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58-24, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 107.7 points per game, Allowed 101.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 57-25)
Coached by Jack Ramsay (58-24)
Arena: Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 519,306 (7th of 21)
SRS: 5.92 (1st of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.2 (18th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 103.1 (4th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.2 (2nd of 22)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Seattle Supersonics
1977-78 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 21, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 99 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 22, 1977 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 130 | 115 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 25, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | W | 107 | 85 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Wed, Oct 26, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 108 | 111 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 28, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 98 | 94 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 1, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 104 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 5, 1977 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 116 | 94 | 6 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Nov 6, 1977 | Indiana Pacers | W | 108 | 106 | 7 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 8, 1977 | Kansas City Kings | W | 130 | 104 | 8 | 1 | W 5 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 11, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 132 | 92 | 9 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 12, 1977 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 102 | 104 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 15, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 109 | 106 | 10 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 16, 1977 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 104 | 111 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 19, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 109 | 67 | 11 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 20, 1977 | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 101 | 12 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 23, 1977 | Chicago Bulls | W | 116 | 111 | 13 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 26, 1977 | New Jersey Nets | W | 114 | 102 | 14 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 27, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 100 | 93 | 15 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 29, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 108 | 96 | 16 | 3 | W 6 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Dec 2, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 106 | 103 | 17 | 3 | W 7 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 6, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 116 | 94 | 18 | 3 | W 8 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 7, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 100 | 122 | 18 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 9, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 118 | 87 | 19 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 10, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 107 | 106 | 20 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 13, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | W | 111 | 108 | 21 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 17, 1977 | Washington Bullets | W | 117 | 104 | 22 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 20, 1977 | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 99 | 23 | 4 | W 5 | |||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 23, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 108 | 98 | 24 | 4 | W 6 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 25, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | W | 109 | 97 | 25 | 4 | W 7 | |||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 27, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 106 | 115 | 25 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 28, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 106 | 26 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 30, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 108 | 99 | 27 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 1, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | W | 107 | 102 | 28 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 3, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | W | 92 | 90 | 29 | 5 | W 4 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 7, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | W | 109 | 105 | 30 | 5 | W 5 | |||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 8, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 122 | 100 | 31 | 5 | W 6 | |||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 10, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 126 | 113 | 32 | 5 | W 7 | |||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 13, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 93 | 102 | 32 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 15, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | OT | 107 | 103 | 33 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 40 | Tue, Jan 17, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 96 | 94 | 34 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 18, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 127 | 101 | 35 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 20, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 100 | 101 | 35 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 22, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 95 | 106 | 35 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 24, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 120 | 97 | 36 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 26, 1978 | New Jersey Nets | W | 112 | 77 | 37 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 29, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 123 | 88 | 38 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 47 | Tue, Jan 31, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 136 | 116 | 39 | 8 | W 4 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 3, 1978 | Golden State Warriors | W | 112 | 92 | 40 | 8 | W 5 | |||
| 49 | Thu, Feb 9, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 94 | 88 | 41 | 8 | W 6 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Feb 10, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 112 | 108 | 42 | 8 | W 7 | ||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 12, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | L | 101 | 103 | 42 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 14, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | W | 113 | 100 | 43 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 15, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 102 | 99 | 44 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 17, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 105 | 112 | 44 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 19, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | W | 127 | 104 | 45 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 21, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | OT | 118 | 114 | 46 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 57 | Wed, Feb 22, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 105 | 97 | 47 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 24, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 107 | 96 | 48 | 10 | W 4 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 26, 1978 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 100 | 99 | 49 | 10 | W 5 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 28, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 113 | 92 | 50 | 10 | W 6 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Thu, Mar 2, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 117 | 128 | 50 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Sat, Mar 4, 1978 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 105 | 100 | 51 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 5, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 126 | 88 | 52 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 7, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 82 | 84 | 52 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 8, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 97 | 94 | 53 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 10, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 105 | 114 | 53 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 12, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 90 | 96 | 53 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 14, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | L | 103 | 109 | 53 | 15 | L 3 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 17, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 99 | 118 | 53 | 16 | L 4 | |||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 18, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 105 | 86 | 54 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 21, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 102 | 96 | 55 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 72 | Thu, Mar 23, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 109 | 116 | 55 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 24, 1978 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 95 | 107 | 55 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 26, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 100 | 116 | 55 | 19 | L 3 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 28, 1978 | Boston Celtics | L | 92 | 104 | 55 | 20 | L 4 | |||
| 76 | Wed, Mar 29, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 94 | 127 | 55 | 21 | L 5 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 31, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 103 | 101 | 56 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 2, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 86 | 101 | 56 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 4, 1978 | Houston Rockets | L | 89 | 101 | 56 | 23 | L 2 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 6, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 96 | 115 | 56 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 7, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | W | 97 | 93 | 57 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 9, 1978 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 114 | 99 | 58 | 24 | W 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 18, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 95 | 104 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 21, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 96 | 93 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Apr 23, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 84 | 99 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Apr 26, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 100 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Apr 30, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 113 | 89 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Mon, May 1, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 94 | 105 | 2 | 4 | L 1 |