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35-47, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 108.6 points per game, Allowed 110.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 37-45)
Coached by Cotton Fitzsimmons (35-47)
Arena: Omni Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 312,128 (10th of 17)
SRS: -1.47 (11th of 17) ▪ Pace Factor: 110.8 (3rd of 17)
Offensive Rating: 97.7 (8th of 17) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.0 (9th of 17)
1973-74 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 9, 1973 | Capital Bullets | W | 128 | 114 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Oct 11, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 129 | 102 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 12, 1973 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 122 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 13, 1973 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 102 | 117 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 20, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 108 | 118 | 2 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Oct 21, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 119 | 100 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Oct 24, 1973 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 131 | 106 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Oct 26, 1973 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 110 | 127 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Oct 27, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 125 | 116 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 30, 1973 | Phoenix Suns | W | 122 | 101 | 6 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 2, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 125 | 123 | 7 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 3, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 122 | 7 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 4, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 115 | 110 | 8 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Nov 8, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | L | 115 | 129 | 8 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 10, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 120 | 97 | 9 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 13, 1973 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 114 | 121 | 9 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 15, 1973 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 123 | 114 | 10 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 17, 1973 | Capital Bullets | L | 109 | 115 | 10 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Thu, Nov 22, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | L | 99 | 101 | 10 | 9 | L 2 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 23, 1973 | @ | Capital Bullets | L | 86 | 101 | 10 | 10 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 24, 1973 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 92 | 112 | 10 | 11 | L 4 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Nov 27, 1973 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 129 | 110 | 11 | 11 | W 1 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 23 | Wed, Nov 28, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | W | 130 | 106 | 12 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 1, 1973 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 120 | 110 | 13 | 11 | W 3 | |||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 5, 1973 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 105 | 117 | 13 | 12 | L 1 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 26 | Fri, Dec 7, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 116 | 13 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 8, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 100 | 117 | 13 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 11, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | L | 127 | 132 | 13 | 15 | L 4 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 15, 1973 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 82 | 116 | 13 | 16 | L 5 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 18, 1973 | @ | Capital Bullets | W | 98 | 91 | 14 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 19, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 107 | 105 | 15 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 21, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 124 | 110 | 16 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 22, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 98 | 108 | 16 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 26, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 145 | 118 | 17 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 28, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 94 | 118 | 17 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 29, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 110 | 18 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 30, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 99 | 94 | 19 | 18 | W 2 | ||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 1, 1974 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 89 | 99 | 19 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Wed, Jan 2, 1974 | Phoenix Suns | L | 113 | 116 | 19 | 20 | L 2 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 5, 1974 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 99 | 86 | 20 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 6, 1974 | N | Buffalo Braves | L | 109 | 117 | 20 | 21 | L 1 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 42 | Tue, Jan 8, 1974 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 96 | 100 | 20 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 10, 1974 | Chicago Bulls | L | 104 | 116 | 20 | 23 | L 3 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 11, 1974 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 100 | 121 | 20 | 24 | L 4 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 45 | Sun, Jan 13, 1974 | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 128 | 20 | 25 | L 5 | |||
| 46 | Thu, Jan 17, 1974 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 126 | 99 | 21 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 18, 1974 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 98 | 21 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 19, 1974 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 127 | 109 | 22 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 22, 1974 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 89 | 102 | 22 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 23, 1974 | Houston Rockets | L | 104 | 115 | 22 | 28 | L 2 | |||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 26, 1974 | Buffalo Braves | W | 132 | 122 | 23 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 27, 1974 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 89 | 111 | 23 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 29, 1974 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 111 | 118 | 23 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Wed, Jan 30, 1974 | Golden State Warriors | L | 122 | 129 | 23 | 31 | L 3 | |||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 2, 1974 | Houston Rockets | W | 117 | 107 | 24 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 3, 1974 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 112 | 123 | 24 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 5, 1974 | Capital Bullets | W | 121 | 103 | 25 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 6, 1974 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 107 | 103 | 26 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 8, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 84 | 104 | 26 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 9, 1974 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 99 | 90 | 27 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Mon, Feb 11, 1974 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 95 | 116 | 27 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 62 | Thu, Feb 14, 1974 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 105 | 121 | 27 | 35 | L 2 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 16, 1974 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 123 | 124 | 27 | 36 | L 3 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 17, 1974 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 113 | 110 | 28 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Feb 20, 1974 | N | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 94 | 110 | 28 | 37 | L 1 | at Madison, WI | |
| 66 | Sat, Feb 23, 1974 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 90 | 98 | 28 | 38 | L 2 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Feb 24, 1974 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 96 | 111 | 28 | 39 | L 3 | at Providence, RI | |
| 68 | Wed, Feb 27, 1974 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 76 | 85 | 28 | 40 | L 4 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 1, 1974 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 105 | 89 | 29 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 2, 1974 | Houston Rockets | W | 129 | 122 | 30 | 40 | W 2 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 5, 1974 | @ | Capital Bullets | L | 89 | 103 | 30 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 6, 1974 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 96 | 30 | 42 | L 2 | |||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 9, 1974 | Chicago Bulls | W | 106 | 99 | 31 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 10, 1974 | Detroit Pistons | L | 111 | 116 | 31 | 43 | L 1 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 12, 1974 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 84 | 95 | 31 | 44 | L 2 | ||
| 76 | Fri, Mar 15, 1974 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 126 | 107 | 32 | 44 | W 1 | ||
| 77 | Sat, Mar 16, 1974 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 127 | 128 | 32 | 45 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Wed, Mar 20, 1974 | Boston Celtics | W | 99 | 89 | 33 | 45 | W 1 | |||
| 79 | Fri, Mar 22, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 107 | 106 | 34 | 45 | W 2 | ||
| 80 | Sat, Mar 23, 1974 | Capital Bullets | W | 119 | 108 | 35 | 45 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sun, Mar 24, 1974 | @ | Capital Bullets | L | 92 | 120 | 35 | 46 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Tue, Mar 26, 1974 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 108 | 109 | 35 | 47 | L 2 |