| Phase | N ↓ | Date | Weekday | Day | R (rec) | L | Opponent | Score | Diff | Strk | Rank | GB |
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| Day #2 | 1 | 2004-11-03 | Wednesday | 3rd | W(r=1‑0) | | Sacramento Kings (0‑2) | 101‑85 | +16 | W 1 | | ½ |
| Day #4 | 2 | 2004-11-05 | Friday | 5th | W(r=2‑0) | @ | Los Angeles Lakers (1‑2) | 105‑96 | +9 | W 2 | 2 → 1 | _ |
| Day #6 | 3 | 2004-11-07 | Sunday | 7th | L(r=2‑1) | @ | Seattle SuperSonics (2‑1) | 94‑113 | -19 | L 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Day #9 | 4 | 2004-11-10 | Wednesday | 10th | W(r=3‑1) | | Golden State Warriors (0‑5) | 91‑71 | +20 | W 1 | 3 → 2 | ½ |
| Day #11 | 5 | 2004-11-12 | Friday | 12th | W(r=4‑1) | | Miami Heat (4‑2) | 93‑84 | +9 | W 2 | 2 | ½ |
| Day #12 | 6 | 2004-11-13 | Saturday | 13th | W(r=5‑1) | @ | Atlanta Hawks (1‑5) | 103‑88 | +15 | W 3 | 2 | ½ |
| Day #15 | 7 | 2004-11-16 | Tuesday | 16th | W(r=6‑1) | | New York Knicks (2‑4) | 99‑81 | +18 | W 4 | 2 | _ |
| Day #17 | 8 | 2004-11-18 | Thursday | 18th | W(r=7‑1) | @ | Philadelphia 76ers (4‑5) | 88‑80 | +8 | W 5 | 2 → 1 | _ |
| Day #18 | 9 | 2004-11-19 | Friday | 19th | W(r=8‑1) | @ | Boston Celtics (3‑4) | 92‑84 | +8 | W 6 | 1 | _ |
| Day #20 | 10 | 2004-11-21 | Sunday | 21st | L(r=8‑2) | @ | Toronto Raptors (5‑6) | 91‑96 | -5 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #21 | 11 | 2004-11-22 | Monday | 22nd | L(r=8‑3) | @ | Memphis Grizzlies (5‑6) | 90‑93 | -3 | L 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #23 | 12 | 2004-11-24 | Wednesday | 24th | W(r=9‑3) | | Dallas Mavericks (8‑5) | 94‑80 | +14 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #25 | 13 | 2004-11-26 | Friday | 26th | W(r=10‑3) | @ | Denver Nuggets (6‑6) | 89‑75 | +14 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #26 | 14 | 2004-11-27 | Saturday | 27th | W(r=11‑3) | | Utah Jazz (8‑6) | 109‑76 | +33 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #29 | 15 | 2004-11-30 | Tuesday | 30th | W(r=12‑3) | @ | Dallas Mavericks (10‑6) | 107‑89 | +18 | W 4 | 1 | _ |
| Day #30 | 16 | 2004-12-01 | Wednesday | 1st | W(r=13‑3) | | Philadelphia 76ers (6‑8) | 105‑72 | +33 | W 5 | 1 | _ |
| Day #32 | 17 | 2004-12-03 | Friday | 3rd | W(r=14‑3) | | Detroit Pistons (7‑8) | 80‑77 | +3 | W 6 | 1 | _ |
| Day #33 | 18 | 2004-12-04 | Saturday | 4th | W(r=15‑3) | @ | Milwaukee Bucks (4‑10) | 104‑83 | +21 | W 7 | 1 | _ |
| Day #35 | 19 | 2004-12-06 | Monday | 6th | W(r=16‑3) | @ | Chicago Bulls (2‑13) | 91‑75 | +16 | W 8 | 1 | _ |
| Day #37 | 20 | 2004-12-08 | Wednesday | 8th | L(r=16‑4) | | Seattle SuperSonics (16‑3) | 96‑102 | -6 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #38 | 21 | 2004-12-09 | Thursday | 9th | L(r=16‑5) | @ | Houston Rockets (9‑11) | 80‑81 | -1 | L 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #40 | 22 | 2004-12-11 | Saturday | 11th | W(r=17‑5) | | Cleveland Cavaliers (12‑8) | 116‑97 | +19 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #44 | 23 | 2004-12-15 | Wednesday | 15th | W(r=18‑5) | | Orlando Magic (13‑9) | 94‑91 | +3 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #46 | 24 | 2004-12-17 | Friday | 17th | W(r=19‑5) | @ | New Orleans Hornets (2‑20) | 83‑67 | +16 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #47 | 25 | 2004-12-18 | Saturday | 18th | W(r=20‑5) | | Golden State Warriors (7‑17) | 104‑85 | +19 | W 4 | 1 | _ |
| Day #51 | 26 | 2004-12-22 | Wednesday | 22nd | L(r=20‑6) | @ | Orlando Magic (15‑10) | 87‑93 | -6 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #52 | 27 | 2004-12-23 | Thursday | 23rd | W(r=21‑6) | | Minnesota Timberwolves (15‑10) | 96‑82 | +14 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #54 | 28 | 2004-12-26 | Sunday | 26th | W(r=22‑6) | | Boston Celtics (12‑14) | 107‑90 | +17 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #56 | 29 | 2004-12-28 | Tuesday | 28th | W(r=23‑6) | | Phoenix Suns (24‑4) | 115‑94 | +21 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #58 | 30 | 2004-12-30 | Thursday | 30th | W(r=24‑6) | @ | Portland Trail Blazers (13‑14) | 114‑80 | +34 | W 4 | 1 | _ |
| Day #59 | 31 | 2004-12-31 | Friday | 31st | W(r=25‑6) | @ | Los Angeles Clippers (13‑15) | 98‑79 | +19 | W 5 | 1 | _ |
| Day #61 | 32 | 2005-01-02 | Sunday | 2nd | L(r=25‑7) | @ | Sacramento Kings (19‑9) | 81‑86 | -5 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #63 | 33 | 2005-01-04 | Tuesday | 4th | W(r=26‑7) | | Los Angeles Lakers (16‑13) | 100‑83 | +17 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #65 | 34 | 2005-01-06 | Thursday | 6th | W(r=27‑7) | | Indiana Pacers (16‑14) | 111‑98 | +13 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #67 | 35 | 2005-01-08 | Saturday | 8th | W(r=28‑7) | | Denver Nuggets (14‑18) | 99‑90 | +9 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #69 | 36 | 2005-01-10 | Monday | 10th | L(r=28‑8) | @ | Utah Jazz (12‑24) | 96‑97 | -1 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #71 | 37 | 2005-01-12 | Wednesday | 12th | W(r=29‑8) | | Milwaukee Bucks (12‑21) | 94‑79 | +15 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #73 | 38 | 2005-01-14 | Friday | 14th | W(r=30‑8) | | Dallas Mavericks (22‑12) | 98‑95 | +3 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #74 | 39 | 2005-01-15 | Saturday | 15th | L(r=30‑9) | @ | Houston Rockets (20‑17) | 67‑73 | -6 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #76 | 40 | 2005-01-17 | Monday | 17th | W(r=31‑9) | | Washington Wizards (22‑14) | 101‑73 | +28 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #78 | 41 | 2005-01-19 | Wednesday | 19th | W(r=32‑9) | | Los Angeles Clippers (18‑20) | 80‑79 | +1 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #80 | 42 | 2005-01-21 | Friday | 21st | W(r=33‑9) | @ | Phoenix Suns (31‑10) | 128‑123 | +5 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #82 | 43 | 2005-01-23 | Sunday | 23rd | W(r=34‑9) | @ | Sacramento Kings (27‑12) | 103‑73 | +30 | W 4 | 1 | _ |
| Day #83 | 44 | 2005-01-24 | Monday | 24th | L(r=34‑10) | @ | Portland Trail Blazers (16‑24) | 99‑107 | -8 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #86 | 45 | 2005-01-27 | Thursday | 27th | W(r=35‑10) | | Sacramento Kings (28‑13) | 90‑80 | +10 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #88 | 46 | 2005-01-29 | Saturday | 29th | W(r=36‑10) | | New Orleans Hornets (8‑35) | 93‑83 | +10 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #90 | 47 | 2005-01-31 | Monday | 31st | W(r=37‑10) | @ | Seattle SuperSonics (30‑13) | 103‑84 | +19 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #93 | 48 | 2005-02-03 | Thursday | 3rd | W(r=38‑10) | @ | Los Angeles Lakers (24‑20) | 103‑91 | +12 | W 4 | 1 | _ |
| Day #98 | 49 | 2005-02-08 | Tuesday | 8th | W(r=39‑10) | @ | Charlotte Bobcats (10‑35) | 104‑85 | +19 | W 5 | 1 | _ |
| Day #99 | 50 | 2005-02-09 | Wednesday | 9th | L(r=39‑11) | @ | Washington Wizards (29‑19) | 87‑95 | -8 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #101 | 51 | 2005-02-11 | Friday | 11th | W(r=40‑11) | @ | New Jersey Nets (21‑29) | 101‑91 | +10 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #103 | 52 | 2005-02-13 | Sunday | 13th | L(r=40‑12) | @ | Miami Heat (39‑14) | 92‑96 | -4 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #106 | 53 | 2005-02-16 | Wednesday | 16th | W(r=41‑12) | @ | New Orleans Hornets (11‑42) | 101‑78 | +23 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #109 | 54 | 2005-02-23 | Wednesday | 23rd | W(r=42‑12) | | Houston Rockets (32‑23) | 99‑81 | +18 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #112 | 55 | 2005-02-26 | Saturday | 26th | L(r=42‑13) | | Memphis Grizzlies (31‑25) | 82‑84 | -2 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #114 | 56 | 2005-02-28 | Monday | 28th | W(r=43‑13) | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers (31‑24) | 94‑92 | +2 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #116 | 57 | 2005-03-02 | Wednesday | 2nd | W(r=44‑13) | | Toronto Raptors (24‑33) | 92‑86 | +6 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #118 | 58 | 2005-03-04 | Friday | 4th | W(r=45‑13) | | Chicago Bulls (29‑26) | 102‑99 | +3 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #120 | 59 | 2005-03-06 | Sunday | 6th | W(r=46‑13) | | Utah Jazz (20‑39) | 101‑94 | +7 | W 4 | 1 | _ |
| Day #122 | 60 | 2005-03-08 | Tuesday | 8th | W(r=47‑13) | | New Jersey Nets (26‑35) | 90‑74 | +16 | W 5 | 1 | _ |
| Day #123 | 61 | 2005-03-09 | Wednesday | 9th | L(r=47‑14) | @ | Phoenix Suns (47‑14) | 101‑107 | -6 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #126 | 62 | 2005-03-12 | Saturday | 12th | L(r=47‑15) | | Denver Nuggets (32‑29) | 87‑90 | -3 | L 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #128 | 63 | 2005-03-14 | Monday | 14th | W(r=48‑15) | | New Orleans Hornets (14‑48) | 112‑89 | +23 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #130 | 64 | 2005-03-16 | Wednesday | 16th | W(r=49‑15) | | Minnesota Timberwolves (33‑33) | 89‑73 | +16 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #132 | 65 | 2005-03-18 | Friday | 18th | W(r=50‑15) | | Charlotte Bobcats (12‑51) | 93‑76 | +17 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #134 | 66 | 2005-03-20 | Sunday | 20th | L(r=50‑16) | @ | Detroit Pistons (42‑23) | 101‑110 | -9 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #135 | 67 | 2005-03-21 | Monday | 21st | L(r=50‑17) | @ | New York Knicks (28‑37) | 75‑88 | -13 | L 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #137 | 68 | 2005-03-23 | Wednesday | 23rd | L(r=50‑18) | @ | Indiana Pacers (34‑33) | 93‑100 | -7 | L 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #139 | 69 | 2005-03-25 | Friday | 25th | W(r=51‑18) | | Atlanta Hawks (11‑57) | 111‑95 | +16 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #141 | 70 | 2005-03-27 | Sunday | 27th | W(r=52‑18) | | Houston Rockets (42‑28) | 83‑70 | +13 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #144 | 71 | 2005-03-30 | Wednesday | 30th | W(r=53‑18) | | Seattle SuperSonics (49‑22) | 89‑76 | +13 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #146 | 72 | 2005-04-01 | Friday | 1st | L(r=53‑19) | @ | Denver Nuggets (40‑31) | 84‑102 | -18 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #147 | 73 | 2005-04-02 | Saturday | 2nd | W(r=54‑19) | | Los Angeles Lakers (33‑39) | 95‑94 | +1 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #150 | 74 | 2005-04-06 | Wednesday | 6th | W(r=55‑19) | | Los Angeles Clippers (34‑42) | 91‑82 | +9 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #151 | 75 | 2005-04-07 | Thursday | 7th | L(r=55‑20) | @ | Dallas Mavericks (51‑24) | 68‑104 | -36 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #153 | 76 | 2005-04-09 | Saturday | 9th | W(r=56‑20) | @ | Los Angeles Clippers (34‑43) | 125‑124 | +1 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #154 | 77 | 2005-04-10 | Sunday | 10th | W(r=57‑20) | @ | Golden State Warriors (31‑46) | 136‑134 | +2 | W 2 | 1 | _ |
| Day #156 | 78 | 2005-04-12 | Tuesday | 12th | W(r=58‑20) | | Portland Trail Blazers (25‑52) | 95‑89 | +6 | W 3 | 1 | _ |
| Day #157 | 79 | 2005-04-13 | Wednesday | 13th | L(r=58‑21) | @ | Utah Jazz (25‑53) | 91‑93 | -2 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #160 | 80 | 2005-04-16 | Saturday | 16th | W(r=59‑21) | | Memphis Grizzlies (44‑36) | 97‑75 | +22 | W 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #162 | 81 | 2005-04-18 | Monday | 18th | L(r=59‑22) | @ | Memphis Grizzlies (45‑36) | 92‑94 | -2 | L 1 | 1 | _ |
| Day #164 | 82 | 2005-04-20 | Wednesday | 20th | L(r=59‑23) | @ | Minnesota Timberwolves (44‑38) | 73‑95 | -22 | L 2 | 1 | _ |
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Western Conference
Quarter-Finals | 1 | 2005-04-24 | Sunday | 24th | L(r=0‑1) | | Denver Nuggets (1‑0) | 87‑93 | -6 | L 3 | | |
| 2 | 2005-04-27 | Wednesday | 27th | W(r=1‑1) | | Denver Nuggets (1‑1) | 104‑76 | +28 | W 1 | | |
| 3 | 2005-04-30 | Saturday | 30th | W(r=2‑1) | @ | Denver Nuggets (1‑2) | 86‑78 | +8 | W 2 | | |
| 4 | 2005-05-02 | Monday | 2nd | W(r=3‑1) | @ | Denver Nuggets (1‑3) | 126‑115 | +11 | W 3 | | |
| 5 | 2005-05-04 | Wednesday | 4th | W(r=4‑1) | | Denver Nuggets (1‑4) | 99‑89 | +10 | W 4 | | |
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Western Conference
Semi-Finals | 1 | 2005-05-08 | Sunday | 8th | W(r=1‑0) | | Seattle SuperSonics (0‑1) | 103‑81 | +22 | W 5 | | |
| 2 | 2005-05-10 | Tuesday | 10th | W(r=2‑0) | | Seattle SuperSonics (0‑2) | 108‑91 | +17 | W 6 | | |
| 3 | 2005-05-12 | Thursday | 12th | L(r=2‑1) | @ | Seattle SuperSonics (1‑2) | 91‑92 | -1 | L 1 | | |
| 4 | 2005-05-15 | Sunday | 15th | L(r=2‑2) | @ | Seattle SuperSonics (2‑2) | 89‑101 | -12 | L 2 | | |
| 5 | 2005-05-17 | Tuesday | 17th | W(r=3‑2) | | Seattle SuperSonics (2‑3) | 103‑90 | +13 | W 1 | | |
| 6 | 2005-05-19 | Thursday | 19th | W(r=4‑2) | @ | Seattle SuperSonics (2‑4) | 98‑96 | +2 | W 2 | | |
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Western Conference
Finals | 1 | 2005-05-22 | Sunday | 22nd | W(r=1‑0) | @ | Phoenix Suns (0‑1) | 121‑114 | +7 | W 3 | | |
| 2 | 2005-05-24 | Tuesday | 24th | W(r=2‑0) | @ | Phoenix Suns (0‑2) | 111‑108 | +3 | W 4 | | |
| 3 | 2005-05-28 | Saturday | 28th | W(r=3‑0) | | Phoenix Suns (0‑3) | 102‑92 | +10 | W 5 | | |
| 4 | 2005-05-30 | Monday | 30th | L(r=3‑1) | | Phoenix Suns (1‑3) | 106‑111 | -5 | L 1 | | |
| 5 | 2005-06-01 | Wednesday | 1st | W(r=4‑1) | @ | Phoenix Suns (1‑4) | 101‑95 | +6 | W 1 | | |
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| NBA Finals | 1 | 2005-06-09 | Thursday | 9th | W(r=1‑0) | | Detroit Pistons (0‑1) | 84‑69 | +15 | W 2 | | |
| 2 | 2005-06-12 | Sunday | 12th | W(r=2‑0) | | Detroit Pistons (0‑2) | 97‑76 | +21 | W 3 | | |
| 3 | 2005-06-14 | Tuesday | 14th | L(r=2‑1) | @ | Detroit Pistons (1‑2) | 79‑96 | -17 | L 1 | | |
| 4 | 2005-06-16 | Thursday | 16th | L(r=2‑2) | @ | Detroit Pistons (2‑2) | 71‑102 | -31 | L 2 | | |
| 5 | 2005-06-19 | Sunday | 19th | W(r=3‑2) | @ | Detroit Pistons (2‑3) | 96‑95 | +1 | W 1 | | |
| 6 | 2005-06-21 | Tuesday | 21st | L(r=3‑3) | | Detroit Pistons (3‑3) | 86‑95 | -9 | L 1 | | |
| 7 | 2005-06-23 | Thursday | 23rd | W(r=4‑3) | | Detroit Pistons (3‑4) | 81‑74 | +7 | W 1 | | |