	75	1980-03-17	@	PHI	L	109	123	45	81	.556	2	5	.400	17	23	.739	8	26	30	13	4	21	20	55	87	.632	0	0		13	17	.765	12	40	39	11	2	22	18
76	76	1980-03-18		CLE	L	107	108	46	101	.455	3	8	.375	12	26	.462	20	52	26	13	10	19	22	42	95	.442	1	3	.333	23	29	.793	19	56	24	5	4	22	25
77	77	1980-03-20		BOS	L	106	124	41	87	.471	2	3	.667	22	33	.667	9	37	23	11	7	21	28	46	91	.505	1	2	.500	31	36	.861	15	53	29	10	5	19	27
78	78	1980-03-21	@	ATL	L	95	108	37	85	.435	2	6	.333	19	21	.905		42	18		1	24	21	43	88	.489	0	0		22	24	.917		46	23		15	20	20
79	79	1980-03-23	@	WSB	L	114	119	46	97	.474	2			20	26	.769		49	32				15	55	104	.529	2			7	10	.700		47	42				19
80	80	1980-03-26		IND	L	114	124	43	99	.434	3	8	.375	25	34	.735		42	21	18	5	21	22	54	90	.600	1	2	.500	15	22	.682		47	29	9	8	24	25
								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	1980-03-28	@	HOU	L	112	128	50	98	.510	1	3	.333	11	17	.647		38	24	7	5	19	19	61	105	.581	0	4	.000	6	8	.750		48	43	10	4	17	18
82	82	1980-03-30	@	SAS	L	124	144	51	105	.486	3	11	.273	19	25	.760		36	28	10	8	20	19	61	106	.575	1	2	.500	21	23	.913		51	47	8	5	21	29

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