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1979-80 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results

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39-43, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Motta (39-43)

PTS/G: 107.0 (18th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (13th of 22)
SRS: -2.27 (16th of 22) ▪ Pace: 102.6 (13th of 22)
Off Rtg: 103.2 (19th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 105.7 (11th of 22)
Expected W-L: 34-48 (16th of 22)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 466,823 (10th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Philadelphia 76ers

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 12, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers L 92 93 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 @ New York Knicks L OT 118 125 0 2 L 2
3 Wed, Oct 17, 1979 Atlanta Hawks W 100 97 1 2 W 1
4 Fri, Oct 19, 1979 @ Boston Celtics L 93 130 1 3 L 1
5 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 Detroit Pistons W 117 106 2 3 W 1
6 Wed, Oct 24, 1979 @ Detroit Pistons L 103 104 2 4 L 1
7 Fri, Oct 26, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers L 108 118 2 5 L 2
8 Wed, Oct 31, 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers W 114 105 3 5 W 1
9 Sat, Nov 3, 1979 Boston Celtics L 97 118 3 6 L 1
10 Fri, Nov 9, 1979 San Antonio Spurs W 125 116 4 6 W 1
11 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 @ Atlanta Hawks L 105 109 4 7 L 1
12 Tue, Nov 13, 1979 @ New York Knicks W 111 107 5 7 W 1
13 Wed, Nov 14, 1979 Chicago Bulls W 118 105 6 7 W 2
14 Fri, Nov 16, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets W 92 91 7 7 W 3
15 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 Utah Jazz W 111 103 8 7 W 4
16 Wed, Nov 21, 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers L 103 122 8 8 L 1
17 Fri, Nov 23, 1979 @ San Antonio Spurs L 108 128 8 9 L 2
18 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 @ Houston Rockets W 105 103 9 9 W 1
19 Tue, Nov 27, 1979 Denver Nuggets L 91 96 9 10 L 1
20 Wed, Nov 28, 1979 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 102 120 9 11 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Nov 30, 1979 Indiana Pacers L 91 99 9 12 L 3
22 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 New Jersey Nets W 104 100 10 12 W 1
23 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 New York Knicks L 104 107 10 13 L 1
24 Sat, Dec 8, 1979 Atlanta Hawks W 96 95 11 13 W 1
25 Tue, Dec 11, 1979 Phoenix Suns L 99 123 11 14 L 1
26 Thu, Dec 13, 1979 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 115 113 12 14 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 14, 1979 @ Indiana Pacers L 109 111 12 15 L 1
28 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 @ Chicago Bulls W OT 115 113 13 15 W 1
29 Wed, Dec 19, 1979 Kansas City Kings L 97 107 13 16 L 1
30 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 Houston Rockets W 122 114 14 16 W 1
31 Tue, Dec 25, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers L 92 95 14 17 L 1
32 Wed, Dec 26, 1979 @ New Jersey Nets L 104 116 14 18 L 2
33 Thu, Dec 27, 1979 Milwaukee Bucks W 117 108 15 18 W 1
34 Sat, Dec 29, 1979 San Diego Clippers L 90 93 15 19 L 1
35 Tue, Jan 1, 1980 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 99 109 15 20 L 2
36 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 2OT 139 134 16 20 W 1
37 Fri, Jan 4, 1980 @ Golden State Warriors W 117 105 17 20 W 2
38 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 @ Utah Jazz W 108 107 18 20 W 3
39 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 Los Angeles Lakers W 103 101 19 20 W 4
40 Fri, Jan 11, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 106 119 19 21 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 13, 1980 Portland Trail Blazers W 127 95 20 21 W 1
42 Tue, Jan 15, 1980 Seattle SuperSonics L 100 120 20 22 L 1
43 Thu, Jan 17, 1980 @ Detroit Pistons L 107 110 20 23 L 2
44 Fri, Jan 18, 1980 @ Houston Rockets L 111 134 20 24 L 3
45 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs L 117 130 20 25 L 4
46 Tue, Jan 22, 1980 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 91 114 20 26 L 5
47 Thu, Jan 24, 1980 New Jersey Nets L 87 98 20 27 L 6
48 Fri, Jan 25, 1980 @ Boston Celtics W 118 107 21 27 W 1
49 Sun, Jan 27, 1980 Golden State Warriors W 116 107 22 27 W 2
50 Tue, Jan 29, 1980 @ Atlanta Hawks L 82 98 22 28 L 1
51 Wed, Jan 30, 1980 Indiana Pacers W 120 119 23 28 W 1
52 Thu, Jan 31, 1980 Boston Celtics L 103 119 23 29 L 1
53 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 @ Indiana Pacers L 104 134 23 30 L 2
54 Fri, Feb 8, 1980 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 90 115 23 31 L 3
55 Sun, Feb 10, 1980 @ Kansas City Kings L OT 106 108 23 32 L 4
56 Tue, Feb 12, 1980 @ Denver Nuggets W 128 111 24 32 W 1
57 Wed, Feb 13, 1980 @ San Diego Clippers W 108 103 25 32 W 2
58 Fri, Feb 15, 1980 @ Phoenix Suns L 104 116 25 33 L 1
59 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 107 111 25 34 L 2
60 Thu, Feb 21, 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers W 118 115 26 34 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 22, 1980 San Antonio Spurs W 123 117 27 34 W 2
62 Sun, Feb 24, 1980 New York Knicks W 112 97 28 34 W 3
63 Wed, Feb 27, 1980 @ Houston Rockets L 97 110 28 35 L 1
64 Thu, Feb 28, 1980 Houston Rockets W 105 99 29 35 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 Indiana Pacers W 118 104 30 35 W 2
66 Tue, Mar 4, 1980 Detroit Pistons W 135 107 31 35 W 3
67 Thu, Mar 6, 1980 New Jersey Nets L 96 122 31 36 L 1
68 Fri, Mar 7, 1980 @ Detroit Pistons W 106 105 32 36 W 1
69 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 @ Boston Celtics W OT 133 128 33 36 W 2
70 Tue, Mar 11, 1980 San Antonio Spurs L 104 111 33 37 L 1
71 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 98 105 33 38 L 2
72 Fri, Mar 14, 1980 Houston Rockets W 92 85 34 38 W 1
73 Sun, Mar 16, 1980 New York Knicks L 124 133 34 39 L 1
74 Tue, Mar 18, 1980 @ San Antonio Spurs L 94 100 34 40 L 2
75 Wed, Mar 19, 1980 @ Atlanta Hawks L 93 109 34 41 L 3
76 Thu, Mar 20, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers W OT 119 113 35 41 W 1
77 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 @ New York Knicks W 122 113 36 41 W 2
78 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 Detroit Pistons W 119 114 37 41 W 3
79 Tue, Mar 25, 1980 Boston Celtics L 95 96 37 42 L 1
80 Thu, Mar 27, 1980 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 111 118 37 43 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Mar 28, 1980 Atlanta Hawks W 100 80 38 43 W 1
82 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 @ New Jersey Nets W 93 87 39 43 W 2

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 2, 1980 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 96 111 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Apr 4, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers L 104 112 0 2 L 2