1975-1976 Washington Bullets: 48-34 .585
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4252 points scored, 4009 allowed) Road record: 17-24 (4175 points scored, 4227 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: K.C. Jones 8427 points scored (13th of 18 teams), 8236 points allowed (3rd) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dave Bing 6'3 180 32 Syracuse Phil Chenier 6'3 180 25 California Kevin Grevey 6'5 210 22 Kentucky Clem Haskins 6'3 195 32 Western Kentucky Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 30 Houston Jimmy Jones 6'4 188 30 Grambling State Tom Kozelko 6'8 220 24 Toledo Tom Kropp 6'3 205 22 Kearney State Mike Riordan 6'4 200 30 Providence Truck Robinson 6'7 225 24 Tennessee State Wes Unseld 6'7 245 29 Louisville Nick Weatherspoon 6'7 195 25 Illinois Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Phil Chenier 80 2952 654 1355 0 0 282 341 84 236 320 255 158 45 0 186 1590 19.9 F Elvin Hayes 80 2975 649 1381 0 0 287 457 210 668 878 121 104 202 0 293 1585 19.8 G Dave Bing 82 2945 497 1113 0 0 332 422 94 143 237 492 118 23 0 262 1326 16.2 F Truck Robinson 82 2055 354 779 0 0 211 314 139 418 557 113 42 107 0 239 919 11.2 C Wes Unseld 78 2922 318 567 0 0 114 195 271 765 1036 404 84 59 0 203 750 9.6 F Mike Riordan 78 1943 291 662 0 0 71 96 44 143 187 122 54 13 0 201 653 8.4 F Nick Weatherspoon 64 1083 218 458 0 0 96 137 85 189 274 55 46 16 0 172 532 8.3 G Jimmy Jones 64 1133 153 308 0 0 72 94 32 99 131 120 33 5 0 127 378 5.9 G Clem Haskins 55 737 148 269 0 0 54 65 12 42 54 73 23 8 0 79 350 6.4 G Kevin Grevey 56 504 79 213 0 0 52 58 24 36 60 27 13 3 0 65 210 3.8 F Tom Kozelko 67 584 48 99 0 0 19 30 19 63 82 33 19 4 0 74 115 1.7 G Tom Kropp 25 72 7 30 0 0 5 6 5 10 15 8 2 0 0 20 19 0.8
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 18 Kevin Grevey 672 Kentucky
3 48 Tom Kropp 78 Kearney State [pick acquired from SEA]
4 71 Fessor Leonard Furman
5 90 Rich Jones Virginia Commonwealth
6 107 John Garrett Purdue
7 126 Fletcher Johnson Randolph-Macon
8 143 Bruce Hamming Augustana
9 160 Doug Brookins Creighton
10 173 Mike Fahey Brandeis
Traded draft picks:
#2 to PHO (Allen Murphy)
#3 to PHO (Bayard Forrest)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/13/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-95
04/15/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 79-80
04/17/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 76-88
04/21/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-98
04/22/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 91-92
04/26/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 102-98 (OT)
04/29/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 85-87
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Elvin Hayes 7 305 54 122 32 55 16 72 88 10 5 28 24 140 20.0
G Phil Chenier 7 265 56 128 14 17 6 20 26 11 6 3 27 126 18.0
G Dave Bing 7 209 34 76 28 35 6 12 18 28 7 2 18 96 13.7
F Nick Weatherspoon 7 224 36 80 14 25 10 32 42 10 2 4 28 86 12.3
G Jimmy Jones 7 165 22 45 18 21 2 15 17 10 10 0 15 62 8.9
C Wes Unseld 7 310 18 39 13 24 26 59 85 28 6 4 19 49 7.0
F Truck Robinson 7 137 16 37 17 21 8 25 33 5 5 8 27 49 7.0
G Clem Haskins 5 40 10 21 2 5 1 4 5 2 0 0 6 22 4.4
F Mike Riordan 6 31 3 8 0 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 5 6 1.0
G Tom Kropp 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0
G Kevin Grevey 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.0
F Tom Kozelko 5 14 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0.4
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/23/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 107-95 1-0 11/01/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 89-100 1-1 11/02/1975 at Seattle Supersonics W 94-85 2-1 11/04/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-96 3-1 11/06/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 110-100 4-1 11/08/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 95-99 4-2 11/11/1975 at Buffalo Braves W 105-90 5-2 11/13/1975 vs Boston Celtics W 110-107 6-2 11/14/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 88-97 6-3 11/15/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 109-110 6-4 11/20/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 105-96 7-4 11/22/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 71-111 7-5 11/25/1975 vs Houston Rockets L 89-100 7-6 11/26/1975 at Houston Rockets L 85-97 7-7 11/27/1975 vs New York Knicks L 90-96 7-8 12/02/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 107-104 8-8 12/05/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 92-87 9-8 12/07/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 106-114 9-9 12/09/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 116-95 10-9 12/11/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 117-109 11-9 12/12/1975 at Boston Celtics L 108-130 11-10 12/13/1975 at New York Knicks L 107-126 11-11 12/16/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 100-94 12-11 12/17/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 88-105 12-12 12/19/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 88-104 12-13 12/20/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 98-86 13-13 12/23/1975 at Detroit Pistons W 120-102 14-13 12/25/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 99-94 15-13 12/26/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 81-85 15-14 12/27/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-106 15-15 12/30/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 96-81 16-15 01/01/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-103 17-15 01/02/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 107-99 18-15 01/03/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-104 19-15 01/06/1976 at Kansas City Kings W 103-98 20-15 01/09/1976 at Boston Celtics L 113-118 20-16 01/10/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 107-87 21-16 01/11/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 104-106 21-17 01/14/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 92-88 22-17 01/16/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 100-85 23-17 01/17/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 105-103 24-17 01/19/1976 at Houston Rockets L 96-115 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/20/1976 vs Detroit Pistons L 107-114 24-19 01/22/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 109-86 25-19 01/24/1976 at Phoenix Suns W 100-84 26-19 01/25/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers W 105-101 27-19 01/27/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-118 27-20 01/30/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 100-123 27-21 02/01/1976 at Golden State Warriors W 101-99 28-21 02/07/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 103-90 29-21 02/08/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 78-83 29-22 02/10/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 105-115 29-23 02/12/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 92-81 30-23 02/14/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 108-89 31-23 02/15/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 101-88 32-23 02/17/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 113-112 33-23 02/20/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 87-102 33-24 02/21/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 103-95 34-24 02/24/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 92-83 35-24 02/25/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 104-105 35-25 02/26/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 118-108 36-25 02/28/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 92-89 37-25 02/29/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 110-108 38-25 03/02/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 128-111 39-25 03/04/1976 at Houston Rockets W 113-106 40-25 03/06/1976 at New York Knicks L 107-116 40-26 03/07/1976 vs New York Knicks W 92-81 41-26 03/14/1976 at Boston Celtics W 102-89 42-26 03/18/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 110-102 43-26 03/20/1976 vs New York Knicks W 109-104 44-26 03/21/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 92-95 44-27 03/23/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 101-106 44-28 03/25/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 105-108 44-29 03/26/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 126-131 44-30 03/27/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-84 45-30 03/28/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 113-90 46-30 03/31/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 88-95 46-31 04/02/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-96 46-32 04/04/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz L 125-129 46-33 04/05/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 133-105 47-33 04/07/1976 at Houston Rockets W 115-105 48-33 04/11/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 99-103 48-34 |