1985–86 Washington Bullets season

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: 3rd (Atlantic); Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round; (lost to 76ers 2–3)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WDCA; Home Team Sports;
Radio	WTOP
< 1984–85	1986–87 >

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

1985–86 Washington Bullets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	10	Manute Bol	7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1962-10-16	Bridgeport
SG	22	Dudley Bradley	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1957-03-19	North Carolina
SF	25	Darren Daye	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1960-11-30	UCLA
C	23	Charles Jones	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1957-04-03	Albany State
SG	24	Jeff Malone	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1961-06-28	Mississippi State
SG	3	Kevin McKenna	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1959-01-08	Creighton
C	54	Tom McMillen	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1952-05-26	Maryland
SF	4	Cliff Robinson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1960-03-13	USC
PF	5	Dan Roundfield	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1953-05-26	Central Michigan
PF	43	Jeff Ruland	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1958-12-16	Iona
PG	1	Gus Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1953-10-10	USC
PG	32	Leon Wood	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1962-03-25	Cal State Fullerton

Head coach

Gene Shue (fired)
Kevin Loughery

Assistant(s)

Fred Carter
Don Moran

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Updated: May 13, 1986

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	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 25, 1985 7:30 p.m. EDT	@ Atlanta	W 100–91	Robinson (22)	Ruland (14)	Ruland (9)	The Omni 10,129	1–0
2	October 29, 1985	@ Cleveland	W 97–90				Richfield Coliseum	2–0
3	October 31, 1985	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, 1985	Boston	L 73–88	Capital Centre	2–2
5	November 5, 1985	@ New Jersey	L 106–112	Brendan Byrne Arena	2–3
6	November 6, 1985	San Antonio	L 80–81	Capital Centre	2–4
7	November 8, 1985	Detroit	L 110–117	Capital Centre	2–5
8	November 12, 1985	@ Detroit	L 122–124 (OT)	Pontiac Silverdome	2–6
9	November 15, 1985	@ Boston	L 114–118	Boston Garden	2–7
10	November 16, 1985	Philadelphia	W 118–97	Capital Centre	3–7
11	November 19, 1985	@ New York	L 94–98	Madison Square Garden	3–8
12	November 20, 1985	Cleveland	W 101–98	Capital Centre	4–8
13	November 22, 1985	New York	W 102–94	Capital Centre	5–8
14	November 24, 1985	Chicago	W 115–106	Capital Centre	6–8
15	November 26, 1985	@ Dallas	L 99–112	Reunion Arena	6–9
16	November 27, 1985	@ San Antonio	L 97–104	HemisFair Arena	6–10
17	November 30, 1985	Detroit	W 133–119	Capital Centre	7–10

December: 8–5 (home: 5–4; road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 3, 1985	Portland	W 118–115				Capital Centre	8–10
19	December 4, 1985	@ Philadelphia	L 110–115 (OT)				The Spectrum	8–11
20	December 6, 1985	Seattle	W 115–109				Capital Centre	9–11
21	December 8, 1985	Sacramento	W 111–89				Capital Centre	10–11
22	December 11, 1985	@ Detroit	W 108–100				Pontiac Silverdome	11–11
23	December 12, 1985	Milwaukee	W 110–108 (OT)				Capital Centre	12–11
24	December 17, 1985	Utah	L 98–106				Capital Centre	12–12
25	December 19, 1985	@ Chicago	W 98–92				Chicago Stadium	13–12
26	December 21, 1985	L.A. Lakers	L 84–96				Capital Centre	13–13
27	December 22, 1985	New York	L 93–100				Capital Centre	13–14
28	December 27, 1985 7:30 p.m. EST	Atlanta	W 111–109	Malone (31)	Roundfield (8)	Johnson (7)	Capital Centre 8,178	14–14
29	December 28, 1985	@ New Jersey	W 98–93				Brendan Byrne Arena	15–14
30	December 30, 1985	Indiana	L 80–97				Capital Centre	15–15

January: 7–8 (home: 5–2; road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
31	January 2, 1986	@ New York	W 115–109				Madison Square Garden	16–15
32	January 3, 1986	Milwaukee	L 100–107				Capital Centre	16–16
33	January 5, 1986	@ L.A. Lakers	L 88–118				The Forum	16–17
34	January 6, 1986	@ Sacramento	L 87–106				ARCO Arena	16–18
35	January 8, 1986	@ Phoenix	L 97–109				Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16–19
36	January 9, 1986	@ Utah	W 95–89				Salt Palace Acord Arena	17–19
37	January 11, 1986	@ Houston	L 86–87				The Summit	17–20
38	January 13, 1986	L.A. Clippers	W 90–77				Capital Centre	18–20
39	January 14, 1986	@ Chicago	W 117–113				Chicago Stadium	19–20
40	January 16, 1986	@ Milwaukee	L 98–114				MECCA Arena	19–21
41	January 17, 1986	New Jersey	W 116–96				Capital Centre	20–21
42	January 19, 1986	Chicago	W 112–98				Capital Centre	21–21
43	January 23, 1986	Phoenix	W 114–112				Capital Centre	22–21
44	January 25, 1986 7:30 p.m. EST	Atlanta	W 111–103	Robinson (38)	Robinson (11)	Williams (6)	Capital Centre 7,038	23–21
45	January 29, 1986	@ Indiana	L 88–92				Market Square Arena	23–22
46	January 31, 1986	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, 1986	@ Detroit	L 101–116	Pontiac Silverdome	23–24
48	February 5, 1986	@ Boston	L 88–103	Boston Garden	23–25
49	February 6, 1986	Detroit	L 109–111 (OT)	Capital Centre	23–26
All-Star Break
50	February 11, 1986	@ Portland	W 124–116	Memorial Coliseum	24–26
51	February 13, 1986	@ Golden State	L 105–109	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	24–27
52	February 15, 1986	@ Seattle	L 106–112	Seattle Center Coliseum	24–28
53	February 17, 1986	@ L.A. Clippers	W 96–94	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	25–28
54	February 18, 1986	@ Denver	L 90–101	McNichols Sports Arena	25–29
55	February 21, 1986	@ Philadelphia	L 87–97	The Spectrum	25–30
56	February 22, 1986	@ Cleveland	W 110–102	Richfield Coliseum	26–30
57	February 24, 1986	New Jersey	W 99–89	Capital Centre	27–30
58	February 25, 1986	@ Indiana	L 87–100	Market Square Arena	27–31
59	February 27, 1986	Golden State	W 114–102	Capital Centre	28–31
60	February 28, 1986	@ 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, 1986	Milwaukee	W 125–104	Capital Centre	29–32
62	March 4, 1986	@ New York	L 83–119	Madison Square Garden	29–33
63	March 6, 1986	New York	W 113–111 (OT)	Capital Centre	30–33
64	March 8, 1986	Boston	W 110–108 (OT)	Capital Centre	31–33
65	March 12, 1986	@ Cleveland	W 128–114	Richfield Coliseum	32–33
66	March 14, 1986	Denver	L 91–101	Capital Centre	32–34
67	March 15, 1986	@ Indiana	L 100–105	Market Square Arena	32–35
68	March 17, 1986	New Jersey	L 102–130	Capital Centre	32–36
69	March 18, 1986	@ Milwaukee	L 87–116	MECCA Arena	32–37
70	March 21, 1986	@ Philadelphia	L 105–112	The Spectrum	32–38
71	March 22, 1986	Indiana	W 111–110	Capital Centre	33–38
72	March 24, 1986	Philadelphia	W 100–93	Capital Centre	34–38
73	March 26, 1986	Dallas	W 120–112	Capital Centre	35–38
74	March 28, 1986	@ Boston	L 97–116	Boston Garden	35–39
75	March 29, 1986	Houston	L 109–114	Capital Centre	35–40

April: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
76	April 1, 1986 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Atlanta	L 91–107	Malone (32)	Robinson (10)	Malone, Williams (5)	The Omni 6,835	35–41
77	April 3, 1986	@ New Jersey	W 120–108				Brendan Byrne Arena	36–41
78	April 4, 1986 7:30 p.m. EST	Atlanta	W 135–129 (OT)	Robinson (31)	Roundfield (16)	Williams (15)	Capital Centre 9,113	37–41
79	April 6, 1986	Cleveland	W 106–95				Capital Centre	38–41
80	April 8, 1986	Indiana	L 104–111				Capital Centre	38–42
81	April 11, 1986	@ Chicago	L 103–105				Chicago Stadium	38–43
82	April 13, 1986	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, 1986	@ Philadelphia	W 95–94	Jeff Malone (21)	Cliff Robinson (8)	Gus Williams (7)	Spectrum 9,148	1–0
2	April 20, 1986	@ Philadelphia	L 97–102	Jeff Malone (25)	Cliff Robinson (11)	Gus Williams (12)	Spectrum 9,057	1–1
3	April 22, 1986	Philadelphia	L 86–91	Gus Williams (28)	Bol, Roundfield (10)	Williams, Roundfield (4)	Capital Centre 17,137	1–2
4	April 24, 1986	Philadelphia	W 116–111	Cliff Robinson (31)	Manute Bol (12)	Jeff Ruland (5)	Capital Centre 12,588	2–2
5	April 27, 1986	@ 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