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1981-82 Washington Bullets Roster and Statistics

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43-39, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Gene Shue (43-39)

Points Per Game: 103.5 (20th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 102.6 (2nd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-39 (9th of 23)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 369,807 (16th of 23)

SRS: 1.06 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.4 (17th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 103.3 (20th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.5 (5th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus New Jersey Nets

1981-82 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 4 University of Oregon
9 Jim Chones C-F 6-11 220 November 30, 1949 9 Marquette University
22 Don Collins F-G 6-6 190 November 28, 1958 1 Washington State University
23 Charles Davis F 6-7 215 October 5, 1958 R Vanderbilt University
35 Kevin Grevey G-F 6-5 210 May 12, 1953 6 University of Kentucky
24 Spencer Haywood F-C 6-8 225 April 22, 1949 11 University of Detroit Mercy
14 Brad Holland G 6-3 180 December 6, 1956 2 University of California, Los Angeles
Frank Johnson G 6-1 185 November 23, 1958 R Wake Forest University
5 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 5 University of Maryland
44 Rick Mahorn C-F 6-10 240 September 21, 1958 1 Hampton University
43 Jeff Ruland C-F 6-10 240 December 16, 1958 R Iona College
12 Carlos Terry G-F 6-5 210 June 22, 1956 1 Winston-Salem State University
20 Garry Witts G-F 6-7 190 July 3, 1959 R College of the Holy Cross

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 3400 7168 .474 59 236 .250 1626 2105 .772 1047 2583 3630 1983 643 397 1390 2072 8485 103.5
Opponent 82 19830 3362 7229 .465 44 183 .240 1645 2237 .735 1110 2516 3626 1889 624 543 1325 1907 8413 102.6

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 Greg Ballard 27 79 79 2946 621 1307 .475 9 22 .409 235 283 .830 136 497 633 250 137 22 119 204 1486
2 Jeff Ruland 23 82 0 2214 420 749 .561 1 3 .333 342 455 .752 253 509 762 134 44 58 237 319 1183
3 Spencer Haywood 32 76 63 2086 395 829 .476 0 3 .000 219 260 .842 144 278 422 64 45 68 175 249 1009
4 Rick Mahorn 23 80 80 2664 414 816 .507 0 3 .000 148 234 .632 149 555 704 150 57 138 162 349 976
5 Kevin Grevey 28 71 62 2164 376 857 .439 28 82 .341 165 193 .855 57 138 195 149 44 23 96 151 945
6 Frank Johnson 23 79 29 2027 336 812 .414 17 79 .215 153 204 .750 34 113 147 380 76 7 160 196 842
7 Don Collins 23 79 18 1609 334 653 .511 1 12 .083 121 169 .716 101 95 196 148 89 24 135 195 790
8 John Lucas 28 79 53 1940 263 618 .426 2 22 .091 138 176 .784 40 126 166 551 95 6 156 105 666
9 Charles Davis 23 54 10 575 88 184 .478 0 2 .000 30 37 .811 54 79 133 31 10 13 43 89 206
10 Jim Chones 32 59 13 867 74 171 .433 0 0 36 46 .783 39 146 185 64 15 32 41 114 184
11 Garry Witts 22 46 0 493 49 84 .583 1 2 .500 33 40 .825 29 33 62 38 17 4 35 74 132
12 Brad Holland 25 13 3 185 27 73 .370 0 3 .000 3 4 .750 6 7 13 16 11 1 7 12 57
13 Carlos Terry 25 13 0 60 3 15 .200 0 3 .000 3 4 .750 5 7 12 8 3 1 5 15 9

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 Greg Ballard 27 79 79 37.3 7.9 16.5 .475 0.1 0.3 .409 3.0 3.6 .830 1.7 6.3 8.0 3.2 1.7 0.3 1.5 2.6 18.8
2 Jeff Ruland 23 82 0 27.0 5.1 9.1 .561 0.0 0.0 .333 4.2 5.5 .752 3.1 6.2 9.3 1.6 0.5 0.7 2.9 3.9 14.4
3 Kevin Grevey 28 71 62 30.5 5.3 12.1 .439 0.4 1.2 .341 2.3 2.7 .855 0.8 1.9 2.7 2.1 0.6 0.3 1.4 2.1 13.3
4 Spencer Haywood 32 76 63 27.4 5.2 10.9 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.4 .842 1.9 3.7 5.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 2.3 3.3 13.3
5 Rick Mahorn 23 80 80 33.3 5.2 10.2 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.9 .632 1.9 6.9 8.8 1.9 0.7 1.7 2.0 4.4 12.2
6 Frank Johnson 23 79 29 25.7 4.3 10.3 .414 0.2 1.0 .215 1.9 2.6 .750 0.4 1.4 1.9 4.8 1.0 0.1 2.0 2.5 10.7
7 Don Collins 23 79 18 20.4 4.2 8.3 .511 0.0 0.2 .083 1.5 2.1 .716 1.3 1.2 2.5 1.9 1.1 0.3 1.7 2.5 10.0
8 John Lucas 28 79 53 24.6 3.3 7.8 .426 0.0 0.3 .091 1.7 2.2 .784 0.5 1.6 2.1 7.0 1.2 0.1 2.0 1.3 8.4
9 Brad Holland 25 13 3 14.2 2.1 5.6 .370 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.3 .750 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.9 4.4
10 Charles Davis 23 54 10 10.6 1.6 3.4 .478 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.7 .811 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.6 3.8
11 Jim Chones 32 59 13 14.7 1.3 2.9 .433 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .783 0.7 2.5 3.1 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.9 3.1
12 Garry Witts 22 46 0 10.7 1.1 1.8 .583 0.0 0.0 .500 0.7 0.9 .825 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.6 2.9
13 Carlos Terry 25 13 0 4.6 0.2 1.2 .200 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.3 .750 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.7

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 Jeff Ruland 23 82 0 2214 6.8 12.2 .561 0.0 0.0 .333 5.6 7.4 .752 4.1 8.3 12.4 2.2 0.7 0.9 3.9 5.2 19.2
2 Greg Ballard 27 79 79 2946 7.6 16.0 .475 0.1 0.3 .409 2.9 3.5 .830 1.7 6.1 7.7 3.1 1.7 0.3 1.5 2.5 18.2
3 Don Collins 23 79 18 1609 7.5 14.6 .511 0.0 0.3 .083 2.7 3.8 .716 2.3 2.1 4.4 3.3 2.0 0.5 3.0 4.4 17.7
4 Spencer Haywood 32 76 63 2086 6.8 14.3 .476 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 4.5 .842 2.5 4.8 7.3 1.1 0.8 1.2 3.0 4.3 17.4
5 Kevin Grevey 28 71 62 2164 6.3 14.3 .439 0.5 1.4 .341 2.7 3.2 .855 0.9 2.3 3.2 2.5 0.7 0.4 1.6 2.5 15.7
6 Frank Johnson 23 79 29 2027 6.0 14.4 .414 0.3 1.4 .215 2.7 3.6 .750 0.6 2.0 2.6 6.7 1.3 0.1 2.8 3.5 15.0
7 Rick Mahorn 23 80 80 2664 5.6 11.0 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.2 .632 2.0 7.5 9.5 2.0 0.8 1.9 2.2 4.7 13.2
8 Charles Davis 23 54 10 575 5.5 11.5 .478 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.3 .811 3.4 4.9 8.3 1.9 0.6 0.8 2.7 5.6 12.9
9 John Lucas 28 79 53 1940 4.9 11.5 .426 0.0 0.4 .091 2.6 3.3 .784 0.7 2.3 3.1 10.2 1.8 0.1 2.9 1.9 12.4
10 Brad Holland 25 13 3 185 5.3 14.2 .370 0.0 0.6 .000 0.6 0.8 .750 1.2 1.4 2.5 3.1 2.1 0.2 1.4 2.3 11.1
11 Garry Witts 22 46 0 493 3.6 6.1 .583 0.1 0.1 .500 2.4 2.9 .825 2.1 2.4 4.5 2.8 1.2 0.3 2.6 5.4 9.6
12 Jim Chones 32 59 13 867 3.1 7.1 .433 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.9 .783 1.6 6.1 7.7 2.7 0.6 1.3 1.7 4.7 7.6
13 Carlos Terry 25 13 0 60 1.8 9.0 .200 0.0 1.8 .000 1.8 2.4 .750 3.0 4.2 7.2 4.8 1.8 0.6 3.0 9.0 5.4

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 Greg Ballard 27 79 2946 17.9 .519 .479 5.1 18.1 11.7 13.1 2.2 0.4 7.7 22.0 109 101 4.1 5.3 9.4
2 Jeff Ruland 23 82 2214 18.8 .623 .561 12.7 24.7 18.8 9.1 1.0 1.5 20.0 22.4 111 100 3.7 4.1 7.8
3 Rick Mahorn 23 80 2664 13.3 .531 .507 6.2 22.4 14.4 8.0 1.0 2.9 15.0 17.0 101 100 0.8 5.1 5.9
4 John Lucas 28 79 1940 15.2 .479 .427 2.3 7.0 4.7 39.4 2.4 0.2 18.3 18.4 103 104 1.1 2.7 3.9
5 Spencer Haywood 32 76 2086 13.2 .535 .476 7.7 14.3 11.1 4.6 1.0 1.8 15.6 22.4 100 103 0.4 3.2 3.6
6 Kevin Grevey 28 71 2164 11.7 .502 .455 2.9 6.8 4.9 10.1 1.0 0.6 9.2 20.1 103 106 1.2 2.4 3.6
7 Don Collins 23 79 1609 15.1 .543 .512 7.0 6.3 6.7 14.2 2.7 0.8 15.7 22.4 103 103 0.9 2.5 3.4
8 Frank Johnson 23 79 2027 12.0 .467 .424 1.9 6.0 4.0 27.1 1.8 0.2 15.1 21.9 97 105 -0.5 2.5 2.1
9 Jim Chones 32 59 867 8.6 .481 .433 5.0 18.1 11.7 9.6 0.8 2.1 17.7 11.2 98 102 0.0 1.4 1.4
10 Garry Witts 22 46 493 9.5 .650 .589 6.5 7.2 6.9 10.2 1.7 0.5 25.6 11.6 110 105 0.4 0.6 1.1
11 Charles Davis 23 54 575 10.7 .514 .478 10.5 14.8 12.6 7.7 0.8 1.3 17.7 17.7 99 104 0.0 0.8 0.9
12 Brad Holland 25 13 185 8.2 .381 .370 3.6 4.1 3.8 12.2 2.9 0.3 8.6 18.5 86 104 -0.2 0.3 0.0
13 Carlos Terry 25 13 60 3.1 .268 .200 9.3 12.5 10.9 16.5 2.4 0.9 23.0 15.2 71 101 -0.2 0.1 -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 Spencer Haywood 32 7 231 57 115 0 0 26 35 16 39 7 4 14 15 28 140 .496 .743 33.0 20.0 5.6 1.0
2 Jeff Ruland 23 7 237 38 79 0 1 43 56 29 66 5 3 4 23 24 119 .481 .000 .768 33.9 17.0 9.4 0.7
3 Frank Johnson 23 7 280 40 104 5 12 24 28 7 22 59 10 0 29 24 109 .385 .417 .857 40.0 15.6 3.1 8.4
4 Greg Ballard 27 7 268 36 100 0 0 21 25 22 63 22 14 3 12 20 93 .360 .840 38.3 13.3 9.0 3.1
5 Rick Mahorn 23 7 242 32 73 0 0 10 14 14 61 13 10 5 16 30 74 .438 .714 34.6 10.6 8.7 1.9
6 Kevin Grevey 28 7 159 23 56 4 8 16 19 2 10 11 3 1 6 12 66 .411 .500 .842 22.7 9.4 1.4 1.6
7 Don Collins 23 7 149 19 44 0 0 5 7 9 22 6 4 1 11 25 43 .432 .714 21.3 6.1 3.1 0.9
8 John Lucas 28 7 74 14 26 1 3 2 3 0 8 20 3 1 4 6 31 .538 .333 .667 10.6 4.4 1.1 2.9
9 Charles Davis 23 6 52 7 17 0 1 2 2 1 5 3 1 1 7 6 16 .412 .000 1.000 8.7 2.7 0.8 0.5
10 Jim Chones 32 5 30 2 9 0 0 1 3 1 6 2 1 2 1 8 5 .222 .333 6.0 1.0 1.2 0.4
11 Garry Witts 22 4 28 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 6 5 1.000 .500 7.0 1.3 0.8 0.5
12 Carlos Terry 25 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.0

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 Spencer Haywood 32 7 231 18.2 .537 .496 7.6 11.5 9.5 5.8 0.9 3.6 10.3 26.4 107 102 0.3 0.3 0.7
2 Jeff Ruland 23 7 237 16.0 .574 .481 13.4 18.0 15.6 3.5 0.6 1.0 18.2 22.4 107 103 0.3 0.3 0.6
3 Greg Ballard 27 7 268 13.4 .419 .360 9.0 17.7 13.2 12.9 2.6 0.7 9.8 19.2 97 99 0.0 0.5 0.5
4 John Lucas 28 7 74 20.1 .567 .558 0.0 12.5 6.1 46.6 2.0 0.8 12.8 17.7 120 102 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Rick Mahorn 23 7 242 10.9 .467 .438 6.3 22.4 14.2 8.4 2.1 1.2 16.8 16.5 92 98 -0.1 0.5 0.3
6 Kevin Grevey 28 7 159 11.5 .513 .446 1.4 5.8 3.5 11.1 0.9 0.4 8.5 18.5 108 107 0.2 0.2 0.3
7 Frank Johnson 23 7 280 12.0 .469 .409 2.7 6.2 4.4 33.6 1.8 0.0 20.0 21.7 95 105 -0.1 0.3 0.2
8 Garry Witts 22 4 28 10.1 .868 1.000 7.8 4.1 6.0 10.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 4.3 182 105 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Don Collins 23 7 149 6.0 .457 .432 6.6 10.1 8.3 6.3 1.3 0.4 18.9 16.3 87 104 -0.2 0.2 0.0
10 Jim Chones 32 5 30 2.4 .242 .222 3.6 19.2 11.2 9.5 1.7 3.9 8.8 15.8 63 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Carlos Terry 25 3 5 3.4 0.0 23.1 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Charles Davis 23 6 52 3.2 .447 .412 2.1 8.9 5.4 9.1 1.0 1.1 28.1 20.0 72 105 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 John Lucas *$217,400
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)