1977-78 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 21, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		117	109	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 22, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		115	141	1	1	L 1
3	Fri, Oct 28, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		127	136	1	2	L 2
4	Sat, Oct 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		106	120	1	3	L 3
5	Fri, Nov 4, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		113	96	2	3	W 1
6	Sat, Nov 5, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		105	116	2	4	L 1
7	Sun, Nov 6, 1977	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		108	97	3	4	W 1
8	Thu, Nov 10, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	106	3	5	L 1
9	Sat, Nov 12, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		116	98	4	5	W 1
10	Sun, Nov 13, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		102	104	4	6	L 1
11	Tue, Nov 15, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		111	109	5	6	W 1
12	Fri, Nov 18, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	103	6	6	W 2
13	Sat, Nov 19, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W	OT	131	125	7	6	W 3
14	Mon, Nov 21, 1977	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		114	97	8	6	W 4
15	Tue, Nov 22, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		114	119	8	7	L 1
16	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		93	91	9	7	W 1
17	Wed, Nov 30, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		116	105	10	7	W 2
18	Fri, Dec 2, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		108	95	11	7	W 3
19	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		103	93	12	7	W 4	18,424
20	Sun, Dec 4, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		100	94	13	7	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 6, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		108	116	13	8	L 1
22	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		96	95	14	8	W 1
23	Fri, Dec 9, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		101	97	15	8	W 2
24	Sun, Dec 11, 1977	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		95	106	15	9	L 1
25	Tue, Dec 13, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		102	96	16	9	W 1
26	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W	OT	117	112	17	9	W 2
27	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		104	117	17	10	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 18, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	109	111	17	11	L 2
29	Tue, Dec 20, 1977	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	120	17	12	L 3
30	Sun, Dec 25, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		100	93	18	12	W 1
31	Mon, Dec 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		113	106	19	12	W 2
32	Wed, Dec 28, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		106	87	20	12	W 3
33	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		119	126	20	13	L 1
34	Tue, Jan 3, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		100	101	20	14	L 2
35	Fri, Jan 6, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		146	114	21	14	W 1
36	Sun, Jan 8, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		99	98	22	14	W 2
37	Tue, Jan 10, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		123	115	23	14	W 3
38	Wed, Jan 11, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		95	100	23	15	L 1			at Charlotte, NC
39	Fri, Jan 13, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		102	93	24	15	W 1
40	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		93	130	24	16	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 18, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		106	113	24	17	L 2
42	Fri, Jan 20, 1978	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		99	121	24	18	L 3
43	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		101	114	24	19	L 4
44	Tue, Jan 24, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		101	104	24	20	L 5
45	Thu, Jan 26, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		135	107	25	20	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		119	112	26	20	W 2
47	Tue, Jan 31, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		109	129	26	21	L 1
48	Thu, Feb 2, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		93	110	26	22	L 2
49	Fri, Feb 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	116	26	23	L 3	12,206
50	Tue, Feb 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		102	105	26	24	L 4
51	Wed, Feb 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	100	27	24	W 1
52	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		109	121	27	25	L 1
53	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		98	103	27	26	L 2
54	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		123	109	28	26	W 1
55	Fri, Feb 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		111	123	28	27	L 1
56	Sun, Feb 19, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		130	111	29	27	W 1
57	Wed, Feb 22, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		97	105	29	28	L 1
58	Fri, Feb 24, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	OT	121	120	30	28	W 1
59	Sun, Feb 26, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		121	110	31	28	W 2
60	Tue, Feb 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	135	136	31	29	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 1, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		125	110	32	29	W 1
62	Fri, Mar 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	108	33	29	W 2
63	Sun, Mar 5, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		106	88	34	29	W 3
64	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		117	114	35	29	W 4
65	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		101	116	35	30	L 1
66	Tue, Mar 14, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		120	115	36	30	W 1
67	Thu, Mar 16, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		107	111	36	31	L 1
68	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		99	105	36	32	L 2
69	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	117	36	33	L 3
70	Tue, Mar 21, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		119	107	37	33	W 1	17,252
71	Wed, Mar 22, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		124	109	38	33	W 2
72	Fri, Mar 24, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		107	104	39	33	W 3
73	Sat, Mar 25, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		98	95	40	33	W 4
74	Sun, Mar 26, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		104	118	40	34	L 1
75	Wed, Mar 29, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	L	OT	105	108	40	35	L 2
76	Thu, Mar 30, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	108	41	35	W 1
77	Fri, Mar 31, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		101	102	41	36	L 1
78	Sun, Apr 2, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		109	114	41	37	L 2
79	Wed, Apr 5, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		125	119	42	37	W 1
80	Thu, Apr 6, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		112	103	43	37	W 2	10,755		at Providence, RI
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		114	131	43	38	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 9, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	113	44	38	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 12, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		103	94	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	107	103	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Sun, Apr 16, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		103	114	2	1	L 1
4	Tue, Apr 18, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		121	117	3	1	W 1
5	Fri, Apr 21, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		118	105	4	1	W 2
6	Sun, Apr 23, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		98	95	5	1	W 3
7	Tue, Apr 25, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		105	116	5	2	L 1
8	Fri, Apr 28, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		103	100	6	2	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
9	Sun, Apr 30, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	122	117	7	2	W 2
10	Wed, May 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	110	7	3	L 1
11	Fri, May 5, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	108	8	3	W 1
12	Sun, May 7, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		121	105	9	3	W 2
13	Wed, May 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	107	9	4	L 1
14	Fri, May 12, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		101	99	10	4	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
15	Sun, May 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		102	106	10	5	L 1	14,098
16	Thu, May 25, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	98	11	5	W 1	19,035
17	Sun, May 28, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		92	93	11	6	L 1	19,035
18	Tue, May 30, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	120	116	12	6	W 1	39,457		at Kingdome
19	Fri, Jun 2, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	98	12	7	L 1	14,098
20	Sun, Jun 4, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		117	82	13	7	W 1	19,035
21	Wed, Jun 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		105	99	14	7	W 2	14,098

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