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1987-88 Washington Bullets Roster and Statistics

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38-44, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 105.5 points per game, Allowed 106.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 39-43)
Coached by Kevin Loughery (8-19), Wes Unseld (30-25)

Arena: Capital Centre ▪ Attendance: 433,376 (20th of 23)

SRS: -0.16 (15th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.1 (15th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.5 (18th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.2 (8th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Detroit Pistons

1987-88 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
31 Mark Alarie F 6-8 217 December 11, 1963 1 Duke University
1 Muggsy Bogues G 5-3 136 January 9, 1965 R Wake Forest University
10 Manute Bol C 7-6 200 October 16, 1962 2 University of Bridgeport
33 Terry Catledge F 6-8 220 August 22, 1963 2 University of South Alabama
20 Steve Colter G 6-3 165 July 24, 1962 3 New Mexico State University
15 Frank Johnson G 6-1 185 November 23, 1958 6 Wake Forest University
23 Charles Jones F-C 6-9 215 April 3, 1957 4 Albany State University
30 Bernard King F 6-7 205 December 4, 1956 9 University of Tennessee
24 Jeff Malone G 6-4 205 June 28, 1961 4 Mississippi State University
4 Moses Malone C-F 6-10 215 March 23, 1955 13
42 Jay Murphy F 6-9 220 June 26, 1962 3 Boston College
5 Darrell Walker G 6-4 180 March 9, 1961 4 University of Arkansas
34 John Williams F-C 6-8 235 October 26, 1966 1 Louisiana 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 19880 3355 7164 .468 29 138 .210 1914 2476 .773 1229 2297 3526 1875 698 502 1384 1922 8653 105.5
Opponent 82 19880 3459 7235 .478 128 390 .328 1670 2246 .744 1228 2364 3592 2134 690 527 1384 1966 8716 106.3

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 Jeff Malone 26 80 80 2655 648 1360 .476 10 24 .417 335 380 .882 44 162 206 237 51 13 172 198 1641
2 Moses Malone 32 79 78 2692 531 1090 .487 2 7 .286 543 689 .788 372 512 884 112 59 72 249 160 1607
3 Bernard King 31 69 38 2044 470 938 .501 1 6 .167 247 324 .762 86 194 280 192 49 10 211 202 1188
4 John Williams 21 82 37 2428 427 910 .469 5 38 .132 188 256 .734 127 317 444 232 117 34 145 217 1047
5 Terry Catledge 24 70 40 1610 296 585 .506 0 2 .000 154 235 .655 180 217 397 63 33 9 101 172 746
6 Frank Johnson 29 75 17 1258 216 498 .434 1 9 .111 121 149 .812 39 82 121 188 70 4 99 120 554
7 Steve Colter 25 56 53 1361 188 401 .469 3 10 .300 68 86 .791 51 104 155 235 56 14 77 112 447
8 Muggsy Bogues 23 79 14 1628 166 426 .390 3 16 .188 58 74 .784 35 101 136 404 127 3 101 138 393
9 Mark Alarie 24 63 0 769 144 300 .480 4 18 .222 35 49 .714 70 90 160 39 10 12 50 107 327
10 Darrell Walker 26 52 0 940 114 291 .392 0 6 .000 82 105 .781 43 84 127 100 62 10 69 105 310
11 Charles Jones 30 69 49 1313 72 177 .407 0 1 .000 53 75 .707 106 219 325 59 53 113 57 226 197
12 Manute Bol 25 77 4 1136 75 165 .455 0 1 .000 26 49 .531 72 203 275 13 11 208 35 160 176
13 Jay Murphy 25 9 0 46 8 23 .348 0 0 4 5 .800 4 12 16 1 0 0 5 5 20

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 Jeff Malone 26 80 80 33.2 8.1 17.0 .476 0.1 0.3 .417 4.2 4.8 .882 0.6 2.0 2.6 3.0 0.6 0.2 2.2 2.5 20.5
2 Moses Malone 32 79 78 34.1 6.7 13.8 .487 0.0 0.1 .286 6.9 8.7 .788 4.7 6.5 11.2 1.4 0.7 0.9 3.2 2.0 20.3
3 Bernard King 31 69 38 29.6 6.8 13.6 .501 0.0 0.1 .167 3.6 4.7 .762 1.2 2.8 4.1 2.8 0.7 0.1 3.1 2.9 17.2
4 John Williams 21 82 37 29.6 5.2 11.1 .469 0.1 0.5 .132 2.3 3.1 .734 1.5 3.9 5.4 2.8 1.4 0.4 1.8 2.6 12.8
5 Terry Catledge 24 70 40 23.0 4.2 8.4 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.4 .655 2.6 3.1 5.7 0.9 0.5 0.1 1.4 2.5 10.7
6 Steve Colter 25 56 53 24.3 3.4 7.2 .469 0.1 0.2 .300 1.2 1.5 .791 0.9 1.9 2.8 4.2 1.0 0.3 1.4 2.0 8.0
7 Frank Johnson 29 75 17 16.8 2.9 6.6 .434 0.0 0.1 .111 1.6 2.0 .812 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.5 0.9 0.1 1.3 1.6 7.4
8 Darrell Walker 26 52 0 18.1 2.2 5.6 .392 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.0 .781 0.8 1.6 2.4 1.9 1.2 0.2 1.3 2.0 6.0
9 Mark Alarie 24 63 0 12.2 2.3 4.8 .480 0.1 0.3 .222 0.6 0.8 .714 1.1 1.4 2.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.7 5.2
10 Muggsy Bogues 23 79 14 20.6 2.1 5.4 .390 0.0 0.2 .188 0.7 0.9 .784 0.4 1.3 1.7 5.1 1.6 0.0 1.3 1.7 5.0
11 Charles Jones 30 69 49 19.0 1.0 2.6 .407 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .707 1.5 3.2 4.7 0.9 0.8 1.6 0.8 3.3 2.9
12 Manute Bol 25 77 4 14.8 1.0 2.1 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.6 .531 0.9 2.6 3.6 0.2 0.1 2.7 0.5 2.1 2.3
13 Jay Murphy 25 9 0 5.1 0.9 2.6 .348 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .800 0.4 1.3 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 2.2

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 Malone 26 80 80 2655 8.8 18.4 .476 0.1 0.3 .417 4.5 5.2 .882 0.6 2.2 2.8 3.2 0.7 0.2 2.3 2.7 22.3
2 Moses Malone 32 79 78 2692 7.1 14.6 .487 0.0 0.1 .286 7.3 9.2 .788 5.0 6.8 11.8 1.5 0.8 1.0 3.3 2.1 21.5
3 Bernard King 31 69 38 2044 8.3 16.5 .501 0.0 0.1 .167 4.4 5.7 .762 1.5 3.4 4.9 3.4 0.9 0.2 3.7 3.6 20.9
4 Terry Catledge 24 70 40 1610 6.6 13.1 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 5.3 .655 4.0 4.9 8.9 1.4 0.7 0.2 2.3 3.8 16.7
5 Frank Johnson 29 75 17 1258 6.2 14.3 .434 0.0 0.3 .111 3.5 4.3 .812 1.1 2.3 3.5 5.4 2.0 0.1 2.8 3.4 15.9
6 Jay Murphy 25 9 0 46 6.3 18.0 .348 0.0 0.0 3.1 3.9 .800 3.1 9.4 12.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 3.9 3.9 15.7
7 John Williams 21 82 37 2428 6.3 13.5 .469 0.1 0.6 .132 2.8 3.8 .734 1.9 4.7 6.6 3.4 1.7 0.5 2.1 3.2 15.5
8 Mark Alarie 24 63 0 769 6.7 14.0 .480 0.2 0.8 .222 1.6 2.3 .714 3.3 4.2 7.5 1.8 0.5 0.6 2.3 5.0 15.3
9 Darrell Walker 26 52 0 940 4.4 11.1 .392 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 4.0 .781 1.6 3.2 4.9 3.8 2.4 0.4 2.6 4.0 11.9
10 Steve Colter 25 56 53 1361 5.0 10.6 .469 0.1 0.3 .300 1.8 2.3 .791 1.3 2.8 4.1 6.2 1.5 0.4 2.0 3.0 11.8
11 Muggsy Bogues 23 79 14 1628 3.7 9.4 .390 0.1 0.4 .188 1.3 1.6 .784 0.8 2.2 3.0 8.9 2.8 0.1 2.2 3.1 8.7
12 Manute Bol 25 77 4 1136 2.4 5.2 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.6 .531 2.3 6.4 8.7 0.4 0.3 6.6 1.1 5.1 5.6
13 Charles Jones 30 69 49 1313 2.0 4.9 .407 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .707 2.9 6.0 8.9 1.6 1.5 3.1 1.6 6.2 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 Moses Malone 32 79 2692 21.1 .577 .488 15.3 21.5 18.3 6.4 1.1 1.6 15.2 25.2 113 106 5.6 3.4 9.0
2 Jeff Malone 26 80 2655 16.1 .537 .480 1.8 6.9 4.3 14.9 0.9 0.3 10.1 26.4 110 112 4.0 1.5 5.5
3 John Williams 21 82 2428 14.9 .512 .472 5.8 14.7 10.2 14.3 2.4 0.8 12.4 19.8 106 106 1.9 3.0 4.9
4 Terry Catledge 24 70 1610 14.7 .542 .506 12.4 15.2 13.8 5.9 1.0 0.3 12.8 20.2 109 109 1.9 1.5 3.4
5 Bernard King 31 69 2044 15.0 .550 .502 4.7 10.7 7.7 15.3 1.2 0.3 16.3 26.1 103 110 1.2 1.6 2.8
6 Steve Colter 25 56 1361 13.4 .509 .473 4.1 8.6 6.4 24.5 2.0 0.6 14.9 15.6 109 109 1.3 1.3 2.5
7 Muggsy Bogues 23 79 1628 12.7 .429 .393 2.4 7.0 4.7 33.5 3.8 0.1 18.0 14.2 101 106 0.2 2.0 2.2
8 Charles Jones 30 69 1313 9.3 .469 .407 8.9 18.8 13.8 5.7 2.0 5.0 21.3 8.4 99 102 0.0 2.2 2.2
9 Manute Bol 25 77 1136 10.8 .472 .455 7.0 20.2 13.5 1.5 0.5 10.6 15.8 8.0 98 101 -0.1 2.1 2.0
10 Frank Johnson 29 75 1258 13.5 .492 .435 3.4 7.4 5.4 22.2 2.7 0.2 14.9 21.7 102 108 0.3 1.3 1.6
11 Mark Alarie 24 63 769 11.6 .508 .487 10.1 13.2 11.6 7.7 0.6 0.9 13.5 19.9 103 110 0.3 0.6 0.9
12 Darrell Walker 26 52 940 10.6 .460 .392 5.1 10.1 7.5 14.7 3.2 0.6 17.0 17.8 95 106 -0.4 1.2 0.8
13 Jay Murphy 25 9 46 6.6 .397 .348 9.6 29.4 19.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 16.6 27.1 80 107 -0.1 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 Jeff Malone 26 5 199 50 97 0 1 28 37 3 17 11 5 5 14 16 128 .515 .000 .757 39.8 25.6 3.4 2.2
2 Moses Malone 32 5 198 30 65 0 1 33 40 22 56 7 3 4 15 9 93 .462 .000 .825 39.6 18.6 11.2 1.4
3 Bernard King 31 5 168 26 53 0 0 17 21 3 11 9 3 0 14 17 69 .491 .810 33.6 13.8 2.2 1.8
4 John Williams 21 5 185 23 48 0 1 19 32 11 29 21 8 4 12 18 65 .479 .000 .594 37.0 13.0 5.8 4.2
5 Darrell Walker 26 5 155 22 54 0 1 11 16 9 24 14 7 4 9 18 55 .407 .000 .688 31.0 11.0 4.8 2.8
6 Steve Colter 25 5 86 14 31 0 0 4 7 5 15 13 3 3 5 9 32 .452 .571 17.2 6.4 3.0 2.6
7 Frank Johnson 29 5 44 7 22 0 2 4 4 0 2 1 4 0 2 4 18 .318 .000 1.000 8.8 3.6 0.4 0.2
8 Terry Catledge 24 5 45 4 11 0 1 3 4 2 6 2 0 0 2 9 11 .364 .000 .750 9.0 2.2 1.2 0.4
9 Manute Bol 25 5 44 4 7 0 0 1 1 7 12 0 0 2 1 5 9 .571 1.000 8.8 1.8 2.4 0.0
10 Charles Jones 30 5 95 1 5 0 0 1 2 5 17 2 2 4 0 18 3 .200 .500 19.0 0.6 3.4 0.4
11 Mark Alarie 24 1 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 .500 4.0 3.0 1.0 0.0
12 Muggsy Bogues 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0

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 Jeff Malone 26 5 199 19.1 .565 .515 1.8 8.3 5.1 11.2 1.3 1.5 11.0 28.8 111 112 0.3 0.2 0.4
2 Moses Malone 32 5 198 18.2 .563 .462 13.2 20.3 16.8 6.0 0.8 1.2 15.4 22.2 112 109 0.3 0.2 0.5
3 Bernard King 31 5 168 9.5 .554 .491 2.1 5.6 3.9 9.1 1.0 0.0 18.4 20.5 100 115 0.0 0.1 0.1
4 John Williams 21 5 185 14.4 .524 .479 7.1 11.5 9.3 18.4 2.3 1.3 16.2 18.1 106 109 0.1 0.2 0.3
5 Darrell Walker 26 5 155 12.2 .451 .407 6.9 11.5 9.2 15.0 2.4 1.6 12.8 20.4 97 109 -0.1 0.2 0.1
6 Steve Colter 25 5 86 15.4 .469 .452 6.9 13.8 10.3 26.1 1.9 2.1 12.8 20.5 103 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Frank Johnson 29 5 44 7.9 .379 .318 0.0 5.4 2.7 3.9 4.9 0.0 7.8 26.4 82 107 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
8 Terry Catledge 24 5 45 3.3 .431 .364 5.3 10.5 7.9 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.6 14.8 93 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Manute Bol 25 5 44 12.2 .605 .571 18.9 13.4 16.2 0.0 0.0 2.8 11.8 8.7 132 112 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Charles Jones 30 5 95 3.6 .255 .200 6.3 15.0 10.6 2.9 1.1 2.6 0.0 2.8 105 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Mark Alarie 24 1 4 28.9 .750 .750 0.0 29.6 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.6 154 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Muggsy Bogues 23 1 2 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 22.6 60 120 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Moses Malone $2,067,000
2 Bernard King $1,000,000
3 Jeff Malone $600,000
4 Darrell Walker $400,000
5 Terry Catledge *$356,667
6 Frank Johnson $325,000
7 John Williams $308,000
8 Mark Alarie $232,500
9 Charles Jones $200,520
10 Manute Bol $200,000
11 Steve Colter $150,000
12 Jay Murphy $150,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)