1977-1978 Washington Bullets: 44-38 .537
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4567 points scored, 4315 allowed) Road record: 13-25 (4142 points scored, 4328 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (338 points scored, 328 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Motta 9047 points scored (7th of 22 teams), 8971 points allowed (12th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Greg Ballard 6'7 215 22 Oregon Phil Chenier 6'3 180 27 California Bob Dandridge 6'6 195 30 Norfolk State Kevin Grevey 6'5 210 24 Kentucky Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 32 Houston Tom Henderson 6'3 190 25 Hawaii Charlie Johnson 6'0 170 28 California Mitch Kupchak 6'9 230 23 North Carolina Joe Pace 6'10 220 24 Maryland - Eastern Shore Wes Unseld 6'7 245 31 Louisville Phil Walker 6'3 180 21 Millersville Larry Wright 6'0 160 23 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 81 3246 636 1409 0 0 326 514 335 740 1075 149 96 159 229 313 1598 19.7 F Bob Dandridge 75 2777 560 1190 0 0 330 419 137 305 442 287 101 44 241 262 1450 19.3 G Kevin Grevey 81 2121 505 1128 0 0 243 308 124 166 290 155 61 17 159 203 1253 15.5 F Mitch Kupchak 67 1759 393 768 0 0 280 402 162 298 460 71 28 42 184 196 1066 15.9 G Tom Henderson 75 2315 339 784 0 0 179 240 66 127 193 406 93 15 195 131 857 11.4 G Larry Wright 70 1466 283 570 0 0 76 107 31 71 102 260 68 15 134 195 642 9.2 C Wes Unseld 80 2644 257 491 0 0 93 173 286 669 955 326 98 45 173 234 607 7.6 G Phil Chenier 36 937 200 451 0 0 109 138 15 87 102 73 36 9 67 54 509 14.1 F Greg Ballard 76 936 142 334 0 0 88 114 102 164 266 62 30 13 64 90 372 4.9 G Charlie Johnson 39 807 141 346 0 0 42 51 20 73 93 82 31 1 50 76 324 8.3 C Joe Pace 49 438 67 140 0 0 57 93 50 84 134 23 12 21 44 86 191 3.9 G Phil Walker 40 384 57 161 0 0 64 96 21 31 52 54 14 5 62 39 178 4.5
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 4 Greg Ballard 802 Oregon [pick acquired from ATL]
1 17 Bo Ellis 168 Marquette
2 39 Phil Walker 40 Millersville
3 57 Steve Puidokas Washington State
3 61 Jerry Schellenberg Wake Forest
4 83 David Reavis Georgia
5 105 Bruce Parkinson Purdue
6 127 Ernie Wansley Virginia Tech
7 147 Calvin Brown American
8 166 Pat McKinley Towson State
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/12/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 103-94
04/14/1978 at Atlanta Hawks W 107-103 (OT)
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Eastern Semifinals
04/16/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 103-114
04/18/1978 at San Antonio Spurs W 121-117
04/21/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 118-105
04/23/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 98-95
04/25/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 105-116
04/28/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 103-100
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Eastern Finals
04/30/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers W 122-117 (OT)
05/03/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 104-110
05/05/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 123-108
05/07/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 121-105
05/10/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-107
05/12/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 101-99
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Finals
05/21/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-106
05/25/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 106-98
05/28/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 92-93
05/30/1978 at Seattle Supersonics W 120-116 (OT)
06/02/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 94-98
06/04/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 117-82
06/07/1978 at Seattle Supersonics W 105-99
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 21 868 189 385 79 133 103 176 279 43 32 52 58 86 457 21.8
F Bob Dandridge 19 746 172 359 58 84 35 88 123 74 30 14 57 78 402 21.2
G Kevin Grevey 21 584 126 284 73 90 25 36 61 42 11 3 44 71 325 15.5
G Charlie Johnson 21 425 93 229 29 37 20 33 53 48 30 0 26 51 215 10.2
F Mitch Kupchak 21 504 84 199 45 69 49 78 127 22 4 3 42 58 213 10.1
G Tom Henderson 21 597 72 173 58 79 17 30 47 106 27 5 31 36 202 9.6
G Larry Wright 21 402 76 163 19 25 7 24 31 67 17 2 25 58 171 8.1
C Wes Unseld 18 677 71 134 27 46 72 144 216 79 17 7 36 62 169 9.4
F Greg Ballard 19 243 21 63 32 41 27 52 79 18 9 3 14 29 74 3.9
C Joe Pace 9 52 7 10 11 15 5 15 20 1 1 6 5 17 25 2.8
G Phil Walker 4 17 1 8 4 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 5 6 1.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/21/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 117-109 1-0 10/22/1977 at New York Knicks L 115-141 1-1 10/28/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 127-136 1-2 10/29/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 106-120 1-3 11/04/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 113-96 2-3 11/05/1977 at Houston Rockets L 105-116 2-4 11/06/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 108-97 3-4 11/10/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 103-106 3-5 11/12/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 116-98 4-5 11/13/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 102-104 4-6 11/15/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 111-109 5-6 11/18/1977 vs New York Knicks W 123-103 6-6 11/19/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 131-125 7-6 11/21/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 114-97 8-6 11/22/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 114-119 8-7 11/26/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 93-91 9-7 11/30/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 116-105 10-7 12/02/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 108-95 11-7 12/03/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 103-93 12-7 12/04/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-94 13-7 12/06/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 108-116 13-8 12/07/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 96-95 14-8 12/09/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 101-97 15-8 12/11/1977 vs New Jersey Nets L 95-106 15-9 12/13/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 102-96 16-9 12/16/1977 at Denver Nuggets W 117-112 17-9 12/17/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-117 17-10 12/18/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 109-111 17-11 12/20/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 115-120 17-12 12/25/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 100-93 18-12 12/26/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 113-106 19-12 12/28/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 106-87 20-12 12/30/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 119-126 20-13 01/03/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 100-101 20-14 01/06/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 146-114 21-14 01/08/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 99-98 22-14 01/10/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 123-115 23-14 01/11/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 95-100 23-15 01/13/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 102-93 24-15 01/14/1978 at Buffalo Braves L 93-130 24-16 01/18/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 106-113 24-17 01/20/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-121 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/22/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 101-114 24-19 01/24/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 101-104 24-20 01/26/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 135-107 25-20 01/29/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 119-112 26-20 01/31/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-129 26-21 02/02/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 93-110 26-22 02/03/1978 at Boston Celtics L 94-116 26-23 02/07/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 102-105 26-24 02/08/1978 at Seattle Supersonics W 106-100 27-24 02/12/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 109-121 27-25 02/14/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 98-103 27-26 02/16/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 123-109 28-26 02/17/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 111-123 28-27 02/19/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 130-111 29-27 02/22/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 97-105 29-28 02/24/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-120 30-28 02/26/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 121-110 31-28 02/28/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 135-136 31-29 03/01/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 125-110 32-29 03/03/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 124-108 33-29 03/05/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 106-88 34-29 03/10/1978 at Houston Rockets W 117-114 35-29 03/11/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 101-116 35-30 03/14/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 120-115 36-30 03/16/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 107-111 36-31 03/17/1978 vs Indiana Pacers L 99-105 36-32 03/19/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 106-117 36-33 03/21/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 119-107 37-33 03/22/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 124-109 38-33 03/24/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 107-104 39-33 03/25/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 98-95 40-33 03/26/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 104-118 40-34 03/29/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 105-108 40-35 03/30/1978 at New York Knicks W 123-108 41-35 03/31/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-102 41-36 04/02/1978 vs New York Knicks L 109-114 41-37 04/05/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 125-119 42-37 04/06/1978 at Boston Celtics W 112-103 43-37 04/08/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 114-131 43-38 04/09/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 123-113 44-38 |