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52-30, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 114.5 points per game, Allowed 111.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 49-33)
Coached by Doug Moe (52-30)
Arena: HemisFair Arena / Attendance: 373,707 (16th of 21 available)
SRS: 3.20 (4th of 22) / Pace Factor: 109.0 (4th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 104.5 (2nd of 22) / Defensive Rating: 101.4 (13th of 22)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Washington Bullets
1977-78 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 19, 1977 | Boston Celtics | W | 114 | 109 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 21, 1977 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 117 | 122 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 22, 1977 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 115 | 130 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Oct 23, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 112 | 94 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 25, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 109 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 29, 1977 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 129 | 118 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Mon, Oct 31, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 145 | 143 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Nov 1, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | L | 97 | 108 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 3, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | L | 89 | 110 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 5, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 111 | 101 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 8, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 117 | 123 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 9, 1977 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 129 | 114 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 11, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 107 | 104 | 7 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 12, 1977 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 116 | 99 | 8 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 15, 1977 | Kansas City Kings | W | 113 | 107 | 9 | 6 | W 4 | |||
| 16 | Thu, Nov 17, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | W | 111 | 108 | 10 | 6 | W 5 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 18, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 94 | 105 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 20, 1977 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 112 | 134 | 10 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 23, 1977 | New Jersey Nets | W | 132 | 119 | 11 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Nov 26, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 129 | 107 | 12 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 29, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 117 | 129 | 12 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Nov 30, 1977 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 105 | 116 | 12 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Dec 1, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 120 | 116 | 13 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 3, 1977 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 133 | 118 | 14 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 7, 1977 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 125 | 122 | 15 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 9, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 116 | 120 | 15 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 10, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 119 | 121 | 15 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 14, 1977 | Chicago Bulls | W | 116 | 108 | 16 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 16, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 99 | 115 | 16 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 20, 1977 | Detroit Pistons | L | 117 | 118 | 16 | 14 | L 2 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 21, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 92 | 116 | 16 | 15 | L 3 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 23, 1977 | Houston Rockets | W | 107 | 101 | 17 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 25, 1977 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | W | 115 | 105 | 18 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 27, 1977 | Indiana Pacers | L | 89 | 96 | 18 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 30, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 122 | 101 | 19 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Jan 4, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | L | 114 | 119 | 19 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 6, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 110 | 105 | 20 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 7, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | OT | 109 | 107 | 21 | 17 | W 2 | |
| 39 | Wed, Jan 11, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 130 | 106 | 22 | 17 | W 3 | |||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 13, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 98 | 92 | 23 | 17 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 14, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 93 | 104 | 23 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 17, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 119 | 113 | 24 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 18, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 109 | 96 | 25 | 18 | W 2 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 20, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | W | 112 | 82 | 26 | 18 | W 3 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 22, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 106 | 95 | 27 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 25, 1978 | Boston Celtics | W | 113 | 103 | 28 | 18 | W 5 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 29, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 127 | 113 | 29 | 18 | W 6 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 31, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 129 | 109 | 30 | 18 | W 7 | |||
| 49 | Thu, Feb 2, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 123 | 113 | 31 | 18 | W 8 | |||
| 50 | Fri, Feb 3, 1978 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 107 | 110 | 31 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Thu, Feb 9, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 104 | 94 | 32 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 10, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 125 | 114 | 33 | 19 | W 2 | ||
| 53 | Sat, Feb 11, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | OT | 131 | 122 | 34 | 19 | W 3 | |
| 54 | Tue, Feb 14, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 114 | 128 | 34 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 17, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 116 | 125 | 34 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 18, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | W | 124 | 103 | 35 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 21, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | OT | 114 | 118 | 35 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Thu, Feb 23, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 118 | 105 | 36 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 25, 1978 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 112 | 108 | 37 | 22 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 28, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 123 | 138 | 37 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Mar 1, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 110 | 125 | 37 | 24 | L 2 | ||
| 62 | Thu, Mar 2, 1978 | Buffalo Braves | W | 128 | 107 | 38 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 5, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 98 | 97 | 39 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 7, 1978 | New Jersey Nets | W | 129 | 98 | 40 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 8, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 94 | 95 | 40 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 11, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 116 | 101 | 41 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 14, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | OT | 115 | 123 | 41 | 26 | L 1 | |
| 68 | Wed, Mar 15, 1978 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 135 | 106 | 42 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 17, 1978 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 118 | 99 | 43 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 19, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 98 | 116 | 43 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 21, 1978 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 109 | 105 | 44 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Thu, Mar 23, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | W | 123 | 106 | 45 | 27 | W 2 | |||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 25, 1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 132 | 130 | 46 | 27 | W 3 | ||
| 74 | Tue, Mar 28, 1978 | Golden State Warriors | L | 94 | 108 | 46 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 29, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 106 | 91 | 47 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 76 | Thu, Mar 30, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 99 | 95 | 48 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 31, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 120 | 117 | 49 | 28 | W 3 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 2, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 111 | 107 | 50 | 28 | W 4 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 4, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | W | 125 | 119 | 51 | 28 | W 5 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 6, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | W | 123 | 116 | 52 | 28 | W 6 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 7, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 102 | 108 | 52 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 9, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | L | 132 | 153 | 52 | 30 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Apr 16, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 114 | 103 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Apr 18, 1978 | Washington Bullets | L | 117 | 121 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Apr 21, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 105 | 118 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 23, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 95 | 98 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Apr 25, 1978 | Washington Bullets | W | 116 | 105 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Apr 28, 1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 100 | 103 | 2 | 4 | L 1 |