1978-79 Houston Rockets Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (47-35)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 113.4 (5th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 112.4 (17th of 22)

SRS: 0.92 (12th of 22) Pace: 103.8 (16th of 22)

Off Rtg: 108.7 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 107.7 (21st of 22) Net Rtg: +0.9 (12th of 22)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (12th of 22)

Arena: The Summit

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

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

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	@	NYK	W	111	107				.253		.574	47.3	69.6		2.9	.529	17.1		.218	.427	11.2		.184
2	2	1978-10-14	@	BOS	W	114	108	124.6	118.0	91.5	.329		.586	57.1	43.5	4.4	1.2	.541	14.9	52.8	.259	.488	11.7	61.0	.279
3	3	1978-10-18		NJN	W	139	87				.380		.595	62.9	71.4		6.5	.560	13.4		.270	.409	21.5		.118
4	4	1978-10-19	@	KCK	L	103	108				.560		.551	52.2	38.2		5.1	.453	18.3		.467	.495	9.3		.101
5	5	1978-10-21		BOS	W	118	101	104.9	89.8	112.5	.194		.585	52.8	66.0	13.3	4.7	.538	17.2	28.2	.194	.482	23.7	81.8	.224
6	6	1978-10-25		NYK	W	106	101				.363		.502	53.1	77.5		1.1	.440	14.6		.286	.433			.256
7	7	1978-10-28		PHI	L	99	101				.220		.451	63.4	46.3		2.2	.410	6.8		.170	.444	15.5		.233
8	8	1978-10-29	@	DEN	L	121	134	104.4	115.6	115.9	.291		.521	46.9	65.3	6.9	2.9	.476	17.7	38.5	.223	.490	13.6	56.5	.333
9	9	1978-11-01		GSW	L	105	112	97.5	104.0	107.7	.301		.450	50.5	69.0	3.7	4.2	.408	11.4	33.3	.204	.537	14.4	77.8	.105
10	10	1978-11-04		PHO	W	110	103	102.8	96.3	107.0	.462		.502	44.9	66.7	10.3	1.9	.462	14.1	34.0	.286	.413	16.8	54.4	.163
11	11	1978-11-10	@	MIL	L	126	131				.292		.527	55.3	64.8		3.2	.509	9.8		.170	.611	10.4		.158
12	12	1978-11-11		SDC	W	136	123				.218		.614	55.3	69.0		3.1	.574	14.7		.198	.546	15.7		.175
13	13	1978-11-15		CHI	L	103	117	103.9	118.0	99.1	.090		.495	50.0	63.8	4.0	4.4	.470	14.1	39.2	.090	.560	13.7	62.8	.165
14	14	1978-11-18		SAS	W	126	120				.412		.627	53.0	55.1		2.0	.576	17.3		.329	.500	12.0		.200
15	15	1978-11-22		LAL	L	114	121	112.9	119.9	100.9	.315		.563	55.1	72.3	3.0	2.3	.528	11.4	34.2	.225	.558	13.0	75.0	.291
16	16	1978-11-24	@	PHO	L	113	120	107.5	114.1	105.1	.301		.601	52.1	58.7	7.6	2.3	.554	21.7	32.4	.253	.523	15.1	69.2	.349
17	17	1978-11-25	@	POR	L	105	127	102.7	124.2	102.3	.603		.610	39.2	47.2	6.8	3.4	.529	21.8	23.5	.485	.562	16.7	52.5	.303
18	18	1978-11-26	@	SEA	W	108	103	117.0	111.6	92.3	.311		.528	49.0	46.5	5.4	1.1	.478	10.5	43.5	.244	.462	12.6	53.8	.183
19	19	1978-11-29	@	GSW	L	94	109	97.8	113.4	96.1	.159		.499	41.6	54.8	6.2	2.4	.477	13.7	21.4	.114	.566	14.8	65.7	.181
20	20	1978-11-30	@	SDC	W	113	104				.388		.603	51.2	42.2		1.0	.563	16.1		.288	.443	9.9		.186
								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	1978-12-02	@	CHI	L	91	105	90.9	104.8	100.1	.182		.479	50.0	50.0	6.0	4.4	.455	18.1	27.7	.125	.549	15.3	73.3	.055
22	22	1978-12-06		WSB	L	96	101				.247		.486	49.4	74.4			.438	10.8		.202	.462	10.6		.161
23	23	1978-12-08	@	NOJ	W	110	106				.293		.529	55.8	55.8		6.5	.467	14.8		.261	.478	11.0		.196
24	24	1978-12-09		POR	W	116	110	117.7	111.6	98.5	.408		.647	47.8	56.5	6.1	4.4	.605	18.2	24.0	.316	.489	12.9	61.4	.244
25	25	1978-12-12		BOS	W	112	105	106.4	99.7	105.3	.465		.541	50.6	73.2	6.6	2.5	.477	16.9	31.9	.349	.481	18.8	71.4	.333
26	26	1978-12-14		GSW	W	126	123	119.2	116.4	95.7	.484		.559	53.3	64.4	2.8	2.0	.484	7.4	34.1	.387	.529	10.5	71.7	.147
27	27	1978-12-15	@	PHI	L	84	91				.069		.469	46.9	67.5		2.2	.460	15.9		.046	.400	13.8		.211
28	28	1978-12-20	@	NJN	W	108	105				.584		.558	43.8	51.4		5.4	.481	16.4		.442	.467	16.0		.207
29	29	1978-12-21	@	CLE	L	90	101	90.4	101.4	99.6	.346		.482	48.3	51.5	11.0	8.1	.407	17.6	23.3	.296	.419	12.1	71.7	.337
30	30	1978-12-23		NYK	W	129	107				.315		.616	52.4	47.2			.576	11.8		.250	.466	12.6		.284
31	31	1978-12-26	@	KCK	W	109	102				.595		.584	58.7	41.7		3.4	.486	22.4		.500	.404	16.5		.337
32	32	1978-12-27	@	DET	L	119	131				.374		.516	53.1	44.4			.455	15.4		.293	.567	9.6		.125
33	33	1978-12-29		MIL	W	106	103				.367		.578	59.5	68.3		5.7	.519	20.7		.304	.511	13.9		.148
34	34	1978-12-30		DET	W	112	101				.283		.541	51.1	74.5		4.5	.511	13.4		.196	.461	16.8		.213
35	35	1979-01-03		NJN	W	127	122				.595		.680	60.6	73.9		5.5	.622	21.1		.473	.527	11.8		.286
36	36	1979-01-05		ATL	L	106	109				.352		.504	50.0	65.9		4.7	.451	11.0		.264	.512	14.9		.244
37	37	1979-01-06		LAL	W	115	112	107.5	104.7	96.9	.154		.518	50.5	72.5	11.2	2.1	.490	12.6	37.5	.125	.526	18.2	65.1	.126
38	38	1979-01-08	@	MIL	L	104	116				.410		.531	44.9	66.7		4.4	.470	16.2		.313	.544	16.0		.200
39	39	1979-01-09		KCK	W	126	110				.367		.603	54.8	64.6		3.1	.533	16.1		.333	.459	15.1		.204
40	40	1979-01-12		CLE	W	107	96	113.0	101.4	94.7	.390		.557	59.6	66.7	6.3	2.2	.512	15.8	39.5	.280	.462	9.2	73.2	.108
								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	1979-01-13		NOJ	W	117	106				.417		.589	59.3	78.6			.500			.393	.511			.182
42	42	1979-01-14	@	ATL	L	105	115				.388		.528	45.4	43.6		3.4	.459	13.9		.318	.477	11.7		.352
43	43	1979-01-17	@	GSW	W	104	103	104.3	103.3	99.7	.195		.584	46.9	58.7	9.0	0.0	.561	22.6	35.1	.146	.440	12.6	54.2	.150
44	44	1979-01-19	@	LAL	W	122	121	112.2	111.3	98.4	.098		.522	57.8	63.2	11.0	2.1	.509	10.0	38.5	.071	.589	14.4	84.2	.095
45	45	1979-01-20	@	PHO	L	97	116	95.3	114.0	101.7	.296		.530	48.1	60.0	12.8	0.0	.494	18.7	26.3	.210	.545	16.2	69.2	.227
46	46	1979-01-24		DEN	W	117	116	112.7	111.7	103.8	.181		.576	45.5	43.1	5.8	5.8	.543	12.1	31.0	.160	.558	18.6	62.9	.233
47	47	1979-01-27		SEA	L	94	99	96.3	101.4	97.6	.176		.479	47.8	73.2	6.1	6.8	.451	14.0	28.9	.132	.409	12.8	66.7	.307
48	48	1979-01-30	@	IND	L	106	112				.200		.513	55.6	56.5		5.4	.484	16.2		.147	.568	16.1		.378
49	49	1979-01-31	@	BOS	L	102	119	102.1	119.1	99.9	.102		.498	46.6	46.8	6.0	1.1	.480	15.0	34.8	.082	.539	13.6	59.5	.258
50	50	1979-02-02		WSB	L	106	120				.196		.478	52.0	68.1		0.0	.461	10.5		.118	.533	10.4		.239
51	51	1979-02-06		DET	W	113	108				.329		.581	55.6	81.8		1.1	.518	17.0		.294	.511	12.2		.205
52	52	1979-02-08		MIL	W	134	129				.326		.617	49.4	70.4		3.1	.568	9.2		.274	.563	12.9		.219
53	53	1979-02-09	@	NOJ	W	106	99				.296		.479	56.7	66.7		8.3	.429	18.4		.224	.488	21.3		.202
54	54	1979-02-10		SEA	W	113	101	109.8	98.1	103.0	.278		.466	59.4	59.1	10.7	8.0	.407	7.6	43.4	.231	.448	15.2	77.1	.264
55	55	1979-02-13		IND	L	120	124				.280		.574	51.9	72.9		3.2	.516	12.6		.258	.585	15.0		.149
56	56	1979-02-15		POR	W	119	116	118.4	115.4	100.5	.301		.633	48.6	61.2	10.9	4.0	.590	15.3	38.7	.253	.490	14.6	56.1	.180
57	57	1979-02-16	@	DET	L	96	110				.264		.473	52.7	41.5		3.3	.451	18.5		.154	.478			.239
58	58	1979-02-18	@	NJN	L	124	126				.495		.560	47.3	68.2			.484	19.6		.396	.490	18.5		.255
59	59	1979-02-22	@	WSB	W	120	110				.279		.621	52.8	49.0			.570	16.4		.256	.472	10.3		.094
60	60	1979-02-25	@	SAS	L	107	127				.365		.443	53.2	61.5		0.9	.375	12.3		.279	.500	9.9		.198
								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	1979-02-27	@	ATL	L	111	125				.221		.532	52.3	45.7		2.3	.484	14.7		.200	.575	11.4		.287
62	62	1979-02-28		DEN	W	122	97	119.7	95.1	102.0	.150		.535	50.5	72.2	5.9	5.6	.505	10.2	44.0	.131	.374	13.3	55.7	.159
63	63	1979-03-02	@	POR	W	118	98	111.7	92.8	105.6	.301		.628	58.6	64.0	4.7	6.3	.602	18.3	23.5	.217	.417	8.5	81.1	.188
64	64	1979-03-04	@	SEA	L	109	119	105.6	115.3	103.2	.236		.555	49.4	44.4	2.9	0.0	.506	14.0	23.1	.213	.495	10.0	70.8	.319
65	65	1979-03-06	@	DEN	W	119	118	113.0	112.1	105.3	.372		.595	50.6	72.3	8.5	7.9	.547	16.0	33.3	.291	.528	15.4	65.9	.270
66	66	1979-03-07	@	SDC	L	115	138				.353		.488	47.3	48.8		4.8	.422	14.5		.284	.529	12.5		.269
67	67	1979-03-10		NOJ	W	124	109				.220		.565	55.6	56.6		3.0	.530	12.0		.180	.440	14.7		.210
68	68	1979-03-14		KCK	W	129	107				.296		.582	58.4	71.2		6.2	.531	14.6		.255	.464	14.2		.175
69	69	1979-03-16		CHI	W	124	118	126.4	120.3	98.1	.500		.565	51.1	68.9	9.2	4.5	.500	8.3	43.1	.378	.506	11.8	61.0	.315
70	70	1979-03-17		PHO	W	134	122	118.0	107.5	113.5	.368		.607	52.6	73.1	7.9	0.9	.547	16.0	34.1	.316	.491	13.6	66.7	.170
71	71	1979-03-21		PHI	L	108	114				.233		.476	48.4	90.9		2.3	.427	11.0		.194	.563	18.5		.184
72	72	1979-03-23	@	IND	L	134	141				.495		.579	44.0	64.7		1.0	.537	11.5		.337	.583	9.6		.302
73	73	1979-03-24		ATL	W	120	116				.337		.550	54.8	68.9		4.8	.474	11.4		.316	.536	14.0		.310
74	74	1979-03-27	@	CHI	W	122	116	119.2	113.3	102.4	.317		.653	48.6	56.9	8.8	4.3	.622	13.0	16.1	.244	.532	11.9	72.1	.170
75	75	1979-03-28		IND	L	124	125				.269		.513	54.8	70.0		1.2	.463	11.0		.222	.607	18.5		.274
76	76	1979-03-30	@	SAS	W	117	116				.252		.492	48.0	69.4		9.3	.458	13.8		.178	.454	14.6		.289
77	77	1979-04-01	@	CLE	L	105	114	103.2	112.0	101.7	.292		.523	51.7	45.2	10.8	7.4	.472	14.5	33.3	.236	.543	12.7	71.4	.128
78	78	1979-04-03	@	NYK	W	116	115				.371		.560	58.1	56.5		1.9	.517	18.2		.270	.510	10.7		.087
79	79	1979-04-04	@	PHI	L	120	121	113.5	114.5	105.7	.426		.538	48.5	66.7	6.6	2.0	.479	11.8	34.0	.319	.490	10.3	62.0	.255
80	80	1979-04-06		CLE	W	112	110	110.1	108.1	101.7	.375		.601	45.9	71.4	9.8	1.1	.525	17.7	18.9	.350	.551	14.0	66.7	.135
								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	1979-04-07		SAS	W	123	106				.234		.502	56.9	64.0		6.5	.450	14.0		.207	.441	17.0		.258
82	82	1979-04-08	@	WSB	W	112	102				.221		.537	50.6	64.6		7.4	.505	14.0		.168	.447	14.7		.191

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