1978-79 Milwaukee Bucks Game Log

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Record: 38-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Don Nelson (38-44)

Executive: Don Nelson

PTS/G: 114.1 (4th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 111.8 (15th of 22)

SRS: 2.12 (7th of 22) Pace: 106.5 (8th of 22)

Off Rtg: 106.0 (6th of 22) Def Rtg: 104.0 (13th of 22) Net Rtg: +2.1 (7th of 22)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (7th of 22)

Arena: MECCA Arena

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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	1978-10-14	@	SAS	L	111	153	41	103	.398				29	34	.853		44	24	5	3	25	33	60	107	.561				33	41	.805		57	39	13	4	14	30
2	2	1978-10-15	@	NOJ	W	123	112	50	103	.485				23	31	.742	18	48	27	17	6	17	31	37	87	.425				38	50	.760	24	60	21	8	12	27	26
3	3	1978-10-20		NYK	L	105	115	42	93	.452				21	28	.750	14	44	34	3	9	17	22	52	95	.547				11	22	.500	11	45	39	10	6	14	24
4	4	1978-10-21	@	KCK	W	103	99	36	74	.486				31	44	.705		46	16	8	4		27	39	101	.386				21	30	.700		47	17	15	4		34
5	5	1978-10-22		GSW	W	109	107	48	101	.475				13	16	.813	15	41	39	10	7	16	24	42	90	.467				23	26	.885	13	43	24	11	8	23	26
6	6	1978-10-24	@	PHO	L	116	124	51	94	.543				14	21	.667	15	42	26	10	2	22	27	48	93	.516				28	37	.757	22	50	26	15	0	20	22
7	7	1978-10-25	@	SDC	L	116	125	46	98	.469				24	30	.800	14	41	16	10	5	15	19	52	102	.510				21	25	.840	14	51	25	13	2	18	31
8	8	1978-10-27	@	SEA	L	79	80	36	103	.350				7	7	1.000	14	42	20	8	6	7	25	29	81	.358				22	29	.759	16	59	14	3	8	22	13
9	9	1978-10-28	@	POR	L	95	106	45	88	.511				5	7	.714	12	41	27	7	5	26	24	45	84	.536				16	18	.889	12	38	16	10	5	22	16
10	10	1978-10-31		KCK	W	114	112	43	93	.462				28	34	.824	14	40	33	10	4	18	29	45	91	.495				22	34	.647	12	43	31	9	6	19	30
11	11	1978-11-01	@	NJN	L	110	131	46	94	.489				18	29	.621	10	38	28	11	7	25	26	52	92	.565				27	35	.771	11	50	36	15	5	31	29
12	12	1978-11-03	@	PHI	L	103	118	41	90	.456				21	26	.808		46	29	9	2	23	31	44	83	.530				30	36	.833		42	31	10	7	19	25
13	13	1978-11-04		NOJ	L	108	116	47	94	.500				14	18	.778		41	36	9	3	19	22	50	85	.588				16	21	.762		38	40	10	8	21	23
14	14	1978-11-07		BOS	W	125	108	49	92	.533				27	35	.771	9	48	38	10	6	19	27	43	99	.434				22	24	.917	14	42	31	8	4	21	25
15	15	1978-11-08	@	DET	L	106	117	42	90	.467				22	31	.710	10	36	24	12	4	20	26	46	88	.523				25	33	.758	17	53	27	6	10	25	31
16	16	1978-11-10		HOU	W	131	126	58	95	.611				15	18	.833		38	46	4	7	12	24	54	106	.509				18	31	.581		47	35	4	3	13	26
17	17	1978-11-11	@	ATL	L	95	102	39	99	.394				17	30	.567		53	16	6	14	18	19	45	100	.450				12	16	.750	22	64	26	11	14	18	23
18	18	1978-11-14		LAL	L	119	137	51	103	.495				17	22	.773	17	41	41	6	1	20	25	54	87	.621				29	34	.853	7	43	36	14	3	19	24
19	19	1978-11-15	@	WSB	L	111	138	48	104	.462				15	18	.833	17	42	30	13	1	22	30	51	93	.548				36	45	.800	11	52	33	10	3	20	22
20	20	1978-11-18	@	NYK	L	100	102	42	89	.472				16	22	.727		44	21				24	45	92	.489				12	23	.522		51	24	9	4		21
								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	1978-11-21		POR	W	123	93	56	99	.566				11	14	.786	11	44	48	13	8	14	28	34	85	.400				25	32	.781	15	37	22	7	9	24	17
22	22	1978-11-23		SAS	L	114	116	47	92	.511				20	25	.800		40	33	6	1	28	29	48	91	.527				20	25	.800		37	32	9	8	28	28
23	23	1978-11-25		PHI	W	127	126	53	101	.525				21	27	.778		45	42	11	4	17	31	46	86	.535				34	41	.829		37	37	11	7	25	26
24	24	1978-11-26	@	IND	L	112	114	42	90	.467				28	31	.903	13	42	25	5	5	24	28	46	95	.484				22	32	.688	21	52	25	13	5	24	36
25	25	1978-11-28		DEN	W	117	100	48	87	.552				21	27	.778	10	38	36	11	8	18	30	36	75	.480				28	38	.737	10	32	26	8	5	24	27
26	26	1978-12-01		IND	W	111	107	40	91	.440				31	41	.756	15	48	30	12	5	24	34	37	95	.389				33	40	.825	13	42	23	11	6	23	30
27	27	1978-12-02	@	CLE	W	106	100	47	84	.560				12	14	.857	8	35	33	6	7	19	17	45	86	.523				10	13	.769	11	36	28	10	8	16	22
28	28	1978-12-06	@	GSW	L	111	118	48	92	.522				15	20	.750	13	35	32	10	3	17	25	51	91	.560				16	25	.640	17	45	28	10	5	20	18
29	29	1978-12-08	@	LAL	L	85	101	34	85	.400				17	28	.607	12	44	20	8	6	24	30	36	86	.419				29	39	.744	18	54	20	13	8	24	22
30	30	1978-12-09	@	DEN	L	103	113	43	89	.483				17	26	.654	12	41	29	13	5	19	29	43	82	.524				27	42	.643	14	47	29	5	3	24	22
31	31	1978-12-10		SDC	L	106	107	39	89	.438				28	36	.778		42	28	10	7	12	24	46	99	.465				15	24	.625		49	25	6	10	17	25
32	32	1978-12-12		PHO	W	120	114	52	89	.584				16	22	.727	13	37	41	11	6	22	16	50	95	.526				14	15	.933	15	35	36	11	5	21	16
33	33	1978-12-15		CLE	L	106	110	43	84	.512				20	24	.833	14	37	31	7	9	20	28	44	79	.557				22	29	.759	8	31	27	12	7	16	20
34	34	1978-12-17		CHI	W	117	101	48	98	.490				21	26	.808	16	42	32	11	5	15	29	40	78	.513				21	25	.840	9	35	25	6	9	25	26
35	35	1978-12-19		SEA	W	128	99	55	94	.585				18	21	.857	7	35	42	18	6	19	25	39	89	.438				21	28	.750	16	44	18	8	7	28	17
36	36	1978-12-23		KCK	L	117	122	52	105	.495				13	23	.565	16	50	36	9	7	27	29	50	99	.505				22	30	.733	9	38	30	12	6	21	31
37	37	1978-12-26		DET	W	143	84	65	107	.607				13	17	.765	18	54	53	17	11	17	12	40	96	.417				4	12	.333	13	31	28	10	10	32	20
38	38	1978-12-28	@	SAS	L	103	112	41	89	.461				21	24	.875		43	27	12	5	26	27	44	96	.458				24	28	.857		49	35	15	4	23	24
39	39	1978-12-29	@	HOU	L	103	106	45	88	.511				13	25	.520		30	32	14	2	16	24	41	79	.519				24	29	.828		44	28	9	5	24	23
40	40	1979-01-02	@	CLE	W	116	113	47	91	.516				22	27	.815	12	45	24	13	6	14	25	48	93	.516				17	23	.739	15	45	22	6	2	15	18
								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	1979-01-03		IND	L	102	108	45	100	.450				12	21	.571		51	30	10	6	16	20	43	90	.478				22	28	.786		42	32	7	6	16	17
42	42	1979-01-05	@	CHI	L	119	124	46	95	.484				27	30	.900	13	33	25	15	3	16	29	45	74	.608				34	39	.872	13	45	29	5	2	28	25
43	43	1979-01-06		SDC	W	104	93	44	94	.468				16	17	.941		47	34	6	5	14	12	41	98	.418				11	13	.846		45	20	10	8	13	21
44	44	1979-01-08		HOU	W	116	104	49	90	.544				18	22	.818		43	35	10	3	19	28	39	83	.470				26	34	.765		35	26	11	4	19	26
45	45	1979-01-10		ATL	L	113	117	39	97	.402				35	45	.778	15	41	31	14	9	23	40	40	87	.460				37	49	.755	14	45	22	11	16	30	37
46	46	1979-01-12		GSW	W	101	94	41	84	.488				19	23	.826	10	39	26	5	3	21	28	36	75	.480				22	39	.564	10	36	24	13	2	19	27
47	47	1979-01-14		CHI	W	104	99	45	96	.469				14	22	.636	17	44	25	10	6	15	27	41	81	.506				17	35	.486	10	39	28	10	3	22	28
48	48	1979-01-17		PHO	W	123	118	50	93	.538				23	31	.742	17	36	35	14	4	16	26	49	78	.628				20	23	.870	7	32	39	10	6	26	27
49	49	1979-01-19	@	BOS	L	102	103	44	101	.436				14	20	.700	18	42	16	8	0	11	23	41	86	.477				21	23	.913	21	60	18	7	6	22	16
50	50	1979-01-21		NYK	W	138	114	55	103	.534				28	34	.824	17	46	39	11	4	16	26	49	89	.551				16	27	.593	9	34	37	8	10	21	30
51	51	1979-01-28	@	LAL	L	109	111	47	88	.534				15	23	.652	21	44	24	6	7	22	24	47	88	.534				17	25	.680	14	35	26	7	6	19	18
52	52	1979-01-30	@	SDC	L	113	117	48	103	.466				17	23	.739		48	26	12	4	24	24	43	96	.448				31	35	.886		53	25	15	6	24	29
53	53	1979-01-31	@	PHO	L	118	123	49	92	.533				20	26	.769	14	37	26	9	3	20	24	50	87	.575				23	28	.821	8	33	35	11	2	21	23
54	54	1979-02-02	@	SEA	L	102	104	44	94	.468				14	18	.778	16	46	24	9	3	19	23	41	102	.402				22	29	.759	25	53	25	11	4	14	20
55	55	1979-02-07		WSB	L	90	96	40	108	.370				10	13	.769	14	49	25	13	5	12	28	37	90	.411				22	33	.667	15	60	25	4	8	21	16
56	56	1979-02-08	@	HOU	L	129	134	54	96	.563				21	28	.750		43	36	7	1	16	22	54	95	.568				26	31	.839		42	38	8	3	11	23
57	57	1979-02-09		SEA	W	118	116	48	100	.480				22	28	.786	18	49	32	9	9	20	30	44	105	.419				28	34	.824	18	46	30	11	6	17	25
58	58	1979-02-11		DEN	W	126	87	52	90	.578				22	26	.846	16	47	36	16	4	22	30	35	86	.407				17	24	.708	17	37	23	10	3	29	28
59	59	1979-02-14		NJN	W	115	94	46	83	.554				23	31	.742	12	46	37	17	3	27	29	36	87	.414				22	30	.733	12	35	23	11	9	25	21
60	60	1979-02-16		LAL	W	99	98	44	94	.468				11	13	.846	18	42	30	11	6	15	16	44	86	.512				10	12	.833	12	42	29	5	5	18	13
								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	1979-02-18	@	PHI	L	107	110	48	92	.522				11	18	.611	7	38	32	7	7	17	28	39	90	.433				32	44	.727	22	63	25	12	3	19	21
62	62	1979-02-21	@	KCK	L	117	133	50	96	.521				17	22	.773	12	42	26	11	5	22	26	56	98	.571				21	32	.656	13	45	40	11	3	16	24
63	63	1979-02-24	@	DEN	L	117	132	53	100	.530				11	15	.733	15	36	37	8	5	17	28	56	96	.583				20	24	.833	17	47	39	7	2	21	23
64	64	1979-02-28		CLE	W	139	117	58	90	.644				23	31	.742	8	39	42	16	11	17	21	52	110	.473				13	16	.813	21	47	29	8	3	18	25
65	65	1979-03-02	@	NJN	L	91	99	39	91	.429				13	18	.722	19	43	25	11	8	23	25	36	82	.439				27	33	.818	16	45	26	10	9	26	20
66	66	1979-03-04	@	BOS	W	135	122	56	96	.583				23	23	1.000	7	34	26	9	5	14	22	51	98	.520				20	29	.690	17	45	24	4	5	19	21
67	67	1979-03-07		NJN	W	133	98	54	98	.551				25	39	.641	16	54	40	15	4	18	29	32	84	.381				34	42	.810	16	40	13	5	6	24	26
68	68	1979-03-09		PHI	W	119	113	47	88	.534				25	30	.833	15	41	30	8	5	17	21	49	96	.510				15	20	.750	16	43	23	9	6	19	28
69	69	1979-03-11		DET	L	115	125	48	92	.522				19	25	.760	14	40	35	12	4	24	22	55	92	.598				15	22	.682	8	31	35	15	4	21	26
70	70	1979-03-14		NOJ	W	158	102	69	106	.651				20	22	.909	21	51	45	20	7	18	21	41	99	.414				20	27	.741	16	36	27	6	2	24	15
71	71	1979-03-16	@	WSB	W	134	126	60	131	.458				14	19	.737	18	55	32	15	7	10	31	48	119	.403				30	37	.811	26	74	25	8	8	23	30
72	72	1979-03-18		SAS	W	147	127	59	103	.573				29	33	.879		45	43	13	1	13	26	50	90	.556				27	37	.730		37	28	5	2	20	22
73	73	1979-03-20	@	NYK	L	110	118	46	94	.489				18	23	.783	16	45	30	11	5	22	21	52	98	.531				14	18	.778	16	43	30	5	10	19	21
74	74	1979-03-23	@	GSW	L	113	116	46	87	.529				21	33	.636	12	40	33	12	3	21	33	41	89	.461				34	44	.773	23	54	23	10	0	23	26
75	75	1979-03-25	@	POR	W	122	110	51	94	.543				20	27	.741	15	47	27	12	3	24	26	49	100	.490				12	21	.571	16	46	23	10	11	23	23
76	76	1979-03-28		BOS	W	135	117	59	105	.562				17	22	.773	13	42	43	14	9	14	27	43	94	.457				31	40	.775	18	46	29	8	2	22	19
77	77	1979-03-30	@	IND	W	101	99	42	89	.472				17	22	.773	12	47	27	9	11	17	26	40	92	.435				19	25	.760	17	54	25	5	5	20	21
78	78	1979-03-31	@	CHI	W	108	99	40	78	.513				28	32	.875	11	47	22	11	4	26	26	40	92	.435				19	29	.655	15	43	31	13	3	19	29
79	79	1979-04-01		POR	L	107	109	48	93	.516				11	16	.688	14	47	31	6	7	17	25	47	94	.500				15	20	.750	14	41	30	9	2	14	13
80	80	1979-04-03		WSB	L	108	112	48	108	.444				12	16	.750	17	51	32	6	4	9	25	46	94	.489				20	25	.800	9	44	37	5	4	14	19
								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	1979-04-04	@	ATL	L	109	118	45	87	.517				19	24	.792	9	46	26	6	4	23	28	49	99	.495				20	29	.690	16	48	32	10	6	14	25
82	82	1979-04-06	@	NOJ	W	140	131	65	111	.586				10	13	.769	15	41	44	17	10	14	22	52	105	.495				27	28	.964	21	56	33	4	5	24	16

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