| Record: | 29 - 53 Season Stats |
| Coach: | Tom Sanders / Dave Cowens |
| Finish: | 5th Atlantic Div |
| Playoffs: | Did Not Qualify |
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| Total | Home | Away | OT | |
| 29 - 53 | 21 - 20 | 8 - 33 | 0 - 0 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 10/13/1978 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 101 - 115 | 0 - 1 | L 1 | |||
| 10/14/1978 | Houston Rockets | 108 - 114 | 0 - 2 | L 2 | |||
| 10/18/1978 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 116 - 99 | 1 - 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10/19/1978 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | 115 - 120 | 1 - 3 | L 1 | ||
| 10/21/1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | 101 - 118 | 1 - 4 | L 2 | ||
| 10/24/1978 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | 109 - 132 | 1 - 5 | L 3 | ||
| 10/28/1978 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 109 - 111 | 1 - 6 | L 4 | ||
| 11/1/1978 | Chicago Bulls | 118 - 112 | 2 - 6 | W 1 | |||
| 11/3/1978 | San Antonio Spurs | 103 - 110 | 2 - 7 | L 1 | |||
| 11/7/1978 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 108 - 125 | 2 - 8 | L 2 | ||
| 11/8/1978 | Portland Trailblazers | 109 - 112 | 2 - 9 | L 3 | |||
| 11/10/1978 | Atlanta Hawks | 103 - 115 | 2 - 10 | L 4 | |||
| 11/11/1978 | @ | New York Knicks | 98 - 111 | 2 - 11 | L 5 | ||
| 11/12/1978 | Detroit Pistons | 123 - 128 | 2 - 12 | L 6 | |||
| 11/17/1978 | Denver Nuggets | 120 - 118 | 3 - 12 | W 1 | |||
| 11/18/1978 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 92 - 90 | 4 - 12 | W 2 | ||
| 11/22/1978 | Washington Bullets | 103 - 119 | 4 - 13 | L 1 | |||
| 11/24/1978 | New York Knicks | 109 - 98 | 5 - 13 | W 1 | |||
| 11/26/1978 | @ | San Diego Clippers | 103 - 105 | 5 - 14 | L 1 | ||
| 11/28/1978 | @ | Portland Trailblazers | 97 - 102 | 5 - 15 | L 2 | ||
| 11/30/1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | 94 - 108 | 5 - 16 | L 3 | ||
| 12/1/1978 | Seattle Supersonics | 87 - 80 | 6 - 16 | W 1 | |||
| 12/2/1978 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 117 - 110 | 7 - 16 | W 2 | ||
| 12/5/1978 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 114 - 112 | 8 - 16 | W 3 | ||
| 12/6/1978 | San Diego Clippers | 117 - 111 | 9 - 16 | W 4 | |||
| 12/8/1978 | Phoenix Suns | 104 - 124 | 9 - 17 | L 1 | |||
| 12/12/1978 | @ | Houston Rockets | 105 - 112 | 9 - 18 | L 2 | ||
| 12/13/1978 | New Orleans Jazz | 102 - 96 | 10 - 18 | W 1 | |||
| 12/15/1978 | Kansas City Kings | 101 - 105 | 10 - 19 | L 1 | |||
| 12/16/1978 | @ | Washington Bullets | 117 - 125 | 10 - 20 | L 2 | ||
| 12/20/1978 | Indiana Pacers | 121 - 105 | 11 - 20 | W 1 | |||
| 12/22/1978 | Atlanta Hawks | 124 - 105 | 12 - 20 | W 2 | |||
| 12/27/1978 | @ | Kansas City Kings | 112 - 103 | 13 - 20 | W 3 | St Louis | |
| 12/30/1978 | @ | Phoenix Suns | 109 - 112 | 13 - 21 | L 1 | ||
| 1/3/1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | 116 - 123 | 13 - 22 | L 2 | ||
| 1/5/1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | 98 - 113 | 13 - 23 | L 3 | ||
| 1/6/1979 | @ | Denver Nuggets | 98 - 127 | 13 - 24 | L 4 | ||
| 1/10/1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | 89 - 99 | 13 - 25 | L 5 | |||
| 1/12/1979 | Portland Trailblazers | 128 - 125 | 14 - 25 | W 1 | |||
| 1/14/1979 | New Jersey Nets | 100 - 110 | 14 - 26 | L 1 | |||
| 1/17/1979 | Kansas City Kings | 99 - 120 | 14 - 27 | L 2 | |||
| 1/19/1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | 103 - 102 | 15 - 27 | W 1 | |||
| 1/20/1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 108 - 102 | 16 - 27 | W 2 | ||
| 1/21/1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | 87 - 91 | 16 - 28 | L 1 | |||
| 1/23/1979 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 90 - 100 | 16 - 29 | L 2 | ||
| 1/24/1979 | Washington Bullets | 106 - 128 | 16 - 30 | L 3 | |||
| 1/26/1979 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 106 - 119 | 16 - 31 | L 4 | ||
| 1/28/1979 | Golden State Warriors | 103 - 102 | 17 - 31 | W 1 | |||
| 1/31/1979 | Houston Rockets | 119 - 102 | 18 - 31 | W 2 | |||
| 2/2/1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 112 - 98 | 19 - 31 | W 3 | |||
| 2/6/1979 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 101 - 104 | 19 - 32 | L 1 | ||
| 2/7/1979 | Seattle Supersonics | 107 - 100 | 20 - 32 | W 1 | |||
| 2/9/1979 | Indiana Pacers | 112 - 101 | 21 - 32 | W 2 | |||
| 2/10/1979 | @ | New York Knicks | 106 - 102 | 22 - 32 | W 3 | ||
| 2/11/1979 | New York Knicks | 107 - 102 | 23 - 32 | W 4 | |||
| 2/14/1979 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | 119 - 149 | 23 - 33 | L 1 | ||
| 2/18/1979 | @ | Portland Trailblazers | 104 - 111 | 23 - 34 | L 2 | ||
| 2/21/1979 | @ | Golden State Warriors | 101 - 97 | 24 - 34 | W 1 | ||
| 2/23/1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 104 - 113 | 24 - 35 | L 1 | ||
| 2/25/1979 | @ | San Diego Clippers | 116 - 131 | 24 - 36 | L 2 | ||
| 2/28/1979 | New Orleans Jazz | 122 - 112 | 25 - 36 | W 1 | |||
| 3/2/1979 | San Diego Clippers | 99 - 106 | 25 - 37 | L 1 | |||
| 3/4/1979 | Milwaukee Bucks | 122 - 135 | 25 - 38 | L 2 | |||
| 3/7/1979 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 107 - 114 | 25 - 39 | L 3 | ||
| 3/9/1979 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 117 - 160 | 25 - 40 | L 4 | ||
| 3/11/1979 | Los Angeles Lakers | 108 - 106 | 26 - 40 | W 1 | |||
| 3/14/1979 | Phoenix Suns | 117 - 126 | 26 - 41 | L 1 | |||
| 3/16/1979 | Detroit Pistons | 99 - 98 | 27 - 41 | W 1 | |||
| 3/18/1979 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 111 - 122 | 27 - 42 | L 1 | ||
| 3/21/1979 | @ | Phoenix Suns | 113 - 134 | 27 - 43 | L 2 | ||
| 3/22/1979 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | 110 - 112 | 27 - 44 | L 3 | ||
| 3/23/1979 | @ | Denver Nuggets | 113 - 137 | 27 - 45 | L 4 | ||
| 3/25/1979 | Philadelphia 76ers | 103 - 94 | 28 - 45 | W 1 | |||
| 3/27/1979 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 109 - 111 | 28 - 46 | L 1 | ||
| 3/28/1979 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 117 - 135 | 28 - 47 | L 2 | ||
| 3/30/1979 | Chicago Bulls | 105 - 121 | 28 - 48 | L 3 | |||
| 4/1/1979 | San Antonio Spurs | 110 - 112 | 28 - 49 | L 4 | |||
| 4/3/1979 | @ | New Orleans Jazz | 125 - 141 | 28 - 50 | L 5 | ||
| 4/4/1979 | @ | Washington Bullets | 119 - 145 | 28 - 51 | L 6 | ||
| 4/6/1979 | Denver Nuggets | 101 - 107 | 28 - 52 | L 7 | |||
| 4/7/1979 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 112 - 126 | 28 - 53 | L 8 | ||
| 4/8/1979 | New Jersey Nets | 127 - 101 | 29 - 53 | W 1 |