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1978-79 New Orleans Jazz Schedule and Results

Record: 26-56, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Elgin Baylor (26-56)

PTS/G: 108.3 (15th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 114.6 (21st of 22)

SRS: -5.97 (22nd of 22) Pace: 108.6 (3rd of 22)

Off Rtg: 99.6 (21st of 22) Def Rtg: 105.4 (18th of 22) Net Rtg: -5.7 (22nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 26-56 (22nd of 22)

Arena: Louisiana Superdome

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 13, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		101	117	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Oct 15, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		112	123	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Oct 17, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		114	109	1	2	W 1
4	Thu, Oct 19, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		120	115	2	2	W 2	7,394	1:53
5	Sat, Oct 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		111	130	2	3	L 1
6	Tue, Oct 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		104	122	2	4	L 2
7	Wed, Oct 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		109	114	2	5	L 3
8	Thu, Oct 26, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	111	3	5	W 1
9	Tue, Oct 31, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		97	92	4	5	W 2
10	Thu, Nov 2, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		99	106	4	6	L 1
11	Sat, Nov 4, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	108	5	6	W 1
12	Tue, Nov 7, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		115	121	5	7	L 1
13	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		113	102	6	7	W 1
14	Sun, Nov 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		122	128	6	8	L 1
15	Tue, Nov 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		103	123	6	9	L 2
16	Wed, Nov 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		118	135	6	10	L 3
17	Fri, Nov 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		109	121	6	11	L 4
18	Sat, Nov 18, 1978	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		111	114	6	12	L 5
19	Tue, Nov 21, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		140	118	7	12	W 1
20	Thu, Nov 23, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		106	98	8	12	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		100	103	8	13	L 1
22	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		96	103	8	14	L 2
23	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		107	103	9	14	W 1
24	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		111	105	10	14	W 2
25	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		115	117	10	15	L 1
26	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		94	128	10	16	L 2
27	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		102	114	10	17	L 3
28	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		106	110	10	18	L 4
29	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		109	103	11	18	W 1
30	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	102	11	19	L 1	8,548	2:00
31	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		100	128	11	20	L 2
32	Sun, Dec 17, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		96	104	11	21	L 3
33	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		112	121	11	22	L 4
34	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		103	127	11	23	L 5
35	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		125	123	12	23	W 1
36	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		103	122	12	24	L 1
37	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		106	118	12	25	L 2
38	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		109	105	13	25	W 1
39	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		97	123	13	26	L 1
40	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		112	125	13	27	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		94	105	13	28	L 3
42	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		107	114	13	29	L 4
43	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		112	123	13	30	L 5
44	Fri, Jan 12, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		100	89	14	30	W 1
45	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		106	117	14	31	L 1
46	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		100	104	14	32	L 2
47	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		102	112	14	33	L 3
48	Fri, Jan 19, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		107	101	15	33	W 1
49	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		94	118	15	34	L 1
50	Sun, Jan 21, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	87	16	34	W 1
51	Tue, Jan 23, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		118	116	17	34	W 2
52	Fri, Jan 26, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		104	110	17	35	L 1			at Princeton, NJ
53	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		110	116	17	36	L 2
54	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	125	123	18	36	W 1
55	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		99	106	18	37	L 1
56	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		107	105	19	37	W 1
57	Tue, Feb 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		101	120	19	38	L 1
58	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		101	113	19	39	L 2
59	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		112	122	19	40	L 3
60	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		112	136	19	41	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		112	115	19	42	L 5
62	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	96	19	43	L 6
63	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		111	102	20	43	W 1
64	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	96	21	43	W 2
65	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	122	21	44	L 1	8,089	1:57
66	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	110	21	45	L 2
67	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		102	103	21	46	L 3
68	Sat, Mar 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		109	124	21	47	L 4
69	Tue, Mar 13, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		91	104	21	48	L 5
70	Wed, Mar 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		102	158	21	49	L 6
71	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		124	122	22	49	W 1
72	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		112	120	22	50	L 1
73	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		121	117	23	50	W 1
74	Tue, Mar 20, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		107	126	23	51	L 1
75	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	116	23	52	L 2
76	Sat, Mar 24, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		139	117	24	52	W 1
77	Tue, Mar 27, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		101	104	24	53	L 1
78	Wed, Mar 28, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		94	122	24	54	L 2
79	Sat, Mar 31, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		109	107	25	54	W 1
80	Tue, Apr 3, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		141	125	26	54	W 2	3,460
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Apr 5, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		104	120	26	55	L 1
82	Fri, Apr 6, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		131	140	26	56	L 2

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