1977-78 Philadelphia 76ers Schedule and Results

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Record: 55-27, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Gene Shue (2-4), Billy Cunningham (53-23)

Executive: Pat Williams

PTS/G: 114.7 (1st of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.6 (14th of 22)

SRS: 4.87 (2nd of 22) Pace: 108.4 (7th of 22)

Off Rtg: 105.0 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 100.3 (8th of 22) Net Rtg: +4.7 (2nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (2nd of 22)

Arena: The Spectrum

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 19, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	96	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 22, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L	OT	103	104	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Oct 25, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		112	104	2	1	W 1
4	Fri, Oct 28, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		94	98	2	2	L 1
5	Sat, Oct 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		110	113	2	3	L 2
6	Wed, Nov 2, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		102	103	2	4	L 3
7	Fri, Nov 4, 1977	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		107	104	3	4	W 1
8	Sat, Nov 5, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		132	101	4	4	W 2
9	Wed, Nov 9, 1977	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		130	107	5	4	W 3
10	Fri, Nov 11, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		127	119	6	4	W 4
11	Sat, Nov 12, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		98	116	6	5	L 1
12	Tue, Nov 15, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		114	93	7	5	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 16, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		101	96	8	5	W 2
14	Fri, Nov 18, 1977	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		121	112	9	5	W 3	15,277
15	Sat, Nov 19, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	100	10	5	W 4
16	Tue, Nov 22, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		105	99	11	5	W 5
17	Wed, Nov 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		106	105	12	5	W 6
18	Fri, Nov 25, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	OT	125	119	13	5	W 7
19	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		112	107	14	5	W 8
20	Tue, Nov 29, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		129	117	15	5	W 9
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 30, 1977	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		117	114	16	5	W 10
22	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	OT	116	120	16	6	L 1
23	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		122	100	17	6	W 1
24	Fri, Dec 9, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		120	116	18	6	W 2
25	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	OT	108	114	18	7	L 1
26	Tue, Dec 13, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		117	129	18	8	L 2
27	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		99	108	18	9	L 3
28	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		110	115	18	10	L 4
29	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		129	116	19	10	W 1
30	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		125	119	20	10	W 2
31	Sun, Dec 25, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	113	20	11	L 1
32	Wed, Dec 28, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	OT	129	125	21	11	W 1
33	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		126	119	22	11	W 2
34	Wed, Jan 4, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	93	23	11	W 3
35	Fri, Jan 6, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	110	24	11	W 4
36	Sun, Jan 8, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		94	91	25	11	W 5	18,276
37	Tue, Jan 10, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		95	80	26	11	W 6
38	Fri, Jan 13, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		118	93	27	11	W 7
39	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		136	120	28	11	W 8
40	Wed, Jan 18, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		126	106	29	11	W 9
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		109	117	29	12	L 1
42	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		99	87	30	12	W 1
43	Tue, Jan 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		102	117	30	13	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		128	125	31	13	W 1
45	Fri, Jan 27, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		101	110	31	14	L 1
46	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		118	117	32	14	W 1
47	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		104	101	33	14	W 2
48	Fri, Feb 3, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		116	104	34	14	W 3
49	Tue, Feb 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		106	108	34	15	L 1
50	Wed, Feb 8, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		117	104	35	15	W 1
51	Fri, Feb 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		110	116	35	16	L 1
52	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	99	36	16	W 1
53	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		119	116	37	16	W 2
54	Wed, Feb 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		116	113	38	16	W 3
55	Fri, Feb 17, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		125	116	39	16	W 4
56	Sun, Feb 19, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		120	110	40	16	W 5
57	Tue, Feb 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		127	114	41	16	W 6
58	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		115	124	41	17	L 1
59	Sun, Feb 26, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		97	99	41	18	L 2
60	Tue, Feb 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		92	113	41	19	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		125	119	42	19	W 1
62	Fri, Mar 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		95	96	42	20	L 1
63	Sun, Mar 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		104	92	43	20	W 1
64	Wed, Mar 8, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	97	44	20	W 2
65	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		120	109	45	20	W 3	18,276
66	Sun, Mar 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		105	103	46	20	W 4	15,276
67	Wed, Mar 15, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		113	93	47	20	W 5
68	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		123	112	48	20	W 6
69	Sat, Mar 18, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		141	127	49	20	W 7
70	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		125	118	50	20	W 8
71	Wed, Mar 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		108	120	50	21	L 1
72	Fri, Mar 24, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		131	122	51	21	W 1
73	Sun, Mar 26, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	100	52	21	W 2
74	Wed, Mar 29, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		149	118	53	21	W 3
75	Fri, Mar 31, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	OT	110	111	53	22	L 1
76	Sat, Apr 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	116	53	23	L 2
77	Sun, Apr 2, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		107	111	53	24	L 3
78	Tue, Apr 4, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		119	120	53	25	L 4
79	Wed, Apr 5, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		126	115	54	25	W 1
80	Fri, Apr 7, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		118	127	54	26	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 8, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		131	114	55	26	W 1
82	Sun, Apr 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		113	123	55	27	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Apr 16, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		130	90	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Apr 18, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		119	100	2	0	W 2
3	Thu, Apr 20, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		137	126	3	0	W 3
4	Sun, Apr 23, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		112	107	4	0	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Sun, Apr 30, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L	OT	117	122	4	1	L 1
6	Wed, May 3, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		110	104	5	1	W 1
7	Fri, May 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		108	123	5	2	L 1
8	Sun, May 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		105	121	5	3	L 2
9	Wed, May 10, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		107	94	6	3	W 1
10	Fri, May 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		99	101	6	4	L 1

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