Complex sentence: Under Bickerstaff, the Bullets finished the season winning 16 of their final 21 games to slip into the playoffs with a 44--38 record, fourth in the Atlantic Division and ending an eight year playoff drought.
Split into simpler sentences: Under Bickerstaff, the Bullets finished the season winning 16 of their final 21 games. They finished fourth in the Atlantic Division with a 44--38 record, ending an eight-year playoff drought.