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1977-78 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Dick Motta (44-38)

Executive: Bob Ferry

PTS/G: 110.3 (7th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.4 (12th of 22)

SRS: 0.82 (7th of 22) Pace: 108.1 (11th of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.3 (10th of 22) Def Rtg: 100.5 (9th of 22) Net Rtg: +0.9 (7th of 22)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (7th of 22)

Arena: Capital Centre

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
42	Greg Ballard	SF	6-7	215	January 29, 1955	us US	R	Oregon
45	Phil Chenier	SG	6-3	180	October 30, 1950	us US	6	California
10	Bob Dandridge	SF	6-6	195	November 15, 1947	us US	8	Norfolk State
35	Kevin Grevey	SF	6-5	210	May 12, 1953	us US	2	Kentucky
11	Elvin Hayes	PF	6-9	235	November 17, 1945	us US	9	Houston
14	Tom Henderson	PG	6-3	190	January 26, 1952	us US	3	Hawaii
15	Charles Johnson	SG	6-0	170	March 31, 1949	us US	5	California
25	Mitch Kupchak	PF	6-9	230	May 24, 1954	us US	1	UNC
44	Joe Pace	C	6-10	220	December 18, 1953	us US	1	Coppin State University
41	Wes Unseld	C	6-7	245	March 14, 1946	us US	9	Louisville
20	Phil Walker	SG	6-3	180	March 20, 1956	us US	R	Millersville
32	Larry Wright	PG	6-1	160	November 23, 1954	us US	1	Grambling State University

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	32	81		40.1	7.9	17.4	.451				7.9	17.4	.451	.451	4.0	6.3	.634	4.1	9.1	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	2.8	3.9	19.7
2	Bob Dandridge	30	75		37.0	7.5	15.9	.471				7.5	15.9	.471	.471	4.4	5.6	.788	1.8	4.1	5.9	3.8	1.3	0.6	3.2	3.5	19.3
3	Wes Unseld	31	80		33.1	3.2	6.1	.523				3.2	6.1	.523	.523	1.2	2.2	.538	3.6	8.4	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.9	7.6
4	Tom Henderson	26	75		30.9	4.5	10.5	.432				4.5	10.5	.432	.432	2.4	3.2	.746	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.7	11.4
5	Mitch Kupchak	23	67		26.3	5.9	11.5	.512				5.9	11.5	.512	.512	4.2	6.0	.697	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	2.7	2.9	15.9
6	Kevin Grevey	24	81		26.2	6.2	13.9	.448				6.2	13.9	.448	.448	3.0	3.8	.789	1.5	2.0	3.6	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.5	15.5
7	Phil Chenier	27	36		26.0	5.6	12.5	.443				5.6	12.5	.443	.443	3.0	3.8	.790	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.5	14.1
8	Larry Wright	23	70		20.9	4.0	8.1	.496				4.0	8.1	.496	.496	1.1	1.5	.710	0.4	1.0	1.5	3.7	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.8	9.2
9	Charles Johnson	28	39		20.7	3.6	8.9	.408				3.6	8.9	.408	.408	1.1	1.3	.824	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.1	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.9	8.3
10	Greg Ballard	23	76		12.3	1.9	4.4	.425				1.9	4.4	.425	.425	1.2	1.5	.772	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.2	4.9
11	Phil Walker	21	40		9.6	1.4	4.0	.354				1.4	4.0	.354	.354	1.6	2.4	.667	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.0	4.5
12	Joe Pace	24	49		8.9	1.4	2.9	.479				1.4	2.9	.479	.479	1.2	1.9	.613	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.8	3.9

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	32	21		41.3	9.0	18.3	.491				9.0	18.3	.491	.491	3.8	6.3	.594	4.9	8.4	13.3	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.8	4.1	21.8
2	Bob Dandridge	30	19		39.3	9.1	18.9	.479				9.1	18.9	.479	.479	3.1	4.4	.690	1.8	4.6	6.5	3.9	1.6	0.7	3.0	4.1	21.2
3	Wes Unseld	31	18		37.6	3.9	7.4	.530				3.9	7.4	.530	.530	1.5	2.6	.587	4.0	8.0	12.0	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	9.4
4	Tom Henderson	26	21		28.4	3.4	8.2	.416				3.4	8.2	.416	.416	2.8	3.8	.734	0.8	1.4	2.2	5.0	1.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	9.6
5	Kevin Grevey	24	21		27.8	6.0	13.5	.444				6.0	13.5	.444	.444	3.5	4.3	.811	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.1	3.4	15.5
6	Mitch Kupchak	23	21		24.0	4.0	9.5	.422				4.0	9.5	.422	.422	2.1	3.3	.652	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.0	2.8	10.1
7	Charles Johnson	28	21		20.2	4.4	10.9	.406				4.4	10.9	.406	.406	1.4	1.8	.784	1.0	1.6	2.5	2.3	1.4	0.0	1.2	2.4	10.2
8	Larry Wright	23	21		19.1	3.6	7.8	.466				3.6	7.8	.466	.466	0.9	1.2	.760	0.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.8	8.1
9	Greg Ballard	23	19		12.8	1.1	3.3	.333				1.1	3.3	.333	.333	1.7	2.2	.780	1.4	2.7	4.2	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.9
10	Joe Pace	24	9		5.8	0.8	1.1	.700				0.8	1.1	.700	.700	1.2	1.7	.733	0.6	1.7	2.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.9	2.8
11	Phil Walker	21	4		4.3	0.3	2.0	.125				0.3	2.0	.125	.125	1.0	1.3	.800	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.5

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	32	81		3246	636	1409	.451				636	1409	.451	.451	326	514	.634	335	740	1075	149	96	159	229	313	1598
2	Bob Dandridge	30	75		2777	560	1190	.471				560	1190	.471	.471	330	419	.788	137	305	442	287	101	44	241	262	1450
3	Wes Unseld	31	80		2644	257	491	.523				257	491	.523	.523	93	173	.538	286	669	955	326	98	45	173	234	607
4	Tom Henderson	26	75		2315	339	784	.432				339	784	.432	.432	179	240	.746	66	127	193	406	93	15	195	131	857
5	Kevin Grevey	24	81		2121	505	1128	.448				505	1128	.448	.448	243	308	.789	124	166	290	155	61	17	159	203	1253
6	Mitch Kupchak	23	67		1759	393	768	.512				393	768	.512	.512	280	402	.697	162	298	460	71	28	42	184	196	1066
7	Larry Wright	23	70		1466	283	570	.496				283	570	.496	.496	76	107	.710	31	71	102	260	68	15	134	195	642
8	Phil Chenier	27	36		937	200	451	.443				200	451	.443	.443	109	138	.790	15	87	102	73	36	9	67	54	509
9	Greg Ballard	23	76		936	142	334	.425				142	334	.425	.425	88	114	.772	102	164	266	62	30	13	64	90	372
10	Charles Johnson	28	39		807	141	346	.408				141	346	.408	.408	42	51	.824	20	73	93	82	31	1	50	76	324
11	Joe Pace	24	49		438	67	140	.479				67	140	.479	.479	57	93	.613	50	84	134	23	12	21	44	86	191
12	Phil Walker	21	40		384	57	161	.354				57	161	.354	.354	64	96	.667	21	31	52	54	14	5	62	39	178
			82		19830	3580	7772	.461				3580	7772	.461	.461	1887	2655	.711	1349	2815	4164	1948	668	386	1613	1879	9047

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	32	21		868	189	385	.491				189	385	.491	.491	79	133	.594	103	176	279	43	32	52	58	86	457
2	Bob Dandridge	30	19		746	172	359	.479				172	359	.479	.479	58	84	.690	35	88	123	74	30	14	57	78	402
3	Wes Unseld	31	18		677	71	134	.530				71	134	.530	.530	27	46	.587	72	144	216	79	17	7	36	62	169
4	Tom Henderson	26	21		597	72	173	.416				72	173	.416	.416	58	79	.734	17	30	47	106	27	5	31	36	202
5	Kevin Grevey	24	21		584	126	284	.444				126	284	.444	.444	73	90	.811	25	36	61	42	11	3	44	71	325
6	Mitch Kupchak	23	21		504	84	199	.422				84	199	.422	.422	45	69	.652	49	78	127	22	4	3	42	58	213
7	Charles Johnson	28	21		425	93	229	.406				93	229	.406	.406	29	37	.784	20	33	53	48	30	0	26	51	215
8	Larry Wright	23	21		402	76	163	.466				76	163	.466	.466	19	25	.760	7	24	31	67	17	2	25	58	171
9	Greg Ballard	23	19		243	21	63	.333				21	63	.333	.333	32	41	.780	27	52	79	18	9	3	14	29	74
10	Joe Pace	24	9		52	7	10	.700				7	10	.700	.700	11	15	.733	5	15	20	1	1	6	5	17	25
11	Phil Walker	21	4		17	1	8	.125				1	8	.125	.125	4	5	.800	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	5	6

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Elvin Hayes	32	81	3246	17.1	.489		.365	10.2	22.7	16.4	6.5	1.3	2.4	12.3	21.6		3.5	4.8	8.3	.123		0.4	0.1	0.6	2.1
2	Bob Dandridge	30	75	2777	16.1	.528		.352	4.9	10.9	7.9	14.7	1.6	0.8	14.9	21.9		4.2	2.6	6.8	.118		0.8	0.3	1.1	2.2
3	Wes Unseld	31	80	2644	14.4	.535		.352	10.6	25.2	17.9	15.3	1.6	0.8	23.4	10.5		2.8	3.9	6.8	.123		1.0	2.0	2.9	3.3
4	Tom Henderson	26	75	2315	12.6	.482		.306	2.8	5.5	4.1	23.2	1.8	0.3	18.0	17.6		1.4	1.7	3.1	.064		-0.5	-0.4	-0.9	0.7
5	Kevin Grevey	24	81	2121	15.5	.496		.273	5.8	7.8	6.8	11.0	1.3	0.4	11.2	25.2		2.9	1.5	4.4	.099		0.4	-1.0	-0.6	0.8
6	Mitch Kupchak	23	67	1759	17.7	.564		.523	9.1	16.9	12.9	5.9	0.7	1.2	16.3	24.1		3.2	1.7	4.9	.134		0.9	-0.9	0.1	0.9
7	Larry Wright	23	70	1466	13.7	.520		.188	2.1	4.8	3.4	25.0	2.1	0.5	17.8	19.3		1.5	1.2	2.7	.088		-0.8	0.2	-0.7	0.5
8	Phil Chenier	27	36	937	14.8	.497		.306	1.6	9.2	5.4	11.3	1.7	0.5	11.6	23.2		1.0	0.8	1.8	.091		-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	0.4
9	Greg Ballard	23	76	936	14.1	.484		.341	10.7	17.5	14.1	8.8	1.4	0.7	14.3	18.0		1.0	1.1	2.0	.104		0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.5
10	Charles Johnson	28	39	807	10.3	.440		.147	2.4	9.0	5.7	14.0	1.7	0.1	11.9	19.5		0.0	0.7	0.7	.041		-2.7	0.0	-2.8	-0.2
11	Joe Pace	24	49	438	13.7	.528		.664	11.2	19.1	15.1	7.0	1.2	2.4	19.6	19.3		0.3	0.6	0.9	.102		-2.3	0.6	-1.7	0.0
12	Phil Walker	21	40	384	9.0	.438		.596	5.4	8.0	6.7	18.6	1.6	0.6	23.4	26.0		-0.7	0.3	-0.4	-0.045		-3.2	-1.4	-4.6	-0.3

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Elvin Hayes	32	21	868	20.3	.515		.345	11.7	20.8	16.2	7.4	1.7	3.2	11.6	22.5		1.4	1.7	3.1	.169		3.7	0.5	4.1	1.3
2	Bob Dandridge	30	19	746	16.8	.508		.234	4.6	12.1	8.3	15.0	1.9	1.0	12.6	23.6		0.8	1.0	1.9	.121		2.5	0.4	2.9	0.9
3	Wes Unseld	31	18	677	14.5	.548		.343	10.5	21.9	16.1	14.8	1.2	0.5	18.9	10.9		1.0	1.1	2.0	.144		2.7	1.0	3.6	1.0
4	Tom Henderson	26	21	597	14.0	.486		.457	2.8	5.2	4.0	23.0	2.1	0.4	13.0	15.6		0.8	0.7	1.5	.117		1.9	0.4	2.3	0.6
5	Kevin Grevey	24	21	584	13.6	.502		.317	4.2	6.3	5.3	10.6	0.9	0.3	12.0	24.5		0.6	0.5	1.1	.093		0.9	-1.6	-0.7	0.2
6	Mitch Kupchak	23	21	504	10.7	.464		.347	9.6	15.9	12.7	6.0	0.4	0.3	15.5	21.0		-0.1	0.6	0.5	.047		-0.8	-2.2	-3.0	-0.1
7	Charles Johnson	28	21	425	14.7	.438		.162	4.6	8.0	6.3	16.8	3.3	0.0	9.6	24.8		0.1	0.6	0.7	.085		0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3
8	Larry Wright	23	21	402	13.6	.491		.153	1.7	6.1	3.9	23.7	2.0	0.3	12.6	19.3		0.4	0.5	0.9	.106		0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2
9	Greg Ballard	23	19	243	13.2	.457		.651	11.0	22.0	16.4	9.2	1.7	0.7	14.7	15.2		0.2	0.4	0.6	.122		0.7	0.5	1.2	0.2
10	Joe Pace	24	9	52	19.7	.753		1.500	9.5	29.7	19.4	2.5	0.9	6.1	23.1	16.2		0.2	0.1	0.3	.257		-0.6	3.8	3.2	0.1
11	Phil Walker	21	4	17	-5.5	.294		.625	5.8	6.0	5.9	14.1	0.0	0.0	22.7	30.2		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.254		-12.3	-5.6	-17.8	-0.1

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