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1979–80 Washington Bullets season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

FieldValue
teamWashington Bullets
team_linkWashington Wizards
end_year1980
wins39
losses43
divisionAtlantic
division_place3
conf_place6
coachDick Motta
gmBob Ferry
ownerAbe Pollin
arenaCapital Centre
playoffs[First round](1980-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [76ers](1979-80-philadelphia-76ers-season) 0–2)
bbr_teamWSB
televisionWDCA
radioWTOP

(lost to 76ers 0–2)

The 1979–80 Washington Bullets season was the Bullets 19th season in the NBA and their 7th season in the city of Washington, D.C.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1979 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege

Roster

  • Dick Motta
  • Bernie Bickerstaff

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

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

Game log

Regular season

|- | 1 | | Philadelphia | L 92–93 | Hayes (25) | Unseld (12) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 19,035

0–1
2
October 13
@ New York

| | | | |Madison Square Garden | |- | 3 | | Atlanta | W 100–97 | | | | Capital Centre 5,804

1–2
4

| | @ Boston | L 93–130 | Hayes (23) | Unseld (9) | Wright (5) | Boston Garden 15,320

1–3
5
October 20
Detroit

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 6 | October 24 | @ Detroit | | | | |Pontiac Silverdome | |- | 7 | October 26 | @ Indiana | | | | |Market Square Arena | |- | 8 | October 31 | Cleveland | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 9 | | Boston | L 97–118 | Ballard (23) | Hayes (12) | Porter (9) | Capital Centre 17,635

3–6
10
November 9
San Antonio

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 11 | | @ Atlanta | L 105–109 | | | | The Omni 15,413

4–7
12
November 13
@ New York

| | | | |Madison Square Garden | |- | 13 | November 14 | Chicago | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 14 | November 16 | @ New Jersey | | | | |Rutgers Athletic Center | |- | 15 | November 17 | Utah | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 16 | November 21 | Cleveland | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 17 | November 23 | @ San Antonio | | | | |HemisFair Arena | |- | 18 | November 24 | @ Houston | | | | |The Summit | |- | 19 | November 27 | Denver | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 20 | | @ Philadelphia | L 102–120 | Phegley (22) | Ballard (10) | Dandridge, Unseld (8) | The Spectrum 10,105

9–11
21
November 30
Indiana

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 22 | December 1 | New Jersey | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 23 | December 5 | New York | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 24 | | Atlanta | W 96–95 | | | | Capital Centre 14,139

11–13
25
December 11
Phoenix

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 26 | December 13 | @ Cleveland | | | | |Richfield Coliseum | |- | 27 | December 14 | @ Indiana | | | | |Market Square Arena | |- | 28 | December 15 | @ Chicago | | | | |Chicago Stadium | |- | 29 | December 19 | Kansas City | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 30 | December 22 | Houston | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 31 | | Philadelphia | L 92–95 | Hayes (29) | Unseld (14) | Cleamons (7) | Capital Centre 18,184

14–17
32
December 26
@ New Jersey

| | | | |Rutgers Athletic Center | |- | 33 | | Milwaukee | W 117–108 | Ballard (27) | Ballard (13) | Unseld (11) | Capital Centre 9,693

15–18
34
December 29
San Diego

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 35 | January 1 | @ Portland | | | | |Memorial Coliseum | |- | 36 | | @ Seattle | W 139–134 (2OT) | Hayes (34) | Unseld (19) | Dandridge (6) | Kingdome 21,665

16–20
37
January 4
@ Golden State

| | | | |Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | |- | 38 | January 5 | @ Utah | | | | |Salt Palace | |- | 39 | | Los Angeles | W 103–101 | Hayes (25) | Ballard (13) | Cleamons, Wright (9) | Capital Centre 19,035

19–20
40

| | @ Philadelphia | L 106–119 | Ballard (31) | Unseld (14) | Unseld (7) | The Spectrum 15,571

19–21
41
January 13
Portland

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 42 | | Seattle | L 100–120 | Wright (20) | Unseld (9) | Unseld (8) | Capital Centre 13,408

20–22
43
January 17
@ Detroit

| | | | |Pontiac Silverdome | |- | 44 | January 18 | @ Houston | | | | |The Summit | |- | 45 | January 19 | @ San Antonio | | | | |HemisFair Arena | |- | 46 | January 22 | @ Cleveland | | | | |Richfield Coliseum | |- | 47 | January 24 | New Jersey | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 48 | | @ Boston | W 118–107 | Dandridge, Hayes (25) | Unseld (19) | Cleamons Unseld (6) | Boston Garden 15,320

21–27
49
January 27
Golden State

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 50 | | @ Atlanta | L 82–98 | | | | The Omni 10,269

22–28
51
January 30
Indiana

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 52 | | Boston | L 103–119 | Dandridge (20) | Unseld (11) | Porter (5) | Capital Centre 19,035 | 23–29 |- align="center" |- style="background:#cfc;"

- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
53
February 7
@ Indiana

| | | | |Market Square Arena | |- | 54 | | @ Milwaukee | L 90–115 | Grevey (23) | Ballard (9) | Cleamons (9) | MECCA Arena 10,938

23–31
55
February 10
@ Kansas City

| | | | |Kemper Arena | |- | 56 | February 12 | @ Denver | | | | |McNichols Sports Arena | |- | 57 | February 13 | @ San Diego | | | | |San Diego Sports Arena | |- | 58 | February 15 | @ Phoenix | | | | |Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |- | 59 | | @ Los Angeles | L 107–111 | Hayes (31) | Ballard (13) | Porter (8) | The Forum 17,505

25–34
60
February 21
Cleveland

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 61 | February 22 | San Antonio | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 62 | February 24 | New York | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 63 | February 27 | @ Houston | | | | |The Summit | |- | 64 | February 28 | Houston | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 65 | March 2 | Indiana | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 66 | March 4 | Detroit | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 67 | March 6 | New Jersey | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 68 | March 7 | @ Detroit | | | | |Pontiac Silverdome | |- | 69 | | @ Boston | W 133–128 (OT) | Hayes (35) | Hayes (17) | Wright (5) | Boston Garden 15,320

33–36
70
March 11
San Antonio

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 71 | | @ Philadelphia | L 98–105 | Ballard (32) | Unseld (16) | Unseld (8) | The Spectrum 11,327

33–38
72
March 14
Houston

| | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 73 | March 16 | New York | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 74 | March 18 | @ San Antonio | | | | |HemisFair Arena | |- | 75 | | @ Atlanta | L 93–109 | | | | The Omni 10,140

34–41
76

| | Philadelphia | W 119–113 (OT) | Ballard (30) | Hayes (13) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre 17,649

35–41
77
March 22
@ New York

| | | | |Madison Square Garden | |- | 78 | March 23 | Detroit | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 79 | | Boston | L 95–96 | Ballard (28) | Ballard (11) | Porter (15) | Capital Centre 19,035

37–42
80
March 27
@ Cleveland

| | | | |Richfield Coliseum | |- | 81 | | Atlanta | W 100–80 | | | | Capital Centre 18,186

38–43
82
March 30
@ New Jersey

| | | | |Rutgers Athletic Center |

Playoffs

|- | 1 | | @ Philadelphia | L 96–111 | Grevey (34) | Unseld (18) | Porter (7) | The Spectrum 12,567

0–1
2

| | Philadelphia | L 104–112 | Hayes (26) | Hayes (12) | Grevey (5) | Capital Centre 18,397

0–2

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WSB/1980.html 1979-80 Washington Bullets]
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