1977-78 Washington Bullets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 14-7 Won NBA championship
Conference First Round - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-2
Finals - Defeated Seattle Supersonics 4-3
Coach: Dick Motta (44-38)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 446,539, Avg. 10,891 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Washington Bullets Roster
1977-78 Washington Bullets Results

The Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 14-7.

Washington racked up 9,047 points and allowed 8,971. Elvin Hayes scored a team-best 1,598 points for the Bullets, and Bob Dandridge contributed 18 or more per game, too. Elvin Hayes accounted for 1,075 rebounds. Tom Henderson dished out 406 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Bob Dandridge added 101 steals, while Elvin Hayes blocked 159 shots.

Dick Motta coached the team. The 1977-78 Washington Bullets won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	81	0	3246	1409	636			514	326	335	740	1075	149	96	159	229	313	1598
Bob Dandridge	F-G	75	0	2777	1190	560			419	330	137	305	442	287	101	44	241	262	1450
Kevin Grevey	G-F	81	0	2121	1128	505			308	243	124	166	290	155	61	17	159	203	1253
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	67	0	1759	768	393			402	280	162	298	460	71	28	42	184	196	1066
Tom Henderson	G	75	0	2315	784	339			240	179	66	127	193	406	93	15	195	131	857
Larry Wright	G	70	0	1466	570	283			107	76	31	71	102	260	68	15	134	195	642
Wes Unseld	C-F	80	0	2644	491	257			173	93	286	669	955	326	98	45	173	234	607
Phil Chenier	G	36	0	937	451	200			138	109	15	87	102	73	36	9	67	54	509
Greg Ballard	F	76	2	936	334	142			114	88	102	164	266	62	30	13	64	90	372
Charles Johnson	G	39	0	807	346	141			51	42	20	73	93	82	31	1	50	76	324
Joe Pace	C	49	0	438	140	67			93	57	50	84	134	23	12	21	44	86	191
Phil Walker	G	40	0	384	161	57			96	64	21	31	52	54	14	5	62	39	178
Totals		769	2	19830	7772	3580	0	0	2655	1887	1349	2815	4164	1948	668	386	1602	1879	9047

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	81	0	40.1	45.1	63.4	4.1	9.1	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	2.8	3.9	19.7
Bob Dandridge	F-G	75	0	37.0	47.1	78.8	1.8	4.1	5.9	3.8	1.3	0.6	3.2	3.5	19.3
Kevin Grevey	G-F	81	0	26.2	44.8	78.9	1.5	2.0	3.6	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.5	15.5
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	67	0	26.3	51.2	69.7	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	2.7	2.9	15.9
Tom Henderson	G	75	0	30.9	43.2	74.6	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.7	11.4
Larry Wright	G	70	0	20.9	49.6	71.0	0.4	1.0	1.5	3.7	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.8	9.2
Wes Unseld	C-F	80	0	33.1	52.3	53.8	3.6	8.4	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	2.2	2.9	7.6
Phil Chenier	G	36	0	26.0	44.3	79.0	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.5	14.1
Greg Ballard	F	76	2	12.3	42.5	77.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.2	4.9
Charles Johnson	G	39	0	20.7	40.8	82.4	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.1	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.9	8.3
Joe Pace	C	49	0	8.9	47.9	61.3	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.8	3.9
Phil Walker	G	40	0	9.6	35.4	66.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.0	4.5
Averages		769	2	25.8	46.1	71.1	1.8	3.7	5.4	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.1	2.4	11.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	21	868	385	189			133	79	103	176	279	43	32	52	58	86	457
Bob Dandridge	F-G	19	746	359	172			84	58	35	88	123	74	30	14	57	78	402
Kevin Grevey	G-F	21	584	284	126			90	73	25	36	61	42	11	3	44	71	325
Charles Johnson	G	21	425	229	93			37	29	20	33	53	48	30	0	26	51	215
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	21	504	199	84			69	45	49	78	127	22	4	3	42	58	213
Tom Henderson	G	21	597	173	72			79	58	17	30	47	106	27	5	31	36	202
Larry Wright	G	21	402	163	76			25	19	7	24	31	67	17	2	25	58	171
Wes Unseld	C-F	18	677	134	71			46	27	72	144	216	79	17	7	36	62	169
Greg Ballard	F	19	243	63	21			41	32	27	52	79	18	9	3	14	29	74
Joe Pace	C	9	52	10	7			15	11	5	15	20	1	1	6	5	17	25
Phil Walker	G	4	17	8	1			5	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	5	6
Totals		195	5115	2007	912	0	0	624	435	361	677	1038	502	178	95	341	551	2259

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	21	41.3	49.1	59.4	4.9	8.4	13.3	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.8	4.1	21.8
Bob Dandridge	F-G	19	39.3	47.9	69.0	1.8	4.6	6.5	3.9	1.6	0.7	3.0	4.1	21.2
Kevin Grevey	G-F	21	27.8	44.4	81.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.1	3.4	15.5
Charles Johnson	G	21	20.2	40.6	78.4	1.0	1.6	2.5	2.3	1.4	0.0	1.2	2.4	10.2
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	21	24.0	42.2	65.2	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.0	2.8	10.1
Tom Henderson	G	21	28.4	41.6	73.4	0.8	1.4	2.2	5.0	1.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	9.6
Larry Wright	G	21	19.1	46.6	76.0	0.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.8	8.1
Wes Unseld	C-F	18	37.6	53.0	58.7	4.0	8.0	12.0	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	3.4	9.4
Greg Ballard	F	19	12.8	33.3	78.0	1.4	2.7	4.2	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.9
Joe Pace	C	9	5.8	70.0	73.3	0.6	1.7	2.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.9	2.8
Phil Walker	G	4	4.3	12.5	80.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.5
Averages		769	26.2	45.4	69.7	1.9	3.5	5.3	2.6	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.8	11.6