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1977-78 Seattle Supersonics Games

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47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 104.5 points per game, Allowed 102.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 45-37)
Coached by Bob Hopkins (5-17), Lenny Wilkens (42-18)

Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 504,668 (8th of 21)

SRS: 1.48 (6th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.8 (16th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 99.2 (19th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.7 (3rd of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Washington Bullets
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Denver Nuggets
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Portland Trail Blazers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers

1977-78 Statistics ▪ Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 19, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors L 84 116 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Oct 21, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers L 99 106 0 2 L 2
3 Sun, Oct 23, 1977 San Antonio Spurs L 94 112 0 3 L 3
4 Tue, Oct 25, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 86 93 0 4 L 4
5 Wed, Oct 26, 1977 Buffalo Braves W 97 92 1 4 W 1
6 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls L 97 101 1 5 L 1
7 Sun, Oct 30, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 95 108 1 6 L 2
8 Tue, Nov 1, 1977 @ Atlanta Hawks L 99 102 1 7 L 3
9 Wed, Nov 2, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers W OT 106 104 2 7 W 1
10 Fri, Nov 4, 1977 New York Knickerbockers L 92 95 2 8 L 1
11 Sat, Nov 5, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 94 116 2 9 L 2
12 Sun, Nov 6, 1977 Kansas City Kings L 83 99 2 10 L 3
13 Fri, Nov 11, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 117 111 3 10 W 1
14 Sun, Nov 13, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 117 83 4 10 W 2
15 Tue, Nov 15, 1977 @ Washington Bullets L 109 111 4 11 L 1
16 Wed, Nov 16, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 96 101 4 12 L 2
17 Thu, Nov 17, 1977 @ New Orleans Jazz L 116 127 4 13 L 3
18 Sun, Nov 20, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers L 108 115 4 14 L 4
19 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers W 113 89 5 14 W 1
20 Fri, Nov 25, 1977 Chicago Bulls L 89 106 5 15 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Nov 27, 1977 New Jersey Nets L 96 99 5 16 L 2
22 Tue, Nov 29, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 99 115 5 17 L 3
23 Wed, Nov 30, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings W 86 84 6 17 W 1
24 Fri, Dec 2, 1977 @ Boston Celtics W 111 89 7 17 W 2
25 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 @ Buffalo Braves W 102 95 8 17 W 3
26 Mon, Dec 5, 1977 Atlanta Hawks W 99 88 9 17 W 4
27 Fri, Dec 9, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks W 136 123 10 17 W 5
28 Sun, Dec 11, 1977 Houston Rockets W 116 84 11 17 W 6
29 Tue, Dec 13, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 104 116 11 18 L 1
30 Wed, Dec 14, 1977 @ Detroit Pistons W 102 92 12 18 W 1
31 Fri, Dec 16, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 98 90 13 18 W 2
32 Sun, Dec 18, 1977 Washington Bullets W OT 111 109 14 18 W 3
33 Tue, Dec 20, 1977 Denver Nuggets W 93 88 15 18 W 4
34 Thu, Dec 22, 1977 Boston Celtics W 132 99 16 18 W 5
35 Sun, Dec 25, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers L 96 111 16 19 L 1
36 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns L 105 131 16 20 L 2
37 Fri, Dec 30, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 121 110 17 20 W 1
38 Sun, Jan 1, 1978 Chicago Bulls W 114 96 18 20 W 2
39 Wed, Jan 4, 1978 Kansas City Kings W 116 110 19 20 W 3
40 Sun, Jan 8, 1978 Golden State Warriors W 99 91 20 20 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 11, 1978 Detroit Pistons W 106 100 21 20 W 5
42 Fri, Jan 13, 1978 Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 98 22 20 W 6
43 Sun, Jan 15, 1978 New York Knickerbockers W 108 102 23 20 W 7
44 Tue, Jan 17, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs L 113 119 23 21 L 1
45 Wed, Jan 18, 1978 @ Houston Rockets W 106 104 24 21 W 1
46 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 @ Boston Celtics W 103 92 25 21 W 2
47 Wed, Jan 25, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers L 125 128 25 22 L 1
48 Fri, Jan 27, 1978 New Jersey Nets W 95 90 26 22 W 1
49 Sun, Jan 29, 1978 Milwaukee Bucks W 103 101 27 22 W 2
50 Wed, Feb 8, 1978 Washington Bullets L 100 106 27 23 L 1
51 Fri, Feb 10, 1978 Denver Nuggets W OT 126 123 28 23 W 1
52 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 99 109 28 24 L 1
53 Tue, Feb 14, 1978 @ Buffalo Braves L 100 101 28 25 L 2
54 Thu, Feb 16, 1978 @ New Jersey Nets L 92 101 28 26 L 3
55 Fri, Feb 17, 1978 @ Chicago Bulls W 106 98 29 26 W 1
56 Sun, Feb 19, 1978 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 108 103 30 26 W 2
57 Tue, Feb 21, 1978 @ New York Knickerbockers L 120 122 30 27 L 1
58 Wed, Feb 22, 1978 @ New Jersey Nets W 94 83 31 27 W 1
59 Sat, Feb 25, 1978 Detroit Pistons W 118 104 32 27 W 2
60 Sun, Feb 26, 1978 Philadelphia 76ers W 99 97 33 27 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 @ Kansas City Kings W OT 114 107 34 27 W 4
62 Fri, Mar 3, 1978 @ Indiana Pacers L 111 115 34 28 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 @ New Orleans Jazz L 104 113 34 29 L 2
64 Sun, Mar 5, 1978 @ Atlanta Hawks L 94 101 34 30 L 3
65 Wed, Mar 8, 1978 @ San Antonio Spurs W 95 94 35 30 W 1
66 Sat, Mar 11, 1978 @ Houston Rockets W 93 91 36 30 W 2
67 Tue, Mar 14, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 115 120 36 31 L 1
68 Thu, Mar 16, 1978 New Orleans Jazz W 123 98 37 31 W 1
69 Fri, Mar 17, 1978 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 105 98 38 31 W 2
70 Sun, Mar 19, 1978 San Antonio Spurs W 116 98 39 31 W 3
71 Tue, Mar 21, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 96 102 39 32 L 1
72 Wed, Mar 22, 1978 Buffalo Braves W 97 92 40 32 W 1
73 Fri, Mar 24, 1978 Indiana Pacers W 104 102 41 32 W 2
74 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 Boston Celtics W 112 101 42 32 W 3
75 Tue, Mar 28, 1978 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 100 112 42 33 L 1
76 Wed, Mar 29, 1978 @ Detroit Pistons L 116 121 42 34 L 2
77 Fri, Mar 31, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets W 111 109 43 34 W 1
78 Sun, Apr 2, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers W 101 86 44 34 W 2
79 Wed, Apr 5, 1978 Houston Rockets W 113 100 45 34 W 3
80 Fri, Apr 7, 1978 Phoenix Suns W 95 83 46 34 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 8, 1978 @ Golden State Warriors L 87 102 46 35 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 Golden State Warriors W 111 105 47 35 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 12, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers W 102 90 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 14, 1978 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 99 105 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Apr 16, 1978 Los Angeles Lakers W 111 102 2 1 W 1
4 Tue, Apr 18, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 104 95 3 1 W 2
5 Fri, Apr 21, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 93 96 3 2 L 1
6 Sun, Apr 23, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers W 99 84 4 2 W 1
7 Wed, Apr 26, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers W 100 98 5 2 W 2
8 Sun, Apr 30, 1978 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 89 113 5 3 L 1
9 Mon, May 1, 1978 Portland Trail Blazers W 105 94 6 3 W 1
10 Fri, May 5, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets L 107 116 6 4 L 1
11 Sun, May 7, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets W 121 111 7 4 W 1
12 Wed, May 10, 1978 Denver Nuggets W 105 91 8 4 W 2
13 Fri, May 12, 1978 Denver Nuggets W 100 94 9 4 W 3
14 Sun, May 14, 1978 @ Denver Nuggets L 114 123 9 5 L 1
15 Wed, May 17, 1978 Denver Nuggets W 123 108 10 5 W 1
16 Sun, May 21, 1978 Washington Bullets W 106 102 11 5 W 2
17 Thu, May 25, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 98 106 11 6 L 1
18 Sun, May 28, 1978 @ Washington Bullets W 93 92 12 6 W 1
19 Tue, May 30, 1978 Washington Bullets L OT 116 120 12 7 L 1
20 Fri, Jun 2, 1978 Washington Bullets W 98 94 13 7 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Jun 4, 1978 @ Washington Bullets L 82 117 13 8 L 1
22 Wed, Jun 7, 1978 Washington Bullets L 99 105 13 9 L 2