1976-77 Washington Bullets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-34
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Cleveland Cavaliers 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Houston Rockets 4-2
Coach: Dick Motta (48-34)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 467,745, Avg. 11,408 in 41 home dates

1976-77 Washington Bullets Roster
1976-77 Washington Bullets Results

The Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Bullets scored 8,650 points and yielded 8,566. Elvin Hayes scored a team-best 1,942 points for Washington, while Phil Chenier netted 17 or more per game, too. Elvin Hayes contributed 1,029 rebounds. Wes Unseld dished out 363 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Phil Chenier added 120 steals, and Elvin Hayes blocked 220 shots.

Dick Motta coached the team. The 1976-77 Washington Bullets lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	82	3364	1516	760			614	422	289	740	1029	158	87	220	312	1942
Phil Chenier	G	78	2842	1472	654			321	270	56	243	299	294	120	39	166	1578
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	82	1513	596	341			246	170	183	311	494	62	22	34	204	852
Dave Bing	G	64	1516	597	271			176	136	54	89	143	275	61	5	150	678
Truck Robinson	F-C	41	1328	552	264			189	128	119	247	366	45	28	18	123	656
Wes Unseld	C-F	82	2860	551	270			166	100	243	634	877	363	87	45	253	640
Larry Wright	G	78	1421	595	262			115	88	32	66	98	232	55	5	170	612
Kevin Grevey	G-F	76	1306	530	224			119	79	73	105	178	68	29	9	148	527
Tom Henderson	G	41	1223	373	175			145	107	25	90	115	212	59	9	74	457
Leonard Gray	F	58	996	330	144			80	59	61	125	186	69	31	18	189	347
Bob Weiss	G	62	768	133	62			37	29	15	54	69	130	53	7	66	153
Mike Riordan	G-F	49	289	94	34			15	11	7	20	27	20	3	2	33	79
Joe Pace	C	30	119	55	24			29	16	16	18	34	4	2	17	29	64
Nick Weatherspoon	F	11	152	76	27			8	5	11	13	24	2	3	5	19	59
Jimmy Jones	G-F	3	33	9	2			4	2	1	3	4	1	2	0	4	6
Totals		837	19730	7479	3514	0	0	2264	1622	1185	2758	3943	1935	642	433	1940	8650

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	82	41.0	50.1	68.7	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	23.7
Phil Chenier	G	78	36.4	44.4	84.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	20.2
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	82	18.5	57.2	69.1	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.8	0.3	0.4	2.5	10.4
Dave Bing	G	64	23.7	45.4	77.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	10.6
Truck Robinson	F-C	41	32.4	47.8	67.7	2.9	6.0	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	3.0	16.0
Wes Unseld	C-F	82	34.9	49.0	60.2	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.4	1.1	0.5	3.1	7.8
Larry Wright	G	78	18.2	44.0	76.5	0.4	0.8	1.3	3.0	0.7	0.1	2.2	7.8
Kevin Grevey	G-F	76	17.2	42.3	66.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	1.9	6.9
Tom Henderson	G	41	29.8	46.9	73.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.2	1.4	0.2	1.8	11.1
Leonard Gray	F	58	17.2	43.6	73.8	1.1	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.5	0.3	3.3	6.0
Bob Weiss	G	62	12.4	46.6	78.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.1	2.5
Mike Riordan	G-F	49	5.9	36.2	73.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.6
Joe Pace	C	30	4.0	43.6	55.2	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.0	2.1
Nick Weatherspoon	F	11	13.8	35.5	62.5	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.7	5.4
Jimmy Jones	G-F	3	11.0	22.2	50.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.0
Averages		837	23.6	47.0	71.6	1.4	3.3	4.7	2.3	0.8	0.5	2.3	10.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Phil Chenier	G	9	360	189	90			56	45	8	32	40	23	15	4	16	225
Elvin Hayes	F-C	9	405	173	74			59	41	29	93	122	17	10	22	39	189
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	9	252	90	53			59	40	28	40	68	10	2	3	34	146
Tom Henderson	G	9	322	108	48			36	26	8	12	20	63	11	2	24	122
Kevin Grevey	G-F	9	225	88	36			23	15	10	6	16	8	2	5	20	87
Wes Unseld	C-F	9	368	54	30			12	7	24	81	105	44	8	6	32	67
Larry Wright	G	8	104	39	19			21	15	1	6	7	16	7	1	18	53
Dave Bing	G	8	55	32	14			4	4	3	3	6	5	0	1	5	32
Leonard Gray	F	8	52	21	6			0	0	2	7	9	1	2	0	12	12
Bob Weiss	G	4	34	5	3			1	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	5	6
Mike Riordan	G-F	2	8	2	0			0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
Totals		84	2185	801	373	0	0	271	193	114	284	398	190	58	44	206	939

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Phil Chenier	G	9	40.0	47.6	80.4	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.6	1.7	0.4	1.8	25.0
Elvin Hayes	F-C	9	45.0	42.8	69.5	3.2	10.3	13.6	1.9	1.1	2.4	4.3	21.0
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	9	28.0	58.9	67.8	3.1	4.4	7.6	1.1	0.2	0.3	3.8	16.2
Tom Henderson	G	9	35.8	44.4	72.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.2	2.7	13.6
Kevin Grevey	G-F	9	25.0	40.9	65.2	1.1	0.7	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.6	2.2	9.7
Wes Unseld	C-F	9	40.9	55.6	58.3	2.7	9.0	11.7	4.9	0.9	0.7	3.6	7.4
Larry Wright	G	8	13.0	48.7	71.4	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.0	0.9	0.1	2.3	6.6
Dave Bing	G	8	6.9	43.8	100.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.6	4.0
Leonard Gray	F	8	6.5	28.6		0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.5
Bob Weiss	G	4	8.5	60.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.5
Mike Riordan	G-F	2	4.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		837	26.0	46.6	71.2	1.4	3.4	4.7	2.3	0.7	0.5	2.5	11.2