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1979-1980 Chicago Bulls: 30-52 .366
Previous Season Home record: 21-20 (4538 points scored, 4552 allowed) Road record: 9-31 (4178 points scored, 4380 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (97 points scored, 103 allowed)

Head Coach: Jerry Sloan 8813 points scored (17th of 22 teams), 9035 points allowed (14th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 31 Santa Clara Del Beshore 5'11 165 23 California (PA) Roger Brown 6'11 225 29 Kansas Coby Dietrick 6'10 220 31 San Jose State Artis Gilmore 7'2 240 30 Jacksonville Dave Greenwood 6'9 222 22 UCLA Ollie Johnson 6'6 200 30 Temple Dwight Jones 6'10 210 27 Houston Mark Landsberger 6'8 215 24 Arizona State Ollie Mack 6'3 185 22 East Carolina Scott May 6'6 215 25 Indiana John Mengelt 6'2 195 30 Auburn Sam Smith 6'7 230 35 Kentucky Wesleyan Ricky Sobers 6'3 198 26 Nevada - Las Vegas Reggie Theus 6'6 190 22 Nevada - Las Vegas
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Reggie Theus 82 3029 566 1172 28 105 500 597 143 186 329 515 114 20 348 262 1660 20.2 F Dave Greenwood 82 2791 498 1051 1 7 337 416 223 550 773 182 60 129 210 313 1334 16.3 G Ricky Sobers 82 2673 470 1002 21 68 200 239 75 167 242 426 136 17 282 294 1161 14.2 C Artis Gilmore 48 1568 305 513 0 0 245 344 108 324 432 133 29 59 133 167 855 17.8 F Scott May 54 1298 264 587 0 4 144 172 78 140 218 104 45 5 77 126 672 12.4 F Ollie Johnson 79 1535 262 527 1 11 82 93 50 113 163 161 59 24 96 165 607 7.7 C Coby Dietrick 79 1830 227 500 1 9 90 118 101 262 363 216 89 51 112 230 545 6.9 F Dwight Jones 53 1170 207 387 0 0 119 165 83 213 296 90 24 37 102 159 533 10.1 F Mark Landsberger 54 1136 183 346 0 0 87 166 157 293 450 32 23 17 75 113 453 8.4 G Sam Smith 30 496 97 230 8 35 57 63 22 32 54 42 25 7 33 54 259 8.6 G Del Beshore 68 869 88 250 10 26 58 87 16 47 63 139 58 5 104 105 244 3.6 G John Mengelt 36 387 90 166 0 6 39 49 3 20 23 38 10 0 36 54 219 6.1 G Ollie Mack 23 526 77 149 0 4 29 33 25 24 49 33 20 3 26 34 183 8.0 C Dennis Awtrey 26 560 27 60 0 0 32 50 29 86 115 40 12 15 27 66 86 3.3 C Roger Brown 4 37 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 10 1 0 3 0 4 2 0.5
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    2  David Greenwood          823          UCLA                           
  2   33  Lawrence Butler                       Idaho State                      [pick acquired from SD via DEN]
  3   47  Calvin Garrett           166          Oral Roberts                     [pick acquired from CLE]
  3   49  Cedrick Hordges          145          South Carolina                 
  4   72  George Maynor                         East Carolina                  
  5   93  Larry Washington                      Drury (MO)                     
  6  114  Steve Smith                           USC                            
  7  133  Mike Eversley                         Chicago State                  
  8  153  Tony Warren                           North Carolina State           
  9  171  James Jackson                         Minnesota                      
 10  190  Marvin Thoms                          UCLA                           
 10  197  Cortez Collins                        Indiana State-Evansville         [pick acquired from DEN]

Traded draft picks:

#2 to GOL (Danny Salisbury)

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 102-96 1-0 10/14/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 102-112 1-1 10/16/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 96-105 1-2 10/18/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 107-111 1-3 10/20/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 116-104 2-3 10/21/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 111-113 2-4 10/23/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 108-103 3-4 10/25/1979 at Utah Jazz L 105-113 3-5 10/26/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 93-95 3-6 10/28/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-108 3-7 10/30/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-111 3-8 11/02/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 99-113 3-9 11/03/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 134-136 3-10 11/06/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 97-114 3-11 11/09/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 107-92 4-11 11/10/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 90-94 4-12 11/13/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 127-128 4-13 11/14/1979 at Washington Bullets L 105-118 4-14 11/16/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 97-103 4-15 11/17/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 106-103 5-15 11/20/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 91-124 5-16 11/23/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 103-98 6-16 11/24/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 101-106 6-17 11/27/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 103-128 6-18 11/30/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 107-100 7-18 12/01/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 86-99 7-19 12/05/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 90-97 7-20 12/07/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 95-93 8-20 12/09/1979 at Seattle Supersonics W 121-112 9-20 12/11/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 104-93 10-20 12/15/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 113-115 10-21 12/18/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 118-129 10-22 12/19/1979 at Houston Rockets W 108-102 11-22 12/21/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 117-127 11-23 12/22/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 126-117 12-23 12/26/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 101-110 12-24 12/28/1979 vs New York Knicks L 102-120 12-25 01/04/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 121-118 13-25 01/05/1980 at New York Knicks L 117-124 13-26 01/08/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-102 14-26 01/10/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 83-104 14-27 01/11/1980 vs Indiana Pacers L 105-110 14-28
Date Opponent Result Record 01/13/1980 at Detroit Pistons L 102-107 14-29 01/15/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-109 15-29 01/16/1980 at Boston Celtics L 104-114 15-30 01/18/1980 vs Utah Jazz L 102-107 15-31 01/19/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 117-108 16-31 01/22/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 145-131 17-31 01/25/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 113-107 18-31 01/26/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-109 18-32 01/27/1980 at New Jersey Nets L 127-128 18-33 01/29/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 99-103 18-34 01/31/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 97-107 18-35 02/05/1980 at Utah Jazz L 106-116 18-36 02/06/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 111-122 18-37 02/08/1980 vs Phoenix Suns L 109-113 18-38 02/10/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-117 19-38 02/12/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 100-94 20-38 02/13/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 101-111 20-39 02/15/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs L 124-131 20-40 02/16/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 92-100 20-41 02/17/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 100-108 20-42 02/19/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 115-106 21-42 02/20/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 117-125 21-43 02/24/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 110-102 22-43 02/26/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 105-85 23-43 02/29/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-108 23-44 03/02/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 107-110 23-45 03/05/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 106-105 24-45 03/07/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-101 24-46 03/09/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 103-113 24-47 03/11/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 100-98 25-47 03/14/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 101-122 25-48 03/15/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-108 26-48 03/18/1980 at San Diego Clippers W 115-101 27-48 03/19/1980 at Utah Jazz L 100-103 27-49 03/21/1980 vs Denver Nuggets L 128-134 27-50 03/23/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 129-115 28-50 03/25/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 111-122 28-51 03/26/1980 at Denver Nuggets W 122-115 29-51 03/29/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 111-106 30-51 03/30/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 110-114 30-52

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