1978-79 Washington Bullets Game Log

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Record: 54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Dick Motta (54-28)

Executive: Bob Ferry

PTS/G: 114.9 (3rd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (9th of 22)

SRS: 4.75 (2nd of 22) Pace: 106.5 (9th of 22)

Off Rtg: 107.4 (2nd of 22) Def Rtg: 102.7 (8th of 22) Net Rtg: +4.7 (1st of 22)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (2nd of 22)

Arena: Capital Centre

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Div Champs

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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	1978-10-13		NOJ	W	117	101	52	106	.491				13	16	.813		58	30			22	21	43	105	.410				15	19	.789		50	24			22	15
2	2	1978-10-17		NJN	W	113	109	37	81	.457				39	53	.736		41	23				27	42	88	.477				25	33	.758		43	24				40
3	3	1978-10-18	@	PHI	W	121	111	48	80	.600				25	32	.781		41	27	3		22	30	47	100	.470				17	24	.708		36	31	8		13	28
4	4	1978-10-21		DET	W	119	99	52	101	.515				15	18	.833		55	32				24	42	99	.424				15	24	.625		49	23				23
5	5	1978-10-24	@	POR	L	102	104	41	96	.427				20	30	.667	20	56	21	9	3	23	33	39	86	.453				26	34	.765	13	46	22	12	7	19	28
6	6	1978-10-25	@	SEA	L	92	121	34	92	.370				24	34	.706	12	40	18	6	6	20	27	50	105	.476				21	28	.750	19	55	23	12	6	14	33
7	7	1978-10-27	@	GSW	L	83	102	36	98	.367				11	16	.688	21	56	23	2	4	23	15	47	96	.490				8	10	.800	11	50	28	14	3	14	22
8	8	1978-10-29	@	LAL	L	93	109	43	100	.430				7	11	.636	13	45	20	5	4	19	17	45	96	.469				19	20	.950	14	51	25	12	4	15	17
9	9	1978-10-31		ATL	L	108	110	43	82	.524				22	34	.647		37	26		5	21	25	41	82	.500				28	32	.875		35	25		6	22	35
10	10	1978-11-01	@	IND	W	124	113	49	101	.485				26	31	.839		59	27	5	4	16	12	53	101	.525				7	7	1.000		37	38	9	6	14	20
11	11	1978-11-04		SAS	W	124	119	54	112	.482				16	22	.727		55	31	4	4	12	25	49	106	.462				21	32	.656		45	26	9	0	9	27
12	12	1978-11-07		POR	W	143	103	59	102	.578				25	34	.735	17	53	36	12	3	10	20	47	104	.452				9	15	.600	13	42	29	4	6	16	27
13	13	1978-11-10		PHI	L	122	123	49	96	.510				24	34	.706		48	32			19	21	51	102	.500				21	29	.724		44	34			10	29
14	14	1978-11-11	@	SAS	L	124	143	45	99	.455				34	46	.739		40	22	10	1	22	30	56	94	.596				31	35	.886		43	30	7	10	22	37
15	15	1978-11-14	@	CLE	W	122	106	49	85	.576				24	32	.750	9	45	33	4	4	16	26	41	103	.398				24	32	.750	21	46	24	7	3	13	27
16	16	1978-11-15		MIL	W	138	111	51	93	.548				36	45	.800	11	52	33	10	3	20	22	48	104	.462				15	18	.833	17	42	30	13	1	22	30
17	17	1978-11-17	@	NJN	W	143	94	60	105	.571				23	31	.742		62	38				19	39	94	.415				16	18	.889		31	25				21
18	18	1978-11-18		DEN	W	119	114	47	87	.540				25	35	.714	14	48	30	6	11	16	26	49	103	.476				16	28	.571	15	45	23	10	9	12	31
19	19	1978-11-22	@	BOS	W	119	103	48	91	.527				23	30	.767	8	40	25	13	2	21	26	44	97	.454				15	19	.789	17	50	28	11	1	26	30
20	20	1978-11-24		LAL	W	113	103	49	105	.467				15	22	.682	21	65	31	11	5	18	23	46	104	.442				11	18	.611	14	46	29	10	4	14	18
								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	1978-11-26		GSW	W	110	102	46	105	.438				18	27	.667	21	53	31	7	8	8	21	41	89	.461				20	28	.714	15	52	20	3	5	17	24
22	22	1978-11-28	@	NYK	W	133	106	57	110	.518				19	27	.704		64	33				19	46	106	.434				14	19	.737		42	33				22
23	23	1978-12-01	@	NOJ	W	117	115	51	105	.486				15	21	.714		52	28				25	47	92	.511				21	26	.808		47	27				22
24	24	1978-12-02		KCK	L	109	110	39	88	.443				31	39	.795		52	29	8			23	46	95	.484				18	21	.857		36	31	10			29
25	25	1978-12-05		CLE	W	117	102	45	92	.489				27	43	.628	17	48	29	4	2	10	24	41	94	.436				20	28	.714	18	43	25	5	6	10	31
26	26	1978-12-06	@	HOU	W	101	96	43	93	.462				15	18	.833		44	28	4		12	20	39	89	.438				18	22	.818		43	29	6		12	21
27	27	1978-12-08		NJN	L	100	108	38	84	.452				24	46	.522		33	25				26	43	86	.500				22	26	.846		46	20				36
28	28	1978-12-09		PHO	W	101	98	43	96	.448				15	25	.600	23	59	26	9	4	14	21	43	90	.478				12	19	.632	10	43	33	6	3	12	20
29	29	1978-12-13		SDC	W	134	117	49	99	.495				36	43	.837		57	26	7	5	21	27	47	101	.465				23	29	.793		37	20	10	6	17	36
30	30	1978-12-15	@	DET	W	116	114	45	96	.469				26	45	.578		52	25				22	50	103	.485				14	24	.583		48	25				37
31	31	1978-12-16		BOS	W	125	117	44	87	.506				37	46	.804	13	48	29	8	4	22	25	46	104	.442				25	29	.862	12	43	27	12	2	16	33
32	32	1978-12-20	@	PHO	W	137	129	57	101	.564				23	34	.676	16	43	26	8	5	11	22	57	102	.559				15	19	.789	17	44	35	5	3	19	28
33	33	1978-12-22	@	LAL	L	115	127	48	97	.495				19	28	.679	14	50	27	7	1	21	19	56	106	.528				15	23	.652	16	51	43	12	3	15	24
34	34	1978-12-23	@	POR	L	109	114	42	83	.506				25	35	.714	17	48	22	6	9	26	22	46	87	.529				22	25	.880	11	36	20	11	7	25	32
35	35	1978-12-26		IND	W	108	104	47	95	.495				14	18	.778		47	29	10	2	22	21	44	94	.468				16	22	.727		42	23	10	3	19	23
36	36	1978-12-28	@	NYK	L	99	109	44	93	.473				11	16	.688		46	26				21	48	91	.527				13	21	.619		41	39			13	21
37	37	1979-01-02		CHI	W	109	86	49	96	.510				11	13	.846	12	53	27	10	6	18	20	36	95	.379				14	22	.636	20	46	19	11	2	18	17
38	38	1979-01-05		PHO	W	104	94	39	99	.394				26	40	.650	23	60	23	9	10	24	21	42	103	.408				10	17	.588	14	47	30	13	1	17	32
39	39	1979-01-06	@	ATL	W	106	102	43	87	.494				20	33	.606		49	19				15	43	93	.462				16	18	.889		46	25				26
40	40	1979-01-09	@	DEN	L	90	121	34	94	.362				22	31	.710	13	45	16	6	4	20	21	49	91	.538				23	26	.885	8	51	25	15	11	20	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	1979-01-14		SDC	W	125	91	56	98	.571				13	17	.765		54	32	11	7	20	21	40	100	.400				11	19	.579		47	18	9	6	24	26
42	42	1979-01-17		NOJ	W	112	102	49	97	.505				14	19	.737		44	34			21	14	46	93	.495				10	16	.625		38	25			21	20
43	43	1979-01-19	@	CHI	W	113	102	47	96	.490				19	21	.905	16	50	22	10	3	9	15	46	93	.495				10	19	.526	17	49	29	2	2	16	18
44	44	1979-01-20		IND	W	109	104	47	96	.490				15	21	.714		41	30	5	6	6	19	42	87	.483				20	23	.870		42	32	6	3	11	25
45	45	1979-01-23		SEA	L	100	103	43	94	.457				14	18	.778	22	62	28	9	12	28	17	44	103	.427				15	18	.833	14	40	18	18	4	16	19
46	46	1979-01-24	@	BOS	W	128	106	54	107	.505				20	22	.909	17	52	26	9	2	13	16	47	95	.495				12	14	.857	10	42	23	4	4	20	22
47	47	1979-01-26	@	KCK	L	128	142	50	99	.505				28	35	.800		39	23	6	5		27	62	101	.614				18	27	.667		46	45	6	4		33
48	48	1979-01-28		NYK	W	122	105	44	85	.518				34	42	.810		44	27				23	43	90	.478				19	32	.594		38	23				33
49	49	1979-01-30		ATL	W	109	105	36	75	.480				37	47	.787		50	18		8	18	26	43	99	.434				19	25	.760		37	28		7	17	39
50	50	1979-02-01	@	SAS	W	123	122	47	103	.456				29	39	.744		53	27	8	6	16	21	50	105	.476				22	28	.786		50	37	11	4	14	30
51	51	1979-02-02	@	HOU	W	120	106	49	92	.533				22	26	.846		48	33	8	3	12	24	47	102	.461				12	20	.600		52	32	7	0	13	22
52	52	1979-02-07	@	MIL	W	96	90	37	90	.411				22	33	.667	15	60	25	4	8	21	16	40	108	.370				10	13	.769	14	49	25	13	5	12	28
53	53	1979-02-11	@	PHI	L	99	107	43	102	.422				13	21	.619		50	21	11	3	16	29	39	78	.500				29	39	.744		52	25	11	11	20	21
54	54	1979-02-13	@	SDC	W	138	136	59	119	.496				20	26	.769		52	15	13	2	22	22	58	95	.611				20	22	.909		43	15	9	7	26	23
55	55	1979-02-15	@	PHO	L	108	119	45	99	.455				18	25	.720	17	51	18	4	1	19	30	48	94	.511				23	34	.676	11	45	31	3	9	12	27
56	56	1979-02-16	@	GSW	L	103	109	47	93	.505				9	19	.474	15	44	24	9	4	17	25	45	92	.489				19	29	.655	18	52	21	7	4	18	22
57	57	1979-02-18	@	SEA	W	105	94	42	105	.400				21	27	.778	23	58	16	6	5	13	26	35	96	.365				24	36	.667	24	59	17	8	6	14	23
58	58	1979-02-22		HOU	L	110	120	50	106	.472				10	17	.588		42	27	12		13	24	49	86	.570				22	24	.917		47	24	7		19	21
59	59	1979-02-23		SEA	W	132	110	48	90	.533				36	48	.750	14	47	29	8	6	14	21	42	98	.429				26	32	.813	16	45	23	9	4	17	36
60	60	1979-02-25		GSW	W	99	89	43	86	.500				13	16	.813	12	39	25	12	3	18	18	40	82	.488				9	10	.900	10	36	26	11	3	25	21
								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	1979-02-28		CHI	W	124	113	47	84	.560				30	44	.682	4	35	33	5	7	11	20	50	98	.510				13	22	.591	17	49	30	6	4	18	34
62	62	1979-03-04		SAS	W	129	128	53	108	.491				23	33	.697		50	37	6	4	12	20	55	105	.524				18	22	.818		47	25	6	4	16	27
63	63	1979-03-07	@	IND	L	105	109	41	96	.427				23	33	.697		59	21	7	2	18	20	45	97	.464				19	25	.760		47	31	7	7	15	28
64	64	1979-03-09	@	KCK	L	116	121	41	85	.482				34	43	.791		51	14	6	5		18	49	102	.480				23	26	.885		49	27	13	4		29
65	65	1979-03-11	@	DEN	W	119	98	49	93	.527				21	28	.750	16	53	36	10	6	23	19	43	99	.434				12	27	.444	18	48	22	9	4	18	26
66	66	1979-03-13		LAL	W	120	111	51	96	.531				18	22	.818	15	50	30	5	7	14	22	49	103	.476				13	17	.765	14	40	24	6	7	11	25
67	67	1979-03-16		MIL	L	126	134	48	119	.403				30	37	.811	26	74	25	8	8	23	30	60	131	.458				14	19	.737	18	55	32	15	7	10	31
68	68	1979-03-17	@	CLE	W	117	114	47	96	.490				23	29	.793	17	49	25	4	6	16	28	46	91	.505				22	30	.733	10	37	21	4	1	15	27
69	69	1979-03-18		CLE	W	126	112	48	94	.511				30	40	.750	14	59	31	5	5	19	19	47	108	.435				18	23	.783	11	44	22	9	3	11	29
70	70	1979-03-20	@	NOJ	W	126	107	56	108	.519				14	21	.667		57	29			12	12	48	102	.471				11	15	.733		44	30			12	16
71	71	1979-03-21		NYK	W	119	106	46	97	.474				27	36	.750		58	22				18	48	109	.440				10	15	.667		51	24				29
72	72	1979-03-23	@	DET	L	114	124	44	91	.484				26	32	.813		47	26				24	51	109	.468				22	27	.815		50	23				26
73	73	1979-03-25		DET	W	116	107	51	107	.477				14	19	.737		54	25				18	46	97	.474				15	20	.750		44	24				18
74	74	1979-03-27		PHI	L	97	100	39	92	.424				19	27	.704		49	20	4	5	15	21	44	94	.468				12	17	.706		43	27	10	10	14	22
75	75	1979-03-28	@	NJN	W	127	108	49	90	.544				29	38	.763		46	32				21	47	96	.490				14	21	.667		38	32				29
76	76	1979-03-30		POR	L	104	132	42	89	.472				20	20	1.000	11	33	22	7	5	15	22	60	99	.606				12	14	.857	11	41	43	8	7	11	22
77	77	1979-04-01		DEN	W	105	89	45	101	.446				15	21	.714	21	54	26	10	6	12	24	35	86	.407				19	28	.679	19	56	13	2	7	27	29
78	78	1979-04-03	@	MIL	W	112	108	46	94	.489				20	25	.800	9	44	37	5	4	14	19	48	108	.444				12	16	.750	17	51	32	6	4	9	25
79	79	1979-04-04		BOS	W	145	119	62	110	.564				21	27	.778		52	42				24	47	103	.456				25	35	.714		43	24				23
80	80	1979-04-06	@	CHI	L	114	128	45	94	.479				24	31	.774	11	36	23	8	9	14	22	56	96	.583				16	23	.696	15	52	35	7	8	17	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	1979-04-07	@	ATL	L	102	103	40	91	.440				22	28	.786		51	20				18	47	102	.461				9	12	.750		56	23				26
82	82	1979-04-08		HOU	L	102	112	42	94	.447				18	24	.750		43	19	7	5	18	20	48	95	.505				16	21	.762		44	31	12	7	17	19

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