1973-1974 Capitol Bullets: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4185 points scored, 3927 allowed) Road record: 15-25 (4058 points scored, 4219 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (110 points scored, 85 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4185 points scored, 3927 allowed) Road record: 15-25 (4058 points scored, 4219 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (110 points scored, 85 allowed)
Head Coach: K.C. Jones 8353 points scored (14th of 17 teams), 8231 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Phil Chenier 6'3 180 23 California Archie Clark 6'2 175 32 Minnesota Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 28 Houston Tom Kozelko 6'8 220 22 Toledo Manny Leaks 6'8 225 28 Niagara Louie Nelson 6'3 190 22 Washington Tommy Patterson 6'6 220 25 Ouachita Baptist Kevin Porter 6'0 170 23 St. Francis Rich Rinaldi 6'3 195 24 St. Peter's Mike Riordan 6'4 200 28 Providence Dave Stallworth 6'7 200 32 Wichita State Wes Unseld 6'7 245 27 Louisville Nick Weatherspoon 6'7 195 23 Illinois Walt Wesley 6'11 220 28 KansasTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Elvin Hayes 81 3602 689 1627 0 0 357 495 354 1109 1463 163 86 240 0 252 1735 21.4 G Phil Chenier 76 2942 697 1607 0 0 274 334 114 274 388 239 155 67 0 135 1668 21.9 F Mike Riordan 81 3230 577 1223 0 0 136 174 120 260 380 264 102 14 0 237 1290 15.9 G Kevin Porter 81 2339 477 997 0 0 180 249 79 100 179 469 95 9 0 319 1134 14.0 G Archie Clark 56 1786 315 675 0 0 103 131 44 97 141 285 59 6 0 122 733 13.1 F Nick Weatherspoon 65 1216 199 483 0 0 96 139 133 264 397 38 48 16 0 179 494 7.6 C Wes Unseld 56 1727 146 333 0 0 36 55 152 365 517 159 56 16 0 121 328 5.9 G Louie Nelson 49 556 93 215 0 0 53 73 26 44 70 52 31 2 0 62 239 4.9 C Manny Leaks 53 845 79 232 0 0 58 83 94 150 244 25 10 39 0 95 216 4.1 F Dave Stallworth 45 458 75 187 0 0 47 55 52 73 125 25 28 4 0 61 197 4.4 C Walt Wesley 39 400 71 151 0 0 26 43 63 73 136 14 9 20 0 74 168 4.3 F Tom Kozelko 49 573 59 133 0 0 23 32 52 72 124 25 21 7 0 82 141 2.9 G Rich Rinaldi 7 48 3 22 0 0 3 4 2 5 7 11 10 3 0 7 9 1.3 F Tommy Patterson 2 8 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 13 Nick Weatherspoon 453 Illinois
2 19 Louie Nelson 224 Washington [pick acquired from PHI]
3 48 Tom Kozelko 189 Toledo
4 65 Aaron Stewart Richmond
5 82 Danny Traylor South Carolina
6 99 Mike Allocco Stonehill
7 116 Rod Hogue Georgia
8 133 Mark Jellison Northeastern
9 148 Mike Boylan Assumption
10 162 Dick Kelly Bay College
11 172 Dale Adams St. Mary's (MD)
12 181 Mike Battle George Washington
13 187 Chester Davis Morgan State
14 192 Howard White Maryland
15 197 Shorty Simmons St. Mary's (MD)
Traded draft picks:
#2 to LA (Jim Chones)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern Semifinals 03/29/1974 at New York Knicks L 91-102 03/31/1974 vs New York Knicks W 99-87 04/02/1974 at New York Knicks W 88-79 04/05/1974 vs New York Knicks L 93-101 (OT) 04/07/1974 at New York Knicks L 105-106 04/10/1974 vs New York Knicks W 109-92 04/12/1974 at New York Knicks L 81-91Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Elvin Hayes 7 323 76 143 29 41 31 80 111 21 5 15 23 181 25.9 G Phil Chenier 7 310 62 137 33 37 6 37 43 12 13 8 19 157 22.4 F Mike Riordan 7 267 36 87 14 16 7 17 24 17 4 2 28 86 12.3 G Kevin Porter 7 195 33 85 9 14 10 7 17 32 8 0 30 75 10.7 C Wes Unseld 7 297 31 63 9 15 22 63 85 27 4 1 15 71 10.1 G Archie Clark 7 162 20 59 11 20 3 10 13 15 5 0 13 51 7.3 F Tom Kozelko 7 58 10 13 3 4 4 4 8 1 0 0 10 23 3.3 F Nick Weatherspoon 7 87 9 19 2 5 11 16 27 0 2 2 11 20 2.9 C Manny Leaks 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1.0 C Walt Wesley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/09/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 114-128 0-1
10/12/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-103 0-2
10/13/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers L 87-132 0-3
10/19/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 103-117 0-4
10/20/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 96-87 1-4
10/21/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 99-107 1-5
10/23/1973 at New York Knicks W 101-84 2-5
10/28/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-99 3-5
11/03/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 112-84 4-5
11/04/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 102-99 5-5
11/07/1973 at Houston Rockets W 111-97 6-5
11/09/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 109-96 7-5
11/11/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 91-110 7-6
11/17/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 115-109 8-6
11/18/1973 vs Buffalo Braves L 101-112 8-7
11/21/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 97-106 8-8
11/23/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-86 9-8
11/25/1973 vs New York Knicks W 109-81 10-8
11/28/1973 at Boston Celtics L 104-111 10-9
11/30/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 121-113 11-9
12/02/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 98-96 12-9
12/05/1973 at Houston Rockets L 99-119 12-10
12/07/1973 at Phoenix Suns L 92-114 12-11
12/09/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 110-96 13-11
12/11/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 87-82 14-11
12/14/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 88-93 14-12
12/15/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 106-93 15-12
12/18/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 91-98 15-13
12/20/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 98-92 16-13
12/22/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 98-89 17-13
12/23/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 110-85 18-13
12/25/1973 at New York Knicks W 102-100 19-13
12/26/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 82-81 20-13
12/28/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 93-102 20-14
12/29/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 102-106 20-15
01/02/1974 vs New York Knicks L 81-92 20-16
01/04/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 94-91 21-16
01/05/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 93-90 22-16
01/06/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 90-88 23-16
01/08/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 94-92 24-16
01/11/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-115 24-17
01/12/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 96-97 24-18
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/17/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 101-86 25-18
01/18/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 94-98 25-19
01/19/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 117-90 26-19
01/20/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 111-105 27-19
01/22/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 97-99 27-20
01/25/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 124-143 27-21
01/27/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 107-127 27-22
01/30/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 94-103 27-23
02/01/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-99 28-23
02/03/1974 at Boston Celtics W 112-99 29-23
02/05/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 103-121 29-24
02/06/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 109-101 30-24
02/08/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 96-105 30-25
02/09/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-75 31-25
02/10/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-95 31-26
02/12/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-99 32-26
02/13/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 89-87 33-26
02/16/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 101-92 34-26
02/17/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 99-95 35-26
02/20/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-101 36-26
02/22/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 83-84 36-27
02/23/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-104 36-28
02/24/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 94-84 37-28
02/26/1974 at New York Knicks L 71-85 37-29
02/27/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-100 38-29
03/01/1974 vs New York Knicks L 103-112 38-30
03/03/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 98-93 39-30
03/05/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 103-89 40-30
03/06/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 99-112 40-31
03/09/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-103 41-31
03/10/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 117-107 42-31
03/12/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-101 43-31
03/13/1974 at Houston Rockets L 93-117 43-32
03/15/1974 at Houston Rockets L 105-114 43-33
03/17/1974 at Boston Celtics L 103-129 43-34
03/20/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 101-91 44-34
03/22/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 109-95 45-34
03/23/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 108-119 45-35
03/24/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 120-92 46-35
03/26/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 126-108 47-35
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