Boston Garden15,040 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | May 1 | Boston | W 83–77 | World B. Free (27) | George McGinnis (12) | McGinnis, Mix (4) | Spectrum18,276 | 4–3 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | May 5 | Houston | W 128–117 | Julius Erving (24) | George McGinnis (13) | Doug Collins (8) | Spectrum17,507 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 8 | Houston | W 106–97 | George McGinnis (21) | George McGinnis (8) | Julius Erving (10) | Spectrum14,855 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 11 | @ Houston | L 94–118 | Julius Erving (28) | George McGinnis (9) | Doug Collins (7) | The Summit15,676 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 13 | @ Houston | W 107–95 | Doug Collins (36) | Caldwell Jones (11) | George McGinnis (9) | The Summit15,676 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 15 | Houston | L 115–118 | Julius Erving (37) | George McGinnis (14) | Henry Bibby (8) | Spectrum18,276 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | May 17 | @ Houston | W 112–109 | Julius Erving (34) | Julius Erving (9) | Julius Erving (6) | The Summit15,676 | 4–2 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | May 22 | Portland | W 107–101 | Julius Erving (33) | Caldwell Jones (11) | Doug Collins (6) | Spectrum18,276 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 26 | Portland | W 107–89 | Doug Collins (27) | Caldwell Jones (14) | Henry Bibby (11) | Spectrum18,276 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 29 | @ Portland | L 107–129 | Julius Erving (28) | George McGinnis (12) | Julius Erving (5) | Memorial Coliseum12,923 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 31 | @ Portland | L 98–130 | Julius Erving (24) | Darryl Dawkins (11) | Steve Mix (4) | Memorial Coliseum12,913 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | June 3 | Portland | L 104–110 | Julius Erving (37) | Caldwell Jones (13) | Julius Erving (7) | Spectrum18,276 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | June 5 | @ Portland | L 107–109 | Julius Erving (40) | George McGinnis (16) | Julius Erving (8) | Memorial Coliseum12,951 | 2–4 |- Awards and honors