| 17|| November 13 ||Atlanta Hawks ||121–114||7–10||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 18|| November 15 ||@ New York Knicks ||86–97||7–11||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 19|| November 17 ||Detroit Pistons ||94–98||7–12||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20|| November 18 ||@ Capital Bullets ||112–101||8–12||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21|| November 20 ||Phoenix Suns ||127–100||9–12||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22|| November 24 ||Kansas City-Omaha Kings ||143–131||10–12||Win 3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23|| November 27 ||Milwaukee Bucks ||110–115||10–13||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 24|| November 28 ||@ Atlanta Hawks ||106–130||10–14||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 25|| November 30 ||Capital Bullets ||113–121||10–15||Loss 3 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26|| December 5 ||Portland Trail Blazers ||114–110||11–15||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 27|| December 7 ||New York Knicks ||108–113||11–16||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 28|| December 9 ||Boston Celtics (at Toronto, Canada) ||114–118||11–17||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29|| December 11 ||@ Atlanta Hawks ||132–127 (OT)||12–17||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 30|| December 12 ||Boston Celtics (at Providence, RI) ||119–126||12–18||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31|| December 14 ||@ Cleveland Cavaliers ||102–98||13–18||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32|| December 18 ||Cleveland Cavaliers ||100–93||14–18||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33|| December 21 ||New York Knicks ||117–115||15–18||Win 3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 34|| December 22 ||@ Kansas City-Omaha Kings ||112–122||15–19||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 35|| December 23 ||Capital Bullets (at Toronto, Canada) ||85–110||15–20||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 36|| December 26 ||Boston Celtics ||123–125||15–21||Loss 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37|| December 29 ||@ Phoenix Suns ||120–108||16–21||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 38|| December 30 ||@ Los Angeles Lakers ||105–108||16–22||Loss 1 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39|| January 1 ||@ Portland Trail Blazers ||120–119||17–22||Win 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40|| January 2 ||@ Seattle SuperSonics ||115–111||18–22||Win 2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41|| January 5 ||@ New York Knicks ||111–110||19–22||Win 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42|| January 6 ||Atlanta Hawks (at Toronto, Canada) ||117–109||20–22||Win 4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43|| January 8 ||Atlanta Hawks ||100–96||21–22||Win 5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44|| January 11 ||Houston Rockets ||117–99||22–22||Win 6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45|| January 12 ||@ Capital Bullets ||97–96||23–22||Win 7 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 46|| January 13 ||Houston Rockets (at Toronto, Canada) ||112–121||23–23||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47|| January 18 ||Capital Bullets ||98–94||24–23||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 48|| January 20 ||@ Philadelphia 76ers ||112–129||24–24||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49|| January 22 ||Philadelphia 76ers ||119–109||25–24||Win 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 50|| January 23 ||Milwaukee Bucks (at Madison, WI) ||88–114||25–25||Loss 1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 51|| January 25 ||Kansas City-Omaha Kings ||113–118||25–26||Loss 2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 52|| January 26 ||@ Atlanta