1978-79 Regular Season Game Log (43–39) (Home: 29–12; Road: 14–27) |
October (5–6) (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–4) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | Report | 1 | October 13 | @ Suns | L 114–128 | Kermit Washington (25) | Kermit Washington (11) | Randy Smith (11) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,217 | 0–1 | [1] | 2 | October 14 | @ Warriors | L 89–117 | Tied (21) | Kermit Washington (14) | Randy Smith (7) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 10,254 | 0–2 | [2] | 3 | October 15 | Nuggets | L 94–98 | Randy Smith (28) | Swen Nater (12) | Lloyd Free (4) | San Diego Sports Arena 8,362 | 0–3 | [3] | 4 | October 17 | Bulls | W 99–94 | Lloyd Free (29) | Tied (14) | Tied (4) | San Diego Sports Arena 4,944 | 1–3 | [4] | 5 | October 18 | Spurs | L 125–127 | Lloyd Free (29) | Kermit Washington (16) | Lloyd Free (8) | San Diego Sports Arena 5,614 | 1–4 | [5] | 6 | October 20 | @ Bulls | W 110–94 | Nick Weatherspoon (19) | Kermit Washington (13) | World B. Free (9) | Chicago Stadium 12,412 | 2–4 | [6] | 7 | October 21 | @ Pacers | L 119–125 | Lloyd Free (35) | Tied (12) | Lloyd Free (6) | Market Square Arena 9,243 | 2–5 | [7] | 8 | October 24 | Lakers | W 124–123 | Lloyd Free (35) | Kevin Kunnert (9) | Lloyd Free (7) | San Diego Sports Arena 11,637 | 3–5 | [8] | 9 | October 25 | Bucks | W 125–116 | Lloyd Free (38) | Swen Nater (15) | Lloyd Free (9) | San Diego Sports Arena 8,051 | 4–5 | [9] | 10 | October 27 | @ Lakers | L 101–113 | Lloyd Free (26) | Swen Nater (10) | Lloyd Free (5) | The Forum 9,246 | 4–6 | [10] | 11 | October 29 | SuperSonics | W 103–100 | Randy Smith (26) | Kevin Kunnert (10) | Randy Smith (6) | San Diego Sports Arena 9,469 | 5–6 | [11] | |
November (6–9) (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–5) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | Report | 12 | November 2 | Knicks | L 122–127 | Lloyd Free (42) | Kermit Washington (10) | Lloyd Free (7) | San Diego Sports Arena 9,744 | 5–7 | [12] | 13 | November 3 | @ Trail Blazers | L 98–119 | Randy Smith (22) | Kermit Washington (11) | Randy Smith (4) | Memorial Coliseum 12,666 | 5–8 | [13] | 14 | November 4 | Cavaliers | L 106–112 | Lloyd Free (24) | Kermit Washington (14) | Lloyd Free (6) | San Diego Sports Arena 9,791 | 5–9 | [14] | 15 | November 7 | @ Jazz | W 121–115 | Lloyd Free (29) | Nick Weatherspoon (16) | Lloyd Free (6) | New Orleans Superdome 6,411 | 6–9 | [15] | 16 | November 8 | @ Spurs | L 125–163 | Lloyd Free (26) | Swen Nater (9) | Tied (5) | HemisFair Arena 11,358 | 6–10 | [16] | 17 | November 9 | @ Hawks | L 101–125 | Nick Weatherspoon (25) | Swen Nater (10) | Tied (4) | Omni Coliseum 5,082 | 6–11 | [17] | 18 | November 11 | @ Rockets | L 123–136 | Lloyd Free (31) | Tied (6) | Randy Smith (11) | The Summit 9,179 | 6–12 | [18] | 19 | November 14 | Pacers | W 109–106 | Kermit Washington (29) | Swen Nater (12) | Lloyd Free (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 6,381 | 7–12 | [19] | 20 | November 16 | Warriors | W 112–109 | Lloyd Free (29) | Kermit Washington (10) | Lloyd Free (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 8,483 | 8–12 | [20] | 21 | November 18 | Jazz | W 114–111 | Randy Smith (36) | Swen Nater (17) | Randy Smith (6) | San Diego Sports Arena 8,151 | 9–12 | [21] | 22 | November 21 | Hawks | L 107–113 | Lloyd Free (26) | Kevin Kunnert (13) | Lloyd Free (6) | San Diego Sports Arena 6,730 | 9–13 | [22] | 23 | November 24 | @ 76ers | L 120–134 | Lloyd Free (33) | Kermit Washington (11) | Lloyd Free (8) | The Spectrum 18,276 | 9–14 | [23] | 24 | November 25 | @ Kings | W 87–86 | Lloyd Free (28) | Kevin Kunnert (15) | Tied (4) | Kemper Arena 11,320 | 10–14 | [24] | 25 | November 26 | Celtics | W 105–103 | LLoyd Free (28) | Kermit Washington (9) | Randy Smith (7) | San Diego Sports Arena 7,042 | 11–14 | [25] | 26 | November 30 | Rockets | L 104–113 | Nick Weatherspoon (22) | Nick Weatherspoon (11) | Randy Smith (7) | San Diego Sports Arena 6,597 | 11–15 | [26] | |
December (7–6) (Home: 2–2; Road: 5–4) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | Report | 27 | December 2 | Pistons | L 113–120 | Tied (25) | Tied (13) | Randy Smith (9) | San Diego Sports Arena 6,433 | 11–16 | [27] | 28 | December 6 | @ Celtics | L 111–117 | Lloyd Free (25) | Tied (11) | Randy Smith (10) | Boston Garden 7,688 | 11–17 | [28] | 29 | December 9 | @ Nets | L 120–125 | Lloyd Free (38) | Swen Nater (10) | Lloyd Free (4) | Rutgers Athletic Center 4,286 | 11–18 | [29] | 30 | December 10 | @ Bucks | W 107–106 | Lloyd Free (28) | Tied (12) | Lloyd Free (5) | MECCA Arena 10,889 | 12–18 | [30] | 31 | December 12 | @ Knicks | W 105–103 | Randy Smith (28) | Tied (9) | Lloyd Free (8) | Madison Square Garden 11,981 | 13–18 | [31] | 32 | December 13 | @ Bullets | L 117–134 | Randy Smith (29) | Swen Nater (9) | Randy Smith (6) | Capital Centre 7,621 | 13–19 | [32] | 33 | December 17 | Suns | W 116–100 | Lloyd Free (30) | Swen Nater (13) | Randy Smith (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 6,068 | 14–19 | [33] | 34 | December 19 | 76ers | L 113–124 | Lloyd Free (35) | Swen Nater (10) | Swen Nater (3) | San Diego Sports Arena 13,822 | 14–20 | [34] | 35 | December 25 | @ SuperSonics | W 123–118 | Randy Smith (29) | Swen Nater (13) | Randy Smith (12) | Kingdome 11,910 | 15–20 | [35] | 36 | December 26 | Bulls | W 115–109 | Lloyd Free (36) | Kermit Washington (10) | Lloyd Free (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 8,582 | 16–20 | [36] | 37 | December 28 | @ Cavaliers | L 114–116 | Lloyd Free (36) | Kevin Kunnert (9) | Lloyd Free (6) | Richfield Coliseum 11,091 | 16–21 | [37] | 38 | December 29 | @ Pistons | W 111–107 | Lloyd Free (35) | Swen Nater (14) | Randy Smith (8) | Pontiac Silverdome 10,284 | 17–21 | [38] | 39 | December 30 | @ Pacers | W 114–111 | Lloyd Free (30) | Kevin Kunnert (13) | Sidney Wicks (6) | Market Square Arena 7,263 | 18–21 | [39] | |
January (8–6) (Home: 5–0; Road: 3–6) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | Report | 40 | January 2 | Pistons | W 137–119 | Lloyd Free (33) | Kermit Washington (17) | Kermit Washington (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 6,139 | 19–21 | [40] | 41 | January 4 | @ Kings | L 99–108 | Randy Smith (37) | Kermit Washington (15) | Randy Smith (3) | Kemper Arena 6,647 | 19–22 | [41] | 42 | January 6 | @ Bucks | L 93–104 | Freeman Williams (26) | Kermit Washington (14) | Randy Smith (6) | MECCA Arena 10,938 | 19–23 | [42] | 43 | January 9 | @ Jazz | W 114–107 | Lloyd Free (34) | Kermit Washington (10) | Tied (7) | New Orleans Superdome 6,342 | 20–23 | [43] | 44 | January 11 | @ Spurs | L 111–140 | Nick Weatherspoon (38) | Nick Weatherspoon (9) | Randy Smith (12) | HemisFair Arena 11,008 | 20–24 | [44] | 45 | January 13 | @ Hawks | L 119–124 | Lloyd Free (46) | Kermit Washington (17) | Tied (3) | Omni Coliseum 7,681 | 20–25 | [45] | 46 | January 14 | @ Bullets | L 91–125 | Randy Smith (24) | Kermit Washington (13) | Randy Smith (8) | Capital Centre 9,588 | 20–26 | [46] | 47 | January 17 | Lakers | W 119–117 | Lloyd Free (31) | Tied (11) | Tied (4) | San Diego Sports Arena 13,073 | 21–26 | [47] | 48 | January 24 | Trail Blazers | W 122–121 | Lloyd Free (35) | Nick Weatherspoon (11) | Lloyd Free (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 9,659 | 22–26 | [48] | 49 | January 26 | @ Bulls | W 107–91 | Lloyd Free (28) | Swen Nater (15) | Tied (5) | Chicago Stadium 8,523 | 23–26 | [49] | 50 | January 27 | @ Cavaliers | W 111–110 | Lloyd Free (38) | Kermit Washington (15) | Lloyd Free (4) | Richfield Coliseum 10,523 | 24–26 | [50] | 51 | January 28 | @ Pistons | L 118–128 | Lloyd Free (23) | Swen Nater (10) | Sidney Wicks (6) | Pontiac Silverdome 9,279 | 24–27 | [51] | 52 | January 30 | Bucks | W 117–113 | Randy Smith (26) | Kevin Kunnert (14) | Tied (7) | San Diego Sports Arena 8,431 | 25–27 | [52] | 53 | January 31 | Nets | W 112–104 | Lloyd Free (25) | Kermit Washington (14) | Randy Smith (6) | San Diego Sports Arena 7,227 | 26–27 | [53] | |
February (8-4) (Home: 7–2; Road: 1–2) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | Report | 54 | February 2 | Nuggets | W 124–100 | Lloyd Free (49) | Kevin Kunnert (12) | Randy Smith (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 11,763 | 27–28 | [54] | 55 | February 7 | Spurs | L 113–126 | Lloyd Free (25) | Kermit Washington (10) | Tied (4) | San Diego Sports Arena 8,498 | 27–28 | [55] | 56 | February 9 | @ 76ers | L 106–117 | Randy Smith (25) | Nick Weatherspoon (13) | Nick Weatherspoon (5) | The Spectrum 15,823 | 27–29 | [56] | 57 | February 11 | @ Nets | L 98–104 | Lloyd Free (22) | Swen Nater (18) | Lloyd Free (6) | Rutgers Athletic Center 14,749 | 27–30 | [57] | 58 | February 13 | Bullets | L 136–138 2OT | Lloyd Free (45) | Nick Weatherspoon (10) | Lloyd Free (4) | San Diego Sports Arena 8,111 | 27–31 | [58] | 59 | February 15 | Jazz | W 122–112 | Lloyd Free (30) | Swen Nater (10) | Randy Smith (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 5,827 | 28–31 | [59] | 60 | February 16 | @ Nuggets | W 118–104 | Randy Smith (25) | Kermit Washington (14) | Tied (5) | McNichols Sports Arena 15,119 | 29–31 | [60] | 61 | February 18 | Hawks | W 116–101 | Lloyd Free (26) | Sidney Wicks (13) | Randy Smith (4) | San Diego Sports Arena 6,959 | 30–31 | [61] | 62 | February 23 | 76ers | W 117–116 | Lloyd Free (26) | Swen Nater (10) | Tied (3) | San Diego Sports Arena 13,783 | 31–31 | [62] | 63 | February 25 | Celtics | W 131–116 | Lloyd Free (38) | Kevin Kunnert (10) | Tied (6) | San Diego Sports Arena 10,671 | 32–31 | [63] | 64 | February 27 | Pacers | W 124–107 | Lloyd Free (28) | Tied (9) | Kermit Washington (6) | San Diego Sports Arena 6,156 | 33–31 | [64] | 65 | February 28 | Kings | W 122–120 | Randy Smith (22) | Swen Nater (8) | Randy Smith (7) | San Diego Sports Arena 9,051 | 34–31 | [65] | |
March (7–6) (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–5) Game | Date | Team | Score | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location Attendance | Record | Report | 66 | March 2 | @ Celtics | W 106–99 | Lloyd Free (28) | Kermit Washington (15) | Randy Smith (6) | Boston Garden 14,345 | 35–31 | [66] | 67 | March 3 | @ Knicks | L 108–111 | Lloyd Free (34) | Kevin Kunnert (23) | Tied (6) | Madison Square Garden 11,488 | 35–32 | [67] | 68 | March 7 | Rockets | W 138–115 | Lloyd Free (34) | Swen Nater (10) | Tied (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 19,911 | 36–32 | [68] | 69 | March 10 | Cavaliers | W 121–115 | Lloyd Free (33) | Swen Nater (12) | Tied (3) | San Diego Sports Arena 13,783 | 37–32 | [69] | 70 | March 14 | Trail Blazers | W 110–105 | Lloyd Free (29) | Kevin Kunnert (12) | Randy Smith (9) | San Diego Sports Arena 13,401 | 38–32 | [70] | 71 | March 17 | Warriors | W 106–103 | Lloyd Free (23) | Kevin Kunnert (11) | Tied (4) | San Diego Sports Arena 11,332 | 39–32 | [71] | 72 | March 18 | Nets | W 110–98 | Lloyd Free (31) | Nick Weatherspoon (17) | Randy Smith (5) | San Diego Sports Arena 18,538 | 40–32 | [72] | 73 | March 20 | @ Trail Blazers | L 109–115 | Randy Smith (28) | Swen Nater (12) | Randy Smith (12) | Memorial Coliseum 12,666 | 40–33 | [73] | 74 | March 21 | @ Warriors | W 106–103 | Lloyd Free (35) | Kevin Kunnert (17) | Tied (5) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,813 | 41–33 | [74] | 75 | March 23 | @ Lakers | L 119–156 | Randy Smith (33) | Kermit Washington (17) | Kermit Washington (6) | The Forum 14,212 | 41–34 | [75] | 76 | March 27 | @ SuperSonics | L 109–115 | Lloyd Free (28) | Tied (9) | Lloyd Free (4) | Kingdome 20,087 | 41–35 | [76] | 77 | March 29 | Kings | L 111–116 | Lloyd Free (37) | Kermit Washington (15) | Brian Taylor (4) | San Diego Sports Arena 13,189 | 41–36 | [77] | 78 | March 30 | @ Nuggets | L 121–130 | Lloyd Free (42) | Kevin Kunnert (13) | Lloyd Free (6) | McNichols Sports Arena 17,607 | 41–37 | [78] | |
April (2–2) (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1) |