1979-1980 Kansas City Kings: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Home record: 26-11 (4050 points scored, 3817 allowed) Road record: 17-24 (4381 points scored, 4383 allowed) Other sites: 4-0 (429 points scored, 403 allowed)
Previous Season Home record: 26-11 (4050 points scored, 3817 allowed) Road record: 17-24 (4381 points scored, 4383 allowed) Other sites: 4-0 (429 points scored, 403 allowed)
Head Coach: Cotton Fitzsimmons 8860 points scored (15th of 22 teams), 8603 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Otis Birdsong 6'3 190 24 Houston Tom Burleson 7'2 225 27 North Carolina State Terry Crosby 6'4 195 22 Tennessee Len Elmore 6'9 220 27 Maryland Phil Ford 6'2 175 23 North Carolina Gus Gerard 6'8 200 26 Virginia Mike Green 6'10 200 28 Louisiana State Ernie Grunfeld 6'6 210 24 Tennessee Reggie King 6'6 225 22 Alabama Sam Lacey 6'10 235 31 New Mexico State Billy McKinney 6'0 160 24 Northwestern Marlon Redmond 6'6 188 24 San Francisco Bill Robinzine 6'7 230 26 DePaul Scott Wedman 6'7 215 27 ColoradoTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Otis Birdsong 82 2885 781 1546 10 36 286 412 170 161 331 202 136 22 179 226 1858 22.7 G Phil Ford 82 2621 489 1058 4 23 346 423 29 143 172 610 136 4 282 208 1328 16.2 F Scott Wedman 68 2347 569 1112 7 22 145 181 114 272 386 145 84 45 112 230 1290 19.0 F Bill Robinzine 81 1917 362 723 1 2 200 274 184 342 526 62 106 23 148 311 925 11.4 C Sam Lacey 81 2412 303 677 0 1 137 185 172 473 645 460 111 109 211 307 743 9.2 F Reggie King 82 2052 257 499 0 1 159 219 184 382 566 106 69 31 100 230 673 8.2 G Billy McKinney 76 1333 206 459 1 10 107 133 20 66 86 248 58 5 89 87 520 6.8 G Ernie Grunfeld 80 1397 186 420 1 2 101 131 87 145 232 109 56 9 81 151 474 5.9 F Gus Gerard 73 869 159 348 1 3 66 100 77 100 177 43 41 26 49 96 385 5.3 C Len Elmore 58 915 104 242 0 0 51 74 74 183 257 64 41 39 67 154 259 4.5 C Mike Green 21 459 69 159 0 2 24 42 35 78 113 28 13 21 36 55 162 7.7 G Marlon Redmond 24 298 59 138 0 9 24 34 18 34 52 19 4 9 19 27 142 5.9 C Tom Burleson 37 272 36 104 0 3 23 40 23 49 72 20 8 13 25 49 95 2.6 G Terry Crosby 4 28 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 7 0 0 5 4 6 1.5
1979 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 18 Reggie King 438 Alabama
3 62 Terry Crosby 4 Tennessee
4 85 John McCullough 8 Oklahoma
5 105 Curtis Watkins DePaul
6 126 Bob Roma Princeton
7 145 Nick Daniels Xavier (OH)
8 164 Tony Vann Alabama-Huntsville
9 181 Gary Wilson Southern Illinois
10 200 Russell Saunders New Mexico
Traded draft picks:
#2 to LA via DEN (Mark Young)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western First Round 04/02/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 93-96 04/04/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 106-96 04/06/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 99-114Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/12/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 105-103 1-0
10/17/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 94-107 1-1
10/19/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 107-84 2-1
10/21/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 122-85 3-1
10/23/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 88-90 3-2
10/24/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 92-105 3-3
10/26/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-116 3-4
10/27/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 95-101 3-5
10/28/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 106-101 4-5
10/31/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 125-108 5-5
11/02/1979 vs New York Knicks L 111-112 5-6
11/03/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 110-123 5-7
11/04/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 98-101 5-8
11/07/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-110 5-9
11/09/1979 at Boston Celtics L 119-127 5-10
11/11/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 109-112 5-11
11/13/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-103 6-11
11/15/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-108 7-11
11/16/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 103-97 8-11
11/18/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 109-92 9-11
11/20/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 112-109 10-11
11/21/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 120-128 10-12
11/23/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 107-91 11-12
11/25/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 110-111 11-13
11/27/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 117-115 12-13
11/29/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 105-95 13-13
11/30/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 102-107 13-14
12/02/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 94-88 14-14
12/05/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-93 15-14
12/08/1979 at New York Knicks W 145-129 16-14
12/12/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 124-85 17-14
12/14/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 103-87 18-14
12/16/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 107-105 19-14
12/18/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 110-96 20-14
12/19/1979 at Washington Bullets W 107-97 21-14
12/20/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 109-120 21-15
12/22/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 111-115 21-16
12/26/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 118-111 22-16
12/28/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 112-118 22-17
12/29/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 125-127 22-18
01/02/1980 at Utah Jazz W 128-121 23-18
01/04/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 115-106 24-18
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/05/1980 at Atlanta Hawks W 112-107 25-18
01/06/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 120-101 26-18
01/08/1980 vs San Diego Clippers L 116-124 26-19
01/10/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 104-83 27-19
01/11/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 112-99 28-19
01/13/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 120-101 29-19
01/15/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 109-111 29-20
01/16/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks W 112-108 30-20
01/19/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 103-108 30-21
01/22/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-89 31-21
01/24/1980 at Utah Jazz W 110-88 32-21
01/25/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 107-113 32-22
01/26/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 112-107 33-22
01/29/1980 at Denver Nuggets W 121-111 34-22
01/30/1980 at Seattle Supersonics W 99-97 35-22
01/31/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 93-94 35-23
02/05/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 99-105 35-24
02/06/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 95-97 35-25
02/08/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 107-100 36-25
02/10/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 108-106 37-25
02/15/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 100-114 37-26
02/17/1980 at San Diego Clippers W 108-107 38-26
02/20/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 107-105 39-26
02/24/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 72-94 39-27
02/26/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 117-99 40-27
02/29/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 98-93 41-27
03/02/1980 at Houston Rockets W 94-91 42-27
03/05/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 101-117 42-28
03/07/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-111 42-29
03/09/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-93 43-29
03/11/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 98-100 43-30
03/16/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 121-128 43-31
03/18/1980 vs Phoenix Suns L 109-112 43-32
03/20/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 121-105 44-32
03/21/1980 at Utah Jazz W 102-98 45-32
03/23/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 90-112 45-33
03/25/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 102-106 45-34
03/26/1980 at Golden State Warriors L 100-106 45-35
03/28/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-114 46-35
03/30/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 114-110 47-35
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