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1977-78 Chicago Bulls Schedule and Results

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40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Ed Badger (40-42)

Points Per Game: 103.9 (20th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.8 (5th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 39-43 (14th of 22)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 548,844 (4th of 21)

SRS: -0.79 (14th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.5 (21st of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.0 (7th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.9 (20th of 22)

1977-78 Chicago Bulls:

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 18, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 91 88 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Oct 19, 1977 @ Houston Rockets W 107 103 2 0 W 2
3 Fri, Oct 21, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 122 119 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Oct 22, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 95 113 3 1 L 1
5 Tue, Oct 25, 1977 Golden State Warriors L 98 105 3 2 L 2
6 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 Seattle Supersonics W 101 97 4 2 W 1
7 Tue, Nov 1, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz L 88 99 4 3 L 1
8 Wed, Nov 2, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 103 102 5 3 W 1
9 Fri, Nov 4, 1977 Buffalo Braves L 92 100 5 4 L 1
10 Sat, Nov 5, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 111 94 6 4 W 1
11 Tue, Nov 8, 1977 Houston Rockets W 117 104 7 4 W 2
12 Fri, Nov 11, 1977 @ New Jersey Nets L 89 91 7 5 L 1
13 Sat, Nov 12, 1977 @ Buffalo Braves L 103 106 7 6 L 2
14 Fri, Nov 18, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 101 103 7 7 L 3
15 Sun, Nov 20, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 102 80 8 7 W 1
16 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 111 116 8 8 L 1
17 Fri, Nov 25, 1977 @ Seattle Supersonics W 106 89 9 8 W 1
18 Tue, Nov 29, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 95 87 10 8 W 2
19 Wed, Nov 30, 1977 @ Boston Celtics L 92 98 10 9 L 1
20 Fri, Dec 2, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers W 107 102 11 9 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers W 111 97 12 9 W 2
22 Tue, Dec 6, 1977 Washington Bullets W 116 108 13 9 W 3
23 Thu, Dec 8, 1977 New Jersey Nets W 104 78 14 9 W 4
24 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 San Antonio Spurs W 121 119 15 9 W 5
25 Tue, Dec 13, 1977 Denver Nuggets W 99 96 16 9 W 6
26 Wed, Dec 14, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs L 108 116 16 10 L 1
27 Fri, Dec 16, 1977 Philadelphia 76ers W 115 110 17 10 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 @ New York Knickerbockers L 103 112 17 11 L 1
29 Tue, Dec 20, 1977 Atlanta Hawks W 94 86 18 11 W 1
30 Thu, Dec 22, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings L 110 113 18 12 L 1
31 Fri, Dec 23, 1977 Detroit Pistons L 107 108 18 13 L 2
32 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers W 115 106 19 13 W 1
33 Wed, Dec 28, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L OT 125 129 19 14 L 1
34 Fri, Dec 30, 1977 Boston Celtics W 102 97 20 14 W 1
35 Sun, Jan 1, 1978 @ Seattle Supersonics L 96 114 20 15 L 1
36 Tue, Jan 3, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 90 92 20 16 L 2
37 Wed, Jan 4, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors L 94 115 20 17 L 3
38 Fri, Jan 6, 1978 New York Knickerbockers L 97 99 20 18 L 4
39 Sun, Jan 8, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets L 104 109 20 19 L 5
40 Tue, Jan 10, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers W 110 106 21 19 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 13, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks W 128 111 22 19 W 2
42 Sun, Jan 15, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons W 107 101 23 19 W 3
43 Tue, Jan 17, 1978 Indiana Pacers W 105 104 24 19 W 4
44 Thu, Jan 19, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks W 105 95 25 19 W 5
45 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 90 112 25 20 L 1
46 Tue, Jan 24, 1978 Denver Nuggets W 131 114 26 20 W 1
47 Thu, Jan 26, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 107 135 26 21 L 1
48 Sat, Jan 28, 1978 @ New York Knickerbockers L 96 108 26 22 L 2
49 Tue, Jan 31, 1978 Atlanta Hawks W OT 106 103 27 22 W 1
50 Wed, Feb 1, 1978 @ New Orleans Jazz L 111 117 27 23 L 1
51 Fri, Feb 3, 1978 San Antonio Spurs W 110 107 28 23 W 1
52 Tue, Feb 7, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers W 108 106 29 23 W 2
53 Wed, Feb 8, 1978 @ Houston Rockets L 101 105 29 24 L 1
54 Fri, Feb 10, 1978 @ Kansas City Kings L 93 106 29 25 L 2
55 Sat, Feb 11, 1978 Kansas City Kings L 90 95 29 26 L 3
56 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 @ Indiana Pacers L 94 111 29 27 L 4
57 Tue, Feb 14, 1978 New Orleans Jazz W 102 95 30 27 W 1
58 Fri, Feb 17, 1978 Seattle Supersonics L 98 106 30 28 L 1
59 Sat, Feb 18, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs L 103 124 30 29 L 2
60 Mon, Feb 20, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers W 106 95 31 29 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 21, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers L 104 106 31 30 L 1
62 Fri, Feb 24, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks L OT 109 112 31 31 L 2
63 Sun, Feb 26, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers L 99 100 31 32 L 3
64 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 Phoenix Suns W 126 115 32 32 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 5, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors W 96 95 33 32 W 2
66 Thu, Mar 9, 1978 @ Phoenix Suns L 103 112 33 33 L 1
67 Fri, Mar 10, 1978 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 109 115 33 34 L 2
68 Sun, Mar 12, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets L 95 98 33 35 L 3
69 Tue, Mar 14, 1978 Golden State Warriors L 96 103 33 36 L 4
70 Thu, Mar 16, 1978 Washington Bullets W 111 107 34 36 W 1
71 Fri, Mar 17, 1978 New York Knickerbockers W 129 117 35 36 W 2
72 Sun, Mar 19, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons L 92 112 35 37 L 1
73 Tue, Mar 21, 1978 Houston Rockets W 101 99 36 37 W 1
74 Wed, Mar 22, 1978 @ New Jersey Nets L 99 105 36 38 L 1
75 Fri, Mar 24, 1978 @ Boston Celtics W 97 96 37 38 W 1
76 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 78 95 37 39 L 1
77 Tue, Mar 28, 1978 Kansas City Kings L 105 128 37 40 L 2
78 Fri, Mar 31, 1978 Detroit Pistons W 117 107 38 40 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 1, 1978 @ Buffalo Braves W 110 102 39 40 W 2
80 Tue, Apr 4, 1978 Boston Celtics W 116 104 40 40 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 7, 1978 Buffalo Braves L 103 113 40 41 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks L 85 99 40 42 L 2