# Temporada 1976-77 de los Washington Bullets

La temporada 1976-77 fue la cuarta de los Bullets dentro del área de Washington D. C. y la decimosexta en sus diferentes localizaciones. La temporada regular acabó con 48 victorias y 34 derrotas, ocupando el tercer puesto de la Conferencia Este, alcanzando los playoffs, en los que cayeron ante Houston Rockets en semifinales de conferencia.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 13 | Mitch Kupchak | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | North Carolina |
| 1 | 14 | Larry Wright | Base | Estados Unidos | Grambling State |
| 2 | 31 | Joe Pace | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Coppin State |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Houston Rockets | 49 | 33 | .598 | – | 34–7 | 15–26 | 13–7 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1 | 32–9 | 16–25 | 11–9 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 44 | 38 | .537 | 5 | 31–10 | 13–28 | 9–11 |
| x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 6 | 29-12 | 14-27 | 8–12 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 35 | 47 | .427 | 14 | 26–15 | 9–32 | 10–10 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 18 | 19–22 | 12–29 | 9–11 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Washington Bullets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 13 de abril | Washington Bullets 109, Cleveland Cavaliers 100 | Landover |
| 15 de abril | Cleveland Cavaliers 91, Washington Bullets 83 | Cleveland |
| 17 de abril | Washington Bullets 104, Cleveland Cavaliers 98 | Landover |
| | Washington Bullets gana las series 2-1 | |

### Semifinales de Conferencia

Houston Rockets vs. Washington Bullets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 19 de abril | Houston Rockets 101, Washington Bullets 111 | Houston |
| 21 de abril | Houston Rockets 124, Washington Bullets 118 | Houston |
| 24 de abril | Washington Bullets 93, Houston Rockets 90 | Landover |
| 26 de abril | Washington Bullets 106, Houston Rockets 107 | Landover |
| 29 de abril | Houston Rockets 123, Washington Bullets 115 | Houston |
| 1 de mayo | Washington Bullets 103, Houston Rockets 108 | Landover |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 4-2 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Elvin Hayes | 31 | 82 | 41.0 | 9.3 | 18.5 | .501 | 5.1 | 7.5 | .687 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 12.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 23.7 |
| 2 | Phil Chenier | 26 | 78 | 36.4 | 8.4 | 18.9 | .444 | 3.5 | 4.1 | .841 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 20.2 |
| 3 | Wes Unseld | 30 | 82 | 34.9 | 3.3 | 6.7 | .490 | 1.2 | 2.0 | .602 | 3.0 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Truck Robinson | 25 | 41 | 32.4 | 6.4 | 13.5 | .478 | 3.1 | 4.6 | .677 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| 5 | Tom Henderson | 25 | 41 | 29.8 | 4.3 | 9.1 | .469 | 2.6 | 3.5 | .738 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 11.1 |
| 6 | Dave Bing | 33 | 64 | 23.7 | 4.2 | 9.3 | .454 | 2.1 | 2.8 | .773 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 10.6 |
| 7 | Mitch Kupchak | 22 | 82 | 18.5 | 4.2 | 7.3 | .572 | 2.1 | 3.0 | .691 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 10.4 |
| 8 | Larry Wright | 22 | 78 | 18.2 | 3.4 | 7.6 | .440 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .765 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 7.8 |
| 9 | Leonard Gray | 25 | 58 | 17.2 | 2.5 | 5.7 | .436 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .738 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 6.0 |
| 10 | Kevin Grevey | 23 | 76 | 17.2 | 2.9 | 7.0 | .423 | 1.0 | 1.6 | .664 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 6.9 |
| 11 | Nick Weatherspoon | 26 | 11 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 6.9 | .355 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .625 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 5.4 |
| 12 | Bob Weiss | 34 | 62 | 12.4 | 1.0 | 2.1 | .466 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .784 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Jimmy Jones | 32 | 3 | 11.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | .222 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .500 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| 14 | Mike Riordan | 31 | 49 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | .362 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .733 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 15 | Joe Pace | 23 | 30 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .436 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .552 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.1 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Elvin Hayes | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |
| Mitch Kupchak | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |
| Phil Chenier | All-Star |