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The Wizards began playing as the Chicago Packers in 1961, as the NBA's first expansion team, an expansion prompted by Abe Saperstein's American Basketball League. Rookie Walt Bellamy was the team's star, averaging 31.6 points per game, 19.0 rebounds per game, and leading the NBA in field goal percentage. During the All-Star Game, Bellamy ...
WGN. 1962–63 >. The 1961–62 NBA season was the Packers' 1st season in the NBA. [1] It would also be their only season for the franchise under that name. They would be renamed the Chicago Zephyrs for the 1962–1963 season.
2025–26 >. The 2024–25 Washington Wizards season is the 64th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 51st in the Washington, D.C. area. On May 29, 2024, the Washington Wizards hired Brian Keefe as their full-time head coach. [1]
I. International Amphitheatre. Categories: Basketball teams in Chicago. 1961 establishments in Illinois. Basketball teams established in 1961. Relocated NBA teams. Washington Wizards. Hidden categories:
List of Washington Wizards seasons. 0–9. 1961–62 Chicago Packers season. 1962–63 Chicago Zephyrs season. 1963–64 Baltimore Bullets season. 1964–65 Baltimore Bullets season. 1965–66 Baltimore Bullets season. 1966–67 Baltimore Bullets season. 1967–68 Baltimore Bullets season.
Chicago Packers / Zephyrs regular season record (1961–1963) 43 117 .269 Baltimore Bullets regular season record (1963–1973) 401 412 .493 Capital / Washington Bullets regular season record (1973–1997) 934 1,034 .475 Washington Wizards regular season record (1997–present) 937 1,369 .406 All-time regular season record 2,272 2,815.447
The Chicago Packers entered the league, bringing the number of teams to nine. The NBA schedule was expanded for the third consecutive season. This time it went from 79 games per team, to 80. The Philadelphia Warriors played their final season before their transcontinental relocation to San Francisco for the following season.
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