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1976-77 Washington Bullets Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 105.5 (13th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.5 (6th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (8th of 22)

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

SRS: 0.90 (10th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.9 (16th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 99.3 (14th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 98.4 (8th of 22)

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

1976-77 Washington Bullets:

Roster

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

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 3514 7479 .470 1622 2264 .716 1185 2758 3943 1935 642 433 1677 1940 8650 105.5
Opponent 82 19730 3552 7751 .458 1462 1943 .752 1167 2565 3732 1893 815 348 1506 2088 8566 104.5

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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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 Phil Chenier 26 9 360 90 189 45 56 8 40 23 15 4 16 225 .476 .804 40.0 25.0 4.4 2.6
2 Elvin Hayes 31 9 405 74 173 41 59 29 122 17 10 22 39 189 .428 .695 45.0 21.0 13.6 1.9
3 Mitch Kupchak 22 9 252 53 90 40 59 28 68 10 2 3 34 146 .589 .678 28.0 16.2 7.6 1.1
4 Tom Henderson 25 9 322 48 108 26 36 8 20 63 11 2 24 122 .444 .722 35.8 13.6 2.2 7.0
5 Kevin Grevey 23 9 225 36 88 15 23 10 16 8 2 5 20 87 .409 .652 25.0 9.7 1.8 0.9
6 Wes Unseld 30 9 368 30 54 7 12 24 105 44 8 6 32 67 .556 .583 40.9 7.4 11.7 4.9
7 Larry Wright 22 8 104 19 39 15 21 1 7 16 7 1 18 53 .487 .714 13.0 6.6 0.9 2.0
8 Dave Bing 33 8 55 14 32 4 4 3 6 5 0 1 5 32 .438 1.000 6.9 4.0 0.8 0.6
9 Leonard Gray 25 8 52 6 21 0 0 2 9 1 2 0 12 12 .286 6.5 1.5 1.1 0.1
10 Bob Weiss 34 4 34 3 5 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 5 6 .600 .000 8.5 1.5 0.8 0.5
11 Mike Riordan 31 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 1.0 0.5

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 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
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
3 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
4 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Elvin Hayes *$250,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)