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)
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 StateTeam 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 103-108Playoff 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
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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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