1978-79 Washington Bullets Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								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	1978-10-13		NOJ	W	117	101				.151		.518	53.7	57.7			.491	16.3		.123	.410	16.3		.143
2	2	1978-10-17		NJN	W	113	109				.654		.542	48.8	62.2			.457			.481	.477			.284
3	3	1978-10-18	@	PHI	W	121	111				.400		.643	53.2	56.3			.600	19.0		.313	.470	10.5		.170
4	4	1978-10-21		DET	W	119	99				.178		.546	52.9	61.5			.515			.149	.424			.152
5	5	1978-10-24	@	POR	L	102	104	95.3	97.2	107.0	.313		.467	54.9	51.2	8.4	3.5	.427	17.4	37.7	.208	.453	15.8	73.5	.302
6	6	1978-10-25	@	SEA	L	92	121	85.0	111.8	108.2	.370		.430	42.1	52.9	5.5	5.7	.370	15.8	25.0	.261	.476	10.7	59.6	.200
7	7	1978-10-27	@	GSW	L	83	102	80.7	99.2	102.8	.163		.395	52.8	63.9	1.9	4.2	.367	18.0	35.0	.112	.490	12.2	76.1	.083
8	8	1978-10-29	@	LAL	L	93	109	88.6	103.8	105.0	.110		.444	46.9	46.5	4.8	4.2	.430	15.3	26.0	.070	.469	12.5	69.6	.198
9	9	1978-10-31		ATL	L	108	110				.415		.557	51.4	60.5		6.1	.524	17.8		.268	.500	18.6		.341
10	10	1978-11-01	@	IND	W	124	113				.307		.541	61.5	55.1		4.0	.485	12.2		.257	.525	11.9		.069
11	11	1978-11-04		SAS	W	124	119				.196		.510	55.0	57.4		3.8	.482	9.0		.143	.462	7.0		.198
12	12	1978-11-07		POR	W	143	103	130.9	94.3	109.2	.333		.611	55.8	61.0	11.0	2.9	.578	7.9	37.0	.245	.452	12.6	73.5	.087
13	13	1978-11-10		PHI	L	122	123				.354		.550	52.2	65.3			.510	14.6		.250	.500	8.0		.206
14	14	1978-11-11	@	SAS	L	124	143				.465		.520	48.2	48.9		1.1	.455	15.6		.343	.596	16.7		.330
15	15	1978-11-14	@	CLE	W	122	106	117.3	101.9	104.0	.376		.616	49.5	67.3	3.8	3.9	.576	13.9	26.5	.282	.398	10.0	63.2	.233
16	16	1978-11-15		MIL	W	138	111	118.5	95.3	116.5	.484		.612	55.3	64.7	8.6	2.9	.548	15.1	30.6	.387	.462	16.4	70.7	.144
17	17	1978-11-17	@	NJN	W	143	94				.295		.603	66.7	63.3			.571			.219	.415			.170
18	18	1978-11-18		DEN	W	119	114	112.3	107.6	105.9	.402		.581	51.6	63.8	5.7	10.7	.540	13.5	31.8	.287	.476	9.4	69.4	.155
19	19	1978-11-22	@	BOS	W	119	103	105.3	91.2	113.0	.330		.571	44.4	52.1	11.5	2.1	.527	16.8	19.5	.253	.454	19.8	65.3	.155
20	20	1978-11-24		LAL	W	113	103	103.5	94.4	109.1	.210		.493	58.6	63.3	10.1	4.8	.467	13.6	39.6	.143	.442	11.1	75.9	.106
								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	1978-11-26		GSW	W	110	102	109.0	101.1	100.9	.257		.471	50.5	67.4	6.9	9.0	.438	6.4	36.2	.171	.461	14.4	68.1	.225
22	22	1978-11-28	@	NYK	W	133	106				.245		.546	60.4	57.9			.518			.173	.434			.132
23	23	1978-12-01	@	NOJ	W	117	115				.200		.512	52.5	54.9			.486			.143	.511			.228
24	24	1978-12-02		KCK	L	109	110				.443		.518	59.1	74.4			.443			.352	.484			.189
25	25	1978-12-05		CLE	W	117	102	121.1	105.6	96.6	.467		.527	52.7	64.4	4.1	2.1	.489	8.3	40.5	.293	.436	8.6	63.3	.213
26	26	1978-12-06	@	HOU	W	101	96				.194		.500	50.6	65.1			.462	10.6		.161	.438	10.8		.202
27	27	1978-12-08		NJN	L	100	108				.548		.480	41.8	65.8			.452			.286	.500			.256
28	28	1978-12-09		PHO	W	101	98	103.4	100.3	97.7	.260		.472	57.8	60.5	9.2	4.4	.448	11.6	41.1	.156	.478	10.9	78.3	.133
29	29	1978-12-13		SDC	W	134	117				.434		.568	60.6	53.1		5.0	.495	15.1		.364	.465	13.0		.228
30	30	1978-12-15	@	DET	W	116	114				.469		.501	52.0	55.6			.469			.271	.485			.136
31	31	1978-12-16		BOS	W	125	117	108.9	101.9	114.8	.529		.583	52.7	65.9	7.0	3.8	.506	17.0	29.5	.425	.442	12.1	74.5	.240
32	32	1978-12-20	@	PHO	W	137	129	125.6	118.3	109.0	.337		.591	49.4	45.6	7.3	4.9	.564	8.7	37.2	.228	.559	14.7	61.4	.147
33	33	1978-12-22	@	LAL	L	115	127	100.9	111.4	114.0	.289		.526	49.5	56.3	6.1	0.9	.495	16.1	28.6	.196	.528	11.4	69.2	.142
34	34	1978-12-23	@	POR	L	109	114	101.0	105.7	107.9	.422		.554	57.1	52.4	5.6	10.3	.506	20.9	40.5	.301	.529	20.3	73.8	.253
35	35	1978-12-26		IND	W	108	104				.189		.525	52.8	61.7		2.1	.495	17.6		.147	.468	15.5		.170
36	36	1978-12-28	@	NYK	L	99	109				.172		.495	52.9	59.1			.473			.118	.527	11.5		.143
37	37	1979-01-02		CHI	W	109	86	106.6	84.1	102.2	.135		.536	53.5	55.1	9.8	6.3	.510	15.0	31.6	.115	.379	14.7	67.2	.147
38	38	1979-01-05		PHO	W	104	94	93.9	84.9	110.8	.404		.446	56.1	59.0	8.1	9.7	.394	17.1	41.1	.263	.408	13.3	72.5	.097
39	39	1979-01-06	@	ATL	W	106	102				.379		.522	51.6	44.2			.494			.230	.462			.172
40	40	1979-01-09	@	DEN	L	90	121	80.4	108.1	112.0	.330		.418	46.9	47.1	5.4	4.4	.362	15.7	23.2	.234	.538	16.3	80.0	.253
								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	1979-01-14		SDC	W	125	91				.173		.593	53.5	57.1		7.0	.571	15.9		.133	.400	18.1		.110
42	42	1979-01-17		NOJ	W	112	102				.196		.532	53.7	69.4			.505	16.6		.144	.495	17.3		.108
43	43	1979-01-19	@	CHI	W	113	102	115.4	104.2	97.9	.219		.537	50.5	46.8	10.2	3.2	.490	7.9	33.3	.198	.495	13.6	66.7	.108
44	44	1979-01-20		IND	W	109	104				.219		.518	49.4	63.8		6.9	.490	5.4		.156	.483	10.2		.230
45	45	1979-01-23		SEA	L	100	103	93.4	96.3	107.0	.191		.491	60.8	65.1	8.4	11.7	.457	21.6	45.8	.149	.427	12.6	74.1	.146
46	46	1979-01-24	@	BOS	W	128	106	117.3	97.1	109.2	.206		.549	55.3	48.1	8.2	2.1	.505	10.0	34.7	.187	.495	16.5	77.8	.126
47	47	1979-01-26	@	KCK	L	128	142				.354		.559	45.9	46.0		5.0	.505			.283	.614			.178
48	48	1979-01-28		NYK	W	122	105				.494		.589	53.7	61.4			.518			.400	.478			.211
49	49	1979-01-30		ATL	W	109	105				.627		.570	57.5	50.0		8.1	.480	15.8		.493	.434	13.4		.192
50	50	1979-02-01	@	SAS	W	123	122				.379		.512	51.5	57.4		5.7	.456	11.8		.282	.476	10.7		.210
51	51	1979-02-02	@	HOU	W	120	106				.283		.580	48.0	67.3		2.9	.533	10.4		.239	.461	10.5		.118
52	52	1979-02-07	@	MIL	W	96	90	89.3	83.7	107.6	.367		.459	55.0	67.6	3.7	7.4	.411	16.7	30.0	.244	.370	9.5	76.3	.093
53	53	1979-02-11	@	PHI	L	99	107				.206		.445	49.0	48.8		3.8	.422	12.6		.127	.500	17.4		.372
54	54	1979-02-13	@	SDC	W	138	136				.218		.529	54.7	25.4		2.1	.496	14.4		.168	.611	19.9		.211
55	55	1979-02-15	@	PHO	L	108	119	99.9	110.0	108.2	.253		.491	53.1	40.0	3.7	1.1	.455	14.7	33.3	.182	.511	9.9	75.6	.245
56	56	1979-02-16	@	GSW	L	103	109	100.6	106.4	102.4	.204		.508	45.8	51.1	8.8	4.3	.505	14.4	30.6	.097	.489	14.7	61.7	.207
57	57	1979-02-18	@	SEA	W	105	94	105.0	94.0	100.0	.257		.449	49.6	38.1	6.0	5.2	.400	10.0	39.7	.200	.365	11.1	59.3	.250
58	58	1979-02-22		HOU	L	110	120				.160		.485	47.2	54.0			.472	10.3		.094	.570	16.4		.256
59	59	1979-02-23		SEA	W	132	110	121.8	101.5	108.4	.533		.594	51.1	60.4	7.4	6.1	.533	11.2	32.6	.400	.429	13.2	67.3	.265
60	60	1979-02-25		GSW	W	99	89	101.7	91.4	97.4	.186		.532	52.0	58.1	12.3	3.7	.500	16.2	31.6	.151	.488	22.4	73.0	.110
								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	1979-02-28		CHI	W	124	113	115.5	105.2	107.4	.524		.600	41.7	70.2	4.7	7.1	.560	9.6	11.1	.357	.510	14.3	64.6	.133
62	62	1979-03-04		SAS	W	129	128				.306		.526	51.5	69.8		3.8	.491	8.9		.213	.524	12.2		.171
63	63	1979-03-07	@	IND	L	105	109				.344		.475	55.7	51.2		2.1	.427	14.0		.240	.464	12.2		.196
64	64	1979-03-09	@	KCK	L	116	121				.506		.558	51.0	34.1		4.9	.482			.400	.480			.225
65	65	1979-03-11	@	DEN	W	119	98	108.7	89.5	109.5	.301		.565	52.5	73.5	9.1	6.1	.527	17.9	34.8	.226	.434	14.0	67.3	.121
66	66	1979-03-13		LAL	W	120	111	116.8	108.0	102.7	.229		.568	55.6	58.8	4.9	6.8	.531	11.7	36.6	.188	.476	9.1	71.4	.126
67	67	1979-03-16		MIL	L	126	134	99.5	105.8	104.8	.311		.466	57.4	52.1	6.3	6.1	.403	14.5	41.3	.252	.458	6.7	72.7	.107
68	68	1979-03-17	@	CLE	W	117	114	111.5	108.6	104.9	.302		.538	57.0	53.2	3.8	6.6	.490	12.8	38.6	.240	.505	12.6	76.2	.242
69	69	1979-03-18		CLE	W	126	112	109.7	97.5	114.9	.426		.565	57.3	64.6	4.4	4.6	.511	14.5	29.8	.319	.435	8.5	80.4	.167
70	70	1979-03-20	@	NOJ	W	126	107				.194		.537	56.4	51.8			.519	9.3		.130	.471	10.0		.108
71	71	1979-03-21		NYK	W	119	106				.371		.527	53.2	47.8			.474			.278	.440			.092
72	72	1979-03-23	@	DET	L	114	124				.352		.542	48.5	59.1			.484			.286	.468			.202
73	73	1979-03-25		DET	W	116	107				.178		.503	55.1	49.0			.477			.131	.474			.155
74	74	1979-03-27		PHI	L	97	100				.293		.467	53.3	51.3		5.3	.424	12.6		.207	.468	12.1		.128
75	75	1979-03-28	@	NJN	W	127	108				.422		.595	54.8	65.3			.544			.322	.490			.146
76	76	1979-03-30		POR	L	104	132	103.9	131.9	100.1	.225		.532	44.6	52.4	7.0	5.1	.472	13.3	26.8	.225	.606	9.5	66.7	.121
77	77	1979-04-01		DEN	W	105	89	103.0	87.3	102.0	.208		.476	49.1	57.8	9.8	7.0	.446	9.8	36.2	.149	.407	21.5	63.5	.221
78	78	1979-04-03	@	MIL	W	112	108	106.8	103.0	104.8	.266		.533	46.3	80.4	4.8	3.7	.489	11.8	20.9	.213	.444	7.3	67.3	.111
79	79	1979-04-04		BOS	W	145	119				.245		.595	54.7	67.7			.564			.191	.456			.243
80	80	1979-04-06	@	CHI	L	114	128	106.3	119.3	107.3	.330		.530	40.9	51.1	7.5	9.4	.479	11.5	22.9	.255	.583	13.8	62.5	.167
								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	1979-04-07	@	ATL	L	102	103				.308		.494	47.7	50.0			.440			.242	.461			.088
82	82	1979-04-08		HOU	L	102	112				.255		.488	49.4	45.2		5.3	.447	14.7		.191	.505	14.0		.168

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