1987-88 Washington Bullets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 38-44
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Detroit Pistons 3-2
Coach: Kevin Loughery (8-19)
Coach: Wes Unseld (30-25)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 433,376, Avg. 10,570 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Washington Bullets Roster
1987-88 Washington Bullets Results

The Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 38 wins and 44 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

Washington scored 8,653 points and yielded 8,716. Jeff Malone scored a team-best 1,641 points for the Bullets, while Moses Malone and Bernard King netted 17 or more per game as well. Moses Malone contributed 884 rebounds. Muggsy Bogues dished out 404 assists for the squad.

On defense, Muggsy Bogues added 127 steals, and Manute Bol blocked 208 shots.

Kevin Loughery and Wes Unseld coached the team. The 1987-88 Washington Bullets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jeff Malone	G	80	80	2655	1360	648	24	10	380	335	44	162	206	237	51	13	172	198	1641
Moses Malone	C-F	79	78	2692	1090	531	7	2	689	543	372	512	884	112	59	72	249	160	1607
Bernard King	F	69	38	2044	938	470	6	1	324	247	86	194	280	192	49	10	211	202	1188
John Williams	F-C-G	82	37	2428	910	427	38	5	256	188	127	317	444	232	117	34	145	217	1047
Terry Catledge	F	70	40	1610	585	296	2	0	235	154	180	217	397	63	33	9	101	172	746
Frank Johnson	G	75	17	1258	498	216	9	1	149	121	39	82	121	188	70	4	99	120	554
Steve Colter	G	56	53	1361	401	188	10	3	86	68	51	104	155	235	56	14	77	112	447
Muggsy Bogues	G	79	14	1628	426	166	16	3	74	58	35	101	136	404	127	3	101	138	393
Mark Alarie	F	63	0	769	300	144	18	4	49	35	70	90	160	39	10	12	50	107	327
Darrell Walker	G	52	0	940	291	114	6	0	105	82	43	84	127	100	62	10	69	105	310
Charles Jones	F-C	69	49	1313	177	72	1	0	75	53	106	219	325	59	53	113	57	226	197
Manute Bol	C	77	4	1136	165	75	1	0	49	26	72	203	275	13	11	208	35	160	176
Jay Murphy	F	9	0	46	23	8	0	0	5	4	4	12	16	1	0	0	5	5	20
Totals		860	410	19880	7164	3355	138	29	2476	1914	1229	2297	3526	1875	698	502	1371	1922	8653

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jeff Malone	G	80	80	33.2	47.6	41.7	88.2	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	20.5
Moses Malone	C-F	79	78	34.1	48.7	28.6	78.8	4.7	6.5	11.2	1.4	0.7	0.9	3.2	2.0	20.3
Bernard King	F	69	38	29.6	50.1	16.7	76.2	1.2	2.8	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.1	2.9	17.2
John Williams	F-C-G	82	37	29.6	46.9	13.2	73.4	1.5	3.9	5.4	2.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.6	12.8
Terry Catledge	F	70	40	23.0	50.6	0.0	65.5	2.6	3.1	5.7	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.5	10.7
Frank Johnson	G	75	17	16.8	43.4	11.1	81.2	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	7.4
Steve Colter	G	56	53	24.3	46.9	30.0	79.1	0.9	1.9	2.8	4.2	1.0	0.3	1.4	2.0	8.0
Muggsy Bogues	G	79	14	20.6	39.0	18.8	78.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	5.1	1.6	0.0	1.3	1.7	5.0
Mark Alarie	F	63	0	12.2	48.0	22.2	71.4	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.7	5.2
Darrell Walker	G	52	0	18.1	39.2	0.0	78.1	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.9	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.0	6.0
Charles Jones	F-C	69	49	19.0	40.7	0.0	70.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	0.9	0.8	1.6	0.8	3.3	2.9
Manute Bol	C	77	4	14.8	45.5	0.0	53.1	0.9	2.6	3.6	0.2	0.1	2.7	0.5	2.1	2.3
Jay Murphy	F	9	0	5.1	34.8		80.0	0.4	1.3	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	2.2
Averages		860	410	23.1	46.8	21.0	77.3	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.2	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	10.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jeff Malone	G	5	199	97	50	1	0	37	28	3	14	17	11	5	5	14	16	128
Moses Malone	C-F	5	198	65	30	1	0	40	33	22	34	56	7	3	4	15	9	93
Bernard King	F	5	168	53	26	0	0	21	17	3	8	11	9	3	0	14	17	69
John Williams	F-C-G	5	185	48	23	1	0	32	19	11	18	29	21	8	4	12	18	65
Darrell Walker	G	5	155	54	22	1	0	16	11	9	15	24	14	7	4	9	18	55
Steve Colter	G	5	86	31	14	0	0	7	4	5	10	15	13	3	3	5	9	32
Frank Johnson	G	5	44	22	7	2	0	4	4	0	2	2	1	4	0	2	4	18
Terry Catledge	F	5	45	11	4	1	0	4	3	2	4	6	2	0	0	2	9	11
Manute Bol	C	5	44	7	4	0	0	1	1	7	5	12	0	0	2	1	5	9
Charles Jones	F-C	5	95	5	1	0	0	2	1	5	12	17	2	2	4	0	18	3
Mark Alarie	F	1	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Totals		51	1223	395	182	9	1	164	121	67	123	190	80	35	26	74	123	486

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jeff Malone	G	5	39.8	51.5	0.0	75.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.2	1.0	1.0	2.8	3.2	25.6
Moses Malone	C-F	5	39.6	46.2	0.0	82.5	4.4	6.8	11.2	1.4	0.6	0.8	3.0	1.8	18.6
Bernard King	F	5	33.6	49.1		81.0	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.8	3.4	13.8
John Williams	F-C-G	5	37.0	47.9	0.0	59.4	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.2	1.6	0.8	2.4	3.6	13.0
Darrell Walker	G	5	31.0	40.7	0.0	68.8	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.6	11.0
Steve Colter	G	5	17.2	45.2		57.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.6	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.8	6.4
Frank Johnson	G	5	8.8	31.8	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.8	3.6
Terry Catledge	F	5	9.0	36.4	0.0	75.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.8	2.2
Manute Bol	C	5	8.8	57.1		100.0	1.4	1.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.8
Charles Jones	F-C	5	19.0	20.0		50.0	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.0	3.6	0.6
Mark Alarie	F	1	4.0	50.0	50.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Averages		860	24.0	46.1	11.1	73.8	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.6	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.4	9.5