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1977-78 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 110.3 (7th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.4 (12th of 22)
SRS: 0.82 (7th of 22) ▪ Pace: 108.1 (11th of 22)
Off Rtg: 101.3 (10th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 100.5 (9th of 22)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (7th of 22)

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

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

NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Greg Ballard SF 6-7 215 January 29, 1955 R University of Oregon
45 Phil Chenier SG 6-3 180 October 30, 1950 6 University of California
10 Bob Dandridge SF 6-6 195 November 15, 1947 8 Norfolk State University
35 Kevin Grevey SF 6-5 210 May 12, 1953 2 University of Kentucky
11 Elvin Hayes PF 6-9 235 November 17, 1945 9 University of Houston
14 Tom Henderson PG 6-3 190 January 26, 1952 3 University of Hawaii
15 Charles Johnson SG 6-0 170 March 31, 1949 5 University of California
25 Mitch Kupchak PF 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 6-7 245 March 14, 1946 9 University of Louisville
20 Phil Walker SG 6-3 180 March 20, 1956 R Millersville University of Pennsylvania
32 Larry Wright PG 6-1 160 November 23, 1954 1 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 19830 3580 7772 .461 1887 2655 .711 1349 2815 4164 1948 668 386 1613 1879 9047 110.3
Lg Rank 6 8 6 15 4 3 22 3 3 2 16 18 15 7 20 7 7
Opponent 82 19830 3767 8065 .467 1437 1895 .758 1166 2683 3849 2144 779 427 1437 2312 8971 109.4
Lg Rank 6 21 22 10 1 1 16 5 15 11 18 12 14 20 22 12 12

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 43 39 0.93 -0.10 0.82 101.3 100.5 108.1 .461 15.3 33.5 .243 .467 13.9 70.7 .178 Capital Centre 446,539
Lg Rank 7 7 7 18 7 10 9 11 15 5 5 8 10 21 3 1 13

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 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

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

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

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 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 .123
2 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 .123
3 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 .118
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 .134
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 .099
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 .064
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 .088
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 .104
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 .091
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 .102
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 .041
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 -0.045

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 Elvin Hayes 32 21 868 189 385 .491 79 133 .594 103 176 279 43 32 52 58 86 457
2 Bob Dandridge 30 19 746 172 359 .479 58 84 .690 35 88 123 74 30 14 57 78 402
3 Kevin Grevey 24 21 584 126 284 .444 73 90 .811 25 36 61 42 11 3 44 71 325
4 Charles Johnson 28 21 425 93 229 .406 29 37 .784 20 33 53 48 30 0 26 51 215
5 Mitch Kupchak 23 21 504 84 199 .422 45 69 .652 49 78 127 22 4 3 42 58 213
6 Tom Henderson 26 21 597 72 173 .416 58 79 .734 17 30 47 106 27 5 31 36 202
7 Larry Wright 23 21 402 76 163 .466 19 25 .760 7 24 31 67 17 2 25 58 171
8 Wes Unseld 31 18 677 71 134 .530 27 46 .587 72 144 216 79 17 7 36 62 169
9 Greg Ballard 23 19 243 21 63 .333 32 41 .780 27 52 79 18 9 3 14 29 74
10 Joe Pace 24 9 52 7 10 .700 11 15 .733 5 15 20 1 1 6 5 17 25
11 Phil Walker 21 4 17 1 8 .125 4 5 .800 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 5 6

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 Elvin Hayes 32 21 41.3 9.0 18.3 .491 3.8 6.3 .594 4.9 8.4 13.3 2.0 1.5 2.5 2.8 4.1 21.8
2 Bob Dandridge 30 19 39.3 9.1 18.9 .479 3.1 4.4 .690 1.8 4.6 6.5 3.9 1.6 0.7 3.0 4.1 21.2
3 Kevin Grevey 24 21 27.8 6.0 13.5 .444 3.5 4.3 .811 1.2 1.7 2.9 2.0 0.5 0.1 2.1 3.4 15.5
4 Charles Johnson 28 21 20.2 4.4 10.9 .406 1.4 1.8 .784 1.0 1.6 2.5 2.3 1.4 0.0 1.2 2.4 10.2
5 Mitch Kupchak 23 21 24.0 4.0 9.5 .422 2.1 3.3 .652 2.3 3.7 6.0 1.0 0.2 0.1 2.0 2.8 10.1
6 Tom Henderson 26 21 28.4 3.4 8.2 .416 2.8 3.8 .734 0.8 1.4 2.2 5.0 1.3 0.2 1.5 1.7 9.6
7 Wes Unseld 31 18 37.6 3.9 7.4 .530 1.5 2.6 .587 4.0 8.0 12.0 4.4 0.9 0.4 2.0 3.4 9.4
8 Larry Wright 23 21 19.1 3.6 7.8 .466 0.9 1.2 .760 0.3 1.1 1.5 3.2 0.8 0.1 1.2 2.8 8.1
9 Greg Ballard 23 19 12.8 1.1 3.3 .333 1.7 2.2 .780 1.4 2.7 4.2 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.5 3.9
10 Joe Pace 24 9 5.8 0.8 1.1 .700 1.2 1.7 .733 0.6 1.7 2.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.6 1.9 2.8
11 Phil Walker 21 4 4.3 0.3 2.0 .125 1.0 1.3 .800 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 1.5

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 Kevin Grevey 24 21 584 7.8 17.5 .444 4.5 5.5 .811 1.5 2.2 3.8 2.6 0.7 0.2 2.7 4.4 20.0
2 Bob Dandridge 30 19 746 8.3 17.3 .479 2.8 4.1 .690 1.7 4.2 5.9 3.6 1.4 0.7 2.8 3.8 19.4
3 Elvin Hayes 32 21 868 7.8 16.0 .491 3.3 5.5 .594 4.3 7.3 11.6 1.8 1.3 2.2 2.4 3.6 19.0
4 Charles Johnson 28 21 425 7.9 19.4 .406 2.5 3.1 .784 1.7 2.8 4.5 4.1 2.5 0.0 2.2 4.3 18.2
5 Joe Pace 24 9 52 4.8 6.9 .700 7.6 10.4 .733 3.5 10.4 13.8 0.7 0.7 4.2 3.5 11.8 17.3
6 Larry Wright 23 21 402 6.8 14.6 .466 1.7 2.2 .760 0.6 2.1 2.8 6.0 1.5 0.2 2.2 5.2 15.3
7 Mitch Kupchak 23 21 504 6.0 14.2 .422 3.2 4.9 .652 3.5 5.6 9.1 1.6 0.3 0.2 3.0 4.1 15.2
8 Phil Walker 21 4 17 2.1 16.9 .125 8.5 10.6 .800 2.1 2.1 4.2 4.2 0.0 0.0 6.4 10.6 12.7
9 Tom Henderson 26 21 597 4.3 10.4 .416 3.5 4.8 .734 1.0 1.8 2.8 6.4 1.6 0.3 1.9 2.2 12.2
10 Greg Ballard 23 19 243 3.1 9.3 .333 4.7 6.1 .780 4.0 7.7 11.7 2.7 1.3 0.4 2.1 4.3 11.0
11 Wes Unseld 31 18 677 3.8 7.1 .530 1.4 2.4 .587 3.8 7.7 11.5 4.2 0.9 0.4 1.9 3.3 9.0

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 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 .169
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 .144
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 .121
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 .117
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 .093
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 .106
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 .085
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 .122
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 .047
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 .257
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 -0.254