1979-80 Washington Bullets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-43
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 2-0
Coach: Dick Motta (39-43)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 466,823, Avg. 11,386 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Washington Bullets Roster
1979-80 Washington Bullets Results

The Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Bullets scored 8,773 points and allowed 8,982. Elvin Hayes scored a team-best 1,859 points for Washington, while Wes Unseld contributed 1,094 rebounds. Kevin Porter dished out 457 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Greg Ballard added 90 steals, and Elvin Hayes blocked 189 shots.

Dick Motta coached the team. The 1979-80 Washington Bullets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	81	0	3183	1677	761	13	3	478	334	269	627	896	129	62	189	215	309	1859
Greg Ballard	F	82	55	2438	1101	545	47	16	227	171	240	398	638	159	90	36	133	197	1277
Kevin Grevey	G-F	65	0	1818	804	331	92	34	249	216	80	107	187	177	56	16	102	158	912
Wes Unseld	C-F	82	0	2973	637	327	2	1	209	139	334	760	1094	366	65	61	153	249	794
Bob Dandridge	F-G	45	0	1457	729	329	11	2	152	123	63	183	246	178	29	36	123	112	783
Larry Wright	G	76	0	1286	500	229	16	4	108	96	40	82	122	222	49	18	108	144	558
Roger Phegley	G-F	50	6	971	473	224	5	2	120	104	49	66	115	70	19	3	70	106	554
Kevin Porter	G	70	0	1494	438	201	4	0	137	110	25	57	82	457	59	11	164	180	512
Jim Cleamons	G	57	0	1535	381	184	23	4	98	72	43	90	133	248	44	9	92	120	444
John Williamson	G	30	0	603	356	153	16	3	50	40	14	31	45	39	10	10	49	66	349
Dave Corzine	C	78	0	826	216	90	0	0	68	45	104	166	270	63	9	31	60	120	225
Phil Chenier	G	20	0	470	214	84	6	3	41	31	10	33	43	42	18	5	29	26	202
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	40	0	451	160	67	2	0	75	52	32	73	105	16	8	8	40	49	186
Larry Boston	F	13	0	125	52	24	0	0	13	8	19	20	39	2	4	2	8	25	56
Gus Bailey	G-F	20	0	180	35	16	1	1	13	5	6	22	28	26	7	4	11	18	38
Ron Behagen	F-C	6	0	64	23	9	0	0	6	5	6	8	14	7	0	4	4	14	23
Steve Malovic	F	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals		816	61	19880	7796	3574	238	73	2048	1552	1334	2723	4057	2201	530	443	1361	1893	8773

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Elvin Hayes	F-C	81	0	39.3	45.4	23.1	69.9	3.3	7.7	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	2.7	3.8	23.0
Greg Ballard	F	82	55	29.7	49.5	34.0	75.3	2.9	4.9	7.8	1.9	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.4	15.6
Kevin Grevey	G-F	65	0	28.0	41.2	37.0	86.7	1.2	1.6	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.4	14.0
Wes Unseld	C-F	82	0	36.3	51.3	50.0	66.5	4.1	9.3	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	1.9	3.0	9.7
Bob Dandridge	F-G	45	0	32.4	45.1	18.2	80.9	1.4	4.1	5.5	4.0	0.6	0.8	2.7	2.5	17.4
Larry Wright	G	76	0	16.9	45.8	25.0	88.9	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.9	7.3
Roger Phegley	G-F	50	6	19.4	47.4	40.0	86.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.4	2.1	11.1
Kevin Porter	G	70	0	21.3	45.9	0.0	80.3	0.4	0.8	1.2	6.5	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.6	7.3
Jim Cleamons	G	57	0	26.9	48.3	17.4	73.5	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	2.1	7.8
John Williamson	G	30	0	20.1	43.0	18.8	80.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.6	2.2	11.6
Dave Corzine	C	78	0	10.6	41.7		66.2	1.3	2.1	3.5	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.9
Phil Chenier	G	20	0	23.5	39.3	50.0	75.6	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.3	10.1
Mitch Kupchak	F-C	40	0	11.3	41.9	0.0	69.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	4.7
Larry Boston	F	13	0	9.6	46.2		61.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.9	4.3
Gus Bailey	G-F	20	0	9.0	45.7	100.0	38.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.9
Ron Behagen	F-C	6	0	10.7	39.1		83.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.2	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.3	3.8
Steve Malovic	F	1	0	6.0			25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Averages		816	61	24.4	45.8	30.7	75.8	1.6	3.3	5.0	2.7	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.3	10.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin Grevey	G-F	2	72	30	16	10	5	4	4	1	5	6	8	5	2	4	9	41
Elvin Hayes	F-C	2	92	41	16	0	0	10	8	10	12	22	6	0	4	4	8	40
John Williamson	G	2	31	19	11	6	2	3	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	7	27
Greg Ballard	F	2	73	28	9	0	0	7	4	2	12	14	7	1	1	8	8	22
Larry Wright	G	2	33	17	9	1	0	5	4	1	1	2	6	3	0	3	6	22
Wes Unseld	C-F	2	87	14	7	1	0	6	4	7	21	28	7	0	3	3	5	18
Kevin Porter	G	2	49	16	7	1	0	5	2	2	0	2	9	3	0	4	7	16
Dave Corzine	C	2	9	5	4	0	0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	2	10
Ron Behagen	F-C	2	14	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	4	4
Jim Cleamons	G	2	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Totals		20	480	180	81	19	7	42	31	27	55	82	48	13	10	35	56	200

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin Grevey	G-F	2	36.0	53.3	50.0	100.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	4.5	20.5
Elvin Hayes	F-C	2	46.0	39.0		80.0	5.0	6.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	20.0
John Williamson	G	2	15.5	57.9	33.3	100.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.5	13.5
Greg Ballard	F	2	36.5	32.1		57.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	3.5	0.5	0.5	4.0	4.0	11.0
Larry Wright	G	2	16.5	52.9	0.0	80.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	3.0	11.0
Wes Unseld	C-F	2	43.5	50.0	0.0	66.7	3.5	10.5	14.0	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	9.0
Kevin Porter	G	2	24.5	43.8	0.0	40.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4.5	1.5	0.0	2.0	3.5	8.0
Dave Corzine	C	2	4.5	80.0		100.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	5.0
Ron Behagen	F-C	2	7.0	28.6			0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	2.0
Jim Cleamons	G	2	10.0	0.0			0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Averages		816	24.0	45.0	36.8	73.8	1.4	2.8	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.8	10.0