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1977-78 Houston Rockets Schedule and Results

Record: 28-54, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (28-54)

PTS/G: 103.8 (21st of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.8 (9th of 22)

SRS: -3.83 (21st of 22) Pace: 101.3 (22nd of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.2 (6th of 22) Def Rtg: 106.1 (22nd of 22) Net Rtg: -3.9 (21st of 22)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (21st of 22)

Arena: The Summit

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 19, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		103	107	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Oct 21, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		94	95	0	2	L 2
3	Sat, Oct 22, 1977	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		110	98	1	2	W 1	12,215
4	Thu, Oct 27, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		133	110	2	2	W 2
5	Sat, Oct 29, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		125	112	3	2	W 3
6	Thu, Nov 3, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	OT	113	111	4	2	W 4
7	Fri, Nov 4, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		108	110	4	3	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 5, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		116	105	5	3	W 1
9	Tue, Nov 8, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		104	117	5	4	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	127	5	5	L 2
11	Thu, Nov 10, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		101	132	5	6	L 3
12	Sat, Nov 12, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		104	102	6	6	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 16, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		97	101	6	7	L 1
14	Sat, Nov 19, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		101	103	6	8	L 2
15	Tue, Nov 22, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		99	105	6	9	L 3
16	Wed, Nov 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	109	6	10	L 4	12,114
17	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		91	93	6	11	L 5
18	Mon, Nov 28, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		86	104	6	12	L 6
19	Tue, Nov 29, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	103	7	12	W 1
20	Thu, Dec 1, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	92	8	12	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	120	116	9	12	W 3
22	Tue, Dec 6, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		105	107	9	13	L 1
23	Fri, Dec 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	105	10	13	W 1			The Punch
24	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		93	110	10	14	L 1
25	Sun, Dec 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		84	116	10	15	L 2
26	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		91	113	10	16	L 3
27	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		97	101	10	17	L 4
28	Tue, Dec 20, 1977	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		104	110	10	18	L 5
29	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		103	93	11	18	W 1
30	Fri, Dec 23, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		101	107	11	19	L 1
31	Mon, Dec 26, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		113	99	12	19	W 1
32	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	99	13	19	W 2
33	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		98	99	13	20	L 1
34	Wed, Jan 4, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		104	96	14	20	W 1
35	Fri, Jan 6, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	103	14	21	L 1
36	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		83	106	14	22	L 2
37	Tue, Jan 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		80	95	14	23	L 3
38	Wed, Jan 11, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		88	91	14	24	L 4	12,384
39	Thu, Jan 12, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		106	109	14	25	L 5
40	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		104	93	15	25	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		95	99	15	26	L 1
42	Wed, Jan 18, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		104	106	15	27	L 2
43	Fri, Jan 20, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		118	108	16	27	W 1
44	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	106	16	28	L 1
45	Wed, Jan 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		96	118	16	29	L 2
46	Fri, Jan 27, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		100	105	16	30	L 3
47	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		88	123	16	31	L 4
48	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		124	103	17	31	W 1
49	Fri, Feb 3, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	102	18	31	W 2
50	Wed, Feb 8, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		105	101	19	31	W 3
51	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		94	104	19	32	L 1
52	Fri, Feb 10, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		114	125	19	33	L 2
53	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		119	112	20	33	W 1
54	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		102	125	20	34	L 1
55	Wed, Feb 15, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		126	122	21	34	W 1
56	Fri, Feb 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		98	115	21	35	L 1
57	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		121	112	22	35	W 1
58	Tue, Feb 21, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	96	23	35	W 2	13,058
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		108	119	23	36	L 1
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		112	126	23	37	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		110	106	24	37	W 1
62	Mon, Feb 27, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		97	110	24	38	L 1
63	Wed, Mar 1, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		104	114	24	39	L 2
64	Fri, Mar 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		110	133	24	40	L 3
65	Sun, Mar 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		88	106	24	41	L 4
66	Tue, Mar 7, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		101	112	24	42	L 5
67	Wed, Mar 8, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		94	97	24	43	L 6
68	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		114	117	24	44	L 7
69	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		91	93	24	45	L 8
70	Tue, Mar 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		98	119	24	46	L 9
71	Thu, Mar 16, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		98	106	24	47	L 10
72	Sat, Mar 18, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		104	106	24	48	L 11
73	Tue, Mar 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	101	24	49	L 12
74	Wed, Mar 22, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	124	24	50	L 13
75	Fri, Mar 24, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		107	103	25	50	W 1
76	Wed, Mar 29, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		89	112	25	51	L 1
77	Sat, Apr 1, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		116	112	26	51	W 1
78	Sun, Apr 2, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		100	109	26	52	L 1
79	Tue, Apr 4, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		101	89	27	52	W 1
80	Wed, Apr 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	113	27	53	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 7, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		114	117	27	54	L 2
82	Sat, Apr 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		112	111	28	54	W 1

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