Hawks ||122–132||25–27||Loss 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53|| January 27 ||@ Houston Rockets ||122–108||26–27||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 54|| January 29 ||Golden State Warriors ||121–128||26–28||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 55|| January 30 ||@ Detroit Pistons ||96–111||26–29||Loss 2 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56||February 3 || Philadelphia 76ers (at Toronto, Canada)||112–98||27–29||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57||February 6 ||@ Philadelphia 76ers ||114–98||28–29||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58||February 8 ||Chicago Bulls ||106–101||29–29||Win 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59||February 9 ||@ New York Knicks ||103–100 (OT)||30–29||Win 4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 60||February 10 ||@ Cleveland Cavaliers ||121–125||30–30||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 61||February 12 ||New York Knicks ||93–100||30–31||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62||February 13 ||@ Philadelphia 76ers ||129–106||31–31||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63||February 15 ||Detroit Pistons ||118–116||32–31||Win 2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 64||February 16 ||@ Capital Bullets ||92–101||32–32||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65||February 17 ||@ Houston Rockets ||135–118||33–32||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66||February 19 ||Milwaukee Bucks ||145–109||34–32||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67||February 21 ||New York Knicks (at Toronto, Canada) ||119–97||35–32||Win 3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 68||February 22 ||Boston Celtics ||109–116||35–33||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 69||February 26 ||Los Angeles Lakers ||112–119||35–34||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70||February 27 ||Boston Celtics (at Providence, RI) ||122–104||36–34||Win 1 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71||March 1 ||Boston Celtics ||110–94||37–34||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72||March 2 ||@ Philadelphia 76ers ||103–99||38–34||Win 3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 73||March 8 ||Seattle SuperSonics ||117–123 (OT)||38–35||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74||March 10 ||Portland Trail Blazers (at Toronto, Canada) ||122–112||39–35||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75||March 12 ||Phoenix Suns ||124–94||40–35||Win 2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 76||March 15 ||@ Chicago Bulls ||97–114||40–36||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77||March 16 ||Cleveland Cavaliers ||114–105||41–36||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 78||March 17 ||@ Detroit Pistons ||109–116||41–37||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79||March 21 ||@ Golden State Warriors ||115–102||42–37||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 80||March 22 ||@ Phoenix Suns ||119–126||42–38||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 81||March 24 ||@ Los Angeles Lakers ||124–150||42–39||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 82||March 26 ||@ Houston Rockets ||96–119||42–40||Loss 3 |- Playoffs In the 1974 NBA Playoffs the Braves were matched up against the Boston Celtics. The Celtics had won 22 of 24 matches between the teams. However, the Braves had won the most recent two matches after 22 straight defeats, including 5 earlier that season. Through four games, the series was even at two games apiece. However the Celtics would pull away with two more wins to take the series in six games. With rookie DiGregorio and 2nd year McAdoo leading the way, the