|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3||October 22 ||New Orleans Jazz || 134–118||2–1||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4||October 24 ||New York Knicks (at Toronto, Canada)|| 111–91||3–1||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5||October 26 ||Chicago Bulls || 105–104||4–1||Win 3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 6||October 29 ||@ Golden State Warriors || 101–130||4–2||Loss 1 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 7||November 1 ||@ Portland Trail Blazers || 106–113||4–3||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8||November 3 ||@ Los Angeles Lakers || 124–101||5–3||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9||November 6 ||@ New Orleans Jazz || 110–98||6–3||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10||November 9 ||Detroit Pistons || 109–100||7–3||Win 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11||November 10 ||@ Detroit Pistons || 124–117||8–3||Win 4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12||November 12 ||Cleveland Cavaliers || 112–94||9–3||Win 5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13||November 14 ||@ Boston Celtics (at Providence, Rhode Island)|| 112–100||10–3||Win 6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14||November 16 ||Kansas City-Omaha Kings || 101–96||11–3||Win 7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15||November 19 ||Golden State Warriors || 111–106||12–3||Win 8 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16||November 20 ||@ Washington Bullets || 115–104||13–3||Win 9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17||November 21 ||Philadelphia 76ers (at Toronto, Canada)|| 99–95||14–3||Win 10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18||November 23 ||Phoenix Suns || 117–104||15–3||Win 11 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 19||November 24 ||@ Chicago Bulls || 89–91||15–4||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20||November 26 ||@ Philadelphia 76ers || 103–99||16–4||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 21||November 29 ||Washington Bullets || 93–96||16–5||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 22||November 30 ||@ New York Knicks || 111–118||16–6||Loss 2 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23||December 3 ||Milwaukee Bucks || 101–110||16–7||Loss 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24||December 6 ||Portland Trail Blazers || 114–105||17–7||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 25||December 7 ||@ Philadelphia 76ers || 112–116||17–8||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26||December 10 ||Philadelphia 76ers || 101–91||18–8||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27||December 12 ||Houston Rockets (at Toronto, Canada)|| 124–113||19–8||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28||December 13 ||New York Knicks || 108–104||20–8||Win 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29||December 14 ||@ New York Knicks || 118–102||21–8||Win 4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 30||December 17 ||@ Kansas City-Omaha Kings || 110–111||21–9||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 31||December 19 ||@ Cleveland Cavaliers || 104–106||21–10||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 32||December 20 ||Atlanta Hawks || 102–113||21–11||Loss 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33||December 27 ||@ Phoenix Suns || 108–92||22–11||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 34||December 28 ||@ Houston Rockets || 117–125||22–12||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 35||December 30 ||@ Milwaukee Bucks || 91–106||22–13||Loss 2 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 36||January 3 ||Detroit Pistons || 92–111||22–14||Loss 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37||January 4 ||@ Atlanta Hawks || 121–108||23–14||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 38||January 6 ||@ Philadelphia