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1976-77 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 22, 1976 Los Angeles Lakers L 84 103 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 23, 1976 @ Detroit Pistons W 98 97 1 1 W 1
3 Wed, Oct 27, 1976 @ New York Nets L 93 96 1 2 L 1
4 Fri, Oct 29, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz L 93 111 1 3 L 2
5 Sat, Oct 30, 1976 @ Houston Rockets L 92 105 1 4 L 3
6 Wed, Nov 3, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks W 117 105 2 4 W 1
7 Fri, Nov 5, 1976 @ Boston Celtics W 107 104 3 4 W 2
8 Sat, Nov 6, 1976 Boston Celtics W 109 103 4 4 W 3
9 Tue, Nov 9, 1976 @ New York Knicks L 97 106 4 5 L 1
10 Wed, Nov 10, 1976 New Orleans Jazz W 116 103 5 5 W 1
11 Fri, Nov 12, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 143 5 6 L 1
12 Sat, Nov 13, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers L 109 114 5 7 L 2
13 Wed, Nov 17, 1976 New York Knicks W 111 97 6 7 W 1
14 Sat, Nov 20, 1976 San Antonio Spurs W 109 103 7 7 W 2
15 Tue, Nov 23, 1976 @ Denver Nuggets L 96 117 7 8 L 1
16 Thu, Nov 25, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns L 98 104 7 9 L 2
17 Sat, Nov 27, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 95 103 7 10 L 3
18 Sun, Nov 28, 1976 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 116 117 7 11 L 4
19 Tue, Nov 30, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 102 109 7 12 L 5
20 Thu, Dec 2, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks W 102 90 8 12 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 4, 1976 Denver Nuggets W 100 95 9 12 W 2
22 Wed, Dec 8, 1976 Seattle SuperSonics L 99 109 9 13 L 1
23 Fri, Dec 10, 1976 Indiana Pacers W 98 88 10 13 W 1
24 Wed, Dec 15, 1976 Kansas City Kings W 104 100 11 13 W 2
25 Fri, Dec 17, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves W 99 88 12 13 W 3
26 Sat, Dec 18, 1976 Golden State Warriors L 110 115 12 14 L 1
27 Wed, Dec 22, 1976 @ Houston Rockets L 90 111 12 15 L 2
28 Thu, Dec 23, 1976 @ San Antonio Spurs L 116 118 12 16 L 3
29 Sat, Dec 25, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers W 117 99 13 16 W 1
30 Sun, Dec 26, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz L 100 109 13 17 L 1
31 Tue, Dec 28, 1976 @ Indiana Pacers W 117 111 14 17 W 1
32 Wed, Dec 29, 1976 Atlanta Hawks W 96 92 15 17 W 2
33 Sat, Jan 1, 1977 Houston Rockets W 104 89 16 17 W 3
34 Wed, Jan 5, 1977 New York Nets W 107 92 17 17 W 4
35 Fri, Jan 7, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 99 89 18 17 W 5
36 Sat, Jan 8, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 107 114 18 18 L 1
37 Tue, Jan 11, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 120 109 19 18 W 1
38 Wed, Jan 12, 1977 Chicago Bulls L 85 99 19 19 L 1
39 Fri, Jan 14, 1977 @ Chicago Bulls W 94 89 20 19 W 1
40 Sat, Jan 15, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers W 113 107 21 19 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 19, 1977 Buffalo Braves W 91 87 22 19 W 3
42 Fri, Jan 21, 1977 @ New York Nets W 99 88 23 19 W 4
43 Sun, Jan 23, 1977 Detroit Pistons W 119 108 24 19 W 5
44 Wed, Jan 26, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 106 95 25 19 W 6
45 Sat, Jan 29, 1977 @ Indiana Pacers W 108 107 26 19 W 7
46 Sun, Jan 30, 1977 Kansas City Kings W 112 98 27 19 W 8
47 Wed, Feb 2, 1977 @ Denver Nuggets L 105 119 27 20 L 1
48 Fri, Feb 4, 1977 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 109 106 28 20 W 1
49 Sat, Feb 5, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 116 104 29 20 W 2
50 Tue, Feb 8, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors L 104 128 29 21 L 1
51 Thu, Feb 10, 1977 @ Phoenix Suns W 109 103 30 21 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 11, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings L 106 120 30 22 L 1
53 Tue, Feb 15, 1977 @ Buffalo Braves W 126 114 31 22 W 1
54 Wed, Feb 16, 1977 Boston Celtics W 111 92 32 22 W 2
55 Fri, Feb 18, 1977 @ Detroit Pistons L 97 107 32 23 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 19, 1977 Detroit Pistons W 105 95 33 23 W 1
57 Sun, Feb 20, 1977 Los Angeles Lakers L 101 108 33 24 L 1
58 Wed, Feb 23, 1977 Indiana Pacers W 109 101 34 24 W 1
59 Sat, Feb 26, 1977 Milwaukee Bucks W 105 102 35 24 W 2
60 Sun, Feb 27, 1977 Buffalo Braves W 117 105 36 24 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 2, 1977 Denver Nuggets W OT 115 113 37 24 W 4
62 Fri, Mar 4, 1977 @ Atlanta Hawks L 99 100 37 25 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 5, 1977 New Orleans Jazz W 117 105 38 25 W 1
64 Sun, Mar 6, 1977 Phoenix Suns W 118 110 39 25 W 2
65 Wed, Mar 9, 1977 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 107 109 39 26 L 1
66 Fri, Mar 11, 1977 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 91 94 39 27 L 2
67 Sun, Mar 13, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors L 119 122 39 28 L 3
68 Tue, Mar 15, 1977 @ Kansas City Kings L 99 101 39 29 L 4
69 Wed, Mar 16, 1977 Seattle SuperSonics L 96 100 39 30 L 5
70 Sun, Mar 20, 1977 San Antonio Spurs W 135 116 40 30 W 1
71 Wed, Mar 23, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers W 95 90 41 30 W 2
72 Fri, Mar 25, 1977 @ Boston Celtics W 122 97 42 30 W 3
73 Sat, Mar 26, 1977 @ New York Knicks W 98 92 43 30 W 4
74 Sun, Mar 27, 1977 New York Knicks L 95 109 43 31 L 1
75 Tue, Mar 29, 1977 @ San Antonio Spurs L 116 122 43 32 L 2
76 Wed, Mar 30, 1977 Atlanta Hawks W 110 103 44 32 W 1
77 Fri, Apr 1, 1977 Houston Rockets L 85 91 44 33 L 1
78 Sun, Apr 3, 1977 New York Nets W 115 97 45 33 W 1
79 Tue, Apr 5, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 119 113 46 33 W 2
80 Wed, Apr 6, 1977 Chicago Bulls W 97 96 47 33 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 9, 1977 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 93 125 47 34 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 10, 1977 Philadelphia 76ers W 131 121 48 34 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 13, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers W 109 100 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 15, 1977 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 83 91 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Apr 17, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 98 2 1 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Tue, Apr 19, 1977 @ Houston Rockets W 111 101 3 1 W 2
5 Thu, Apr 21, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L OT 118 124 3 2 L 1
6 Sun, Apr 24, 1977 Houston Rockets W 93 90 4 2 W 1
7 Tue, Apr 26, 1977 Houston Rockets L 103 107 4 3 L 1
8 Fri, Apr 29, 1977 @ Houston Rockets L 115 123 4 4 L 2
9 Sun, May 1, 1977 Houston Rockets L 103 108 4 5 L 3