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1974–75 Washington Bullets season

The 1974–75 Washington Bullets played in their 14th season, second in the Washington, D.C. area, and first as the Washington Bullets. After one season as the Capital Bullets, the team name was changed to Washington Bullets; they captured their sixth division title in seven years by posting a franchise-best record of . Washington was nearly unbeatable at home, posting a record of at the Capital Centre in suburban Landover, Maryland.

The Bullets won their second Eastern Conference title, but similar to four years earlier, were swept in the NBA Finals in four games, this time by the underdog Golden State Warriors. The Bullets had the best team defensive rating in NBA history (91.3).

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

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

Regular season

Game log

|- | 1 | <br>8:05p.m. EDT | New Orleans | W 110–92 | Hayes (25) | Unseld (16) | Porter (15) | Capital Centre<br>10,896 | 1–0 |- | 2 | <br>8:35p.m. EDT | @ Kansas City–Omaha | W 123–121 | Hayes (35) | Hayes (14) | Hayes (7) | Municipal Auditorium<br>5,385 | 2–0 |- | 3 | <br>8:05p.m. EDT | Houston | W 99–95 | Chenier (27) | Unseld (13) | Unseld (7) | Capital Centre<br>5,109 | 3–0 |- | 4 | <br>9:00p.m. EDT | @ Milwaukee | W 111–96 | Chenier (29) | Unseld (15) | Porter (11) | Milwaukee Arena<br>10,938 | 4–0 |- | 5 | <br>8:05p.m. EDT | Milwaukee | W 101–95 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (16) | Porter,<br>Riordan (7) | Capital Centre<br>7,166 | 5–0 |- | 6 | <br>8:30p.m. EST | @ Chicago | W 96–80 | Chenier (27) | Hayes (12) | Porter (7) | Chicago Stadium<br>4,413 | 6–0 |- | 7 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | New York | W 94–86 | Hayes (21) | Unseld (22) | Porter (6) | Capital Centre<br>7,842 | 7–0 |- | 8 | <br>9:05p.m. EST | @ Houston | L 92–95 | Chenier (29) | Unseld (15) | Porter,<br>Unseld (6) | Hofheinz Pavilion<br>2,164 | 7–1

|- | 9 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Phoenix | W 108–94 | Riordan (39) | Unseld (21) | Porter (7) | Capital Centre<br>9,168 | 8–1 |- | 10 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Cleveland | L 99–107 | Unseld (21) | Hayes (15) | Porter,<br>Riordan (4) | Capital Centre<br>5,110 | 8–2 |- | 11 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Chicago | W 96–89 | Jones (21) | Unseld (14) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre<br>8,083 | 9–2 |- | 12 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Kansas City–Omaha | W 118–81 | Chenier (25) | Unseld (15) | Porter (13) | Capital Centre<br>5,521 | 10–2 |- | 13 | <br>8:35p.m. EST | @ New Orleans | W 104–95 | Hayes (34) | Hayes (14) | Chenier (6) | New Orleans Municipal Auditorium<br>5,275 | 11–2 |- | 14 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Boston | L 109–124 | Hayes (33) | Unseld (16) | Porter (7) | Capital Centre<br>16,204 | 11–3 |- | 15 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ New York | L 85–86 | Hayes (24) | Hayes (16) | Porter (6) | Madison Square Garden<br>18,444 | 11–4 |- | 16 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | L 104–115 | Hayes (30) | Hayes (14) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre<br>8,640 | 11–5 |- | 17 | <br>11:00p.m. EST | @ Portland | W 117–99 | Chenier (36) | Hayes (12) | Porter (11) | Memorial Coliseum<br>11,868 | 12–5 |- | 18 | <br>10:00p.m. EST | @ Los Angeles | W 111–108 | Chenier,<br>Jones (24) | Unseld (15) | Hayes (5) | The Forum<br>11,857 | 13–5 |- | 19 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Atlanta | L 102–119 | Chenier,<br>Hayes (30) | Hayes (12) | Porter (7) | The Omni<br>4,268 | 13–6 |- | 20 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Atlanta | W 114–104 | Chenier (31) | Unseld (19) | porter (9) | Capital Centre<br>7,012 | 14–6 |- | 21 | <br>8:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | W 96–93 | Chenier (29) | Hayes,<br>Unseld (13) | Riordan (6) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium<br>16,209 | 15–6 |- | 22 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Seattle | W 122–90 | Hayes (20) | Unseld (13) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre<br>8,865 | 16–6

|- | 23 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Portland | W 114–87 | Hayes (25) | Unseld (21) | Porter,<br>Unseld (6) | Capital Centre<br>6,306 | 17–6 |- | 24 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Detroit | W 94–89 | Chenier (31) | Unseld (16) | Porter (5) | Capital Centre<br>9,094 | 18–6 |- | 25 | <br>7:35p.m. EST | @ Cleveland | W 88–75 | Chenier (24) | Hayes (16) | Jones (8) | Richfield Coliseum<br>8,148 | 19–6 |- | 26 | <br>7:35p.m. EST | @ Detroit | L 89–103 | Chenier (18) | Unseld (6) | Porter (10) | Cobo Arena<br>5,376 | 19–7 |- | 27 | <br>7:30p.m. EST | @ Boston | W 108–89 | Hayes (24) | Unseld (15) | Porter (10) | Boston Garden<br>15,320 | 20–7 |- | 28 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Golden State | W 99–91 | Chenier (29) | Unseld (17) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre<br>10,396 | 20–8 |- | 29 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Atlanta | L 85–96 | Chenier (20) | Robinson (8) | Porter (4) | The Omni<br>3,047 | 21–8 |- | 30 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | New Orleans | W 113–90 | Chenier (19) | Hayes (15) | Porter (8) | Capital Centre<br>4,227 | 22–8 |- | 31 | <br>9:05p.m. EST | @ Houston | L 91–116 | Chenier (23) | Hayes (6) | Hayes,<br>Jones (5) | Hofheinz Pavilion<br>3,875 | 22–9 |- | 32 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Philadelphia | W 117–101 | Porter,<br>Riordan (29) | Unseld (18) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre<br>5,792 | 23–9 |- | 33 | <br>9:00p.m. EST | @ Milwaukee | W 106–103 (OT) | Hayes (34) | Unseld (25) | Porter (8) | Milwaukee Arena<br>10,938 | 24–9 |- | 34 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Atlanta | W 110–92 | Riordan (23) | Unseld (21) | Chenier (7) | Capital Centre<br>10,341 | 25–9 |- | 35 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Cleveland | W 103–90 | Riordan (27) | Unseld (28) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre<br>8,101 | 26–9

|- | 36 | <br>11:00p.m. EST | @ Seattle | L 118–123 (OT) | Hayes (29) | Unseld (25) | Unseld (6) | Seattle Center Coliseum<br>12,363 | 26–10 |- | 37 | <br>11:05p.m. EST | @ Golden State | L 96–104 | Riordan (19) | Hayes (15) | Porter (9) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena<br>12,787 | 25–12 |- | 38 | <br>10:00p.m. EST | @ Los Angeles | L 109–112 (OT) | Riordan (34) | Unseld (17) | Porter (13) | The Forum<br>13,386 | 26–12 |- | 39 | <br>9:30p.m. EST | @ Phoenix | W 102–95 | Riordan (31) | Unseld (16) | Unseld (8) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum<br>6,770 | 27–12 |- | 40 | <br>9:05p.m. EST | @ Houston | W 102–94 | Hayes (23) | Hayes (15) | Porter (8) | Hofheinz Pavilion<br>4,216 | 28–12 |- | 41 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Los Angeles | W 102–90 | Chenier (26) | Unseld (22) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre<br>13,868 | 29–12 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |-;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- | 42 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Atlanta | L 85–108 | Chenier (16) | Unseld (15) | Chenier (7) | The Omni<br>3,034 | 29–13 |- | 43 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Philadelphia | W 103–92 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (16) | Porter (10) | The Spectrum<br>9,176 | 30–13 |- | 44 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Golden State | W 125–101 | Riordan (32) | Unseld (15) | Porter,<br>Unseld (7) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 31–13 |- | 45 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Cleveland | W 97–88 | Riordan (22) | Unseld (12) | Porter (6) | Richfield Coliseum<br>4,718 | 32–13 |- | 46 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Kansas City–Omaha | W 97–88 | Chenier (33) | Unseld (17) | Porter (9) | Capital Centre<br>4,719 | 33–13 |- | 47 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Cleveland | W 94–92 | Chenier (25) | Unseld (20) | Unseld (10) | Capital Centre<br>7,178 | 34–13 |- | 48 | <br>1:35p.m. EST | Houston | W 118–90 | Hayes (24) | Unseld (15) | Chenier (8) | Capital Centre<br>7,939 | 35–13 |- | 49 | <br>8:35p.m. EST | @ New Orleans | W 106–101 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (16) | Porter (8) | Loyola Field House<br>2,812 | 36–13

|- | 50 | <br>2:00p.m. EST | @ Chicago | L 80–97 | Chenier (19) | Hayes (11) | Jones (4) | Chicago Stadium<br>10,885 | 36–14 |- | 51 | <br>9:30p.m. EST | @ Phoenix | L 89–90 | Hayes (27) | Unseld (12) | Porter (11) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum<br>4,263 | 36–15 |- | 52 | <br>11:05p.m. EST | @ Golden State | W 98–97 | Chenier (31) | Hayes (16) | Porter (8) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena<br>12,787 | 37–15 |- | 53 | <br>11:00p.m. EST | @ Seattle | W 99–76 | Chenier (28) | Unseld (19) | Porter (9) | Seattle Center Coliseum<br>12,720 | 38–15 |- | 54 | <br>11:00p.m. EST | @ Portland | L 96–100 | Hayes (25) | Hayes (12) | Unseld (6) | Memorial Coliseum<br>8,405 | 38–16 |- | 55 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Milwaukee | W 112–108 (OT) | Hayes (35) | Unseld (21) | Unseld (9) | Capital Centre<br>15,331 | 39–16 |- | 56 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ New York | W 108–106 (OT) | Hayes (31) | Hayes (16) | Porter (7) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,694 | 40–16 |- | 57 | <br>3:15p.m. EST | New York | W 125–104 | Hayes (33) | Unseld (18) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 41–16 |- | 58 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Phoenix | W 120–97 | Hayes (32) | Hayes (15) | Porter (7),<br>Unseld (7) | Capital Centre<br>6,201 | 42–16 |- | 59 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Cleveland | L 95–106 | Chenier (29) | Unseld (10) | Porter (6) | Richfield Coliseum<br>6,728 | 42–17 |- | 60 | <br>7:35p.m. EST | @ Detroit | W 121–96 | Chenier (30) | Hayes (15) | Porter (11) | Cobo Arena<br>9,571 | 43–17 |- | 61 | <br>1:00p.m. EST | Portland | W 113–98 | Chenier,<br>Hayes (21) | Unseld (15) | Hayes (7) | Capital Centre<br>8,294 | 44–17 |- | 62 | <br>8:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | W 111–93 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (17) | Porter (14) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium<br>13,964 | 45–17 |- | 63 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Seattle | W 104–98 | Hayes (39) | Hayes (19) | Chenier (7) | Capital Centre<br>6,202 | 46–17 |- | 64 | <br>7:05p.m. EST | Detroit | W 106–95 | Hayes (35) | Hayes (12) | Chenier (8) | Capital Centre<br>11,121 | 47–17

|- | 65 | <br>1:00p.m. EST | Los Angeles | W 117–104 | Chenier (27) | Hayes (15) | Porter (21) | Capital Centre<br>8,020 | 48–17 |- | 66 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Atlanta | W 118–112 | Hayes (30) | Hayes (15) | Porter (22) | Capital Centre<br>6,266 | 49–17 |- | 67 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Philadelphia | W 113–92 | Chenier (28) | Hayes (14) | Hayes,<br>Riordan (5) | The Spectrum<br>7,848 | 50–17 |- | 68 | <br>1:30p.m. EST | Philadelphia | L 100–113 | Hayes (28) | Hayes (12) | Porter (9) | Capital Centre<br>8,473 | 50–18 |- | 69 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Atlanta | W 99–87 | Chenier (38) | Hayes (15) | Porter (10) | The Omni<br>2,955 | 51–18 |- | 70 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Houston | W 115–88 | Riordan (26) | Hayes (10) | Kozelko (8) | Capital Centre<br>6,059 | 52–18 |- | 71 | <br>8:35p.m. EST | @ Kansas City–Omaha<br> | L 102–103 | Chenier (32) | Hayes (26) | Chenier,<br>Hayes,<br>Riordan,<br>Robinson (3) | Omaha Civic Auditorium<br>8,524 | 52–19 |- | 72 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | @ Cleveland | L 98–112 | Riordan (20) | Kozelko (9) | Porter (11) | Richfield Coliseum<br>6,823 | 52–20 |- | 73 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Boston | W 97–80 | Hayes (29) | Hayes (12) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 53–20 |- | 74 | <br>8:35p.m. EST | @ New Orleans | W 122–109 | Hayes (28) | Hayes (13) | Porter (9) | New Orleans Municipal Auditorium<br>6,273 | 54–20 |- | 75 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Cleveland | W 100–97 | Hayes (28) | Hayes (13) | Porter (10) | Capital Centre<br>8,471 | 55–20 |- | 76 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | L 91–94 | Chenier (21) | Unseld (17) | Porter,<br>Riordan (6) | Capital Centre<br>15,226 | 56–20 |- | 77 | <br>2:00p.m. EST | Chicago | W 94–82 | Hayes (37) | Hayes,<br>Unseld (11) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre<br>10,149 | 56–21

|- | 78 | <br>8:35p.m. EST | @ New Orleans | W 110–101 | Hayes (33) | Unseld (16) | Porter (10) | New Orleans Municipal Auditorium<br>7,312 | 57–21 |- | 79 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Houston | W 112–85 | Hayes (33) | Unseld (18) | Porter (13) | Capital Centre<br>7,748 | 58–21 |- | 80 | <br>7:30p.m. EST | @ Boston | L 94–95 | Porter (19) | Hayes (14) | Porter (9) | Boston Garden<br>15,320 | 58–22 |- | 81 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Atlanta | W 123–115 | Hayes (31) | Unseld (22) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre<br>8,273 | 59–22 |- | 82 | <br>1:05p.m. EST | New Orleans | W 119–103 | Hayes (23) | Unseld (30) | Jones,<br>Unseld (5) | Capital Centre<br>13,267 | 60–22

Player stats

Note: GP=Games played; MP=Minutes Played; FG=Field Goals; FGA=Field Goal Attempts; FG%=Field Goal Percentage; FT=Free Throws; FTA=Free Throws Attempts; FT%=Free Throw Percentage; ORB=Offensive Rebounds; DRB=Defensive Rebounds; TRB=Total Rebounds; AST=Assists; STL=Steals; BLK=Blocks; PF=Personal Fouls; PTS=Points; AVG=Average

Team stats

Note: G=Games; MP=Minutes Played; FG=Field Goals; FGA=Field Goal Attempts; FG%=Field Goal Percentage; FT=Free Throws; FTA=Free Throw Attempts; FT%=Free Throw Percentage; ORB=Offensive Rebounds; DRB=Defensive Rebounds; TRB=Total Rebounds; AST=Assists; STL=Steals; BLK=Blocks; TOV=Turnovers; PF=Personal Fouls; PTS=Points

Playoffs

|- | 1 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | L 102–113 | Chenier (23) | Hayes (9) | Jones (5) | Capital Centre<br>17,140 | 0–1 |- | 2 | <br>8:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | W 120–106 | Hayes (34) | Unseld (25) | Porter (10) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium<br>17,189 | 1–1 |- | 3 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | W 111–96 | Elvin Hayes (30) | Unseld (18) | Porter (13) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 2–1 |- | 4 | <br>9:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | L 102–108 | Weatherspoon (21) | Unseld (23) | Porter (10) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium<br>15,307 | 2–2 |- | 5 | <br>1:00p.m. EST | Buffalo | W 97–93 | Hayes (46) | Hayes,<br>Unseld (12) | Porter (8) | Capital Centre<br>18,820 | 3–2 |- | 6 | <br>8:00p.m. EST | @ Buffalo | L 96–102 | Chenier (25) | Unseld (12) | Chenier,<br>Unseld (6) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium<br>15,172 | 3–3 |- | 7 | <br>8:05p.m. EST | Buffalo | W 115–96 | Chenier (39) | Unseld (12) | Porter (8) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 4–3 |-

|- | 1 | <br>2:30p.m. EDT | @ Boston | W 100–95 | Hayes (34) | Unseld (14) | Porter (7) | Boston Garden<br>15,320 | 1–0 |- | 2 | <br>8:05p.m. EDT | Boston | W 117–92 | Hayes (29) | Unseld (16) | Porter (6) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 2–0 |- | 3 | <br>2:30p.m. EDT | @ Boston | L 90–101 | Hayes (23) | Unseld (15) | Porter (5) | Boston Garden<br>15,320 | 2–1 |- | 4 | <br>8:05p.m. EDT | Boston | W 119–108 | Chenier (27) | Unseld (25) | Unseld (7) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 3–1 |- | 5 | <br>7:30p.m. EDT | @ Boston | L 99–103 | Chenier (32) | Unseld (13) | Porter (6) | Boston Garden<br>15,320 | 3–2 |- | 6 | <br>3:00p.m. EDT | Boston | W 98–92 | Chenier (24) | Unseld (17) | Porter (11) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 4–2 |-

|- | 1 | <br>3:00p.m. EDT | Golden State | L 95–101 | Hayes (29) | Hayes,<br>Unseld (16) | Unseld (6) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 0–1 |- | 2 | <br>9:00p.m. EDT | @ Golden State<br> | L 91–92 | Chenier (30) | Unseld (20) | Porter (8) | Cow Palace<br>13,225 | 0–2 |- | 3 | <br>9:00p.m. EDT | @ Golden State<br> | L 101–109 | Hayes (24) | Unseld (15) | Porter (6) | Cow Palace<br>13,225 | 0–3 |- | 4 | <br>3:00p.m. EDT | Golden State | L 95–96 | Chenier (26) | Unseld (16) | Chenier (11) | Capital Centre<br>19,035 | 0–4 |-

Playoffs player stats

Note: GP=Games played; MP=Minutes Played; FG=Field Goals; FGA=Field Goal Attempts; FG%=Field Goal Percentage; FT=Free Throws; FTA=Free Throw Attempts; FT%=Free Throw Percentage; ORB=Offensive Rebounds; DRB=Defensive Rebounds; TRB=Total Rebounds; AST=Assists; STL=Steals; BLK=Blocks; PF=Personal Fouls; PTS=Points; AVG=Average

Awards and honors

References