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1979-1980 Philadelphia 76ers: 59-23  .720
Previous Season Home record: 36-5 (4577 points scored, 4218 allowed) Road record: 23-18 (4372 points scored, 4385 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Billy Cunningham 8949 points scored (10th of 22 teams), 8603 points allowed (4th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Henry Bibby 6'1 185 30 UCLA Maurice Cheeks 6'1 180 23 West Texas A&M Doug Collins 6'6 180 28 Illinois State Darryl Dawkins 6'11 251 22 None Julius Erving 6'6 200 29 Massachusetts Lionel Hollins 6'3 185 26 Arizona State Bobby Jones 6'9 210 28 North Carolina Caldwell Jones 6'11 217 29 Albany State Steve Mix 6'7 215 32 Toledo Eric Money 6'0 170 24 Arizona Clint Richardson 6'3 195 23 Seattle Al Skinner 6'3 190 27 Massachusetts Jim Spanarkel 6'5 190 22 Duke Bernard Toone 6'9 210 23 Marquette Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Julius Erving 78 2812 838 1614 4 20 420 534 215 361 576 355 170 140 284 208 2100 26.9 C Darryl Dawkins 80 2541 494 946 0 6 190 291 197 496 693 149 49 142 230 328 1178 14.7 F Bobby Jones 81 2125 398 748 0 3 257 329 152 298 450 146 102 118 146 223 1053 13.0 F Steve Mix 81 1543 363 703 4 10 207 249 114 176 290 149 67 9 132 114 937 11.6 G Maurice Cheeks 79 2623 357 661 4 9 180 231 75 199 274 556 183 32 216 197 898 11.4 G Henry Bibby 82 2035 251 626 11 52 226 286 65 143 208 307 62 6 147 161 739 9.0 C Caldwell Jones 80 2771 232 532 0 2 124 178 219 731 950 164 43 162 218 298 588 7.3 G Doug Collins 36 963 191 410 0 1 113 124 29 65 94 100 30 7 82 76 495 13.8 G Clint Richardson 52 988 159 348 1 3 28 45 55 68 123 107 24 15 64 97 347 6.7 G Lionel Hollins 27 796 130 313 2 10 67 87 24 45 69 112 46 9 68 68 329 12.2 G Jim Spanarkel 40 442 72 153 0 2 54 65 27 27 54 51 12 6 57 58 198 5.0 F Bernard Toone 23 124 23 64 1 7 8 10 12 22 34 12 4 5 16 20 55 2.4 G Eric Money 6 82 14 36 0 0 2 2 3 4 7 16 0 1 12 11 30 5.0 G Al Skinner 2 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1.0
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   16  Jim Spanarkel            259          Duke                           
  2   36  Clint Richardson         586          Seattle                          [pick acquired from DEN via NJ]
  2   37  Bernard Toone             23          Marquette                      
  3   58  Earl Cureton             674          Detroit                        
  4   83  Mike Niles                44          Cal State Fullerton            
  5  103  Carl McPipe                           Nebraska                       
  6  123  Dan Hartshorne                        Oregon                         
  7  142  Bobby Willis                          Penn                           
  8  163  Rick Raivio                           Portland                       
  9  180  Coby Leavitt                          Utah                           
 10  198  Keith McCord               2          Alabama-Birmingham             

Traded draft picks:



Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern First Round 04/02/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 111-96 04/04/1980 at Washington Bullets W 112-104 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Semifinals 04/06/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 107-104 04/09/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 99-92 04/10/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 93-105 04/13/1980 at Atlanta Hawks W 107-83 04/15/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 105-100 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Finals 04/18/1980 at Boston Celtics W 96-93 04/20/1980 at Boston Celtics L 90-96 04/23/1980 vs Boston Celtics W 99-97 04/25/1980 vs Boston Celtics W 102-90 04/27/1980 at Boston Celtics W 105-94 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/04/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 102-109 05/07/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers W 107-104 05/10/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 101-111 05/11/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 105-102 05/14/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 103-108 05/16/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 107-123 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Julius Erving 18 694 165 338 2 9 108 136 31 105 136 79 36 37 56 56 440 24.4 C Darryl Dawkins 18 607 126 238 0 3 60 93 44 93 137 33 13 42 46 75 312 17.3 G Lionel Hollins 18 618 97 233 0 10 54 68 17 54 71 113 27 3 46 49 248 13.8 F Bobby Jones 18 470 90 172 0 1 53 62 29 57 86 31 21 32 23 56 233 12.9 G Maurice Cheeks 18 675 89 174 1 5 29 41 22 52 74 111 45 4 45 43 208 11.6 C Caldwell Jones 18 639 58 129 0 3 42 52 50 135 185 34 13 37 37 75 158 8.8 G Henry Bibby 18 400 45 124 5 13 40 50 15 29 44 52 7 0 27 35 135 7.5 F Steve Mix 17 200 44 96 0 0 25 28 10 21 31 13 8 5 15 22 113 6.6 G Clint Richardson 3 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.7 G Jim Spanarkel 5 8 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.4 F Bernard Toone 4 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/12/1979   at Washington Bullets        W  93-92     1-0
10/13/1979   vs Houston Rockets           W 113-105    2-0
10/17/1979   at New Jersey Nets           W 113-88     3-0
10/19/1979   vs Detroit Pistons           W 112-104    4-0
10/20/1979   at New York Knicks           W 136-111    5-0
10/24/1979   vs Indiana Pacers            W 132-110    6-0
10/26/1979   vs New York Knicks           W 127-116    7-0
10/27/1979   at Cleveland Cavaliers       W 112-106    8-0
10/31/1979   at Atlanta Hawks             L  97-102    8-1
11/02/1979   vs Atlanta Hawks             L  81-85     8-2
11/03/1979   at Indiana Pacers            W 120-114    9-2
11/06/1979   at Milwaukee Bucks           W 118-117    10-2
11/07/1979   vs Kansas City Kings         W 110-102    11-2
11/09/1979   at Detroit Pistons           L  98-106    11-3
11/10/1979   vs Boston Celtics            W  95-94     12-3
11/13/1979   at Kansas City Kings         L 103-110    12-4
11/16/1979   vs San Antonio Spurs         L 105-106    12-5
11/17/1979   at Chicago Bulls             L 103-106    12-6
11/20/1979   at San Antonio Spurs         W 118-114    13-6
11/21/1979   at Houston Rockets           L  94-97     13-7
11/23/1979   vs Houston Rockets           W 113-102    14-7
11/24/1979   vs New Jersey Nets           W  91-82     15-7
11/26/1979   vs Indiana Pacers            W 113-112    16-7
11/28/1979   vs Washington Bullets        W 120-102    17-7
11/30/1979   vs San Diego Clippers        W 104-101    18-7
12/01/1979   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 117-105    19-7
12/05/1979   vs San Antonio Spurs         W 132-120    20-7
12/08/1979   vs Phoenix Suns              W 117-96     21-7
12/12/1979   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 112-91     22-7
12/14/1979   vs Atlanta Hawks             L  98-103    22-8
12/15/1979   at Atlanta Hawks             L  96-112    22-9
12/18/1979   at Detroit Pistons           W 114-102    23-9
12/19/1979   at Boston Celtics            L  89-112    23-10
12/21/1979   vs Houston Rockets           W 117-106    24-10
12/22/1979   vs Boston Celtics            W 126-113    25-10
12/25/1979   at Washington Bullets        W  95-92     26-10
12/27/1979   at San Antonio Spurs         W 118-114    27-10
12/29/1979   at Houston Rockets           L 100-104    27-11
01/03/1980   at Cleveland Cavaliers       W 109-108    28-11
01/08/1980   at New York Knicks           W 111-108    29-11
01/09/1980   vs New Jersey Nets           W 108-105    30-11
01/11/1980   vs Washington Bullets        W 119-106    31-11
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/13/1980   vs New York Knicks           W 126-112    32-11
01/16/1980   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 121-110    33-11
01/18/1980   at New Jersey Nets           W 112-105    34-11
01/19/1980   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 111-107    35-11
01/23/1980   at Denver Nuggets            W 118-93     36-11
01/25/1980   at Los Angeles Lakers        L 103-124    36-12
01/27/1980   at Phoenix Suns              L 118-125    36-13
01/28/1980   at Utah Jazz                 L 101-107    36-14
01/30/1980   vs Detroit Pistons           W 121-108    37-14
01/31/1980   at Houston Rockets           W 110-105    38-14
02/05/1980   at Indiana Pacers            W 109-108    39-14
02/06/1980   at Boston Celtics            L 110-129    39-15
02/08/1980   vs Seattle Supersonics       L  94-109    39-16
02/10/1980   vs Los Angeles Lakers        W 105-104    40-16
02/13/1980   vs Utah Jazz                 W 107-85     41-16
02/15/1980   at Detroit Pistons           W 114-104    42-16
02/16/1980   vs Chicago Bulls             W 100-92     43-16
02/17/1980   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 115-100    44-16
02/21/1980   at San Diego Clippers        L  99-104    44-17
02/24/1980   at Golden State Warriors     W 103-100    45-17
02/26/1980   at Portland Trail Blazers    W  98-96     46-17
02/27/1980   at Seattle Supersonics       W 101-98     47-17
02/29/1980   vs Denver Nuggets            W 104-103    48-17
03/02/1980   vs Golden State Warriors     W 144-99     49-17
03/05/1980   vs Indiana Pacers            W 120-113    50-17
03/07/1980   at Boston Celtics            L  92-111    50-18
03/09/1980   at San Antonio Spurs         W 134-118    51-18
03/11/1980   at Atlanta Hawks             W 102-97     52-18
03/12/1980   vs Washington Bullets        W 105-98     53-18
03/14/1980   at Indiana Pacers            L  94-104    53-19
03/16/1980   at Cleveland Cavaliers       L 109-123    53-20
03/17/1980   vs Detroit Pistons           W 123-109    54-20
03/19/1980   vs San Antonio Spurs         L  99-105    54-21
03/20/1980   at Washington Bullets        L 113-119    54-22
03/21/1980   vs New Jersey Nets           W 108-99     55-22
03/23/1980   vs New York Knicks           W 112-108    56-22
03/26/1980   vs Atlanta Hawks             W  84-81     57-22
03/27/1980   at New York Knicks           W 103-101    58-22
03/28/1980   at New Jersey Nets           L  92-99     58-23
03/30/1980   vs Boston Celtics            W 116-110    59-23

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