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1973-74 Capital Bullets Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: K.C. Jones (47-35)

Points Per Game: 101.9 (14th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.4 (5th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (7th of 17)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 414,202 (5th of 17)

SRS: 1.19 (7th of 17) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.3 (11th of 17)
Offensive Rating: 95.6 (16th of 17) ▪ Defensive Rating: 94.2 (4th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus New York Knickerbockers

1973-74 Capital Bullets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
45 Phil Chenier G 6-3 180 October 30, 1950 2 University of California
21 Archie Clark G 6-2 175 July 15, 1941 7 University of Minnesota
11 Elvin Hayes F-C 6-9 235 November 17, 1945 5 University of Houston
22 Tom Kozelko F 6-8 220 July 1, 1951 R University of Toledo
24 Manny Leaks C-F 6-8 225 November 27, 1945 5 Niagara University
15 Louie Nelson G 6-3 190 May 28, 1951 R University of Washington
30 Tom Patterson F 6-6 220 October 15, 1948 1 Ouachita Baptist University
10 Kevin Porter G 6-0 170 April 17, 1950 1 Saint Francis University
33 Rich Rinaldi G 6-3 195 August 3, 1949 2 Saint Peter's College
6 Mike Riordan G-F 6-4 200 July 9, 1945 5 Providence College
42 Dave Stallworth F-C 6-7 200 December 20, 1941 6 Wichita State University
41 Wes Unseld C-F 6-7 245 March 14, 1946 5 University of Louisville
12 Nick Weatherspoon F 6-7 195 July 20, 1950 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
31-44 Walt Wesley C 6-11 220 January 25, 1945 7 University of Kansas

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19730 3480 7886 .441 1393 1869 .745 1286 2887 4173 1770 703 441 1568 1746 8353 101.9
Opponent 82 19730 3496 7760 .451 1239 1639 .756 1206 2915 4121 1900 651 350 1651 1840 8231 100.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elvin Hayes 28 81 3602 689 1627 .423 357 495 .721 354 1109 1463 163 86 240 252 1735
2 Phil Chenier 23 76 2942 697 1607 .434 274 334 .820 114 274 388 239 155 67 135 1668
3 Mike Riordan 28 81 3230 577 1223 .472 136 174 .782 120 260 380 264 102 14 237 1290
4 Kevin Porter 23 81 2339 477 997 .478 180 249 .723 79 100 179 469 95 9 319 1134
5 Archie Clark 32 56 1786 315 675 .467 103 131 .786 44 97 141 285 59 6 122 733
6 Nick Weatherspoon 23 65 1216 199 483 .412 96 139 .691 133 264 397 38 48 16 179 494
7 Wes Unseld 27 56 1727 146 333 .438 36 55 .655 152 365 517 159 56 16 121 328
8 Louie Nelson 22 49 556 93 215 .433 53 73 .726 26 44 70 52 31 2 62 239
9 Manny Leaks 28 53 845 79 232 .341 58 83 .699 94 150 244 25 10 39 95 216
10 Dave Stallworth 32 45 458 75 187 .401 47 55 .855 52 73 125 25 28 4 61 197
11 Walt Wesley 29 39 400 71 151 .470 26 43 .605 63 73 136 14 9 20 74 168
12 Tom Kozelko 22 49 573 59 133 .444 23 32 .719 52 72 124 25 21 7 82 141
13 Rich Rinaldi 24 7 48 3 22 .136 3 4 .750 2 5 7 10 3 1 7 9
14 Tom Patterson 25 2 8 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Phil Chenier 23 76 38.7 9.2 21.1 .434 3.6 4.4 .820 1.5 3.6 5.1 3.1 2.0 0.9 1.8 21.9
2 Elvin Hayes 28 81 44.5 8.5 20.1 .423 4.4 6.1 .721 4.4 13.7 18.1 2.0 1.1 3.0 3.1 21.4
3 Mike Riordan 28 81 39.9 7.1 15.1 .472 1.7 2.1 .782 1.5 3.2 4.7 3.3 1.3 0.2 2.9 15.9
4 Kevin Porter 23 81 28.9 5.9 12.3 .478 2.2 3.1 .723 1.0 1.2 2.2 5.8 1.2 0.1 3.9 14.0
5 Archie Clark 32 56 31.9 5.6 12.1 .467 1.8 2.3 .786 0.8 1.7 2.5 5.1 1.1 0.1 2.2 13.1
6 Nick Weatherspoon 23 65 18.7 3.1 7.4 .412 1.5 2.1 .691 2.0 4.1 6.1 0.6 0.7 0.2 2.8 7.6
7 Wes Unseld 27 56 30.8 2.6 5.9 .438 0.6 1.0 .655 2.7 6.5 9.2 2.8 1.0 0.3 2.2 5.9
8 Louie Nelson 22 49 11.3 1.9 4.4 .433 1.1 1.5 .726 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.0 1.3 4.9
9 Dave Stallworth 32 45 10.2 1.7 4.2 .401 1.0 1.2 .855 1.2 1.6 2.8 0.6 0.6 0.1 1.4 4.4
10 Walt Wesley 29 39 10.3 1.8 3.9 .470 0.7 1.1 .605 1.6 1.9 3.5 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.9 4.3
11 Manny Leaks 28 53 15.9 1.5 4.4 .341 1.1 1.6 .699 1.8 2.8 4.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.8 4.1
12 Tom Kozelko 22 49 11.7 1.2 2.7 .444 0.5 0.7 .719 1.1 1.5 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.7 2.9
13 Rich Rinaldi 24 7 6.9 0.4 3.1 .136 0.4 0.6 .750 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.3
14 Tom Patterson 25 2 4.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.5 1.0 .500 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Phil Chenier 23 76 2942 8.5 19.7 .434 3.4 4.1 .820 1.4 3.4 4.7 2.9 1.9 0.8 1.7 20.4
2 Kevin Porter 23 81 2339 7.3 15.3 .478 2.8 3.8 .723 1.2 1.5 2.8 7.2 1.5 0.1 4.9 17.5
3 Elvin Hayes 28 81 3602 6.9 16.3 .423 3.6 4.9 .721 3.5 11.1 14.6 1.6 0.9 2.4 2.5 17.3
4 Louie Nelson 22 49 556 6.0 13.9 .433 3.4 4.7 .726 1.7 2.8 4.5 3.4 2.0 0.1 4.0 15.5
5 Dave Stallworth 32 45 458 5.9 14.7 .401 3.7 4.3 .855 4.1 5.7 9.8 2.0 2.2 0.3 4.8 15.5
6 Walt Wesley 29 39 400 6.4 13.6 .470 2.3 3.9 .605 5.7 6.6 12.2 1.3 0.8 1.8 6.7 15.1
7 Archie Clark 32 56 1786 6.3 13.6 .467 2.1 2.6 .786 0.9 2.0 2.8 5.7 1.2 0.1 2.5 14.8
8 Nick Weatherspoon 23 65 1216 5.9 14.3 .412 2.8 4.1 .691 3.9 7.8 11.8 1.1 1.4 0.5 5.3 14.6
9 Mike Riordan 28 81 3230 6.4 13.6 .472 1.5 1.9 .782 1.3 2.9 4.2 2.9 1.1 0.2 2.6 14.4
10 Manny Leaks 28 53 845 3.4 9.9 .341 2.5 3.5 .699 4.0 6.4 10.4 1.1 0.4 1.7 4.0 9.2
11 Tom Kozelko 22 49 573 3.7 8.4 .444 1.4 2.0 .719 3.3 4.5 7.8 1.6 1.3 0.4 5.2 8.9
12 Rich Rinaldi 24 7 48 2.3 16.5 .136 2.3 3.0 .750 1.5 3.7 5.2 7.5 2.3 0.7 5.2 6.8
13 Wes Unseld 27 56 1727 3.0 6.9 .438 0.8 1.1 .655 3.2 7.6 10.8 3.3 1.2 0.3 2.5 6.8
14 Tom Patterson 25 2 8 0.0 4.5 .000 4.5 9.0 .500 4.5 4.5 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Elvin Hayes 28 81 3602 18.2 .470 .423 9.2 29.7 19.3 6.6 1.1 3.4 89 2.6 8.1 10.6
2 Phil Chenier 23 76 2942 17.2 .475 .434 3.6 9.0 6.3 12.6 2.4 1.2 94 3.1 4.3 7.4
3 Mike Riordan 28 81 3230 12.5 .496 .472 3.5 7.8 5.6 11.6 1.4 0.2 97 3.5 3.5 7.0
4 Kevin Porter 23 81 2339 16.7 .512 .478 3.2 4.1 3.6 29.6 1.8 0.2 98 2.7 2.4 5.2
5 Archie Clark 32 56 1786 14.4 .500 .467 2.3 5.2 3.8 22.6 1.5 0.2 98 2.2 1.7 4.0
6 Wes Unseld 27 56 1727 11.1 .459 .438 8.3 20.4 14.2 11.5 1.5 0.5 93 0.8 2.8 3.6
7 Nick Weatherspoon 23 65 1216 13.2 .454 .412 10.3 20.9 15.5 4.4 1.8 0.7 92 -0.1 2.2 2.1
8 Dave Stallworth 32 45 458 15.0 .466 .401 10.7 15.4 13.0 7.6 2.8 0.4 92 0.3 0.8 1.1
9 Louie Nelson 22 49 556 13.7 .484 .433 4.4 7.6 6.0 13.1 2.5 0.2 95 0.3 0.8 1.1
10 Tom Kozelko 22 49 573 9.4 .479 .444 8.5 12.1 10.3 5.6 1.7 0.6 95 0.2 0.8 1.0
11 Walt Wesley 29 39 400 15.1 .494 .470 14.8 17.6 16.2 5.0 1.0 2.5 93 0.3 0.7 1.0
12 Manny Leaks 28 53 845 9.4 .402 .341 10.4 17.1 13.7 3.8 0.5 2.3 94 -0.4 1.2 0.8
13 Tom Patterson 25 2 8 11.0 .266 .000 11.7 12.1 11.9 28.3 0.0 0.0 99 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Rich Rinaldi 24 7 48 4.4 .189 .136 3.9 10.0 6.9 25.4 2.8 1.1 93 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Elvin Hayes 28 7 323 76 143 29 41 31 111 21 5 15 23 181 .531 .707 46.1 25.9 15.9 3.0
2 Phil Chenier 23 7 310 62 137 33 37 6 43 12 13 8 19 157 .453 .892 44.3 22.4 6.1 1.7
3 Mike Riordan 28 7 267 36 87 14 16 7 24 17 4 2 28 86 .414 .875 38.1 12.3 3.4 2.4
4 Kevin Porter 23 7 195 33 85 9 14 10 17 32 8 0 30 75 .388 .643 27.9 10.7 2.4 4.6
5 Wes Unseld 27 7 297 31 63 9 15 22 85 27 4 1 15 71 .492 .600 42.4 10.1 12.1 3.9
6 Archie Clark 32 7 162 20 59 11 20 3 13 15 5 0 13 51 .339 .550 23.1 7.3 1.9 2.1
7 Tom Kozelko 22 7 58 10 13 3 4 4 8 1 0 0 10 23 .769 .750 8.3 3.3 1.1 0.1
8 Nick Weatherspoon 23 7 87 9 19 2 5 11 27 0 2 2 11 20 .474 .400 12.4 2.9 3.9 0.0
9 Manny Leaks 28 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .500 2.5 1.0 1.0 0.0
10 Walt Wesley 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Elvin Hayes 28 7 323 24.9 .562 .531 10.3 25.4 18.1 11.2 0.8 2.5 93 1.1 0.5 1.6
2 Phil Chenier 23 7 310 17.9 .512 .453 2.1 12.3 7.3 6.3 2.1 1.4 96 0.6 0.4 0.9
3 Wes Unseld 27 7 297 13.8 .510 .492 8.0 21.8 15.0 12.8 0.7 0.2 96 0.4 0.3 0.7
4 Tom Kozelko 22 7 58 15.0 .779 .769 7.4 7.1 7.2 2.7 0.0 0.0 103 0.2 0.0 0.2
5 Mike Riordan 28 7 267 9.9 .457 .414 2.8 6.5 4.7 9.4 0.8 0.4 101 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Nick Weatherspoon 23 7 87 11.2 .472 .474 13.6 18.9 16.3 0.0 1.2 1.2 95 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Manny Leaks 28 2 5 15.5 .500 .500 21.5 20.5 21.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 98 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Kevin Porter 23 7 195 13.4 .411 .388 5.5 3.7 4.6 25.4 2.1 0.0 100 -0.2 0.1 0.0
9 Walt Wesley 29 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Archie Clark 32 7 162 8.8 .376 .339 2.0 6.3 4.2 13.4 1.6 0.0 100 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Elvin Hayes $100,000
2 Mike Riordan $100,000
3 Nick Weatherspoon $100,000
4 Louie Nelson $60,000
5 Walt Wesley $45,954
6 Kevin Porter $45,000
7 Tom Kozelko $35,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)