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1990–91 Washington Bullets season

NBA professional basketball team season

Baltimore Arena (4 games)

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Home Team Sports

The 1990–91 Washington Bullets season was the 30th season for the Washington Bullets in the National Basketball Association, and their 18th season in Washington, D.C.. During the off-season, the Bullets acquired second-year forward Pervis Ellison from the Sacramento Kings in a three-team trade.

The Bullets struggled with a 4–10 start to the regular season in November, but played around .500 in winning percentage afterwards and held a 21–27 record at the All-Star break. However, the team struggled posting a nine-game losing streak between February and March, and finishing in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 30–52 record.

Bernard King averaged 28.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team. In addition, Harvey Grant showed improvement averaging 18.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, while Ledell Eackles contributed 13.0 points per game, Hot Plate Williams provided with 12.5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, but only played just 33 games due to a knee injury and weight problems, where he weighed up to 302 lbs. and Ellison averaged 10.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. Meanwhile, Darrell Walker averaged 7.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, while rookie shooting guard A.J. English contributed 8.8 points per game off the bench, and defensive center Charles Jones provided with 5.8 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, King was selected for the 1991 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Eastern Conference All-Star team; it was his fourth and final All-Star appearance. King finished in 16th place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Grant finished in fourth place in Most Improved Player voting, and with King finishing tied in eighth place. Following the season, Walker was traded to the Detroit Pistons.

On April 4, 1991, during a home game against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Capital Centre, Walker, Ellison, head coach Wes Unseld, and the Bullets' mascot "Hoops", were all ejected out of the game by referee Steve Javie, as the Bullets lost to the Trail Blazers, 105–96.

NBA draft

Main article: 1990 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	35	Greg Foster	PF/C		UTEP
2	37	A. J. English	G		Virginia Union

Roster

Wes Unseld
Bill Blair
Jeff Bzdelik

Regular season

Season standings

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | 42 || 1 || 14.0 || .440 || .238 || .854 || 2.8 || 1.1 || .4 || .2 || 5.8 |- | 67 || 17 || 24.1 || .453 || .237 || .739 || 1.9 || 2.0 || .7 || .1 || 13.0 |- | 76 || 30 || 25.6 || .513 || .000 || .650 || 7.7 || 1.3 || .6 || 2.1 || 10.4 |- | 70 || 12 || 20.6 || .439 || .097 || .707 || 2.1 || 2.5 || .4 || .2 || 8.8 |- | 54 || 3 || 11.2 || .460 || .000 || .689 || 2.8 || .7 || .2 || .4 || 4.4 |- | 77 || 76 || 36.9 || .498 || .133 || .743 || 7.2 || 2.6 || 1.2 || .8 || 18.2 |- | 70 || 7 || 14.6 || .461 || .000 || .722 || 2.9 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 5.2 |- | 33 || 4 || 9.6 || .465 || .200 || .820 || 1.4 || .7 || .5 || .1 || 5.2 |- | 62 || 54 || 24.2 || .540 || || .580 || 5.8 || .8 || .8 || 2.0 || 2.6 |- | 64 || 64 || 37.5 || .472 || .216 || .790 || 5.0 || 4.6 || .9 || .3 || 28.4 |- | 12 || 10 || 21.3 || .418 || .000 || .583 || 2.3 || 2.0 || .6 || .0 || 6.9 |- | 5 || 0 || 9.0 || .500 || || .500 || .8 || .8 || .2 || .0 || 1.4 |- | 71 || 65 || 32.5 || .430 || .000 || .604 || 7.0 || 6.5 || 1.1 || .5 || 7.8 |- | 33 || 11 || 28.5 || .417 || .244 || .753 || 5.4 || 4.0 || 1.2 || .2 || 12.5 |- | 73 || 56 || 27.9 || .454 || .240 || .759 || 3.3 || 4.8 || 1.2 || .1 || 8.0 |}

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Bullets only.

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

Bernard King, All-NBA Third Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/1991.html 1990-91 Washington Bullets]
Brady, Jim. (June 25, 1990). "Bullets, Jazz, Kings Make Three-Way Deal". United Press International.
(June 26, 1990). "Bullets Get Pervis Ellison in Three-Way Trade: Pro Basketball: Jeff Malone Goes to Jazz, with Hansen and Leckner Going to Sacramento. Nets Deal for Theus, Meaning They Will Probably Pick Coleman". Los Angeles Times.
Aldridge, David. (June 26, 1990). "Bullets Trade Malone in 3-Team Deal for Ellison". The Washington Post.
"NBA Games Played on February 7, 1991". Basketball-Reference.
"1990–91 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference.
Kornheiser, Tony. (January 16, 1991). "Scaling the Mountain Williams Says He's Hungry for Basketball Now". The Washington Post.
Aldridge, David. (April 21, 1991). "Banged Up and Bandaged, Bullets Prepare to Put Lid on a Painful Season". The Washington Post.
"1990–91 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.
Barnard, Bill. (February 10, 1991). "The Show of Shows for Magic: NBA: For Laker Guard, Making His 10th Appearance, Each and Every All-Star Game Is a Special Occasion". Los Angeles Times.
(September 13, 2021). "1991 NBA All-Star Recap". NBA.com.
"1991 NBA All-Star Game: East 116, West 114". Basketball-Reference.
"1990–91 NBA Awards Voting". Basketball-Reference.
(September 6, 1991). "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO BASKETBALL; Remaking the Pistons". The New York Times.
Aldridge, David. (September 6, 1991). "Bullets Trade Walker to Pistons for Picks". The Washington Post.
Aldridge, David. (April 5, 1991). "Bullets Left Dejected and Ejected". The Washington Post.
(April 5, 1991). "NBA ROUNDUP: Technically, Trail Blazers Earn 105-96 Win". Los Angeles Times.
Goldstein, Alan. (April 5, 1991). "Trail Blazers Foul Up Bullets, 105–96 Walker, Ellison, Unseld Ejected". The Baltimore Sun.

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