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1977-78 Kansas City Kings Games

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31-51, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 109.5 points per game, Allowed 111.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 36-46)
Coached by Phil Johnson (13-24), Larry Staverman (18-27)

Arena: Kemper Arena ▪ Attendance: 315,722 (17th of 21)

SRS: -1.76 (16th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.2 (9th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 100.5 (11th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.2 (17th of 22)

1977-78 Statistics ▪ Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 18, 1977 @ New York Knickerbockers L 113 120 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Oct 19, 1977 @ Buffalo Braves L 108 112 0 2 L 2
3 Fri, Oct 21, 1977 Houston Rockets W 95 94 1 2 W 1
4 Sat, Oct 22, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers L 101 106 1 3 L 1
5 Tue, Oct 25, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 112 1 4 L 2
6 Thu, Oct 27, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 119 104 2 4 W 1
7 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 Washington Bullets W 120 106 3 4 W 2
8 Tue, Nov 1, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 95 115 3 5 L 1
9 Wed, Nov 2, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 104 102 4 5 W 1
10 Fri, Nov 4, 1977 Atlanta Hawks L 110 111 4 6 L 1
11 Sun, Nov 6, 1977 @ Seattle Supersonics W 99 83 5 6 W 1
12 Tue, Nov 8, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 104 130 5 7 L 1
13 Fri, Nov 11, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors W 106 105 6 7 W 1
14 Sat, Nov 12, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 114 119 6 8 L 1
15 Tue, Nov 15, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs L 107 113 6 9 L 2
16 Sat, Nov 19, 1977 Washington Bullets L OT 125 131 6 10 L 3
17 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks L 116 122 6 11 L 4
18 Sat, Nov 26, 1977 Boston Celtics W 110 108 7 11 W 1
19 Sun, Nov 27, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz L 106 115 7 12 L 1
20 Wed, Nov 30, 1977 Seattle Supersonics L 84 86 7 13 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 2, 1977 Detroit Pistons W 108 97 8 13 W 1
22 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 New Jersey Nets W OT 118 115 9 13 W 2
23 Tue, Dec 6, 1977 Phoenix Suns L 92 103 9 14 L 1
24 Wed, Dec 7, 1977 @ Boston Celtics L 109 113 9 15 L 2
25 Fri, Dec 9, 1977 @ New Jersey Nets L 114 122 9 16 L 3
26 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 Golden State Warriors L OT 92 97 9 17 L 4
27 Wed, Dec 14, 1977 Denver Nuggets W 124 98 10 17 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 115 93 11 17 W 2
29 Sun, Dec 18, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 115 114 12 17 W 3
30 Thu, Dec 22, 1977 Chicago Bulls W 113 110 13 17 W 4
31 Sun, Dec 25, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks L 122 131 13 18 L 1
32 Mon, Dec 26, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 99 113 13 19 L 2
33 Thu, Dec 29, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 104 110 13 20 L 3
34 Fri, Dec 30, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 109 119 13 21 L 4
35 Sun, Jan 1, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 102 107 13 22 L 5
36 Wed, Jan 4, 1978 @ Seattle Supersonics L 110 116 13 23 L 6
37 Sat, Jan 7, 1978 New York Knickerbockers L 93 100 13 24 L 7
38 Sun, Jan 8, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 123 133 13 25 L 8
39 Tue, Jan 10, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 115 123 13 26 L 9
40 Wed, Jan 11, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers W 102 94 14 26 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 13, 1978 @ Indiana Pacers L 106 108 14 27 L 1
42 Sat, Jan 14, 1978 Atlanta Hawks W 110 101 15 27 W 1
43 Tue, Jan 17, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks L 90 111 15 28 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 18, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers L 106 126 15 29 L 2
45 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 @ New Jersey Nets W 105 97 16 29 W 1
46 Tue, Jan 24, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers L 97 120 16 30 L 1
47 Thu, Jan 26, 1978 @ New York Knickerbockers L 105 112 16 31 L 2
48 Fri, Jan 27, 1978 @ New Orleans Jazz L 117 134 16 32 L 3
49 Sun, Jan 29, 1978 San Antonio Spurs L 113 127 16 33 L 4
50 Tue, Jan 31, 1978 Phoenix Suns L 102 112 16 34 L 5
51 Thu, Feb 2, 1978 Detroit Pistons W 113 101 17 34 W 1
52 Wed, Feb 8, 1978 Boston Celtics W 104 100 18 34 W 2
53 Fri, Feb 10, 1978 Chicago Bulls W 106 93 19 34 W 3
54 Sat, Feb 11, 1978 @ Chicago Bulls W 95 90 20 34 W 4
55 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers W 101 88 21 34 W 5
56 Tue, Feb 14, 1978 Houston Rockets W 125 102 22 34 W 6
57 Fri, Feb 17, 1978 @ Buffalo Braves W 108 100 23 34 W 7
58 Sat, Feb 18, 1978 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 101 105 23 35 L 1
59 Sun, Feb 19, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons L 107 110 23 36 L 2
60 Wed, Feb 22, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers W OT 127 122 24 36 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 24, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers L 96 107 24 37 L 1
62 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 Seattle Supersonics L OT 107 114 24 38 L 2
63 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets L 114 123 24 39 L 3
64 Mon, Mar 6, 1978 Indiana Pacers W 98 88 25 39 W 1
65 Wed, Mar 8, 1978 New Jersey Nets L 121 123 25 40 L 1
66 Fri, Mar 10, 1978 Denver Nuggets W 126 120 26 40 W 1
67 Sun, Mar 12, 1978 Golden State Warriors L 106 113 26 41 L 1
68 Fri, Mar 17, 1978 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 123 26 42 L 2
69 Sat, Mar 18, 1978 @ Boston Celtics L 110 117 26 43 L 3
70 Sun, Mar 19, 1978 Buffalo Braves W 122 108 27 43 W 1
71 Tue, Mar 21, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons W 116 111 28 43 W 2
72 Wed, Mar 22, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers W 120 108 29 43 W 3
73 Fri, Mar 24, 1978 @ Houston Rockets L 103 107 29 44 L 1
74 Sat, Mar 25, 1978 San Antonio Spurs L 130 132 29 45 L 2
75 Tue, Mar 28, 1978 @ Chicago Bulls W 128 105 30 45 W 1
76 Wed, Mar 29, 1978 @ Washington Bullets W OT 108 105 31 45 W 2
77 Fri, Mar 31, 1978 @ Phoenix Suns L 112 136 31 46 L 1
78 Sun, Apr 2, 1978 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 127 133 31 47 L 2
79 Tue, Apr 4, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors L 119 130 31 48 L 3
80 Thu, Apr 6, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs L 116 123 31 49 L 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 7, 1978 New York Knickerbockers L 112 125 31 50 L 5
82 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers L 117 120 31 51 L 6