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44-40, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division (Game Results)
ABA Season Summary
Scored 122.2 points per game, Allowed 122.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 42-42)
Coached by Gene Rhodes (10-5), Alex Groza (2-0), Frank Ramsey (32-35)
Arena: Freedom Hall / Attendance: NA
SRS: -0.17 (4th of 11)
Playoffs:
Lost ABA Finals (4-3) versus Utah Stars
Won ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus Virginia Squires
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus The Floridians
1970-71 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 15, 1970 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 95 | 127 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 17, 1970 | Denver Rockets | W | 109 | 103 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Oct 18, 1970 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 121 | 115 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 4 | Tue, Oct 20, 1970 | @ | The Floridians | L | 115 | 120 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Oct 21, 1970 | Virginia Squires | L | 97 | 112 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 6 | Thu, Oct 22, 1970 | @ | Memphis Pros | L | 99 | 109 | 2 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 24, 1970 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 138 | 120 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Wed, Oct 28, 1970 | Carolina Cougars | W | 104 | 102 | 4 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Oct 31, 1970 | New York Nets | W | 113 | 100 | 5 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 1, 1970 | @ | The Floridians | W | 112 | 109 | 6 | 4 | W 4 | at Tampa, FL | |
| 11 | Wed, Nov 4, 1970 | Carolina Cougars | W | 127 | 105 | 7 | 4 | W 5 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 6, 1970 | Denver Rockets | W | 131 | 114 | 8 | 4 | W 6 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 7, 1970 | Utah Stars | W | 111 | 100 | 9 | 4 | W 7 | |||
| 14 | Mon, Nov 9, 1970 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 112 | 130 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 11, 1970 | Virginia Squires | W | 128 | 123 | 10 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 13, 1970 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 130 | 123 | 11 | 5 | W 2 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 17 | Sat, Nov 14, 1970 | Texas Chaparrals | W | 149 | 132 | 12 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 18, 1970 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 122 | 112 | 13 | 5 | W 4 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 19 | Fri, Nov 20, 1970 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 100 | 98 | 14 | 5 | W 5 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 20 | Sat, Nov 21, 1970 | New York Nets | W | 114 | 92 | 15 | 5 | W 6 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 25, 1970 | Denver Rockets | W | 153 | 138 | 16 | 5 | W 7 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Nov 27, 1970 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | 122 | 121 | 17 | 5 | W 8 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 23 | Sat, Nov 28, 1970 | Texas Chaparrals | L | 119 | 142 | 17 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 2, 1970 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 139 | 127 | 18 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 4, 1970 | @ | Utah Stars | L | OT | 128 | 129 | 18 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sun, Dec 6, 1970 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 140 | 125 | 19 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 11, 1970 | @ | New York Nets | L | 99 | 128 | 19 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 12, 1970 | The Floridians | L | 117 | 122 | 19 | 9 | L 2 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 13, 1970 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 125 | 130 | 19 | 10 | L 3 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 16, 1970 | Indiana Pacers | W | 125 | 110 | 20 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Thu, Dec 17, 1970 | @ | The Floridians | W | 126 | 123 | 21 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 18, 1970 | The Floridians | W | 115 | 112 | 22 | 10 | W 3 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 19, 1970 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 104 | 113 | 22 | 11 | L 1 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 34 | Mon, Dec 21, 1970 | N | The Floridians | L | 119 | 125 | 22 | 12 | L 2 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 35 | Tue, Dec 22, 1970 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 116 | 100 | 23 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 26, 1970 | Texas Chaparrals | W | 126 | 122 | 24 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 37 | Sun, Dec 27, 1970 | @ | New York Nets | L | 108 | 114 | 24 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Mon, Dec 28, 1970 | Memphis Pros | L | 106 | 110 | 24 | 14 | L 2 | |||
| 39 | Wed, Dec 30, 1970 | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 118 | 125 | 24 | 15 | L 3 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 2, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | L | 132 | 134 | 24 | 16 | L 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 3, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | W | 124 | 119 | 25 | 16 | W 1 | at Jacksonville, FL | |
| 42 | Wed, Jan 6, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 145 | 137 | 26 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 8, 1971 | @ | New York Nets | L | 111 | 125 | 26 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 9, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | L | 125 | 130 | 26 | 18 | L 2 | |||
| 45 | Mon, Jan 11, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | L | 107 | 121 | 26 | 19 | L 3 | at Nashville, TN | |
| 46 | Wed, Jan 13, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 133 | 117 | 27 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Thu, Jan 14, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 111 | 122 | 27 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 16, 1971 | New York Nets | L | 116 | 117 | 27 | 21 | L 2 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 17, 1971 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 124 | 137 | 27 | 22 | L 3 | ||
| 50 | Mon, Jan 18, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 124 | 114 | 28 | 22 | W 1 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 51 | Tue, Jan 19, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 117 | 110 | 29 | 22 | W 2 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 24, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | L | 116 | 119 | 29 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Jan 26, 1971 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | 125 | 122 | 30 | 23 | W 1 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 54 | Fri, Jan 29, 1971 | Virginia Squires | L | 135 | 147 | 30 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 55 | Sun, Jan 31, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 129 | 138 | 30 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 2, 1971 | @ | Texas Chaparrals | W | 122 | 116 | 31 | 25 | W 1 | at Fort Worth, TX | |
| 57 | Thu, Feb 4, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 106 | 99 | 32 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 5, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 139 | 156 | 32 | 26 | L 1 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 59 | Sat, Feb 6, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | L | 132 | 139 | 32 | 27 | L 2 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 60 | Sun, Feb 7, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 130 | 118 | 33 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 10, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 127 | 149 | 33 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Fri, Feb 12, 1971 | @ | Denver Rockets | W | 142 | 138 | 34 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 13, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 123 | 128 | 34 | 29 | L 1 | at Hampton, VA | |
| 64 | Sun, Feb 14, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 140 | 144 | 34 | 30 | L 2 | at Norfolk, VA | |
| 65 | Fri, Feb 19, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | L | 121 | 126 | 34 | 31 | L 3 | |||
| 66 | Sun, Feb 21, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 125 | 121 | 35 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Feb 23, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 130 | 133 | 35 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Feb 24, 1971 | Memphis Pros | W | 126 | 115 | 36 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Feb 28, 1971 | @ | Carolina Cougars | W | 122 | 112 | 37 | 32 | W 2 | at Charlotte, NC | |
| 70 | Wed, Mar 3, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | W | 131 | 128 | 38 | 32 | W 3 | |||
| 71 | Thu, Mar 4, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | W | 128 | 119 | 39 | 32 | W 4 | ||
| 72 | Fri, Mar 5, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 118 | 113 | 40 | 32 | W 5 | |||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 7, 1971 | Indiana Pacers | L | 122 | 127 | 40 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 13, 1971 | Pittsburgh Condors | W | 157 | 132 | 41 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 14, 1971 | Virginia Squires | L | 121 | 139 | 41 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 16, 1971 | New York Nets | W | 122 | 104 | 42 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 17, 1971 | @ | New York Nets | L | 120 | 122 | 42 | 35 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 78 | Fri, Mar 19, 1971 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 109 | 120 | 42 | 36 | L 2 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 21, 1971 | Utah Stars | L | 109 | 123 | 42 | 37 | L 3 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 24, 1971 | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 131 | 149 | 42 | 38 | L 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 26, 1971 | @ | New York Nets | W | 122 | 115 | 43 | 38 | W 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 28, 1971 | Carolina Cougars | L | 142 | 148 | 43 | 39 | L 1 | |||
| 83 | Mon, Mar 29, 1971 | @ | Memphis Pros | W | 109 | 107 | 44 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 84 | Tue, Mar 30, 1971 | @ | Pittsburgh Condors | L | 132 | 149 | 44 | 40 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Apr 2, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 116 | 112 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Apr 4, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 120 | 110 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Apr 6, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | L | 102 | 120 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Apr 8, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | L | 117 | 129 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Apr 10, 1971 | The Floridians | W | 118 | 101 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Mon, Apr 12, 1971 | @ | The Floridians | W | 112 | 103 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Apr 15, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 136 | 132 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Apr 17, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | L | 122 | 142 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Apr 19, 1971 | Virginia Squires | L | 137 | 150 | 5 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Apr 21, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 128 | 110 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Apr 23, 1971 | @ | Virginia Squires | W | 115 | 107 | 7 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Apr 24, 1971 | Virginia Squires | W | 129 | 117 | 8 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 13 | Mon, May 3, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 117 | 136 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, May 5, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 125 | 138 | 8 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Fri, May 7, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 116 | 110 | 9 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Sat, May 8, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | OT | 129 | 125 | 10 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Wed, May 12, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 127 | 137 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, May 15, 1971 | Utah Stars | W | 105 | 102 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Tue, May 18, 1971 | @ | Utah Stars | L | 121 | 131 | 11 | 8 | L 1 |