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42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 111.6 points per game, Allowed 111.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 41-41)
Coached by Jack Ramsay (42-40)
Arena: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium / Attendance: 427,270 (4th of 17 available)
SRS: -0.19 (9th of 17) / Pace Factor: 111.6 (2nd of 17)
Offensive Rating: 99.3 (4th of 17) / Defensive Rating: 99.4 (12th of 17)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
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 | Houston Rockets | W | OT | 107 | 105 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 12, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 118 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 13, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 122 | 125 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 16, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 91 | 117 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 20, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 116 | 110 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 24, 1973 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 113 | 130 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Oct 26, 1973 | N | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 104 | 97 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 8 | Sat, Oct 27, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 111 | 101 | 4 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 28, 1973 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 112 | 100 | 5 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 30, 1973 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 105 | 103 | 6 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 2, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 97 | 107 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 3, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | L | OT | 121 | 124 | 6 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 4, 1973 | N | Chicago Bulls | L | 95 | 101 | 6 | 7 | L 3 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 14 | Wed, Nov 7, 1973 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 113 | 130 | 6 | 8 | L 4 | ||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 9, 1973 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 108 | 122 | 6 | 9 | L 5 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 10, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 105 | 128 | 6 | 10 | L 6 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 13, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 121 | 114 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Thu, Nov 15, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 86 | 97 | 7 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 17, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | L | 94 | 98 | 7 | 12 | L 2 | |||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 18, 1973 | @ | Capital Bullets | W | 112 | 101 | 8 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 20, 1973 | Phoenix Suns | W | 127 | 100 | 9 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 24, 1973 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 143 | 131 | 10 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 23 | Tue, Nov 27, 1973 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 110 | 115 | 10 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 24 | Wed, Nov 28, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 106 | 130 | 10 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Nov 30, 1973 | Capital Bullets | L | 113 | 121 | 10 | 15 | L 3 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 5, 1973 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 114 | 110 | 11 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 7, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 108 | 113 | 11 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 9, 1973 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 114 | 118 | 11 | 17 | L 2 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 29 | Tue, Dec 11, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 132 | 127 | 12 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 12, 1973 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 119 | 126 | 12 | 18 | L 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 31 | Fri, Dec 14, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 102 | 98 | 13 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 18, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 100 | 93 | 14 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Fri, Dec 21, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 117 | 115 | 15 | 18 | W 3 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 22, 1973 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 112 | 122 | 15 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Sun, Dec 23, 1973 | N | Capital Bullets | L | 85 | 110 | 15 | 20 | L 2 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 36 | Wed, Dec 26, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 123 | 125 | 15 | 21 | L 3 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 29, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 120 | 108 | 16 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Sun, Dec 30, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 108 | 16 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 1, 1974 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 120 | 119 | 17 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 2, 1974 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 115 | 111 | 18 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 5, 1974 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 110 | 19 | 22 | W 3 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 6, 1974 | N | Atlanta Hawks | W | 117 | 109 | 20 | 22 | W 4 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 43 | Tue, Jan 8, 1974 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 100 | 96 | 21 | 22 | W 5 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 11, 1974 | Houston Rockets | W | 117 | 99 | 22 | 22 | W 6 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 12, 1974 | @ | Capital Bullets | W | 97 | 96 | 23 | 22 | W 7 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 13, 1974 | N | Houston Rockets | L | 112 | 121 | 23 | 23 | L 1 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 47 | Fri, Jan 18, 1974 | Capital Bullets | W | 98 | 94 | 24 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 20, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 112 | 129 | 24 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Jan 22, 1974 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 119 | 109 | 25 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 23, 1974 | N | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 88 | 114 | 25 | 25 | L 1 | at Madison, WI | |
| 51 | Fri, Jan 25, 1974 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 113 | 118 | 25 | 26 | L 2 | |||
| 52 | Sat, Jan 26, 1974 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 122 | 132 | 25 | 27 | L 3 | ||
| 53 | Sun, Jan 27, 1974 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 122 | 108 | 26 | 27 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Tue, Jan 29, 1974 | Golden State Warriors | L | 121 | 128 | 26 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 55 | Wed, Jan 30, 1974 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 96 | 111 | 26 | 29 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 3, 1974 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 112 | 98 | 27 | 29 | W 1 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 57 | Wed, Feb 6, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 114 | 98 | 28 | 29 | W 2 | ||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 8, 1974 | Chicago Bulls | W | 106 | 101 | 29 | 29 | W 3 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 9, 1974 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 103 | 100 | 30 | 29 | W 4 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 10, 1974 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 121 | 125 | 30 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 12, 1974 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 100 | 30 | 31 | L 2 | |||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 13, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 129 | 106 | 31 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 15, 1974 | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 116 | 32 | 31 | W 2 | |||
| 64 | Sat, Feb 16, 1974 | @ | Capital Bullets | L | 92 | 101 | 32 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 17, 1974 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 135 | 118 | 33 | 32 | W 1 | ||
| 66 | Tue, Feb 19, 1974 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 145 | 109 | 34 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 67 | Thu, Feb 21, 1974 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 97 | 35 | 32 | W 3 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 68 | Fri, Feb 22, 1974 | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 116 | 35 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 69 | Tue, Feb 26, 1974 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 119 | 35 | 34 | L 2 | |||
| 70 | Wed, Feb 27, 1974 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 122 | 104 | 36 | 34 | W 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 71 | Fri, Mar 1, 1974 | Boston Celtics | W | 110 | 94 | 37 | 34 | W 2 | |||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 2, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 103 | 99 | 38 | 34 | W 3 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 8, 1974 | Seattle Supersonics | L | OT | 117 | 123 | 38 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 10, 1974 | N | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 122 | 112 | 39 | 35 | W 1 | at Toronto, Canada | |
| 75 | Tue, Mar 12, 1974 | Phoenix Suns | W | 124 | 94 | 40 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 76 | Fri, Mar 15, 1974 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 97 | 114 | 40 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Sat, Mar 16, 1974 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 114 | 105 | 41 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 17, 1974 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 109 | 116 | 41 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Thu, Mar 21, 1974 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 115 | 102 | 42 | 37 | W 1 | ||
| 80 | Fri, Mar 22, 1974 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 119 | 126 | 42 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sun, Mar 24, 1974 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 124 | 150 | 42 | 39 | L 2 | ||
| 82 | Tue, Mar 26, 1974 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 96 | 119 | 42 | 40 | L 3 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Mar 30, 1974 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 107 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Apr 2, 1974 | Boston Celtics | W | 115 | 105 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Apr 3, 1974 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 107 | 120 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Apr 6, 1974 | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 102 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Apr 9, 1974 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 100 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Apr 12, 1974 | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 106 | 2 | 4 | L 2 |