1978-79 Phoenix Suns Game Log (Advanced)

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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

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1978-10-13		SDC	W	128	114	111.8	99.6	114.5	.412		.637	55.4	58.0	12.2	5.3	.588	25.3	45.7	.329	.516	20.5	64.1	.168
2	2	1978-10-15		GSW	W	129	110	116.0	98.9	111.2	.465		.623	55.4	52.1	11.7	5.6	.558	17.5	31.4	.384	.573	21.5	76.9	.090
3	3	1978-10-17		SAS	L	107	110	93.8	96.5	114.0	.222		.492	53.4	61.7	15.8	6.4	.475	21.1	37.7	.131	.500	23.5	77.1	.410
4	4	1978-10-18	@	GSW	W	122	112	116.0	106.5	105.2	.344		.589	52.7	59.2	1.9	4.0	.544	16.2	35.9	.267	.465	10.4	64.8	.178
5	5	1978-10-22	@	POR	W	124	116	119.7	112.0	103.6	.427		.637	40.5	57.1	15.4	3.6	.598	17.0	30.6	.317	.518	20.8	50.0	.361
6	6	1978-10-24		MIL	W	124	116	115.6	108.1	107.3	.398		.567	54.3	54.2	14.0	0.0	.516	15.5	44.9	.301	.543	17.6	65.1	.149
7	7	1978-10-25	@	DEN	L	104	108	94.1	97.8	110.5	.154		.535	39.4	76.1	10.0	9.7	.505	19.1	16.7	.132	.441	17.7	56.1	.280
8	8	1978-10-27	@	CHI	W	115	110	97.4	93.1	107.0	.204		.512	45.2	60.0	18.6	7.1	.485	17.6	30.9	.146	.529	28.4	65.8	.235
9	9	1978-10-28	@	KCK	L	102	112	96.3	105.7	105.9	.338		.600	50.0	60.5	4.7	4.3	.581	26.1	32.4	.216	.511	19.7	64.3	.196
10	10	1978-10-31		NYK	W	120	108	112.1	100.9	107.1	.250		.563	48.7	74.5	10.3	2.3	.531	13.8	31.7	.188	.471	18.5	67.6	.299
11	11	1978-11-02	@	NOJ	W	106	99	97.0	90.6	109.2	.204		.523	44.2	65.2	11.9	11.3	.495	15.1	18.8	.151	.377	13.9	63.1	.179
12	12	1978-11-04	@	HOU	L	103	110	96.3	102.8	107.0	.212		.453	55.1	60.5	7.5	4.4	.413	16.8	45.6	.163	.462	14.1	66.0	.286
13	13	1978-11-08		CLE	W	118	96	105.4	85.8	111.9	.256		.589	53.1	63.3	8.0	3.3	.544	18.7	22.9	.222	.422	19.8	76.1	.222
14	14	1978-11-10		DEN	L	132	150	109.5	124.4	120.6	.435		.602	36.1	58.8	10.0	3.2	.554	17.3	16.7	.326	.645	15.9	63.3	.323
15	15	1978-11-12		NOJ	W	128	122	113.6	108.2	112.7	.367		.562	50.6	65.3	13.3	1.1	.500	15.6	42.6	.306	.528	21.0	61.1	.315
16	16	1978-11-15	@	SAS	W	125	119	110.4	105.1	113.3	.404		.564	47.3	68.1	13.2	1.0	.500	14.0	28.9	.330	.464	17.1	65.2	.299
17	17	1978-11-17	@	PHI	L	94	95	88.0	89.0	106.8	.194		.466	40.6	62.5	11.2	5.7	.430	15.1	19.6	.151	.420	21.8	62.0	.239
18	18	1978-11-18	@	DET	W	119	105	107.3	94.7	110.9	.434		.602	41.4	66.0	12.6	3.9	.566	18.9	25.0	.301	.402	19.6	52.5	.225
19	19	1978-11-21	@	CLE	W	110	108	110.6	108.5	99.5	.667		.616	40.0	60.5	10.1	5.3	.551	21.2	25.0	.493	.474	15.3	48.9	.189
20	20	1978-11-22	@	IND	W	115	110	120.0	114.8	95.8	.420		.599	46.7	61.0	10.4	4.3	.506	15.0	34.9	.407	.489	11.9	57.4	.217
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1978-11-24		HOU	W	120	113	114.1	107.5	105.1	.395		.594	47.9	64.4	10.5	2.4	.523	15.1	30.8	.349	.554	21.7	67.6	.253
22	22	1978-11-26		CHI	W	125	109	117.2	102.2	106.7	.308		.605	50.6	75.5	12.2	2.2	.582	16.2	36.8	.209	.522	20.3	64.1	.167
23	23	1978-11-28	@	CHI	L	112	124	101.3	112.2	110.5	.482		.557	43.8	42.9	15.4	7.7	.506	19.9	28.6	.337	.593	21.4	60.5	.176
24	24	1978-11-30		DET	W	119	109	107.4	98.3	110.8	.286		.539	47.3	65.3	6.3	5.9	.500	14.0	27.3	.214	.505	17.3	66.0	.069
25	25	1978-12-01	@	LAL	L	122	130	110.2	117.4	110.7	.210		.558	40.0	70.6	8.1	3.2	.510	9.9	16.7	.200	.564	15.9	65.8	.255
26	26	1978-12-02		GSW	L	108	116	102.4	110.0	105.5	.273		.548	48.6	56.8	7.6	2.4	.500	16.9	23.1	.227	.576	15.0	78.8	.212
27	27	1978-12-06		ATL	W	136	109	122.3	98.0	111.2	.284		.687	57.6	77.2	9.9	5.7	.648	22.0	41.9	.250	.494	20.8	71.4	.264
28	28	1978-12-08	@	BOS	W	124	104	118.0	99.0	105.1	.269		.596	55.6	61.5	6.7	3.4	.559	13.3	35.1	.215	.494	18.3	72.7	.207
29	29	1978-12-09	@	WSB	L	98	101	100.3	103.4	97.7	.211		.498	42.2	76.7	6.1	3.1	.478	10.9	21.7	.133	.448	11.6	58.9	.156
30	30	1978-12-12	@	MIL	L	114	120	109.8	115.6	103.8	.158		.561	48.6	72.0	10.6	5.6	.526	17.1	38.5	.147	.584	18.2	60.6	.180
31	31	1978-12-16		LAL	W	119	100	108.5	91.1	109.7	.291		.512	54.1	59.2	12.8	1.2	.476	13.4	39.7	.204	.512	23.9	75.0	.140
32	32	1978-12-17	@	SDC	L	110	116	106.6	112.4	103.2	.277		.591	54.9	42.2	8.7	6.7	.542	21.2	42.9	.241	.500	12.6	63.8	.115
33	33	1978-12-20		WSB	L	129	137	118.3	125.6	109.0	.186		.584	50.6	61.4	4.6	3.0	.559	14.7	38.6	.147	.564	8.7	62.8	.228
34	34	1978-12-22		KCK	W	123	103	106.0	88.7	116.1	.488		.617	54.9	64.6	16.4	4.0	.585	26.5	42.9	.329	.380	17.9	62.5	.270
35	35	1978-12-26	@	DEN	W	106	102	93.0	89.5	114.0	.173		.502	43.5	73.5	12.3	6.2	.500	18.5	24.4	.082	.444	23.4	61.7	.370
36	36	1978-12-28		POR	W	129	127	114.6	112.8	102.0	.558		.602	49.4	54.2	10.7	0.0	.558	17.0	38.1	.384	.505	18.0	62.9	.385
37	37	1978-12-29	@	SEA	L	92	119	81.8	105.9	112.4	.487		.486	37.3	51.6	12.5	3.5	.397	21.5	15.6	.385	.529	22.2	63.2	.341
38	38	1978-12-30		BOS	W	112	109	110.6	107.6	101.3	.198		.486	47.9	54.2	12.8	6.6	.453	10.8	44.2	.151	.484	19.8	52.4	.231
39	39	1979-01-02	@	NYK	W	114	102	104.0	93.1	109.6	.378		.543	44.7	59.1	12.8	2.2	.489	16.0	23.9	.289	.489	20.6	64.6	.130
40	40	1979-01-05	@	WSB	L	94	104	84.9	93.9	110.8	.165		.425	43.9	71.4	11.7	1.0	.408	13.3	27.5	.097	.394	17.1	58.9	.263
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1979-01-06	@	PHI	W	143	139	116.8	113.5	110.9	.294		.581	46.1	56.9	14.7	0.0	.532	14.6	35.3	.248	.563	19.1	60.5	.223
42	42	1979-01-07	@	NJN	L	112	117	101.4	105.9	110.4	.253		.554	59.5	58.7	7.2	4.8	.505	21.1	41.9	.220	.530	19.3	78.0	.349
43	43	1979-01-11		SEA	L	106	109	102.9	105.8	103.1	.189		.544	50.6	71.7	8.7	2.2	.511	17.7	26.2	.156	.543	12.5	75.6	.098
44	44	1979-01-13		IND	L	99	102	97.2	100.1	101.9	.424		.491	41.9	64.1	10.8	3.9	.459	11.4	18.6	.247	.481	20.4	74.2	.364
45	45	1979-01-17	@	MIL	L	118	123	113.7	118.5	103.8	.295		.670	47.1	79.6	9.6	6.5	.628	22.8	26.9	.256	.538	13.0	59.5	.247
46	46	1979-01-18	@	DET	W	97	87	94.4	84.6	102.8	.153		.535	55.3	72.1	9.7	4.3	.506	20.9	25.0	.129	.387	13.7	77.8	.161
47	47	1979-01-20		HOU	W	116	97	114.0	95.3	101.7	.273		.588	51.9	62.5	12.8	2.5	.545	16.2	30.8	.227	.494	18.7	73.7	.210
48	48	1979-01-24		PHI	W	101	94	93.8	87.3	107.7	.217		.501	45.5	85.7	8.4	4.0	.457	16.6	19.1	.185	.406	14.3	69.2	.119
49	49	1979-01-26		NYK	W	108	107	100.7	99.8	107.2	.275		.529	53.9	81.8	10.3	3.0	.484	20.3	41.3	.220	.490	17.4	67.4	.090
50	50	1979-01-28		NJN	L	114	117	102.7	105.4	111.0	.380		.531	45.5	76.2	12.6	8.7	.457	14.4	27.7	.326	.500	18.3	65.9	.272
51	51	1979-01-31		MIL	W	123	118	114.5	109.8	107.4	.322		.619	47.1	70.0	10.2	2.2	.575	17.5	25.8	.264	.533	16.2	64.1	.217
52	52	1979-02-02		SAS	W	133	108	109.3	88.8	121.6	.192		.590	53.7	85.0	13.2	6.6	.577	18.7	32.6	.125	.462	19.5	71.2	.094
53	53	1979-02-06	@	POR	L	93	110	95.4	112.8	97.5	.287		.474	39.0	77.8	6.2	3.5	.414	16.2	31.9	.241	.535	20.1	48.6	.209
54	54	1979-02-09		ATL	L	102	105	99.2	102.1	102.9	.333		.570	38.4	78.0	10.7	5.6	.526	19.7	13.5	.256	.404	15.8	57.1	.371
55	55	1979-02-11		CLE	W	136	101	120.4	89.5	112.9	.505		.586	59.1	68.0	12.4	7.2	.526	14.1	45.5	.379	.378	12.2	68.2	.153
56	56	1979-02-15		WSB	W	119	108	110.0	99.9	108.2	.362		.546	46.9	64.6	2.8	9.1	.511	9.9	24.4	.245	.455	14.7	66.7	.182
57	57	1979-02-16	@	SEA	L	104	119	91.7	104.9	113.4	.218		.470	42.7	60.0	12.3	3.2	.446	14.0	25.5	.139	.538	20.6	65.8	.204
58	58	1979-02-17		NOJ	W	136	112	114.2	94.1	119.1	.357		.600	57.4	75.0	12.6	2.9	.571	18.7	42.2	.245	.447	18.0	69.6	.194
59	59	1979-02-20	@	NYK	W	117	107	110.7	101.2	105.7	.356		.581	52.4	73.3	3.8	5.2	.517	17.9	25.7	.310	.505	12.0	72.3	.093
60	60	1979-02-21	@	NJN	L	112	123	101.9	111.9	109.9	.204		.524	44.6	67.3	10.0	2.5	.500	15.8	30.2	.143	.617	21.2	64.5	.284
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1979-02-23	@	KCK	L	112	121	105.3	113.8	106.3	.389		.531	48.9	54.8	4.7	4.4	.467	15.9	31.3	.311	.538	13.4	69.0	.253
62	62	1979-02-24	@	ATL	L	85	110	91.1	117.9	93.3	.389		.504	43.0	54.5	5.4	7.9	.458	23.6	29.7	.264	.539	11.8	54.8	.157
63	63	1979-02-28		IND	W	103	102	97.5	96.6	105.6	.330		.511	53.8	67.5	10.4	3.4	.455	18.6	33.3	.261	.494	17.0	76.7	.157
64	64	1979-03-02		DEN	L	105	119	97.4	110.4	107.8	.240		.495	40.0	65.1	7.4	3.1	.448	15.2	26.0	.198	.479	15.1	54.0	.281
65	65	1979-03-04		PHI	W	119	94	102.3	80.8	116.3	.202		.525	45.8	75.0	17.2	2.5	.500	15.6	25.0	.144	.506	30.5	74.3	.148
66	66	1979-03-08		CHI	W	132	117	113.4	100.5	116.4	.284		.618	48.8	69.6	13.7	7.9	.589	17.1	28.2	.211	.525	19.3	66.0	.109
67	67	1979-03-11	@	IND	L	111	112	105.4	106.3	105.3	.295		.517	56.8	58.7	10.4	4.1	.484	17.6	42.6	.200	.568	20.3	76.5	.378
68	68	1979-03-13	@	CLE	W	124	120	116.6	112.8	106.3	.512		.588	42.5	50.0	8.5	6.2	.535	13.9	28.9	.372	.495	15.5	54.8	.247
69	69	1979-03-14	@	BOS	W	126	117	120.4	111.8	104.6	.307		.631	48.6	56.9	4.8	1.1	.580	14.5	24.2	.273	.538	12.7	69.2	.183
70	70	1979-03-16	@	SAS	W	128	122	116.0	110.6	110.3	.415		.576	50.0	65.3	2.7	4.0	.521	13.9	36.6	.319	.465	14.2	61.7	.277
71	71	1979-03-17	@	HOU	L	122	134	107.5	118.0	113.5	.189		.531	47.4	59.6	10.6	3.2	.491	13.6	33.3	.170	.547	16.0	65.9	.316
72	72	1979-03-18	@	NOJ	L	117	121	104.3	107.9	112.2	.372		.585	44.2	68.1	16.0	8.2	.547	17.3	17.1	.267	.561	17.4	68.9	.112
73	73	1979-03-21		BOS	W	134	113	111.0	93.6	120.7	.226		.575	51.9	70.2	13.3	4.4	.538	15.9	27.5	.189	.500	21.3	75.6	.256
74	74	1979-03-23		KCK	W	126	107	112.1	95.2	112.4	.449		.591	59.8	46.8	7.1	6.1	.528	19.6	42.5	.360	.449	15.5	73.1	.194
75	75	1979-03-25	@	GSW	W	111	95	103.7	88.7	107.1	.149		.554	54.2	63.3	5.6	3.8	.521	19.3	31.8	.138	.394	11.8	69.8	.125
76	76	1979-03-28		LAL	W	112	106	105.6	99.9	106.1	.326		.570	48.3	72.1	5.7	6.0	.500	14.7	21.6	.302	.430	13.2	67.3	.200
77	77	1979-03-30		SEA	W	113	111	101.7	99.9	100.6	.302		.519	50.6	68.1	11.7	3.0	.490	14.9	29.2	.198	.515	16.1	75.6	.091
78	78	1979-04-01		DET	W	116	105	102.9	93.2	112.7	.171		.514	52.0	65.4	3.5	6.7	.495	15.7	34.8	.114	.433	14.2	67.3	.144
79	79	1979-04-04		POR	W	106	95	105.7	94.7	100.3	.245		.509	52.9	63.6	17.9	6.3	.468	13.3	38.3	.191	.532	24.6	71.1	.139
80	80	1979-04-06		SDC	W	118	117	101.9	101.1	115.8	.418		.508	51.0	72.1	12.1	4.0	.439	14.7	32.1	.327	.510	15.9	71.4	.150
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1979-04-07	@	SDC	L	116	120	101.6	105.1	114.2	.281		.580	42.7	45.8	9.6	1.0	.539	21.3	22.9	.225	.500	17.6	57.4	.200
82	82	1979-04-08	@	LAL	L	103	111	98.2	105.9	104.8	.200		.526	55.8	77.3	4.8	6.9	.489	19.0	34.9	.167	.525	11.8	76.7	.050

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