1981-82 Washington Bullets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 43-39
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 3-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated New Jersey Nets 2-0
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-1
Coach: Gene Shue (43-39)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 369,807, Avg. 9,020 in 41 home dates

1981-82 Washington Bullets Roster
1981-82 Washington Bullets Results

The Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 43 wins and 39 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Bullets tossed in 8,485 points and surrendered 8,413. Greg Ballard scored a team-best 1,486 points for Washington, while Jeff Ruland contributed 762 rebounds. John Lucas dished out 551 assists for the squad.

On defense, Greg Ballard added 137 steals, and Rick Mahorn blocked 138 shots.

Gene Shue coached the team. The 1981-82 Washington Bullets lost in the conference semifinals.

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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
Greg Ballard	F	79	79	2946	1307	621	22	9	283	235	136	497	633	250	137	22	119	204	1486
Jeff Ruland	C-F	82	0	2214	749	420	3	1	455	342	253	509	762	134	44	58	237	319	1183
Spencer Haywood	F-C	76	63	2086	829	395	3	0	260	219	144	278	422	64	45	68	175	249	1009
Rick Mahorn	C-F	80	80	2664	816	414	3	0	234	148	149	555	704	150	57	138	162	349	976
Kevin Grevey	G-F	71	62	2164	857	376	82	28	193	165	57	138	195	149	44	23	96	151	945
Frank Johnson	G	79	29	2027	812	336	79	17	204	153	34	113	147	380	76	7	160	196	842
Don Collins	F-G	79	18	1609	653	334	12	1	169	121	101	95	196	148	89	24	135	195	790
John Lucas	G	79	53	1940	618	263	22	2	176	138	40	126	166	551	95	6	156	105	666
Charles Davis	F	54	10	575	184	88	2	0	37	30	54	79	133	31	10	13	43	89	206
Jim Chones	C-F	59	13	867	171	74	0	0	46	36	39	146	185	64	15	32	41	114	184
Garry Witts	G-F	46	0	493	84	49	2	1	40	33	29	33	62	38	17	4	35	74	132
Brad Holland	G	13	3	185	73	27	3	0	4	3	6	7	13	16	11	1	7	12	57
Carlos Terry	G-F	13	0	60	15	3	3	0	4	3	5	7	12	8	3	1	5	15	9
Totals		810	410	19830	7168	3400	236	59	2105	1626	1047	2583	3630	1983	643	397	1371	2072	8485

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Greg Ballard	F	79	79	37.3	47.5	40.9	83.0	1.7	6.3	8.0	3.2	1.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	18.8
Jeff Ruland	C-F	82	0	27.0	56.1	33.3	75.2	3.1	6.2	9.3	1.6	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.9	14.4
Spencer Haywood	F-C	76	63	27.4	47.6	0.0	84.2	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	13.3
Rick Mahorn	C-F	80	80	33.3	50.7	0.0	63.2	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.7	1.7	2.0	4.4	12.2
Kevin Grevey	G-F	71	62	30.5	43.9	34.1	85.5	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.1	13.3
Frank Johnson	G	79	29	25.7	41.4	21.5	75.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	4.8	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.5	10.7
Don Collins	F-G	79	18	20.4	51.1	8.3	71.6	1.3	1.2	2.5	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.5	10.0
John Lucas	G	79	53	24.6	42.6	9.1	78.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.0	1.2	0.1	2.0	1.3	8.4
Charles Davis	F	54	10	10.6	47.8	0.0	81.1	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.6	3.8
Jim Chones	C-F	59	13	14.7	43.3		78.3	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.9	3.1
Garry Witts	G-F	46	0	10.7	58.3	50.0	82.5	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.9
Brad Holland	G	13	3	14.2	37.0	0.0	75.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.5	0.9	4.4
Carlos Terry	G-F	13	0	4.6	20.0	0.0	75.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.2	0.7
Averages		810	410	24.5	47.4	25.0	77.2	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.6	10.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Spencer Haywood	F-C	7	231	115	57	0	0	35	26	16	23	39	7	4	14	15	28	140
Jeff Ruland	C-F	7	237	79	38	1	0	56	43	29	37	66	5	3	4	23	24	119
Frank Johnson	G	7	280	104	40	12	5	28	24	7	15	22	59	10	0	29	24	109
Greg Ballard	F	7	268	100	36	0	0	25	21	22	41	63	22	14	3	12	20	93
Rick Mahorn	C-F	7	242	73	32	0	0	14	10	14	47	61	13	10	5	16	30	74
Kevin Grevey	G-F	7	159	56	23	8	4	19	16	2	8	10	11	3	1	6	12	66
Don Collins	F-G	7	149	44	19	0	0	7	5	9	13	22	6	4	1	11	25	43
John Lucas	G	7	74	26	14	3	1	3	2	0	8	8	20	3	1	4	6	31
Charles Davis	F	6	52	17	7	1	0	2	2	1	4	5	3	1	1	7	6	16
Jim Chones	C-F	5	30	9	2	0	0	3	1	1	5	6	2	1	2	1	8	5
Garry Witts	G-F	4	28	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	6	5
Carlos Terry	G-F	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		74	1755	625	270	25	10	194	151	103	203	306	150	54	32	124	189	701

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Spencer Haywood	F-C	7	33.0	49.6		74.3	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	20.0
Jeff Ruland	C-F	7	33.9	48.1	0.0	76.8	4.1	5.3	9.4	0.7	0.4	0.6	3.3	3.4	17.0
Frank Johnson	G	7	40.0	38.5	41.7	85.7	1.0	2.1	3.1	8.4	1.4	0.0	4.1	3.4	15.6
Greg Ballard	F	7	38.3	36.0		84.0	3.1	5.9	9.0	3.1	2.0	0.4	1.7	2.9	13.3
Rick Mahorn	C-F	7	34.6	43.8		71.4	2.0	6.7	8.7	1.9	1.4	0.7	2.3	4.3	10.6
Kevin Grevey	G-F	7	22.7	41.1	50.0	84.2	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.7	9.4
Don Collins	F-G	7	21.3	43.2		71.4	1.3	1.9	3.1	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.6	3.6	6.1
John Lucas	G	7	10.6	53.8	33.3	66.7	0.0	1.1	1.1	2.9	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	4.4
Charles Davis	F	6	8.7	41.2	0.0	100.0	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.7
Jim Chones	C-F	5	6.0	22.2		33.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.0
Garry Witts	G-F	4	7.0	100.0		50.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.3
Carlos Terry	G-F	3	1.7				0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		810	23.7	43.2	40.0	77.8	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.6	9.5