1978-79 New Jersey Nets Game Log

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Record: 37-45, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Kevin Loughery (37-45)

Executive: Charles Theokas

PTS/G: 107.7 (17th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 111.9 (16th of 22)

SRS: -4.00 (20th of 22) Pace: 109.5 (2nd of 22)

Off Rtg: 98.0 (22nd of 22) Def Rtg: 101.8 (3rd of 22) Net Rtg: -3.8 (19th of 22)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (20th of 22)

Arena: Rutgers Athletic Center

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

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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	1978-10-13	@	DET	W	107	105	37	83	.446				33	38	.868		41	19				38	34	83	.410				37	53	.698		52	21				38
2	2	1978-10-14		LAL	W	102	100	46	83	.554				10	17	.588	8	38	21	9	10	26	30	37	83	.446				26	34	.765	14	41	20	14	5	27	19
3	3	1978-10-17	@	WSB	L	109	113	42	88	.477				25	33	.758		43	24				40	37	81	.457				39	53	.736		41	23				27
4	4	1978-10-18	@	HOU	L	87	139	38	93	.409				11	13	.846		36	25	7	3	27	32	56	100	.560				27	38	.711		61	40	11	6	18	18
5	5	1978-10-20		DEN	L	117	126	45	104	.433				27	36	.750	16	37	27	8	0	13	33	46	69	.667				34	45	.756	5	45	26	5	4	31	34
6	6	1978-10-21	@	NYK	L	108	109	42	97	.433				24	36	.667		53	13				33	40	87	.460				29	48	.604		54	29				29
7	7	1978-10-24	@	IND	W	97	95	32	92	.348				33	44	.750		52	12	6	6	15	32	34	81	.420				27	33	.818		51	20	6	8	24	34
8	8	1978-10-25		GSW	W	121	118	39	94	.415				43	59	.729	25	57	20	6	9	18	22	48	107	.449				22	27	.815	25	55	28	13	9	23	39
9	9	1978-10-27		CLE	W	123	108	47	96	.490				29	35	.829	21	50	27	10	12	20	34	40	91	.440				28	43	.651	18	44	16	8	4	23	32
10	10	1978-10-28		BOS	W	111	109	45	92	.489				21	29	.724	11	43	24	9	12	24	23	44	105	.419				21	26	.808	20	52	20	11	4	22	28
11	11	1978-11-01		MIL	W	131	110	52	92	.565				27	35	.771	11	50	36	15	5	31	29	46	94	.489				18	29	.621	10	38	28	11	7	25	26
12	12	1978-11-03		SEA	L	81	102	37	105	.352				7	19	.368	23	55	19	13	7	29	25	41	86	.477				20	27	.741	12	57	27	15	11	29	24
13	13	1978-11-04	@	ATL	W	118	117	46						26	39	.667							25	48						21	30	.700							34
14	14	1978-11-08	@	PHI	L	117	123	47	86	.547				23	28	.821		44	25		13		32	48	100	.480				27	34	.794		45	35		5		24
15	15	1978-11-10		POR	W	91	86	34	83	.410				23	31	.742	11	38	27	12	10	16	30	31	84	.369				24	39	.615	22	56	22	6	10	27	32
16	16	1978-11-11	@	CHI	W	125	112	41	89	.461				43	52	.827	12	49	27	16	5	24	35	36	83	.434				40	52	.769	12	45	23	14	6	27	32
17	17	1978-11-14		PHI	W	124	108	47	104	.452				30	38	.789		49	33	8	3	19	30	39	86	.453				30	39	.769		50	22	8	8	32	34
18	18	1978-11-17		WSB	L	94	143	39	94	.415				16	18	.889		31	25				21	60	105	.571				23	31	.742		62	38				19
19	19	1978-11-18	@	KCK	L	100	114	39	86	.453				22	32	.688		48	13	8			30	46	94	.489				22	29	.759		45	29	5			23
20	20	1978-11-21	@	NOJ	L	118	140	48	108	.444				22	33	.667		46	21			20	29	56	94	.596				28	41	.683		55	44			19	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
21	21	1978-11-22		GSW	W	100	92	36	83	.434				28	34	.824	18	54	26	6	10	21	25	38	98	.388				16	28	.571	21	52	20	6	3	13	25
22	22	1978-11-24		NOJ	W	103	100	44	107	.411				15	24	.625		52	25			21	38	34	75	.453				32	49	.653		47	26			29	30
23	23	1978-11-25	@	SAS	L	110	151	44	95	.463				22	26	.846		40	28	6	5	30	28	58	101	.574				35	43	.814		48	43	21	3	17	25
24	24	1978-11-29	@	SEA	L	111	125	48	95	.505				15	23	.652	14	38	26	9	7	18	28	45	88	.511				35	43	.814	15	47	28	12	7	20	20
25	25	1978-12-01	@	GSW	W	120	110	46	86	.535				28	39	.718	12	38	24	8	6	16	29	40	80	.500				30	36	.833	11	40	23	5	6	20	33
26	26	1978-12-03	@	LAL	W	107	105	43	87	.494				21	26	.808	16	42	15	16	3	22	38	37	72	.514				31	41	.756	11	40	26	11	2	24	24
27	27	1978-12-06	@	DEN	L	83	92	34	87	.391				15	24	.625	17	39	17	11	7	18	35	30	63	.476				32	44	.727	12	47	26	6	3	27	28
28	28	1978-12-08	@	WSB	W	108	100	43	86	.500				22	26	.846		46	20				36	38	84	.452				24	46	.522		33	25				26
29	29	1978-12-09		SDC	W	125	120	43	89	.483				39	44	.886		41	10	7	4	22	31	44	84	.524				32	46	.696		41	12	12	4	25	37
30	30	1978-12-15		ATL	L	104	121	38	89	.427				28	33	.848		46	23		13	33	29	53	93	.570				15	24	.625		41	31		3	22	29
31	31	1978-12-20		HOU	L	105	108	43	92	.467				19	29	.655		50	24	5	9	20	33	37	77	.481				34	45	.756		39	19	12	5	19	26
32	32	1978-12-27		NYK	L	104	115	43	99	.434				18	25	.720		45	29				33	40	83	.482				35	47	.745		47	25				27
33	33	1978-12-29		KCK	L	126	137	46	77	.597				34	44	.773		27	21	19	3		35	49	91	.538				39	47	.830		37	31	11	5		30
34	34	1978-12-30	@	CLE	L	94	104	37	92	.402				20	22	.909	18	44	17	10	9	22	25	42	91	.462				20	23	.870	17	48	30	10	3	18	21
35	35	1979-01-03	@	HOU	L	122	127	48	91	.527				26	30	.867		26	32	13	3	14	31	46	74	.622				35	44	.795		40	34		5	25	26
36	36	1979-01-04	@	NOJ	W	125	112	52	94	.553				21	26	.808		51	24			29	32	39	87	.448				34	44	.773		42	25			26	25
37	37	1979-01-05		SAS	L	104	110	46	96	.479				12	22	.545		49	26	14	7	17	21	45	96	.469				20	26	.769		53	26	11	3	24	19
38	38	1979-01-07		PHO	W	117	112	44	83	.530				29	40	.725	9	34	25	12	4	24	27	46	91	.505				20	23	.870	18	50	27	8	4	27	31
39	39	1979-01-10		CHI	L	116	120	47	95	.495				22	28	.786	11	33	30	13	6	23	30	46	80	.575				28	36	.778	8	40	37	10	5	29	25
40	40	1979-01-12		LAL	L	116	117	48	92	.522				20	25	.800	13	36	36	15	5	22	24	46	74	.622				25	30	.833	7	35	31	10	6	30	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
41	41	1979-01-14	@	BOS	W	110	100	47	90	.522				16	27	.593	8	35	20	8	7	19	27	34	83	.410				32	38	.842	10	44	19	9	5	28	26
42	42	1979-01-17		DET	W	106	99	38	85	.447				30	40	.750		53	28				22	42	96	.438				15	19	.789		47	30				29
43	43	1979-01-24		CLE	L	114	123	43	95	.453				28	40	.700	21	50	29	14	10	30	30	48	92	.522				27	29	.931	11	40	30	15	5	26	28
44	44	1979-01-26		NOJ	W	110	104	45	89	.506				20	32	.625		47	30			33	27	42	87	.483				20	27	.741		50	23			30	28
45	45	1979-01-28	@	PHO	W	117	114	46	92	.500				25	34	.735	14	48	19	6	10	24	27	42	92	.457				30	35	.857	13	40	32	14	8	18	28
46	46	1979-01-30	@	LAL	L	108	127	44	92	.478				20	30	.667	13	39	22	12	7	20	33	44	94	.468				39	46	.848	18	51	30	8	8	19	27
47	47	1979-01-31	@	SDC	L	104	112	49	98	.500				6	11	.545		29	20	12	7	21	33	41	82	.500				30	35	.857		48	17	7	6	25	22
48	48	1979-02-01	@	SEA	L	102	107	37	78	.474				28	37	.757	9	37	15	9	3	19	29	39	96	.406				29	34	.853	21	51	21	8	4	18	25
49	49	1979-02-02	@	POR	L	100	117	39	83	.470				22	27	.815	10	28	17	14	3	24	31	41	77	.532				35	39	.897	13	47	29	16	9	27	25
50	50	1979-02-06	@	CLE	L	100	119	40	90	.444				20	31	.645	8	33	20	14	7	19	34	43	87	.494				33	40	.825	12	59	20	9	4	26	29
51	51	1979-02-07	@	IND	W	90	84	37	93	.398				16	19	.842		59	23	5	8	17	26	30	83	.361				24	35	.686		52	16	7	10	16	22
52	52	1979-02-08	@	DET	W	106	105	44	92	.478				18	24	.750		44	16				24	43	88	.489				19	29	.655		52	22				24
53	53	1979-02-11		SDC	W	104	98	43	95	.453				18	22	.818		48	29	8	15	18	24	36	93	.387				26	33	.788		47	19	11	3	21	26
54	54	1979-02-13		KCK	W	111	102	43	98	.439				25	31	.806		41	22	12	6		29	40	76	.526				22	31	.710		50	21	9	5		27
55	55	1979-02-14	@	MIL	L	94	115	36	87	.414				22	30	.733	12	35	23	11	9	25	21	46	83	.554				23	31	.742	12	46	37	17	3	27	29
56	56	1979-02-16		IND	L	100	105	41	100	.410				18	21	.857		53	30	15	11	35	31	36	90	.400				33	37	.892		43	19	19	11	26	19
57	57	1979-02-18		HOU	W	126	124	50	102	.490				26	38	.684		48	35	10		27	41	44	91	.484				36	45	.800		43	30	14		27	34
58	58	1979-02-21		PHO	W	123	112	50	81	.617				23	36	.639	11	41	38	11	5	26	25	49	98	.500				14	20	.700	13	33	33	11	2	20	24
59	59	1979-02-23		POR	W	110	99	43	97	.443				24	36	.667	17	53	28	7	12	22	23	39	94	.415				21	30	.700	15	45	17	10	13	18	26
60	60	1979-02-24	@	NYK	L	107	111	36	81	.444				35	49	.714		51	17				26	45	93	.484				21	24	.875		36	32				31
								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	1979-02-25		NYK	W	116	102	43	88	.489				30	43	.698		39	29				20	44	81	.543				14	20	.700		39	33				34
62	62	1979-03-02		MIL	W	99	91	36	82	.439				27	33	.818	16	45	26	10	9	26	20	39	91	.429				13	18	.722	19	43	25	11	8	23	25
63	63	1979-03-06		SAS	L	99	103	42	86	.488				15	21	.714		41	29	13	9	21	24	43	89	.483				17	22	.773		43	21	13	5	24	21
64	64	1979-03-07	@	MIL	L	98	133	32	84	.381				34	42	.810	16	40	13	5	6	24	26	54	98	.551				25	39	.641	16	54	40	15	4	18	29
65	65	1979-03-09		SEA	L	100	108	40	97	.412				20	26	.769	16	48	21	14	8	17	25	44	94	.468				20	25	.800	17	52	28	5	2	19	21
66	66	1979-03-11		PHI	W	104	103	36	95	.379				32	48	.667	20	50	25	11	7	20	25	41	87	.471				21	36	.583	19	57	23	9	5	30	30
67	67	1979-03-13	@	CHI	L	102	105	39	89	.438				24	34	.706	15	41	20	19	3	23	31	40	74	.541				25	30	.833	11	44	29	9	6	32	25
68	68	1979-03-14	@	DEN	L	100	120	40	96	.417				20	33	.606	16	45	23	10	12	21	29	43	98	.439				34	41	.829	18	59	33	11	8	22	27
69	69	1979-03-16	@	GSW	L	102	117	44	90	.489				14	24	.583	11	34	25	11	7	19	25	49	90	.544				19	27	.704	17	55	34	10	6	21	21
70	70	1979-03-17	@	POR	L	113	124	40	86	.465				33	49	.673	11	39	16	17	4	22	33	42	84	.500				40	51	.784	13	44	23	11	6	23	33
71	71	1979-03-18	@	SDC	L	98	110	38	102	.373				22	29	.759		44	8	10	4	14	26	41	91	.451				28	34	.824		58	13		7	20	25
72	72	1979-03-20		DET	W	117	110	39	83	.470				39	46	.848		45	24				28	43	95	.453				24	32	.750		42	28				38
73	73	1979-03-23	@	PHI	L	98	110	38	90	.422				22	33	.667		37	17		9		20	45	81	.556				20	28	.714		54	32		7		24
74	74	1979-03-25		CHI	W	99	88	45	90	.500				9	15	.600	13	49	32	11	9	25	22	36	93	.387				16	21	.762	19	52	23	8	5	29	17
75	75	1979-03-28		WSB	L	108	127	47	96	.490				14	21	.667		38	32				29	49	90	.544				29	38	.763		46	32				21
76	76	1979-03-30		ATL	W	117	106	43	83	.518				31	48	.646		49	27			23	25	40	98	.408				26	34	.765		51	13			22	32
77	77	1979-04-01	@	ATL	L	98	109	40	91	.440				18	22	.818		56	17		2	25	28	44	91	.484				21	30	.700		48	26		6	14	22
78	78	1979-04-03		DEN	L	97	110	38	90	.422				21	35	.600	13	46	23	8	9	18	27	39	92	.424				32	42	.762	18	55	28	7	9	15	25
79	79	1979-04-04	@	SAS	L	103	110	44	108	.407				15	32	.469		54	24	15	7	20	28	42	101	.416				26	34	.765	19	67	29	12	6	28	26
80	80	1979-04-06	@	KCK	L	114	117	44	104	.423				26	37	.703		53	13	12	10		32	45	101	.446				27	42	.643		62	32	11	9		27
								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	1979-04-07		BOS	W	126	112	50	96	.521				26	37	.703		56	38				15	47	104	.452				18	21	.857		38	34				27
82	82	1979-04-08	@	BOS	L	101	127	38	91	.418				25	33	.758	16	38	18	7	6	27	22	52	94	.553				23	29	.793	14	47	33	11	3	22	25

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