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44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 115.0 points per game, Allowed 114.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-39)
Coached by Doug Moe (44-38)
Arena: HemisFair Arena ▪ Attendance: 376,136 (16th of 22)
SRS: 0.54 (12th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 111.8 (1st of 22)
Offensive Rating: 102.5 (3rd of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.0 (20th of 22)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Boston Celtics
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 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 121 | 118 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 23, 1976 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 98 | 117 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 26, 1976 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 114 | 122 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Oct 27, 1976 | Phoenix Suns | W | 115 | 106 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 29, 1976 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 102 | 130 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 30, 1976 | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 126 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 3, 1976 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 97 | 113 | 2 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 5, 1976 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 119 | 127 | 2 | 6 | L 4 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 6, 1976 | Indiana Pacers | W | 113 | 94 | 3 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 9, 1976 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 138 | 114 | 4 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Thu, Nov 11, 1976 | New York Nets | W | 108 | 104 | 5 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 13, 1976 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 113 | 101 | 6 | 6 | W 4 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 16, 1976 | Buffalo Braves | W | 114 | 112 | 7 | 6 | W 5 | |||
| 14 | Thu, Nov 18, 1976 | Kansas City Kings | W | 129 | 104 | 8 | 6 | W 6 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 20, 1976 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 103 | 109 | 8 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 23, 1976 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 122 | 115 | 9 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 24, 1976 | @ | New York Nets | L | 91 | 99 | 9 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 26, 1976 | Golden State Warriors | W | 123 | 121 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 27, 1976 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 116 | 125 | 10 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 30, 1976 | Detroit Pistons | W | 130 | 129 | 11 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Dec 2, 1976 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 116 | 124 | 11 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 3, 1976 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 114 | 11 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 5, 1976 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 98 | 103 | 11 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 8, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 106 | 117 | 11 | 13 | L 4 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 10, 1976 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 136 | 120 | 12 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 11, 1976 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 121 | 106 | 13 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 14, 1976 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 98 | 14 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 15, 1976 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 102 | 116 | 14 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 17, 1976 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 103 | 14 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 19, 1976 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 105 | 106 | 14 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 31 | Tue, Dec 21, 1976 | Golden State Warriors | W | 123 | 120 | 15 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Thu, Dec 23, 1976 | Washington Bullets | W | 118 | 116 | 16 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 26, 1976 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 110 | 105 | 17 | 16 | W 3 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 34 | Tue, Dec 28, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 127 | 116 | 18 | 16 | W 4 | |||
| 35 | Sun, Jan 2, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 120 | 145 | 18 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Mon, Jan 3, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | W | 142 | 109 | 19 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Wed, Jan 5, 1977 | Denver Nuggets | W | 137 | 133 | 20 | 17 | W 2 | |||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 7, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 124 | 131 | 20 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 9, 1977 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 113 | 150 | 20 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 12, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 121 | 127 | 20 | 20 | L 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 14, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 106 | 109 | 20 | 21 | L 4 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 16, 1977 | Indiana Pacers | W | 122 | 115 | 21 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 19, 1977 | Chicago Bulls | W | 115 | 107 | 22 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 21, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 103 | 22 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 23, 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 123 | 118 | 23 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 25, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 116 | 108 | 24 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| 47 | Thu, Jan 27, 1977 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 104 | 112 | 24 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 30, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | OT | 126 | 118 | 25 | 23 | W 1 | |
| 49 | Tue, Feb 1, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 92 | 87 | 26 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 3, 1977 | Chicago Bulls | L | 98 | 107 | 26 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 6, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 96 | 27 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 8, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 89 | 111 | 27 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 9, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 135 | 129 | 28 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 11, 1977 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 107 | 104 | 29 | 25 | W 2 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 15, 1977 | Seattle Supersonics | W | OT | 109 | 106 | 30 | 25 | W 3 | ||
| 56 | Thu, Feb 17, 1977 | Houston Rockets | L | 99 | 113 | 30 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 20, 1977 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 129 | 109 | 31 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 22, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 135 | 103 | 32 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 24, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 121 | 131 | 32 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 26, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 111 | 119 | 32 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 27, 1977 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | W | 135 | 118 | 33 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Tue, Mar 1, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 132 | 127 | 34 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Fri, Mar 4, 1977 | @ | New York Nets | W | 135 | 121 | 35 | 28 | W 3 | ||
| 64 | Sat, Mar 5, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 120 | 109 | 36 | 28 | W 4 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Mar 8, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 122 | 115 | 37 | 28 | W 5 | |||
| 66 | Thu, Mar 10, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 106 | 100 | 38 | 28 | W 6 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 13, 1977 | Detroit Pistons | L | 97 | 102 | 38 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 15, 1977 | New York Nets | W | 118 | 108 | 39 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 19, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 89 | 94 | 39 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 20, 1977 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 116 | 135 | 39 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 22, 1977 | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 108 | 39 | 32 | L 3 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 23, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 122 | 120 | 40 | 32 | W 1 | ||
| 73 | Thu, Mar 24, 1977 | Houston Rockets | W | 118 | 112 | 41 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 25, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 110 | 113 | 41 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 27, 1977 | Kansas City Kings | W | 139 | 129 | 42 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 29, 1977 | Washington Bullets | W | 122 | 116 | 43 | 33 | W 2 | |||
| 77 | Thu, Mar 31, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 116 | 125 | 43 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Fri, Apr 1, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 102 | 107 | 43 | 35 | L 2 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Apr 3, 1977 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 103 | 111 | 43 | 36 | L 3 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 6, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 131 | 109 | 44 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Apr 9, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 120 | 44 | 37 | L 1 | at Hartford, CT | |
| 82 | Sun, Apr 10, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 125 | 133 | 44 | 38 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 12, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 104 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 15, 1977 | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 113 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |