1978-79 Kansas City Kings Game Log

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Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons (48-34)

Executive: Joe Axelson

PTS/G: 113.1 (7th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 110.2 (11th of 22)

SRS: 2.73 (5th of 22) Pace: 107.3 (5th of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.5 (9th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.9 (4th of 22) Net Rtg: +2.7 (5th of 22)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (6th of 22)

Arena: Kemper Arena

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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Regular Season

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

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	1978-10-15	@	SEA	L	105	115	40	87	.460				25	33	.758	17	41	16	7	5	23	38	40	84	.476				35	49	.714	14	33	17	13	3	21	28
2	2	1978-10-17	@	POR	L	112	115	43	89	.483				26	28	.929	18	40	25	10	1	19	35	39	71	.549				37	48	.771	12	37	27	9	6	20	23
3	3	1978-10-19		HOU	W	108	103	49	99	.495				10	19	.526		44	25	12	4	11	30	34	75	.453				35	42	.833		48	13	3	5	21	24
4	4	1978-10-21		MIL	L	99	103	39	101	.386				21	30	.700		47	17	15	4		34	36	74	.486				31	44	.705		46	16	8	4		27
5	5	1978-10-24	@	CHI	W	123	117	50	85	.588				23	36	.639	10	34	19	12	8	18	31	43	81	.531				31	45	.689	14	40	22	4	1	23	31
6	6	1978-10-25		NOJ	W	114	109	47	101	.465				20	29	.690		56	28	9			30	39	93	.419				31	42	.738		52	15	4			27
7	7	1978-10-27	@	DET	L	102	107	44	84	.524				14	23	.609		38	24	3			35	41	93	.441				25	33	.758		41	16	12			32
8	8	1978-10-28		PHO	W	112	102	47	92	.511				18	22	.818	15	38	30	16	2	25	35	43	74	.581				16	25	.640	11	38	26	5	4	30	28
9	9	1978-10-31	@	MIL	L	112	114	45	91	.495				22	34	.647	12	43	31	9	6	19	30	43	93	.462				28	34	.824	14	40	33	10	4	18	29
10	10	1978-11-01		CLE	W	122	107	52	100	.520				18	26	.692	20	47	29	12	2	14	19	44	85	.518				19	20	.950	14	41	9	5	6	21	21
11	11	1978-11-03	@	IND	L	108	115	40	88	.455				28	40	.700		48	24	9	5	28	36	43	92	.467				29	45	.644		56	26	12	5	24	32
12	12	1978-11-04		DEN	W	109	107	47	91	.516				15	19	.789	16	45	29	8	7	19	23	42	87	.483				23	27	.852	12	42	22	9	7	20	19
13	13	1978-11-08	@	GSW	W	105	97	45	92	.489				15	22	.682	17	42	23	10	4	18	21	41	79	.519				15	18	.833	13	43	26	10	4	24	27
14	14	1978-11-10	@	LAL	L	127	136	52	96	.542				23	34	.676	11	37	31	8	4	18	39	50	92	.543				36	51	.706	17	48	31	18	9	22	28
15	15	1978-11-11	@	DEN	W	117	113	43	95	.453				31	41	.756	19	47	26	6	7	20	41	39	88	.443				35	53	.660	23	53	26	6	10	22	35
16	16	1978-11-15		ATL	W	109	100	43	72	.597				23	33	.697		37	27	8	2	30	30	38	72	.528				24	33	.727		30	20	9	3	27	34
17	17	1978-11-18		NJN	W	114	100	46	94	.489				22	29	.759		45	29	5			23	39	86	.453				22	32	.688		48	13	8			30
18	18	1978-11-22		POR	W	115	96	43	84	.512				29	39	.744	14	37	32	15	3	20	33	37	74	.500				22	30	.733	15	41	18	4	2	34	36
19	19	1978-11-25		SDC	L	86	87	39	101	.386				8	15	.533		59	29	10	8	23	27	33	85	.388				21	30	.700		52	15	3	3	20	24
20	20	1978-11-30		BOS	W	108	94	51	97	.526				6	14	.429	19	52	28	8	8	22	25	36	87	.414				22	29	.759	17	46	12	9	1	22	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	1978-12-02	@	WSB	W	110	109	46	95	.484				18	21	.857		36	31	10			29	39	88	.443				31	39	.795		52	29	8			23
22	22	1978-12-05	@	NYK	W	105	92	44	80	.550				17	23	.739		40	33	11			29	36	76	.474				20	29	.690		29	21	8			24
23	23	1978-12-06		PHI	L	106	114	41	95	.432				24	36	.667		36	29	11	5	13	26	45	85	.529				24	31	.774		54	21	7	7	25	30
24	24	1978-12-09		DET	W	132	108	50	88	.568				32	52	.615		60	32	9	10		32	38	104	.365				32	45	.711		47	12	9	4		34
25	25	1978-12-13	@	PHI	L	100	120	39	103	.379				22	32	.688		43	21	10	8	23	24	48	87	.552				24	32	.750		51	29	14	3	29	35
26	26	1978-12-15	@	BOS	W	105	101	41	82	.500				23	33	.697	10	36	23	8	3	24	33	34	77	.442				33	36	.917	11	42	19	6	3	28	37
27	27	1978-12-16		NOJ	W	128	100	49	92	.533				30	33	.909		41	35	16	4	17	28	38	78	.487				24	37	.649		41	20	7	5	31	28
28	28	1978-12-20		SEA	W	114	95	49	89	.551				16	19	.842	13	38	35	12	5	15	32	35	73	.479				25	31	.806	12	41	21	3	2	24	27
29	29	1978-12-22	@	PHO	L	103	123	38	100	.380				27	34	.794	21	41	22	13	3	25	37	48	82	.585				27	40	.675	15	50	31	19	4	36	33
30	30	1978-12-23	@	MIL	W	122	117	50	99	.505				22	30	.733	9	38	30	12	6	21	31	52	105	.495				13	23	.565	16	50	36	9	7	27	29
31	31	1978-12-26		HOU	L	102	109	36	89	.404				30	40	.750		38	21	12	4	21	36	36	74	.486				37	44	.841		54	15	8	3	27	34
32	32	1978-12-27		BOS	L	103	112	46	101	.455				11	14	.786	17	42	25	16	2	18	22	48	77	.623				16	21	.762	8	40	26	11	6	28	22
33	33	1978-12-29	@	NJN	W	137	126	49	91	.538				39	47	.830		37	31	11	5		30	46	77	.597				34	44	.773		27	21	19	3		35
34	34	1978-12-30	@	NYK	L	108	112	44	91	.484				20	24	.833		42	23	4	5		29	45	83	.542				22	35	.629		38	20	6	5		30
35	35	1979-01-02		DEN	L	97	99	38	92	.413				21	29	.724	14	34	28	9	7	13	21	36	80	.450				27	32	.844	18	54	21	6	8	27	20
36	36	1979-01-03	@	DEN	W	108	101	39	77	.506				30	41	.732	13	43	21	11	6	30	39	32	85	.376				37	53	.698	22	49	19	11	2	26	33
37	37	1979-01-04		SDC	W	108	99	41	83	.494				26	37	.703		44	26	11	0	18	22	38	87	.437				23	27	.852		45	12	7	2	26	29
38	38	1979-01-06		IND	W	120	99	49	93	.527				22	29	.759		43	38	7	3	16	30	36	82	.439				27	37	.730		46	16	5	3	24	30
39	39	1979-01-09	@	HOU	L	110	126	45	98	.459				20	33	.606		42	25	12	3	20	26	48	90	.533				30	33	.909		51	31	16	3	20	24
40	40	1979-01-11		GSW	W	94	89	36	74	.486				22	28	.786	8	42	22	5	3	24	23	36	86	.419				17	25	.680	14	43	18	11	4	17	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	1979-01-14		NYK	W	124	104	47	89	.528				30	34	.882		46	33	12	6		30	41	95	.432				22	32	.688		43	23	6	3		25
42	42	1979-01-16	@	CLE	W	86	79	38	94	.404				10	14	.714	15	52	21	10	9	19	15	33	92	.359				13	14	.929	16	56	16	11	5	21	12
43	43	1979-01-17	@	BOS	W	120	99	51	92	.554				18	25	.720	13	46	23	12	2	12	26	35	82	.427				29	35	.829	13	39	18	9	5	23	24
44	44	1979-01-19		SAS	W	115	113	46	91	.505				23	33	.697		42	32	16	2	24	29	43	88	.489				27	36	.750		51	15	8	1	28	28
45	45	1979-01-20	@	DET	L	110	122	45	97	.464				20	23	.870		39	22	10	6		35	46	88	.523				30	37	.811		47	23	8	7		27
46	46	1979-01-23	@	NOJ	L	116	118	51	109	.468				14	19	.737		52	26	12	8		25	44	84	.524				30	35	.857		46	31	13	18		23
47	47	1979-01-24	@	SAS	L	95	124	39	104	.375				17	22	.773		49	23	9	5	25	28	47	96	.490				30	38	.789		58	34	14	13	19	23
48	48	1979-01-26		WSB	W	142	128	62	101	.614				18	27	.667		46	45	6	4		33	50	99	.505				28	35	.800		39	23	6	5		27
49	49	1979-01-28		CLE	W	137	109	56	94	.596				25	37	.676	11	49	41	9	7	20	34	39	91	.429				31	47	.660	17	43	19	7	2	23	26
50	50	1979-01-31	@	ATL	L	118	130	52	104	.500				14	21	.667		41	24	14	9	14	27	49	86	.570				32	41	.780		52	22	7	9	20	25
51	51	1979-02-02		DET	W	130	114	55	103	.534				20	32	.625		60	40	10	6		27	46	97	.474				22	32	.688		42	27	6	2		29
52	52	1979-02-07		ATL	W	124	108	49	85	.576				26	37	.703		43	40	14	4		35	36	77	.468				36	48	.750		40	16	8	6		34
53	53	1979-02-09	@	CHI	W	124	114	51	84	.607				22	29	.759	9	38	33	14	6	27	33	43	80	.538				28	38	.737	14	40	32	8	6	34	29
54	54	1979-02-11		LAL	W	104	103	45	97	.464				14	20	.700	18	58	25	7	4	22	25	38	89	.427				27	35	.771	13	47	18	12	4	18	22
55	55	1979-02-13	@	NJN	L	102	111	40	76	.526				22	31	.710		50	21	9	5		27	43	98	.439				25	31	.806		41	22	12	6		29
56	56	1979-02-14	@	PHI	W	108	106	44	100	.440				20	25	.800	14	50	27	11	3	17	29	43	93	.462				20	37	.541	17	54	33	7	8	20	25
57	57	1979-02-16		PHI	W	119	104	52	91	.571				15	22	.682		34	33		4		30	36	78	.462				32	38	.842		45	16		5		24
58	58	1979-02-18		CHI	W	130	107	54	93	.581				22	25	.880	9	44	42	10	4	13	20	44	89	.494				19	25	.760	11	40	16	8	2	15	23
59	59	1979-02-21		MIL	W	133	117	56	98	.571				21	32	.656	13	45	40	11	3	16	24	50	96	.521				17	22	.773	12	42	26	11	5	22	26
60	60	1979-02-22	@	CLE	L	107	111	41	100	.410				25	30	.833	13	45	23	12	7	21	29	45	100	.450				21	30	.700	21	58	24	10	3	23	26
								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	1979-02-23		PHO	W	121	112	49	91	.538				23	29	.793	13	46	34	10	7	16	30	42	90	.467				28	35	.800	15	44	23	5	4	20	25
62	62	1979-02-25		SEA	W	114	106	43	92	.467				28	34	.824	17	56	26	9	4	9	34	42	88	.477				22	31	.710	12	41	18	11	2	11	28
63	63	1979-02-27	@	LAL	L	114	122	49	109	.450				16	22	.727	19	49	25	10	2	21	26	47	82	.573				28	36	.778	3	42	26	8	15	24	24
64	64	1979-02-28	@	SDC	L	120	122	51	99	.515				18	29	.621		38	15	8	2	20	32	46	90	.511				30	42	.714		42	17	10	9	22	28
65	65	1979-03-02	@	SAS	L	125	129	54	104	.519				17	33	.515		42	20	8	5	15	34	45	90	.500				39	51	.765		53	21	12	11	16	28
66	66	1979-03-04		GSW	L	110	111	43	90	.478				24	28	.857	7	41	30	5	1	16	31	45	85	.529				21	33	.636	7	43	25	4	4	14	31
67	67	1979-03-07	@	ATL	L	120	122	48	94	.511				24	39	.615		50	29	4	3	21	39	42	91	.462				38	52	.731		50	31	0	7	14	34
68	68	1979-03-09		WSB	W	121	116	49	102	.480				23	26	.885		49	27	13	4		29	41	85	.482				34	43	.791		51	14	6	5		18
69	69	1979-03-11		POR	L	100	115	37	88	.420				26	32	.813	11	36	25	15	8	19	35	45	87	.517				25	36	.694	17	52	22	8	4	26	29
70	70	1979-03-14	@	HOU	L	107	129	45	97	.464				17	26	.654		37	26	10	8	18	27	52	98	.531				25	29	.862		52	37	8	6	19	21
71	71	1979-03-16	@	NOJ	W	120	112	47	94	.500				26	34	.765		40	19	13	5	14	26	44	80	.550				24	28	.857		44	27	6	12	25	29
72	72	1979-03-18		CHI	W	114	103	52	96	.542				10	14	.714	8	38	34	10	4	16	27	39	76	.513				25	34	.735	9	45	17	5	0	25	20
73	73	1979-03-21		SAS	L	116	123	45	86	.523				26	35	.743		42	26	4	9	25	38	46	75	.613				31	37	.838		33	18	8	4	23	27
74	74	1979-03-23	@	PHO	L	107	126	44	98	.449				19	26	.731	14	37	19	14	4	20	33	47	89	.528				32	40	.800	17	55	22	8	6	26	27
75	75	1979-03-24	@	POR	L	98	100	41	88	.466				16	25	.640	14	38	23	15	5	14	28	41	77	.532				18	25	.720	11	45	17	4	10	27	25
76	76	1979-03-25	@	SEA	L	101	111	38	94	.404				25	27	.926	13	39	18	11	0	25	33	40	81	.494				31	38	.816	10	39	24	12	3	24	26
77	77	1979-03-28	@	GSW	L	122	132	47	100	.470				28	36	.778	17	45	25	6	3	17	30	49	91	.538				34	40	.850	12	47	28	4	4	18	29
78	78	1979-03-29	@	SDC	W	116	111	45	89	.506				26	30	.867		38	15	5	4	11	31	40	84	.476				31	42	.738		41	16	8	4	17	23
79	79	1979-03-31		IND	W	126	101	52	92	.565				22	32	.688		47	31	5	5	15	27	39	89	.438				23	31	.742		40	22	8	2	18	25
80	80	1979-04-04		LAL	W	115	111	49	98	.500				17	24	.708		48	30	8	1		21	52	99	.525				7	11	.636		42	23	3	4		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
81	81	1979-04-06		NJN	W	117	114	45	101	.446				27	42	.643		62	32	11	9		27	44	104	.423				26	37	.703		53	13	12	10		32
82	82	1979-04-08	@	IND	W	107	101	42	90	.467				23	31	.742		49	27	4	3	16	23	41	90	.456				19	30	.633		52	17	3	4	15	24

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