3–9 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 13 | November 13 | Detroit | W 117–113 | Bob Rule (28) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,106 | 4–9 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 14 | November 14 | @ San Diego | L 112–148 | Tom Meschery (26) | | | San Diego Sports Arena4,838 | 4–10 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 15 | November 15 | Philadelphia | W 146–136 | Bob Rule (49) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,679 | 5–10 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 16 | November 19 | Atlanta | L 116–137 | Bob Boozer (24) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,583 | 5–11 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 17 | November 21 | Milwaukee | L 115–117 | Bob Rule (35) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum12,920 | 5–12 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 18 | November 23 | Boston | L 116–125 | Bob Rule (33) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum5,538 | 5–13 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 19 | November 24 | @ San Diego | L 105–112 | Lenny Wilkens (23) | | | San Diego Sports Arena3,393 | 5–14 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 20 | November 25 | San Francisco | L 106–114 | Bob Rule (24) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum4,001 | 5–15 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 21 | November 29 | Phoenix | W 130 129 | Bob Rule (33) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum9,418 | 6–15 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 22 | November 30 | @ Phoenix | L 108–116 | John Tresvant (21) | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum3,621 | 6–16 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 23 | December 2 | @ New York | L 109–129 | Bob Rule (25) | | | Madison Square Garden14,627 | 6–17 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 24 | December 3 | @ Cincinnati | W 118–117 | Bob Rule (30) | | | Cincinnati Gardens2,456 | 7–17 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 25 | December 4 | @ Atlanta | L 111–119 | Bob Rule (24) | | | Alexander Memorial Coliseum2,931 | 7–18 |- bgcolor=#fcc | 26 | December 5 | @ Milwaukee | L 98–131 | Bob Boozer (19) | | | Milwaukee Arena7,064 | 7–19 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 27 | December 6 | Baltimore | W 132–129 (OT) | Bob Rule (40) | | | Philadelphia, PA8,128 | 8–19 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 28 | December 9 | Detroit | W 109–104 | Bob Rule (36) | | | Seattle Center Coliseum6,168 | 9–19 |- bgcolor=#cfc