1979–80 San Diego Clippers season

1979–80 San Diego Clippers season
1979–80 San Diego Clippers season
Head coach	Gene Shue
Arena	San Diego Sports Arena
Results
Record	35–47 (.427)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific); Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KFMB-TV
Radio	KFMB
< 1978–79	1980–81 >

The 1979–80 NBA season was the Clippers' 10th season in the NBA and their 2nd season in the city of San Diego.^[1]

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
3	55	Tom Channel	Guard	United States	Boston University
4	77	Lionel Garrett	Forward	United States	Southern
5	99	Greg Joyner	Forward	United States	Middle Tennessee State
6	119	Bob Bender	Guard	United States	Duke
7	139	Jene Grey	Forward	United States	LeMoyne
8	158	Renaldo Lawrence	Guard	United States	Appalachian State
9	176	Mike Dodd	Guard	United States	San Diego State
10	194	Greg Hunter	Forward	United States	Loyola Marymount

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	60	22	.732	–	37–4	23–18	19–11
x-Seattle SuperSonics	56	26	.683	4	33–8	23–18	18–12
x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	5	37–5	18–22	19–11
x-Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	22	26–15	12–29	13–17
San Diego Clippers	35	47	.427	25	24–17	11–30	13–17
Golden State Warriors	24	58	.293	36	15–26	9–32	8–22

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	60	22	.732	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	11
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	56	26	.683	4
4	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	5
5	x-Kansas City Kings	47	35	.573	13
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	22

7	San Diego Clippers	35	47	.427	25
8	Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	30
9	Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	30
10	Utah Jazz	24	58	.293	36
11	Golden State Warriors	24	58	.293	36

1979–80 NBA records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NYN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–4	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3
Boston	4–2	—	2–0	4–2	2–0	6–0	2–0	6–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	5–1	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
Chicago	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	3–3	0–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	0–2
Cleveland	2–4	2–4	0–2	—	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–4	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Denver	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	—	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–6	1–5	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–1	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–1
Detroit	0–6	0–6	1–1	0–6	1–1	—	1–1	1–5	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4
Golden State	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	3–3	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–5	0–6	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	0–2	3–3	0–6	3–3	0–2
Houston	4–2	0–6	1–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4
Indiana	2–4	2–4	2–0	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–4	—	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–4	4–2	1–5	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Kansas City	2–0	1–1	3–3	0–2	6–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–4	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–5	1–1	5–1	3–3	6–0	2–0
Los Angeles	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	—	3–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–4	2–0	5–1	4–2	6–0	1–1
Milwaukee	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	4–2	1–1
New Jersey	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	4–2	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
New York	2–4	1–5	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	—	0–6	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	2–4	3–3	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	—	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	6–0	1–1	2–4	4–2	6–0	2–0
Portland	0–2	0–2	3–3	2–0	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	4–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–6	—	1–1	4–2	1–5	3–3	1–1
San Antonio	1–5	2–4	2–0	2–4	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	2–4	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
San Diego	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	0–2	—	3–3	5–1	1–1
Seattle	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	6–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	5–1	1–1	3–3	—	5–1	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	4–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	0–6	0–6	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	—	0–2
Washington	3–3	2–4	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	3–3	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

1979–80 San Diego Clippers season

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References

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Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Lloyd Free	68	38.0	.474	.360	.753	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	30.2
Swen Nater	81	35.3	.554†	.000	.718	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	13.4
Brian Taylor	78	35.3	.467	.377	.802	2.4	4.3	1.9	0.3	13.5
Sidney Wicks	71	30.2	.423	.000	.546	5.8	3.0	1.1	0.7	7.1
Joe Bryant	81	28.7	.431	.147	.742	6.4	1.8	1.3	0.5	9.3
Bingo Smith	70	28.4	.430	.289	.869	3.5	1.3	0.8	0.2	11.7
Freeman Williams	82	25.8	.480	.328	.815	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	18.6
Bill Walton	14	24.1	.503	.000	.593	9.0	2.4	0.6	2.7	13.9
Nick Weatherspoon	57	19.7	.434	NA	.692	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	6.9
John Olive	1	15.0	.000	NA	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marvin Barnes	20	14.4	.400	NA	.500	3.9	0.9	0.3	0.6	3.2
Bob Carrington	10	13.4	.405	.000	.750	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	3.6
Jerome Whitehead	18	12.5	.600†	NA	.278	3.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	3.3
Stan Pietkiewicz	50	11.5	.508	.250	.804	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.1	4.6
Steve Malovic	28	9.9	.548	NA	.778	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	1.9

May 13, 1979	To San Diego Clippers The right to sign Bill Walton as a veteran free agent	To Portland Trail Blazers Kermit Washington, Kevin Kunnert, & a 1980 first round draft pick as compensation.
September 21, 1979	To San Diego Clippers A 1980 first round draft pick	To Cleveland Cavaliers Randy Smith
October 6, 1979	To San Diego Clippers Joe Bryant	To Philadelphia 76ers 1986 first round draft pick
October 27, 1979	To San Diego Clippers Bingo Smith	To Cleveland Cavaliers 1980 third round draft pick
November 21, 1979	To San Diego Clippers Steve Malovic	To Washington Bullets 1982 second round draft pick