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1978–79 Kansas City Kings season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Kansas City Kings
team_link	Sacramento Kings
end_year	1979
DivisionWin	yes
wins	48
losses	34
division	Midwest
division_place	1
conf_place	2
coach	Cotton Fitzsimmons
owners	Leon Karosen
Robert Margolin
H. Paul Rosenberg
arena	Kemper Arena
television	KBMA-TV
radio	KCMO
playoffs	[West Conference Semi-finals](1979-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(eliminated 1-4)
bbr_team	KCK

Robert Margolin H. Paul Rosenberg (eliminated 1-4)

The 1978–79 Kansas City Kings season was the Kings 30th season in the NBA and their seventh season in the city of Kansas City.

Roster

Cotton Fitzsimmons
Frank Hamblen

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 15, 1978 | @ Seattle | L 105–115 | | | | Kingdome | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 17, 1978 | @ Portland | L 112–115 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | October 19, 1978 | Houston | W 108–103 | | | | Kemper Arena | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | October 27, 1978 | @ Detroit | L 102–107 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 8 | October 28, 1978 | Phoenix | W 112–101 | | | | Kemper Arena | 4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 | November 4, 1978 | Denver | W 109–107 | | | | Kemper Arena | 6–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 10, 1978 | @ Los Angeles | L 127–136 | | | | The Forum | 7–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 11, 1978 | @ Denver | W 117–113 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 8–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 | November 15, 1978 | Atlanta | W 109–100 | | | | Kemper Arena | 9–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 | November 18, 1978 | New Jersey | W 114–100 | | | | Kemper Arena | 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | November 22, 1978 | Portland | W 115–96 | | | | Kemper Arena | 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 | December 2, 1978 | @ Washington | W 110–109 | | | | Capital Centre | 13–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 6, 1978 | Philadelphia | L 106–114 | | | | Kemper Arena | 14–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 | December 9, 1978 | Detroit | W 132–108 | | | | Kemper Arena | 15–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 13, 1978 | @ Philadelphia | L 100–120 | | | | The Spectrum | 15–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 | December 20, 1978 | Seattle | W 114–95 | | | | Kemper Arena | 18–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 22, 1978 | @ Phoenix | L 103–123 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 18–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 26, 1978 | Houston | L 102–109 | | | | Kemper Arena | 19–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | December 29, 1978 | @ New Jersey | W 137–126 | | | | Rutgers Athletic Center | 20–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 2, 1979 | Denver | L 97–99 | | | | Kemper Arena | 20–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 36 | January 3, 1979 | @ Denver | W 108–101 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 21–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 9, 1979 | @ Houston | L 110–126 | | | | The Summit | 23–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 | January 19, 1979 | San Antonio | W 115–113 | | | | Kemper Arena | 28–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 20, 1979 | @ Detroit | L 110–122 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 28–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | January 24, 1979 | @ San Antonio | L 95–124 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 28–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | January 26, 1979 | Washington | W 142–128 | | | | Kemper Arena | 29–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | January 31, 1979 | @ Atlanta | L 118–130 | | | | The Omni | 30–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 | February 2, 1979 | Detroit | W 114–95 | | | | Kemper Arena | 31–20 |- align="center" |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 | February 7, 1979 | Atlanta | W 124–108 | | | | Kemper Arena | 32–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | February 11, 1979 | Los Angeles | W 104–103 | | | | Kemper Arena | 34–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 | February 13, 1979 | @ New Jersey | L 102–111 | | | | Rutgers Athletic Center | 34–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 14, 1979 | @ Philadelphia | W 108–106 | | | | The Spectrum | 35–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 | February 16, 1979 | Philadelphia | W 119–104 | | | | Kemper Arena | 36–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | February 23, 1979 | Phoenix | W 121–112 | | | | Kemper Arena | 39–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 | February 25, 1979 | Seattle | W 114–106 | | | | Kemper Arena | 40–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | February 27, 1979 | @ Los Angeles | L 114–122 | | | | The Forum | 40–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 2, 1979 | @ San Antonio | L 125–129 (OT) | | | | HemisFair Arena | 40–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 7, 1979 | @ Atlanta | L 120–122 (OT) | | | | The Omni | 40–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 68 | March 9, 1979 | Washington | W 121–116 | | | | Kemper Arena | 41–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 11, 1979 | Portland | L 100–115 | | | | Kemper Arena | 41–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 14, 1979 | @ Houston | L 107–129 | | | | The Summit | 41–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 21, 1979 | San Antonio | L 116–123 | | | | Kemper Arena | 43–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 23, 1979 | @ Phoenix | L 107–126 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 43–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 24, 1979 | @ Portland | L 98–100 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 43–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | March 25, 1979 | @ Seattle | L 101–111 | | | | Kingdome | 43–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 4, 1979 | Los Angeles | W 115–111 (OT) | | | | Kemper Arena | 46–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 6, 1978 | New Jersey | W 117–114 (OT) | | | | Kemper Arena | 47–34

Playoffs

1–4

Awards and records

Phil Ford, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
Cotton Fitzsimmons, NBA Coach of the Year Award
Phil Ford, All-NBA Second Team
Phil Ford, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/KCK/1979.html 1978-79 Kansas City Kings]

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