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41-41, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Hubie Brown (41-41)
Points Per Game: 103.7 (22nd of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.9 (3rd of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 41-41 (11th of 22)
Arena: Omni Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 304,050 (18th of 21)
SRS: -0.12 (11th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.3 (20th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 99.7 (16th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.8 (6th of 22)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Washington Bullets
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 22, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 107 | 101 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 25, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 110 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 26, 1977 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | OT | 113 | 110 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Fri, Oct 28, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 102 | 95 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Nov 1, 1977 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 102 | 99 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Nov 2, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 102 | 89 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 4, 1977 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 111 | 110 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 5, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | W | 100 | 94 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 10, 1977 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 132 | 101 | 8 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 11, 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 92 | 132 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 12, 1977 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 99 | 116 | 8 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 15, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 114 | 8 | 4 | L 3 | |||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 16, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 131 | 8 | 5 | L 4 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 19, 1977 | New Jersey Nets | W | 129 | 114 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 23, 1977 | Denver Nuggets | W | 105 | 104 | 10 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 25, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 115 | 117 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 29, 1977 | Boston Celtics | W | 108 | 101 | 11 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 30, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 93 | 105 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Dec 3, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 101 | 118 | 11 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Dec 4, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 96 | 89 | 12 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Mon, Dec 5, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 88 | 99 | 12 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 7, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 116 | 123 | 12 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 9, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 84 | 103 | 12 | 11 | L 3 | |||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 10, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 87 | 102 | 12 | 12 | L 4 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 13, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 106 | 107 | 12 | 13 | L 5 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 14, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 108 | 99 | 13 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 16, 1977 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 115 | 99 | 14 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 18, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 2OT | 134 | 129 | 15 | 13 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Tue, Dec 20, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 86 | 94 | 15 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 21, 1977 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 98 | 109 | 15 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 23, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 109 | 93 | 16 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Dec 25, 1977 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 93 | 100 | 16 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Mon, Dec 26, 1977 | Washington Bullets | L | 106 | 113 | 16 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 28, 1977 | Indiana Pacers | W | 99 | 92 | 17 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 30, 1977 | Denver Nuggets | L | 104 | 106 | 17 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 36 | Tue, Jan 3, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | L | 103 | 106 | 17 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| 37 | Wed, Jan 4, 1978 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 97 | 111 | 17 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 6, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 94 | 96 | 17 | 21 | L 4 | ||
| 39 | Sat, Jan 7, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 106 | 83 | 18 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 11, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 100 | 95 | 19 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 13, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 92 | 98 | 19 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 14, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 101 | 110 | 19 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 17, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | W | 111 | 90 | 20 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 18, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | L | 106 | 108 | 20 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 19, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | L | 95 | 105 | 20 | 25 | L 2 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 21, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | W | 111 | 100 | 21 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 22, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 89 | 93 | 21 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 27, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 105 | 96 | 22 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 29, 1978 | Buffalo Braves | W | 107 | 102 | 23 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Jan 31, 1978 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | OT | 103 | 106 | 23 | 27 | L 1 | |
| 51 | Thu, Feb 2, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 107 | 105 | 24 | 27 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Feb 8, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 109 | 114 | 24 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Thu, Feb 9, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 98 | 125 | 24 | 29 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 12, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 116 | 103 | 25 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 15, 1978 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 99 | 102 | 25 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 17, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | W | 111 | 102 | 26 | 30 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 18, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 112 | 121 | 26 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 22, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | W | 107 | 95 | 27 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 23, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 105 | 118 | 27 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 24, 1978 | Golden State Warriors | L | 96 | 97 | 27 | 33 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 26, 1978 | Buffalo Braves | W | 119 | 117 | 28 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 28, 1978 | Boston Celtics | W | 117 | 85 | 29 | 33 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 1, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 95 | 97 | 29 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Fri, Mar 3, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 133 | 110 | 30 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Mar 5, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 101 | 94 | 31 | 34 | W 2 | |||
| 66 | Tue, Mar 7, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | W | 123 | 109 | 32 | 34 | W 3 | |||
| 67 | Wed, Mar 8, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 97 | 108 | 32 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 10, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 114 | 105 | 33 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 12, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 98 | 93 | 34 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 16, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 98 | 104 | 34 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 18, 1978 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 86 | 105 | 34 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 19, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 87 | 101 | 34 | 38 | L 3 | ||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 21, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 86 | 100 | 34 | 39 | L 4 | ||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 24, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | W | OT | 96 | 94 | 35 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 25, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 95 | 98 | 35 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 28, 1978 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 105 | 104 | 36 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 31, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | OT | 111 | 110 | 37 | 40 | W 2 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 2, 1978 | New Jersey Nets | W | 124 | 113 | 38 | 40 | W 3 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 4, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 105 | 101 | 39 | 40 | W 4 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 5, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 87 | 74 | 40 | 40 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 7, 1978 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 109 | 111 | 40 | 41 | L 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 9, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | W | 99 | 85 | 41 | 41 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Apr 12, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 94 | 103 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 14, 1978 | Washington Bullets | L | OT | 103 | 107 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |