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45-37, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Frank Layden (45-37)
Points Per Game: 115.0 (5th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.8 (20th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (9th of 23)
Arena: Salt Palace ▪ Attendance: 407,818 (15th of 23)
SRS: 0.81 (9th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.9 (3rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 109.0 (9th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.0 (12th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Denver Nuggets
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 28, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 125 | 139 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 29, 1983 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 120 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Thu, Nov 3, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 129 | 112 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 5, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 124 | 118 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Nov 9, 1983 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 99 | 105 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Nov 10, 1983 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 118 | 109 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 12, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 136 | 122 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Nov 13, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 124 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 15, 1983 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 112 | 114 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 16, 1983 | Boston Celtics | W | 122 | 109 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 18, 1983 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 120 | 128 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 19, 1983 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 113 | 126 | 5 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 22, 1983 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 130 | 126 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Wed, Nov 23, 1983 | Chicago Bulls | L | 117 | 128 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 25, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 126 | 124 | 7 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 26, 1983 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 116 | 117 | 7 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 29, 1983 | Phoenix Suns | W | 114 | 110 | 8 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 30, 1983 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 117 | 115 | 9 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Dec 2, 1983 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 116 | 113 | 10 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Dec 3, 1983 | Kansas City Kings | W | 112 | 107 | 11 | 9 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Dec 7, 1983 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 116 | 111 | 12 | 9 | W 5 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 9, 1983 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 117 | 126 | 12 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 10, 1983 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 128 | 121 | 13 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 13, 1983 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 107 | 105 | 14 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 15, 1983 | Houston Rockets | W | 138 | 111 | 15 | 10 | W 3 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 17, 1983 | Golden State Warriors | W | 127 | 111 | 16 | 10 | W 4 | |||
| 27 | Wed, Dec 21, 1983 | Indiana Pacers | W | 133 | 115 | 17 | 10 | W 5 | |||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 23, 1983 | Denver Nuggets | W | 118 | 116 | 18 | 10 | W 6 | |||
| 29 | Tue, Dec 27, 1983 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 111 | 102 | 19 | 10 | W 7 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 28, 1983 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 113 | 105 | 20 | 10 | W 8 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 30, 1983 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 130 | 135 | 20 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Tue, Jan 3, 1984 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 124 | 137 | 20 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 33 | Wed, Jan 4, 1984 | Houston Rockets | W | 116 | 111 | 21 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Fri, Jan 6, 1984 | Kansas City Kings | W | 130 | 110 | 22 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 10, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 107 | 98 | 23 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Jan 11, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 102 | 117 | 23 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 13, 1984 | @ | San Diego Clippers | W | 122 | 119 | 24 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 14, 1984 | Washington Bullets | W | 121 | 96 | 25 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 17, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 106 | 112 | 25 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 20, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 120 | 113 | 26 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 21, 1984 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 105 | 115 | 26 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 24, 1984 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 115 | 123 | 26 | 16 | L 2 | |||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 26, 1984 | New Jersey Nets | W | 125 | 115 | 27 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 31, 1984 | Seattle Supersonics | W | OT | 98 | 94 | 28 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Feb 2, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 116 | 95 | 29 | 16 | W 3 | |||
| 46 | Fri, Feb 3, 1984 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 109 | 29 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Feb 4, 1984 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 116 | 102 | 30 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 7, 1984 | San Diego Clippers | L | 103 | 109 | 30 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Feb 10, 1984 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 111 | 121 | 30 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 12, 1984 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 114 | 112 | 31 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 14, 1984 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 100 | 98 | 32 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 52 | Thu, Feb 16, 1984 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 99 | 121 | 32 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 17, 1984 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 91 | 105 | 32 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 19, 1984 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 104 | 106 | 32 | 22 | L 3 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 21, 1984 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 117 | 95 | 33 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Thu, Feb 23, 1984 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 2OT | 143 | 142 | 34 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 24, 1984 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 81 | 112 | 34 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 25, 1984 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 95 | 97 | 34 | 24 | L 2 | |||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 28, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 100 | 113 | 34 | 25 | L 3 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 29, 1984 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 97 | 103 | 34 | 26 | L 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Mar 2, 1984 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 110 | 104 | 35 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Sat, Mar 3, 1984 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 122 | 131 | 35 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Mon, Mar 5, 1984 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 116 | 120 | 35 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 7, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 117 | 35 | 29 | L 3 | ||
| 65 | Sat, Mar 10, 1984 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 105 | 114 | 35 | 30 | L 4 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 11, 1984 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 97 | 120 | 35 | 31 | L 5 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 13, 1984 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 124 | 119 | 36 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 15, 1984 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 115 | 111 | 37 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 17, 1984 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 118 | 103 | 38 | 31 | W 3 | |||
| 70 | Mon, Mar 19, 1984 | Detroit Pistons | W | 143 | 125 | 39 | 31 | W 4 | |||
| 71 | Thu, Mar 22, 1984 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 126 | 129 | 39 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Fri, Mar 23, 1984 | Golden State Warriors | L | 104 | 115 | 39 | 33 | L 2 | |||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 25, 1984 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 121 | 98 | 40 | 33 | W 1 | ||
| 74 | Tue, Mar 27, 1984 | Kansas City Kings | W | 110 | 106 | 41 | 33 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Thu, Mar 29, 1984 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 96 | 42 | 33 | W 3 | |||
| 76 | Sat, Mar 31, 1984 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 103 | 105 | 42 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Mon, Apr 2, 1984 | Houston Rockets | W | 111 | 100 | 43 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Thu, Apr 5, 1984 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 129 | 43 | 35 | L 1 | |||
| 79 | Sat, Apr 7, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 100 | 109 | 43 | 36 | L 2 | ||
| 80 | Tue, Apr 10, 1984 | Denver Nuggets | W | 135 | 120 | 44 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Thu, Apr 12, 1984 | San Diego Clippers | W | 113 | 94 | 45 | 36 | W 2 | |||
| 82 | Sat, Apr 14, 1984 | @ | San Diego Clippers | L | 128 | 146 | 45 | 37 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 17, 1984 | Denver Nuggets | W | 123 | 121 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 19, 1984 | Denver Nuggets | L | 116 | 132 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Apr 22, 1984 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 117 | 121 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Apr 24, 1984 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 129 | 124 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Apr 26, 1984 | Denver Nuggets | W | 127 | 111 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 6 | Sun, Apr 29, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 105 | 95 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 7 | Wed, May 2, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | L | 97 | 102 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Fri, May 4, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 94 | 106 | 4 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Sun, May 6, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | OT | 110 | 111 | 4 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 10 | Tue, May 8, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 118 | 106 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Thu, May 10, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 82 | 102 | 5 | 6 | L 1 |