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33-49, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 102.0 points per game, Allowed 105.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 31-51)
Coached by Bob Cousy (6-16), Draff Young (0-3) and Phil Johnson (27-30)
Arena: Municipal Auditorium / Attendance: 232,692 (14th of 17 available)
SRS: -3.24 (14th of 17) / Pace Factor: 106.1 (12th of 17)
Offensive Rating: 96.0 (14th of 17) / Defensive Rating: 99.5 (13th of 17)
1973-74 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 10, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | L | 90 | 105 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 12, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | W | 88 | 84 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 13, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 117 | 102 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Oct 17, 1973 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 108 | 106 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 19, 1973 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 99 | 111 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 20, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 81 | 100 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Oct 24, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 91 | 92 | 3 | 4 | L 3 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 8 | Fri, Oct 26, 1973 | Phoenix Suns | W | 98 | 93 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 28, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | L | 100 | 112 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 30, 1973 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 78 | 112 | 4 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 2, 1973 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 109 | 115 | 4 | 7 | L 3 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 4, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | L | 91 | 92 | 4 | 8 | L 4 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 9, 1973 | Capital Bullets | L | 96 | 109 | 4 | 9 | L 5 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 10, 1973 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 83 | 84 | 4 | 10 | L 6 | ||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 11, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 103 | 93 | 5 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 14, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | OT | 118 | 116 | 6 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 16, 1973 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 98 | 125 | 6 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 17, 1973 | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 123 | 6 | 12 | L 2 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 20, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 103 | 109 | 6 | 13 | L 3 | |||
| 20 | Wed, Nov 21, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 90 | 103 | 6 | 14 | L 4 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 23, 1973 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 119 | 6 | 15 | L 5 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 24, 1973 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 131 | 143 | 6 | 16 | L 6 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Nov 25, 1973 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 99 | 104 | 6 | 17 | L 7 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Nov 27, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 110 | 129 | 6 | 18 | L 8 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 25 | Thu, Nov 29, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 99 | 119 | 6 | 19 | L 9 | ||
| 26 | Fri, Nov 30, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 123 | 6 | 20 | L 10 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 1, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 108 | 120 | 6 | 21 | L 11 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 5, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 117 | 105 | 7 | 21 | W 1 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 7, 1973 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 113 | 102 | 8 | 21 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 9, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | L | 80 | 86 | 8 | 22 | L 1 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 31 | Tue, Dec 11, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 104 | 105 | 8 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 15, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 107 | 116 | 8 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 16, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | W | 105 | 104 | 9 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 19, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 106 | 92 | 10 | 24 | W 2 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 20, 1973 | Capital Bullets | L | 92 | 98 | 10 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 22, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | W | 122 | 112 | 11 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 23, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | W | 101 | 93 | 12 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Dec 26, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 95 | 110 | 12 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Thu, Dec 27, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 110 | 100 | 13 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Dec 29, 1973 | @ | Capital Bullets | W | 106 | 102 | 14 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Dec 30, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 85 | 102 | 14 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 42 | Wed, Jan 2, 1974 | Boston Celtics | W | 109 | 97 | 15 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 3, 1974 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 105 | 120 | 15 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 4, 1974 | Phoenix Suns | W | 122 | 97 | 16 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 6, 1974 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 109 | 16 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 8, 1974 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 110 | 129 | 16 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 9, 1974 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 96 | 100 | 16 | 31 | L 3 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 11, 1974 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 117 | 100 | 17 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 13, 1974 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 103 | 99 | 18 | 31 | W 2 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 18, 1974 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 116 | 18 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 19, 1974 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 111 | 108 | 19 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 20, 1974 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 79 | 105 | 19 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 22, 1974 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 103 | 96 | 20 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Fri, Jan 25, 1974 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 118 | 113 | 21 | 33 | W 2 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Jan 27, 1974 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 119 | 21 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Wed, Jan 30, 1974 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 88 | 108 | 21 | 35 | L 2 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 1, 1974 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 88 | 99 | 21 | 36 | L 3 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 6, 1974 | Chicago Bulls | L | 95 | 112 | 21 | 37 | L 4 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 8, 1974 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 104 | 99 | 22 | 37 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 9, 1974 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 121 | 120 | 23 | 37 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 10, 1974 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 103 | 119 | 23 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Tue, Feb 12, 1974 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 106 | 113 | 23 | 39 | L 2 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 13, 1974 | @ | Capital Bullets | L | 87 | 89 | 23 | 40 | L 3 | ||
| 64 | Fri, Feb 15, 1974 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 89 | 92 | 23 | 41 | L 4 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 19, 1974 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 92 | 86 | 24 | 41 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 20, 1974 | Golden State Warriors | W | 116 | 97 | 25 | 41 | W 2 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 67 | Fri, Feb 22, 1974 | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 104 | 26 | 41 | W 3 | |||
| 68 | Sun, Feb 24, 1974 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 93 | 100 | 26 | 42 | L 1 | |||
| 69 | Tue, Feb 26, 1974 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 101 | 118 | 26 | 43 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Wed, Feb 27, 1974 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 85 | 76 | 27 | 43 | W 1 | ||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 1, 1974 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 107 | 27 | 44 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 3, 1974 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 100 | 113 | 27 | 45 | L 2 | ||
| 73 | Mon, Mar 4, 1974 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 103 | 109 | 27 | 46 | L 3 | ||
| 74 | Wed, Mar 6, 1974 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 99 | 111 | 27 | 47 | L 4 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 9, 1974 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 96 | 28 | 47 | W 1 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 12, 1974 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 93 | 91 | 29 | 47 | W 2 | ||
| 77 | Sun, Mar 17, 1974 | Houston Rockets | W | 125 | 114 | 30 | 47 | W 3 | at Omaha, NE | ||
| 78 | Mon, Mar 18, 1974 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 114 | 105 | 31 | 47 | W 4 | |||
| 79 | Wed, Mar 20, 1974 | Chicago Bulls | L | 86 | 87 | 31 | 48 | L 1 | |||
| 80 | Fri, Mar 22, 1974 | Detroit Pistons | W | 107 | 105 | 32 | 48 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 23, 1974 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 107 | 106 | 33 | 48 | W 2 | ||
| 82 | Tue, Mar 26, 1974 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 98 | 118 | 33 | 49 | L 1 |