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43-39, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (43-39)
Points Per Game: 104.4 (19th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.9 (4th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (9th of 22)
Arena: Coliseum at Richfield ▪ Attendance: 454,961 (12th of 21)
SRS: 0.44 (9th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.5 (19th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 99.9 (15th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.4 (5th of 22)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus New York Knickerbockers
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 18, 1977 | Chicago Bulls | L | 88 | 91 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Oct 20, 1977 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | W | 107 | 104 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 22, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 101 | 107 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 25, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | OT | 117 | 112 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Thu, Oct 27, 1977 | Kansas City Kings | L | 104 | 119 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 29, 1977 | Boston Celtics | W | 103 | 98 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Nov 1, 1977 | Denver Nuggets | W | 110 | 93 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Wed, Nov 2, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 101 | 5 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 3, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 100 | 91 | 6 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 5, 1977 | New Jersey Nets | W | 105 | 93 | 7 | 3 | W 5 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 11, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 88 | 82 | 8 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 15, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 102 | 95 | 9 | 3 | W 7 | |
| 13 | Fri, Nov 18, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 104 | 108 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 19, 1977 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 67 | 109 | 9 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 20, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 115 | 108 | 10 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Nov 24, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 97 | 82 | 11 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 26, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 105 | 87 | 12 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Nov 29, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 118 | 101 | 13 | 5 | W 4 | |||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 1, 1977 | Houston Rockets | L | 92 | 105 | 13 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Dec 3, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 97 | 111 | 13 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 4, 1977 | Washington Bullets | L | 94 | 100 | 13 | 8 | L 3 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 6, 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 94 | 116 | 13 | 9 | L 4 | |||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 7, 1977 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 95 | 96 | 13 | 10 | L 5 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 10, 1977 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 102 | 87 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 13, 1977 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 116 | 104 | 15 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 16, 1977 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | OT | 106 | 116 | 15 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Dec 17, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 116 | 129 | 15 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 18, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | W | 101 | 95 | 16 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 22, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 100 | 17 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 25, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | W | 111 | 105 | 18 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 31 | Tue, Dec 27, 1977 | New Orleans Jazz | L | 102 | 113 | 18 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Thu, Dec 29, 1977 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 99 | 104 | 18 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 33 | Fri, Dec 30, 1977 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 101 | 122 | 18 | 15 | L 3 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 1, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 87 | 96 | 18 | 16 | L 4 | ||
| 35 | Wed, Jan 4, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 93 | 108 | 18 | 17 | L 5 | ||
| 36 | Thu, Jan 5, 1978 | New Jersey Nets | W | 110 | 94 | 19 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 7, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | L | OT | 107 | 109 | 19 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 13, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 104 | 19 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 15, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 104 | 113 | 19 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 17, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 89 | 104 | 19 | 21 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 19, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 117 | 109 | 20 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 22, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 93 | 89 | 21 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 24, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 96 | 92 | 22 | 21 | W 3 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 28, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 115 | 22 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 29, 1978 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 116 | 120 | 22 | 23 | L 2 | |
| 46 | Tue, Jan 31, 1978 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 116 | 22 | 24 | L 3 | |||
| 47 | Thu, Feb 2, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 110 | 93 | 23 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 3, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 104 | 101 | 24 | 24 | W 2 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Feb 7, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 122 | 99 | 25 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 9, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 88 | 94 | 25 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Fri, Feb 10, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | OT | 98 | 108 | 25 | 26 | L 2 | |
| 52 | Sun, Feb 12, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 88 | 101 | 25 | 27 | L 3 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 14, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 2OT | 136 | 127 | 26 | 27 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Thu, Feb 16, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | W | 119 | 87 | 27 | 27 | W 2 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 17, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 99 | 96 | 28 | 27 | W 3 | ||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 18, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | W | 105 | 101 | 29 | 27 | W 4 | |||
| 57 | Mon, Feb 20, 1978 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 95 | 106 | 29 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 21, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 114 | 127 | 29 | 29 | L 2 | |||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 24, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 98 | 101 | 29 | 30 | L 3 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 25, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 108 | 112 | 29 | 31 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Mon, Feb 27, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 110 | 97 | 30 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Wed, Mar 1, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 110 | 104 | 31 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 4, 1978 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 100 | 105 | 31 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Mar 5, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 117 | 128 | 31 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 8, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 108 | 118 | 31 | 34 | L 3 | ||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 10, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 117 | 118 | 31 | 35 | L 4 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 12, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 95 | 90 | 32 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 14, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 119 | 98 | 33 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 16, 1978 | Boston Celtics | W | 112 | 102 | 34 | 35 | W 3 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 19, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | L | 112 | 123 | 34 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 71 | Mon, Mar 20, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | L | 104 | 127 | 34 | 37 | L 2 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 22, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 105 | 34 | 38 | L 3 | ||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 26, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | W | 95 | 78 | 35 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Mon, Mar 27, 1978 | Golden State Warriors | W | 98 | 88 | 36 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 28, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 112 | 100 | 37 | 38 | W 3 | |||
| 76 | Thu, Mar 30, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 95 | 99 | 37 | 39 | L 1 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 31, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 102 | 101 | 38 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 1, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | W | 113 | 99 | 39 | 39 | W 2 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 4, 1978 | Buffalo Braves | W | 116 | 105 | 40 | 39 | W 3 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 6, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 117 | 105 | 41 | 39 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 7, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 111 | 109 | 42 | 39 | W 5 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 9, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 120 | 117 | 43 | 39 | W 6 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Apr 12, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 114 | 132 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 14, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 107 | 109 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |