22-60, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 105.5 points per game, Allowed 112.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 25-57)
Coached by Dolph Schayes (22-60)
Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium / Attendance: 204,053 (14th of 17 available)
SRS: -8.02 (16th of 17)
1970-71 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 14, 1970 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 107 | 92 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 17, 1970 | San Diego Rockets | L | 93 | 102 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 20, 1970 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 89 | 98 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 24, 1970 | Detroit Pistons | L | 95 | 114 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 27, 1970 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 108 | 119 | 1 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 30, 1970 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 90 | 104 | 1 | 5 | L 5 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 31, 1970 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 102 | 107 | 1 | 6 | L 6 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Nov 2, 1970 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 110 | 1 | 7 | L 7 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Nov 4, 1970 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 101 | 126 | 1 | 8 | L 8 | |||
| 10 | Thu, Nov 5, 1970 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 109 | 121 | 1 | 9 | L 9 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 7, 1970 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 103 | 91 | 2 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 11, 1970 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 134 | 118 | 3 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 13, 1970 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 111 | 119 | 3 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 14, 1970 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 107 | 116 | 3 | 11 | L 2 | |||
| 15 | Mon, Nov 16, 1970 | N | Seattle Supersonics | W | 112 | 103 | 4 | 11 | W 1 | at Portland, OR | |
| 16 | Tue, Nov 17, 1970 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 102 | 101 | 5 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 20, 1970 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 108 | 123 | 5 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 21, 1970 | N | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 108 | 112 | 5 | 13 | L 2 | at Seattle, WA | |
| 19 | Tue, Nov 24, 1970 | Phoenix Suns | W | 112 | 106 | 6 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Wed, Nov 25, 1970 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 92 | 99 | 6 | 14 | L 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 27, 1970 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 104 | 121 | 6 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 28, 1970 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 111 | 95 | 7 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Mon, Nov 30, 1970 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 109 | 7 | 16 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 24 | Tue, Dec 1, 1970 | Boston Celtics | L | 116 | 117 | 7 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 4, 1970 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 97 | 91 | 8 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 5, 1970 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 117 | 8 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 6, 1970 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 106 | 108 | 8 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 8, 1970 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 122 | 8 | 20 | L 3 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 10, 1970 | N | Chicago Bulls | L | 120 | 138 | 8 | 21 | L 4 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 30 | Fri, Dec 11, 1970 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 105 | 120 | 8 | 22 | L 5 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 12, 1970 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 93 | 92 | 9 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Dec 13, 1970 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 91 | 110 | 9 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 15, 1970 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 113 | 111 | 10 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Dec 17, 1970 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 93 | 102 | 10 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 18, 1970 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 113 | 94 | 11 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 19, 1970 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 112 | 123 | 11 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 20, 1970 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 101 | 131 | 11 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Dec 23, 1970 | Chicago Bulls | L | 103 | 104 | 11 | 27 | L 3 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Dec 25, 1970 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 115 | 11 | 28 | L 4 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Dec 26, 1970 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 107 | 120 | 11 | 29 | L 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Dec 29, 1970 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 113 | 124 | 11 | 30 | L 6 | |||
| 42 | Wed, Dec 30, 1970 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 90 | 106 | 11 | 31 | L 7 | at College Park, MD | |
| 43 | Sat, Jan 2, 1971 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 103 | 115 | 11 | 32 | L 8 | |||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 6, 1971 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 115 | 108 | 12 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Fri, Jan 8, 1971 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 102 | 110 | 12 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 9, 1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 89 | 111 | 12 | 34 | L 2 | ||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 10, 1971 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 113 | 141 | 12 | 35 | L 3 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Jan 14, 1971 | N | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 119 | 113 | 13 | 35 | W 1 | at Rochester, NY | |
| 49 | Fri, Jan 15, 1971 | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 97 | 99 | 13 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 16, 1971 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 113 | 114 | 13 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Mon, Jan 18, 1971 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 113 | 123 | 13 | 38 | L 3 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 19, 1971 | N | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 79 | 111 | 13 | 39 | L 4 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 53 | Wed, Jan 20, 1971 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 126 | 106 | 14 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Fri, Jan 22, 1971 | San Diego Rockets | W | 101 | 94 | 15 | 39 | W 2 | |||
| 55 | Sun, Jan 24, 1971 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 123 | 111 | 16 | 39 | W 3 | |||
| 56 | Mon, Jan 25, 1971 | @ | San Diego Rockets | L | 106 | 114 | 16 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Jan 26, 1971 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 82 | 114 | 16 | 41 | L 2 | ||
| 58 | Thu, Jan 28, 1971 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 110 | 120 | 16 | 42 | L 3 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Jan 29, 1971 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 100 | 106 | 16 | 43 | L 4 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Jan 31, 1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 108 | 117 | 16 | 44 | L 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 2, 1971 | N | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 91 | 101 | 16 | 45 | L 6 | at Rochester, NY | |
| 62 | Fri, Feb 5, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 90 | 98 | 16 | 46 | L 7 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 10, 1971 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 106 | 99 | 17 | 46 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Sat, Feb 13, 1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 111 | 106 | 18 | 46 | W 2 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 14, 1971 | Phoenix Suns | L | 97 | 108 | 18 | 47 | L 1 | |||
| 66 | Tue, Feb 16, 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 103 | 135 | 18 | 48 | L 2 | |||
| 67 | Wed, Feb 17, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 118 | 114 | 19 | 48 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Fri, Feb 19, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 113 | 120 | 19 | 49 | L 1 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Feb 20, 1971 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 94 | 120 | 19 | 50 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Mon, Feb 22, 1971 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 91 | 109 | 19 | 51 | L 3 | |||
| 71 | Fri, Feb 26, 1971 | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 122 | 127 | 19 | 52 | L 4 | ||
| 72 | Sat, Feb 27, 1971 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 117 | 134 | 19 | 53 | L 5 | ||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 2, 1971 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 131 | 19 | 54 | L 6 | |||
| 74 | Thu, Mar 4, 1971 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 113 | 116 | 19 | 55 | L 7 | ||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 6, 1971 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 120 | 109 | 20 | 55 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Mon, Mar 8, 1971 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 114 | 98 | 21 | 55 | W 2 | ||
| 77 | Tue, Mar 9, 1971 | @ | San Diego Rockets | L | 96 | 106 | 21 | 56 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 12, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 116 | 109 | 22 | 56 | W 1 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 14, 1971 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 112 | 122 | 22 | 57 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Tue, Mar 16, 1971 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 102 | 113 | 22 | 58 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 19, 1971 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 111 | 22 | 59 | L 3 | ||
| 82 | Sat, Mar 20, 1971 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | OT | 129 | 132 | 22 | 60 | L 4 |