| 2 || October 11 || Seattle SuperSonics || 100–105 || Philadelphia Spectrum || 0–2 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 3 || October 13 || Buffalo Braves || 101–104 || Philadelphia Spectrum || 0–3 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 4 || October 17 || @ Buffalo Braves || 114–122 || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium || 0–4 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 5 || October 21 || @ New York Knicks || 88–111 || Madison Square Garden || 0–5 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 6 || October 23 || @ Boston Celtics || 85–105 || Boston Garden || 0–6 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 7 || October 25 || Cleveland Cavaliers || 108–113 || Philadelphia Spectrum || 0–7 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 8 || October 28 || Milwaukee Bucks || 92–96 || Philadelphia Spectrum || 0–8 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 9 || October 31 || @ Cleveland Cavaliers || 116–126 || Cleveland Arena || 0–9 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 10 || November 1 || Houston Rockets || 104–108 || Philadelphia Spectrum || 0–10 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 11 || November 3 || Kansas City–Omaha Kings || 101–114 || Philadelphia Spectrum || 0–11 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 12 || November 4 || @ Atlanta Hawks || 120–128 || Omni Coliseum || 0–12 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 13 || November 5 || @ Milwaukee Bucks || 113–131 || Milwaukee Arena || 0–13 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 14 || November 8 || @ Kansas City–Omaha Kings || 107–125 || Omaha Civic Auditorium || 0–14 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 15 || November 10 || New York Knicks || 106–125 || Philadelphia Spectrum || 0–15 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || November 11 || N Houston Rockets || 114–112 || (San Antonio, Texas) || 1–15 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 17 || November 12 || @ Phoenix Suns || 108–119 || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum || 1–16 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 18 || November 16 || @ Golden State Warriors || 106–128 || Oakland Arena || 1–17 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 19 || November 17 || @ Seattle SuperSonics || 92–105 || Seattle Center Coliseum || 1–18 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 20 || November 19 || @ Los Angeles Lakers || 95–135 || The Forum || 1–19 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 21 || November 24 || N Buffalo Braves || 96–105 || (Hershey, Pennsylvania) || 1–20 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 22 || November 25 || Portland Trail Blazers || 106–117 || Philadelphia Spectrum || 1–21 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || November 28 || @ Buffalo Braves || 101–94 || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium