1978-1979 Washington Bullets: 54-28 .659
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4764 points scored, 4422 allowed) Road record: 23-18 (4659 points scored, 4592 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Motta 9423 points scored (3rd of 22 teams), 9014 points allowed (9th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Greg Ballard 6'7 215 23 Oregon Phil Chenier 6'3 180 28 California Dave Corzine 6'11 250 22 DePaul Bob Dandridge 6'6 195 31 Norfolk State Kevin Grevey 6'5 210 25 Kentucky Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 33 Houston Tom Henderson 6'3 190 26 Hawaii Charlie Johnson 6'0 170 29 California Mitch Kupchak 6'9 230 24 North Carolina Roger Phegley 6'6 205 22 Bradley Wes Unseld 6'7 245 32 Louisville Larry Wright 6'0 160 24 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 3105 720 1477 0 0 349 534 312 682 994 143 75 190 235 308 1789 21.8 F Bob Dandridge 78 2629 629 1260 0 0 331 401 109 338 447 365 71 57 222 259 1589 20.4 G Kevin Grevey 65 1856 418 922 0 0 173 224 90 142 232 153 46 14 120 159 1009 15.5 F Mitch Kupchak 66 1604 369 685 0 0 223 300 152 278 430 88 23 23 120 141 961 14.6 C Wes Unseld 77 2406 346 600 0 0 151 235 274 556 830 315 71 37 156 204 843 10.9 G Tom Henderson 70 2081 299 641 0 0 156 195 51 112 163 419 87 10 148 123 754 10.8 G Charlie Johnson 82 1819 342 786 0 0 67 79 70 132 202 177 95 6 87 161 751 9.2 G Larry Wright 73 1658 276 589 0 0 125 168 48 92 140 298 69 13 119 166 677 9.3 F Greg Ballard 82 1552 260 559 0 0 119 172 143 307 450 116 58 30 97 167 639 7.8 C Dave Corzine 59 532 63 118 0 0 49 63 52 95 147 49 10 14 53 67 175 3.0 G Phil Chenier 27 385 69 158 0 0 18 28 3 17 20 31 4 5 31 28 156 5.8 G Roger Phegley 29 153 28 78 0 0 24 29 5 17 22 15 5 2 17 21 80 2.8
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 14 Roger Phegley 345 Bradley
1 18 Dave Corzine 891 DePaul [pick acquired from DEN]
2 37 Terry Sykes Grambling
3 58 Rick Apke Creighton
4 81 Larry Boston 13 Maryland
5 102 Roger Dickens Towson State
6 125 Archie Aldridge Miami (OH)
7 145 Ed Hopkins Georgetown
8 165 Nestor Cora St. Francis (NY)
9 181 Tim Claxton Temple
10 197 Steve Connor Boise State
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/15/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 103-89
04/17/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 99-107
04/20/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 89-77
04/22/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 120-118 (OT)
04/24/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 103-107
04/26/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 86-104
04/29/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 100-94
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Eastern Finals
05/04/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 97-118
05/06/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 115-95
05/09/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 114-116
05/11/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 102-118
05/13/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 107-103
05/16/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 108-100
05/18/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 107-105
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Finals
05/20/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 99-97
05/24/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 82-92
05/27/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 95-105
05/29/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 112-114 (OT)
06/01/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 93-97
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Bob Dandridge 19 787 174 368 91 110 45 95 140 105 14 15 59 71 439 23.1
F Elvin Hayes 19 786 170 396 87 130 94 172 266 38 17 52 56 79 427 22.5
G Kevin Grevey 19 527 102 256 40 53 26 22 48 30 15 7 40 62 244 12.8
C Wes Unseld 19 736 78 158 39 64 90 163 253 64 17 14 30 66 195 10.3
G Tom Henderson 19 559 64 175 38 52 15 20 35 107 17 6 40 45 166 8.7
G Larry Wright 18 331 62 129 27 30 12 13 25 44 10 4 27 49 151 8.4
F Greg Ballard 19 312 53 101 31 41 34 58 92 17 9 6 20 28 137 7.2
G Charlie Johnson 18 275 40 119 7 13 13 21 34 21 3 3 11 37 87 4.8
F Mitch Kupchak 8 137 21 52 10 15 16 18 34 3 2 0 5 12 52 6.5
G Phil Chenier 9 97 10 46 5 11 3 5 8 9 3 0 6 16 25 2.8
C Dave Corzine 12 63 4 15 0 0 12 13 25 5 2 0 4 9 8 0.7
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 117-101 1-0 10/17/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 113-109 2-0 10/18/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers W 121-111 3-0 10/21/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 119-99 4-0 10/24/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 102-104 4-1 10/25/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 92-121 4-2 10/27/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 83-102 4-3 10/29/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 93-109 4-4 10/31/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 108-110 4-5 11/01/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 124-113 5-5 11/04/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 124-119 6-5 11/07/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 143-103 7-5 11/10/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 122-123 7-6 11/11/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 124-143 7-7 11/14/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 122-106 8-7 11/15/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 138-111 9-7 11/17/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 143-94 10-7 11/18/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 119-114 11-7 11/22/1978 at Boston Celtics W 119-103 12-7 11/24/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-103 13-7 11/26/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-102 14-7 11/28/1978 at New York Knicks W 133-106 15-7 12/01/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 117-115 16-7 12/02/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 109-110 16-8 12/05/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-102 17-8 12/06/1978 at Houston Rockets W 101-96 18-8 12/08/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 100-108 18-9 12/09/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 101-98 19-9 12/13/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 134-117 20-9 12/15/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 116-114 21-9 12/16/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 125-117 22-9 12/20/1978 at Phoenix Suns W 137-129 23-9 12/22/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 115-127 23-10 12/23/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 109-114 23-11 12/26/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 108-104 24-11 12/28/1978 at New York Knicks L 99-109 24-12 01/02/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 109-86 25-12 01/05/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 104-94 26-12 01/06/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 106-102 27-12 01/09/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 90-121 27-13 01/14/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 125-91 28-13 01/17/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 112-102 29-13 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/19/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 113-102 30-13 01/20/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 109-104 31-13 01/23/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 100-103 31-14 01/24/1979 at Boston Celtics W 128-106 32-14 01/26/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 128-142 32-15 01/28/1979 vs New York Knicks W 122-105 33-15 01/30/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 109-105 34-15 02/01/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 123-122 35-15 02/02/1979 at Houston Rockets W 120-106 36-15 02/07/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 96-90 37-15 02/11/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 99-107 37-16 02/13/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 138-136 38-16 02/15/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 108-119 38-17 02/16/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 103-109 38-18 02/18/1979 at Seattle Supersonics W 105-94 39-18 02/22/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 110-120 39-19 02/23/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 132-110 40-19 02/25/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-89 41-19 02/28/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 124-113 42-19 03/04/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 129-128 43-19 03/07/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 105-109 43-20 03/09/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 116-121 43-21 03/11/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 119-98 44-21 03/13/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 120-111 45-21 03/16/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 126-134 45-22 03/17/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-114 46-22 03/18/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 126-112 47-22 03/20/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 126-107 48-22 03/21/1979 vs New York Knicks W 119-106 49-22 03/23/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 114-124 49-23 03/25/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 116-107 50-23 03/27/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 97-100 50-24 03/28/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 127-108 51-24 03/30/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 104-132 51-25 04/01/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 105-89 52-25 04/03/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 112-108 53-25 04/04/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 145-119 54-25 04/06/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 114-128 54-26 04/07/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 102-103 54-27 04/08/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 102-112 54-28 |