1979–80 Washington Bullets season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 July 2025 Washington Bullets Washington Wizards 1980 39 43 Atlantic 3 6 Dick Motta Bob Ferry Abe Pollin Capital Centre First round(lost to 76ers 0–2) WSB WDCA WTOP 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.1979-80 Washington Bullets Offseason Draft picks 1979 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College Roster Washington Bullets 1979–80 42 Greg Ballard basketball F 6 7 215 Oregon 12 Ron Behagen F 6 9 185 Minnesota 4 Lawrence Boston f 6 8 225 Maryland 33 Jim Cleamons PG 6 3 185 Ohio State 40 Dave Corzine c 6 11 250 DePaul 10 Bob Dandridge SF 6 6 195 Norfolk State yes 35 Kevin Grevey F 6 5 210 Kentucky 11 Elvin Hayes C 6 9 235 Houston 25 Mitch Kupchak PF 6 9 230 North Carolina yes 1 Kevin Porter basketball, born 1950 PG 6 0 170 St. Francis (PA) 41 Wes Unseld F 6 7 245 Louisville 23 John Williamson basketball, born 1951 G 6 2 185 New Mexico State 32 Larry Wright basketball G 6 1 160 Grambling State Dick Motta Bernie Bickerstaff Regular season Season standings WSB WSB Notes z, y – division champions x – clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season Washington Bullets 1980 Total: 39–43 (home: 24–17; road: 15–26) Washington Bullets October yes 3 1 0 4 |- | 1 | October 12, 1979 | Philadelphia | L 92–93 | Hayes (25) | Unseld (12) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre19,035 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 13 | @ New York | | | | |Madison Square Garden | |- | 3 | October 17, 1979 | Atlanta | W 100–97 | | | | Capital Centre5,804 | 1–2 |- | 4 | October 19, 1979 | @ Boston | L 93–130 | Hayes (23) | Unseld (9) | Wright (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 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 | Washington Bullets November 3 4 3 3 |- | 9 | November 3, 1979 | Boston | L 97–118 | Ballard (23) | Hayes (12) | Porter (9) | Capital Centre17,635 | 3–6 |- | 10 | November 9 | San Antonio | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 11 | November 10, 1979 | @ Atlanta | L 105–109 | | | | The Omni15,413 | 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 | November 28, 1979 | @ Philadelphia | L 102–120 | Phegley (22) | Ballard (10) | Dandridge,Unseld (8) | The Spectrum10,105 | 9–11 |- | 21 | November 30 | Indiana | | | | |Capital Centre | Washington Bullets December 4 5 2 2 |- | 22 | December 1 | New Jersey | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 23 | December 5 | New York | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 24 | December 8, 1979 | Atlanta | W 96–95 | | | | Capital Centre14,139 | 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 | December 25, 1979 | Philadelphia | L 92–95 | Hayes (29) | Unseld (14) | Cleamons (7) | Capital Centre18,184 | 14–17 |- | 32 | December 26 | @ New Jersey | | | | |Rutgers Athletic Center | |- | 33 | December 27, 1979 | Milwaukee | W 117–108 | Ballard (27) | Ballard (13) | Unseld (11) | Capital Centre9,693 | 15–18 |- | 34 | December 29 | San Diego | | | | |Capital Centre | Washington Bullets January 4 3 4 7 |- | 35 | January 1 | @ Portland | | | | |Memorial Coliseum | |- | 36 | January 2, 1980 | @ Seattle | W 139–134 (2OT) | Hayes (34) | Unseld (19) | Dandridge (6) | Kingdome21,665 | 16–20 |- | 37 | January 4 | @ Golden State | | | | |Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | |- | 38 | January 5 | @ Utah | | | | |Salt Palace | |- | 39 | January 9, 1980 | Los Angeles | W 103–101 | Hayes (25) | Ballard (13) | Cleamons,Wright (9) | Capital Centre19,035 | 19–20 |- | 40 | January 11, 1980 | @ Philadelphia | L 106–119 | Ballard (31) | Unseld (14) | Unseld (7) | The Spectrum15,571 | 19–21 |- | 41 | January 13 | Portland | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 42 | January 15, 1980 | Seattle | L 100–120 | Wright (20) | Unseld (9) | Unseld (8) | Capital Centre13,408 | 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 | January 25, 1980 | @ Boston | W 118–107 | Dandridge,Hayes (25) | Unseld (19) | CleamonsUnseld (6) | Boston Garden15,320 | 21–27 |- | 49 | January 27 | Golden State | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 50 | January 29, 1980 | @ Atlanta | L 82–98 | | | | The Omni10,269 | 22–28 |- | 51 | January 30 | Indiana | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 52 | January 31, 1980 | Boston | L 103–119 | Dandridge (20) | Unseld (11) | Porter (5) | Capital Centre19,035 | 23–29 Washington Bullets February 4 0 2 6 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- | 53 | February 7 | @ Indiana | | | | |Market Square Arena | |- | 54 | February 8, 1980 | @ Milwaukee | L 90–115 | Grevey (23) | Ballard (9) | Cleamons (9) | MECCA Arena10,938 | 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 | February 17, 1980 | @ Los Angeles | L 107–111 | Hayes (31) | Ballard (13) | Porter (8) | The Forum17,505 | 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 | Washington Bullets March 6 4 4 4 |- | 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 | March 9, 1980 | @ Boston | W 133–128 (OT) | Hayes (35) | Hayes (17) | Wright (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 33–36 |- | 70 | March 11 | San Antonio | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 71 | March 12, 1980 | @ Philadelphia | L 98–105 | Ballard (32) | Unseld (16) | Unseld (8) | The Spectrum11,327 | 33–38 |- | 72 | March 14 | Houston | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 73 | March 16 | New York | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 74 | March 18 | @ San Antonio | | | | |HemisFair Arena | |- | 75 | March 19, 1980 | @ Atlanta | L 93–109 | | | | The Omni10,140 | 34–41 |- | 76 | March 20, 1980 | Philadelphia | W 119–113 (OT) | Ballard (30) | Hayes (13) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre17,649 | 35–41 |- | 77 | March 22 | @ New York | | | | |Madison Square Garden | |- | 78 | March 23 | Detroit | | | | |Capital Centre | |- | 79 | March 25, 1980 | Boston | L 95–96 | Ballard (28) | Ballard (11) | Porter (15) | Capital Centre19,035 | 37–42 |- | 80 | March 27 | @ Cleveland | | | | |Richfield Coliseum | |- | 81 | March 28, 1980 | Atlanta | W 100–80 | | | | Capital Centre18,186 | 38–43 |- | 82 | March 30 | @ New Jersey | | | | |Rutgers Athletic Center | WSB 1980 Playoffs Washington Bullets 1980 yes #012F6D #FFFFFF Washington Bullets Eastern Conference First Round yes yes no #BA0C2F #FFFFFF 0 1 0 1 |- | 1 | April 2, 1980 | @ Philadelphia | L 96–111 | Grevey (34) | Unseld (18) | Porter (7) | The Spectrum12,567 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 4, 1980 | Philadelphia | L 104–112 | Hayes (26) | Hayes (12) | Grevey (5) | Capital Centre18,397 | 0–2 |- WSB 1980 yes References See also 1979-80 NBA season Category:Washington Wizards seasons Was Category:1979 in sports in Washington, D.C. 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