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====1978β79: Finalists==== In the [[1978β79 Washington Bullets season|1978β79 season]] the Bullets moved to the Atlantic Division, capturing the title in their first season there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1979.html|title=1978-79 NBA Season Summary|access-date=December 9, 2022|archive-date=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014055415/http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1979.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They entered the [[1979 NBA playoffs]] having lost eight of the final 11 games to finish the regular season at 54β28. In the playoffs the Bullets nearly blew a 3β1 series lead against the [[1978β79 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta Hawks]], but managed to hold off the Hawks in seven games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1979-nba-eastern-conference-semifinals-hawks-vs-bullets.html|work=Basketball Reference|title=1979 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals Hawks vs. Bullets|access-date=December 9, 2022|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209060417/https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1979-nba-eastern-conference-semifinals-hawks-vs-bullets.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Eastern Conference finals, they trailed the [[1978β79 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio Spurs]] 3β1, but they mounted a comeback by winning two straight games to force a game seven at the Capital Centre. The Bullets rallied again, overcoming a fourthβquarter deficit to beat [[George Gervin]] and the Spurs 107β105 in one of the NBA's all-time greatest games and advance to the NBA Finals and a rematch with the [[1978β79 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle SuperSonics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1979-nba-eastern-conference-finals-spurs-vs-bullets.html|work=Basketball Reference|title=1979 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Spurs vs. Bullets|access-date=December 9, 2022|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209060412/https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1979-nba-eastern-conference-finals-spurs-vs-bullets.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In Game 1 of the finals, the Bullets defeated the SuperSonics, 99β97, on two game-winning free throws. They lost the next four games, and the series, to Seattle. The Bullets were the only team to play in the NBA Finals four times during the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1979-nba-finals-supersonics-vs-bullets.html|title=1979 NBA Finals|work=Basketball Reference|access-date=December 9, 2022|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112042643/https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1979-nba-finals-supersonics-vs-bullets.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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