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1985-86 Washington Bullets Games

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39-43, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 103.0 points per game, Allowed 104.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 36-46)
Coached by Gene Shue (32-37), Kevin Loughery (7-6)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 373,802 (20th of 23)

SRS: -1.29 (13th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.1 (21st of 23)
Offensive Rating: 103.0 (21st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.8 (4th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers

1985-86 Statistics ▪ Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 25, 1985 @ Atlanta Hawks W 100 91 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Oct 29, 1985 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 97 90 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Oct 31, 1985 Cleveland Cavaliers L 107 114 2 1 L 1
4 Sat, Nov 2, 1985 Boston Celtics L 73 88 2 2 L 2
5 Tue, Nov 5, 1985 @ New Jersey Nets L 106 112 2 3 L 3
6 Wed, Nov 6, 1985 San Antonio Spurs L 80 81 2 4 L 4
7 Fri, Nov 8, 1985 Detroit Pistons L 110 117 2 5 L 5
8 Tue, Nov 12, 1985 @ Detroit Pistons L OT 122 124 2 6 L 6
9 Fri, Nov 15, 1985 @ Boston Celtics L 114 118 2 7 L 7
10 Sat, Nov 16, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers W 118 97 3 7 W 1
11 Tue, Nov 19, 1985 @ New York Knickerbockers L 94 98 3 8 L 1
12 Wed, Nov 20, 1985 Cleveland Cavaliers W 101 98 4 8 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 22, 1985 New York Knickerbockers W 102 95 5 8 W 2
14 Sun, Nov 24, 1985 Chicago Bulls W 115 106 6 8 W 3
15 Tue, Nov 26, 1985 @ Dallas Mavericks L 99 112 6 9 L 1
16 Wed, Nov 27, 1985 @ San Antonio Spurs L 97 104 6 10 L 2
17 Sat, Nov 30, 1985 Detroit Pistons W 133 119 7 10 W 1
18 Tue, Dec 3, 1985 Portland Trail Blazers W 118 115 8 10 W 2
19 Wed, Dec 4, 1985 @ Philadelphia 76ers L OT 110 115 8 11 L 1
20 Fri, Dec 6, 1985 Seattle Supersonics W 115 109 9 11 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Dec 8, 1985 Sacramento Kings W 111 89 10 11 W 2
22 Wed, Dec 11, 1985 @ Detroit Pistons W 108 100 11 11 W 3
23 Thu, Dec 12, 1985 Milwaukee Bucks W OT 110 108 12 11 W 4
24 Tue, Dec 17, 1985 Utah Jazz L 98 106 12 12 L 1
25 Thu, Dec 19, 1985 @ Chicago Bulls W 98 92 13 12 W 1
26 Sat, Dec 21, 1985 Los Angeles Lakers L 84 96 13 13 L 1
27 Sun, Dec 22, 1985 New York Knickerbockers L 93 100 13 14 L 2
28 Fri, Dec 27, 1985 Atlanta Hawks W 111 109 14 14 W 1
29 Sat, Dec 28, 1985 @ New Jersey Nets W 98 93 15 14 W 2
30 Mon, Dec 30, 1985 Indiana Pacers L 80 97 15 15 L 1
31 Thu, Jan 2, 1986 @ New York Knickerbockers W 115 109 16 15 W 1
32 Fri, Jan 3, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks L 100 107 16 16 L 1
33 Sun, Jan 5, 1986 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 88 118 16 17 L 2
34 Mon, Jan 6, 1986 @ Sacramento Kings L 87 106 16 18 L 3
35 Wed, Jan 8, 1986 @ Phoenix Suns L 97 109 16 19 L 4
36 Thu, Jan 9, 1986 @ Utah Jazz W 95 89 17 19 W 1
37 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 @ Houston Rockets L 86 87 17 20 L 1
38 Mon, Jan 13, 1986 Los Angeles Clippers W 90 77 18 20 W 1
39 Tue, Jan 14, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls W 117 113 19 20 W 2
40 Thu, Jan 16, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 98 114 19 21 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 17, 1986 New Jersey Nets W 116 96 20 21 W 1
42 Sun, Jan 19, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 112 98 21 21 W 2
43 Thu, Jan 23, 1986 Phoenix Suns W 114 112 22 21 W 3
44 Sat, Jan 25, 1986 Atlanta Hawks W 111 103 23 21 W 4
45 Wed, Jan 29, 1986 @ Indiana Pacers L 88 92 23 22 L 1
46 Fri, Jan 31, 1986 Boston Celtics L 88 97 23 23 L 2
47 Sat, Feb 1, 1986 @ Detroit Pistons L 101 116 23 24 L 3
48 Wed, Feb 5, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 88 103 23 25 L 4
49 Thu, Feb 6, 1986 Detroit Pistons L OT 109 111 23 26 L 5
50 Tue, Feb 11, 1986 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 124 116 24 26 W 1
51 Thu, Feb 13, 1986 @ Golden State Warriors L 105 109 24 27 L 1
52 Sat, Feb 15, 1986 @ Seattle Supersonics L 106 112 24 28 L 2
53 Mon, Feb 17, 1986 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 96 94 25 28 W 1
54 Tue, Feb 18, 1986 @ Denver Nuggets L 90 101 25 29 L 1
55 Fri, Feb 21, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 87 97 25 30 L 2
56 Sat, Feb 22, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 110 102 26 30 W 1
57 Mon, Feb 24, 1986 New Jersey Nets W 99 89 27 30 W 2
58 Tue, Feb 25, 1986 @ Indiana Pacers L 87 100 27 31 L 1
59 Thu, Feb 27, 1986 Golden State Warriors W 114 102 28 31 W 1
60 Fri, Feb 28, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 84 102 28 32 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 2, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks W 125 104 29 32 W 1
62 Tue, Mar 4, 1986 @ New York Knickerbockers L 83 119 29 33 L 1
63 Thu, Mar 6, 1986 New York Knickerbockers W OT 113 111 30 33 W 1
64 Sat, Mar 8, 1986 Boston Celtics W OT 110 108 31 33 W 2
65 Wed, Mar 12, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 128 114 32 33 W 3
66 Fri, Mar 14, 1986 Denver Nuggets L 91 101 32 34 L 1
67 Sat, Mar 15, 1986 @ Indiana Pacers L 100 105 32 35 L 2
68 Mon, Mar 17, 1986 New Jersey Nets L 102 130 32 36 L 3
69 Tue, Mar 18, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 87 116 32 37 L 4
70 Fri, Mar 21, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 105 112 32 38 L 5
71 Sat, Mar 22, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 111 110 33 38 W 1
72 Mon, Mar 24, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers W 100 93 34 38 W 2
73 Wed, Mar 26, 1986 Dallas Mavericks W 120 112 35 38 W 3
74 Fri, Mar 28, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 97 116 35 39 L 1
75 Sat, Mar 29, 1986 Houston Rockets L 109 114 35 40 L 2
76 Tue, Apr 1, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 91 107 35 41 L 3
77 Thu, Apr 3, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets W 120 108 36 41 W 1
78 Fri, Apr 4, 1986 Atlanta Hawks W OT 135 129 37 41 W 2
79 Sun, Apr 6, 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers W 106 95 38 41 W 3
80 Tue, Apr 8, 1986 Indiana Pacers L 104 111 38 42 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 11, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls L 103 105 38 43 L 2
82 Sun, Apr 13, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers W 98 97 39 43 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Apr 18, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 95 94 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 20, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 97 102 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Apr 22, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers L 86 91 1 2 L 2
4 Thu, Apr 24, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers W 116 111 2 2 W 1
5 Sun, Apr 27, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 109 134 2 3 L 1