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1978-79 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Dick Motta (54-28)

Executive: Bob Ferry

PTS/G: 114.9 (3rd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (9th of 22)

SRS: 4.75 (2nd of 22) Pace: 106.5 (9th of 22)

Off Rtg: 107.4 (2nd of 22) Def Rtg: 102.7 (8th of 22) Net Rtg: +4.7 (1st of 22)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (2nd of 22)

Arena: Capital Centre

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Div Champs

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		Exp	College
42	Greg Ballard	SF	6-7	215	January 29, 1955	us	1	Oregon
45	Phil Chenier	SG	6-3	180	October 30, 1950	us	7	California
40	Dave Corzine	C	6-11	250	April 25, 1956	us	R	DePaul
10	Bob Dandridge	SF	6-6	195	November 15, 1947	us	9	Norfolk State
35	Kevin Grevey	SF	6-5	210	May 12, 1953	us	3	Kentucky
11	Elvin Hayes	PF	6-9	235	November 17, 1945	us	10	Houston
14	Tom Henderson	PG	6-3	190	January 26, 1952	us	4	Hawaii
15	Charles Johnson	SG	6-0	170	March 31, 1949	us	6	California
25	Mitch Kupchak	PF	6-9	230	May 24, 1954	us	2	UNC
22	Roger Phegley	SG	6-6	205	October 16, 1956	us	R	Bradley
41	Wes Unseld	C	6-7	245	March 14, 1946	us	10	Louisville
32	Larry Wright	PG	6-1	160	November 23, 1954	us	2	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

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	33	82		37.9	8.8	18.0	.487				8.8	18.0	.487	.487	4.3	6.5	.654	3.8	8.3	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	2.9	3.8	21.8
2	Bob Dandridge	31	78		33.7	8.1	16.2	.499				8.1	16.2	.499	.499	4.2	5.1	.825	1.4	4.3	5.7	4.7	0.9	0.7	2.8	3.3	20.4
3	Wes Unseld	32	77		31.2	4.5	7.8	.577				4.5	7.8	.577	.577	2.0	3.1	.643	3.6	7.2	10.8	4.1	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.6	10.9
4	Tom Henderson	27	70		29.7	4.3	9.2	.466				4.3	9.2	.466	.466	2.2	2.8	.800	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.0	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	10.8
5	Kevin Grevey	25	65		28.6	6.4	14.2	.453				6.4	14.2	.453	.453	2.7	3.4	.772	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.4	15.5
6	Mitch Kupchak	24	66		24.3	5.6	10.4	.539				5.6	10.4	.539	.539	3.4	4.5	.743	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	2.1	14.6
7	Larry Wright	24	73		22.7	3.8	8.1	.469				3.8	8.1	.469	.469	1.7	2.3	.744	0.7	1.3	1.9	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.3	9.3
8	Charles Johnson	29	82		22.2	4.2	9.6	.435				4.2	9.6	.435	.435	0.8	1.0	.848	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.2	1.2	0.1	1.1	2.0	9.2
9	Greg Ballard	24	82		18.9	3.2	6.8	.465				3.2	6.8	.465	.465	1.5	2.1	.692	1.7	3.7	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.0	7.8
10	Phil Chenier	28	27		14.3	2.6	5.9	.437				2.6	5.9	.437	.437	0.7	1.0	.643	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.0	5.8
11	Dave Corzine	22	59		9.0	1.1	2.0	.534				1.1	2.0	.534	.534	0.8	1.1	.778	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	3.0
12	Roger Phegley	22	29		5.3	1.0	2.7	.359				1.0	2.7	.359	.359	0.8	1.0	.828	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.8

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	Bob Dandridge	31	19		41.4	9.2	19.4	.473				9.2	19.4	.473	.473	4.8	5.8	.827	2.4	5.0	7.4	5.5	0.7	0.8	3.1	3.7	23.1
2	Elvin Hayes	33	19		41.4	8.9	20.8	.429				8.9	20.8	.429	.429	4.6	6.8	.669	4.9	9.1	14.0	2.0	0.9	2.7	2.9	4.2	22.5
3	Wes Unseld	32	19		38.7	4.1	8.3	.494				4.1	8.3	.494	.494	2.1	3.4	.609	4.7	8.6	13.3	3.4	0.9	0.7	1.6	3.5	10.3
4	Tom Henderson	27	19		29.4	3.4	9.2	.366				3.4	9.2	.366	.366	2.0	2.7	.731	0.8	1.1	1.8	5.6	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.4	8.7
5	Kevin Grevey	25	19		27.7	5.4	13.5	.398				5.4	13.5	.398	.398	2.1	2.8	.755	1.4	1.2	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.4	2.1	3.3	12.8
6	Larry Wright	24	18		18.4	3.4	7.2	.481				3.4	7.2	.481	.481	1.5	1.7	.900	0.7	0.7	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.7	8.4
7	Mitch Kupchak	24	8		17.1	2.6	6.5	.404				2.6	6.5	.404	.404	1.3	1.9	.667	2.0	2.3	4.3	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.5	6.5
8	Greg Ballard	24	19		16.4	2.8	5.3	.525				2.8	5.3	.525	.525	1.6	2.2	.756	1.8	3.1	4.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	7.2
9	Charles Johnson	29	18		15.3	2.2	6.6	.336				2.2	6.6	.336	.336	0.4	0.7	.538	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	2.1	4.8
10	Phil Chenier	28	9		10.8	1.1	5.1	.217				1.1	5.1	.217	.217	0.6	1.2	.455	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.8
11	Dave Corzine	22	12		5.3	0.3	1.3	.267				0.3	1.3	.267	.267	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.1	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.7

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	33	82		3105	720	1477	.487				720	1477	.487	.487	349	534	.654	312	682	994	143	75	190	235	308	1789
2	Bob Dandridge	31	78		2629	629	1260	.499				629	1260	.499	.499	331	401	.825	109	338	447	365	71	57	222	259	1589
3	Wes Unseld	32	77		2406	346	600	.577				346	600	.577	.577	151	235	.643	274	556	830	315	71	37	156	204	843
4	Tom Henderson	27	70		2081	299	641	.466				299	641	.466	.466	156	195	.800	51	112	163	419	87	10	148	123	754
5	Kevin Grevey	25	65		1856	418	922	.453				418	922	.453	.453	173	224	.772	90	142	232	153	46	14	120	159	1009
6	Charles Johnson	29	82		1819	342	786	.435				342	786	.435	.435	67	79	.848	70	132	202	177	95	6	87	161	751
7	Larry Wright	24	73		1658	276	589	.469				276	589	.469	.469	125	168	.744	48	92	140	298	69	13	119	166	677
8	Mitch Kupchak	24	66		1604	369	685	.539				369	685	.539	.539	223	300	.743	152	278	430	88	23	23	120	141	961
9	Greg Ballard	24	82		1552	260	559	.465				260	559	.465	.465	119	172	.692	143	307	450	116	58	30	97	167	639
10	Dave Corzine	22	59		532	63	118	.534				63	118	.534	.534	49	63	.778	52	95	147	49	10	14	53	67	175
11	Phil Chenier	28	27		385	69	158	.437				69	158	.437	.437	18	28	.643	3	17	20	31	4	5	31	28	156
12	Roger Phegley	22	29		153	28	78	.359				28	78	.359	.359	24	29	.828	5	17	22	15	5	2	17	21	80
			82		19780	3819	7873	.485				3819	7873	.485	.485	1785	2428	.735	1309	2768	4077	2169	614	401	1420	1804	9423

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	Bob Dandridge	31	19		787	174	368	.473				174	368	.473	.473	91	110	.827	45	95	140	105	14	15	59	71	439
2	Elvin Hayes	33	19		786	170	396	.429				170	396	.429	.429	87	130	.669	94	172	266	38	17	52	56	79	427
3	Wes Unseld	32	19		736	78	158	.494				78	158	.494	.494	39	64	.609	90	163	253	64	17	14	30	66	195
4	Tom Henderson	27	19		559	64	175	.366				64	175	.366	.366	38	52	.731	15	20	35	107	17	6	40	45	166
5	Kevin Grevey	25	19		527	102	256	.398				102	256	.398	.398	40	53	.755	26	22	48	30	15	7	40	62	244
6	Larry Wright	24	18		331	62	129	.481				62	129	.481	.481	27	30	.900	12	13	25	44	10	4	27	49	151
7	Greg Ballard	24	19		312	53	101	.525				53	101	.525	.525	31	41	.756	34	58	92	17	9	6	20	28	137
8	Charles Johnson	29	18		275	40	119	.336				40	119	.336	.336	7	13	.538	13	21	34	21	3	3	11	37	87
9	Mitch Kupchak	24	8		137	21	52	.404				21	52	.404	.404	10	15	.667	16	18	34	3	2	0	5	12	52
10	Phil Chenier	28	9		97	10	46	.217				10	46	.217	.217	5	11	.455	3	5	8	9	3	0	6	16	25
11	Dave Corzine	22	12		63	4	15	.267				4	15	.267	.267	0	0		12	13	25	5	2	0	4	9	8

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	33	82	3105	19.1	.523		.362	10.3	22.0	16.2	6.3	1.1	3.0	12.1	23.9		4.5	4.9	9.4	.146		1.0	0.2	1.2	2.5
2	Bob Dandridge	31	78	2629	19.0	.553		.318	4.3	12.9	8.6	19.1	1.2	1.1	13.4	24.1		5.8	2.8	8.7	.158		2.6	0.4	3.0	3.4
3	Wes Unseld	32	77	2406	17.8	.599		.392	11.7	23.2	17.5	15.9	1.3	0.8	18.2	13.6		5.3	3.5	8.7	.174		2.8	1.5	4.3	3.8
4	Tom Henderson	27	70	2081	13.9	.519		.304	2.5	5.4	4.0	24.5	1.9	0.2	16.9	16.1		2.7	1.8	4.5	.103		0.4	0.1	0.4	1.3
5	Kevin Grevey	25	65	1856	14.0	.494		.243	5.0	7.7	6.3	11.1	1.1	0.4	10.5	23.5		1.9	1.5	3.4	.087		-0.3	-1.1	-1.4	0.3
6	Charles Johnson	29	82	1819	12.0	.458		.101	4.0	7.3	5.6	12.5	2.4	0.2	9.6	19.1		0.9	1.9	2.8	.074		-1.9	0.8	-1.2	0.4
7	Larry Wright	24	73	1658	13.7	.511		.285	3.0	5.6	4.3	22.5	1.9	0.4	15.2	18.0		2.0	1.5	3.5	.101		-0.3	0.2	-0.1	0.8
8	Mitch Kupchak	24	66	1604	19.4	.588		.438	9.7	17.4	13.6	7.5	0.6	0.7	12.8	22.3		4.2	1.7	5.9	.178		2.6	-0.8	1.9	1.6
9	Greg Ballard	24	82	1552	14.9	.503		.308	9.5	19.8	14.7	9.4	1.7	1.0	13.3	18.0		1.7	2.2	3.9	.120		0.0	0.7	0.7	1.1
10	Dave Corzine	22	59	532	12.5	.600		.534	10.0	17.9	14.0	10.9	0.8	1.3	26.7	14.3		0.5	0.6	1.1	.102		-0.9	0.8	-0.1	0.3
11	Phil Chenier	28	27	385	7.2	.458		.177	0.8	4.4	2.6	10.2	0.5	0.6	15.4	20.0		-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.014		-3.5	-1.7	-5.2	-0.3
12	Roger Phegley	22	29	153	9.8	.441		.372	3.4	11.1	7.3	12.5	1.5	0.6	15.8	26.9		-0.2	0.2	0.0	.001		-4.2	-0.6	-4.8	-0.1

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	Bob Dandridge	31	19	787	19.1	.527		.299	5.5	12.4	8.9	21.4	0.9	1.0	12.4	23.8		1.8	0.6	2.5	.150		4.2	0.4	4.6	1.3
2	Elvin Hayes	33	19	786	19.2	.471		.328	11.5	22.6	16.8	7.7	1.1	3.4	11.0	25.5		0.8	1.2	2.0	.123		2.0	0.3	2.4	0.9
3	Wes Unseld	32	19	736	15.4	.524		.405	11.8	22.8	17.1	11.8	1.1	1.0	13.9	11.6		1.2	1.0	2.2	.141		2.0	1.3	3.2	1.0
4	Tom Henderson	27	19	559	10.2	.419		.297	2.6	3.7	3.1	26.2	1.5	0.6	16.8	16.7		0.0	0.3	0.3	.022		-0.9	-0.6	-1.5	0.1
5	Kevin Grevey	25	19	527	9.6	.437		.207	4.7	4.3	4.5	8.8	1.4	0.7	12.5	23.8		-0.2	0.3	0.0	.004		-2.2	-1.0	-3.2	-0.2
6	Larry Wright	24	18	331	13.7	.531		.233	3.5	4.1	3.8	20.2	1.5	0.6	16.0	20.1		0.5	0.2	0.6	.093		-0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
7	Greg Ballard	24	19	312	18.3	.575		.406	10.5	19.2	14.7	8.1	1.4	1.0	14.4	17.5		0.7	0.4	1.1	.164		2.8	0.8	3.6	0.4
8	Charles Johnson	29	18	275	5.4	.349		.109	4.5	7.9	6.2	10.9	0.5	0.6	8.1	19.4		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.035		-4.9	-1.1	-6.1	-0.3
9	Mitch Kupchak	24	8	137	11.9	.444		.288	11.2	13.6	12.3	3.2	0.7	0.0	7.9	18.3		0.1	0.1	0.2	.073		-0.2	-2.0	-2.1	0.0
10	Phil Chenier	28	9	97	-1.4	.246		.239	3.0	5.3	4.1	12.5	1.5	0.0	10.6	23.0		-0.4	0.1	-0.4	-0.179		-9.5	-2.2	-11.7	-0.2
11	Dave Corzine	22	12	63	7.8	.267		.000	18.3	21.3	19.7	10.2	1.5	0.0	21.1	11.9		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.003		-2.6	-0.6	-3.2	0.0

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