1973-74 Capital Bullets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 3-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to New York Knicks 4-3
Coach: K.C. Jones (47-35)
Location: College Park, Maryland; Landover, Maryland
Attendance: 414,202, Avg. 10,102 in 41 home dates

1973-74 Capital Bullets Roster
1973-74 Capital Bullets Results

The Capital Bullets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

Capital scored 8,353 points and allowed 8,231. Elvin Hayes tossed in a team-best 1,735 points for the Bullets, and Phil Chenier averaged 16 or more per game, too. Elvin Hayes contributed 1,463 boards. Kevin Porter dished out 469 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Phil Chenier added 155 steals, while Elvin Hayes blocked 240 shots.

K.C. Jones coached the team. The 1973-74 Capital Bullets lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	81	3602	1627	689			495	357	354	1109	1463	163	86	240	252	1735
Phil Chenier	G	76	2942	1607	697			334	274	114	274	388	239	155	67	135	1668
Mike Riordan	G-F	81	3230	1223	577			174	136	120	260	380	264	102	14	237	1290
Kevin Porter	G	81	2339	997	477			249	180	79	100	179	469	95	9	319	1134
Archie Clark	G	56	1786	675	315			131	103	44	97	141	285	59	6	122	733
Nick Weatherspoon	F	65	1216	483	199			139	96	133	264	397	38	48	16	179	494
Wes Unseld	C-F	56	1727	333	146			55	36	152	365	517	159	56	16	121	328
Louie Nelson	G	49	556	215	93			73	53	26	44	70	52	31	2	62	239
Manny Leaks	C-F	53	845	232	79			83	58	94	150	244	25	10	39	95	216
Dave Stallworth	F-C	45	458	187	75			55	47	52	73	125	25	28	4	61	197
Walt Wesley	C	39	400	151	71			43	26	63	73	136	14	9	20	74	168
Tom Kozelko	F	49	573	133	59			32	23	52	72	124	25	21	7	82	141
Rich Rinaldi	G	7	48	22	3			4	3	2	5	7	10	3	1	7	9
Tom Patterson	F	2	8	1	0			2	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1
Totals		740	19730	7886	3480	0	0	1869	1393	1286	2887	4173	1770	703	441	1746	8353

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	81	44.5	42.3	72.1	4.4	13.7	18.1	2.0	1.1	3.0	3.1	21.4
Phil Chenier	G	76	38.7	43.4	82.0	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	1.8	21.9
Mike Riordan	G-F	81	39.9	47.2	78.2	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.3	1.3	0.2	2.9	15.9
Kevin Porter	G	81	28.9	47.8	72.3	1.0	1.2	2.2	5.8	1.2	0.1	3.9	14.0
Archie Clark	G	56	31.9	46.7	78.6	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.1	0.1	2.2	13.1
Nick Weatherspoon	F	65	18.7	41.2	69.1	2.0	4.1	6.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	2.8	7.6
Wes Unseld	C-F	56	30.8	43.8	65.5	2.7	6.5	9.2	2.8	1.0	0.3	2.2	5.9
Louie Nelson	G	49	11.3	43.3	72.6	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.1	0.6	0.0	1.3	4.9
Manny Leaks	C-F	53	15.9	34.1	69.9	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.8	4.1
Dave Stallworth	F-C	45	10.2	40.1	85.5	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.4	4.4
Walt Wesley	C	39	10.3	47.0	60.5	1.6	1.9	3.5	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.9	4.3
Tom Kozelko	F	49	11.7	44.4	71.9	1.1	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	1.7	2.9
Rich Rinaldi	G	7	6.9	13.6	75.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.3
Tom Patterson	F	2	4.0	0.0	50.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Averages		740	26.7	44.1	74.5	1.7	3.9	5.6	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.4	11.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	7	323	143	76			41	29	31	80	111	21	5	15	23	181
Phil Chenier	G	7	310	137	62			37	33	6	37	43	12	13	8	19	157
Mike Riordan	G-F	7	267	87	36			16	14	7	17	24	17	4	2	28	86
Kevin Porter	G	7	195	85	33			14	9	10	7	17	32	8	0	30	75
Wes Unseld	C-F	7	297	63	31			15	9	22	63	85	27	4	1	15	71
Archie Clark	G	7	162	59	20			20	11	3	10	13	15	5	0	13	51
Tom Kozelko	F	7	58	13	10			4	3	4	4	8	1	0	0	10	23
Nick Weatherspoon	F	7	87	19	9			5	2	11	16	27	0	2	2	11	20
Manny Leaks	C-F	2	5	2	1			0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Walt Wesley	C	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		59	1705	608	278	0	0	152	110	95	235	330	125	41	28	150	666

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	7	46.1	53.1	70.7	4.4	11.4	15.9	3.0	0.7	2.1	3.3	25.9
Phil Chenier	G	7	44.3	45.3	89.2	0.9	5.3	6.1	1.7	1.9	1.1	2.7	22.4
Mike Riordan	G-F	7	38.1	41.4	87.5	1.0	2.4	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	4.0	12.3
Kevin Porter	G	7	27.9	38.8	64.3	1.4	1.0	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.0	4.3	10.7
Wes Unseld	C-F	7	42.4	49.2	60.0	3.1	9.0	12.1	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	10.1
Archie Clark	G	7	23.1	33.9	55.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.1	0.7	0.0	1.9	7.3
Tom Kozelko	F	7	8.3	76.9	75.0	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	3.3
Nick Weatherspoon	F	7	12.4	47.4	40.0	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.6	2.9
Manny Leaks	C-F	2	2.5	50.0		0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Walt Wesley	C	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		740	28.9	45.7	72.4	1.6	4.0	5.6	2.1	0.7	0.5	2.5	11.3