1977-78 Washington Bullets Game Log

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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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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1977-10-21		DET	W	117	109	50	91	.549				17	29	.586		48	34				21	52	108	.481				5	8	.625		41	23				26
2	2	1977-10-22	@	NYK	L	115	141	38	97	.392				39	53	.736		43	22				17	61	105	.581				19	21	.905		53	39				33
3	3	1977-10-28	@	IND	L	127	136	51	95	.537				25	33	.758		49	33	9	3	25	34	48	93	.516				40	48	.833		46	29	10	9	22	33
4	4	1977-10-29	@	KCK	L	106	120	41	82	.500				24	40	.600		40	22				28	51	96	.531				18	25	.720		45	29				36
5	5	1977-11-04		PHO	W	113	96	45	89	.506				23	36	.639	15	48	30	13	2	33	22	45	104	.433				6	12	.500	13	45	28	19	8	28	27
6	6	1977-11-05	@	HOU	L	105	116	41	96	.427				23	31	.742		43	17	8	3	16	28	43	86	.500				30	36	.833		44	30	8	4	20	28
7	7	1977-11-06	@	NOJ	W	108	97	45	103	.437				18	23	.783		51	13			14	23	39	96	.406				19	26	.731		61	16			19	23
8	8	1977-11-10		MIL	L	103	106	38	72	.528				27	43	.628	11	41	24	10	5		27	48	96	.500				10	19	.526	13	41	27	10	5		33
9	9	1977-11-12		PHI	W	116	98	47	87	.540				22	41	.537		54	24				21	41	99	.414				16	25	.640		48	18				32
10	10	1977-11-13	@	DET	L	102	104	41	92	.446				20	25	.800		43	20				15	47	89	.528				10	14	.714		47	22				25
11	11	1977-11-15		SEA	W	111	109	44	88	.500				23	29	.793	10	42	29	15	6	17	24	42	100	.420				25	31	.806	22	57	13		0	18	28
12	12	1977-11-18		NYK	W	123	103	47	93	.505				29	34	.853		43	31				18	46	104	.442				11	16	.688		53	28				28
13	13	1977-11-19	@	KCK	W	131	125	42	102	.412				47	57	.825		60	17				26	51	115	.443				23	33	.697		61	12				42
14	14	1977-11-21	@	BUF	W	114	97	51	105	.486				12	19	.632	19	56	24				21	43	90	.478				11	19	.579	7	42	23				25
15	15	1977-11-22		DEN	L	114	119	47	93	.505				20	30	.667	17	45	22	11	11	21	20	49	97	.505				21	22	.955	14	47	26	10	4	22	29
16	16	1977-11-26		HOU	W	93	91	35	90	.389				23	26	.885		51	22				19	36	100	.360				19	21	.905		55	19				25
17	17	1977-11-30		SAS	W	116	105	47	106	.443				22	34	.647		55	25	11	4	14	18	44	85	.518				17	21	.810		38	29	9	2	14	27
18	18	1977-12-02	@	MIL	W	108	95	49	90	.544				10	20	.500	14	58	33	8	5	28	18	43	99	.434				9	11	.818	6	32	27	7	6	18	24
19	19	1977-12-03		BOS	W	103	93	43	99	.434				17	23	.739		45	29				22	38	94	.404				17	28	.607		48	20				25
20	20	1977-12-04	@	CLE	W	100	94	43	81	.531				14	18	.778	9	43	23	2	9	22	23	40	102	.392				14	16	.875	18	44	20	8	2	12	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1977-12-06	@	CHI	L	108	116	45	94	.479				18	23	.783	16	40	28	9	3	17	23	45	89	.506				26	31	.839	18	52	24	9	4	21	25
22	22	1977-12-07		CLE	W	96	95	40	95	.421				16	22	.727	19	57	20	9	4	20	19	43	96	.448				9	10	.900	8	43	25	7	6	14	20
23	23	1977-12-09		NOJ	W	101	97	37	94	.394				27	45	.600		57	20			13	22	42	105	.400				13	21	.619		52	19			10	31
24	24	1977-12-11		NJN	L	95	106	41	102	.402				13	23	.565		51	22				22	46	100	.460				14	18	.778		64	26				24
25	25	1977-12-13		GSW	W	102	96	43	91	.473				16	21	.762	16	53	27	5	1	18	16	45	90	.500				6	12	.500	7	36	25	10	8	13	24
26	26	1977-12-16	@	DEN	W	117	112	49	95	.516				19	31	.613	8	46	34	11	10	27	24	48	108	.444				16	19	.842	15	51	27	10	3	23	35
27	27	1977-12-17	@	POR	L	104	117	41	94	.436				22	36	.611	15	49	17	8	5	18	22	49	94	.521				19	23	.826	11	51	30	10	4	20	27
28	28	1977-12-18	@	SEA	L	109	111	41	81	.506				27	37	.730	9	42	24	3	6	26	25	47	128	.367				17	22	.773	33	63	26	13	5	17	29
29	29	1977-12-20	@	LAL	L	115	120	49	97	.505				17	27	.630	14	44	24	6	3	19	25	46	84	.548				28	35	.800	5	40	27	9	4	16	30
30	30	1977-12-25		ATL	W	100	93	39	79	.494				22	31	.710		46	18				22	36	94	.383				21	26	.808		40	15				26
31	31	1977-12-26	@	ATL	W	113	106	34	61	.557				45	56	.804		50	22				24	45	101	.446				16	22	.727		36	32				40
32	32	1977-12-28		BUF	W	106	87	44	104	.423				18	39	.462		59	24				25	32	94	.340				23	23	1.000		51	15				28
33	33	1977-12-30	@	PHI	L	119	126	47	111	.423				25	32	.781		52	26				24	52	98	.531				22	27	.815		55	35				30
34	34	1978-01-03		DEN	L	100	101	40	79	.506				20	31	.645	7	44	23	6	8	25	24	44	101	.436				13	21	.619	12	42	24	15	3	13	27
35	35	1978-01-06		IND	W	146	114	59	97	.608				28	39	.718		49	38	10	5	22	21	49	109	.450				16	23	.696		45	25	10	4	24	33
36	36	1978-01-08	@	NJN	W	99	98	36	90	.400				27	34	.794		45	20				23	43	94	.457				12	18	.667		53	24				30
37	37	1978-01-10		KCK	W	123	115	46	94	.489				31	42	.738		49	23	9	3		17	52	100	.520				11	13	.846		38	31	12	2		33
38	38	1978-01-11	@	ATL	L	95	100	37	86	.430				21	38	.553		55	16				25	39	86	.453				22	27	.815		45	27				33
39	39	1978-01-13		POR	W	102	93	43	92	.467				16	23	.696	17	57	19	5	9	17	22	40	97	.412				13	20	.650	13	46	22	11	6	12	27
40	40	1978-01-14	@	BUF	L	93	130	35	91	.385				23	29	.793		48	17				24	55	104	.529				20	24	.833		47	35				26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1978-01-18	@	GSW	L	106	113	44	94	.468				18	22	.818	17	45	28	10	3	19	22	43	82	.524				27	32	.844	9	44	27	13	8	22	25
42	42	1978-01-20	@	LAL	L	99	121	42	103	.408				15	27	.556	18	53	22	12	6	17	25	51	101	.505				19	26	.731	14	57	31	13	4	20	24
43	43	1978-01-22	@	PHO	L	101	114	42	103	.408				17	23	.739	21	52	26	7	3	14	18	48	99	.485				18	22	.818	16	54	26	10	5	11	22
44	44	1978-01-24		DET	L	101	104	40	93	.430				21	28	.750		37	21				29	40	81	.494				24	35	.686		44	20				23
45	45	1978-01-26		CHI	W	135	107	58	105	.552				19	26	.731	19	53	33	9	8	20	28	42	96	.438				23	30	.767	16	37	22	10	2	17	26
46	46	1978-01-29		LAL	W	119	112	46	89	.517				27	42	.643	24	58	19	7	3	24	21	49	94	.521				14	18	.778	7	26	25	18	5	14	27
47	47	1978-01-31	@	SAS	L	109	129	47	104	.452				15	26	.577		52	21	7	3	24	33	48	91	.527				33	38	.868		41	26	7	11	13	24
48	48	1978-02-02	@	CLE	L	93	110	40	92	.435				13	18	.722	9	41	21	10	1	14	25	48	97	.495				14	22	.636	19	59	24	4	3	18	16
49	49	1978-02-03	@	BOS	L	94	116	39	100	.390				16	28	.571		40	19			15	26	46	103	.447				24	30	.800		66	27			14	23
50	50	1978-02-07	@	GSW	L	102	105	39	90	.433				24	32	.750	22	56	27	10	0	32	24	45	93	.484				15	22	.682	11	38	28	16	8	21	27
51	51	1978-02-08	@	SEA	W	106	100	42	107	.393				22	31	.710	23	60	24	6	2	16	21	43	101	.426				14	21	.667	17	56	26	7	7	15	26
52	52	1978-02-12	@	PHO	L	109	121	40	90	.444				29	33	.879	13	53	22	7	2	27	22	55	111	.495				11	19	.579	14	48	35	16	2	14	26
53	53	1978-02-14	@	DEN	L	98	103	42	104	.404				14	18	.778	23	58	29	7	6	14	21	43	93	.462				17	26	.654	17	54	25	7	5	16	21
54	54	1978-02-16		BUF	W	123	109	49	104	.471				25	35	.714		59	30				24	42	92	.457				25	32	.781		45	23				28
55	55	1978-02-17	@	IND	L	111	123	43	101	.426				25	33	.758		60	24	6	3	17	29	48	95	.505				27	42	.643		47	29	9	7	6	26
56	56	1978-02-19		NOJ	W	130	111	54	99	.545				22	37	.595		47	34			12	15	50	101	.495				11	13	.846		48	32			20	29
57	57	1978-02-22		POR	L	97	105	43	92	.467				11	22	.500	15	45	24	6	8	18	23	47	85	.553				11	18	.611	7	35	24	11	3	14	25
58	58	1978-02-24		PHO	W	121	120	50	113	.442				21	29	.724	21	58	23	16	3	24	29	51	104	.490				18	27	.667	10	46	32	11	6	25	27
59	59	1978-02-26		GSW	W	121	110	45	107	.421				31	40	.775	21	55	22	9	5	16	25	44	90	.489				22	26	.846	7	38	19	8	10	17	33
60	60	1978-02-28	@	MIL	L	135	136	50	114	.439				35	50	.700		57	27	5	3		26	55	105	.524				26	39	.667		51	38	8	7		36
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1978-03-01		SAS	W	125	110	50	95	.526				25	34	.735		51	29	10	1	19	22	44	95	.463				22	30	.733		42	24	12	7	19	25
62	62	1978-03-03	@	DET	W	124	108	47	99	.475				30	34	.882		62	21				23	43	117	.368				22	26	.846		50	22				31
63	63	1978-03-05		HOU	W	106	88	41	88	.466				24	29	.828		60	17	5	9		19	40	99	.404				8	10	.800		38	29	10	6		27
64	64	1978-03-10	@	HOU	W	117	114	40	83	.482				37	43	.860		50	17	3	5	19	19	50	108	.463				14	15	.933		46	27	7	9	9	30
65	65	1978-03-11	@	SAS	L	101	116	41	102	.402				19	24	.792		54	21	9	3	22	20	52	104	.500				12	17	.706		47	33	9	10	15	25
66	66	1978-03-14		SEA	W	120	115	47	91	.516				26	37	.703	14	46	20	5	8	20	24	50	106	.472				15	20	.750	18	42	27	11	10	17	34
67	67	1978-03-16	@	CHI	L	107	111	42	78	.538				23	32	.719	3	32	26	9	2	17	27	47	96	.490				17	20	.850	20	52	31	10	0	22	28
68	68	1978-03-17		IND	L	99	105	36	92	.391				27	39	.692		57	18	1	4	31	32	42	104	.404				21	25	.840		47	20	13	2	18	34
69	69	1978-03-19		MIL	L	106	117	42	106	.396				22	27	.815		53	19	5	5		26	48	99	.485				21	27	.778		48	33	9	9		26
70	70	1978-03-21		BOS	W	119	107	44	88	.500				31	41	.756		44	30			17	21	47	92	.511				13	17	.765		42	32			23	26
71	71	1978-03-22	@	NOJ	W	124	109	51	103	.495				22	28	.786		55	29			9	18	50	109	.459				9	14	.643		54	38			11	23
72	72	1978-03-24	@	NJN	W	107	104	37	90	.411				33	39	.846		60	19				25	43	105	.410				18	22	.818		50	29				35
73	73	1978-03-25		ATL	W	98	95	34	75	.453				30	42	.714		45	19				24	39	98	.398				17	22	.773		43	23				37
74	74	1978-03-26		NJN	L	104	118	39	103	.379				26	39	.667		67	24				16	53	106	.500				12	22	.545		50	31				30
75	75	1978-03-29		KCK	L	105	108	40	98	.408				25	32	.781		56	27	10	3		21	47	101	.465				14	16	.875		47	30	12	1		30
76	76	1978-03-30	@	NYK	W	123	108	52	100	.520				19	23	.826		57	25				23	46	109	.422				16	22	.727		44	24				24
77	77	1978-03-31		CLE	L	101	102	43	90	.478				15	28	.536	15	45	24	10	6	20	22	44	101	.436				14	19	.737	22	52	16	9	1	18	26
78	78	1978-04-02		NYK	L	109	114	42	102	.412				25	34	.735		46	17				26	47	92	.511				20	24	.833		47	29				30
79	79	1978-04-05		LAL	W	125	119	52	113	.460				21	27	.778	31	57	26				19	52	82	.634				15	19	.789		29	30				26
80	80	1978-04-06	@	BOS	W	112	103	45	93	.484				22	34	.647		55	21			13	20	44	107	.411				15	22	.682		56	23			16	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1978-04-08	@	PHI	L	114	131	40	101	.396				34	56	.607		61	21			18	31	48	89	.539				35	42	.833		49	34			19	40
82	82	1978-04-09		PHI	W	123	113	49	97	.505				25	31	.806		46	24		1	17	24	48	101	.475				17	22	.773		50	26		4	19	33

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