1979-80 Houston Rockets Schedule and Results

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Record: 41-41, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Del Harris (41-41)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 110.8 (8th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.6 (15th of 22)

SRS: 0.27 (10th of 22) Pace: 101.2 (18th of 22)

Off Rtg: 108.1 (4th of 22) Def Rtg: 108.0 (18th of 22) Net Rtg: +0.2 (10th of 22)

Expected W-L: 41-41 (10th of 22)

Arena: The Summit

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (0-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	114	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	113	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Oct 16, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		121	126	0	3	L 3
4	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		116	112	1	3	W 1
5	Sat, Oct 20, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		107	102	2	3	W 2
6	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		99	100	2	4	L 1
7	Sun, Oct 28, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		115	120	2	5	L 2
8	Tue, Oct 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		112	124	2	6	L 3
9	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	OT	129	133	2	7	L 4
10	Sat, Nov 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		114	111	3	7	W 1
11	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		106	101	4	7	W 2
12	Sat, Nov 10, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		112	104	5	7	W 3
13	Tue, Nov 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		128	127	6	7	W 4
14	Wed, Nov 14, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		133	92	7	7	W 5
15	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		133	130	8	7	W 6
16	Sat, Nov 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		102	100	9	7	W 7
17	Tue, Nov 20, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	125	130	9	8	L 1
18	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		97	94	10	8	W 1
19	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	113	10	9	L 1
20	Sat, Nov 24, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		103	105	10	10	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		115	117	10	11	L 3
22	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	OT	113	111	11	11	W 1
23	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		106	95	12	11	W 2
24	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	120	112	13	11	W 3
25	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	116	13	12	L 1
26	Fri, Dec 7, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		124	109	14	12	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		129	138	14	13	L 1
28	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		118	107	15	13	W 1
29	Thu, Dec 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		113	121	15	14	L 1
30	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		101	109	15	15	L 2
31	Sun, Dec 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		101	123	15	16	L 3
32	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		102	108	15	17	L 4
33	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	117	15	18	L 5
34	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		114	122	15	19	L 6
35	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		143	110	16	19	W 1
36	Thu, Dec 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		110	112	16	20	L 1
37	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		104	100	17	20	W 1
38	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	111	17	21	L 1
39	Fri, Jan 4, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		101	104	17	22	L 2
40	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		111	110	18	22	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	OT	118	115	19	22	W 2
42	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		114	112	20	22	W 3
43	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		112	96	21	22	W 4
44	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		121	117	22	22	W 5
45	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		112	122	22	23	L 1
46	Fri, Jan 18, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		134	111	23	23	W 1
47	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		110	122	23	24	L 1
48	Tue, Jan 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	112	23	25	L 2
49	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W	2OT	111	110	24	25	W 1
50	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		123	111	25	25	W 2
51	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		112	133	25	26	L 1
52	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		111	118	25	27	L 2
53	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	110	25	28	L 3
54	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		115	114	26	28	W 1
55	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	104	27	28	W 2
56	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		117	95	28	28	W 3
57	Tue, Feb 12, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		120	118	29	28	W 4
58	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	117	30	28	W 5
59	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	114	30	29	L 1
60	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		99	112	30	30	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		102	115	30	31	L 3
62	Fri, Feb 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		94	82	31	31	W 1
63	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	112	31	32	L 1
64	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		93	88	32	32	W 1
65	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		110	97	33	32	W 2
66	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		99	105	33	33	L 1
67	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		91	94	33	34	L 2
68	Tue, Mar 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		93	83	34	34	W 1
69	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	99	103	34	35	L 1
70	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	2OT	111	110	35	35	W 1
71	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		79	97	35	36	L 1
72	Tue, Mar 11, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		109	129	35	37	L 2
73	Wed, Mar 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		105	121	35	38	L 3
74	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		85	92	35	39	L 4
75	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		102	99	36	39	W 1
76	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		139	113	37	39	W 2
77	Thu, Mar 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		96	109	37	40	L 1
78	Sat, Mar 22, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		125	110	38	40	W 1
79	Tue, Mar 25, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		107	126	38	41	L 1
80	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		113	101	39	41	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		128	112	40	41	W 2
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		121	106	41	41	W 3

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 2, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W	95	85	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 4, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	101	106	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Apr 6, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W	141	120	2	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Wed, Apr 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	101	119	2	2	L 1
5	Fri, Apr 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	75	95	2	3	L 2
6	Sun, Apr 13, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	81	100	2	4	L 3
7	Mon, Apr 14, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	121	138	2	5	L 4

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