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1978-79 Washington Bullets Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dick Motta (54-28)

Points Per Game: 114.9 (3rd of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.9 (9th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 53-29 (2nd of 22)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 524,356 (4th of 22)

SRS: 4.75 (2nd of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.5 (9th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 107.4 (2nd of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.7 (8th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-1) versus Seattle Supersonics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Atlanta Hawks

1978-79 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 1 University of Oregon
45 Phil Chenier G 6-3 180 October 30, 1950 7 University of California
40 Dave Corzine C 6-11 250 April 25, 1956 R DePaul University
10 Bob Dandridge F-G 6-6 195 November 15, 1947 9 Norfolk State University
35 Kevin Grevey G-F 6-5 210 May 12, 1953 3 University of Kentucky
11 Elvin Hayes F-C 6-9 235 November 17, 1945 10 University of Houston
14 Tom Henderson G 6-3 190 January 26, 1952 4 University of Hawaii
15 Charles Johnson G 6-0 170 March 31, 1949 6 University of California
25 Mitch Kupchak F-C 6-9 230 May 24, 1954 2 University of North Carolina
22 Roger Phegley G-F 6-6 205 October 16, 1956 R Bradley University
41 Wes Unseld C-F 6-7 245 March 14, 1946 10 University of Louisville
32 Larry Wright G 6-1 160 November 23, 1954 2 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 19780 3819 7873 .485 1785 2428 .735 1309 2768 4077 2169 614 401 1420 1804 9423 114.9
Opponent 82 19780 3804 8011 .475 1406 1897 .741 1178 2541 3719 2180 726 434 1338 2144 9014 109.9

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 33 82 3105 720 1477 .487 349 534 .654 312 682 994 143 75 190 235 308 1789
2 Bob Dandridge 31 78 2629 629 1260 .499 331 401 .825 109 338 447 365 71 57 222 259 1589
3 Kevin Grevey 25 65 1856 418 922 .453 173 224 .772 90 142 232 153 46 14 120 159 1009
4 Mitch Kupchak 24 66 1604 369 685 .539 223 300 .743 152 278 430 88 23 23 120 141 961
5 Wes Unseld 32 77 2406 346 600 .577 151 235 .643 274 556 830 315 71 37 156 204 843
6 Tom Henderson 27 70 2081 299 641 .466 156 195 .800 51 112 163 419 87 10 148 123 754
7 Charles Johnson 29 82 1819 342 786 .435 67 79 .848 70 132 202 177 95 6 87 161 751
8 Larry Wright 24 73 1658 276 589 .469 125 168 .744 48 92 140 298 69 13 119 166 677
9 Greg Ballard 24 82 1552 260 559 .465 119 172 .692 143 307 450 116 58 30 97 167 639
10 Dave Corzine 22 59 532 63 118 .534 49 63 .778 52 95 147 49 10 14 53 67 175
11 Phil Chenier 28 27 385 69 158 .437 18 28 .643 3 17 20 31 4 5 31 28 156
12 Roger Phegley 22 29 153 28 78 .359 24 29 .828 5 17 22 15 5 2 17 21 80

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 33 82 37.9 8.8 18.0 .487 4.3 6.5 .654 3.8 8.3 12.1 1.7 0.9 2.3 2.9 3.8 21.8
2 Bob Dandridge 31 78 33.7 8.1 16.2 .499 4.2 5.1 .825 1.4 4.3 5.7 4.7 0.9 0.7 2.8 3.3 20.4
3 Kevin Grevey 25 65 28.6 6.4 14.2 .453 2.7 3.4 .772 1.4 2.2 3.6 2.4 0.7 0.2 1.8 2.4 15.5
4 Mitch Kupchak 24 66 24.3 5.6 10.4 .539 3.4 4.5 .743 2.3 4.2 6.5 1.3 0.3 0.3 1.8 2.1 14.6
5 Wes Unseld 32 77 31.2 4.5 7.8 .577 2.0 3.1 .643 3.6 7.2 10.8 4.1 0.9 0.5 2.0 2.6 10.9
6 Tom Henderson 27 70 29.7 4.3 9.2 .466 2.2 2.8 .800 0.7 1.6 2.3 6.0 1.2 0.1 2.1 1.8 10.8
7 Larry Wright 24 73 22.7 3.8 8.1 .469 1.7 2.3 .744 0.7 1.3 1.9 4.1 0.9 0.2 1.6 2.3 9.3
8 Charles Johnson 29 82 22.2 4.2 9.6 .435 0.8 1.0 .848 0.9 1.6 2.5 2.2 1.2 0.1 1.1 2.0 9.2
9 Greg Ballard 24 82 18.9 3.2 6.8 .465 1.5 2.1 .692 1.7 3.7 5.5 1.4 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.0 7.8
10 Phil Chenier 28 27 14.3 2.6 5.9 .437 0.7 1.0 .643 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.2 1.1 1.0 5.8
11 Dave Corzine 22 59 9.0 1.1 2.0 .534 0.8 1.1 .778 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.1 3.0
12 Roger Phegley 22 29 5.3 1.0 2.7 .359 0.8 1.0 .828 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.7 2.8

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 Bob Dandridge 31 78 2629 8.6 17.3 .499 4.5 5.5 .825 1.5 4.6 6.1 5.0 1.0 0.8 3.0 3.5 21.8
2 Mitch Kupchak 24 66 1604 8.3 15.4 .539 5.0 6.7 .743 3.4 6.2 9.7 2.0 0.5 0.5 2.7 3.2 21.6
3 Elvin Hayes 33 82 3105 8.3 17.1 .487 4.0 6.2 .654 3.6 7.9 11.5 1.7 0.9 2.2 2.7 3.6 20.7
4 Kevin Grevey 25 65 1856 8.1 17.9 .453 3.4 4.3 .772 1.7 2.8 4.5 3.0 0.9 0.3 2.3 3.1 19.6
5 Roger Phegley 22 29 153 6.6 18.4 .359 5.6 6.8 .828 1.2 4.0 5.2 3.5 1.2 0.5 4.0 4.9 18.8
6 Charles Johnson 29 82 1819 6.8 15.6 .435 1.3 1.6 .848 1.4 2.6 4.0 3.5 1.9 0.1 1.7 3.2 14.9
7 Greg Ballard 24 82 1552 6.0 13.0 .465 2.8 4.0 .692 3.3 7.1 10.4 2.7 1.3 0.7 2.3 3.9 14.8
8 Larry Wright 24 73 1658 6.0 12.8 .469 2.7 3.6 .744 1.0 2.0 3.0 6.5 1.5 0.3 2.6 3.6 14.7
9 Phil Chenier 28 27 385 6.5 14.8 .437 1.7 2.6 .643 0.3 1.6 1.9 2.9 0.4 0.5 2.9 2.6 14.6
10 Tom Henderson 27 70 2081 5.2 11.1 .466 2.7 3.4 .800 0.9 1.9 2.8 7.2 1.5 0.2 2.6 2.1 13.0
11 Wes Unseld 32 77 2406 5.2 9.0 .577 2.3 3.5 .643 4.1 8.3 12.4 4.7 1.1 0.6 2.3 3.1 12.6
12 Dave Corzine 22 59 532 4.3 8.0 .534 3.3 4.3 .778 3.5 6.4 9.9 3.3 0.7 0.9 3.6 4.5 11.8

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 33 82 3105 19.1 .523 .487 10.3 22.0 16.2 6.3 1.1 3.0 12.1 23.9 106 99 4.5 4.9 9.4
2 Wes Unseld 32 77 2406 17.8 .599 .577 11.7 23.2 17.5 15.9 1.3 0.8 18.2 13.6 118 101 5.3 3.5 8.7
3 Bob Dandridge 31 78 2629 19.0 .553 .499 4.3 12.9 8.6 19.1 1.2 1.1 13.4 24.1 111 103 5.8 2.8 8.7
4 Mitch Kupchak 24 66 1604 19.4 .588 .539 9.7 17.4 13.6 7.5 0.6 0.7 12.8 22.3 115 104 4.2 1.7 5.9
5 Tom Henderson 27 70 2081 13.9 .519 .466 2.5 5.4 4.0 24.5 1.9 0.2 16.9 16.1 107 105 2.7 1.8 4.5
6 Greg Ballard 24 82 1552 14.9 .503 .465 9.5 19.8 14.7 9.4 1.7 1.0 13.3 18.0 105 101 1.7 2.2 3.9
7 Larry Wright 24 73 1658 13.7 .511 .469 3.0 5.6 4.3 22.5 1.9 0.4 15.2 18.0 106 105 2.0 1.5 3.5
8 Kevin Grevey 25 65 1856 14.0 .494 .453 5.0 7.7 6.3 11.1 1.1 0.4 10.5 23.5 103 106 1.9 1.5 3.4
9 Charles Johnson 29 82 1819 12.0 .458 .435 4.0 7.3 5.6 12.5 2.4 0.2 9.6 19.1 100 104 0.9 1.9 2.8
10 Dave Corzine 22 59 532 12.5 .600 .534 10.0 17.9 14.0 10.9 0.8 1.3 26.7 14.3 105 103 0.5 0.6 1.1
11 Roger Phegley 22 29 153 9.8 .441 .359 3.4 11.1 7.3 12.5 1.5 0.6 15.8 26.9 89 104 -0.2 0.2 0.0
12 Phil Chenier 28 27 385 7.2 .458 .437 0.8 4.4 2.6 10.2 0.5 0.6 15.4 20.0 89 108 -0.3 0.2 -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 Bob Dandridge 31 19 787 174 368 91 110 45 140 105 14 15 59 71 439 .473 .827 41.4 23.1 7.4 5.5
2 Elvin Hayes 33 19 786 170 396 87 130 94 266 38 17 52 56 79 427 .429 .669 41.4 22.5 14.0 2.0
3 Kevin Grevey 25 19 527 102 256 40 53 26 48 30 15 7 40 62 244 .398 .755 27.7 12.8 2.5 1.6
4 Wes Unseld 32 19 736 78 158 39 64 90 253 64 17 14 30 66 195 .494 .609 38.7 10.3 13.3 3.4
5 Tom Henderson 27 19 559 64 175 38 52 15 35 107 17 6 40 45 166 .366 .731 29.4 8.7 1.8 5.6
6 Larry Wright 24 18 331 62 129 27 30 12 25 44 10 4 27 49 151 .481 .900 18.4 8.4 1.4 2.4
7 Greg Ballard 24 19 312 53 101 31 41 34 92 17 9 6 20 28 137 .525 .756 16.4 7.2 4.8 0.9
8 Charles Johnson 29 18 275 40 119 7 13 13 34 21 3 3 11 37 87 .336 .538 15.3 4.8 1.9 1.2
9 Mitch Kupchak 24 8 137 21 52 10 15 16 34 3 2 0 5 12 52 .404 .667 17.1 6.5 4.3 0.4
10 Phil Chenier 28 9 97 10 46 5 11 3 8 9 3 0 6 16 25 .217 .455 10.8 2.8 0.9 1.0
11 Dave Corzine 22 12 63 4 15 0 0 12 25 5 2 0 4 9 8 .267 5.3 0.7 2.1 0.4

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 Bob Dandridge 31 19 787 19.1 .527 .473 5.5 12.4 8.9 21.4 0.9 1.0 12.4 23.8 110 105 1.8 0.6 2.5
2 Wes Unseld 32 19 736 15.4 .524 .494 11.8 22.8 17.1 11.8 1.1 1.0 13.9 11.6 114 100 1.2 1.0 2.2
3 Elvin Hayes 33 19 786 19.2 .471 .429 11.5 22.6 16.8 7.7 1.1 3.4 11.0 25.5 101 99 0.8 1.2 2.0
4 Greg Ballard 24 19 312 18.3 .575 .525 10.5 19.2 14.7 8.1 1.4 1.0 14.4 17.5 114 101 0.7 0.4 1.1
5 Larry Wright 24 18 331 13.7 .531 .481 3.5 4.1 3.8 20.2 1.5 0.6 16.0 20.1 105 106 0.5 0.2 0.6
6 Tom Henderson 27 19 559 10.2 .419 .366 2.6 3.7 3.1 26.2 1.5 0.6 16.8 16.7 94 107 0.0 0.3 0.3
7 Mitch Kupchak 24 8 137 11.9 .444 .404 11.2 13.6 12.3 3.2 0.7 0.0 7.9 18.3 102 105 0.1 0.1 0.2
8 Dave Corzine 22 12 63 7.8 .267 .267 18.3 21.3 19.7 10.2 1.5 0.0 21.1 11.9 80 101 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Kevin Grevey 25 19 527 9.6 .437 .398 4.7 4.3 4.5 8.8 1.4 0.7 12.5 23.8 91 107 -0.2 0.3 0.0
10 Charles Johnson 29 18 275 5.4 .349 .336 4.5 7.9 6.2 10.9 0.5 0.6 8.1 19.4 84 107 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
11 Phil Chenier 28 9 97 -1.4 .246 .217 3.0 5.3 4.1 12.5 1.5 0.0 10.6 23.0 63 106 -0.4 0.1 -0.4

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Elvin Hayes $350,000
2 Wes Unseld $300,000
3 Bob Dandridge $250,000
4 Tom Henderson $200,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)