1979-80 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		114	105	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 13, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		112	110	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Oct 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		117	137	2	1	L 1
4	Thu, Oct 18, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		129	115	3	1	W 1
5	Fri, Oct 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	112	3	2	L 1
6	Sat, Oct 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		106	117	3	3	L 2
7	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		104	103	4	3	W 1
8	Fri, Oct 26, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		113	129	4	4	L 1
9	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		118	132	4	5	L 2
10	Thu, Nov 1, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		125	127	4	6	L 3
11	Sat, Nov 3, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		111	114	4	7	L 4
12	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		107	115	4	8	L 5
13	Fri, Nov 9, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		106	98	5	8	W 1
14	Sat, Nov 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		104	112	5	9	L 1
15	Wed, Nov 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	115	5	10	L 2	12,128	2:04
16	Sat, Nov 17, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		93	98	5	11	L 3
17	Tue, Nov 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		105	109	5	12	L 4
18	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		98	93	6	12	W 1
19	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		119	100	7	12	W 2
20	Sat, Nov 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		97	115	7	13	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 27, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	114	116	7	14	L 2
22	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		89	98	7	15	L 3
23	Thu, Nov 29, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		95	105	7	16	L 4
24	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		134	124	8	16	W 1
25	Tue, Dec 4, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	114	118	8	17	L 1	11,839	2:33
26	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		93	109	8	18	L 2
27	Fri, Dec 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		109	124	8	19	L 3
28	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		102	103	8	20	L 4
29	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		114	96	9	20	W 1
30	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		122	138	9	21	L 1
31	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		105	126	9	22	L 2
32	Sun, Dec 16, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		126	133	9	23	L 3
33	Tue, Dec 18, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	114	9	24	L 4
34	Thu, Dec 20, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		103	122	9	25	L 5
35	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		112	141	9	26	L 6
36	Tue, Dec 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		101	111	9	27	L 7
37	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		97	98	9	28	L 8
38	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		114	98	10	28	W 1
39	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		104	115	10	29	L 1
40	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		116	135	10	30	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		105	123	10	31	L 3
42	Sun, Jan 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		102	119	10	32	L 4
43	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		110	124	10	33	L 5
44	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	123	10	34	L 6
45	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		109	122	10	35	L 7
46	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		107	102	11	35	W 1
47	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		110	107	12	35	W 2
48	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		122	110	13	35	W 3
49	Tue, Jan 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		131	145	13	36	L 1
50	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	131	13	37	L 2	10,510	1:58
51	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		119	116	14	37	W 1
52	Sun, Jan 27, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		93	98	14	38	L 1
53	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		100	111	14	39	L 2
54	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	121	14	40	L 3
55	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		102	119	14	41	L 4
56	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	114	14	42	L 5
57	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	128	14	43	L 6	15,320	2:04
58	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		102	107	14	44	L 7
59	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	114	14	45	L 8
60	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		104	123	14	46	L 9
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		99	108	14	47	L 10
62	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		116	125	14	48	L 11
63	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		107	130	14	49	L 12
64	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		113	129	14	50	L 13
65	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W	OT	137	128	15	50	W 1
66	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		115	118	15	51	L 1	15,320	2:10
67	Tue, Mar 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		107	135	15	52	L 2
68	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	113	16	52	W 1
69	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		105	106	16	53	L 1
70	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		104	110	16	54	L 2
71	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		100	140	16	55	L 3
72	Wed, Mar 12, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		119	137	16	56	L 4
73	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		102	113	16	57	L 5
74	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		99	102	16	58	L 6
75	Mon, Mar 17, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	123	16	59	L 7
76	Tue, Mar 18, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	OT	107	108	16	60	L 8
77	Thu, Mar 20, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	124	16	61	L 9	11,138	2:05
78	Fri, Mar 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		95	108	16	62	L 10
79	Sun, Mar 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		114	119	16	63	L 11
80	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		114	124	16	64	L 12
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	128	16	65	L 13
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		124	144	16	66	L 14

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