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44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
1977-78 NBA Champions
Scored 110.3 points per game, Allowed 109.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-39)
Coached by Dick Motta (44-38)
Arena: Capital Centre / Attendance: 446,539 (13th of 21 available)
SRS: 0.82 (7th of 22) / Pace Factor: 108.1 (11th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 101.3 (10th of 22) / Defensive Rating: 100.5 (9th of 22)
Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Seattle Supersonics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Atlanta Hawks
1977-78 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 21, 1977 | Detroit Pistons | W | 117 | 109 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 22, 1977 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 115 | 141 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 28, 1977 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 127 | 136 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 29, 1977 | @ | Kansas City Kings | L | 106 | 120 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Nov 4, 1977 | Phoenix Suns | W | 113 | 96 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 5, 1977 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 105 | 116 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 6, 1977 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | W | 108 | 97 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Thu, Nov 10, 1977 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 103 | 106 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 12, 1977 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 116 | 98 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 13, 1977 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 102 | 104 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 15, 1977 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 111 | 109 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 18, 1977 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 123 | 103 | 6 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 19, 1977 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | OT | 131 | 125 | 7 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 14 | Mon, Nov 21, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 114 | 97 | 8 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 22, 1977 | Denver Nuggets | L | 114 | 119 | 8 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 26, 1977 | Houston Rockets | W | 93 | 91 | 9 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 30, 1977 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 116 | 105 | 10 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 18 | Fri, Dec 2, 1977 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 108 | 95 | 11 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Dec 3, 1977 | Boston Celtics | W | 103 | 93 | 12 | 7 | W 4 | |||
| 20 | Sun, Dec 4, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 100 | 94 | 13 | 7 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 6, 1977 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 108 | 116 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 7, 1977 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 96 | 95 | 14 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 9, 1977 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 101 | 97 | 15 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 11, 1977 | New Jersey Nets | L | 95 | 106 | 15 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 13, 1977 | Golden State Warriors | W | 102 | 96 | 16 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 16, 1977 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | OT | 117 | 112 | 17 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Sat, Dec 17, 1977 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 104 | 117 | 17 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 18, 1977 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | OT | 109 | 111 | 17 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 29 | Tue, Dec 20, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 120 | 17 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Dec 25, 1977 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 100 | 93 | 18 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Mon, Dec 26, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 113 | 106 | 19 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 32 | Wed, Dec 28, 1977 | Buffalo Braves | W | 106 | 87 | 20 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 33 | Fri, Dec 30, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 119 | 126 | 20 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 3, 1978 | Denver Nuggets | L | 100 | 101 | 20 | 14 | L 2 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Jan 6, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | W | 146 | 114 | 21 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 8, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 99 | 98 | 22 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 10, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | W | 123 | 115 | 23 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 11, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 95 | 100 | 23 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 13, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 102 | 93 | 24 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 14, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Braves | L | 93 | 130 | 24 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 18, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 106 | 113 | 24 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 20, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 99 | 121 | 24 | 18 | L 3 | ||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 22, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 101 | 114 | 24 | 19 | L 4 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 24, 1978 | Detroit Pistons | L | 101 | 104 | 24 | 20 | L 5 | |||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 26, 1978 | Chicago Bulls | W | 135 | 107 | 25 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 29, 1978 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 119 | 112 | 26 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Tue, Jan 31, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 109 | 129 | 26 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Feb 2, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 93 | 110 | 26 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 49 | Fri, Feb 3, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 116 | 26 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 7, 1978 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 102 | 105 | 26 | 24 | L 4 | ||
| 51 | Wed, Feb 8, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 100 | 27 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 12, 1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 109 | 121 | 27 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 14, 1978 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 98 | 103 | 27 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Thu, Feb 16, 1978 | Buffalo Braves | W | 123 | 109 | 28 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 17, 1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 111 | 123 | 28 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 19, 1978 | New Orleans Jazz | W | 130 | 111 | 29 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Wed, Feb 22, 1978 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 97 | 105 | 29 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 24, 1978 | Phoenix Suns | W | OT | 121 | 120 | 30 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 26, 1978 | Golden State Warriors | W | 121 | 110 | 31 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 28, 1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | OT | 135 | 136 | 31 | 29 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Mar 1, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 125 | 110 | 32 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Fri, Mar 3, 1978 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 124 | 108 | 33 | 29 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 5, 1978 | Houston Rockets | W | 106 | 88 | 34 | 29 | W 3 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Mar 10, 1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 117 | 114 | 35 | 29 | W 4 | ||
| 65 | Sat, Mar 11, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 101 | 116 | 35 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Tue, Mar 14, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 120 | 115 | 36 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Thu, Mar 16, 1978 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 107 | 111 | 36 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 17, 1978 | Indiana Pacers | L | 99 | 105 | 36 | 32 | L 2 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 19, 1978 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 106 | 117 | 36 | 33 | L 3 | |||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 21, 1978 | Boston Celtics | W | 119 | 107 | 37 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 22, 1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | W | 124 | 109 | 38 | 33 | W 2 | ||
| 72 | Fri, Mar 24, 1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 107 | 104 | 39 | 33 | W 3 | ||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 25, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 98 | 95 | 40 | 33 | W 4 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 26, 1978 | New Jersey Nets | L | 104 | 118 | 40 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 29, 1978 | Kansas City Kings | L | OT | 105 | 108 | 40 | 35 | L 2 | ||
| 76 | Thu, Mar 30, 1978 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 123 | 108 | 41 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 31, 1978 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 101 | 102 | 41 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 2, 1978 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 109 | 114 | 41 | 37 | L 2 | |||
| 79 | Wed, Apr 5, 1978 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 125 | 119 | 42 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 6, 1978 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 112 | 103 | 43 | 37 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Sat, Apr 8, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 114 | 131 | 43 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 9, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 123 | 113 | 44 | 38 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Apr 12, 1978 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 103 | 94 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Apr 14, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | OT | 107 | 103 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sun, Apr 16, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 103 | 114 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Apr 18, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 121 | 117 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Apr 21, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 118 | 105 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Apr 23, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 98 | 95 | 5 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Apr 25, 1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 105 | 116 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Apr 28, 1978 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 103 | 100 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Apr 30, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 122 | 117 | 7 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Wed, May 3, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 104 | 110 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Fri, May 5, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 123 | 108 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Sun, May 7, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 121 | 105 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Wed, May 10, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 94 | 107 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Fri, May 12, 1978 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 101 | 99 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Sun, May 21, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 102 | 106 | 10 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Thu, May 25, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 98 | 11 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sun, May 28, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 92 | 93 | 11 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Tue, May 30, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | OT | 120 | 116 | 12 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Fri, Jun 2, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 94 | 98 | 12 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Jun 4, 1978 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 117 | 82 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Jun 7, 1978 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 105 | 99 | 14 | 7 | W 2 |