1985–86 Washington Bullets season: Difference between revisions

1985–86 Washington Bullets season
1985–86 Washington Bullets season
Head coach	Gene Shue (fired) (32–37); Kevin Loughery (7–6);
General manager	Bob Ferry
Owner(s)	Abe Pollin
Arena	Capital Centre
Results
Record	39–43 (.476)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic); Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to 76ers 2–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WDCA; Home Team Sports;
Radio	WTOP
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The 1985–86 NBA season was the Bullets 25th season in the NBA and their 13th season in the city of Washington, D.C.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	12	Kenny Green	SF	United States	Wake Forest
2	31	Manute Bol	C	Sudan	Bridgeport
3	58	Vernon Moore		United States	Creighton
3	65	Ken Perry		United States	Southern Illinois
4	81	Richie Adams		United States	Nevada-Las Vegas
5	104	Dean Shaffer		United States	Florida State
6	127	Matt England		United States	Houston Baptist
7	150	Keith Gray		United States	Detroit Mercy

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	67	15	.817	–	40–1	27–14	18–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers	54	28	.659	13	31–10	23–18	15–9
x-Washington Bullets	39	43	.476	28	26–15	13–28	11–13
x-New Jersey Nets	39	43	.476	28	26–15	13–28	11–13
New York Knicks	23	59	.280	44	15–26	8–33	5–19

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	57	25	.695	10
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	54	28	.659	13
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	17
5	x-Detroit Pistons	46	36	.561	21
6	x-Washington Bullets	39	43	.476	28
7	x-New Jersey Nets	39	43	.476	28
8	x-Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	37

9	Cleveland Cavaliers	29	53	.354	38
10	Indiana Pacers	26	56	.317	41
11	New York Knicks	23	59	.280	44

Notes

z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1985–86 NBA records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–6	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4
Boston	6–0	—	5–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–2	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1
Chicago	1–5	1–5	—	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Cleveland	2–4	1–5	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–5	3–3	4–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	0–2	4–1	1–5	2–0	2–3	1–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	5–0	2–3	3–3	4–2	3–2	5–1	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	—	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	3–3	3–3	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	2–4	1–4	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–3	1–1	—	0–5	1–1	5–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	2–3	2–4	2–3	1–1
Houston	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–2	5–1	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	1–5	1–5	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–3	2–4	0–6	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–5	2–3	0–2	—	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	5–0	1–4	3–3	3–2	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	4–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	5–0	4–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	0–5	5–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	—	4–2	6–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
New Jersey	2–4	2–4	3–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	—	5–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–4
New York	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	—	0–6	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3
Philadelphia	1–4	2–4	5–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	4–2	6–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–4	2–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—	2–4	2–3	3–2	5–1	1–4	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–3	2–0	4–2	0–6	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–2	—	3–2	1–4	5–1	2–3	0–2
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–2	2–4	2–0	0–5	0–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–3	—	5–1	5–0	2–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	4–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–1	1–5	—	2–3	2–4	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	4–2	2–3	0–2	3–3	2–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–5	0–5	3–2	—	2–3	1–1
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–5	3–3	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–2	4–2	3–2	—	1–1
Washington	4–1	1–5	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	2–4	4–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—

Game log

Regular season

1985–86 game log
Total: 39–43 (Home: 26–15; Road: 13–28)

October: 2–1 (home: 0–1; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 25	@ Atlanta	W 100–91	The Omni	1–0
2	October 29	@ Cleveland	W 97–90	Richfield Coliseum	2–0
3	October 31	Cleveland	L 107–114	Capital Centre	2–1

November: 5–9 (home: 5–3; road: 0–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 2	Boston	L 73–88	Capital Centre	2–2
5	November 5	@ New Jersey	L 106–112	Brendan Byrne Arena	2–3
6	November 6	San Antonio	L 80–81	Capital Centre	2–4
7	November 8	Detroit	L 110–117	Capital Centre	2–5
8	November 12	@ Detroit	L 122–124 (OT)	Pontiac Silverdome	2–6
9	November 15	@ Boston	L 114–118	Boston Garden	2–7
10	November 16	Philadelphia	W 118–97	Capital Centre	3–7
11	November 19	@ New York	L 94–98	Madison Square Garden	3–8
12	November 20	Cleveland	W 101–98	Capital Centre	4–8
13	November 22	New York	W 102–94	Capital Centre	5–8
14	November 24	Chicago	W 115–106	Capital Centre	6–8
15	November 26	@ Dallas	L 99–112	Reunion Arena	6–9
16	November 27	@ San Antonio	L 97–104	HemisFair Arena	6–10
17	November 30	Detroit	W 133–119	Capital Centre	7–10

December: 8–5 (home: 5–4; road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 3	Portland	W 118–115	Capital Centre	8–10
19	December 4	@ Philadelphia	L 110–115 (OT)	The Spectrum	8–11
20	December 6	Seattle	W 115–109	Capital Centre	9–11
21	December 8	Sacramento	W 111–89	Capital Centre	10–11
22	December 11	@ Detroit	W 108–100	Pontiac Silverdome	11–11
23	December 12	Milwaukee	W 110–108 (OT)	Capital Centre	12–11
24	December 17	Utah	L 98–106	Capital Centre	12–12
25	December 19	@ Chicago	W 98–92	Chicago Stadium	13–12
26	December 21	L.A. Lakers	L 84–96	Capital Centre	13–13
27	December 22	New York	L 93–100	Capital Centre	13–14
28	December 27	Atlanta	W 111–109	Capital Centre	14–14
29	December 28	@ New Jersey	W 98–93	Brendan Byrne Arena	15–14
30	December 30	Indiana	L 80–97	Capital Centre	15–15

January: 7–8 (home: 5–2; road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
31	January 2	@ New York	W 115–109	Madison Square Garden	16–15
32	January 3	Milwaukee	L 100–107	Capital Centre	16–16
33	January 5	@ L.A. Lakers	L 88–118	The Forum	16–17
34	January 6	@ Sacramento	L 87–106	ARCO Arena	16–18
35	January 8	@ Phoenix	L 97–109	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16–19
36	January 9	@ Utah	W 95–89	Salt Palace	17–19
37	January 11	@ Houston	L 86–87	The Summit	17–20
38	January 13	L.A. Clippers	W 90–77	Capital Centre	18–20
39	January 14	@ Chicago	W 117–113	Chicago Stadium	19–20
40	January 16	@ Milwaukee	L 98–114	MECCA Arena	19–21
41	January 17	New Jersey	W 116–96	Capital Centre	20–21
42	January 19	Chicago	W 112–98	Capital Centre	21–21
43	January 23	Phoenix	W 114–112	Capital Centre	22–21
44	January 25	Atlanta	W 111–103	Capital Centre	23–21
45	January 29	@ Indiana	L 88–92	Market Square Arena	23–22
46	January 31	Boston	L 88–97	Capital Centre	23–23

February: 5–9 (home: 2–1; road: 3–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 1	@ Detroit	L 101–116	Pontiac Silverdome	23–24
48	February 5	@ Boston	L 88–103	Boston Garden	23–25
49	February 6	Detroit	L 109–111 (OT)	Capital Centre	23–26
50	February 11	@ Portland	W 124–116	Memorial Coliseum	24–26
51	February 13	@ Golden State	L 105–109	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	24–27
52	February 15	@ Seattle	L 106–112	Seattle Center Coliseum	24–28
53	February 17	@ L.A. Clippers	W 96–94	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	25–28
54	February 18	@ Denver	L 90–101	McNichols Sports Arena	25–29
55	February 21	@ Philadelphia	L 87–97	The Spectrum	25–30
56	February 22	@ Cleveland	W 110–102	Richfield Coliseum	26–30
57	February 24	New Jersey	W 99–89	Capital Centre	27–30
58	February 25	@ Indiana	L 87–100	Market Square Arena	27–31
59	February 27	Golden State	W 114–102	Capital Centre	28–31
60	February 28	@ Milwaukee	L 84–102	MECCA Arena	28–32

March: 7–8 (home: 6–3; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
61	March 2	Milwaukee	W 125–104	Capital Centre	29–32
62	March 4	@ New York	L 83–119	Madison Square Garden	29–33
63	March 6	New York	W 113–111 (OT)	Capital Centre	30–33
64	March 8	Boston	W 110–108 (OT)	Capital Centre	31–33
65	March 12	@ Cleveland	W 128–114	Richfield Coliseum	32–33
66	March 14	Denver	L 91–101	Capital Centre	32–34
67	March 15	@ Indiana	L 100–105	Market Square Arena	32–35
68	March 17	New Jersey	L 102–130	Capital Centre	32–36
69	March 18	@ Milwaukee	L 87–116	MECCA Arena	32–37
70	March 21	@ Philadelphia	L 105–112	The Spectrum	32–38
71	March 22	Indiana	W 111–110	Capital Centre	33–38
72	March 24	Philadelphia	W 100–93	Capital Centre	34–38
73	March 26	Dallas	W 120–112	Capital Centre	35–38
74	March 28	@ Boston	L 97–116	Boston Garden	35–39
75	March 29	Houston	L 109–114	Capital Centre	35–40

April: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
76	April 1	@ Atlanta	L 91–107	The Omni	35–41
77	April 3	@ New Jersey	W 120–108	Brendan Byrne Arena	36–41
78	April 4	Atlanta	W 135–129 (OT)	Capital Centre	37–41
79	April 6	Cleveland	W 106–95	Capital Centre	38–41
80	April 8	Indiana	L 104–111	Capital Centre	38–42
81	April 11	@ Chicago	L 103–105	Chicago Stadium	38–43
82	April 13	Philadelphia	W 98–97	Capital Centre	39–43

1985–86 schedule

Playoffs

1986 playoff game log

First Round: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 18	@ Philadelphia	W 95–94	Jeff Malone (21)	Cliff Robinson (8)	Gus Williams (7)	Spectrum 9,148	1–0
2	April 20	@ Philadelphia	L 97–102	Jeff Malone (25)	Cliff Robinson (11)	Gus Williams (12)	Spectrum 9,057	1–1
3	April 22	Philadelphia	L 86–91	Gus Williams (28)	Bol, Roundfield (10)	Williams, Roundfield (4)	Capital Centre 17,137	1–2
4	April 24	Philadelphia	W 116–111	Cliff Robinson (31)	Manute Bol (12)	Jeff Ruland (5)	Capital Centre 12,588	2–2
5	April 27	@ Philadelphia	L 109–134	Cliff Robinson (30)	Cliff Robinson (11)	Gus Williams (6)	Spectrum 15,162	2–3

1986 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Manute Bol, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

References

^ 1985-86 Washington Bullets

[1] 1985-86 Washington Bullets

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 | conf_place = 6
 | coach =
-* [[Gene Shue]]
+* [[Gene Shue]] (fired) (32–37)
-* [[Kevin Loughery]]
+* [[Kevin Loughery]] (7–6)
 | gm = [[Bob Ferry]]
 | owner = [[Abe Pollin]]

Revision as of 21:59, 18 April 2021

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References