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1977-78 Washington Bullets Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dick Motta (44-38)

1977-78 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 110.3 (7th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.4 (12th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-39 (7th of 22)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 446,539 (13th of 21)

SRS: 0.82 (7th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 108.1 (11th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 101.3 (10th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.5 (9th of 22)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Seattle Supersonics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Atlanta Hawks

1977-78 Washington Bullets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Greg Ballard F 6-7 215 January 29, 1955 R University of Oregon
45 Phil Chenier G 6-3 180 October 30, 1950 6 University of California
10 Bob Dandridge F-G 6-6 195 November 15, 1947 8 Norfolk State University
35 Kevin Grevey G-F 6-5 210 May 12, 1953 2 University of Kentucky
11 Elvin Hayes F-C 6-9 235 November 17, 1945 9 University of Houston
14 Tom Henderson G 6-3 190 January 26, 1952 3 University of Hawaii
15 Charles Johnson G 6-0 170 March 31, 1949 5 University of California
25 Mitch Kupchak F-C 6-9 230 May 24, 1954 1 University of North Carolina
44 Joe Pace C 6-10 220 December 18, 1953 1 Coppin State University
41 Wes Unseld C-F 6-7 245 March 14, 1946 9 University of Louisville
20 Phil Walker G 6-3 180 March 20, 1956 R Millersville University of Pennsylvania
32 Larry Wright G 6-1 160 November 23, 1954 1 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 19830 3580 7772 .461 1887 2655 .711 1349 2815 4164 1948 668 386 1613 1879 9047 110.3
Opponent 82 19830 3767 8065 .467 1437 1895 .758 1166 2683 3849 2144 779 427 1437 2312 8971 109.4

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 32 81 3246 636 1409 .451 326 514 .634 335 740 1075 149 96 159 229 313 1598
2 Bob Dandridge 30 75 2777 560 1190 .471 330 419 .788 137 305 442 287 101 44 241 262 1450
3 Kevin Grevey 24 81 2121 505 1128 .448 243 308 .789 124 166 290 155 61 17 159 203 1253
4 Mitch Kupchak 23 67 1759 393 768 .512 280 402 .697 162 298 460 71 28 42 184 196 1066
5 Tom Henderson 26 75 2315 339 784 .432 179 240 .746 66 127 193 406 93 15 195 131 857
6 Larry Wright 23 70 1466 283 570 .496 76 107 .710 31 71 102 260 68 15 134 195 642
7 Wes Unseld 31 80 2644 257 491 .523 93 173 .538 286 669 955 326 98 45 173 234 607
8 Phil Chenier 27 36 937 200 451 .443 109 138 .790 15 87 102 73 36 9 67 54 509
9 Greg Ballard 23 76 936 142 334 .425 88 114 .772 102 164 266 62 30 13 64 90 372
10 Charles Johnson 28 39 807 141 346 .408 42 51 .824 20 73 93 82 31 1 50 76 324
11 Joe Pace 24 49 438 67 140 .479 57 93 .613 50 84 134 23 12 21 44 86 191
12 Phil Walker 21 40 384 57 161 .354 64 96 .667 21 31 52 54 14 5 62 39 178

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 32 81 40.1 7.9 17.4 .451 4.0 6.3 .634 4.1 9.1 13.3 1.8 1.2 2.0 2.8 3.9 19.7
2 Bob Dandridge 30 75 37.0 7.5 15.9 .471 4.4 5.6 .788 1.8 4.1 5.9 3.8 1.3 0.6 3.2 3.5 19.3
3 Mitch Kupchak 23 67 26.3 5.9 11.5 .512 4.2 6.0 .697 2.4 4.4 6.9 1.1 0.4 0.6 2.7 2.9 15.9
4 Kevin Grevey 24 81 26.2 6.2 13.9 .448 3.0 3.8 .789 1.5 2.0 3.6 1.9 0.8 0.2 2.0 2.5 15.5
5 Phil Chenier 27 36 26.0 5.6 12.5 .443 3.0 3.8 .790 0.4 2.4 2.8 2.0 1.0 0.3 1.9 1.5 14.1
6 Tom Henderson 26 75 30.9 4.5 10.5 .432 2.4 3.2 .746 0.9 1.7 2.6 5.4 1.2 0.2 2.6 1.7 11.4
7 Larry Wright 23 70 20.9 4.0 8.1 .496 1.1 1.5 .710 0.4 1.0 1.5 3.7 1.0 0.2 1.9 2.8 9.2
8 Charles Johnson 28 39 20.7 3.6 8.9 .408 1.1 1.3 .824 0.5 1.9 2.4 2.1 0.8 0.0 1.3 1.9 8.3
9 Wes Unseld 31 80 33.1 3.2 6.1 .523 1.2 2.2 .538 3.6 8.4 11.9 4.1 1.2 0.6 2.2 2.9 7.6
10 Greg Ballard 23 76 12.3 1.9 4.4 .425 1.2 1.5 .772 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.2 4.9
11 Phil Walker 21 40 9.6 1.4 4.0 .354 1.6 2.4 .667 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.6 1.0 4.5
12 Joe Pace 24 49 8.9 1.4 2.9 .479 1.2 1.9 .613 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.8 3.9

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 Mitch Kupchak 23 67 1759 8.0 15.7 .512 5.7 8.2 .697 3.3 6.1 9.4 1.5 0.6 0.9 3.8 4.0 21.8
2 Kevin Grevey 24 81 2121 8.6 19.1 .448 4.1 5.2 .789 2.1 2.8 4.9 2.6 1.0 0.3 2.7 3.4 21.3
3 Phil Chenier 27 36 937 7.7 17.3 .443 4.2 5.3 .790 0.6 3.3 3.9 2.8 1.4 0.3 2.6 2.1 19.6
4 Bob Dandridge 30 75 2777 7.3 15.4 .471 4.3 5.4 .788 1.8 4.0 5.7 3.7 1.3 0.6 3.1 3.4 18.8
5 Elvin Hayes 32 81 3246 7.1 15.6 .451 3.6 5.7 .634 3.7 8.2 11.9 1.7 1.1 1.8 2.5 3.5 17.7
6 Phil Walker 21 40 384 5.3 15.1 .354 6.0 9.0 .667 2.0 2.9 4.9 5.1 1.3 0.5 5.8 3.7 16.7
7 Larry Wright 23 70 1466 6.9 14.0 .496 1.9 2.6 .710 0.8 1.7 2.5 6.4 1.7 0.4 3.3 4.8 15.8
8 Joe Pace 24 49 438 5.5 11.5 .479 4.7 7.6 .613 4.1 6.9 11.0 1.9 1.0 1.7 3.6 7.1 15.7
9 Charles Johnson 28 39 807 6.3 15.4 .408 1.9 2.3 .824 0.9 3.3 4.1 3.7 1.4 0.0 2.2 3.4 14.5
10 Greg Ballard 23 76 936 5.5 12.8 .425 3.4 4.4 .772 3.9 6.3 10.2 2.4 1.2 0.5 2.5 3.5 14.3
11 Tom Henderson 26 75 2315 5.3 12.2 .432 2.8 3.7 .746 1.0 2.0 3.0 6.3 1.4 0.2 3.0 2.0 13.3
12 Wes Unseld 31 80 2644 3.5 6.7 .523 1.3 2.4 .538 3.9 9.1 13.0 4.4 1.3 0.6 2.4 3.2 8.3

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 32 81 3246 17.1 .489 .451 10.2 22.7 16.4 6.5 1.3 2.4 12.3 21.6 101 97 3.5 4.8 8.3
2 Bob Dandridge 30 75 2777 16.1 .528 .471 4.9 10.9 7.9 14.7 1.6 0.8 14.9 21.9 104 102 4.2 2.6 6.8
3 Wes Unseld 31 80 2644 14.4 .535 .523 10.6 25.2 17.9 15.3 1.6 0.8 23.4 10.5 106 97 2.8 3.9 6.8
4 Mitch Kupchak 23 67 1759 17.7 .564 .512 9.1 16.9 12.9 5.9 0.7 1.2 16.3 24.1 105 101 3.2 1.7 4.9
5 Kevin Grevey 24 81 2121 15.5 .496 .448 5.8 7.8 6.8 11.0 1.3 0.4 11.2 25.2 102 103 2.9 1.5 4.4
6 Tom Henderson 26 75 2315 12.6 .482 .432 2.8 5.5 4.1 23.2 1.8 0.3 18.0 17.6 98 103 1.4 1.7 3.1
7 Larry Wright 23 70 1466 13.7 .520 .496 2.1 4.8 3.4 25.0 2.1 0.5 17.8 19.3 101 103 1.5 1.2 2.7
8 Greg Ballard 23 76 936 14.1 .484 .425 10.7 17.5 14.1 8.8 1.4 0.7 14.3 18.0 102 100 1.0 1.1 2.0
9 Phil Chenier 27 36 937 14.8 .497 .443 1.6 9.2 5.4 11.3 1.7 0.5 11.6 23.2 100 102 1.0 0.8 1.8
10 Joe Pace 24 49 438 13.7 .528 .479 11.2 19.1 15.1 7.0 1.2 2.4 19.6 19.3 99 98 0.3 0.6 0.9
11 Charles Johnson 28 39 807 10.3 .440 .408 2.4 9.0 5.7 14.0 1.7 0.1 11.9 19.5 93 103 0.0 0.7 0.7
12 Phil Walker 21 40 384 9.0 .438 .354 5.4 8.0 6.7 18.6 1.6 0.6 23.4 26.0 82 102 -0.7 0.3 -0.4

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 32 21 868 189 385 79 133 103 279 43 32 52 58 86 457 .491 .594 41.3 21.8 13.3 2.0
2 Bob Dandridge 30 19 746 172 359 58 84 35 123 74 30 14 57 78 402 .479 .690 39.3 21.2 6.5 3.9
3 Kevin Grevey 24 21 584 126 284 73 90 25 61 42 11 3 44 71 325 .444 .811 27.8 15.5 2.9 2.0
4 Charles Johnson 28 21 425 93 229 29 37 20 53 48 30 0 26 51 215 .406 .784 20.2 10.2 2.5 2.3
5 Mitch Kupchak 23 21 504 84 199 45 69 49 127 22 4 3 42 58 213 .422 .652 24.0 10.1 6.0 1.0
6 Tom Henderson 26 21 597 72 173 58 79 17 47 106 27 5 31 36 202 .416 .734 28.4 9.6 2.2 5.0
7 Larry Wright 23 21 402 76 163 19 25 7 31 67 17 2 25 58 171 .466 .760 19.1 8.1 1.5 3.2
8 Wes Unseld 31 18 677 71 134 27 46 72 216 79 17 7 36 62 169 .530 .587 37.6 9.4 12.0 4.4
9 Greg Ballard 23 19 243 21 63 32 41 27 79 18 9 3 14 29 74 .333 .780 12.8 3.9 4.2 0.9
10 Joe Pace 24 9 52 7 10 11 15 5 20 1 1 6 5 17 25 .700 .733 5.8 2.8 2.2 0.1
11 Phil Walker 21 4 17 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 5 6 .125 .800 4.3 1.5 0.5 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 Elvin Hayes 32 21 868 20.3 .515 .491 11.7 20.8 16.2 7.4 1.7 3.2 11.6 22.5 106 96 1.4 1.7 3.1
2 Wes Unseld 31 18 677 14.5 .548 .530 10.5 21.9 16.1 14.8 1.2 0.5 18.9 10.9 113 99 1.0 1.1 2.0
3 Bob Dandridge 30 19 746 16.8 .508 .479 4.6 12.1 8.3 15.0 1.9 1.0 12.6 23.6 102 100 0.8 1.0 1.9
4 Tom Henderson 26 21 597 14.0 .486 .416 2.8 5.2 4.0 23.0 2.1 0.4 13.0 15.6 108 102 0.8 0.7 1.5
5 Kevin Grevey 24 21 584 13.6 .502 .444 4.2 6.3 5.3 10.6 0.9 0.3 12.0 24.5 102 104 0.6 0.5 1.1
6 Larry Wright 23 21 402 13.6 .491 .466 1.7 6.1 3.9 23.7 2.0 0.3 12.6 19.3 104 102 0.4 0.5 0.9
7 Charles Johnson 28 21 425 14.7 .438 .406 4.6 8.0 6.3 16.8 3.3 0.0 9.6 24.8 97 99 0.1 0.6 0.7
8 Greg Ballard 23 19 243 13.2 .457 .333 11.0 22.0 16.4 9.2 1.7 0.7 14.7 15.2 103 97 0.2 0.4 0.6
9 Mitch Kupchak 23 21 504 10.7 .464 .422 9.6 15.9 12.7 6.0 0.4 0.3 15.5 21.0 94 102 -0.1 0.6 0.5
10 Joe Pace 24 9 52 19.7 .753 .700 9.5 29.7 19.4 2.5 0.9 6.1 23.1 16.2 122 92 0.2 0.1 0.3
11 Phil Walker 21 4 17 -5.5 .294 .125 5.8 6.0 5.9 14.1 0.0 0.0 22.7 30.2 63 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Elvin Hayes *$300,000
2 Bob Dandridge *$222,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)