| Record: | 61 - 21 Season Stats |
| Coach: | Bill Fitch |
| Finish: | 1st Atlantic Div |
| Playoffs: | Lost in 3rd Round 4-1 to the Philadelphia 76ers |
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| Total | Home | Away | OT | |
| 61 - 21 | 35 - 6 | 26 - 15 | 2 - 1 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 10/12/1979 | Houston Rockets | 114 - 106 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 10/13/1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 139 - 117 | 2 - 0 | W 2 | ||
| 10/17/1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 127 - 108 | 3 - 0 | W 3 | |||
| 10/19/1979 | Washington Bullets | 130 - 93 | 4 - 0 | W 4 | |||
| 10/20/1979 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 128 - 131 | 4 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 10/23/1979 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | 120 - 129 | 4 - 2 | L 2 | ||
| 10/24/1979 | @ | Houston Rockets | 100 - 99 | 5 - 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10/27/1979 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 100 - 95 | 6 - 2 | W 2 | ||
| 10/31/1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 116 - 79 | 7 - 2 | W 3 | ||
| 11/3/1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | 118 - 97 | 8 - 2 | W 4 | ||
| 11/7/1979 | San Antonio Spurs | 117 - 105 | 9 - 2 | W 5 | |||
| 11/9/1979 | Kansas City Kings | 127 - 119 | 10 - 2 | W 6 | |||
| 11/10/1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 94 - 95 | 10 - 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11/14/1979 | Detroit Pistons | 115 - 111 | 11 - 3 | W 1 | |||
| 11/16/1979 | Utah Jazz | 113 - 97 | 12 - 3 | W 2 | |||
| 11/17/1979 | @ | New York Knicks | 109 - 113 | 12 - 4 | L 1 | ||
| 11/21/1979 | New Jersey Nets | 111 - 103 | 13 - 4 | W 1 | |||
| 11/23/1979 | Indiana Pacers | 118 - 103 | 14 - 4 | W 2 | |||
| 11/24/1979 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 106 - 101 | 15 - 4 | W 3 | ||
| 11/28/1979 | Denver Nuggets | 119 - 97 | 16 - 4 | W 4 | |||
| 11/30/1979 | New York Knicks | 100 - 97 | 17 - 4 | W 5 | |||
| 12/1/1979 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 106 - 102 | 18 - 4 | W 6 | ||
| 12/2/1979 | @ | Kansas City Kings | 88 - 94 | 18 - 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12/4/1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 118 - 114 | OT | 19 - 5 | W 1 | |
| 12/5/1979 | Atlanta Hawks | 92 - 120 | 19 - 6 | L 1 | |||
| 12/7/1979 | Phoenix Suns | 100 - 92 | 20 - 6 | W 1 | |||
| 12/8/1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 100 - 116 | 20 - 7 | L 1 | ||
| 12/9/1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 113 - 108 | 21 - 7 | W 1 | ||
| 12/12/1979 | New Jersey Nets | 116 - 102 | 22 - 7 | W 2 | |||
| 12/14/1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | 97 - 94 | 23 - 7 | W 3 | |||
| 12/15/1979 | @ | New York Knicks | 99 - 96 | 24 - 7 | W 4 | ||
| 12/16/1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 115 - 112 | 25 - 7 | W 5 | ||
| 12/19/1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | 112 - 89 | 26 - 7 | W 6 | |||
| 12/21/1979 | San Antonio Spurs | 133 - 114 | 27 - 7 | W 7 | |||
| 12/22/1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 113 - 126 | 27 - 8 | L 1 | ||
| 12/27/1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | 118 - 97 | 28 - 8 | W 1 | ||
| 12/28/1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 105 - 123 | 28 - 9 | L 1 | ||
| 12/29/1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | 104 - 88 | 29 - 9 | W 1 | ||
| 1/2/1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | 111 - 103 | 30 - 9 | W 2 | ||
| 1/5/1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | 111 - 119 | 30 - 10 | L 1 | ||
| 1/9/1980 | New York Knicks | 112 - 95 | 31 - 10 | W 1 | |||
| 1/11/1980 | Atlanta Hawks | 108 - 93 | 32 - 10 | W 2 | |||
| 1/13/1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | 98 - 100 | 32 - 11 | L 1 | |||
| 1/16/1980 | Chicago Bulls | 114 - 104 | 33 - 11 | W 1 | |||
| 1/18/1980 | Portland Trailblazers | 111 - 93 | 34 - 11 | W 2 | |||
| 1/20/1980 | Seattle Supersonics | 106 - 108 | 2OT | 34 - 12 | L 1 | ||
| 1/22/1980 | Houston Rockets | 112 - 106 | 35 - 12 | W 1 | |||
| 1/23/1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 131 - 104 | 36 - 12 | W 2 | ||
| 1/25/1980 | Washington Bullets | 107 - 118 | 36 - 13 | L 1 | |||
| 1/27/1980 | San Diego Clippers | 131 - 108 | 37 - 13 | W 1 | |||
| 1/29/1980 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 103 - 99 | 38 - 13 | W 2 | ||
| 1/30/1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 110 - 103 | 39 - 13 | W 3 | |||
| 1/31/1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | 119 - 103 | 40 - 13 | W 4 | ||
| 2/6/1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | 129 - 110 | 41 - 13 | W 5 | |||
| 2/8/1980 | Indiana Pacers | 130 - 108 | 42 - 13 | W 6 | |||
| 2/10/1980 | Detroit Pistons | 128 - 111 | 43 - 13 | W 7 | |||
| 2/13/1980 | @ | Phoenix Suns | 134 - 135 | 43 - 14 | L 1 | ||
| 2/15/1980 | @ | Portland Trailblazers | 106 - 91 | 44 - 14 | W 1 | ||
| 2/17/1980 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | 108 - 109 | 44 - 15 | L 1 | ||
| 2/20/1980 | @ | Utah Jazz | 105 - 98 | 45 - 15 | W 1 | ||
| 2/23/1980 | @ | Denver Nuggets | 124 - 105 | 46 - 15 | W 2 | ||
| 2/26/1980 | Atlanta Hawks | 108 - 97 | 47 - 15 | W 3 | |||
| 2/27/1980 | San Antonio Spurs | 130 - 125 | 48 - 15 | W 4 | |||
| 2/29/1980 | Golden State Warriors | 110 - 99 | 49 - 15 | W 5 | |||
| 3/2/1980 | Detroit Pistons | 118 - 115 | 50 - 15 | W 6 | |||
| 3/4/1980 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | 137 - 108 | 51 - 15 | W 7 | ||
| 3/5/1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | 103 - 99 | OT | 52 - 15 | W 8 | |
| 3/7/1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | 111 - 92 | 53 - 15 | W 9 | |||
| 3/9/1980 | Washington Bullets | 128 - 133 | 53 - 16 | L 1 | |||
| 3/11/1980 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 108 - 114 | 53 - 17 | L 2 | ||
| 3/12/1980 | Houston Rockets | 121 - 105 | 54 - 17 | W 1 | |||
| 3/14/1980 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 87 - 88 | 54 - 18 | L 1 | ||
| 3/15/1980 | @ | New York Knicks | 123 - 120 | 55 - 18 | W 1 | ||
| 3/17/1980 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 117 - 92 | 56 - 18 | W 2 | ||
| 3/18/1980 | Indiana Pacers | 114 - 102 | 57 - 18 | W 3 | |||
| 3/20/1980 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 124 - 106 | 58 - 18 | W 4 | ||
| 3/22/1980 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 105 - 109 | 58 - 19 | L 1 | ||
| 3/23/1980 | New Jersey Nets | 96 - 101 | 58 - 20 | L 2 | |||
| 3/25/1980 | @ | Washington Bullets | 96 - 95 | 59 - 20 | W 1 | ||
| 3/26/1980 | New York Knicks | 129 - 121 | 60 - 20 | W 2 | |||
| 3/28/1980 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 130 - 122 | 61 - 20 | W 3 | |||
| 3/30/1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 110 - 116 | 61 - 21 | L 1 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 4/9/1980 | Houston Rockets | 119 - 101 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 4/11/1980 | Houston Rockets | 95 - 75 | 2 - 0 | W 2 | |||
| 4/13/1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | 100 - 81 | 3 - 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4/14/1980 | @ | Houston Rockets | 138 - 121 | 4 - 0 | W 4 | ||
| 4/18/1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | 93 - 96 | 4 - 1 | L 1 | |||
| 4/20/1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | 96 - 90 | 5 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4/23/1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 97 - 99 | 5 - 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4/24/1980 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 90 - 102 | 5 - 3 | L 2 | ||
| 4/27/1980 | Philadelphia 76ers | 94 - 105 | 5 - 4 | L 3 |