The

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was the Bullets' 8th season in the

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and eleventh and final overall season of existence. The franchise ceased operations after playing 14 total games with a 3–11 record on November 27, 1954. The NBA's official record books for the 1954–55 season do not include the Bullets' games and team statistics, nor do they include the statistics of the opposing players and teams in games played against the Bullets. Baltimore would go without an NBA team until

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, when the

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moved to Baltimore and became the second incarnation of the Baltimore Bullets. The new team, however, would not claim the old Bullets' history as a part of their own team history following the move from Chicago to Baltimore.

Draft picks

Roster

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Regular season

Game log

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Dispersal Draft

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, not any teams from the NBA.) As such, the following teams acquires these days from the original Bullets franchise during the dispersal draft period. *

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: Bob Houbregs & Eddie Miller *

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Al Roges Albert Andreu Roges (October 25, 1930 – February 23, 2009) was an American professional basketball player for two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Baltimore Bullets (1953–54) and the Fort Wayne Piston ...

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: Herm Hedderick & Paul Hoffman *

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: Ken Murray *

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: Don Henriksen *

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: Connie Simmons

References

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