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22-60, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 95.9 points per game, Allowed 102.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 23-59)
Coached by Kevin Loughery (22-60)
Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 284,259 (21st of 22)
SRS: -6.54 (22nd of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.7 (19th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 92.2 (22nd of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 98.7 (9th 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 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 104 | 103 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 23, 1976 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 104 | 114 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Oct 24, 1976 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 93 | 104 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Oct 27, 1976 | Washington Bullets | W | 96 | 93 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 29, 1976 | Indiana Pacers | L | 89 | 90 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 30, 1976 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 80 | 104 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Nov 1, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 75 | 82 | 2 | 5 | L 3 | |||
| 8 | Wed, Nov 3, 1976 | Buffalo Braves | W | 100 | 96 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 5, 1976 | Houston Rockets | W | 95 | 91 | 4 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 6, 1976 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 93 | 101 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 9, 1976 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 99 | 110 | 4 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 11, 1976 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 104 | 108 | 4 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 13, 1976 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 114 | 110 | 5 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 17, 1976 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 78 | 112 | 5 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 19, 1976 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 90 | 88 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Nov 21, 1976 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 91 | 96 | 6 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 24, 1976 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 99 | 91 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 26, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 105 | 109 | 7 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 27, 1976 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 96 | 91 | 8 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 30, 1976 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 104 | 103 | 9 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Dec 1, 1976 | Phoenix Suns | L | 96 | 106 | 9 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 3, 1976 | Denver Nuggets | L | 124 | 126 | 9 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 4, 1976 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 107 | 105 | 10 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 8, 1976 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 95 | 105 | 10 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 10, 1976 | Detroit Pistons | L | 104 | 106 | 10 | 15 | L 2 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 11, 1976 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 88 | 11 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 16, 1976 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 90 | 100 | 11 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 17, 1976 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 110 | 126 | 11 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 19, 1976 | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 94 | 11 | 18 | L 3 | |||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 22, 1976 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 127 | 93 | 12 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Thu, Dec 23, 1976 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 94 | 96 | 12 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Wed, Dec 29, 1976 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 96 | 102 | 12 | 20 | L 2 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 1, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 87 | 102 | 12 | 21 | L 3 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 2, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 110 | 139 | 12 | 22 | L 4 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 4, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 80 | 88 | 12 | 23 | L 5 | ||
| 36 | Wed, Jan 5, 1977 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 92 | 107 | 12 | 24 | L 6 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 7, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 82 | 85 | 12 | 25 | L 7 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 8, 1977 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 73 | 80 | 12 | 26 | L 8 | ||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 14, 1977 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 101 | 120 | 12 | 27 | L 9 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 16, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 91 | 106 | 12 | 28 | L 10 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 19, 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 94 | 109 | 12 | 29 | L 11 | |||
| 42 | Thu, Jan 20, 1977 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 92 | 123 | 12 | 30 | L 12 | ||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 21, 1977 | Washington Bullets | L | 88 | 99 | 12 | 31 | L 13 | |||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 23, 1977 | Chicago Bulls | W | 95 | 86 | 13 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 26, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 101 | 103 | 13 | 32 | L 1 | |
| 46 | Fri, Jan 28, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | L | 84 | 106 | 13 | 33 | L 2 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 30, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 92 | 100 | 13 | 34 | L 3 | |||
| 48 | Wed, Feb 2, 1977 | Boston Celtics | W | 99 | 89 | 14 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Feb 4, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 113 | 112 | 15 | 34 | W 2 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 6, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 94 | 90 | 16 | 34 | W 3 | ||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 8, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 97 | 100 | 16 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Feb 9, 1977 | New Orleans Jazz | W | OT | 93 | 89 | 17 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 11, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | L | 94 | 96 | 17 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 15, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 106 | 114 | 17 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 16, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 102 | 116 | 17 | 38 | L 3 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 18, 1977 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 88 | 93 | 17 | 39 | L 4 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 19, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 86 | 85 | 18 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 20, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 80 | 100 | 18 | 40 | L 1 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 23, 1977 | Denver Nuggets | W | 91 | 88 | 19 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 25, 1977 | Detroit Pistons | L | 106 | 112 | 19 | 41 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 27, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | L | 98 | 106 | 19 | 42 | L 2 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Mar 1, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 104 | 95 | 20 | 42 | W 1 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 2, 1977 | Kansas City Kings | L | 100 | 112 | 20 | 43 | L 1 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Mar 4, 1977 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 121 | 135 | 20 | 44 | L 2 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Mar 6, 1977 | Houston Rockets | L | 91 | 99 | 20 | 45 | L 3 | |||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 11, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 82 | 73 | 21 | 45 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 13, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 81 | 84 | 21 | 46 | L 1 | |||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 15, 1977 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 108 | 118 | 21 | 47 | L 2 | ||
| 69 | Wed, Mar 16, 1977 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 86 | 100 | 21 | 48 | L 3 | ||
| 70 | Fri, Mar 18, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 88 | 101 | 21 | 49 | L 4 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 20, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 104 | 111 | 21 | 50 | L 5 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 23, 1977 | Kansas City Kings | L | 96 | 107 | 21 | 51 | L 6 | |||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 25, 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 103 | 131 | 21 | 52 | L 7 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 27, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 114 | 21 | 53 | L 8 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 29, 1977 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 85 | 94 | 21 | 54 | L 9 | ||
| 76 | Thu, Mar 31, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 81 | 95 | 21 | 55 | L 10 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 1, 1977 | Indiana Pacers | L | 88 | 89 | 21 | 56 | L 11 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 3, 1977 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 97 | 115 | 21 | 57 | L 12 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 5, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 88 | 86 | 22 | 57 | W 1 | ||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 7, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 86 | 124 | 22 | 58 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 8, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 124 | 22 | 59 | L 2 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 10, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 104 | 128 | 22 | 60 | L 3 |