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When did Washington Wizards last win the NBA championship?

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When did Washington Wizards last win the NBA championship?

The Washington Wizards franchise last won an overall league championship in the 1977-78 season, when it played as the Washington Bullets. The 1977-78 season title was clinched on June 7, 1978.
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CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON1978June 7, 1978

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The calendar reads 1978. Here is who arrived, who left, what launched, what people watched, and how the world worked.

World events

Camp David produced a peace framework.

Jimmy Carter hosted Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin for negotiations culminating in the September accords.
Source: The Camp David Accords ↗

Television

The Ewings arrived.

Dallas began broadcasting in April and turned oil, money, and family grudges into appointment television.
Source: Dallas ↗

Wait, That Happened?

Speak & Spell puts a synthetic voice on one chip.

Texas Instruments released a talking learning toy whose speech chip electronically modeled the human vocal tract—a technological trick disguised as spelling practice.
Source: Speak & Spell | Timeline of Computer History ↗
How do you count “winning it all”?

We count the top championship named for the selected competition—not conference, division, playoff appearance, or consolation titles. Season labels stay separate from the date the trophy was actually clinched.

  • NFL defaults to Super Bowls; pre-Super Bowl league titles are identified separately when included.
  • Relocations follow the franchise unless a league’s official record book separates the history.
  • FBS selectors, split titles, claims, vacancies, and co-champions are labeled rather than flattened.

Result checked 2026-08-28. View List of NBA champions ↗

NBA championships only; ABA titles are not counted, but are disclosed in lineage notes. The archive includes every recognized title attributed to the current franchise under this policy.