| November 8 | @ Boston | W 114–112 | Bob Rule (37) | | | Boston Garden7,606 | 4–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 14 | November 9 | @ Philadelphia | L 94–114 | Lenny Wilkens (26) | | | The Spectrum6,756 | 4–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 15 | November 11 | Philadelphia | L 117–127 | Bob Rule (29) | | | Boston, MA | 4–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | November 12 | @ Milwaukee | L 114–127 | Bob Rule (28) | | | Milwaukee Arena4,455 | 4–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 17 | November 13 | Atlanta | L 113–142 | Lenny Wilkens (27) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum3,102 | 4–13 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 18 | November 15 | Phoenix | W 128–124 (2OT) | Lenny Wilkens (30) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,368 | 5–13 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 19 | November 16 | Detroit | W 123–119 | Bob Rule (42) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,446 | 6–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 20 | November 17 | @ Los Angeles | L 94–105 | Lenny Wilkens (16) | | | The Forum8,399 | 6–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 21 | November 20 | Boston | L 92–139 | Art Harris (16) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum7,021 | 6–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | November 22 | @ San Diego | L 111–126 | Bob Rule (24) | | | San Diego Sports Arena5,247 | 6–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 23 | November 23 | @ San Francisco Warriors | L 119–132 | Lenny Wilkens (25) | | | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena5,922 | 6–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 24 | November 24 | Milwaukee | W 141–120 | Tom Meschery, Lenny Wilkens (21) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum3,485 | 7–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 25 | November 25 | Milwaukee | W 123–113 | Lenny Wilkens (29) | | | Vancouver, BC2,879 | 8–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 26 | November 26 | Chicago | W 99–98 | Bob Rule (28) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum2,895 | 9–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 27 | November 28 | Milwaukee | W 115–103 | Bob Rule (27) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,210 | 10–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 28 | December 2 | @ Phoenix | W 118–108 | Lenny Wilkens (33) | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum2,171 | 11–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 29 | December 3 | @