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1979-1980 Washington Bullets: 39-43 .476
Previous Season Home record: 24-17 (4396 points scored, 4354 allowed) Road record: 15-26 (4377 points scored, 4628 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coach: Dick Motta 8773 points scored (18th of 22 teams), 8982 points allowed (13th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Gus Bailey 6'5 185 28 Texas - El Paso Greg Ballard 6'7 215 24 Oregon Ron Behagen 6'9 185 28 Minnesota Lawrence Boston 6'8 225 23 Maryland Phil Chenier 6'3 180 29 California Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 30 Ohio State Dave Corzine 6'11 250 23 DePaul Bob Dandridge 6'6 195 32 Norfolk State Kevin Grevey 6'5 210 26 Kentucky Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 34 Houston Mitch Kupchak 6'9 230 25 North Carolina Steve Malovic 6'10 230 23 San Diego State Roger Phegley 6'6 205 23 Bradley Kevin Porter 6'0 170 29 St. Francis Wes Unseld 6'7 245 33 Louisville John Williamson 6'2 185 28 New Mexico State Larry Wright 6'0 160 25 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 3183 761 1677 3 13 334 478 269 627 896 129 62 189 215 309 1859 23.0 F Greg Ballard 82 2438 545 1101 16 47 171 227 240 398 638 159 90 36 133 197 1277 15.6 G Kevin Grevey 65 1818 331 804 34 92 216 249 80 107 187 177 56 16 102 158 912 14.0 C Wes Unseld 82 2973 327 637 1 2 139 209 334 760 1094 366 65 61 153 249 794 9.7 F Bob Dandridge 45 1457 329 729 2 11 123 152 63 183 246 178 29 36 123 112 783 17.4 G Larry Wright 76 1286 229 500 4 16 96 108 40 82 122 222 49 18 108 144 558 7.3 G Roger Phegley 50 971 224 473 2 5 104 120 49 66 115 70 19 3 70 106 554 11.1 G Kevin Porter 70 1494 201 438 0 4 110 137 25 57 82 457 59 11 164 180 512 7.3 G Jim Cleamons 57 1535 184 381 4 23 72 98 43 90 133 248 44 9 92 120 444 7.8 G John Williamson 30 603 153 356 3 16 40 50 14 31 45 39 10 10 49 66 349 11.6 C Dave Corzine 78 826 90 216 0 0 45 68 104 166 270 63 9 31 60 120 225 2.9 G Phil Chenier 20 470 84 214 3 6 31 41 10 33 43 42 18 5 29 26 202 10.1 F Mitch Kupchak 40 451 67 160 0 2 52 75 32 73 105 16 8 8 40 49 186 4.7 F Lawrence Boston 13 125 24 52 0 0 8 13 19 20 39 2 4 2 8 25 56 4.3 G Gus Bailey 20 180 16 35 1 1 5 13 6 22 28 26 7 4 11 18 38 1.9 F Ron Behagen 6 64 9 23 0 0 5 6 6 8 14 7 0 4 4 14 23 3.8 F Steve Malovic 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.0
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  2   44  Joe DeSantis                          Fairfield                      
  3   46  Andrew Parker                         Iowa State                       [pick acquired from BOS]
  3   66  Charles Floyd                         High Point                     
  4   88  Lamont Reid                           Oral Roberts                   
  5  108  Marshall Ashford                      Virginia Tech                  
  6  128  Garcia Hopkins                        Morgan State                   
  8  166  Jo Jo Walters                         Manhattan                      
  9  184  Ray Hooker                            Murray State                   
 10  202  Steve Martin                          Georgetown                     

Traded draft picks:

#1 to PHO (Kyle Macy)


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern First Round 04/02/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-111 04/04/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 104-112
Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Kevin Grevey 2 72 16 30 5 10 4 4 1 5 6 8 5 2 4 9 41 20.5 F Elvin Hayes 2 92 16 41 0 0 8 10 10 12 22 6 0 4 4 8 40 20.0 G John Williamson 2 31 11 19 2 6 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 7 27 13.5 G Larry Wright 2 33 9 17 0 1 4 5 1 1 2 6 3 0 3 6 22 11.0 F Greg Ballard 2 73 9 28 0 0 4 7 2 12 14 7 1 1 8 8 22 11.0 C Wes Unseld 2 87 7 14 0 1 4 6 7 21 28 7 0 3 3 5 18 9.0 G Kevin Porter 2 49 7 16 0 1 2 5 2 0 2 9 3 0 4 7 16 8.0 C Dave Corzine 2 9 4 5 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 10 5.0 F Ron Behagen 2 14 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 4 4 2.0 G Jim Cleamons 2 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0.0

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 92-93 0-1 10/13/1979 at New York Knicks L 118-125 0-2 10/17/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 100-97 1-2 10/19/1979 at Boston Celtics L 93-130 1-3 10/20/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 117-106 2-3 10/24/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 103-104 2-4 10/26/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 108-118 2-5 10/31/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 114-105 3-5 11/03/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 97-118 3-6 11/09/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 125-116 4-6 11/10/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 105-109 4-7 11/13/1979 at New York Knicks W 111-107 5-7 11/14/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 118-105 6-7 11/16/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 92-91 7-7 11/17/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 111-103 8-7 11/21/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 103-122 8-8 11/23/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 108-128 8-9 11/24/1979 at Houston Rockets W 105-103 9-9 11/27/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 91-96 9-10 11/28/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-120 9-11 11/30/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 91-99 9-12 12/01/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 104-100 10-12 12/05/1979 vs New York Knicks L 104-107 10-13 12/08/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 96-95 11-13 12/11/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 99-123 11-14 12/13/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-113 12-14 12/14/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 109-111 12-15 12/15/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 115-113 13-15 12/19/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 97-107 13-16 12/22/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 122-114 14-16 12/25/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 92-95 14-17 12/26/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 104-116 14-18 12/27/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 117-108 15-18 12/29/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 90-93 15-19 01/01/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 99-109 15-20 01/02/1980 at Seattle Supersonics W 139-134 16-20 01/04/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 117-105 17-20 01/05/1980 at Utah Jazz W 108-107 18-20 01/09/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 103-101 19-20 01/11/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 106-119 19-21 01/13/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 127-95 20-21 01/15/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 100-120 20-22
Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1980 at Detroit Pistons L 107-110 20-23 01/18/1980 at Houston Rockets L 111-134 20-24 01/19/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 117-130 20-25 01/22/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 91-114 20-26 01/24/1980 vs New Jersey Nets L 87-98 20-27 01/25/1980 at Boston Celtics W 118-107 21-27 01/27/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 116-107 22-27 01/29/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 82-98 22-28 01/30/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 120-119 23-28 01/31/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 103-119 23-29 02/07/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 104-134 23-30 02/08/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-115 23-31 02/10/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 106-108 23-32 02/12/1980 at Denver Nuggets W 128-111 24-32 02/13/1980 at San Diego Clippers W 108-103 25-32 02/15/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 104-116 25-33 02/17/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 107-111 25-34 02/21/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-115 26-34 02/22/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 123-117 27-34 02/24/1980 vs New York Knicks W 112-97 28-34 02/27/1980 at Houston Rockets L 97-110 28-35 02/28/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 105-99 29-35 03/02/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-104 30-35 03/04/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 135-107 31-35 03/06/1980 vs New Jersey Nets L 96-122 31-36 03/07/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 106-105 32-36 03/09/1980 at Boston Celtics W 133-128 33-36 03/11/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs L 104-111 33-37 03/12/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 98-105 33-38 03/14/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 92-85 34-38 03/16/1980 vs New York Knicks L 124-133 34-39 03/18/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 94-100 34-40 03/19/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 93-109 34-41 03/20/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-113 35-41 03/22/1980 at New York Knicks W 122-113 36-41 03/23/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 119-114 37-41 03/25/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 95-96 37-42 03/27/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 111-118 37-43 03/28/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 100-80 38-43 03/30/1980 at New Jersey Nets W 93-87 39-43

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