1979–80 Washington Bullets season

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

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Notes z, y – division champions x – clinched playoff spot

Game log Regular season

| 1 | | Philadelphia | L 92–93 | Hayes (25) | Unseld (12) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre19,035 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 13 | @ New York

|Madison Square Garden

| 3 | | Atlanta | W 100–97

| Capital Centre5,804 | 1–2 |- | 4 | | @ 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

| 9 | | Boston | L 97–118 | Ballard (23) | Hayes (12) | Porter (9) | Capital Centre17,635 | 3–6 |- | 10 | November 9 | San Antonio

|Capital Centre

| 11 | | @ 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 | | @ Philadelphia | L 102–120 | Phegley (22) | Ballard (10) | Dandridge,Unseld (8) | The Spectrum10,105 | 9–11 |- | 21 | November 30 | Indiana

|Capital Centre

| 22 | December 1 | New Jersey

|Capital Centre

| 23 | December 5 | New York

|Capital Centre

| 24 | | 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 | | Philadelphia | L 92–95 | Hayes (29) | Unseld (14) | Cleamons (7) | Capital Centre18,184 | 14–17 |- | 32 | December 26 | @ New Jersey

|Rutgers Athletic Center

| 33 | | Milwaukee | W 117–108 | Ballard (27) | Ballard (13) | Unseld (11) | Capital Centre9,693 | 15–18 |- | 34 | December 29 | San Diego

|Capital Centre

| 35 | January 1 | @ Portland

|Memorial Coliseum

| 36 | | @ 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 | | Los Angeles | W 103–101 | Hayes (25) | Ballard (13) | Cleamons,Wright (9) | Capital Centre19,035 | 19–20 |- | 40 | | @ Philadelphia | L 106–119 | Ballard (31) | Unseld (14) | Unseld (7) | The Spectrum15,571 | 19–21 |- | 41 | January 13 | Portland

|Capital Centre

| 42 | | 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 | | @ Boston | W 118–107 | Dandridge,Hayes (25) | Unseld (19) | CleamonsUnseld (6) | Boston Garden15,320 | 21–27 |- | 49 | January 27 | Golden State

|Capital Centre

| 50 | | @ Atlanta | L 82–98

| The Omni10,269 | 22–28 |- | 51 | January 30 | Indiana

|Capital Centre

| 52 | | Boston | L 103–119 | Dandridge (20) | Unseld (11) | Porter (5) | Capital Centre19,035 | 23–29

|- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- | 53 | February 7 | @ Indiana

|Market Square Arena

| 54 | | @ 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 | | @ 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

| 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 | | @ Boston | W 133–128 (OT) | Hayes (35) | Hayes (17) | Wright (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 33–36 |- | 70 | March 11 | San Antonio

|Capital Centre

| 71 | | @ 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 | | @ Atlanta | L 93–109

| The Omni10,140 | 34–41 |- | 76 | | 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 | | Boston | L 95–96 | Ballard (28) | Ballard (11) | Porter (15) | Capital Centre19,035 | 37–42 |- | 80 | March 27 | @ Cleveland

|Richfield Coliseum

| 81 | | Atlanta | W 100–80

| Capital Centre18,186 | 38–43 |- | 82 | March 30 | @ New Jersey

|Rutgers Athletic Center |

Playoffs

| 1 | | @ Philadelphia | L 96–111 | Grevey (34) | Unseld (18) | Porter (7) | The Spectrum12,567 | 0–1 |- | 2 | | Philadelphia | L 104–112 | Hayes (26) | Hayes (12) | Grevey (5) | Capital Centre18,397 | 0–2

References

See also 1979-80 NBA season