1976-77 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results

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Record: 48-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Dick Motta (48-34)

Executive: Bob Ferry

PTS/G: 105.5 (13th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (6th of 22)

SRS: 0.90 (10th of 22) Pace: 105.9 (16th of 22)

Off Rtg: 99.3 (14th of 22) Def Rtg: 98.4 (8th of 22) Net Rtg: +1.0 (8th of 22)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (8th of 22)

Arena: Capital Centre

NBA 1977 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 22, 1976	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		84	103	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 23, 1976	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		98	97	1	1	W 1
3	Wed, Oct 27, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		93	96	1	2	L 1
4	Fri, Oct 29, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		93	111	1	3	L 2
5	Sat, Oct 30, 1976	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		92	105	1	4	L 3
6	Wed, Nov 3, 1976	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		117	105	2	4	W 1
7	Fri, Nov 5, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		107	104	3	4	W 2	15,040
8	Sat, Nov 6, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		109	103	4	4	W 3	17,502
9	Tue, Nov 9, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	106	4	5	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 10, 1976	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		116	103	5	5	W 1
11	Fri, Nov 12, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	143	5	6	L 1
12	Sat, Nov 13, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	114	5	7	L 2
13	Wed, Nov 17, 1976	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		111	97	6	7	W 1
14	Sat, Nov 20, 1976	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		109	103	7	7	W 2
15	Tue, Nov 23, 1976	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		96	117	7	8	L 1
16	Thu, Nov 25, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		98	104	7	9	L 2
17	Sat, Nov 27, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		95	103	7	10	L 3
18	Sun, Nov 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		116	117	7	11	L 4
19	Tue, Nov 30, 1976	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		102	109	7	12	L 5
20	Thu, Dec 2, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		102	90	8	12	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 4, 1976	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		100	95	9	12	W 2
22	Wed, Dec 8, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		99	109	9	13	L 1
23	Fri, Dec 10, 1976	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		98	88	10	13	W 1
24	Wed, Dec 15, 1976	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		104	100	11	13	W 2
25	Fri, Dec 17, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		99	88	12	13	W 3
26	Sat, Dec 18, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		110	115	12	14	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 22, 1976	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		90	111	12	15	L 2
28	Thu, Dec 23, 1976	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		116	118	12	16	L 3
29	Sat, Dec 25, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	99	13	16	W 1
30	Sun, Dec 26, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		100	109	13	17	L 1
31	Tue, Dec 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		117	111	14	17	W 1
32	Wed, Dec 29, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		96	92	15	17	W 2
33	Sat, Jan 1, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		104	89	16	17	W 3
34	Wed, Jan 5, 1977	Box Score		New York Nets	W		107	92	17	17	W 4
35	Fri, Jan 7, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		99	89	18	17	W 5
36	Sat, Jan 8, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	114	18	18	L 1
37	Tue, Jan 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		120	109	19	18	W 1
38	Wed, Jan 12, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		85	99	19	19	L 1
39	Fri, Jan 14, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		94	89	20	19	W 1
40	Sat, Jan 15, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		113	107	21	19	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 19, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		91	87	22	19	W 3
42	Fri, Jan 21, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		99	88	23	19	W 4
43	Sun, Jan 23, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		119	108	24	19	W 5
44	Wed, Jan 26, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		106	95	25	19	W 6
45	Sat, Jan 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		108	107	26	19	W 7
46	Sun, Jan 30, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		112	98	27	19	W 8
47	Wed, Feb 2, 1977	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		105	119	27	20	L 1
48	Fri, Feb 4, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	106	28	20	W 1
49	Sat, Feb 5, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	104	29	20	W 2
50	Tue, Feb 8, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		104	128	29	21	L 1
51	Thu, Feb 10, 1977	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		109	103	30	21	W 1
52	Fri, Feb 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		106	120	30	22	L 1
53	Tue, Feb 15, 1977	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		126	114	31	22	W 1
54	Wed, Feb 16, 1977	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	92	32	22	W 2	12,565
55	Fri, Feb 18, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		97	107	32	23	L 1
56	Sat, Feb 19, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		105	95	33	23	W 1
57	Sun, Feb 20, 1977	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	108	33	24	L 1
58	Wed, Feb 23, 1977	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		109	101	34	24	W 1
59	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		105	102	35	24	W 2
60	Sun, Feb 27, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		117	105	36	24	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 2, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W	OT	115	113	37	24	W 4
62	Fri, Mar 4, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		99	100	37	25	L 1
63	Sat, Mar 5, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		117	105	38	25	W 1
64	Sun, Mar 6, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		118	110	39	25	W 2
65	Wed, Mar 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	109	39	26	L 1
66	Fri, Mar 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		91	94	39	27	L 2
67	Sun, Mar 13, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		119	122	39	28	L 3
68	Tue, Mar 15, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		99	101	39	29	L 4
69	Wed, Mar 16, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		96	100	39	30	L 5
70	Sun, Mar 20, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		135	116	40	30	W 1
71	Wed, Mar 23, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		95	90	41	30	W 2
72	Fri, Mar 25, 1977	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		122	97	42	30	W 3	15,040
73	Sat, Mar 26, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		98	92	43	30	W 4
74	Sun, Mar 27, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		95	109	43	31	L 1
75	Tue, Mar 29, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		116	122	43	32	L 2
76	Wed, Mar 30, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		110	103	44	32	W 1
77	Fri, Apr 1, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		85	91	44	33	L 1
78	Sun, Apr 3, 1977	Box Score		New York Nets	W		115	97	45	33	W 1
79	Tue, Apr 5, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	OT	119	113	46	33	W 2
80	Wed, Apr 6, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		97	96	47	33	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	125	47	34	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 10, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		131	121	48	34	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 13, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	100	1	0	W 1	11,240
2	Fri, Apr 15, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		83	91	1	1	L 1	19,545
3	Sun, Apr 17, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	98	2	1	W 1	10,488
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Tue, Apr 19, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		111	101	3	1	W 2	15,458
5	Thu, Apr 21, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	OT	118	124	3	2	L 1	15,676
6	Sun, Apr 24, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		93	90	4	2	W 1	16,842
7	Tue, Apr 26, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		103	107	4	3	L 1	19,035
8	Fri, Apr 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		115	123	4	4	L 2	15,676
9	Sun, May 1, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		103	108	4	5	L 3	12,393

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