In 1973, the team changed its name to the Capital Bullets to reflect their move to the Washington metropolitan area, and then to Washington Bullets in the following season. The new team's colors were blue, bronze and black. In a win-or-go-home game with the Cavaliers on the season's final day, the Bullets squeezed past Cleveland 85–81 to end the franchise's longest playoff drought. Bellamy was named the league Rookie of the Year, but the team finished with the NBA's worst record at 18–62. Malone would lead the team in scoring with a 24.1 points per game as he would be joined by Jeff Malone who averaged 22.0 points per game. [44] Later in the off-season, the team acquired the Chicago Bulls' all-time leader in three-point field goals, Kirk Hinrich and the draft rights to forward Kevin Seraphin in exchange for the draft rights to Vladimir Veremeenko. Pervis Ellison was named 1992 Most Improved Player of The Year, averaging 20.0 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game. Under Unseld the Bullets improved as they were able to reach the playoffs again with a record of 38–44. Haywood announced that he would undergo surgery on his right wrist and was expected to miss 4–6 months. This was the Wizards first series victory since the 2005 NBA Playoffs when they defeated the same team in 6 games. After losing the first two games on the road in the first round of the 1988 NBA Playoffs to the Detroit Pistons, the Bullets fought back and forced a fifth game with two home wins. Even after the trades of Earl Monroe (to the Knicks) and Gus Johnson (to the Suns), the Bullets remained a playoff contender throughout the 1970s. After the All-Star break, Jordan's knee could not handle the workload of a full-season as he ended the season on the injured list, and the Wizards concluded the season with a 37–45 record. Undrafted rookie Larry Stewart became the first undrafted player in NBA history to make an All-Rookie Team, being selected to the All-Rookie Second Team. The Bullets kept the "Stars and Stripes" uniform until 1987, although they made a minor tweak prior to the 1985–86 season with additional thin stripes, the "Bullets" logo on the right leg, and thin shorts stripes replacing the three stars. Price. Three days later, the Wizards traded Antawn Jamison to the Cavaliers in exchange for Zydrunas Ilgauskas and obtained Al Thornton from the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-team deal. Twelfth overall in the 1987 Draft the Bullets selected Muggsy Bogues, who at 5 feet 3 inches (160 cm) is the shortest player in NBA history. Or write about sports? The Bullets were favorites to win the NBA Championship, but were swept by the Al Attles-led Golden State Warriors in four games, losing games one and four at the Capital Centre. During the regular season, the Wizards again had the best scoring trio in the NBA, this time consisting of Arenas, Jamison and Butler as the "Big Three". The Wizards added guard Fenny Falmagne from the Dakota Wizards on August 23, 2008 that later was waived by the team after knee injury. On November 12, 2014, the Wizards defeated the Detroit Pistons 107–103, extending their record to 6–2 for the first time since the 1975–76 season. The 2004–05 season saw the team (now in the new Southeast Division) post its best regular-season record in 26 years (45–37) and marked the first time the franchise had ever made the playoffs as the Wizards. Tracy Murray averaged 15.1 ppg off the bench including a 50-point game against Golden State. In Game 5, despite the Wizards being down 107–100 with 1:18 to play, the team drove back and eventually tied the game on Butler's layup with 7.5 seconds remaining to send the game to OT, where James scored with 0.9 seconds left in overtime to send the Cavs to a 121–120 win. In 1981–82, Washington played strong under the coaching of Gene Shue and Don Moran, finishing the regular season with a 43–39 record, and although they advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals in the playoffs, they had clearly lost the power of the late 1970s. After retiring from the Chicago Bulls in early 1999, Michael Jordan became the Washington Wizards' president of basketball operations as well as a minority owner in January 2000. The Wizards opened the season on October 29 with a loss against New Jersey, and dropped fifteen of their first nineteen games. Leonsis completed his takeover of the Wizards and Verizon Center in June through his newly-formed holding company, Monumental Sports and Entertainment. [34], In November, majority owner Abe Pollin died at the age of 85. Wes Unseld is the only player in franchise history to become the MVP (1969), and win the Finals MVP award (1978). In 1987, the Bullets changed their logo and uniforms, going with red uniforms on the road and white uniforms at home. The Wizards hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. This was the same knee he had injured the previous year. The Wizards finished with a 30–52 record, once again occupying the Southeast Division cellar. In game two the Wizards lost a 19-point second half lead, as they dropped the game 88-82. In February 1973, the team announced its pending move 30 miles (50 km) southwest to the Capital Centre in Landover, a Washington, D.C. suburb, and became the Capital Bullets. After the season, majority owner Pollin fired Jordan as team president, much to the shock of players, associates, and the public. vid: 86b21d70-296f-11ea-bc09-1d735b1db219 The result was a 24–58 record for the 1993–94 season. Italic denotes still active but not with team. In the finals, Baltimore managed to split the first four games with the Los Angeles Lakers before losing the series 4–2. Center Gheorghe Mureșan was named Most Improved Player of The Year, averaging 14.5 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks. During the off-season, Arenas signed a 6-year, $111 million contract, while Jamison signed a 4-year, $50 million contract. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at the Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In the 1970–71 season, the 42–40 Bullets again met the Knicks, this time though in the Eastern Conference finals. In the late 1960s, the Bullets drafted two future Hall of Fame members: Earl Monroe, in the 1967 draft, number two overall, and Wes Unseld, in the following year's draft, also number two overall. In the 1965 NBA Playoffs, the Bullets stunned the St. Louis Hawks 3–1, and advanced to the Western Conference finals. The Bullets reached the playoffs with high expectations to go far, but they were eliminated by the New York Knicks in the first round. Although they had future hall of famers Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld on the team, the Bullets finished the 1977–78 season 44–38 and were a longshot to win the NBA Finals, but San Antonio journalist Dan Cook used the famed phrase "The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings". In 2007, the Wizards made minor modifications on their team jerseys and logos. In 1976–77, under new head coach Dick Motta, the Bullets again fell short of the Central Division title for the second straight year. the official stats partner of the NBA. The newly named Wizards began the 1997–98 season playing 5 home games at the Capital Centre before moving to the new MCI Center on December 2, 1997. Find officially licensed additions to your collection with a new Washington Bullets snapback, baseball cap, and more from FansEdge today. [26] This playoff series victory ended the second longest streak with no post-season series wins in NBA history. However, it was extremely unpopular since it was the same nickname used by the NFL's Green Bay Packers, bitter rivals of the Chicago Bears. Cleveland rebounded the ball, went downcourt and Damon Jones hit a 17-foot baseline jumper with 4.8 seconds remaining to give the Cavs the lead for good. On January 30, Jamison went down with a sprained left knee in a win against Detroit. Then, they went 13–5 in the next eighteen games. List of the last five seasons completed by the Wizards. Age and injuries finally caught up with the Bullets. However, Indiana closed out the series with a 93–80 win. Without Jordan in the fold the following year, the Washington Wizards were not expected to win, and they did not. The Wizards blew a 14-point first-quarter lead, then for 24 minutes, from early in the second quarter to early in the fourth, neither team led by more than five points at any time. [77] A red version of the 2017–18 "City" uniform served as the team's "Earned" uniform, which was a reward for making the 2018 playoffs. [50], On February 3, 2014, the Wizards defeated the Portland Trail Blazers to improve to a 24–23 record. Find out more. [66][67] Alongside other front office moves, the Wizards selected Japanese player Rui Hachimura with their 9th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, as well as acquiring the Philadelphia 76ers’ draft rights to 42nd pick Admiral Schofield in a trade. [16] Jordan even accepted a sixth-man role on the bench in order for his knee to survive the rigors of an 82-game season. Arenas played in his third straight All-Star game and Butler made his All-Star Game debut. The Wizards replaced Jordan's managerial role with general manager Ernie Grunfeld. After only one year, the organization changed its name to the Chicago Zephyrs and played its home games at the Chicago Coliseum (Saperstein's ABL Majors prevented the team from playing in the larger Chicago Stadium). The following year the Bullets failed to make the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. Howard averaged 19.1 ppg and 8.0 rpg, while Strickland averaged 17.2 ppg and 1.74 spg and finished fifth in the league in assists with 8.9 per game. The colors were also used by Leonsis' other franchises, the Capitals and the Mystics, who adopted to those colors in 2007 and 2011, respectively.

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