The 1979–80 Kansas City Kings season was the Kings 31st season in the NBA and their eighth season in Kansas City.1979-80 Kansas City Kings
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 Arena on February 20th against the Seattle SuperSonics, with their last game in the Municipal Auditorium on February 10th against the Washington Bullets.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
Roster
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" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- 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 Coliseum12,660 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 4 | Phoenix | W 106–96 | Scott Wedman (32) | Scott Wedman (9) | Phil Ford (13) | Kemper Arena9,637 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 6 | @ Phoenix | L 99–114 | Scott Wedman (24) | Reggie King (11) | Phil Ford (6) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum11,306 | 1–2
Awards and records Scott Wedman, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
References
See also 1979-80 NBA season