1978-79 Phoenix Suns Game Log

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Record: 50-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (50-32)

PTS/G: 115.4 (2nd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 111.7 (14th of 22)

SRS: 3.55 (3rd of 22) Pace: 108.5 (4th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.7 (7th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.4 (6th of 22) Net Rtg: +3.4 (3rd of 22)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (3rd of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Kansas City Kings (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (3-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

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		SDC	W	128	114	50	85	.588				28	35	.800	16	41	29	14	5	34	26	49	95	.516				16	22	.727	14	33	22	17	6	27	33
2	2	1978-10-15		GSW	W	129	110	48	86	.558				33	40	.825	11	41	25	13	5	22	22	51	89	.573				8	14	.571	9	33	26	11	2	26	31
3	3	1978-10-17		SAS	L	107	110	47	99	.475				13	22	.591	20	47	29	18	5	29	30	39	78	.500				32	37	.865	8	41	21	19	5	29	26
4	4	1978-10-18	@	GSW	W	122	112	49	90	.544				24	31	.774	14	49	29	2	4	20	20	47	101	.465				18	25	.720	19	44	24	16	4	13	30
5	5	1978-10-22	@	POR	W	124	116	49	82	.598				26	35	.743	11	30	28	16	3	20	30	43	83	.518				30	36	.833	19	44	21	10	7	26	31
6	6	1978-10-24		MIL	W	124	116	48	93	.516				28	37	.757	22	50	26	15	0	20	22	51	94	.543				14	21	.667	15	42	26	10	2	22	27
7	7	1978-10-25	@	DEN	L	104	108	46	91	.505				12	14	.857	7	39	35	11	9	23	25	41	93	.441				26	42	.619	25	60	25	11	3	24	21
8	8	1978-10-27	@	CHI	W	115	110	50	103	.485				15	21	.714	17	42	30	22	6	24	27	45	85	.529				20	25	.800	13	51	33	10	5	38	30
9	9	1978-10-28	@	KCK	L	102	112	43	74	.581				16	25	.640	11	38	26	5	4	30	28	47	92	.511				18	22	.818	15	38	30	16	2	25	35
10	10	1978-10-31		NYK	W	120	108	51	96	.531				18	24	.750	13	38	38	11	2	17	25	41	87	.471				26	32	.813	12	40	20	9	8	23	30
11	11	1978-11-02	@	NOJ	W	106	99	46	93	.495				14	19	.737	9	50	30	13	12	18	21	40	106	.377				19	26	.731	24	63	24	6	5	19	17
12	12	1978-11-04	@	HOU	L	103	110	43	104	.413				17	22	.773	26	59	26	8	4	23	24	42	91	.462				26	42	.619	17	48	28	11	2	18	24
13	13	1978-11-08		CLE	W	118	96	49	90	.544				20	23	.870	8	43	31	9	3	23	25	38	90	.422				20	25	.800	11	38	18	11	3	25	26
14	14	1978-11-10		DEN	L	132	150	51	92	.554				30	40	.750	7	26	30	12	3	23	31	60	93	.645				30	41	.732	11	46	32	13	4	21	30
15	15	1978-11-12		NOJ	W	128	122	49	98	.500				30	36	.833	20	42	32	15	1	21	31	47	89	.528				28	37	.757	14	41	17	6	5	28	32
16	16	1978-11-15	@	SAS	W	125	119	47	94	.500				31	38	.816	13	43	32	15	1	18	27	45	97	.464				29	33	.879	16	48	28	13	5	23	30
17	17	1978-11-17	@	PHI	L	94	95	40	93	.430				14	18	.778	10	41	25	12	5	18	24	37	88	.420				21	28	.750	19	60	26	6	7	28	27
18	18	1978-11-18	@	DET	W	119	105	47	83	.566				25	36	.694	10	41	31	14	4	23	25	41	102	.402				23	30	.767	28	58	21	11	9	28	31
19	19	1978-11-21	@	CLE	W	110	108	38	69	.551				34	46	.739	7	30	23	10	5	24	29	45	95	.474				18	23	.783	24	45	23	8	6	19	34
20	20	1978-11-22	@	IND	W	115	110	41	81	.506				33	34	.971	15	42	25	10	4	17	21	45	92	.489				20	26	.769	20	48	27	11	5	14	24
								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	1978-11-24		HOU	W	120	113	45	86	.523				30	34	.882	12	35	29	11	2	18	24	46	83	.554				21	25	.840	11	38	27	8	2	26	29
22	22	1978-11-26		CHI	W	125	109	53	91	.582				19	28	.679	14	39	40	13	2	20	22	47	90	.522				15	19	.789	14	38	28	11	0	25	24
23	23	1978-11-28	@	CHI	L	112	124	42	83	.506				28	40	.700	12	35	18	17	7	25	22	54	91	.593				16	18	.889	15	45	35	12	5	27	28
24	24	1978-11-30		DET	W	119	109	49	98	.500				21	28	.750	12	43	32	7	6	18	14	51	101	.505				7	10	.700	16	48	24	10	8	22	30
25	25	1978-12-01	@	LAL	L	122	130	51	100	.510				20	21	.952	7	32	36	9	3	12	19	53	94	.564				24	27	.889	13	48	35	8	9	20	28
26	26	1978-12-02		GSW	L	108	116	44	88	.500				20	24	.833	9	35	25	8	2	20	27	49	85	.576				18	26	.692	7	37	25	11	5	17	26
27	27	1978-12-06		ATL	W	136	109	57	88	.648				22	25	.880	13	38	44	11	5	28	25	43	87	.494				23	27	.852	10	28	17	14	3	26	31
28	28	1978-12-08	@	BOS	W	124	104	52	93	.559				20	25	.800	13	45	32	7	3	16	26	43	87	.494				18	26	.692	12	36	27	6	0	22	23
29	29	1978-12-09	@	WSB	L	98	101	43	90	.478				12	19	.632	10	43	33	6	3	12	20	43	96	.448				15	25	.600	23	59	26	9	4	14	21
30	30	1978-12-12	@	MIL	L	114	120	50	95	.526				14	15	.933	15	35	36	11	5	21	16	52	89	.584				16	22	.727	13	37	41	11	6	22	16
31	31	1978-12-16		LAL	W	119	100	49	103	.476				21	30	.700	23	53	29	14	1	18	20	44	86	.512				12	14	.857	10	45	22	9	3	29	26
32	32	1978-12-17	@	SDC	L	110	116	45	83	.542				20	23	.870	15	45	19	9	7	25	17	52	104	.500				12	17	.706	17	37	13	16	2	16	24
33	33	1978-12-20		WSB	L	129	137	57	102	.559				15	19	.789	17	44	35	5	3	19	28	57	101	.564				23	34	.676	16	43	26	8	5	11	22
34	34	1978-12-22		KCK	W	123	103	48	82	.585				27	40	.675	15	50	31	19	4	36	33	38	100	.380				27	34	.794	21	41	22	13	3	25	37
35	35	1978-12-26	@	DEN	W	106	102	49	98	.500				8	17	.471	11	40	36	14	5	24	29	36	81	.444				30	46	.652	18	52	21	12	6	31	24
36	36	1978-12-28		POR	W	129	127	48	86	.558				33	48	.688	16	38	26	12	0	22	35	46	91	.505				35	41	.854	13	39	21	16	5	24	40
37	37	1978-12-29	@	SEA	L	92	119	31	78	.397				30	38	.789	7	31	16	14	3	26	31	45	85	.529				29	38	.763	14	52	26	11	1	29	30
38	38	1978-12-30		BOS	W	112	109	48	106	.453				16	21	.762	23	45	26	13	6	14	26	44	91	.484				21	24	.875	20	49	22	5	9	25	28
39	39	1979-01-02	@	NYK	W	114	102	44	90	.489				26	34	.765	11	42	26	14	2	20	18	45	92	.489				12	18	.667	17	52	27	7	4	26	26
40	40	1979-01-05	@	WSB	L	94	104	42	103	.408				10	17	.588	14	47	30	13	1	17	32	39	99	.394				26	40	.650	23	60	23	9	10	24	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
41	41	1979-01-06	@	PHI	W	143	139	58	109	.532				27	32	.844	18	41	33	18	0	21	28	58	103	.563				23	26	.885	15	48	38	13	13	27	31
42	42	1979-01-07	@	NJN	L	112	117	46	91	.505				20	23	.870	18	50	27	8	4	27	31	44	83	.530				29	40	.725	9	34	25	12	4	24	27
43	43	1979-01-11		SEA	L	106	109	46	90	.511				14	17	.824	11	42	33	9	2	21	16	50	92	.543				9	14	.643	10	41	23	12	6	14	17
44	44	1979-01-13		IND	L	99	102	39	85	.459				21	36	.583	8	31	25	11	3	13	23	37	77	.481				28	29	.966	8	43	19	4	4	23	31
45	45	1979-01-17	@	MIL	L	118	123	49	78	.628				20	23	.870	7	32	39	10	6	26	27	50	93	.538				23	31	.742	17	36	35	14	4	16	26
46	46	1979-01-18	@	DET	W	97	87	43	85	.506				11	13	.846	10	52	31	10	4	24	19	36	93	.387				15	18	.833	12	42	24	14	6	16	18
47	47	1979-01-20		HOU	W	116	97	48	88	.545				20	24	.833	12	40	30	13	2	19	23	40	81	.494				17	24	.708	10	37	24	13	0	21	25
48	48	1979-01-24		PHI	W	101	94	42	92	.457				17	20	.850	9	45	36	9	4	20	15	41	101	.406				12	16	.750	16	54	21	12	3	18	21
49	49	1979-01-26		NYK	W	108	107	44	91	.484				20	25	.800	19	48	36	11	3	26	10	49	100	.490				9	10	.900	14	41	24	14	7	22	23
50	50	1979-01-28		NJN	L	114	117	42	92	.457				30	35	.857	13	40	32	14	8	18	28	46	92	.500				25	34	.735	14	48	19	6	10	24	27
51	51	1979-01-31		MIL	W	123	118	50	87	.575				23	28	.821	8	33	35	11	2	21	23	49	92	.533				20	26	.769	14	37	26	9	3	20	24
52	52	1979-02-02		SAS	W	133	108	60	104	.577				13	20	.650	14	51	51	16	7	26	17	49	106	.462				10	13	.769	15	44	30	14	5	27	19
53	53	1979-02-06	@	POR	L	93	110	36	87	.414				21	25	.840	15	32	28	6	3	19	15	46	86	.535				18	21	.857	18	50	22	14	7	24	22
54	54	1979-02-09		ATL	L	102	105	41	78	.526				20	26	.769	5	33	32	11	5	22	26	36	89	.404				33	40	.825	21	53	18	14	3	20	26
55	55	1979-02-11		CLE	W	136	101	50	95	.526				36	48	.750	20	65	34	14	8	19	23	42	111	.378				17	25	.680	21	45	19	11	5	17	31
56	56	1979-02-15		WSB	W	119	108	48	94	.511				23	34	.676	11	45	31	3	9	12	27	45	99	.455				18	25	.720	17	51	18	4	1	19	30
57	57	1979-02-16	@	SEA	L	104	119	45	101	.446				14	22	.636	13	38	27	14	3	18	27	50	93	.538				19	25	.760	13	51	24	10	8	27	18
58	58	1979-02-17		NOJ	W	136	112	56	98	.571				24	35	.686	19	58	42	15	3	26	23	46	103	.447				20	24	.833	17	43	22	16	5	25	28
59	59	1979-02-20	@	NYK	W	117	107	45	87	.517				27	31	.871	9	43	33	4	5	22	16	49	97	.505				9	12	.750	13	39	30	10	2	14	26
60	60	1979-02-21	@	NJN	L	112	123	49	98	.500				14	20	.700	13	33	33	11	2	20	24	50	81	.617				23	36	.639	11	41	38	11	5	26	25
								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	1979-02-23	@	KCK	L	112	121	42	90	.467				28	35	.800	15	44	23	5	4	20	25	49	91	.538				23	29	.793	13	46	34	10	7	16	30
62	62	1979-02-24	@	ATL	L	85	110	33	72	.458				19	28	.679	11	34	18	5	7	26	24	48	89	.539				14	19	.737	19	45	33	12	10	13	28
63	63	1979-02-28		IND	W	103	102	40	88	.455				23	29	.793	16	49	27	11	3	23	24	44	89	.494				14	20	.700	10	42	25	14	5	20	25
64	64	1979-03-02		DEN	L	105	119	43	96	.448				19	23	.826	13	40	28	8	3	19	23	46	96	.479				27	37	.730	23	60	26	13	1	20	25
65	65	1979-03-04		PHI	W	119	94	52	104	.500				15	21	.714	12	38	39	20	2	21	15	41	81	.506				12	13	.923	9	45	21	6	6	38	24
66	66	1979-03-08		CHI	W	132	117	56	95	.589				20	27	.741	11	42	39	16	8	22	17	53	101	.525				11	18	.611	16	44	32	13	5	26	20
67	67	1979-03-11	@	IND	L	111	112	46	95	.484				19	28	.679	20	46	27	11	3	23	31	42	74	.568				28	37	.757	8	35	31	10	7	23	24
68	68	1979-03-13	@	CLE	W	124	120	46	86	.535				32	44	.727	11	34	23	9	6	17	29	48	97	.495				24	28	.857	19	46	24	6	6	20	30
69	69	1979-03-14	@	BOS	W	126	117	51	88	.580				24	27	.889	8	35	29	5	1	17	23	50	93	.538				17	23	.739	12	37	34	7	2	15	25
70	70	1979-03-16	@	SAS	W	128	122	49	94	.521				30	39	.769	15	44	32	3	4	18	29	47	101	.465				28	32	.875	18	44	21	9	11	19	28
71	71	1979-03-17	@	HOU	L	122	134	52	106	.491				18	20	.900	18	45	31	12	3	18	27	52	95	.547				30	35	.857	14	50	38	9	1	21	22
72	72	1979-03-18	@	NOJ	L	117	121	47	86	.547				23	32	.719	7	38	32	18	8	21	17	55	98	.561				11	15	.733	14	48	34	14	10	22	21
73	73	1979-03-21		BOS	W	134	113	57	106	.538				20	24	.833	11	42	40	16	4	22	24	45	90	.500				23	30	.767	10	39	29	14	5	28	24
74	74	1979-03-23		KCK	W	126	107	47	89	.528				32	40	.800	17	55	22	8	6	26	27	44	98	.449				19	26	.731	14	37	19	14	4	20	33
75	75	1979-03-25	@	GSW	W	111	95	49	94	.521				13	14	.929	14	58	31	6	4	24	22	41	104	.394				13	18	.722	19	49	24	12	5	15	20
76	76	1979-03-28		LAL	W	112	106	43	86	.500				26	28	.929	8	43	31	6	6	17	24	43	100	.430				20	27	.741	17	46	18	10	3	17	25
77	77	1979-03-30		SEA	W	113	111	47	96	.490				19	29	.655	14	45	32	13	3	19	24	51	99	.515				9	11	.818	10	44	24	11	3	20	25
78	78	1979-04-01		DET	W	116	105	52	105	.495				12	18	.667	16	51	34	4	7	21	20	45	104	.433				15	24	.625	17	47	31	12	2	19	21
79	79	1979-04-04		POR	W	106	95	44	94	.468				18	23	.783	18	45	28	18	5	16	23	42	79	.532				11	16	.688	11	40	26	3	5	28	27
80	80	1979-04-06		SDC	W	118	117	43	98	.439				32	41	.780	17	52	31	14	4	20	17	51	100	.510				15	25	.600	14	50	18	9	5	21	29
								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	@	SDC	L	116	120	48	89	.539				20	25	.800	8	35	22	11	1	27	26	50	100	.500				20	28	.714	20	47	8	12	3	24	25
82	82	1979-04-08	@	LAL	L	103	111	44	90	.489				15	18	.833	15	48	34	5	7	23	15	53	101	.525				5	9	.556	10	38	43	12	4	14	17

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