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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.
| 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 |