1979-80 Seattle SuperSonics Schedule and Results

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Record: 56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Lenny Wilkens (56-26)

Executive: Zollie Volchok

PTS/G: 108.5 (12th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 103.8 (3rd of 22)

SRS: 4.24 (3rd of 22) Pace: 101.8 (16th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.8 (8th of 22) Def Rtg: 101.2 (3rd of 22) Net Rtg: +4.5 (3rd of 22)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (3rd of 22)

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (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	Sun, Oct 14, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		93	98	0	1	L 1
2	Tue, Oct 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		86	102	0	2	L 2
3	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	110	1	2	W 1
4	Fri, Oct 19, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		106	98	2	2	W 2
5	Sun, Oct 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	106	2	3	L 1
6	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		105	92	3	3	W 1
7	Fri, Oct 26, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		86	92	3	4	L 1
8	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		105	110	3	5	L 2
9	Sun, Oct 28, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		108	97	4	5	W 1
10	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		97	89	5	5	W 2
11	Fri, Nov 2, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		117	107	6	5	W 3
12	Sun, Nov 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		114	101	7	5	W 4
13	Tue, Nov 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		114	97	8	5	W 5
14	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		92	113	8	6	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		88	87	9	6	W 1
16	Wed, Nov 14, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		136	117	10	6	W 2
17	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	100	11	6	W 3
18	Sat, Nov 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		108	103	12	6	W 4
19	Sun, Nov 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		95	100	12	7	L 1
20	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		119	110	13	7	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		94	90	14	7	W 2
22	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		127	116	15	7	W 3
23	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W	OT	107	102	16	7	W 4
24	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		95	97	16	8	L 1
25	Sun, Dec 2, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		111	98	17	8	W 1
26	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		115	96	18	8	W 2
27	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		125	100	19	8	W 3
28	Sun, Dec 9, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		112	121	19	9	L 1
29	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		103	99	20	9	W 1
30	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		112	107	21	9	W 2
31	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		109	101	22	9	W 3
32	Sun, Dec 16, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		123	121	23	9	W 4
33	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		114	122	23	10	L 1
34	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	102	24	10	W 1
35	Sun, Dec 23, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	102	24	11	L 1
36	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		124	104	25	11	W 1
37	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	97	26	11	W 2
38	Sun, Dec 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		107	100	27	11	W 3
39	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L	2OT	134	139	27	12	L 1
40	Fri, Jan 4, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	105	28	12	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		121	112	29	12	W 2
42	Sun, Jan 6, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		103	105	29	13	L 1
43	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		120	111	30	13	W 1
44	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		100	90	31	13	W 2
45	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		105	102	32	13	W 3
46	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		109	101	33	13	W 4
47	Tue, Jan 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		120	100	34	13	W 5
48	Fri, Jan 18, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		124	117	35	13	W 6
49	Sun, Jan 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	2OT	108	106	36	13	W 7	15,320	2:40
50	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		98	96	37	13	W 8
51	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		116	125	37	14	L 1
52	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		111	123	37	15	L 2
53	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L		97	99	37	16	L 3
54	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		105	101	38	16	W 1
55	Tue, Feb 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		123	121	39	16	W 2
56	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		119	102	40	16	W 3
57	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		109	94	41	16	W 4
58	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		122	107	42	16	W 5
59	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		93	86	43	16	W 6
60	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		93	84	44	16	W 7
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		109	108	45	16	W 8	28,726	2:15
62	Tue, Feb 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		106	115	45	17	L 1
63	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		105	107	45	18	L 2
64	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		105	95	46	18	W 1
65	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	131	46	19	L 1
66	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	98	101	46	20	L 2
67	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		108	101	47	20	W 1
68	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		103	91	48	20	W 2
69	Tue, Mar 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		98	97	49	20	W 3
70	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		111	127	49	21	L 1
71	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		104	97	50	21	W 1
72	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		93	113	50	22	L 1
73	Wed, Mar 12, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	112	50	23	L 2
74	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		122	101	51	23	W 1
75	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	108	51	24	L 1
76	Fri, Mar 21, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		107	104	52	24	W 1
77	Sat, Mar 22, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		92	97	52	25	L 1
78	Sun, Mar 23, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		112	90	53	25	W 1
79	Tue, Mar 25, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		104	95	54	25	W 2
80	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		99	109	54	26	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		108	82	55	26	W 1
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		135	104	56	26	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 2, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		120	110	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	OT	95	105	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Apr 6, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		103	86	2	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Tue, Apr 8, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	OT	114	113	3	1	W 2
5	Wed, Apr 9, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	112	114	3	2	L 1
6	Fri, Apr 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		91	95	3	3	L 2
7	Sun, Apr 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	107	4	3	W 1
8	Tue, Apr 15, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	108	4	4	L 1
9	Fri, Apr 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		86	85	5	4	W 1
10	Sun, Apr 20, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		98	94	6	4	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
11	Tue, Apr 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		108	107	7	4	W 3
12	Wed, Apr 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		99	108	7	5	L 1
13	Fri, Apr 25, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		100	104	7	6	L 2
14	Sun, Apr 27, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		93	98	7	7	L 3
15	Wed, Apr 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	111	7	8	L 4

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