1975-76 Philadelphia 76ers Game-by-Game Results
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Buffalo Braves 2-1
Coach: Gene Shue (46-36)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 509,699, Avg. 12,432 in 41 home dates
1975-76 Philadelphia 76ers StatisticsTeam Record: 46-36
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Buffalo Braves 2-1
Coach: Gene Shue (46-36)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 509,699, Avg. 12,432 in 41 home dates
1975-76 Philadelphia 76ers Roster
The Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The 76ers tossed in 8,735 points and surrendered 8,714. George McGinnis scored a team-leading 1,769 points for Philadelphia, while Doug Collins and Fred Carter contributed 17 or more per game as well. George McGinnis racked up 967 rebounds. Fred Carter dished out 372 assists for the squad.
On defense, George McGinnis added 198 steals, and Harvey Catchings swatted 164 opponent shot attempts.
Gene Shue coached the team. The 1975-76 Philadelphia 76ers lost in the conference first round.
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Regular Season Points For: 8735
Regular Season Points Against: 8714
| Date | Game | Res | Home | Road | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 24, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 110 at Chicago Bulls 103 | W | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||
| October 27, 1975 | Los Angeles Lakers 104 at Philadelphia 76ers 117 | W | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | ||
| October 31, 1975 | Buffalo Braves 92 at Philadelphia 76ers 87 | L | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | ||
| November 1, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 98 at New York Knicks 110 | L | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | ||
| November 4, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 121 at Buffalo Braves 114 | W | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 | ||
| November 5, 1975 | Chicago Bulls 82 at Philadelphia 76ers 115 | W | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | ||
| November 7, 1975 | Phoenix Suns 99 at Philadelphia 76ers 103 | W | 3-1 | 2-1 | 5-2 | ||
| November 11, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 81 at Milwaukee Bucks 108 | L | 3-1 | 2-2 | 5-3 | ||
| November 12, 1975 | Milwaukee Bucks 107 at Philadelphia 76ers 84 | L | 3-2 | 2-2 | 5-4 | ||
| November 14, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 119 at Boston Celtics 109 | W | 3-2 | 3-2 | 6-4 | ||
| November 15, 1975 | Washington Bullets 109 at Philadelphia 76ers 110 | W | 4-2 | 3-2 | 7-4 | 3OT | |
| November 19, 1975 | Kansas City Kings 103 at Philadelphia 76ers 113 | W | 5-2 | 3-2 | 8-4 | ||
| November 21, 1975 | Portland Trail Blazers 111 at Philadelphia 76ers 131 | W | 6-2 | 3-2 | 9-4 | ||
| November 23, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 111 at Atlanta Hawks 115 | L | 6-2 | 3-3 | 9-5 | ||
| November 25, 1975 | Golden State Warriors 108 at Philadelphia 76ers 109 | W | 7-2 | 3-3 | 10-5 | ||
| November 28, 1975 | Seattle Supersonics 94 at Philadelphia 76ers 113 | W | 8-2 | 3-3 | 11-5 | ||
| November 29, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 98 at Houston Rockets 99 | L | 8-2 | 3-4 | 11-6 | ||
| November 30, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 113 at New Orleans Jazz 96 | W | 8-2 | 4-4 | 12-6 | ||
| December 3, 1975 | New Orleans Jazz 94 at Philadelphia 76ers 102 | W | 9-2 | 4-4 | 13-6 | ||
| December 5, 1975 | New York Knicks 97 at Philadelphia 76ers 99 | W | 10-2 | 4-4 | 14-6 | ||
| December 6, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 98 at Kansas City Kings 84 | W | 10-2 | 5-4 | 15-6 | ||
| December 9, 1975 | Cleveland Cavaliers 85 at Philadelphia 76ers 100 | W | 11-2 | 5-4 | 16-6 | ||
| December 11, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 110 at Phoenix Suns 106 | W | 11-2 | 6-4 | 17-6 | ||
| December 12, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 102 at Los Angeles Lakers 114 | L | 11-2 | 6-5 | 17-7 | ||
| December 14, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 105 at Seattle Supersonics 114 | L | 11-2 | 6-6 | 17-8 | ||
| December 16, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 105 at Portland Trail Blazers 98 | W | 11-2 | 7-6 | 18-8 | ||
| December 19, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 115 at Detroit Pistons 114 | W | 11-2 | 8-6 | 19-8 | OT | |
| December 20, 1975 | Boston Celtics 111 at Philadelphia 76ers 97 | L | 11-3 | 8-6 | 19-9 | ||
| December 25, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 103 at New York Knicks 111 | L | 11-3 | 8-7 | 19-10 | ||
| December 26, 1975 | Buffalo Braves 95 at Philadelphia 76ers 96 | W | 12-3 | 8-7 | 20-10 | ||
| December 27, 1975 | Philadelphia 76ers 105 at Buffalo Braves 130 | L | 12-3 | 8-8 | 20-11 | ||
| December 30, 1975 | Detroit Pistons 108 at Philadelphia 76ers 114 | W | 13-3 | 8-8 | 21-11 | ||
| January 2, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers 101 at Philadelphia 76ers 112 | W | 14-3 | 8-8 | 22-11 | ||
| January 3, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 104 at Washington Bullets 119 | L | 14-3 | 8-9 | 22-12 | ||
| January 7, 1976 | Milwaukee Bucks 102 at Philadelphia 76ers 112 | W | 15-3 | 8-9 | 23-12 | ||
| January 8, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 105 at Cleveland Cavaliers 115 | L | 15-3 | 8-10 | 23-13 | ||
| January 9, 1976 | Los Angeles Lakers 106 at Philadelphia 76ers 109 | W | 16-3 | 8-10 | 24-13 | ||
| January 11, 1976 | Boston Celtics 107 at Philadelphia 76ers 118 | W | 17-3 | 8-10 | 25-13 | ||
| January 14, 1976 | New Orleans Jazz 95 at Philadelphia 76ers 100 | W | 18-3 | 8-10 | 26-13 | ||
| January 16, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 110 at Boston Celtics 118 | L | 18-3 | 8-11 | 26-14 | ||
| January 17, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 103 at Washington Bullets 105 | L | 18-3 | 8-12 | 26-15 | ||
| January 20, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 111 at Milwaukee Bucks 108 | W | 18-3 | 9-12 | 27-15 | ||
| January 23, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 92 at New York Knicks 104 | L | 18-3 | 9-13 | 27-16 | ||
| January 24, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks 116 at Philadelphia 76ers 130 | W | 19-3 | 9-13 | 28-16 | ||
| January 25, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 112 at Atlanta Hawks 109 | W | 19-3 | 10-13 | 29-16 | ||
| January 27, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 116 at Houston Rockets 127 | L | 19-3 | 10-14 | 29-17 | ||
| January 29, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 114 at Golden State Warriors 123 | L | 19-3 | 10-15 | 29-18 | ||
| January 31, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 105 at Phoenix Suns 119 | L | 19-3 | 10-16 | 29-19 | ||
| February 1, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 82 at Los Angeles Lakers 103 | L | 19-3 | 10-17 | 29-20 | ||
| February 6, 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers 92 at Philadelphia 76ers 87 | L | 19-4 | 10-17 | 29-21 | ||
| February 8, 1976 | Buffalo Braves 97 at Philadelphia 76ers 100 | W | 20-4 | 10-17 | 30-21 | ||
| February 10, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 85 at Chicago Bulls 84 | W | 20-4 | 11-17 | 31-21 | ||
| February 11, 1976 | Portland Trail Blazers 106 at Philadelphia 76ers 118 | W | 21-4 | 11-17 | 32-21 | ||
| February 13, 1976 | Houston Rockets 109 at Philadelphia 76ers 134 | W | 22-4 | 11-17 | 33-21 | ||
| February 14, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 97 at New York Knicks 101 | L | 22-4 | 11-18 | 33-22 | OT | |
| February 15, 1976 | New York Knicks 88 at Philadelphia 76ers 82 | L | 22-5 | 11-18 | 33-23 | ||
| February 17, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 107 at Kansas City Kings 125 | L | 22-5 | 11-19 | 33-24 | ||
| February 20, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 92 at Seattle Supersonics 111 | L | 22-5 | 11-20 | 33-25 | ||
| February 22, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 93 at Golden State Warriors 94 | L | 22-5 | 11-21 | 33-26 | ||
| February 24, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 106 at Portland Trail Blazers 102 | W | 22-5 | 12-21 | 34-26 | ||
| February 27, 1976 | Golden State Warriors 121 at Philadelphia 76ers 114 | L | 22-6 | 12-21 | 34-27 | ||
| February 29, 1976 | Seattle Supersonics 115 at Philadelphia 76ers 130 | W | 23-6 | 12-21 | 35-27 | ||
| March 2, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 111 at Washington Bullets 128 | L | 23-6 | 12-22 | 35-28 | ||
| March 3, 1976 | Boston Celtics 110 at Philadelphia 76ers 123 | W | 24-6 | 12-22 | 36-28 | ||
| March 5, 1976 | Detroit Pistons 112 at Philadelphia 76ers 123 | W | 25-6 | 12-22 | 37-28 | ||
| March 6, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 99 at Buffalo Braves 105 | L | 25-6 | 12-23 | 37-29 | ||
| March 10, 1976 | Phoenix Suns 108 at Philadelphia 76ers 125 | W | 26-6 | 12-23 | 38-29 | ||
| March 12, 1976 | Atlanta Hawks 107 at Philadelphia 76ers 109 | W | 27-6 | 12-23 | 39-29 | ||
| March 17, 1976 | Chicago Bulls 101 at Philadelphia 76ers 108 | W | 28-6 | 12-23 | 40-29 | ||
| March 18, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 104 at Cleveland Cavaliers 110 | L | 28-6 | 12-24 | 40-30 | ||
| March 20, 1976 | Boston Celtics 103 at Philadelphia 76ers 96 | L | 28-7 | 12-24 | 40-31 | OT | |
| March 21, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 100 at Boston Celtics 108 | L | 28-7 | 12-25 | 40-32 | ||
| March 24, 1976 | New York Knicks 100 at Philadelphia 76ers 118 | W | 29-7 | 12-25 | 41-32 | ||
| March 27, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 95 at Houston Rockets 109 | L | 29-7 | 12-26 | 41-33 | ||
| March 28, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 107 at New Orleans Jazz 110 | L | 29-7 | 12-27 | 41-34 | ||
| March 31, 1976 | Buffalo Braves 103 at Philadelphia 76ers 107 | W | 30-7 | 12-27 | 42-34 | ||
| April 2, 1976 | Washington Bullets 94 at Philadelphia 76ers 96 | W | 31-7 | 12-27 | 43-34 | ||
| April 4, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 97 at Detroit Pistons 101 | L | 31-7 | 12-28 | 43-35 | ||
| April 5, 1976 | Houston Rockets 129 at Philadelphia 76ers 130 | W | 32-7 | 12-28 | 44-35 | OT | |
| April 7, 1976 | New Orleans Jazz 99 at Philadelphia 76ers 102 | W | 33-7 | 12-28 | 45-35 | ||
| April 9, 1976 | Kansas City Kings 108 at Philadelphia 76ers 112 | W | 34-7 | 12-28 | 46-35 | ||
| April 10, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 109 at Atlanta Hawks 123 | L | 34-7 | 12-29 | 46-36 | ||
| April 15, 1976 | Buffalo Braves 95 at Philadelphia 76ers 89 | L | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | ||
| April 16, 1976 | Philadelphia 76ers 131 at Buffalo Braves 106 | W | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | ||
| April 18, 1976 | Buffalo Braves 124 at Philadelphia 76ers 123 | L | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | OT |
