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1974–75 Washington Bullets season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to Warriors 0–4) The 1974–75 Washington Bullets played in their 14th season, second in the Washington, D.C. area, and first as the Washington Bullets. After one season as the Capital Bullets, the team name was changed to Washington Bullets; they captured their sixth division title in seven years by posting a franchise-best record of . Washington was nearly unbeatable at home, posting a record of at the Capital Centre in suburban Landover, Maryland.

The Bullets won their second Eastern Conference title, but similar to four years earlier, were swept in the NBA Finals in four games, this time by the underdog Golden State Warriors. The Bullets had the best team defensive rating in NBA history (91.3).

Draft picks

Main article: 1974 NBA draft

Roster

  • K. C. Jones
  • Bernie Bickerstaff

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

  • z, y – division champions
  • x – clinched playoff spot

Preseason

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Regular season

Game log

|- | 1 | 8:05p.m. EDT | New Orleans | W 110–92 | Hayes (25) | Unseld (16) | Porter (15) | Capital Centre 10,896

1–0
2

| 8:35p.m. EDT | @ Kansas City–Omaha | W 123–121 | Hayes (35) | Hayes (14) | Hayes (7) | Municipal Auditorium 5,385

2–0
3

| 8:05p.m. EDT | Houston | W 99–95 | Chenier (27) | Unseld (13) | Unseld (7) | Capital Centre 5,109

3–0
4

| 9:00p.m. EDT | @ Milwaukee | W 111–96 | Chenier (29) | Unseld (15) | Porter (11) | Milwaukee Arena 10,938

4–0
5

| 8:05p.m. EDT | Milwaukee | W 101–95 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (16) | Porter, Riordan (7) | Capital Centre 7,166

5–0
6

| 8:30p.m. EST | @ Chicago | W 96–80 | Chenier (27) | Hayes (12) | Porter (7) | Chicago Stadium 4,413

6–0
7

| 8:05p.m. EST | New York | W 94–86 | Hayes (21) | Unseld (22) | Porter (6) | Capital Centre 7,842

7–0
8

| 9:05p.m. EST | @ Houston | L 92–95 | Chenier (29) | Unseld (15) | Porter, Unseld (6) | Hofheinz Pavilion 2,164

7–1
9

| 8:05p.m. EST | Phoenix | W 108–94 | Riordan (39) | Unseld (21) | Porter (7) | Capital Centre 9,168

8–1
10

| 8:05p.m. EST | Cleveland | L 99–107 | Unseld (21) | Hayes (15) | Porter, Riordan (4) | Capital Centre 5,110

8–2
11

| 8:05p.m. EST | Chicago | W 96–89 | Jones (21) | Unseld (14) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 8,083

9–2
12

| 8:05p.m. EST | Kansas City–Omaha | W 118–81 | Chenier (25) | Unseld (15) | Porter (13) | Capital Centre 5,521

10–2
13

| 8:35p.m. EST | @ New Orleans | W 104–95 | Hayes (34) | Hayes (14) | Chenier (6) | New Orleans Municipal Auditorium 5,275

11–2
14

| 8:05p.m. EST | Boston | L 109–124 | Hayes (33) | Unseld (16) | Porter (7) | Capital Centre 16,204

11–3
15

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ New York | L 85–86 | Hayes (24) | Hayes (16) | Porter (6) | Madison Square Garden 18,444

11–4
16

| 8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | L 104–115 | Hayes (30) | Hayes (14) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 8,640

11–5
17

| 11:00p.m. EST | @ Portland | W 117–99 | Chenier (36) | Hayes (12) | Porter (11) | Memorial Coliseum 11,868

12–5
18

| 10:00p.m. EST | @ Los Angeles | W 111–108 | Chenier, Jones (24) | Unseld (15) | Hayes (5) | The Forum 11,857

13–5
19

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Atlanta | L 102–119 | Chenier, Hayes (30) | Hayes (12) | Porter (7) | The Omni 4,268

13–6
20

| 8:05p.m. EST | Atlanta | W 114–104 | Chenier (31) | Unseld (19) | porter (9) | Capital Centre 7,012

14–6
21

| 8:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | W 96–93 | Chenier (29) | Hayes, Unseld (13) | Riordan (6) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 16,209

15–6
22

| 8:05p.m. EST | Seattle | W 122–90 | Hayes (20) | Unseld (13) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre 8,865

16–6
23

| 8:05p.m. EST | Portland | W 114–87 | Hayes (25) | Unseld (21) | Porter, Unseld (6) | Capital Centre 6,306

17–6
24

| 8:05p.m. EST | Detroit | W 94–89 | Chenier (31) | Unseld (16) | Porter (5) | Capital Centre 9,094

18–6
25

| 7:35p.m. EST | @ Cleveland | W 88–75 | Chenier (24) | Hayes (16) | Jones (8) | Richfield Coliseum 8,148

19–6
26

| 7:35p.m. EST | @ Detroit | L 89–103 | Chenier (18) | Unseld (6) | Porter (10) | Cobo Arena 5,376

19–7
27

| 7:30p.m. EST | @ Boston | W 108–89 | Hayes (24) | Unseld (15) | Porter (10) | Boston Garden 15,320

20–7
28

| 8:05p.m. EST | Golden State | W 99–91 | Chenier (29) | Unseld (17) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 10,396

20–8
29

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Atlanta | L 85–96 | Chenier (20) | Robinson (8) | Porter (4) | The Omni 3,047

21–8
30

| 8:05p.m. EST | New Orleans | W 113–90 | Chenier (19) | Hayes (15) | Porter (8) | Capital Centre 4,227

22–8
31

| 9:05p.m. EST | @ Houston | L 91–116 | Chenier (23) | Hayes (6) | Hayes, Jones (5) | Hofheinz Pavilion 3,875

22–9
32

| 8:05p.m. EST | Philadelphia | W 117–101 | Porter, Riordan (29) | Unseld (18) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre 5,792

23–9
33

| 9:00p.m. EST | @ Milwaukee | W 106–103 (OT) | Hayes (34) | Unseld (25) | Porter (8) | Milwaukee Arena 10,938

24–9
34

| 8:05p.m. EST | Atlanta | W 110–92 | Riordan (23) | Unseld (21) | Chenier (7) | Capital Centre 10,341

25–9
35

| 8:05p.m. EST | Cleveland | W 103–90 | Riordan (27) | Unseld (28) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre 8,101

26–9
36

| 11:00p.m. EST | @ Seattle | L 118–123 (OT) | Hayes (29) | Unseld (25) | Unseld (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum 12,363

26–10
37

| 11:05p.m. EST | @ Golden State | L 96–104 | Riordan (19) | Hayes (15) | Porter (9) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787

25–12
38

| 10:00p.m. EST | @ Los Angeles | L 109–112 (OT) | Riordan (34) | Unseld (17) | Porter (13) | The Forum 13,386

26–12
39

| 9:30p.m. EST | @ Phoenix | W 102–95 | Riordan (31) | Unseld (16) | Unseld (8) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,770

27–12
40

| 9:05p.m. EST | @ Houston | W 102–94 | Hayes (23) | Hayes (15) | Porter (8) | Hofheinz Pavilion 4,216

28–12
41

| 8:05p.m. EST | Los Angeles | W 102–90 | Chenier (26) | Unseld (22) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre 13,868 | 29–12 |- align="center" |-;"

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42

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Atlanta | L 85–108 | Chenier (16) | Unseld (15) | Chenier (7) | The Omni 3,034

29–13
43

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Philadelphia | W 103–92 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (16) | Porter (10) | The Spectrum 9,176

30–13
44

| 8:05p.m. EST | Golden State | W 125–101 | Riordan (32) | Unseld (15) | Porter, Unseld (7) | Capital Centre 19,035

31–13
45

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Cleveland | W 97–88 | Riordan (22) | Unseld (12) | Porter (6) | Richfield Coliseum 4,718

32–13
46

| 8:05p.m. EST | Kansas City–Omaha | W 97–88 | Chenier (33) | Unseld (17) | Porter (9) | Capital Centre 4,719

33–13
47

| 8:05p.m. EST | Cleveland | W 94–92 | Chenier (25) | Unseld (20) | Unseld (10) | Capital Centre 7,178

34–13
48

| 1:35p.m. EST | Houston | W 118–90 | Hayes (24) | Unseld (15) | Chenier (8) | Capital Centre 7,939

35–13
49

| 8:35p.m. EST | @ New Orleans | W 106–101 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (16) | Porter (8) | Loyola Field House 2,812

36–13
50

| 2:00p.m. EST | @ Chicago | L 80–97 | Chenier (19) | Hayes (11) | Jones (4) | Chicago Stadium 10,885

36–14
51

| 9:30p.m. EST | @ Phoenix | L 89–90 | Hayes (27) | Unseld (12) | Porter (11) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4,263

36–15
52

| 11:05p.m. EST | @ Golden State | W 98–97 | Chenier (31) | Hayes (16) | Porter (8) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,787

37–15
53

| 11:00p.m. EST | @ Seattle | W 99–76 | Chenier (28) | Unseld (19) | Porter (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum 12,720

38–15
54

| 11:00p.m. EST | @ Portland | L 96–100 | Hayes (25) | Hayes (12) | Unseld (6) | Memorial Coliseum 8,405

38–16
55

| 8:05p.m. EST | Milwaukee | W 112–108 (OT) | Hayes (35) | Unseld (21) | Unseld (9) | Capital Centre 15,331

39–16
56

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ New York | W 108–106 (OT) | Hayes (31) | Hayes (16) | Porter (7) | Madison Square Garden 19,694

40–16
57

| 3:15p.m. EST | New York | W 125–104 | Hayes (33) | Unseld (18) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 19,035

41–16
58

| 8:05p.m. EST | Phoenix | W 120–97 | Hayes (32) | Hayes (15) | Porter (7), Unseld (7) | Capital Centre 6,201

42–16
59

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Cleveland | L 95–106 | Chenier (29) | Unseld (10) | Porter (6) | Richfield Coliseum 6,728

42–17
60

| 7:35p.m. EST | @ Detroit | W 121–96 | Chenier (30) | Hayes (15) | Porter (11) | Cobo Arena 9,571

43–17
61

| 1:00p.m. EST | Portland | W 113–98 | Chenier, Hayes (21) | Unseld (15) | Hayes (7) | Capital Centre 8,294

44–17
62

| 8:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | W 111–93 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (17) | Porter (14) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 13,964

45–17
63

| 8:05p.m. EST | Seattle | W 104–98 | Hayes (39) | Hayes (19) | Chenier (7) | Capital Centre 6,202

46–17
64

| 7:05p.m. EST | Detroit | W 106–95 | Hayes (35) | Hayes (12) | Chenier (8) | Capital Centre 11,121

47–17
65

| 1:00p.m. EST | Los Angeles | W 117–104 | Chenier (27) | Hayes (15) | Porter (21) | Capital Centre 8,020

48–17
66

| 8:05p.m. EST | Atlanta | W 118–112 | Hayes (30) | Hayes (15) | Porter (22) | Capital Centre 6,266

49–17
67

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Philadelphia | W 113–92 | Chenier (28) | Hayes (14) | Hayes, Riordan (5) | The Spectrum 7,848

50–17
68

| 1:30p.m. EST | Philadelphia | L 100–113 | Hayes (28) | Hayes (12) | Porter (9) | Capital Centre 8,473

50–18
69

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Atlanta | W 99–87 | Chenier (38) | Hayes (15) | Porter (10) | The Omni 2,955

51–18
70

| 8:05p.m. EST | Houston | W 115–88 | Riordan (26) | Hayes (10) | Kozelko (8) | Capital Centre 6,059

52–18
71

| 8:35p.m. EST | @ Kansas City–Omaha (at Omaha, NE) | L 102–103 | Chenier (32) | Hayes (26) | Chenier, Hayes, Riordan, Robinson (3) | Omaha Civic Auditorium 8,524

52–19
72

| 8:05p.m. EST | @ Cleveland | L 98–112 | Riordan (20) | Kozelko (9) | Porter (11) | Richfield Coliseum 6,823

52–20
73

| 8:05p.m. EST | Boston | W 97–80 | Hayes (29) | Hayes (12) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 19,035

53–20
74

| 8:35p.m. EST | @ New Orleans | W 122–109 | Hayes (28) | Hayes (13) | Porter (9) | New Orleans Municipal Auditorium 6,273

54–20
75

| 8:05p.m. EST | Cleveland | W 100–97 | Hayes (28) | Hayes (13) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre 8,471

55–20
76

| 8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | L 91–94 | Chenier (21) | Unseld (17) | Porter, Riordan (6) | Capital Centre 15,226

56–20
77

| 2:00p.m. EST | Chicago | W 94–82 | Hayes (37) | Hayes, Unseld (11) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 10,149

56–21
78

| 8:35p.m. EST | @ New Orleans | W 110–101 | Hayes (33) | Unseld (16) | Porter (10) | New Orleans Municipal Auditorium 7,312

57–21
79

| 8:05p.m. EST | Houston | W 112–85 | Hayes (33) | Unseld (18) | Porter (13) | Capital Centre 7,748

58–21
80

| 7:30p.m. EST | @ Boston | L 94–95 | Porter (19) | Hayes (14) | Porter (9) | Boston Garden 15,320

58–22
81

| 8:05p.m. EST | Atlanta | W 123–115 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (22) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 8,273

59–22
82

| 1:05p.m. EST | New Orleans | W 119–103 | Hayes (23) | Unseld (30) | Jones, Unseld (5) | Capital Centre 13,267 | 60–22

Player stats

Note: GP=Games played; MP=Minutes Played; FG=Field Goals; FGA=Field Goal Attempts; FG%=Field Goal Percentage; FT=Free Throws; FTA=Free Throws Attempts; FT%=Free Throw Percentage; ORB=Offensive Rebounds; DRB=Defensive Rebounds; TRB=Total Rebounds; AST=Assists; STL=Steals; BLK=Blocks; PF=Personal Fouls; PTS=Points; AVG=Average

PlayerGPMPFGFGAFG%FTFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTSAVG
Hayes8234657391668.443409534.7662217861004206158187238188723.0
Chenier7728696901533.450301365.8257421829224817658158168121.8
Riordan7421915201057.49298117.83890194284198726238113815.4
Porter812589406827.491131186.70455971526501521132094311.6
Unseld732904273544.502126184.6853187591077297115681806729.2
Weatherspoon821347256562.456103138.7461322143465165212126157.5
Jones731424207400.518103142.7253610113716276101905177.1
Robinson76995191393.48660115.522942073014036321324425.8
Haskins70702115290.3975363.84129518079236732834.0
Gibbs5942474190.3894864.75026356119123601963.3
Kozelko7375460167.3593136.8615090140412851251512.1
DuVal371372465.3691218.667815231416234601.6
Washington1401.00000000000100.0

Team stats

Note: G=Games; MP=Minutes Played; FG=Field Goals; FGA=Field Goal Attempts; FG%=Field Goal Percentage; FT=Free Throws; FTA=Free Throw Attempts; FT%=Free Throw Percentage; ORB=Offensive Rebounds; DRB=Defensive Rebounds; TRB=Total Rebounds; AST=Assists; STL=Steals; BLK=Blocks; TOV=Turnovers; PF=Personal Fouls; PTS=Points

GMPFGFGAFG%FTFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Team821980535557697.46214751962.752113327643897200592940915941961
Team/G241.543.493.9.46218.023.9.75213.833.747.524.511.35.019.423.9
Lg Rank6348141512105772397
Year/Year0.4%2.2%-2.4%+.0215.9%5.0+.006-11.9%-4.3%-6.6%13.3%32.1%-7.3%1.7%12.3%
Opponent821980532497415.43814991967.762118428194003181171025918422004
Opponent/G241.539.690.4.43818.324.0.76214.434.448.822.18.73.222.524.4
Lg Rank6281568111514481210
Year/Year0.4%-7.1%-4.4%-.01221.0%20.0+.006-1.8%-3.3%-2.9%-4.7%9.1%-26.0%11.6%8.9%

Playoffs

|- | 1 | 8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | L 102–113 | Chenier (23) | Hayes (9) | Jones (5) | Capital Centre 17,140

0–1
2

| 8:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | W 120–106 | Hayes (34) | Unseld (25) | Porter (10) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 17,189

1–1
3

| 8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | W 111–96 | Elvin Hayes (30) | Unseld (18) | Porter (13) | Capital Centre 19,035

2–1
4

| 9:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | L 102–108 | Weatherspoon (21) | Unseld (23) | Porter (10) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 15,307

2–2
5

| 1:00p.m. EST | Buffalo | W 97–93 | Hayes (46) | Hayes, Unseld (12) | Porter (8) | Capital Centre 18,820

3–2
6

| 8:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | L 96–102 | Chenier (25) | Unseld (12) | Chenier, Unseld (6) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 15,172

3–3
7

| 8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | W 115–96 | Chenier (39) | Unseld (12) | Porter (8) | Capital Centre 19,035

4–3
-
1

| 2:30p.m. EDT | @ Boston | W 100–95 | Hayes (34) | Unseld (14) | Porter (7) | Boston Garden 15,320

1–0
2

| 8:05p.m. EDT | Boston | W 117–92 | Hayes (29) | Unseld (16) | Porter (6) | Capital Centre 19,035

2–0
3

| 2:30p.m. EDT | @ Boston | L 90–101 | Hayes (23) | Unseld (15) | Porter (5) | Boston Garden 15,320

2–1
4

| 8:05p.m. EDT | Boston | W 119–108 | Chenier (27) | Unseld (25) | Unseld (7) | Capital Centre 19,035

3–1
5

| 7:30p.m. EDT | @ Boston | L 99–103 | Chenier (32) | Unseld (13) | Porter (6) | Boston Garden 15,320

3–2
6

| 3:00p.m. EDT | Boston | W 98–92 | Chenier (24) | Unseld (17) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 19,035

4–2
-
1

| 3:00p.m. EDT | Golden State | L 95–101 | Hayes (29) | Hayes, Unseld (16) | Unseld (6) | Capital Centre 19,035

0–1
2

| 9:00p.m. EDT | @ Golden State (at San Francisco, CA) | L 91–92 | Chenier (30) | Unseld (20) | Porter (8) | Cow Palace 13,225

0–2
3

| 9:00p.m. EDT | @ Golden State (at San Francisco, CA) | L 101–109 | Hayes (24) | Unseld (15) | Porter (6) | Cow Palace 13,225

0–3
4

| 3:00p.m. EDT | Golden State | L 95–96 | Chenier (26) | Unseld (16) | Chenier (11) | Capital Centre 19,035

0–4

Playoffs player stats

Note: GP=Games played; MP=Minutes Played; FG=Field Goals; FGA=Field Goal Attempts; FG%=Field Goal Percentage; FT=Free Throws; FTA=Free Throw Attempts; FT%=Free Throw Percentage; ORB=Offensive Rebounds; DRB=Defensive Rebounds; TRB=Total Rebounds; AST=Assists; STL=Steals; BLK=Blocks; PF=Personal Fouls; PTS=Points; AVG=Average

PlayerGPMPFGFGAFG%FTFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTSAVG
Hayes17751174372.46886127.677461401863726397043425.5
Chenier17692155330.470102114.8951858765422114541224.2
Porter1762599197.5034669.6671328411242107324414.4
Unseld1773471130.5464061.656652112766415203918210.7
Weatherspoon1740470136.5153543.814255681161425617510.3
Riordan1737860151.3971418.77812294127162491347.9
Jones112062964.4531011.909517222116121686.2
Haskins13751528.53658.62552742117352.7
Robinson171301442.333714.500112940661021352.1
DuVal51439.33312.500033300171.4
Gibbs617310.300221.000011230281.3
Kozelko1354511.45545.8004371008141.1

Awards and honors

  • Elvin Hayes, All-NBA First Team
  • Phil Chenier, All-NBA Second Team
  • Elvin Hayes, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

References

References

  1. [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/dc/wizards.html Washington Wizards (1963–Present)]
  2. "Lowest defensive rating by a team in a single NBA season".
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