1979-80 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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Record: 55-27, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (55-27)

PTS/G: 111.1 (7th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.5 (8th of 22)

SRS: 3.25 (6th of 22) Pace: 104.8 (6th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.6 (10th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.2 (5th of 22) Net Rtg: +3.4 (6th of 22)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (6th of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Kansas City Kings (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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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		Golden State Warriors	W		97	89	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Oct 14, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		112	102	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Oct 16, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		102	86	3	0	W 3
4	Fri, Oct 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	95	3	1	L 1	10,938
5	Sat, Oct 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		104	116	3	2	L 2
6	Sun, Oct 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		85	122	3	3	L 3
7	Tue, Oct 23, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		108	114	3	4	L 4	10,538
8	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W	OT	110	108	4	4	W 1	6,296
9	Fri, Oct 26, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		92	86	5	4	W 2
10	Sun, Oct 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		89	88	6	4	W 3
11	Tue, Oct 30, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		142	109	7	4	W 4
12	Fri, Nov 2, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	112	7	5	L 1
13	Tue, Nov 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		120	107	8	5	W 1
14	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		102	114	8	6	L 1
15	Fri, Nov 9, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	106	9	6	W 1
16	Sun, Nov 11, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		116	91	10	6	W 2
17	Wed, Nov 14, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		104	100	11	6	W 3
18	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		98	97	12	6	W 4
19	Sun, Nov 18, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		95	99	12	7	L 1
20	Tue, Nov 20, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		110	117	12	8	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		128	120	13	8	W 1
22	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		126	112	14	8	W 2
23	Sat, Nov 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		115	101	15	8	W 3
24	Sun, Nov 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		87	86	16	8	W 4
25	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		116	127	16	9	L 1
26	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		99	86	17	9	W 1
27	Tue, Dec 4, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		114	118	17	10	L 1
28	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		100	115	17	11	L 2
29	Fri, Dec 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		92	100	17	12	L 3	15,320	2:08
30	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		96	117	17	13	L 4
31	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		123	99	18	13	W 1
32	Thu, Dec 13, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		121	113	19	13	W 2	11,841
33	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		126	105	20	13	W 3
34	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		117	99	21	13	W 4
35	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		127	117	22	13	W 5
36	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		115	111	23	13	W 6
37	Sun, Dec 23, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		106	103	24	13	W 7	10,938
38	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		119	99	25	13	W 8
39	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		118	112	26	13	W 9
40	Sun, Dec 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	113	26	14	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		109	118	26	15	L 2
42	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		110	111	26	16	L 3
43	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		113	100	27	16	W 1
44	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		96	107	27	17	L 1
45	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		106	103	28	17	W 1
46	Tue, Jan 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		107	99	29	17	W 2
47	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		115	108	30	17	W 3
48	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		101	99	31	17	W 4
49	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		137	123	32	17	W 5
50	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		109	119	32	18	L 1
51	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		110	96	33	18	W 1	12,660
52	Sun, Jan 27, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		125	118	34	18	W 2
53	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		121	133	34	19	L 1	11,428
54	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		122	114	35	19	W 1
55	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		97	95	36	19	W 2
56	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		113	109	37	19	W 3
57	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	109	37	20	L 1	10,938
58	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		135	134	38	20	W 1	12,660	2:14
59	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		116	104	39	20	W 2
60	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		128	98	40	20	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		109	128	40	21	L 1
62	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		125	116	41	21	W 1
63	Fri, Feb 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		104	111	41	22	L 1
64	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		113	105	42	22	W 1
65	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		112	121	42	23	L 1
66	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	110	119	42	24	L 2	11,683
67	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		111	101	43	24	W 1
68	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	115	44	24	W 2
69	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		127	111	45	24	W 3
70	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		110	94	46	24	W 4
71	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	OT	113	103	47	24	W 5
72	Wed, Mar 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		122	113	48	24	W 6
73	Sat, Mar 15, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		109	120	48	25	L 1
74	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	128	48	26	L 2
75	Tue, Mar 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		112	109	49	26	W 1
76	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	108	50	26	W 2
77	Fri, Mar 21, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		111	100	51	26	W 3
78	Sun, Mar 23, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		118	102	52	26	W 4
79	Tue, Mar 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		95	104	52	27	L 1
80	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	99	53	27	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		114	100	54	27	W 2
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		122	104	55	27	W 3

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 2, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		96	93	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		96	106	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Apr 6, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		114	99	2	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Tue, Apr 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	119	2	2	L 1
5	Wed, Apr 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	128	131	2	3	L 2
6	Fri, Apr 11, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	108	2	4	L 3
7	Sun, Apr 13, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		127	101	3	4	W 1
8	Tue, Apr 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	126	3	5	L 1

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