1977-78 Washington Bullets Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1977-10-21		DET	W	117	109				.319		.564	53.9	68.0			.549			.187	.481			.046
2	2	1977-10-22	@	NYK	L	115	141				.546		.478	44.8	57.9			.392			.402	.581			.181
3	3	1977-10-28	@	IND	L	127	136				.347		.580	51.6	64.7		3.2	.537	18.6		.263	.516	16.2		.430
4	4	1977-10-29	@	KCK	L	106	120				.488		.532	47.1	53.7			.500			.293	.531			.188
5	5	1977-11-04		PHO	W	113	96	94.0	79.9	120.2	.404		.539	51.6	66.7	10.8	1.9	.506	23.9	31.9	.258	.433	20.4	71.7	.058
6	6	1977-11-05	@	HOU	L	105	116				.323		.479	49.4	41.5		3.5	.427	12.7		.240	.500	16.4		.349
7	7	1977-11-06	@	NOJ	W	108	97				.223		.477	45.5	28.9			.437	11.0		.175	.406	15.0		.198
8	8	1977-11-10		MIL	L	103	106				.597		.566	50.0	63.2		5.2	.528		28.2	.375	.500		69.8	.104
9	9	1977-11-12		PHI	W	116	98				.471		.552	52.9	51.1			.540			.253	.414			.162
10	10	1977-11-13	@	DET	L	102	104				.272		.495	47.8	48.8			.446			.217	.528			.112
11	11	1977-11-15		SEA	W	111	109	105.1	103.2	105.6	.330		.551	42.4	65.9	14.2	6.0	.500	14.4	22.2	.261	.420	13.7	59.3	.250
12	12	1977-11-18		NYK	W	123	103				.366		.570	44.8	66.0			.505			.312	.442			.106
13	13	1977-11-19	@	KCK	W	131	125				.559		.515	49.6	40.5			.412			.461	.443			.200
14	14	1977-11-21	@	BUF	W	114	97				.181		.503	57.1	47.1			.486		35.2	.114	.478		84.1	.122
15	15	1977-11-22		DEN	L	114	119	103.7	108.2	110.0	.323		.537	48.9	46.8	10.0	11.3	.505	16.5	34.0	.215	.505	17.1	66.7	.216
16	16	1977-11-26		HOU	W	93	91				.289		.458	48.1	62.9			.389			.256	.360			.190
17	17	1977-11-30		SAS	W	116	105				.321		.479	59.1	53.2		4.7	.443	10.4		.208	.518	12.9		.200
18	18	1977-12-02	@	MIL	W	108	95	96.1	84.5	112.4	.222		.547	64.4	67.3	7.1	5.1	.544	22.1	35.0	.111	.434	14.8	88.0	.091
19	19	1977-12-03		BOS	W	103	93				.232		.472	48.4	67.4			.434			.172	.404			.181
20	20	1977-12-04	@	CLE	W	100	94	101.4	95.3	98.6	.222		.562	49.4	53.5	2.0	8.8	.531	19.8	25.7	.173	.392	9.9	65.4	.137
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1977-12-06	@	CHI	L	108	116	105.0	112.8	102.8	.245		.519	43.5	62.2	8.8	3.4	.479	14.0	32.0	.191	.506	17.0	57.1	.292
22	22	1977-12-07		CLE	W	96	95	92.7	91.7	103.6	.232		.459	57.0	50.0	8.7	4.2	.421	16.0	35.2	.168	.448	12.2	82.6	.094
23	23	1977-12-09		NOJ	W	101	97				.479		.444	52.3	54.1			.394	10.3		.287	.400	8.0		.124
24	24	1977-12-11		NJN	L	95	106				.225		.424	44.3	53.7			.402			.127	.460			.140
25	25	1977-12-13		GSW	W	102	96	102.4	96.3	99.6	.231		.509	59.6	62.8	5.0	1.1	.473	15.2	35.6	.176	.500	12.0	84.1	.067
26	26	1977-12-16	@	DEN	W	117	112	95.2	91.1	111.3	.326		.538	47.4	69.4	8.9	9.3	.516	19.9	18.2	.200	.444	16.5	71.7	.148
27	27	1977-12-17	@	POR	L	104	117	93.5	105.2	111.2	.383		.473	49.0	41.5	7.2	5.3	.436	14.1	27.3	.234	.521	16.1	75.6	.202
28	28	1977-12-18	@	SEA	L	109	111	98.0	99.8	100.7	.457		.560	40.0	58.5	2.7	4.7	.506	21.1	23.1	.333	.367	11.0	50.0	.133
29	29	1977-12-20	@	LAL	L	115	120	104.4	108.9	110.2	.278		.528	52.4	49.0	5.4	3.6	.505	14.9	28.6	.175	.548	13.9	85.7	.333
30	30	1977-12-25		ATL	W	100	93				.392		.540	53.5	46.2			.494			.278	.383			.223
31	31	1977-12-26	@	ATL	W	113	106				.918		.660	58.1	64.7			.557			.738	.446			.158
32	32	1977-12-28		BUF	W	106	87				.375		.437	53.6	54.5			.423			.173	.340			.245
33	33	1977-12-30	@	PHI	L	119	126				.288		.476	48.6	55.3			.423			.225	.531			.224
34	34	1978-01-03		DEN	L	100	101	92.6	93.5	108.0	.392		.540	51.2	57.5	5.6	7.9	.506	21.3	18.9	.253	.436	10.5	75.5	.129
35	35	1978-01-06		IND	W	146	114				.402		.639	52.1	64.4		4.6	.608	16.2		.289	.450	16.8		.147
36	36	1978-01-08	@	NJN	W	99	98				.378		.472	45.9	55.6			.400			.300	.457			.128
37	37	1978-01-10		KCK	W	123	115				.447		.547	56.3	50.0		3.0	.489			.330	.520			.110
38	38	1978-01-11	@	ATL	L	95	100				.442		.462	55.0	43.2			.430			.244	.453			.256
39	39	1978-01-13		POR	W	102	93	100.8	91.9	101.2	.250		.499	55.3	44.2	4.9	9.3	.467	14.3	34.0	.174	.412	10.2	75.5	.134
40	40	1978-01-14	@	BUF	L	93	130				.319		.448	50.5	48.6			.385			.253	.529			.192
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1978-01-18	@	GSW	L	106	113	100.5	107.1	105.5	.234		.511	50.6	63.6	9.5	3.7	.468	15.5	32.7	.191	.524	18.6	75.7	.329
42	42	1978-01-20	@	LAL	L	99	121	87.0	106.3	113.8	.262		.431	48.2	52.4	10.5	5.9	.408	12.9	29.5	.146	.505	15.1	71.4	.188
43	43	1978-01-22	@	PHO	L	101	114	99.4	112.2	101.6	.223		.446	49.1	61.9	6.9	3.0	.408	11.0	35.6	.165	.485	9.2	66.0	.182
44	44	1978-01-24		DET	L	101	104				.301		.479	45.7	52.5			.430			.226	.494			.296
45	45	1978-01-26		CHI	W	135	107	123.8	98.2	109.0	.248		.580	58.9	56.9	8.3	8.3	.552	14.7	47.5	.181	.438	13.5	68.0	.240
46	46	1978-01-29		LAL	W	119	112	112.7	106.1	105.5	.472		.554	69.0	41.3	6.6	3.2	.517	18.3	55.8	.303	.521	12.1	82.9	.149
47	47	1978-01-31	@	SAS	L	109	129				.250		.472	55.9	44.7		3.3	.452	17.2		.144	.527	10.8		.363
48	48	1978-02-02	@	CLE	L	93	110	89.7	106.2	103.6	.196		.465	41.0	52.5	9.7	1.0	.435	12.3	18.4	.141	.495	14.4	62.7	.144
49	49	1978-02-03	@	BOS	L	94	116				.280		.418	37.7	48.7			.390	11.8		.160	.447	10.8		.233
50	50	1978-02-07	@	GSW	L	102	105	92.5	95.2	110.3	.356		.490	59.6	69.2	9.1	0.0	.433	23.5	44.9	.267	.484	17.0	75.6	.161
51	51	1978-02-08	@	SEA	W	106	100	98.9	93.3	107.2	.290		.439	51.7	57.1	5.6	2.0	.393	11.7	37.1	.206	.426	12.0	68.5	.139
52	52	1978-02-12	@	PHO	L	109	121	93.8	104.1	116.2	.367		.521	52.5	55.0	6.0	1.8	.444	20.5	27.7	.322	.495	10.5	74.1	.099
53	53	1978-02-14	@	DEN	L	98	103	97.2	102.1	100.8	.173		.438	51.8	69.0	6.9	6.5	.404	11.1	38.3	.135	.462	13.3	67.3	.183
54	54	1978-02-16		BUF	W	123	109				.337		.515	56.7	61.2			.471			.240	.457			.272
55	55	1978-02-17	@	IND	L	111	123				.327		.480	56.1	55.8		3.2	.426	12.8		.248	.505	5.0		.284
56	56	1978-02-19		NOJ	W	130	111				.374		.564	49.5	63.0			.545	9.4		.222	.495	15.8		.109
57	57	1978-02-22		POR	L	97	105	97.5	105.5	99.5	.239		.477	56.3	55.8	6.0	9.4	.467	15.0	34.9	.120	.553	13.1	81.1	.129
58	58	1978-02-24		PHO	W	121	120	96.2	95.4	113.9	.257		.481	55.8	46.0	12.7	2.9	.442	16.0	36.8	.186	.490	17.7	78.7	.173
59	59	1978-02-26		GSW	W	121	110	109.4	99.5	110.6	.374		.486	59.1	48.9	8.1	5.6	.421	11.4	40.4	.290	.489	14.4	82.9	.244
60	60	1978-02-28	@	MIL	L	135	136				.439		.496	52.8	54.0		2.9	.439			.307	.524			.248
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1978-03-01		SAS	W	125	110				.358		.568	54.8	58.0		1.1	.526	14.7		.263	.463	14.9		.232
62	62	1978-03-03	@	DET	W	124	108				.343		.544	55.4	44.7			.475			.303	.368			.188
63	63	1978-03-05		HOU	W	106	88				.330		.526	61.2	41.5		9.1	.466			.273	.404			.081
64	64	1978-03-10	@	HOU	W	117	114				.518		.574	52.1	42.5		4.6	.482	15.7		.446	.463	7.3		.130
65	65	1978-03-11	@	SAS	L	101	116				.235		.449	53.5	51.2		2.9	.402	16.3		.186	.500	11.9		.115
66	66	1978-03-14		SEA	W	120	115	110.2	105.6	108.9	.407		.559	52.3	42.6	4.6	7.5	.516	15.7	36.8	.286	.472	12.9	64.0	.142
67	67	1978-03-16	@	CHI	L	107	111	102.3	106.2	104.5	.410		.581	38.1	61.9	8.6	2.1	.538	15.6	8.6	.295	.490	17.4	59.2	.177
68	68	1978-03-17		IND	L	99	105				.424		.453	54.8	50.0		3.8	.391	22.1		.293	.404	13.5		.202
69	69	1978-03-19		MIL	L	106	117				.255		.450	52.5	45.2		5.1	.396			.208	.485			.212
70	70	1978-03-21		BOS	W	119	107				.466		.561	51.2	68.2			.500	13.8		.352	.511	18.8		.141
71	71	1978-03-22	@	NOJ	W	124	109				.272		.538	50.5	56.9			.495	7.2		.214	.459	8.7		.083
72	72	1978-03-24	@	NJN	W	107	104				.433		.499	54.5	51.4			.411			.367	.410			.171
73	73	1978-03-25		ATL	W	98	95				.560		.524	51.1	55.9			.453			.400	.398			.173
74	74	1978-03-26		NJN	L	104	118				.379		.433	57.3	61.5			.379			.252	.500			.113
75	75	1978-03-29		KCK	L	105	108				.327		.468	54.4	67.5		3.0	.408			.255	.465			.139
76	76	1978-03-30	@	NYK	W	123	108				.230		.558	56.4	48.1			.520			.190	.422			.147
77	77	1978-03-31		CLE	L	101	102	98.4	99.4	102.6	.311		.494	46.4	55.8	9.7	5.9	.478	16.4	33.3	.167	.436	14.1	57.7	.139
78	78	1978-04-02		NYK	L	109	114				.333		.466	49.5	40.5			.412			.245	.511			.217
79	79	1978-04-05		LAL	W	125	119				.239		.500	66.3	50.0			.460			.186	.634			.183
80	80	1978-04-06	@	BOS	W	112	103				.366		.519	49.5	46.7			.484	10.7		.237	.411	12.1		.140
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1978-04-08	@	PHI	L	114	131				.554		.454	55.5	52.5			.396	12.5		.337	.539	15.0		.393
82	82	1978-04-09		PHI	W	123	113				.320		.556	47.9	49.0		1.0	.505	13.3		.258	.475	14.7		.168

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