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47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 114.8 points per game, Allowed 113.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 45-37)
Coached by Jack Ramsay (47-35)
Arena: The Spectrum / Attendance: 336,815 (6th of 17 available)
SRS: 1.81 (7th of 17)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Baltimore Bullets
1970-71 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 14, 1970 | Chicago Bulls | W | 110 | 107 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 16, 1970 | San Diego Rockets | W | 127 | 119 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 17, 1970 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 123 | 105 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 20, 1970 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 98 | 89 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Oct 21, 1970 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 117 | 141 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Oct 23, 1970 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 127 | 122 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 24, 1970 | @ | San Diego Rockets | L | 111 | 116 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Oct 28, 1970 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 111 | 108 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 9 | Fri, Oct 30, 1970 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 110 | 123 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Oct 31, 1970 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 133 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 11 | Mon, Nov 2, 1970 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 141 | 87 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 4, 1970 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 115 | 7 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 6, 1970 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 118 | 112 | 8 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 7, 1970 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 134 | 128 | 9 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 10, 1970 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 104 | 109 | 9 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 11, 1970 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 119 | 107 | 10 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 13, 1970 | Buffalo Braves | W | 119 | 111 | 11 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 14, 1970 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 126 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 17, 1970 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 113 | 91 | 12 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Nov 18, 1970 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 106 | 13 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 20, 1970 | Detroit Pistons | L | 112 | 120 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 21, 1970 | Phoenix Suns | L | 119 | 125 | 13 | 9 | L 2 | |||
| 23 | Sun, Nov 22, 1970 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 115 | 125 | 13 | 10 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Tue, Nov 24, 1970 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 96 | 104 | 13 | 11 | L 4 | |||
| 25 | Wed, Nov 25, 1970 | N | Buffalo Braves | W | 99 | 92 | 14 | 11 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 26 | Fri, Nov 27, 1970 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 109 | 113 | 14 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 27 | Mon, Nov 30, 1970 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 104 | 98 | 15 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 1, 1970 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 91 | 107 | 15 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 4, 1970 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | OT | 122 | 128 | 15 | 14 | L 2 | |
| 30 | Sat, Dec 5, 1970 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 131 | 106 | 16 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Tue, Dec 8, 1970 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 104 | 107 | 16 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 11, 1970 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 101 | 102 | 16 | 16 | L 2 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 12, 1970 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 101 | 118 | 16 | 17 | L 3 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 15, 1970 | San Diego Rockets | W | 122 | 98 | 17 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 17, 1970 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 125 | 117 | 18 | 17 | W 2 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 19, 1970 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 108 | 99 | 19 | 17 | W 3 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 37 | Sun, Dec 20, 1970 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | OT | 134 | 132 | 20 | 17 | W 4 | |
| 38 | Tue, Dec 22, 1970 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | OT | 133 | 129 | 21 | 17 | W 5 | |
| 39 | Fri, Dec 25, 1970 | Detroit Pistons | W | 105 | 100 | 22 | 17 | W 6 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Dec 27, 1970 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 101 | 114 | 22 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Dec 29, 1970 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 124 | 113 | 23 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 42 | Wed, Dec 30, 1970 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 119 | 107 | 24 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 2, 1971 | Boston Celtics | L | 120 | 125 | 24 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 5, 1971 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 97 | 92 | 25 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 45 | Fri, Jan 8, 1971 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 117 | 123 | 25 | 20 | L 1 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 9, 1971 | Phoenix Suns | W | 123 | 112 | 26 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 10, 1971 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 115 | 107 | 27 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Jan 14, 1971 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 103 | 108 | 27 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Fri, Jan 15, 1971 | Chicago Bulls | W | 99 | 96 | 28 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 16, 1971 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 115 | 96 | 29 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 17, 1971 | @ | San Diego Rockets | W | 106 | 105 | 30 | 21 | W 3 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Jan 19, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 114 | 134 | 30 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Fri, Jan 22, 1971 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 117 | 116 | 31 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Jan 24, 1971 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 145 | 119 | 32 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Jan 26, 1971 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 129 | 122 | 33 | 22 | W 3 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Jan 29, 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 118 | 142 | 33 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Jan 30, 1971 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 106 | 105 | 34 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Jan 31, 1971 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 126 | 132 | 34 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 2, 1971 | Boston Celtics | W | 108 | 105 | 35 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 5, 1971 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 102 | 114 | 35 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 6, 1971 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 118 | 109 | 36 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 7, 1971 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 127 | 99 | 37 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 12, 1971 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 109 | 118 | 37 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 14, 1971 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 103 | 112 | 37 | 27 | L 2 | at College Park, MD | |
| 65 | Wed, Feb 17, 1971 | N | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 114 | 119 | 37 | 28 | L 3 | at Madison, WI | |
| 66 | Fri, Feb 19, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 118 | 104 | 38 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 67 | Sat, Feb 20, 1971 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 118 | 105 | 39 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Feb 21, 1971 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 128 | 135 | 39 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Feb 23, 1971 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 119 | 113 | 40 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Fri, Feb 26, 1971 | Phoenix Suns | L | 94 | 108 | 40 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Feb 28, 1971 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 131 | 121 | 41 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Mon, Mar 1, 1971 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 103 | 127 | 41 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 2, 1971 | San Diego Rockets | L | 103 | 111 | 41 | 32 | L 2 | |||
| 74 | Wed, Mar 3, 1971 | N | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 120 | 104 | 42 | 32 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 75 | Fri, Mar 5, 1971 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 121 | 116 | 43 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 76 | Sat, Mar 6, 1971 | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 115 | 44 | 32 | W 3 | |||
| 77 | Tue, Mar 9, 1971 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 124 | 113 | 45 | 32 | W 4 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 14, 1971 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 101 | 108 | 45 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 16, 1971 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 125 | 130 | 45 | 34 | L 2 | |||
| 80 | Fri, Mar 19, 1971 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 147 | 127 | 46 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Mar 20, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 112 | 124 | 46 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 21, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 120 | 108 | 47 | 35 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 24, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 126 | 112 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Mar 26, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 107 | 119 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Mar 28, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 103 | 111 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Mar 30, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 105 | 120 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 5 | Thu, Apr 1, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 104 | 103 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Apr 3, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 98 | 94 | 3 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Apr 4, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 120 | 128 | 3 | 4 | L 1 |