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1977-78 New Orleans Jazz Games

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39-43, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 107.6 points per game, Allowed 109.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 36-46)
Coached by Elgin Baylor (39-43)

Arena: Louisiana Superdome ▪ Attendance: 527,351 (6th of 21)

SRS: -1.80 (17th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.3 (8th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 98.9 (21st of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.6 (10th 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 Thu, Oct 20, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers L 104 107 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Oct 21, 1977 @ New Jersey Nets W 111 103 1 1 W 1
3 Sat, Oct 22, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers W OT 104 103 2 1 W 2
4 Wed, Oct 26, 1977 New York Knickerbockers W 123 106 3 1 W 3
5 Fri, Oct 28, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 114 107 4 1 W 4
6 Tue, Nov 1, 1977 Chicago Bulls W 99 88 5 1 W 5
7 Wed, Nov 2, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings L 102 104 5 2 L 1
8 Fri, Nov 4, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 105 102 6 2 W 1
9 Sun, Nov 6, 1977 Washington Bullets L 97 108 6 3 L 1
10 Wed, Nov 9, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 112 115 6 4 L 2
11 Thu, Nov 10, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 111 127 6 5 L 3
12 Fri, Nov 11, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 107 123 6 6 L 4
13 Sun, Nov 13, 1977 @ Seattle Supersonics L 83 117 6 7 L 5
14 Tue, Nov 15, 1977 @ New York Knickerbockers L 105 108 6 8 L 6
15 Thu, Nov 17, 1977 Seattle Supersonics W 127 116 7 8 W 1
16 Sat, Nov 19, 1977 @ Houston Rockets W 103 101 8 8 W 2
17 Tue, Nov 22, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 123 108 9 8 W 3
18 Thu, Nov 24, 1977 Denver Nuggets W 131 129 10 8 W 4
19 Sun, Nov 27, 1977 Kansas City Kings W 115 106 11 8 W 5
20 Tue, Nov 29, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 87 95 11 9 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 30, 1977 Philadelphia 76ers L 114 117 11 10 L 2
22 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs L 118 133 11 11 L 3
23 Tue, Dec 6, 1977 @ Buffalo Braves L 90 113 11 12 L 4
24 Wed, Dec 7, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers L 103 118 11 13 L 5
25 Fri, Dec 9, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 97 101 11 14 L 6
26 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 @ Detroit Pistons L 86 104 11 15 L 7
27 Tue, Dec 13, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers W 117 94 12 15 W 1
28 Fri, Dec 16, 1977 Phoenix Suns L 113 126 12 16 L 1
29 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings L 93 115 12 17 L 2
30 Sun, Dec 18, 1977 Detroit Pistons L 108 117 12 18 L 3
31 Thu, Dec 22, 1977 New Jersey Nets W 131 110 13 18 W 1
32 Sun, Dec 25, 1977 San Antonio Spurs L 105 115 13 19 L 1
33 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 113 102 14 19 W 1
34 Fri, Dec 30, 1977 @ New York Knickerbockers L 116 118 14 20 L 1
35 Tue, Jan 3, 1978 Indiana Pacers L 103 104 14 21 L 2
36 Thu, Jan 5, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 116 109 15 21 W 1
37 Fri, Jan 6, 1978 Atlanta Hawks W 96 94 16 21 W 2
38 Sun, Jan 8, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 100 122 16 22 L 1
39 Tue, Jan 10, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets L OT 110 115 16 23 L 2
40 Wed, Jan 11, 1978 @ Phoenix Suns L 99 142 16 24 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 14, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors W 118 111 17 24 W 1
42 Tue, Jan 17, 1978 Houston Rockets W 99 95 18 24 W 2
43 Wed, Jan 18, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks W 108 106 19 24 W 3
44 Fri, Jan 20, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers W 101 100 20 24 W 4
45 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 Detroit Pistons W 100 97 21 24 W 5
46 Tue, Jan 24, 1978 Boston Celtics W 96 91 22 24 W 6
47 Fri, Jan 27, 1978 Kansas City Kings W 134 117 23 24 W 7
48 Sun, Jan 29, 1978 @ Indiana Pacers W 107 91 24 24 W 8
49 Tue, Jan 31, 1978 Buffalo Braves W 114 95 25 24 W 9
50 Wed, Feb 1, 1978 Chicago Bulls W 117 111 26 24 W 10
51 Tue, Feb 7, 1978 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 99 122 26 25 L 1
52 Wed, Feb 8, 1978 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 117 26 26 L 2
53 Sat, Feb 11, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons L 96 106 26 27 L 3
54 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 Houston Rockets L 112 119 26 28 L 4
55 Tue, Feb 14, 1978 @ Chicago Bulls L 95 102 26 29 L 5
56 Wed, Feb 15, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 99 112 26 30 L 6
57 Fri, Feb 17, 1978 Atlanta Hawks L 102 111 26 31 L 7
58 Sun, Feb 19, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 111 130 26 32 L 8
59 Wed, Feb 22, 1978 Golden State Warriors W 116 91 27 32 W 1
60 Fri, Feb 24, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers W 101 98 28 32 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 26, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks L OT 120 122 28 33 L 1
62 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 Buffalo Braves W 125 108 29 33 W 1
63 Wed, Mar 1, 1978 Boston Celtics W 101 100 30 33 W 2
64 Fri, Mar 3, 1978 @ Boston Celtics L 113 116 30 34 L 1
65 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 Seattle Supersonics W 113 104 31 34 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 5, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs L 97 98 31 35 L 1
67 Tue, Mar 7, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers W 84 82 32 35 W 1
68 Wed, Mar 8, 1978 @ Buffalo Braves L 108 120 32 36 L 1
69 Fri, Mar 10, 1978 @ New Jersey Nets W 105 99 33 36 W 1
70 Tue, Mar 14, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 109 103 34 36 W 2
71 Thu, Mar 16, 1978 @ Seattle Supersonics L 98 123 34 37 L 1
72 Sat, Mar 18, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors W 96 88 35 37 W 1
73 Tue, Mar 21, 1978 New Jersey Nets W 117 114 36 37 W 2
74 Wed, Mar 22, 1978 Washington Bullets L 109 124 36 38 L 1
75 Fri, Mar 24, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks L OT 94 96 36 39 L 2
76 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 Denver Nuggets L 100 109 36 40 L 3
77 Wed, Mar 29, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers L 103 108 36 41 L 4
78 Fri, Mar 31, 1978 New York Knickerbockers L 116 117 36 42 L 5
79 Sat, Apr 1, 1978 @ Boston Celtics L 108 119 36 43 L 6
80 Tue, Apr 4, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers W 120 119 37 43 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 7, 1978 @ Houston Rockets W 117 114 38 43 W 2
82 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 San Antonio Spurs W 153 132 39 43 W 3