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1976-1977 Washington Bullets: 48-34  .585
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-9 (4372 points scored, 4144 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4278 points scored, 4422 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Motta 8650 points scored (13th of 22 teams), 8566 points allowed (6th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dave Bing 6'3 180 33 Syracuse Phil Chenier 6'3 180 26 California Leonard Gray 6'8 240 25 Cal State Long Beach Kevin Grevey 6'5 210 23 Kentucky Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 31 Houston Tom Henderson 6'3 190 24 Hawaii Jimmy Jones 6'4 188 31 Grambling State Mitch Kupchak 6'9 230 22 North Carolina Joe Pace 6'10 220 23 Maryland - Eastern Shore Mike Riordan 6'4 200 31 Providence Truck Robinson 6'7 225 25 Tennessee State Wes Unseld 6'7 245 30 Louisville Nick Weatherspoon 6'7 195 26 Illinois Bob Weiss 6'2 180 34 Penn State Larry Wright 6'0 160 22 Grambling State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Elvin Hayes 82 3364 760 1516 0 0 422 614 289 740 1029 158 87 220 0 312 1942 23.7 G Phil Chenier 78 2842 654 1472 0 0 270 321 56 243 299 294 120 39 0 166 1578 20.2 F Mitch Kupchak 82 1513 341 596 0 0 170 246 183 311 494 62 22 34 0 204 852 10.4 G Dave Bing 64 1516 271 597 0 0 136 176 54 89 143 275 61 5 0 150 678 10.6 F Truck Robinson 41 1328 264 552 0 0 128 189 119 247 366 45 28 18 0 123 656 16.0 C Wes Unseld 82 2860 270 551 0 0 100 166 243 634 877 363 87 45 0 253 640 7.8 G Larry Wright 78 1421 262 595 0 0 88 115 32 66 98 232 55 5 0 170 612 7.8 G Kevin Grevey 76 1306 224 530 0 0 79 119 73 105 178 68 29 9 0 148 527 6.9 G Tom Henderson 41 1223 175 373 0 0 107 145 25 90 115 212 59 9 0 74 457 11.1 F Leonard Gray 58 996 144 330 0 0 59 80 61 125 186 69 31 18 0 189 347 6.0 G Bob Weiss 62 768 62 133 0 0 29 37 15 54 69 130 53 7 0 66 153 2.5 F Mike Riordan 49 289 34 94 0 0 11 15 7 20 27 20 3 2 0 33 79 1.6 C Joe Pace 30 119 24 55 0 0 16 29 16 18 34 4 2 17 0 29 64 2.1 F Nick Weatherspoon 11 152 27 76 0 0 5 8 11 13 24 2 3 5 0 19 59 5.4 G Jimmy Jones 3 33 2 9 0 0 2 4 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 4 6 2.0
1976 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   13  Mitch Kupchak            510          North Carolina                   [pick acquired from BUF]
  1   14  Larry Wright             343          Grambling                      
  2   31  Joe Pace                  79          Coppin State                   
  3   49  Bill Cook                             Memphis State                  
  4   65  Marion Hillard                        Memphis State                  
  5   83  L.C. Mason                            Alabama State                  
  6  101  Pat Tallent                           George Washington              
  7  119  Ralph Vallott                         Loyola (IL)                    
  8  137  Merlin Wilson                         Georgetown                     
  9  154  Clyde Agnew                           Newberry                       
 10  170  Mike Beuscher                         Seton Hall                     

Traded draft picks:



Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern First Round 04/13/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-100 04/15/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 83-91 04/17/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-98 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Semifinals 04/19/1977 at Houston Rockets W 111-101 04/21/1977 at Houston Rockets L 118-124 (OT) 04/24/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 93-90 04/26/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 103-107 04/29/1977 at Houston Rockets L 115-123 05/01/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 103-108 Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Phil Chenier 9 360 90 189 45 56 8 32 40 23 15 4 16 225 25.0 F Elvin Hayes 9 405 74 173 41 59 29 93 122 17 10 22 39 189 21.0 F Mitch Kupchak 9 252 53 90 40 59 28 40 68 10 2 3 34 146 16.2 G Tom Henderson 9 322 48 108 26 36 8 12 20 63 11 2 24 122 13.6 G Kevin Grevey 9 225 36 88 15 23 10 6 16 8 2 5 20 87 9.7 C Wes Unseld 9 368 30 54 7 12 24 81 105 44 8 6 32 67 7.4 G Larry Wright 8 104 19 39 15 21 1 6 7 16 7 1 18 53 6.6 G Dave Bing 8 55 14 32 4 4 3 3 6 5 0 1 5 32 4.0 F Leonard Gray 8 52 6 21 0 0 2 7 9 1 2 0 12 12 1.5 G Bob Weiss 4 34 3 5 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 5 6 1.5 F Mike Riordan 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/22/1976   vs Los Angeles Lakers        L  84-103    0-1
10/23/1976   at Detroit Pistons           W  98-97     1-1
10/27/1976   at New York Nets             L  93-96     1-2
10/29/1976   at New Orleans Jazz          L  93-111    1-3
10/30/1976   at Houston Rockets           L  92-105    1-4
11/03/1976   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 117-105    2-4
11/05/1976   at Boston Celtics            W 107-104    3-4
11/06/1976   vs Boston Celtics            W 109-103    4-4
11/09/1976   at New York Knicks           L  97-106    4-5
11/10/1976   vs New Orleans Jazz          W 116-103    5-5
11/12/1976   at Philadelphia 76ers        L 104-143    5-6
11/13/1976   vs Philadelphia 76ers        L 109-114    5-7
11/17/1976   vs New York Knicks           W 111-97     6-7
11/20/1976   vs San Antonio Spurs         W 109-103    7-7
11/23/1976   at Denver Nuggets            L  96-117    7-8
11/25/1976   at Phoenix Suns              L  98-104    7-9
11/27/1976   at Portland Trail Blazers    L  95-103    7-10
11/28/1976   at Seattle Supersonics       L 116-117    7-11
11/30/1976   at Los Angeles Lakers        L 102-109    7-12
12/02/1976   at Atlanta Hawks             W 102-90     8-12
12/04/1976   vs Denver Nuggets            W 100-95     9-12
12/08/1976   vs Seattle Supersonics       L  99-109    9-13
12/10/1976   vs Indiana Pacers            W  98-88     10-13
12/15/1976   vs Kansas City Kings         W 104-100    11-13
12/17/1976   at Buffalo Braves            W  99-88     12-13
12/18/1976   vs Golden State Warriors     L 110-115    12-14
12/22/1976   at Houston Rockets           L  90-111    12-15
12/23/1976   at San Antonio Spurs         L 116-118    12-16
12/25/1976   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 117-99     13-16
12/26/1976   at New Orleans Jazz          L 100-109    13-17
12/28/1976   at Indiana Pacers            W 117-111    14-17
12/29/1976   vs Atlanta Hawks             W  96-92     15-17
01/01/1977   vs Houston Rockets           W 104-89     16-17
01/05/1977   vs New York Nets             W 107-92     17-17
01/07/1977   vs Phoenix Suns              W  99-89     18-17
01/08/1977   at Cleveland Cavaliers       L 107-114    18-18
01/11/1977   at Milwaukee Bucks           W 120-109    19-18
01/12/1977   vs Chicago Bulls             L  85-99     19-19
01/14/1977   at Chicago Bulls             W  94-89     20-19
01/15/1977   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 113-107    21-19
01/19/1977   vs Buffalo Braves            W  91-87     22-19
01/21/1977   at New York Nets             W  99-88     23-19
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/23/1977   vs Detroit Pistons           W 119-108    24-19
01/26/1977   vs Golden State Warriors     W 106-95     25-19
01/29/1977   at Indiana Pacers            W 108-107    26-19
01/30/1977   vs Kansas City Kings         W 112-98     27-19
02/02/1977   at Denver Nuggets            L 105-119    27-20
02/04/1977   at Seattle Supersonics       W 109-106    28-20
02/05/1977   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 116-104    29-20
02/08/1977   at Golden State Warriors     L 104-128    29-21
02/10/1977   at Phoenix Suns              W 109-103    30-21
02/11/1977   at Kansas City Kings         L 106-120    30-22
02/15/1977   at Buffalo Braves            W 126-114    31-22
02/16/1977   vs Boston Celtics            W 111-92     32-22
02/18/1977   at Detroit Pistons           L  97-107    32-23
02/19/1977   vs Detroit Pistons           W 105-95     33-23
02/20/1977   vs Los Angeles Lakers        L 101-108    33-24
02/23/1977   vs Indiana Pacers            W 109-101    34-24
02/26/1977   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 105-102    35-24
02/27/1977   vs Buffalo Braves            W 117-105    36-24
03/02/1977   vs Denver Nuggets            W 115-113    37-24
03/04/1977   at Atlanta Hawks             L  99-100    37-25
03/05/1977   vs New Orleans Jazz          W 117-105    38-25
03/06/1977   vs Phoenix Suns              W 118-110    39-25
03/09/1977   at Milwaukee Bucks           L 107-109    39-26
03/11/1977   at Los Angeles Lakers        L  91-94     39-27
03/13/1977   at Golden State Warriors     L 119-122    39-28
03/15/1977   at Kansas City Kings         L  99-101    39-29
03/16/1977   vs Seattle Supersonics       L  96-100    39-30
03/20/1977   vs San Antonio Spurs         W 135-116    40-30
03/23/1977   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W  95-90     41-30
03/25/1977   at Boston Celtics            W 122-97     42-30
03/26/1977   at New York Knicks           W  98-92     43-30
03/27/1977   vs New York Knicks           L  95-109    43-31
03/29/1977   at San Antonio Spurs         L 116-122    43-32
03/30/1977   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 110-103    44-32
04/01/1977   vs Houston Rockets           L  85-91     44-33
04/03/1977   vs New York Nets             W 115-97     45-33
04/05/1977   at Cleveland Cavaliers       W 119-113    46-33
04/06/1977   vs Chicago Bulls             W  97-96     47-33
04/09/1977   at Philadelphia 76ers        L  93-125    47-34
04/10/1977   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 131-121    48-34

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