The 1978–79 Washington Bullets won their second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship, making it to the NBA Finals before losing to the Seattle SuperSonics. They finished the regular season with the best record in the NBA, at 54-28. Coming off of their NBA Championship the previous season, the Bullets were transferred to the Atlantic Division.
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and the

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, respectively. The Bullets would proceed to have a 38-year drought without a division title until

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; by then they had been renamed the Washington Wizards. This is the most recent appearance in the Conference Finals or NBA Finals for the franchise.

Offseason

NBA Draft

* Round 1:

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* Round 2: Terry Sykes (Never played in the NBA) * Round 4: Lawrence Boston

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

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Awards and honors

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, NBA Executive of the Year Award *

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All-NBA Second Team The All-NBA Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every NBA season. The voting is conducted by a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The team has been sele ...

* Bob Dandridge,

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References

Bullets on Basketball Reference
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