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1979-80 NBA Midwest standings
The Milwaukee Bucks won the 1979-80 NBA Midwest division race at 49-33, 2 games ahead of the Kansas City Kings.
🏆The 1979-80 playoffs, series by series
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Midwest standings, 1979-80
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Milwaukee Bucks (MIL) x | 49 | 33 | .598 | - | 8-2 | W1 |
| Kansas City Kings (KCK) x | 47 | 35 | .573 | 2 | 4-6 | W2 |
| Chicago Bulls (CHI) | 30 | 52 | .366 | 19 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Denver Nuggets (DEN) | 30 | 52 | .366 | 19 | 3-7 | L4 |
| Utah Jazz (UTH) | 24 | 58 | .293 | 25 | 2-8 | L3 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 5 times.
- The Milwaukee Bucks trailed by as many as 5 games on January 30, 1980.
- The Milwaukee Bucks took first place for good on March 16, 1980.
- The Milwaukee Bucks won 10 games in a row from October 13, 1979 to November 3, 1979, the longest run of the race.
- The Kansas City Kings led by 5 games as late as February 4, 1980.
- The Milwaukee Bucks went 12-2 from October 12, 1979 to November 11, 1979, turning a deficit of 1 game into a lead of 7.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 43 of the 144 days played.
- Three teams held first place.
- The Milwaukee Bucks spent 92 of the season's 171 charted days in first place.