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1979–80 Kansas City Kings season
NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| team | Kansas City Kings |
| team_link | Sacramento Kings |
| end_year | 1980 |
| wins | 47 |
| losses | 35 |
| division | Midwest |
| division_place | 2 |
| conf_place | 5 |
| gm | John Begzos |
| coach | Cotton Fitzsimmons |
| owners | Leon Karosen |
| Robert Margolin | |
| H. Paul Rosenberg | |
| arena | Municipal Auditorium |
| Kemper Arena | |
| television | KBMA-TV |
| radio | KCMO |
| playoffs | [West First Round](1980-nba-playoffs-bracket) |
| (eliminated 1-2) | |
| bbr_team | KCK |
Robert Margolin H. Paul Rosenberg Kemper Arena (eliminated 1-2)
The 1979–80 Kansas City Kings season was the Kings 31st season in the NBA and their eighth season in Kansas City.
Due to a June 1979 storm which caused the collapse of Kemper Arena's roof, the Kings were forced to play most of their home games at Municipal Auditorium, their Kansas City home during their first two seasons in the Midwest (the Kings split their home schedule between Kansas City and Omaha during the 1972–73, 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons before settling in Kansas City full-time). The Kings were able to return to Kemper late in the season.
Draft picks
Main article: 1979 NBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
|---|
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
|- | 7 | | @ Los Angeles | L 104–116 | | | | The Forum
| 3–4 |
|---|
| 14 |
| | @ Philadelphia | L 102–110 | | | | The Spectrum
| 5–9 |
|---|
| 17 |
| | Philadelphia | W 110–103 | | | | Municipal Auditorium
| 6–11 |
|---|
| 18 |
| | Los Angeles | W 114–108 | | | | Municipal Auditorium
| 7–11 |
|---|
| 24 |
| | @ Los Angeles | L 110–111 | | | | The Forum
| 11–13 |
|---|
| 38 |
| | Los Angeles | W 118–111 | | | | Municipal Auditorium | 22–16 |- align="center" |- style="background:#cfc;"
| - bgcolor="#bbffbb" |
|---|
| 63 |
| | @ Los Angeles | L 100–114 | | | | The Forum
| 37–26 |
|---|
| 70 |
| | Los Angeles | L 101–117 | | | | Kemper Arena | 42–28
Playoffs
|- | 1 | April 2 | @ Phoenix | L 93–96 | Otis Birdsong (23) | Reggie King (10) | Phil Ford (7) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,660
Awards and records
- Scott Wedman, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
References
References
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/KCK/1980.html 1979-80 Kansas City Kings]
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