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1981-82 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results

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

PTS/G: 103.5 (20th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 102.6 (2nd of 23)
SRS: 1.06 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace: 99.4 (17th of 23)
Off Rtg: 103.3 (20th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.5 (5th of 23)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (9th of 23)

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

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 30, 1981 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 100 124 0 1 L 1
2 Tue, Nov 3, 1981 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers L 99 112 0 2 L 2
3 Thu, Nov 5, 1981 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks L 90 98 0 3 L 3
4 Fri, Nov 6, 1981 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 86 82 1 3 W 1
5 Tue, Nov 10, 1981 Box Score Boston Celtics L 84 90 1 4 L 1
6 Thu, Nov 12, 1981 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks W 95 87 2 4 W 1
7 Sat, Nov 14, 1981 Box Score Chicago Bulls W 104 99 3 4 W 2
8 Tue, Nov 17, 1981 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks L 95 99 3 5 L 1
9 Thu, Nov 19, 1981 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 97 122 3 6 L 2
10 Fri, Nov 20, 1981 Box Score Houston Rockets L 94 95 3 7 L 3
11 Sat, Nov 21, 1981 Box Score @ Chicago Bulls L 105 117 3 8 L 4
12 Tue, Nov 24, 1981 Box Score Golden State Warriors W 107 88 4 8 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 27, 1981 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 100 113 4 9 L 1
14 Sat, Nov 28, 1981 Box Score Indiana Pacers L 90 92 4 10 L 2
15 Tue, Dec 1, 1981 Box Score San Antonio Spurs L 99 110 4 11 L 3
16 Thu, Dec 3, 1981 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 114 88 5 11 W 1
17 Sat, Dec 5, 1981 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 94 87 6 11 W 2
18 Tue, Dec 8, 1981 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 98 102 6 12 L 1
19 Fri, Dec 11, 1981 Box Score @ San Diego Clippers W 106 102 7 12 W 1
20 Sat, Dec 12, 1981 Box Score @ Phoenix Suns W 105 98 8 12 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 15, 1981 Box Score Dallas Mavericks L 102 107 8 13 L 1
22 Wed, Dec 16, 1981 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 106 102 9 13 W 1
23 Fri, Dec 18, 1981 Box Score Boston Celtics L 98 99 9 14 L 1
24 Tue, Dec 22, 1981 Box Score @ Chicago Bulls L 90 92 9 15 L 2
25 Fri, Dec 25, 1981 Box Score Indiana Pacers W 115 98 10 15 W 1
26 Sat, Dec 26, 1981 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets W 105 90 11 15 W 2
27 Tue, Dec 29, 1981 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 129 125 12 15 W 3
28 Wed, Dec 30, 1981 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks L 103 107 12 16 L 1
29 Sat, Jan 2, 1982 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers W 107 103 13 16 W 1
30 Tue, Jan 5, 1982 Box Score New Jersey Nets L 108 114 13 17 L 1
31 Wed, Jan 6, 1982 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 126 13 18 L 2
32 Thu, Jan 7, 1982 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 109 100 14 18 W 1
33 Sun, Jan 10, 1982 Box Score @ New York Knicks W OT 129 126 15 18 W 2
34 Tue, Jan 12, 1982 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers L 92 95 15 19 L 1
35 Thu, Jan 14, 1982 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W 121 114 16 19 W 1
36 Fri, Jan 15, 1982 Box Score Chicago Bulls W 93 90 17 19 W 2
37 Sun, Jan 17, 1982 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 96 78 18 19 W 3
38 Wed, Jan 20, 1982 Box Score Seattle SuperSonics W 106 95 19 19 W 4
39 Fri, Jan 22, 1982 Box Score Portland Trail Blazers W 110 97 20 19 W 5
40 Sat, Jan 23, 1982 Box Score @ Kansas City Kings W OT 109 106 21 19 W 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 26, 1982 Box Score Chicago Bulls W 94 84 22 19 W 7
42 Thu, Jan 28, 1982 Box Score New York Knicks L 98 102 22 20 L 1
43 Tue, Feb 2, 1982 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers L 99 100 22 21 L 2
44 Wed, Feb 3, 1982 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 96 122 22 22 L 3
45 Fri, Feb 5, 1982 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 87 90 22 23 L 4
46 Sun, Feb 7, 1982 Box Score Denver Nuggets L 115 124 22 24 L 5
47 Tue, Feb 9, 1982 Box Score @ San Antonio Spurs W 112 110 23 24 W 1
48 Wed, Feb 10, 1982 Box Score @ Dallas Mavericks W 119 102 24 24 W 2
49 Sat, Feb 13, 1982 Box Score @ Houston Rockets L 104 111 24 25 L 1
50 Tue, Feb 16, 1982 Box Score @ Portland Trail Blazers W 100 97 25 25 W 1
51 Thu, Feb 18, 1982 Box Score @ Seattle SuperSonics L 87 105 25 26 L 1
52 Sat, Feb 20, 1982 Box Score @ Golden State Warriors L 102 110 25 27 L 2
53 Tue, Feb 23, 1982 Box Score Utah Jazz L 106 113 25 28 L 3
54 Fri, Feb 26, 1982 Box Score Kansas City Kings W 100 98 26 28 W 1
55 Sun, Feb 28, 1982 Box Score New York Knicks W OT 113 109 27 28 W 2
56 Tue, Mar 2, 1982 Box Score New Jersey Nets L 2OT 124 130 27 29 L 1
57 Fri, Mar 5, 1982 Box Score @ Denver Nuggets L 126 127 27 30 L 2
58 Sat, Mar 6, 1982 Box Score @ Utah Jazz W 127 113 28 30 W 1
59 Tue, Mar 9, 1982 Box Score Phoenix Suns L 95 103 28 31 L 1
60 Fri, Mar 12, 1982 Box Score Indiana Pacers W 110 105 29 31 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Mar 13, 1982 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 109 99 30 31 W 2
62 Sun, Mar 14, 1982 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 92 85 31 31 W 3
63 Tue, Mar 16, 1982 Box Score Boston Celtics L OT 97 98 31 32 L 1
64 Wed, Mar 17, 1982 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 93 102 31 33 L 2
65 Fri, Mar 19, 1982 Box Score San Diego Clippers W 108 98 32 33 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 21, 1982 Box Score New York Knicks W 110 109 33 33 W 2
67 Tue, Mar 23, 1982 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 87 107 33 34 L 1
68 Wed, Mar 24, 1982 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers W 114 106 34 34 W 1
69 Fri, Mar 26, 1982 Box Score New Jersey Nets W 104 88 35 34 W 2
70 Sun, Mar 28, 1982 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 101 36 34 W 3
71 Tue, Mar 30, 1982 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 127 98 37 34 W 4
72 Wed, Mar 31, 1982 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 109 119 37 35 L 1
73 Fri, Apr 2, 1982 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets L 96 98 37 36 L 2
74 Sat, Apr 3, 1982 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 101 106 37 37 L 3
75 Tue, Apr 6, 1982 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 94 85 38 37 W 1
76 Wed, Apr 7, 1982 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers W 97 85 39 37 W 2
77 Fri, Apr 9, 1982 Box Score @ Chicago Bulls W 114 98 40 37 W 3
78 Sat, Apr 10, 1982 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks W 115 114 41 37 W 4
79 Tue, Apr 13, 1982 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks W 109 99 42 37 W 5
80 Wed, Apr 14, 1982 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets L 94 98 42 38 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 16, 1982 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers L 96 100 42 39 L 2
82 Sun, Apr 18, 1982 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 99 96 43 39 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 20, 1982 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets W 96 83 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 23, 1982 Box Score New Jersey Nets W 103 92 2 0 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
3 Sun, Apr 25, 1982 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 91 109 2 1 L 1
4 Wed, Apr 28, 1982 Box Score @ Boston Celtics W 103 102 3 1 W 1
5 Sat, May 1, 1982 Box Score Boston Celtics L 83 92 3 2 L 1
6 Sun, May 2, 1982 Box Score Boston Celtics L OT 99 103 3 3 L 2
7 Wed, May 5, 1982 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 2OT 126 131 3 4 L 3