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40-42, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 107.7 points per game, Allowed 106.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-39)
Coached by Phil Johnson (40-42)
Arena: Kemper Arena ▪ Attendance: 330,526 (18th of 22)
SRS: 0.93 (8th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.4 (15th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.5 (8th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 99.6 (13th of 22)
1976-77 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 22, 1976 | Detroit Pistons | L | 96 | 99 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 23, 1976 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 99 | 120 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 26, 1976 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 117 | 115 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 29, 1976 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 130 | 102 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 30, 1976 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 102 | 112 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Nov 1, 1976 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 105 | 101 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 3, 1976 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 126 | 106 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 5, 1976 | Indiana Pacers | W | 112 | 103 | 5 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 7, 1976 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 96 | 107 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 9, 1976 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 102 | 119 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Nov 11, 1976 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 94 | 86 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 12, 1976 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 97 | 102 | 6 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 13, 1976 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 96 | 128 | 6 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 16, 1976 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 100 | 91 | 7 | 7 | W 1 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 18, 1976 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 104 | 129 | 7 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 20, 1976 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | OT | 126 | 127 | 7 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 17 | Sun, Nov 21, 1976 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 106 | 83 | 8 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Nov 23, 1976 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 100 | 98 | 9 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 24, 1976 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 111 | 133 | 9 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 26, 1976 | Denver Nuggets | W | 120 | 110 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Nov 28, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 101 | 89 | 11 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 1, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | OT | 91 | 98 | 11 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 3, 1976 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 115 | 124 | 11 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 5, 1976 | Boston Celtics | W | 102 | 96 | 12 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 9, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 100 | 102 | 12 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 12, 1976 | Detroit Pistons | L | 104 | 110 | 12 | 14 | L 2 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 14, 1976 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 117 | 120 | 12 | 15 | L 3 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 15, 1976 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 100 | 104 | 12 | 16 | L 4 | ||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 16, 1976 | New York Nets | W | 100 | 90 | 13 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 18, 1976 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 90 | 89 | 14 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 19, 1976 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 92 | 103 | 14 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 21, 1976 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 94 | 99 | 14 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 25, 1976 | Chicago Bulls | L | 91 | 96 | 14 | 19 | L 3 | |||
| 34 | Sun, Dec 26, 1976 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 105 | 110 | 14 | 20 | L 4 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 28, 1976 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 113 | 106 | 15 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 29, 1976 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 113 | 103 | 16 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 2, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 89 | 88 | 17 | 20 | W 3 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 8, 1977 | Houston Rockets | W | 106 | 94 | 18 | 20 | W 4 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 11, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 115 | 117 | 18 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 13, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | W | 116 | 114 | 19 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 14, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 111 | 19 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 15, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 115 | 90 | 20 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 18, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 111 | 113 | 20 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 44 | Thu, Jan 20, 1977 | New York Nets | W | 123 | 92 | 21 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 22, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | W | 132 | 104 | 22 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 23, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 111 | 119 | 22 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 26, 1977 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 101 | 95 | 23 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 28, 1977 | Chicago Bulls | W | 105 | 94 | 24 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 29, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 105 | 25 | 24 | W 3 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Jan 30, 1977 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 98 | 112 | 25 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 1, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 97 | 86 | 26 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Feb 2, 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 119 | 107 | 27 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 4, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 101 | 102 | 27 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 6, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 111 | 130 | 27 | 27 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Thu, Feb 10, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 102 | 112 | 27 | 28 | L 3 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 11, 1977 | Washington Bullets | W | 120 | 106 | 28 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 15, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 102 | 96 | 29 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 58 | Thu, Feb 17, 1977 | Boston Celtics | L | 125 | 126 | 29 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 19, 1977 | Houston Rockets | W | 115 | 109 | 30 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 23, 1977 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 93 | 94 | 30 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 25, 1977 | Denver Nuggets | L | 128 | 130 | 30 | 31 | L 2 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Mar 1, 1977 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 126 | 104 | 31 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 2, 1977 | @ | New York Nets | W | 112 | 100 | 32 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Mar 6, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 109 | 108 | 33 | 31 | W 3 | |||
| 65 | Fri, Mar 11, 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 114 | 112 | 34 | 31 | W 4 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 13, 1977 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 103 | 98 | 35 | 31 | W 5 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 15, 1977 | Washington Bullets | W | 101 | 99 | 36 | 31 | W 6 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 17, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | W | 125 | 104 | 37 | 31 | W 7 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 18, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 112 | 114 | 37 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 20, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 118 | 37 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 22, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | W | 126 | 113 | 38 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 23, 1977 | @ | New York Nets | W | 107 | 96 | 39 | 33 | W 2 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 25, 1977 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | OT | 94 | 100 | 39 | 34 | L 1 | |
| 74 | Sat, Mar 26, 1977 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 97 | 107 | 39 | 35 | L 2 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 27, 1977 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 129 | 139 | 39 | 36 | L 3 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 29, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 132 | 126 | 40 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 1, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | OT | 105 | 111 | 40 | 37 | L 1 | |
| 78 | Sun, Apr 3, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 107 | 113 | 40 | 38 | L 2 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 5, 1977 | Indiana Pacers | L | 82 | 87 | 40 | 39 | L 3 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 7, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 110 | 121 | 40 | 40 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 8, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 105 | 112 | 40 | 41 | L 5 | ||
| 82 | Sat, Apr 9, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 102 | 118 | 40 | 42 | L 6 |