1977-78 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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Record: 49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John MacLeod (49-33)

PTS/G: 112.3 (5th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 108.6 (10th of 22)

SRS: 3.50 (3rd of 22) Pace: 111.4 (1st of 22)

Off Rtg: 100.3 (13th of 22) Def Rtg: 97.0 (1st of 22) Net Rtg: +3.3 (3rd of 22)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 22)

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (0-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)

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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	Tue, Oct 18, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		100	83	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Oct 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		104	101	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Oct 25, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		93	86	3	0	W 3
4	Fri, Oct 28, 1977	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		107	114	3	1	L 1
5	Sat, Oct 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	125	3	2	L 2
6	Mon, Oct 31, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		143	145	3	3	L 3
7	Thu, Nov 3, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		110	89	4	3	W 1
8	Fri, Nov 4, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		96	113	4	4	L 1
9	Sat, Nov 5, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		94	111	4	5	L 2
10	Thu, Nov 10, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		127	111	5	5	W 1
11	Sun, Nov 13, 1977	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		116	107	6	5	W 2
12	Fri, Nov 18, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		103	101	7	5	W 3
13	Sun, Nov 20, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		134	112	8	5	W 4
14	Tue, Nov 22, 1977	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	107	9	5	W 5
15	Thu, Nov 24, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		82	97	9	6	L 1
16	Fri, Nov 25, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		118	110	10	6	W 1
17	Sun, Nov 27, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		115	97	11	6	W 2
18	Tue, Nov 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		96	108	11	7	L 1
19	Fri, Dec 2, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		103	106	11	8	L 2
20	Sun, Dec 4, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		89	96	11	9	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 6, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		103	92	12	9	W 1
22	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	113	107	13	9	W 2
23	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		110	93	14	9	W 3
24	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		113	103	15	9	W 4
25	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		126	113	16	9	W 5
26	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		101	97	17	9	W 6
27	Sun, Dec 18, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	2OT	129	134	17	10	L 1
28	Tue, Dec 20, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		110	99	18	10	W 1
29	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		119	125	18	11	L 1
30	Fri, Dec 23, 1977	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		129	110	19	11	W 1	12,660
31	Mon, Dec 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		108	127	19	12	L 1
32	Tue, Dec 27, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		131	105	20	12	W 1
33	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		110	104	21	12	W 2
34	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	121	21	13	L 1
35	Tue, Jan 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		125	103	22	13	W 1
36	Wed, Jan 4, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		83	115	22	14	L 1
37	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		121	111	23	14	W 1	10,019		at Hartford, CT
38	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		107	97	24	14	W 2
39	Wed, Jan 11, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		142	99	25	14	W 3
40	Fri, Jan 13, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		111	100	26	14	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 15, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	104	27	14	W 5
42	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		134	114	28	14	W 6
43	Fri, Jan 20, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		104	119	28	15	L 1
44	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		114	101	29	15	W 1
45	Wed, Jan 25, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		118	96	30	15	W 2
46	Fri, Jan 27, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		110	101	31	15	W 3
47	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		131	100	32	15	W 4
48	Tue, Jan 31, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		112	102	33	15	W 5
49	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		120	127	33	16	L 1
50	Fri, Feb 3, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		115	105	34	16	W 1
51	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		125	98	35	16	W 2
52	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		121	109	36	16	W 3
53	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	113	36	17	L 1
54	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		95	98	36	18	L 2	12,660
55	Fri, Feb 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		92	111	36	19	L 3
56	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		114	101	37	19	W 1
57	Tue, Feb 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		114	111	38	19	W 2
58	Wed, Feb 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		95	107	38	20	L 1			at Charlotte, NC
59	Fri, Feb 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	OT	120	121	38	21	L 2
60	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		115	122	38	22	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		115	126	38	23	L 4
62	Wed, Mar 1, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		102	115	38	24	L 5
63	Fri, Mar 3, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		132	126	39	24	W 1
64	Sun, Mar 5, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		92	104	39	25	L 1
65	Tue, Mar 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		126	112	40	25	W 1
66	Thu, Mar 9, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		112	103	41	25	W 2
67	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	114	42	25	W 3
68	Sun, Mar 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		112	128	42	26	L 1
69	Tue, Mar 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	121	42	27	L 2
70	Wed, Mar 15, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		98	117	42	28	L 3
71	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	115	42	29	L 4	15,276
72	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		123	112	43	29	W 1
73	Tue, Mar 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		115	119	43	30	L 1
74	Thu, Mar 23, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	108	44	30	W 1
75	Sat, Mar 25, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		112	106	45	30	W 2
76	Wed, Mar 29, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		127	94	46	30	W 3
77	Fri, Mar 31, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		136	112	47	30	W 4
78	Sun, Apr 2, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		105	99	48	30	W 5
79	Tue, Apr 4, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		119	125	48	31	L 1
80	Thu, Apr 6, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		105	111	48	32	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		83	95	48	33	L 3
82	Sat, Apr 8, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		120	109	49	33	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 11, 1978		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	111	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Apr 14, 1978		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		90	94	0	2	L 2

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