1978-79 Kansas City Kings Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								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	1978-10-15	@	SEA	L	105	115	101.6	111.3	103.4	.379		.517	55.4	40.0	6.8	6.0	.460	18.5	47.2	.287	.476	16.6	63.2	.417
2	2	1978-10-17	@	POR	L	112	115	113.9	116.9	98.4	.315		.553	51.9	58.1	10.2	1.4	.483	15.8	41.9	.292	.549	17.8	64.7	.521
3	3	1978-10-19		HOU	W	108	103				.192		.503	47.8	51.0		5.3	.495	9.3		.101	.453	18.3		.467
4	4	1978-10-21		MIL	L	99	103				.297		.433	50.5	43.6		5.4	.386			.208	.486			.419
5	5	1978-10-24	@	CHI	W	123	117	114.9	109.3	107.0	.424		.610	45.9	38.0	11.2	9.9	.588	15.1	27.8	.271	.531	18.6	63.2	.383
6	6	1978-10-25		NOJ	W	114	109				.287		.501	51.9	59.6			.465			.198	.419			.333
7	7	1978-10-27	@	DET	L	102	107				.274		.542	48.1	54.5			.524			.167	.441			.269
8	8	1978-10-28		PHO	W	112	102	105.7	96.3	105.9	.239		.551	50.0	63.8	15.1	2.7	.511	19.7	35.7	.196	.581	26.1	67.6	.216
9	9	1978-10-31	@	MIL	L	112	114	103.7	105.5	108.0	.374		.529	51.8	68.9	8.3	6.5	.495	15.2	31.6	.242	.462	14.3	68.9	.301
10	10	1978-11-01		CLE	W	122	107	121.1	106.2	100.8	.260		.547	53.4	55.8	11.9	2.4	.520	11.2	42.6	.180	.518	18.3	65.9	.224
11	11	1978-11-03	@	IND	L	108	115				.455		.511	46.2	60.0		5.4	.455	21.0		.318	.467	17.7		.315
12	12	1978-11-04		DEN	W	109	107	106.4	104.4	102.5	.209		.549	51.7	61.7	7.8	8.0	.516	16.1	34.8	.165	.483	16.8	70.7	.264
13	13	1978-11-08	@	GSW	W	105	97	106.7	98.5	98.5	.239		.516	49.4	51.1	10.2	5.1	.489	15.0	36.2	.163	.519	21.6	65.8	.190
14	14	1978-11-10	@	LAL	L	127	136	109.5	117.3	116.0	.354		.572	43.5	59.6	6.9	4.3	.542	14.0	26.2	.240	.543	16.1	60.5	.391
15	15	1978-11-11	@	DEN	W	117	113	107.6	104.0	108.7	.432		.518	47.0	60.5	5.5	8.0	.453	15.0	38.8	.326	.443	16.5	54.9	.398
16	16	1978-11-15		ATL	W	109	100				.458		.630	55.2	62.8		2.8	.597	25.7		.319	.528	23.8		.333
17	17	1978-11-18		NJN	W	114	100				.309		.534	48.4	63.0			.489			.234	.453			.256
18	18	1978-11-22		POR	W	115	96	110.2	92.0	104.3	.464		.568	47.4	74.4	14.4	4.1	.512	16.5	35.0	.345	.500	28.1	60.5	.297
19	19	1978-11-25		SDC	L	86	87				.149		.400	53.2	74.4		9.4	.386	17.6		.079	.388	16.9		.247
20	20	1978-11-30		BOS	W	108	94	104.3	90.7	103.6	.144		.523	53.1	54.9	7.7	9.2	.526	17.6	39.6	.062	.414	18.1	66.0	.253
								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	@	WSB	W	110	109				.221		.528	40.9	67.4			.484			.189	.443			.352
22	22	1978-12-05	@	NYK	W	105	92				.288		.583	58.0	75.0			.550			.213	.474			.263
23	23	1978-12-06		PHI	L	106	114				.379		.478	40.0	70.7		5.9	.432	10.5		.253	.529	20.2		.282
24	24	1978-12-09		DET	W	132	108				.591		.595	56.1	64.0		9.6	.568			.364	.365			.308
25	25	1978-12-13	@	PHI	L	100	120				.311		.427	45.7	53.8		9.2	.379	16.4		.214	.552	22.3		.276
26	26	1978-12-15	@	BOS	W	105	101	98.0	94.3	107.1	.402		.544	46.2	56.1	7.5	3.9	.500	19.9	24.4	.280	.442	23.2	70.3	.429
27	27	1978-12-16		NOJ	W	128	100				.359		.601	50.0	71.4		5.1	.533	13.8		.326	.487	24.7		.308
28	28	1978-12-20		SEA	W	114	95	117.2	97.7	97.3	.213		.585	48.1	71.4	12.3	6.8	.551	13.3	31.0	.180	.479	21.7	67.6	.342
29	29	1978-12-22	@	PHO	L	103	123	88.7	106.0	116.1	.340		.448	45.1	57.9	11.2	3.7	.380	17.9	37.5	.270	.585	26.5	57.1	.329
30	30	1978-12-23	@	MIL	W	122	117	100.8	96.7	109.6	.303		.544	43.2	60.0	9.9	5.7	.505	15.8	20.9	.222	.495	19.0	64.4	.124
31	31	1978-12-26		HOU	L	102	109				.449		.478	41.3	58.3		5.4	.404	16.5		.337	.486	22.4		.500
32	32	1978-12-27		BOS	L	103	112	98.1	106.6	105.0	.139		.481	51.2	54.3	15.2	2.6	.455	14.4	34.7	.109	.623	24.5	75.8	.208
33	33	1978-12-29	@	NJN	W	137	126				.516		.613	57.8	63.3		6.5	.538			.429	.597			.442
34	34	1978-12-30	@	NYK	L	108	112				.264		.532	52.5	52.3		6.0	.484			.220	.542			.265
35	35	1979-01-02		DEN	L	97	99	98.0	100.0	99.0	.315		.463	38.6	73.7	9.1	8.8	.413	11.0	28.0	.228	.450	22.3	52.6	.338
36	36	1979-01-03	@	DEN	W	108	101	98.9	92.5	109.2	.532		.568	46.7	53.8	10.1	7.1	.506	24.0	32.5	.390	.376	19.4	57.7	.435
37	37	1979-01-04		SDC	W	108	99				.446		.544	49.4	63.4		0.0	.494	15.3		.313	.437	20.8		.264
38	38	1979-01-06		IND	W	120	99				.312		.567	48.3	77.6		3.7	.527	13.1		.237	.439	19.6		.329
39	39	1979-01-09	@	HOU	L	110	126				.337		.489	45.2	55.6		3.3	.459	15.1		.204	.533	16.1		.333
40	40	1979-01-11		GSW	W	94	89	95.0	90.0	98.9	.378		.544	49.4	61.1	5.1	3.5	.486	21.8	21.6	.297	.419	14.9	70.8	.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
41	41	1979-01-14		NYK	W	124	104				.382		.596	51.7	70.2		6.3	.528			.337	.432			.232
42	42	1979-01-16	@	CLE	W	86	79	85.2	78.3	100.9	.149		.429	48.1	55.3	9.9	9.8	.404	15.9	27.3	.106	.359	17.6	69.8	.141
43	43	1979-01-17	@	BOS	W	120	99	117.6	97.0	102.1	.272		.583	54.1	45.1	11.8	2.4	.554	10.4	33.3	.196	.427	19.1	71.7	.354
44	44	1979-01-19		SAS	W	115	113				.363		.545	45.2	69.6		2.3	.505	18.5		.253	.489	21.2		.307
45	45	1979-01-20	@	DET	L	110	122				.237		.513	45.3	48.9		6.8	.464			.206	.523			.341
46	46	1979-01-23	@	NOJ	L	116	118				.174		.494	53.1	51.0		9.5	.468			.128	.524			.357
47	47	1979-01-24	@	SAS	L	95	124				.212		.418	45.8	59.0		5.2	.375	18.0		.163	.490	14.4		.313
48	48	1979-01-26		WSB	W	142	128				.267		.629	54.1	72.6		4.0	.614			.178	.505			.283
49	49	1979-01-28		CLE	W	137	109	117.9	93.8	116.2	.394		.621	53.3	73.2	7.7	7.7	.596	15.4	29.7	.266	.429	17.1	69.1	.341
50	50	1979-01-31	@	ATL	L	118	130				.202		.521	44.1	46.2		10.5	.500	11.0		.135	.570	16.1		.372
51	51	1979-02-02		DET	W	130	114				.311		.555	58.8	72.7		6.2	.534			.194	.474			.227
52	52	1979-02-07		ATL	W	124	108				.435		.612	51.8	81.6		5.2	.576			.306	.468			.468
53	53	1979-02-09	@	CHI	W	124	114	107.9	99.2	114.9	.345		.641	48.7	64.7	12.2	7.5	.607	21.8	25.7	.262	.538	26.0	67.4	.350
54	54	1979-02-11		LAL	W	104	103	96.6	95.7	107.7	.206		.491	55.2	55.6	6.5	4.5	.464	17.2	34.6	.144	.427	14.7	75.5	.303
55	55	1979-02-13	@	NJN	L	102	111				.408		.569	54.9	52.5		5.1	.526			.289	.439			.255
56	56	1979-02-14	@	PHI	W	108	106	97.7	95.8	110.6	.250		.486	48.1	61.4	9.9	3.2	.440	13.3	27.5	.200	.462	15.5	67.9	.215
57	57	1979-02-16		PHI	W	119	104				.242		.591	43.0	63.5		5.1	.571			.165	.462			.410
58	58	1979-02-18		CHI	W	130	107	124.6	102.6	104.3	.269		.625	52.4	77.8	9.6	4.5	.581	11.1	23.7	.237	.494	13.0	76.1	.213
59	59	1979-02-21		MIL	W	133	117	117.4	103.3	113.3	.327		.593	51.7	71.4	9.7	3.1	.571	12.5	30.2	.214	.521	17.2	72.7	.177
60	60	1979-02-22	@	CLE	L	107	111	93.7	97.3	114.1	.300		.473	43.7	56.1	10.5	7.0	.410	15.6	26.0	.250	.450	16.9	60.4	.210
								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	1979-02-23		PHO	W	121	112	113.8	105.3	106.3	.319		.583	51.1	69.4	9.4	7.8	.538	13.4	31.0	.253	.467	15.9	68.8	.311
62	62	1979-02-25		SEA	W	114	106	116.9	108.7	97.5	.370		.533	57.7	60.5	9.2	4.5	.467	7.8	37.0	.304	.477	9.8	76.5	.250
63	63	1979-02-27	@	LAL	L	114	122	97.1	103.9	117.4	.202		.480	53.8	51.0	8.5	2.4	.450	15.0	32.8	.147	.573	19.7	90.9	.341
64	64	1979-02-28	@	SDC	L	120	122				.293		.537	47.5	29.4		2.2	.515	15.2		.182	.511	16.9		.333
65	65	1979-03-02	@	SAS	L	125	129				.317		.527	44.2	37.0		5.6	.519	11.2		.163	.500	12.5		.433
66	66	1979-03-04		GSW	L	110	111	102.8	103.8	96.9	.311		.538	48.8	69.8	4.7	1.2	.478	13.5	16.3	.267	.529	12.3	82.9	.247
67	67	1979-03-07	@	ATL	L	120	122				.415		.540	50.0	60.4		3.3	.511	15.9		.255	.462	10.9		.418
68	68	1979-03-09		WSB	W	121	116				.255		.533	49.0	55.1		4.7	.480			.225	.482			.400
69	69	1979-03-11		POR	L	100	115	92.6	106.5	108.0	.364		.490	40.9	67.6	13.9	9.2	.420	15.7	23.9	.295	.517	20.2	59.5	.287
70	70	1979-03-14	@	HOU	L	107	129				.268		.493	41.6	57.8		8.2	.464	14.2		.175	.531	14.6		.255
71	71	1979-03-16	@	NOJ	W	120	112				.362		.551	47.6	40.4		6.3	.500	11.4		.277	.550	21.3		.300
72	72	1979-03-18		CHI	W	114	103	106.3	96.0	107.3	.146		.558	45.8	65.4	9.3	5.3	.542	13.5	18.2	.104	.513	21.6	76.9	.329
73	73	1979-03-21		SAS	L	116	123				.407		.572	56.0	57.8		12.0	.523	19.8		.302	.613	20.1		.413
74	74	1979-03-23	@	PHO	L	107	126	95.2	112.1	112.4	.265		.489	40.2	43.2	12.5	4.5	.449	15.5	26.9	.194	.528	19.6	57.5	.360
75	75	1979-03-24	@	POR	L	98	100	98.4	100.4	99.6	.284		.495	45.8	56.1	15.1	6.5	.466	12.4	29.2	.182	.532	23.5	68.6	.234
76	76	1979-03-25	@	SEA	L	101	111	92.1	101.2	109.6	.287		.477	50.0	47.4	10.0	0.0	.404	19.1	31.0	.266	.494	19.7	72.2	.383
77	77	1979-03-28	@	GSW	L	122	132	108.7	117.7	101.6	.360		.527	48.9	53.2	5.3	3.3	.470	12.8	32.7	.280	.538	14.2	70.0	.374
78	78	1979-03-29	@	SDC	W	116	111				.337		.568	48.1	33.3		4.8	.506	9.7		.292	.476	14.2		.369
79	79	1979-03-31		IND	W	126	101				.348		.594	54.0	59.6		5.6	.565	12.4		.239	.438	14.9		.258
80	80	1979-04-04		LAL	W	115	111				.245		.530	53.3	61.2		1.0	.500			.173	.525			.071
								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	1979-04-06		NJN	W	117	114				.416		.490	53.9	71.1		8.7	.446			.267	.423			.250
82	82	1979-04-08	@	IND	W	107	101				.344		.516	48.5	64.3		3.3	.467	13.4		.256	.456	12.7		.211

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