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38-44, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 104.1 points per game, Allowed 105.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 39-43)
Coached by Butch Van Breda Kolff (38-44)
Arena: Louisiana Superdome ▪ Attendance: 513,282 (6th of 18)
SRS: -0.74 (11th of 18) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.7 (8th of 18)
Offensive Rating: 96.6 (16th of 18) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.4 (5th of 18)
1975-76 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 23, 1975 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 91 | 109 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 24, 1975 | Detroit Pistons | W | 114 | 106 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Oct 26, 1975 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 2OT | 125 | 114 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 28, 1975 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 99 | 90 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 31, 1975 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 100 | 85 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 1, 1975 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 103 | 91 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 5, 1975 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 113 | 110 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 7, 1975 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 90 | 94 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Nov 9, 1975 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 97 | 111 | 6 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 11, 1975 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 104 | 106 | 6 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 12, 1975 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 116 | 6 | 5 | L 4 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 15, 1975 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 101 | 103 | 6 | 6 | L 5 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 18, 1975 | Golden State Warriors | L | 104 | 112 | 6 | 7 | L 6 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 22, 1975 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 89 | 85 | 7 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 26, 1975 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 108 | 113 | 7 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 28, 1975 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 97 | 98 | 7 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Nov 30, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 96 | 113 | 7 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 2, 1975 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 108 | 96 | 8 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 3, 1975 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 94 | 102 | 8 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Dec 5, 1975 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 93 | 104 | 8 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 9, 1975 | Phoenix Suns | L | 89 | 104 | 8 | 13 | L 3 | |||
| 22 | Thu, Dec 11, 1975 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 109 | 117 | 8 | 14 | L 4 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 13, 1975 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 90 | 112 | 8 | 15 | L 5 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 14, 1975 | Boston Celtics | L | 93 | 102 | 8 | 16 | L 6 | |||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 17, 1975 | Washington Bullets | W | 105 | 88 | 9 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 19, 1975 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 102 | 113 | 9 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 20, 1975 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 105 | 97 | 10 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 21, 1975 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 120 | 107 | 11 | 17 | W 2 | ||
| 29 | Tue, Dec 23, 1975 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 97 | 105 | 11 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Thu, Dec 25, 1975 | Houston Rockets | W | 101 | 99 | 12 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 27, 1975 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 101 | 108 | 12 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 2, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 111 | 95 | 13 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 3, 1976 | Kansas City Kings | W | 120 | 95 | 14 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 6, 1976 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 104 | 98 | 15 | 19 | W 3 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Jan 8, 1976 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 107 | 97 | 16 | 19 | W 4 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 10, 1976 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 99 | 17 | 19 | W 5 | ||
| 37 | Wed, Jan 14, 1976 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 95 | 100 | 17 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 16, 1976 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 94 | 92 | 18 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Sat, Jan 17, 1976 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 103 | 97 | 19 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 21, 1976 | Chicago Bulls | L | 93 | 102 | 19 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 22, 1976 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 86 | 109 | 19 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 27, 1976 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 105 | 129 | 19 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 28, 1976 | Buffalo Braves | L | 112 | 126 | 19 | 24 | L 4 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 30, 1976 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 97 | 20 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 31, 1976 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 108 | 95 | 21 | 24 | W 2 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Feb 1, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 96 | 95 | 22 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 47 | Thu, Feb 5, 1976 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 111 | 23 | 24 | W 4 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 6, 1976 | Kansas City Kings | W | 108 | 101 | 24 | 24 | W 5 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Feb 8, 1976 | Chicago Bulls | L | 92 | 96 | 24 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 10, 1976 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | OT | 130 | 124 | 25 | 25 | W 1 | |
| 51 | Wed, Feb 11, 1976 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 90 | 93 | 25 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 13, 1976 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 126 | 25 | 27 | L 2 | ||
| 53 | Sat, Feb 14, 1976 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 93 | 112 | 25 | 28 | L 3 | ||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 17, 1976 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 101 | 115 | 25 | 29 | L 4 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 20, 1976 | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 103 | 25 | 30 | L 5 | |||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 21, 1976 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 98 | 102 | 25 | 31 | L 6 | ||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 22, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 102 | 94 | 26 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 25, 1976 | Washington Bullets | W | 105 | 104 | 27 | 31 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 26, 1976 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 108 | 118 | 27 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 28, 1976 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 99 | 112 | 27 | 33 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Mar 2, 1976 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | OT | 109 | 111 | 27 | 34 | L 3 | |
| 62 | Wed, Mar 3, 1976 | Houston Rockets | L | 105 | 113 | 27 | 35 | L 4 | |||
| 63 | Fri, Mar 5, 1976 | Boston Celtics | L | 93 | 98 | 27 | 36 | L 5 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Mar 7, 1976 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 124 | 106 | 28 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Tue, Mar 9, 1976 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 117 | 99 | 29 | 36 | W 2 | ||
| 66 | Wed, Mar 10, 1976 | Buffalo Braves | L | 105 | 120 | 29 | 37 | L 1 | |||
| 67 | Fri, Mar 12, 1976 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 110 | 101 | 30 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Sat, Mar 13, 1976 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 117 | 111 | 31 | 37 | W 2 | ||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 14, 1976 | Golden State Warriors | W | 118 | 103 | 32 | 37 | W 3 | |||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 17, 1976 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 107 | 112 | 32 | 38 | L 1 | |||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 19, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 103 | 81 | 33 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 20, 1976 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 101 | 115 | 33 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 23, 1976 | Boston Celtics | L | OT | 97 | 101 | 33 | 40 | L 2 | ||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 26, 1976 | Washington Bullets | W | OT | 131 | 126 | 34 | 40 | W 1 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 28, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 110 | 107 | 35 | 40 | W 2 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 31, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 101 | 110 | 35 | 41 | L 1 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 2, 1976 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 102 | 116 | 35 | 42 | L 2 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 4, 1976 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | OT | 129 | 125 | 36 | 42 | W 1 | |
| 79 | Wed, Apr 7, 1976 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 99 | 102 | 36 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 8, 1976 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 97 | 111 | 36 | 44 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 9, 1976 | Houston Rockets | W | 99 | 88 | 37 | 44 | W 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 11, 1976 | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 105 | 38 | 44 | W 2 |