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1979-1980 San Diego Clippers: 35-47 .427
Previous Season Home record: 24-17 (4556 points scored, 4544 allowed) Road record: 11-29 (4171 points scored, 4518 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (93 points scored, 98 allowed)

Head Coach: Gene Shue 8820 points scored (16th of 22 teams), 9160 points allowed (16th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Marvin Barnes 6'8 210 27 Providence Joe Bryant 6'9 185 25 La Salle Bob Carrington 6'6 195 26 Boston College Lloyd Free 6'2 185 26 Guilford Steve Malovic 6'10 230 23 San Diego State Swen Nater 6'11 240 29 UCLA John Olive 6'7 210 24 Villanova Stan Pietkiewicz 6'5 200 23 Auburn Bingo Smith 6'5 195 33 Tulsa Brian Taylor 6'2 185 28 Princeton Bill Walton 6'11 210 27 UCLA Nick Weatherspoon 6'7 195 29 Illinois Jerome Whitehead 6'10 220 23 Marquette Sidney Wicks 6'8 225 30 UCLA Freeman Williams 6'4 190 23 Portland State
Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Lloyd Free 68 2585 737 1556 9 25 572 760 129 109 238 283 81 32 228 195 2055 30.2 G Freeman Williams 82 2118 645 1343 42 128 194 238 103 89 192 166 72 9 171 145 1526 18.6 C Swen Nater 81 2860 443 799 0 2 196 273 352 864 1216 233 45 37 257 259 1082 13.4 G Brian Taylor 78 2754 418 895 90 239 130 162 76 112 188 335 147 25 141 246 1056 13.5 F Bingo Smith 70 1988 352 819 22 76 93 107 92 153 245 93 59 15 72 188 819 11.7 F Joe Bryant 81 2328 294 682 5 34 161 217 171 345 516 144 102 39 170 258 754 9.3 F Sidney Wicks 71 2146 210 496 0 1 83 152 138 271 409 213 76 52 167 241 503 7.1 F Nick Weatherspoon 57 1124 164 378 0 0 63 91 83 125 208 54 34 17 86 136 391 6.9 G Stan Pietkiewicz 50 577 91 179 9 36 37 46 26 19 45 94 25 4 51 52 228 4.6 C Bill Walton 14 337 81 161 0 0 32 54 28 98 126 34 8 38 37 37 194 13.9 F Marvin Barnes 20 287 24 60 0 0 16 32 34 43 77 18 5 12 18 52 64 3.2 C Jerome Whitehead 18 225 27 45 0 0 5 18 29 41 70 6 1 6 8 32 59 3.3 F Steve Malovic 28 277 23 42 0 0 7 9 27 31 58 12 5 1 14 35 53 1.9 G Bob Carrington 10 134 15 37 0 2 6 8 6 7 13 3 4 1 5 18 36 3.6 F John Olive 1 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  3   55  Tom Channel                           Boston University              
  4   77  Lionel Garrett                        Southern                       
  5   99  Greg Joyner                           Middle Tennessee State         
  6  119  Bob Bender                            Duke                           
  7  139  Jene Grey                             LeMoyne                        
  8  158  Renaldo Lawrence                      Appalachian State              
  9  176  Mike Dodd                             San Diego State                
 10  194  Greg Hunter                           Loyola Marymount               

Traded draft picks:

#1 to NJ (Cliff Robinson)
#2 to CHI via DEN  (Lawrence Butler)

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 102-103 0-1 10/14/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 98-93 1-1 10/16/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 81-88 1-2 10/18/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 111-107 2-2 10/19/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 98-106 2-3 10/22/1979 at Utah Jazz L 109-110 2-4 10/23/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 132-127 3-4 10/25/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 115-118 3-5 10/27/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 110-105 4-5 10/28/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 101-106 4-6 10/31/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 123-130 4-7 11/02/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 102-123 4-8 11/03/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 126-109 5-8 11/06/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 112-127 5-9 11/07/1979 at Phoenix Suns W 114-102 6-9 11/09/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 92-107 6-10 11/10/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 104-133 6-11 11/13/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 91-137 6-12 11/16/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 105-97 7-12 11/18/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 112-96 8-12 11/20/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 117-110 9-12 11/21/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 84-105 9-13 11/23/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 91-107 9-14 11/27/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 128-103 10-14 11/28/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 114-108 11-14 11/30/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 101-104 11-15 12/01/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 96-106 11-16 12/04/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 112-115 11-17 12/06/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 105-103 12-17 12/07/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 116-108 13-17 12/09/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 98-96 14-17 12/12/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 107-118 14-18 12/14/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 112-108 15-18 12/16/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 133-126 16-18 12/18/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 96-110 16-19 12/20/1979 vs New York Knicks W 128-118 17-19 12/21/1979 at Utah Jazz W 110-98 18-19 12/23/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 124-118 19-19 12/26/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 104-124 19-20 12/27/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 97-118 19-21 12/29/1979 at Washington Bullets W 93-90 20-21 01/02/1980 at New Jersey Nets W 103-97 21-21
Date Opponent Result Record 01/03/1980 at New York Knicks L 101-138 21-22 01/04/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 118-121 21-23 01/06/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 105-103 22-23 01/08/1980 at Kansas City Kings W 124-116 23-23 01/09/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks W 111-107 24-23 01/11/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 116-112 25-23 01/12/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 119-102 26-23 01/16/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-108 27-23 01/18/1980 at Golden State Warriors L 91-92 27-24 01/19/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 123-137 27-25 01/22/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-129 27-26 01/23/1980 at Houston Rockets L 110-111 27-27 01/25/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 117-139 27-28 01/27/1980 at Boston Celtics L 108-131 27-29 01/29/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 133-121 28-29 02/06/1980 at Golden State Warriors L 92-117 28-30 02/08/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 118-104 29-30 02/09/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 104-123 29-31 02/13/1980 vs Washington Bullets L 103-108 29-32 02/17/1980 vs Kansas City Kings L 107-108 29-33 02/19/1980 vs New Jersey Nets L 113-123 29-34 02/21/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 104-99 30-34 02/24/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 102-110 30-35 02/26/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-122 30-36 02/27/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 129-113 31-36 02/29/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 93-98 31-37 03/02/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 98-101 31-38 03/04/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-105 32-38 03/08/1980 at Utah Jazz W 113-98 33-38 03/09/1980 vs Golden State Warriors L 107-125 33-39 03/11/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 106-123 33-40 03/13/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 116-102 34-40 03/15/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 120-109 35-40 03/16/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 107-127 35-41 03/18/1980 vs Chicago Bulls L 101-115 35-42 03/21/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 104-107 35-43 03/23/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 91-98 35-44 03/27/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 93-96 35-45 03/28/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 88-126 35-46 03/30/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 104-122 35-47

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