last time an nba team scored exactly 79 points and won before 2005

The Detroit Pistons won when scoring exactly 79 points against the Pacers on April 4, 2004.

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last time an NBA team scored exactly 79 points in a game and won before 2005

	TEAM	DATE	W	PTS	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pistons	4/4/2004	1	79	DET	vs	IND	W 79-61	240	40	18	7	9	27	70	38.6	4	11	36.4	21	30	70.0	47.5	6	34	11	21
2	Knicks	3/19/2004	1	79	NYK	vs	NJN	W 79-65	240	54	17	10	3	34	83	41.0	1	6	16.7	10	17	58.8	43.7	20	34	15	30
3	Pacers	12/23/2003	1	79	IND	@	HOU	W 79-71	240	47	20	8	2	28	74	37.8	3	11	27.3	20	24	83.3	46.7	11	36	11	23
4	Heat	12/23/2003	1	79	MIA	vs	WAS	W 79-72	240	43	19	7	10	31	76	40.8	5	20	25.0	12	14	85.7	48.1	9	34	14	9
5	Pistons	12/1/2003	1	79	DET	@	NYK	W 79-78	265	42	16	15	5	28	73	38.4	2	8	25.0	21	28	75.0	46.3	10	32	24	19
6	Knicks	11/29/2003	1	79	NYK	vs	NOH	W 79-74	240	48	15	12	8	31	76	40.8	3	21	14.3	14	23	60.9	45.9	8	40	14	18
7	Grizzlies	11/1/2003	1	79	MEM	@	HOU	W 79-71	240	40	24	9	4	35	84	41.7	3	13	23.1	6	11	54.5	44.5	16	24	13	26
8	Cavaliers	4/5/2003	1	79	CLE	vs	NOH	W 79-76	240	48	25	3	13	34	91	37.4	1	6	16.7	10	15	66.7	40.5	19	29	16	18
9	SuperSonics	12/30/2002	1	79	SEA	@	DEN	W 79-77	240	45	22	11	4	31	81	38.3	0	6	0.0	17	26	65.4	42.7	10	35	12	29
10	Hawks	12/21/2002	1	79	ATL	vs	PHI	W 79-77	240	35	15	14	6	29	70	41.4	5	12	41.7	16	22	72.7	49.6	5	30	14	17
11	Nets	12/13/2002	1	79	NJN	vs	WAS	W 79-65	240	41	18	9	7	29	74	39.2	1	10	10.0	20	22	90.9	47.2	9	32	16	16
12	Pistons	11/20/2002	1	79	DET	vs	MIA	W 79-68	240	36	23	8	10	31	70	44.3	9	20	45.0	8	17	47.1	51.0	8	28	14	16
13	SuperSonics	3/29/2002	1	79	SEA	vs	SAS	W 79-76	240	41	21	10	4	36	84	42.9	1	8	12.5	6	11	54.5	44.5	11	30	12	21
14	Grizzlies	3/11/2002	1	79	MEM	vs	UTA	W 79-78	240	40	24	11	6	32	78	41.0	6	17	35.3	9	17	52.9	46.2	13	27	17	20
15	Clippers	1/13/2002	1	79	LAC	@	TOR	W 79-72	240	44	15	6	4	30	73	41.1	2	13	15.4	17	23	73.9	47.5	8	36	17	16
16	76ers	11/23/2001	1	79	PHI	vs	CLE	W 79-68	240	53	17	13	8	27	77	35.1	5	17	29.4	20	25	80.0	44.9	11	42	18	18
17	Pacers	4/21/2001	1	79	IND	@	PHI	W 79-78	240	43	20	4	5	31	87	35.6	5	14	35.7	12	14	85.7	42.4	11	32	7	18
18	Knicks	4/1/2001	1	79	NYK	@	LAL	W 79-78	240	43	12	4	3	30	75	40.0	2	12	16.7	17	19	89.5	47.4	12	31	13	25
19	Knicks	3/7/2001	1	79	NYK	@	IND	W 79-75	240	41	18	6	9	29	72	40.3	5	11	45.5	16	19	84.2	49.2	8	33	13	23
20	76ers	2/28/2001	1	79	PHI	vs	MIA	W 79-69	240	55	12	9	6	26	78	33.3	3	9	33.3	24	32	75.0	42.9	19	36	15	20
21	Raptors	11/25/2000	1	79	TOR	@	NYK	W 79-75	240	41	19	9	1	31	77	40.3	4	14	28.6	13	22	59.1	45.6	11	30	14	13
22	Mavericks	11/10/2000	1	79	DAL	vs	SAS	W 79-77	240	49	18	5	15	34	86	39.5	2	13	15.4	9	12	75.0	43.3	14	35	12	26
23	Kings	11/6/2000	1	79	SAC	vs	POR	W 79-75	240	46	20	5	6	31	83	37.3	3	16	18.8	14	19	73.7	43.2	12	34	9	17
24	Spurs	2/8/2000	1	79	SAS	vs	SEA	W 79-77	240	48	19	7	9	32	79	40.5	3	10	30.0	12	20	60.0	45.0	10	38	11	17
25	Knicks	5/24/1999	1	79	NYK	vs	ATL	W 79-66	240	44	17	7	5	30	65	46.2	2	8	25.0	17	26	65.4	51.7	7	37	20	23

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