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1976-77 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats

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Record: 48-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Motta (48-34)

PTS/G: 105.5 (13th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (6th of 22)
SRS: 0.90 (10th of 22) ▪ Pace: 105.9 (16th of 22)
Off Rtg: 99.3 (14th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.4 (8th of 22)
Expected W-L: 44-38 (8th of 22)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 467,745 (11th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Cleveland Cavaliers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
21 Dave Bing SG 6-3 180 November 24, 1943 10 Syracuse University
45 Phil Chenier SG 6-3 180 October 30, 1950 5 University of California
12 Leonard Gray PF 6-8 240 December 19, 1951 2 California State University, Long Beach
35 Kevin Grevey SF 6-5 210 May 12, 1953 1 University of Kentucky
11 Elvin Hayes PF 6-9 235 November 17, 1945 8 University of Houston
14 Tom Henderson PG 6-3 190 January 26, 1952 2 University of Hawaii
15 Jimmy Jones PG 6-4 188 January 1, 1945 9 Grambling State University
25 Mitch Kupchak C 6-9 230 May 24, 1954 R University of North Carolina
44 Joe Pace C 6-10 220 December 18, 1953 R Coppin State University
6 Mike Riordan SF 6-4 200 July 9, 1945 8 Providence College
33 Truck Robinson PF 6-7 225 October 4, 1951 2 Tennessee State University
41 Wes Unseld C 6-7 245 March 14, 1946 8 University of Louisville
12 Nick Weatherspoon SF 6-7 195 July 20, 1950 3 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8 Bob Weiss PG 6-2 180 May 7, 1942 11 Pennsylvania State University
32 Larry Wright PG 6-1 160 November 23, 1954 R Grambling State University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19730 3514 7479 .470 1622 2264 .716 1185 2758 3943 1935 642 433 1677 1940 8650 105.5
Lg Rank 15 12 14 11 16 11 21 16 3 8 15 18 11 11 19 13 13
Opponent 82 19730 3552 7751 .458 1462 1943 .752 1167 2565 3732 1893 815 348 1506 2088 8566 104.5
Lg Rank 15 12 16 6 3 3 11 8 7 5 8 17 1 20 12 6 6

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 44 38 1.02 -0.12 0.90 99.3 98.4 105.9 .470 16.5 31.6 .217 .458 14.9 70.3 .189 Capital Centre 467,745
Lg Rank 8 8 8 18 10 14 8 16 11 10 12 14 6 20 4 3 11

Totals

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 31 82 3364 760 1516 .501 422 614 .687 289 740 1029 158 87 220 312 1942
2 Phil Chenier 26 78 2842 654 1472 .444 270 321 .841 56 243 299 294 120 39 166 1578
3 Mitch Kupchak 22 82 1513 341 596 .572 170 246 .691 183 311 494 62 22 34 204 852
4 Dave Bing 33 64 1516 271 597 .454 136 176 .773 54 89 143 275 61 5 150 678
5 Truck Robinson 25 41 1328 264 552 .478 128 189 .677 119 247 366 45 28 18 123 656
6 Wes Unseld 30 82 2860 270 551 .490 100 166 .602 243 634 877 363 87 45 253 640
7 Larry Wright 22 78 1421 262 595 .440 88 115 .765 32 66 98 232 55 5 170 612
8 Kevin Grevey 23 76 1306 224 530 .423 79 119 .664 73 105 178 68 29 9 148 527
9 Tom Henderson 25 41 1223 175 373 .469 107 145 .738 25 90 115 212 59 9 74 457
10 Leonard Gray 25 58 996 144 330 .436 59 80 .738 61 125 186 69 31 18 189 347
11 Bob Weiss 34 62 768 62 133 .466 29 37 .784 15 54 69 130 53 7 66 153
12 Mike Riordan 31 49 289 34 94 .362 11 15 .733 7 20 27 20 3 2 33 79
13 Joe Pace 23 30 119 24 55 .436 16 29 .552 16 18 34 4 2 17 29 64
14 Nick Weatherspoon 26 11 152 27 76 .355 5 8 .625 11 13 24 2 3 5 19 59
15 Jimmy Jones 32 3 33 2 9 .222 2 4 .500 1 3 4 1 2 0 4 6

Per Game

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 31 82 41.0 9.3 18.5 .501 5.1 7.5 .687 3.5 9.0 12.5 1.9 1.1 2.7 3.8 23.7
2 Phil Chenier 26 78 36.4 8.4 18.9 .444 3.5 4.1 .841 0.7 3.1 3.8 3.8 1.5 0.5 2.1 20.2
3 Truck Robinson 25 41 32.4 6.4 13.5 .478 3.1 4.6 .677 2.9 6.0 8.9 1.1 0.7 0.4 3.0 16.0
4 Tom Henderson 25 41 29.8 4.3 9.1 .469 2.6 3.5 .738 0.6 2.2 2.8 5.2 1.4 0.2 1.8 11.1
5 Dave Bing 33 64 23.7 4.2 9.3 .454 2.1 2.8 .773 0.8 1.4 2.2 4.3 1.0 0.1 2.3 10.6
6 Mitch Kupchak 22 82 18.5 4.2 7.3 .572 2.1 3.0 .691 2.2 3.8 6.0 0.8 0.3 0.4 2.5 10.4
7 Wes Unseld 30 82 34.9 3.3 6.7 .490 1.2 2.0 .602 3.0 7.7 10.7 4.4 1.1 0.5 3.1 7.8
8 Larry Wright 22 78 18.2 3.4 7.6 .440 1.1 1.5 .765 0.4 0.8 1.3 3.0 0.7 0.1 2.2 7.8
9 Kevin Grevey 23 76 17.2 2.9 7.0 .423 1.0 1.6 .664 1.0 1.4 2.3 0.9 0.4 0.1 1.9 6.9
10 Leonard Gray 25 58 17.2 2.5 5.7 .436 1.0 1.4 .738 1.1 2.2 3.2 1.2 0.5 0.3 3.3 6.0
11 Nick Weatherspoon 26 11 13.8 2.5 6.9 .355 0.5 0.7 .625 1.0 1.2 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.7 5.4
12 Bob Weiss 34 62 12.4 1.0 2.1 .466 0.5 0.6 .784 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.1 0.9 0.1 1.1 2.5
13 Joe Pace 23 30 4.0 0.8 1.8 .436 0.5 1.0 .552 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.0 2.1
14 Jimmy Jones 32 3 11.0 0.7 3.0 .222 0.7 1.3 .500 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.0 1.3 2.0
15 Mike Riordan 31 49 5.9 0.7 1.9 .362 0.2 0.3 .733 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.7 1.6

Per 36 Minutes

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 31 82 3364 8.1 16.2 .501 4.5 6.6 .687 3.1 7.9 11.0 1.7 0.9 2.4 3.3 20.8
2 Mitch Kupchak 22 82 1513 8.1 14.2 .572 4.0 5.9 .691 4.4 7.4 11.8 1.5 0.5 0.8 4.9 20.3
3 Phil Chenier 26 78 2842 8.3 18.6 .444 3.4 4.1 .841 0.7 3.1 3.8 3.7 1.5 0.5 2.1 20.0
4 Joe Pace 23 30 119 7.3 16.6 .436 4.8 8.8 .552 4.8 5.4 10.3 1.2 0.6 5.1 8.8 19.4
5 Truck Robinson 25 41 1328 7.2 15.0 .478 3.5 5.1 .677 3.2 6.7 9.9 1.2 0.8 0.5 3.3 17.8
6 Dave Bing 33 64 1516 6.4 14.2 .454 3.2 4.2 .773 1.3 2.1 3.4 6.5 1.4 0.1 3.6 16.1
7 Larry Wright 22 78 1421 6.6 15.1 .440 2.2 2.9 .765 0.8 1.7 2.5 5.9 1.4 0.1 4.3 15.5
8 Kevin Grevey 23 76 1306 6.2 14.6 .423 2.2 3.3 .664 2.0 2.9 4.9 1.9 0.8 0.2 4.1 14.5
9 Nick Weatherspoon 26 11 152 6.4 18.0 .355 1.2 1.9 .625 2.6 3.1 5.7 0.5 0.7 1.2 4.5 14.0
10 Tom Henderson 25 41 1223 5.2 11.0 .469 3.1 4.3 .738 0.7 2.6 3.4 6.2 1.7 0.3 2.2 13.5
11 Leonard Gray 25 58 996 5.2 11.9 .436 2.1 2.9 .738 2.2 4.5 6.7 2.5 1.1 0.7 6.8 12.5
12 Mike Riordan 31 49 289 4.2 11.7 .362 1.4 1.9 .733 0.9 2.5 3.4 2.5 0.4 0.2 4.1 9.8
13 Wes Unseld 30 82 2860 3.4 6.9 .490 1.3 2.1 .602 3.1 8.0 11.0 4.6 1.1 0.6 3.2 8.1
14 Bob Weiss 34 62 768 2.9 6.2 .466 1.4 1.7 .784 0.7 2.5 3.2 6.1 2.5 0.3 3.1 7.2
15 Jimmy Jones 32 3 33 2.2 9.8 .222 2.2 4.4 .500 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.1 2.2 0.0 4.4 6.5

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Elvin Hayes 31 82 3364 19.8 .544 .501 9.0 22.1 15.7 7.1 1.2 3.3 95 6.6 5.5 12.1 .173
2 Wes Unseld 30 82 2860 12.8 .513 .490 8.9 22.3 15.8 15.9 1.4 0.8 97 2.1 4.1 6.2 .103
3 Mitch Kupchak 22 82 1513 19.3 .605 .572 12.7 20.7 16.8 6.2 0.7 1.1 98 4.1 1.9 5.9 .188
4 Phil Chenier 26 78 2842 15.8 .489 .444 2.1 8.6 5.4 15.7 1.9 0.7 100 2.9 2.9 5.8 .098
5 Truck Robinson 25 41 1328 15.2 .516 .478 9.4 18.7 14.2 4.9 1.0 0.7 99 1.6 1.5 3.2 .114
6 Dave Bing 33 64 1516 15.3 .503 .454 3.7 5.9 4.8 25.5 1.8 0.2 101 1.6 1.3 2.9 .092
7 Tom Henderson 25 41 1223 14.7 .523 .469 2.2 7.4 4.8 23.2 2.2 0.4 100 1.4 1.2 2.6 .102
8 Bob Weiss 34 62 768 11.3 .512 .466 2.1 7.1 4.6 20.9 3.1 0.5 98 0.5 1.0 1.4 .089
9 Larry Wright 22 78 1421 13.0 .474 .440 2.4 4.7 3.5 23.1 1.8 0.2 102 0.3 1.1 1.4 .048
10 Leonard Gray 25 58 996 10.2 .475 .436 6.4 12.6 9.6 9.3 1.4 0.9 99 -0.2 1.1 0.9 .042
11 Kevin Grevey 23 76 1306 9.9 .452 .423 5.9 8.1 7.0 7.2 1.0 0.4 102 -0.2 1.0 0.7 .027
12 Joe Pace 23 30 119 16.5 .472 .436 14.1 15.2 14.7 4.9 0.8 7.3 94 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .054
13 Mike Riordan 31 49 289 5.6 .393 .362 2.5 7.0 4.8 9.0 0.5 0.4 103 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.024
14 Jimmy Jones 32 3 33 3.0 .279 .222 3.2 9.1 6.2 3.7 2.7 0.0 98 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.080
15 Nick Weatherspoon 26 11 152 7.1 .371 .355 7.6 8.6 8.1 1.8 0.9 1.7 101 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.046

Playoffs Totals

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 26 9 360 90 189 .476 45 56 .804 8 32 40 23 15 4 16 225
2 Elvin Hayes 31 9 405 74 173 .428 41 59 .695 29 93 122 17 10 22 39 189
3 Mitch Kupchak 22 9 252 53 90 .589 40 59 .678 28 40 68 10 2 3 34 146
4 Tom Henderson 25 9 322 48 108 .444 26 36 .722 8 12 20 63 11 2 24 122
5 Kevin Grevey 23 9 225 36 88 .409 15 23 .652 10 6 16 8 2 5 20 87
6 Wes Unseld 30 9 368 30 54 .556 7 12 .583 24 81 105 44 8 6 32 67
7 Larry Wright 22 8 104 19 39 .487 15 21 .714 1 6 7 16 7 1 18 53
8 Dave Bing 33 8 55 14 32 .438 4 4 1.000 3 3 6 5 0 1 5 32
9 Leonard Gray 25 8 52 6 21 .286 0 0 2 7 9 1 2 0 12 12
10 Bob Weiss 34 4 34 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 1 2 3 2 1 0 5 6
11 Mike Riordan 31 2 8 0 2 .000 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0

Playoffs Per Game

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 26 9 40.0 10.0 21.0 .476 5.0 6.2 .804 0.9 3.6 4.4 2.6 1.7 0.4 1.8 25.0
2 Elvin Hayes 31 9 45.0 8.2 19.2 .428 4.6 6.6 .695 3.2 10.3 13.6 1.9 1.1 2.4 4.3 21.0
3 Mitch Kupchak 22 9 28.0 5.9 10.0 .589 4.4 6.6 .678 3.1 4.4 7.6 1.1 0.2 0.3 3.8 16.2
4 Tom Henderson 25 9 35.8 5.3 12.0 .444 2.9 4.0 .722 0.9 1.3 2.2 7.0 1.2 0.2 2.7 13.6
5 Kevin Grevey 23 9 25.0 4.0 9.8 .409 1.7 2.6 .652 1.1 0.7 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.6 2.2 9.7
6 Wes Unseld 30 9 40.9 3.3 6.0 .556 0.8 1.3 .583 2.7 9.0 11.7 4.9 0.9 0.7 3.6 7.4
7 Larry Wright 22 8 13.0 2.4 4.9 .487 1.9 2.6 .714 0.1 0.8 0.9 2.0 0.9 0.1 2.3 6.6
8 Dave Bing 33 8 6.9 1.8 4.0 .438 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.6 4.0
9 Bob Weiss 34 4 8.5 0.8 1.3 .600 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.5
10 Leonard Gray 25 8 6.5 0.8 2.6 .286 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.5 1.5
11 Mike Riordan 31 2 4.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 26 9 360 9.0 18.9 .476 4.5 5.6 .804 0.8 3.2 4.0 2.3 1.5 0.4 1.6 22.5
2 Dave Bing 33 8 55 9.2 20.9 .438 2.6 2.6 1.000 2.0 2.0 3.9 3.3 0.0 0.7 3.3 20.9
3 Mitch Kupchak 22 9 252 7.6 12.9 .589 5.7 8.4 .678 4.0 5.7 9.7 1.4 0.3 0.4 4.9 20.9
4 Larry Wright 22 8 104 6.6 13.5 .487 5.2 7.3 .714 0.3 2.1 2.4 5.5 2.4 0.3 6.2 18.3
5 Elvin Hayes 31 9 405 6.6 15.4 .428 3.6 5.2 .695 2.6 8.3 10.8 1.5 0.9 2.0 3.5 16.8
6 Kevin Grevey 23 9 225 5.8 14.1 .409 2.4 3.7 .652 1.6 1.0 2.6 1.3 0.3 0.8 3.2 13.9
7 Tom Henderson 25 9 322 5.4 12.1 .444 2.9 4.0 .722 0.9 1.3 2.2 7.0 1.2 0.2 2.7 13.6
8 Leonard Gray 25 8 52 4.2 14.5 .286 0.0 0.0 1.4 4.8 6.2 0.7 1.4 0.0 8.3 8.3
9 Wes Unseld 30 9 368 2.9 5.3 .556 0.7 1.2 .583 2.3 7.9 10.3 4.3 0.8 0.6 3.1 6.6
10 Bob Weiss 34 4 34 3.2 5.3 .600 0.0 1.1 .000 1.1 2.1 3.2 2.1 1.1 0.0 5.3 6.4
11 Mike Riordan 31 2 8 0.0 9.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Mitch Kupchak 22 9 252 19.6 .630 .589 12.0 16.1 14.1 6.2 0.4 0.6 102 0.9 0.2 1.0 .197
2 Phil Chenier 26 9 360 18.2 .527 .476 2.4 9.0 5.8 10.6 2.0 0.6 102 0.7 0.3 1.0 .137
3 Elvin Hayes 31 9 405 15.7 .475 .428 7.7 23.3 15.7 6.3 1.2 2.7 97 0.2 0.6 0.8 .092
4 Wes Unseld 30 9 368 11.9 .565 .556 7.0 22.4 14.9 15.5 1.0 0.8 99 0.4 0.4 0.8 .106
5 Tom Henderson 25 9 322 14.3 .493 .444 2.7 3.8 3.2 27.8 1.6 0.3 105 0.3 0.1 0.4 .065
6 Larry Wright 22 8 104 17.1 .549 .487 1.0 5.9 3.5 22.9 3.2 0.5 100 0.1 0.1 0.2 .101
7 Dave Bing 33 8 55 14.8 .474 .438 5.9 5.5 5.7 15.2 0.0 0.9 107 0.0 0.0 0.1 .047
8 Kevin Grevey 23 9 225 8.7 .443 .409 4.8 2.7 3.7 5.1 0.4 1.1 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.002
9 Bob Weiss 34 4 34 6.2 .551 .600 3.2 6.0 4.6 7.7 1.4 0.0 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 .056
10 Mike Riordan 31 2 8 -1.9 .000 .000 0.0 25.4 13.1 14.6 0.0 0.0 100 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.313
11 Leonard Gray 25 8 52 1.7 .286 .286 4.1 13.7 9.0 2.6 1.8 0.0 101 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.149