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40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 113.2 points per game, Allowed 113.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 40-42)
Coached by Alex Hannum (40-42)
Arena: San Diego Sports Arena / Attendance: 264,206 (10th of 17 available)
SRS: 0.20 (9th of 17)
1970-71 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 13, 1970 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 96 | 111 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Oct 14, 1970 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 105 | 123 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 16, 1970 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 119 | 127 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 17, 1970 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 102 | 93 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 20, 1970 | Phoenix Suns | W | 115 | 114 | 2 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Thu, Oct 22, 1970 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 140 | 110 | 3 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 24, 1970 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 116 | 111 | 4 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Oct 25, 1970 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 98 | 117 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Oct 27, 1970 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 113 | 126 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Oct 28, 1970 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 110 | 99 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Oct 29, 1970 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 107 | 114 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Oct 31, 1970 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 121 | 117 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 4, 1970 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 100 | 109 | 6 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 6, 1970 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 118 | 125 | 6 | 8 | L 2 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 7, 1970 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 102 | 114 | 6 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 11, 1970 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 127 | 120 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 13, 1970 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 102 | 107 | 7 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 14, 1970 | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 101 | 8 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Mon, Nov 16, 1970 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 136 | 118 | 9 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Nov 18, 1970 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 111 | 117 | 9 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 20, 1970 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 121 | 106 | 10 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 21, 1970 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 115 | 114 | 11 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Nov 24, 1970 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 104 | 111 | 11 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Nov 25, 1970 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 138 | 120 | 12 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Nov 27, 1970 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 128 | 127 | 13 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Nov 28, 1970 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 117 | 116 | 14 | 12 | W 3 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Nov 29, 1970 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 130 | 14 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 1, 1970 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 120 | 114 | 15 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 5, 1970 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 119 | 116 | 16 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 6, 1970 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 102 | 108 | 16 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 11, 1970 | Phoenix Suns | W | 110 | 104 | 17 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 12, 1970 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 98 | 103 | 17 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 13, 1970 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 118 | 95 | 18 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Dec 15, 1970 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 98 | 122 | 18 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Wed, Dec 16, 1970 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 117 | 128 | 18 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Dec 18, 1970 | Detroit Pistons | L | 116 | 129 | 18 | 18 | L 3 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 19, 1970 | N | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 118 | 108 | 19 | 18 | W 1 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 38 | Sun, Dec 20, 1970 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 110 | 108 | 20 | 18 | W 2 | ||
| 39 | Wed, Dec 23, 1970 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 133 | 102 | 21 | 18 | W 3 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Dec 27, 1970 | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 110 | 21 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Dec 29, 1970 | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 110 | 21 | 20 | L 2 | |||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 1, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 106 | 22 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 2, 1971 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 109 | 108 | 23 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 5, 1971 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 103 | 116 | 23 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 6, 1971 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 99 | 100 | 23 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 8, 1971 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 117 | 120 | 23 | 23 | L 3 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 9, 1971 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 103 | 109 | 23 | 24 | L 4 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 48 | Fri, Jan 15, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 117 | 124 | 23 | 25 | L 5 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 17, 1971 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 105 | 106 | 23 | 26 | L 6 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Jan 19, 1971 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | OT | 113 | 117 | 23 | 27 | L 7 | |
| 51 | Wed, Jan 20, 1971 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 142 | 23 | 28 | L 8 | ||
| 52 | Fri, Jan 22, 1971 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 94 | 101 | 23 | 29 | L 9 | ||
| 53 | Sat, Jan 23, 1971 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 120 | 127 | 23 | 30 | L 10 | ||
| 54 | Mon, Jan 25, 1971 | Buffalo Braves | W | 114 | 106 | 24 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Wed, Jan 27, 1971 | Chicago Bulls | L | 106 | 111 | 24 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Jan 29, 1971 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 104 | 131 | 24 | 32 | L 2 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Jan 30, 1971 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 110 | 116 | 24 | 33 | L 3 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Jan 31, 1971 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 120 | 131 | 24 | 34 | L 4 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 2, 1971 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 133 | 24 | 35 | L 5 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 3, 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 101 | 108 | 24 | 36 | L 6 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 5, 1971 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 116 | 105 | 25 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Sat, Feb 6, 1971 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 108 | 115 | 25 | 37 | L 1 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 7, 1971 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 124 | 107 | 26 | 37 | W 1 | ||
| 64 | Tue, Feb 9, 1971 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 132 | 115 | 27 | 37 | W 2 | |||
| 65 | Thu, Feb 11, 1971 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 119 | 111 | 28 | 37 | W 3 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Feb 13, 1971 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 120 | 116 | 29 | 37 | W 4 | |||
| 67 | Thu, Feb 18, 1971 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 115 | 116 | 29 | 38 | L 1 | |||
| 68 | Fri, Feb 19, 1971 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 109 | 103 | 30 | 38 | W 1 | ||
| 69 | Sat, Feb 20, 1971 | Boston Celtics | W | 128 | 118 | 31 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 70 | Tue, Feb 23, 1971 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 126 | 109 | 32 | 38 | W 3 | ||
| 71 | Wed, Feb 24, 1971 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 104 | 139 | 32 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 2, 1971 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 111 | 103 | 33 | 39 | W 1 | ||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 3, 1971 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 128 | 33 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 5, 1971 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 110 | 111 | 33 | 41 | L 2 | |||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 6, 1971 | N | Chicago Bulls | L | 99 | 105 | 33 | 42 | L 3 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 76 | Sun, Mar 7, 1971 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 135 | 121 | 34 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Tue, Mar 9, 1971 | Buffalo Braves | W | 106 | 96 | 35 | 42 | W 2 | |||
| 78 | Thu, Mar 11, 1971 | Boston Celtics | W | 115 | 91 | 36 | 42 | W 3 | |||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 13, 1971 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 121 | 115 | 37 | 42 | W 4 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 17, 1971 | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 99 | 38 | 42 | W 5 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Mar 19, 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 111 | 99 | 39 | 42 | W 6 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Mar 21, 1971 | Phoenix Suns | W | 132 | 114 | 40 | 42 | W 7 |