1979-80 Philadelphia 76ers Schedule and Results

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Record: 59-23, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Billy Cunningham (59-23)

Executive: Pat Williams

PTS/G: 109.1 (10th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.9 (4th of 22)

SRS: 4.04 (4th of 22) Pace: 103.0 (11th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.0 (13th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.0 (1st of 22) Net Rtg: +4.1 (4th of 22)

Expected W-L: 52-30 (4th of 22)

Arena: The Spectrum

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Champions

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		93	92	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 13, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		113	105	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		113	88	3	0	W 3
4	Fri, Oct 19, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		112	104	4	0	W 4
5	Sat, Oct 20, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		136	111	5	0	W 5
6	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		132	110	6	0	W 6
7	Fri, Oct 26, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		127	116	7	0	W 7
8	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		112	106	8	0	W 8
9	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		97	102	8	1	L 1
10	Fri, Nov 2, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		81	85	8	2	L 2
11	Sat, Nov 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W	2OT	120	114	9	2	W 1
12	Tue, Nov 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	OT	118	117	10	2	W 2
13	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		110	102	11	2	W 3
14	Fri, Nov 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		98	106	11	3	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 10, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		95	94	12	3	W 1	18,276	1:58
16	Tue, Nov 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		103	110	12	4	L 1
17	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		105	106	12	5	L 2
18	Sat, Nov 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	OT	103	106	12	6	L 3
19	Tue, Nov 20, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		118	114	13	6	W 1
20	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		94	97	13	7	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		113	102	14	7	W 1
22	Sat, Nov 24, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		91	82	15	7	W 2
23	Mon, Nov 26, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		113	112	16	7	W 3
24	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		120	102	17	7	W 4
25	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		104	101	18	7	W 5
26	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	105	19	7	W 6
27	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		132	120	20	7	W 7
28	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		117	96	21	7	W 8
29	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	91	22	7	W 9
30	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		98	103	22	8	L 1
31	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		96	112	22	9	L 2
32	Tue, Dec 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		114	102	23	9	W 1
33	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		89	112	23	10	L 1	15,320	1:51
34	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		117	106	24	10	W 1
35	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		126	113	25	10	W 2	18,011	1:56
36	Tue, Dec 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		95	92	26	10	W 3
37	Thu, Dec 27, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		118	114	27	10	W 4
38	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		100	104	27	11	L 1
39	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	108	28	11	W 1
40	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		111	108	29	11	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		108	105	30	11	W 3
42	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		119	106	31	11	W 4
43	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		126	112	32	11	W 5
44	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		121	110	33	11	W 6
45	Fri, Jan 18, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		112	105	34	11	W 7
46	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	107	35	11	W 8
47	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		118	93	36	11	W 9
48	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	124	36	12	L 1
49	Sun, Jan 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		118	125	36	13	L 2
50	Mon, Jan 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		101	107	36	14	L 3
51	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		121	108	37	14	W 1
52	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		110	105	38	14	W 2
53	Tue, Feb 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		109	108	39	14	W 3
54	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		110	129	39	15	L 1	15,320	2:04
55	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	109	39	16	L 2
56	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		105	104	40	16	W 1
57	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		107	85	41	16	W 2
58	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		114	104	42	16	W 3
59	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		100	92	43	16	W 4
60	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		115	100	44	16	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		99	104	44	17	L 1
62	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		103	100	45	17	W 1
63	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		98	96	46	17	W 2
64	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	101	98	47	17	W 3
65	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		104	103	48	17	W 4
66	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		144	99	49	17	W 5
67	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		120	113	50	17	W 6
68	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		92	111	50	18	L 1	15,320	2:00
69	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		134	118	51	18	W 1
70	Tue, Mar 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	102	97	52	18	W 2
71	Wed, Mar 12, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		105	98	53	18	W 3
72	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		94	104	53	19	L 1
73	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		109	123	53	20	L 2
74	Mon, Mar 17, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	109	54	20	W 1
75	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		99	105	54	21	L 1
76	Thu, Mar 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	OT	113	119	54	22	L 2
77	Fri, Mar 21, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		108	99	55	22	W 1
78	Sun, Mar 23, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	108	56	22	W 2
79	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		84	81	57	22	W 3
80	Thu, Mar 27, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		103	101	58	22	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		92	99	58	23	L 1
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		116	110	59	23	W 1	18,276	2:00

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 2, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W	111	96	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W	112	104	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Sun, Apr 6, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	107	104	3	0	W 3
4	Wed, Apr 9, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	99	92	4	0	W 4
5	Thu, Apr 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	93	105	4	1	L 1
6	Sun, Apr 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	107	83	5	1	W 1
7	Tue, Apr 15, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	105	100	6	1	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Fri, Apr 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	96	93	7	1	W 3	15,320	2:08
9	Sun, Apr 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	90	96	7	2	L 1	15,320	2:14
10	Wed, Apr 23, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	99	97	8	2	W 1	18,276	1:59
11	Fri, Apr 25, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	102	90	9	2	W 2	18,276	2:15
12	Sun, Apr 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	105	94	10	2	W 3	15,320	2:16
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
13	Sun, May 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	102	109	10	3	L 1	17,505
14	Wed, May 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	107	104	11	3	W 1	17,505
15	Sat, May 10, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	101	111	11	4	L 1	18,276
16	Sun, May 11, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	105	102	12	4	W 1	18,276
17	Wed, May 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	103	108	12	5	L 1	17,050
18	Fri, May 16, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	107	123	12	6	L 2	18,276

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