| 29 | December 11 | New York | W 112–105 | Bob Rule (28) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum10,029 | 10–19 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 30 | December 12 | Phoenix | L 116–130 | Tom Meschery (29) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,146 | 10–20 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 31 | December 14 | @ Los Angeles | L 127–131 | Bob Rule (45) | | | The Forum8,729 | 10–21 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 32 | December 16 | @ San Francisco | L 119–125 | Bob Rule (33) | | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena3,889 | 10–22 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 33 | December 17 | Cincinnati | W 117–104 | Lucius Allen (23) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,472 | 11–22 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 34 | December 19 | Philadelphia | W 123–116 | Tom Meschery (26) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,210 | 12–22 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 35 | December 21 | San Diego | W 112–96 | Lucius Allen, Tom Meschery (18) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,021 | 13–22 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 36 | December 23 | @ San Francisco | L 115–119 | Lucius Allen (19) | | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena3,481 | 13–23 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 37 | December 26 | Boston | L 112–122 | Bob Rule (41) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum10,273 | 13–24 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 38 | December 27 | New York | L 117–119 | Bob Rule (25) | | | Vancouver, BC4,206 | 13–25 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 39 | December 30 | Phoenix | W 134–121 | Tom Meschery (24) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,201 | 14–25 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 40 | January 1 | Chicago | L 111–114 | Bob Rule (36) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,149 | 14–26 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 41 | January 3 | Los Angeles | L 109–126 | Bob Rule (26) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum8,677 | 14–27 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 42 | January 4 | Detroit | L 110–116 | Dick Snyder (27) | | | Portland, OR3,451 | 14–28 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 43 | January 6 | @ Atlanta | L 97–101 | Bob Boozer (21) | | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum3,839 | 14–29 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 44 | January 9 | @ Philadelphia | W 135–132 | Lenny Wilkens (31) | | | The Spectrum4,220 | 15–29 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 45 | January