1979–80 game log Total: 49–33 (home: 28–12; road: 21–21) |
October: 9–1 (home: 5–0; road: 4–1) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | 1 | October 12, 1979 | @ Kansas City | L 103–105 | Marques Johnson (28) | | | Municipal Auditorium | 0–1 | 2 | October 13, 1979 | @ Denver | W 125–96 | Dave Meyers (26) | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 1–1 | 3 | October 15, 1979 | @ Utah | W 131–107 | Junior Bridgeman (28) | | | Salt Palace | 2–1 | 4 | October 17, 1979 | Denver | W 125–97 | Marques Johnson (27) | Kent Benson (9) | | MECCA Arena | 3–1 | 5 | October 19, 1979 | Phoenix | W 95–94 | Brian Winters (18) | | | MECCA Arena | 4–1 | 6 | October 21, 1979 | Chicago | W 113–111 | Junior Bridgeman (26) | | | MECCA Arena | 5–1 | 7 | October 23, 1979 | @ Phoenix | W 114–108 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 6-1 | 8 | October 25, 1979 | @ San Diego | W 118–115 | Brian Winters (23) | | | San Diego Sports Arena | 7-1 | 9 | October 27, 1979 | Detroit | W 132–118 | | | | MECCA Arena | 8–1 | 10 | October 31, 1979 | Los Angeles | W 110–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 9–1 | |
November: 8–6 (home: 4–3; road: 4–3) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | 11 | November 3, 1979 | @ Chicago | W 136–134 (OT) | | | | Chicago Stadium | 10–1 | 12 | November 4, 1979 | Seattle | L 101–114 | | | | MECCA Arena | 10–2 | 13 | November 6, 1979 | Philadelphia | L 117–118 | | | | MECCA Arena | 10–3 | 14 | November 8, 1979 | Portland | W 98–89 | | | | MECCA Arena | 11–3 | 15 | November 10, 1979 | San Diego | W 133–104 | | | | MECCA Arena | 12–3 | 16 | November 13, 1979 | @ Portland | W 101–92 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 13–3 | 17 | November 14, 1979 | @ Seattle | L 117–136 | | | | Kingdome | 13–4 | 18 | November 18, 1979 | @ San Diego | L 96–112 | | | | San Diego Sports Arena | 13–5 | 19 | November 21, 1979 | Atlanta | W 96–93 | | | | MECCA Arena | 14–5 | 20 | November 22, 1979 | @ New Jersey | W 117–109 | | | | Rutgers Athletic Center | 15–5 | 21 | November 23, 1979 | @ Detroit | L 100–119 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 15–6 | 22 | November 25, 1979 | Golden State | W 114–90 | | | | MECCA Arena | 16–6 | 23 | November 27, 1979 | New Jersey | L 93–118 | | | | MECCA Arena | 16–7 | 24 | November 28, 1979 | @ Indiana | W 87–79 | | | | Market Square Arena | 17–7 | |
December: 5–10 (home: 3–3; road: 2–7) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | 25 | December 1, 1979 | @ Golden State | W 109–99 | | | | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 18–7 | 26 | December 2, 1979 | @ Los Angeles | L 103–116 | | | | The Forum | 18–8 | 27 | December 3, 1979 | @ Utah | W 96–89 | | | | Salt Palace | 19–8 | 28 | December 5, 1979 | @ Denver | L 107–123 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 19–9 | 29 | December 7, 1979 | San Antonio | L 105–117 | | | | MECCA Arena | 19–10 | 30 | December 9, 1979 | Boston | L 108–113 | | | | MECCA Arena | 19–11 | 31 | December 11, 1979 | Seattle | L 99–103 | | | | MECCA Arena | 19–12 | 33 | December 12, 1979 | @ Philadelphia | L 91–112 | | | | The Spectrum | 19–13 | 33 | December 14, 1979 | @ Boston | L 94–97 | | | | Boston Garden | 19–14 | 34 | December 16, 1979 | Utah | W 104–79 | | | | MECCA Arena | 20–14 | 35 | December 20, 1979 | Kansas City | W 120–109 | | | | MECCA Arena | 21–14 | 36 | December 23, 1979 | @ Phoenix | L 103–106 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 21–15 | 37 | December 26, 1979 | Chicago | W 110–101 | | | | MECCA Arena | 22–15 | 38 | December 27, 1979 | @ Washington | L 108–117 | | | | Capital Centre | 22–16 | 39 | December 29, 1979 | @ New York | L 105–117 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 22–17 | 40 | December 30, 1979 | Utah | L 88–95 | | | | MECCA Arena | 22–18 | |
January: 6–6 (home: 4–2; road: 2–4) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | 41 | January 3, 1980 | Indiana | W 106–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 23–18 | 42 | January 5, 1980 | @ Cleveland | W 99–98 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 24–18 | 43 | January 6, 1980 | Los Angeles | W 113–103 | | | | MECCA Arena | 25–18 | 44 | January 8, 1980 | @ Chicago | L 102–110 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 25–19 | 46 | January 11, 1980 | New York | W 109–107 | | | | MECCA Arena | 26–20 | 47 | January 13, 1980 | Houston | L 117–121 | | | | MECCA Arena | 26–21 | 48 | January 16, 1980 | Kansas City | L 108–112 | | | | MECCA Arena | 26–22 | 50 | January 20, 1980 | Portland | W 89–88 | | | | MECCA Arena | 27–23 | 53 | January 25, 1980 | @ Phoenix | L 96–110 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 28–25 | 54 | January 27, 1980 | @ Los Angeles | L 102–112 | | | | The Forum | 28–26 | 55 | January 29, 1980 | @ Portland | W 103–96 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 29–26 | 56 | January 31, 1980 | @ Seattle | L 101–105 | | | | Kingdome | 29–27 | |
February: 9–2 (home: 5–0; road: 4–2) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | 57 | February 6, 1980 | Cleveland | W 111–109 | | | | MECCA Arena | 30–27 | 58 | February 8, 1980 | Washington | W 115–90 | | | | MECCA Arena | 31–27 | 59 | February 10, 1980 | Phoenix | W 109–107 | Bob Lanier (23) | | | MECCA Arena | 32–27 | 60 | February 13, 1980 | Chicago | W 111–101 | Junior Bridgeman (32) | | | MECCA Arena | 33–27 | 62 | February 15, 1980 | @ Houston | W 114–103 | | | | The Summit | 35–27 | 63 | February 17, 1980 | @ San Antonio | L 134–135 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 35–28 | 64 | February 20, 1980 | @ Atlanta | L 103–106 | | | | The Omni | 35–29 | 65 | February 24, 1980 | @ Kansas City | W 94–72 | | | | Kemper Arena | 36–29 | 66 | February 26, 1980 | San Diego | W 122–88 | Pat Cummings (25) | Harvey Catchings (11) | Junior Bridgeman, Quinn Buckner (7) | MECCA Arena | 37–29 | 67 | February 27, 1980 | @ Phoenix | W 119–110 (OT) | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 38-29 | 68 | February 29, 1980 | @ Los Angeles | W 126–117 | Brian Winters (34) | | | The Forum | 36—29 | |
March: 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0) |
1979–80 schedule |