1975–76 Washington Bullets season

1975–76 Washington Bullets season
1975–76 Washington Bullets season
Head coach	K. C. Jones
General manager	Bob Ferry
Owner(s)	Abe Pollin
Arena	Capital Centre
Results
Record	48–34 (.585)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central); Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals; (lost to Cavaliers 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WDCA
Radio	WTOP
< 1974–75	1976–77 >

The 1975–76 NBA season was the Bullets 15th season in the NBA and their 3rd season in the city of Washington, D.C.^[1]

Draft picks

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
G	21	Bing, Dave	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Syracuse
G	45	Chenier, Phil	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	California
F	35	Grevey, Kevin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Kentucky
G	14	Haskins, Clem	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Western Kentucky
C	11	Hayes, Elvin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Houston
PF	22	Kozelko, Tom	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Toledo
SG	24	Kropp, Tom	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Nebraska–Kearney
SG	6	Riordan, Mike	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Providence
F	33	Robinson, Leonard	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Tennessee State
F	41	Unseld, Wes	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Louisville
F	12	Weatherspoon, Nick	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Illinois

Head coach

K. C. Jones

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Cleveland Cavaliers	49	33	.598	–	29–12	20–21	15–11
x-Washington Bullets	48	34	.585	1	31–10	17–24	14–12
Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	9	27–13	13–29	14–12
New Orleans Jazz	38	44	.463	11	22–19	16–25	15–11
Atlanta Hawks	29	53	.354	20	20–21	9–32	7–19

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	54	28	.659	–
2	y-Cleveland Cavaliers	49	33	.598	5
3	x-Washington Bullets	48	34	.585	6
4	x-Philadelphia 76ers	46	36	.561	8
5	x-Buffalo Braves	46	36	.561	8

6	Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	14
7	New York Knicks	38	44	.463	16
8	New Orleans Jazz	38	44	.463	16
9	Atlanta Hawks	29	53	.354	25

Notes

z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1975–76 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	KCK	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–5	1–3	2–2	2–5	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–5
Boston	3–2	—	4–3	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	5–2	4–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–2
Buffalo	3–2	3–4	—	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–1	4–3	3–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–3
Chicago	2–2	2–2	1–3	—	0–4	3–4	1–4	1–3	1–6	3–2	3–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–3	1–4	2–3	0–4
Cleveland	5–2	2–3	2–3	4–0	—	2–2	1–3	2–4	1–3	2–2	4–0	4–3	3–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–2
Detroit	3–1	0–4	3–1	4–3	2–2	—	0–5	2–2	5–2	1–4	3–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	3–2	2–2
Golden State	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	—	2–2	4–1	5–2	5–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–2	4–2	4–3	3–1
Houston	5–2	1–4	2–3	3–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	3–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	3–4
Kansas City	2–2	2–2	0–4	6–1	3–1	2–5	1–4	2–2	—	2–3	2–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–5	2–3	1–3
Los Angeles	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–3	2–2	4–1	2–5	3–1	3–2	—	2–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–4	3–4	3–3	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	2–2	1–3	4–3	0–4	4–3	0–5	2–2	5–2	3–2	—	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2
New Orleans	4–2	1–4	1–4	2–2	3–4	3–1	2–2	4–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	—	2–3	1–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	4–3
New York	2–3	2–5	3–4	4–0	2–3	1–3	0–4	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	—	5–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	3–2
Philadelphia	3–2	3–4	4–3	4–0	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–5	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–3
Phoenix	4–0	0–4	1–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–4	4–0	2–3	4–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	—	5–2	4–3	0–4
Portland	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–4	3–2	2–4	1–3	5–0	4–3	3–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–5	—	3–3	2–2
Seattle	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–3	3–4	2–2	3–2	3–3	3–2	3–1	4–0	2–2	3–4	3–3	—	1–3
Washington	5–1	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–4	2–2	1–3	4–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	—

Game log

Regular season

1975–76 game log
Total: 48–34 (home: 24–17; road: 15–26)

October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

November: 6–8 (home: 4–4; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

December: 9–7 (home: 6–1; road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

January: 11–6 (home: 7–1; road: 4–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

February: 11–4 (home: 7–0; road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

March: 8–6 (home: 6–2; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

April: 2–3 (home: 0–2; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record

1975–76 schedule

Playoffs

1976 playoff game log

Conference semifinals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 13	@ Cleveland	W 100–95	Elvin Hayes (28)	Elvin Hayes (18)	Dave Bing (5)	Richfield Coliseum 19,974	1–0
2	April 15	Cleveland	L 79–80	Phil Chenier (19)	Unseld, Robinson (13)	Dave Bing (7)	Capital Centre 17,988	1–1
3	April 17	@ Cleveland	L 76–88	Elvin Hayes (17)	Wes Unseld (13)	four players tied (3)	Richfield Coliseum 21,061	1–2
4	April 21	Cleveland	W 109–98	Clem Haskins (22)	Unseld, Hayes (14)	Wes Unseld (7)	Capital Centre 17,542	2–2
5	April 22	@ Cleveland	L 91–92	Elvin Hayes (25)	Elvin Hayes (13)	Dave Bing (6)	Richfield Coliseum 21,312	2–3
6	April 25	Cleveland	W 102–98 (OT)	Elvin Hayes (28)	Wes Unseld (18)	Wes Unseld (8)	Capital Centre 19,035	3–3
7	April 29	@ Cleveland	L 85–87	Phil Chenier (31)	Elvin Hayes (11)	Wes Unseld (4)	Richfield Coliseum 21,564	3–4

1976 schedule

Playoffs

East First Round

The Bullets' had a first round bye.

East Conference semifinals

(2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (3) Washington Bullets: Cavaliers win series 4-3

Game 1 @ Cleveland: Washington 100, Cleveland 95
Game 2 @ Washington: Cleveland 80, Washington 79
Game 3 @ Cleveland: Cleveland 88, Washington 76
Game 4 @ Washington: Washington 109, Cleveland 98
Game 5 @ Cleveland: Cleveland 92, Washington 91
Game 6 @ Washington: Washington 102, Cleveland 98 (OT)
Game 7 @ Cleveland: Cleveland 87, Washington 85

Awards and records

Elvin Hayes, All-NBA Second Team

References

^ 1975–76 Washington Bullets

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