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: 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
< 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			United States	Creighton
3	65			United States	Southern Illinois
4	81	Richie Adams		United States	Nevada-Las Vegas
5	104			United States	Florida State
6	127			United States	Houston Baptist
7	150			United States	Detroit Mercy

Roster[]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Atlantic Division v t	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
#	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 Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.

[1] "1985-86 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.

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1985–86 Washington Bullets season

Contents

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[]