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35-47, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 104.6 points per game, Allowed 107.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 33-49)
Coached by Butch Van Breda Kolff (14-12) and Elgin Baylor (21-35)
Arena: Louisiana Superdome / Attendance: 444,138 (12th of 22 available)
SRS: -2.68 (18th of 22) / Pace Factor: 107.2 (11th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 97.0 (19th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 99.7 (14th 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 | Phoenix Suns | W | 111 | 98 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 26, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 101 | 111 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 29, 1976 | Washington Bullets | W | 111 | 93 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 30, 1976 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 115 | 112 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 31, 1976 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 92 | 106 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 2, 1976 | Boston Celtics | W | 115 | 97 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 5, 1976 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 127 | 119 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Nov 7, 1976 | Detroit Pistons | L | 107 | 115 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 9, 1976 | New York Nets | W | 110 | 99 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 10, 1976 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 103 | 116 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 12, 1976 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 117 | 6 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 13, 1976 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 115 | 86 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 16, 1976 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 100 | 98 | 8 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 17, 1976 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 95 | 118 | 8 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 19, 1976 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 95 | 100 | 8 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Nov 21, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 97 | 92 | 9 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 23, 1976 | Golden State Warriors | W | 117 | 94 | 10 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 18 | Thu, Nov 25, 1976 | Houston Rockets | L | 99 | 105 | 10 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Nov 28, 1976 | Buffalo Braves | W | 127 | 118 | 11 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Wed, Dec 1, 1976 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 126 | 105 | 12 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Dec 3, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 121 | 105 | 13 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 4, 1976 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 99 | 107 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 5, 1976 | Denver Nuggets | L | 105 | 117 | 13 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 7, 1976 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 110 | 98 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 10, 1976 | Chicago Bulls | L | 78 | 92 | 14 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 11, 1976 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 106 | 121 | 14 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 14, 1976 | Kansas City Kings | W | 120 | 117 | 15 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 15, 1976 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 115 | 15 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 17, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 109 | 113 | 15 | 14 | L 2 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 18, 1976 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 110 | 106 | 16 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 19, 1976 | Detroit Pistons | L | 110 | 125 | 16 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Tue, Dec 21, 1976 | Indiana Pacers | W | 123 | 113 | 17 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 22, 1976 | @ | New York Nets | L | 93 | 127 | 17 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Dec 26, 1976 | Washington Bullets | W | 109 | 100 | 18 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 30, 1976 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 97 | 104 | 18 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 2, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 93 | 88 | 19 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 7, 1977 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 118 | 130 | 19 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 8, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 107 | 114 | 19 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 9, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 76 | 92 | 19 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 12, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 99 | 110 | 19 | 21 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 14, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 103 | 131 | 19 | 22 | L 5 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 16, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 76 | 97 | 19 | 23 | L 6 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 18, 1977 | Boston Celtics | W | 99 | 89 | 20 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 22, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | W | 118 | 100 | 21 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 23, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 102 | 22 | 23 | W 3 | |||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 26, 1977 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 95 | 101 | 22 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 28, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 96 | 108 | 22 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 29, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 118 | 22 | 26 | L 3 | ||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 30, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 99 | 101 | 22 | 27 | L 4 | ||
| 50 | Wed, Feb 2, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 95 | 120 | 22 | 28 | L 5 | ||
| 51 | Thu, Feb 3, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 105 | 99 | 23 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 6, 1977 | Houston Rockets | W | 99 | 90 | 24 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 9, 1977 | @ | New York Nets | L | OT | 89 | 93 | 24 | 29 | L 1 | |
| 54 | Fri, Feb 11, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 92 | 110 | 24 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 15, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 106 | 117 | 24 | 31 | L 3 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 20, 1977 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 129 | 24 | 32 | L 4 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 22, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 119 | 24 | 33 | L 5 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 23, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 106 | 96 | 25 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 25, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 124 | 107 | 26 | 33 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 27, 1977 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 118 | 135 | 26 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Mar 1, 1977 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 104 | 126 | 26 | 35 | L 2 | ||
| 62 | Fri, Mar 4, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | L | 91 | 95 | 26 | 36 | L 3 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 5, 1977 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 105 | 117 | 26 | 37 | L 4 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Mar 6, 1977 | Indiana Pacers | L | 106 | 110 | 26 | 38 | L 5 | |||
| 65 | Tue, Mar 8, 1977 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 91 | 96 | 26 | 39 | L 6 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 12, 1977 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 104 | 120 | 26 | 40 | L 7 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 15, 1977 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 104 | 131 | 26 | 41 | L 8 | ||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 18, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 104 | 100 | 27 | 41 | W 1 | ||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 20, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 100 | 27 | 42 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 22, 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 106 | 95 | 28 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 23, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 95 | 89 | 29 | 42 | W 2 | ||
| 72 | Thu, Mar 24, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 92 | 87 | 30 | 42 | W 3 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 25, 1977 | Kansas City Kings | W | OT | 100 | 94 | 31 | 42 | W 4 | ||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 27, 1977 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | OT | 119 | 118 | 32 | 42 | W 5 | |
| 75 | Tue, Mar 29, 1977 | New York Nets | W | 94 | 85 | 33 | 42 | W 6 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 30, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 112 | 100 | 34 | 42 | W 7 | |||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 1, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 106 | 115 | 34 | 43 | L 1 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 3, 1977 | Chicago Bulls | L | 82 | 101 | 34 | 44 | L 2 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 5, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 109 | 119 | 34 | 45 | L 3 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 6, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 102 | 107 | 34 | 46 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 8, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 120 | 34 | 47 | L 5 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 10, 1977 | Denver Nuggets | W | 139 | 125 | 35 | 47 | W 1 |