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1977-78 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John MacLeod (49-33)

PTS/G: 112.3 (5th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 108.6 (10th of 22)
SRS: 3.50 (3rd of 22) ▪ Pace: 111.4 (1st of 22)
Off Rtg: 100.3 (13th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 97.0 (1st of 22)
Expected W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 470,009 (11th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 18, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 100 83 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Oct 23, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 104 101 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Oct 25, 1977 Seattle SuperSonics W 93 86 3 0 W 3
4 Fri, Oct 28, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz L 107 114 3 1 L 1
5 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 112 125 3 2 L 2
6 Mon, Oct 31, 1977 San Antonio Spurs L 143 145 3 3 L 3
7 Thu, Nov 3, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs W 110 89 4 3 W 1
8 Fri, Nov 4, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 96 113 4 4 L 1
9 Sat, Nov 5, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 94 111 4 5 L 2
10 Thu, Nov 10, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 127 111 5 5 W 1
11 Sun, Nov 13, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 116 107 6 5 W 2
12 Fri, Nov 18, 1977 Chicago Bulls W 103 101 7 5 W 3
13 Sun, Nov 20, 1977 San Antonio Spurs W 134 112 8 5 W 4
14 Tue, Nov 22, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers W 118 107 9 5 W 5
15 Thu, Nov 24, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 82 97 9 6 L 1
16 Fri, Nov 25, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers W 118 110 10 6 W 1
17 Sun, Nov 27, 1977 Denver Nuggets W 115 97 11 6 W 2
18 Tue, Nov 29, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 108 11 7 L 1
19 Fri, Dec 2, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers L 103 106 11 8 L 2
20 Sun, Dec 4, 1977 Atlanta Hawks L 89 96 11 9 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 6, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings W 103 92 12 9 W 1
22 Wed, Dec 7, 1977 @ Detroit Pistons W OT 113 107 13 9 W 2
23 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 Houston Rockets W 110 93 14 9 W 3
24 Wed, Dec 14, 1977 Buffalo Braves W 113 103 15 9 W 4
25 Fri, Dec 16, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz W 126 113 16 9 W 5
26 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 @ Houston Rockets W 101 97 17 9 W 6
27 Sun, Dec 18, 1977 @ Atlanta Hawks L 2OT 129 134 17 10 L 1
28 Tue, Dec 20, 1977 @ New York Knicks W 110 99 18 10 W 1
29 Wed, Dec 21, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 119 125 18 11 L 1
30 Fri, Dec 23, 1977 Boston Celtics W 129 110 19 11 W 1
31 Mon, Dec 26, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 108 127 19 12 L 1
32 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 Seattle SuperSonics W 131 105 20 12 W 1
33 Thu, Dec 29, 1977 Kansas City Kings W 110 104 21 12 W 2
34 Fri, Dec 30, 1977 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 110 121 21 13 L 1
35 Tue, Jan 3, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 125 103 22 13 W 1
36 Wed, Jan 4, 1978 @ New Jersey Nets L 83 115 22 14 L 1
37 Thu, Jan 5, 1978 @ Boston Celtics W 121 111 23 14 W 1 at Hartford, CT
38 Sat, Jan 7, 1978 @ Buffalo Braves W 107 97 24 14 W 2
39 Wed, Jan 11, 1978 New Orleans Jazz W 142 99 25 14 W 3
40 Fri, Jan 13, 1978 Detroit Pistons W 111 100 26 14 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 15, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers W 113 104 27 14 W 5
42 Thu, Jan 19, 1978 New York Knicks W 134 114 28 14 W 6
43 Fri, Jan 20, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors L 104 119 28 15 L 1
44 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 Washington Bullets W 114 101 29 15 W 1
45 Wed, Jan 25, 1978 Houston Rockets W 118 96 30 15 W 2
46 Fri, Jan 27, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers W 110 101 31 15 W 3
47 Sun, Jan 29, 1978 New Jersey Nets W 131 100 32 15 W 4
48 Tue, Jan 31, 1978 @ Kansas City Kings W 112 102 33 15 W 5
49 Wed, Feb 1, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons L 120 127 33 16 L 1
50 Fri, Feb 3, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks W 115 105 34 16 W 1
51 Thu, Feb 9, 1978 Atlanta Hawks W 125 98 35 16 W 2
52 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 Washington Bullets W 121 109 36 16 W 3
53 Tue, Feb 14, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 100 113 36 17 L 1
54 Thu, Feb 16, 1978 Boston Celtics L 95 98 36 18 L 2
55 Fri, Feb 17, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors L 92 111 36 19 L 3
56 Sat, Feb 18, 1978 Indiana Pacers W 114 101 37 19 W 1
57 Tue, Feb 21, 1978 @ Buffalo Braves W 114 111 38 19 W 2
58 Wed, Feb 22, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks L 95 107 38 20 L 1 at Charlotte, NC
59 Fri, Feb 24, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L OT 120 121 38 21 L 2
60 Sat, Feb 25, 1978 @ New York Knicks L 115 122 38 22 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 @ Chicago Bulls L 115 126 38 23 L 4
62 Wed, Mar 1, 1978 Detroit Pistons L 102 115 38 24 L 5
63 Fri, Mar 3, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks W 132 126 39 24 W 1
64 Sun, Mar 5, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers L 92 104 39 25 L 1
65 Tue, Mar 7, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets W 126 112 40 25 W 1
66 Thu, Mar 9, 1978 Chicago Bulls W 112 103 41 25 W 2
67 Sat, Mar 11, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers W 120 114 42 25 W 3
68 Sun, Mar 12, 1978 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 112 128 42 26 L 1
69 Tue, Mar 14, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 106 121 42 27 L 2
70 Wed, Mar 15, 1978 @ New Jersey Nets L 98 117 42 28 L 3
71 Fri, Mar 17, 1978 @ Boston Celtics L 108 115 42 29 L 4
72 Sun, Mar 19, 1978 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 123 112 43 29 W 1
73 Tue, Mar 21, 1978 @ Indiana Pacers L 115 119 43 30 L 1
74 Thu, Mar 23, 1978 New York Knicks W 120 108 44 30 W 1
75 Sat, Mar 25, 1978 Buffalo Braves W 112 106 45 30 W 2
76 Wed, Mar 29, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers W 127 94 46 30 W 3
77 Fri, Mar 31, 1978 Kansas City Kings W 136 112 47 30 W 4
78 Sun, Apr 2, 1978 Golden State Warriors W 105 99 48 30 W 5
79 Tue, Apr 4, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs L 119 125 48 31 L 1
80 Thu, Apr 6, 1978 Denver Nuggets L 105 111 48 32 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 7, 1978 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 83 95 48 33 L 3
82 Sat, Apr 8, 1978 New Jersey Nets W 120 109 49 33 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 11, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks L 103 111 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Apr 14, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 90 94 0 2 L 2