1971-1972 Chicago Bulls: 57-25 .695
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4547 points scored, 4145 allowed) Road record: 26-12 (4245 points scored, 3978 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (325 points scored, 317 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Motta 9117 points scored (6th of 17 teams), 8440 points allowed (1st) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tom Boerwinkle 7'0 265 26 Tennessee Jimmy Collins 6'2 175 25 New Mexico State Jackie Dinkins 6'5 210 21 Voorhees Jim Fox 6'10 230 28 South Carolina Jim King 6'2 175 30 Tulsa Bob Love 6'8 215 29 Southern Kenny McIntosh 6'7 225 22 Eastern Michigan Charlie Paulk 6'8 219 25 Northeastern State Howard Porter 6'8 220 23 Villanova Clifford Ray 6'9 230 22 Oklahoma Jerry Sloan 6'5 195 29 Evansville Norm Van Lier 6'1 173 24 St. Francis Chet Walker 6'6 212 31 Bradley Bob Weiss 6'2 180 29 Penn State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Bob Love 79 3108 819 1854 0 0 399 509 0 0 518 125 0 0 0 235 2037 25.8 F Chet Walker 78 2588 619 1225 0 0 481 568 0 0 473 178 0 0 0 171 1719 22.0 G Jerry Sloan 82 3035 535 1206 0 0 258 391 0 0 691 211 0 0 0 309 1328 16.2 G Bob Weiss 82 2450 358 832 0 0 212 254 0 0 170 377 0 0 0 212 928 11.3 G Norm Van Lier 69 2140 306 671 0 0 220 278 0 0 299 491 0 0 0 207 832 12.1 C Clifford Ray 82 1872 222 445 0 0 134 218 0 0 869 254 0 0 0 296 578 7.0 C Tom Boerwinkle 80 2022 219 500 0 0 118 180 0 0 897 281 0 0 0 253 556 7.0 G Jim King 73 1014 162 356 0 0 89 113 0 0 81 101 0 0 0 103 413 5.7 F Howard Porter 67 730 171 403 0 0 59 77 0 0 183 24 0 0 0 88 401 6.0 F Kenny McIntosh 43 405 57 168 0 0 21 44 0 0 89 18 0 0 0 41 135 3.1 G Jimmy Collins 19 134 26 71 0 0 10 11 0 0 12 10 0 0 0 11 62 3.3 C Jim Fox 10 133 20 53 0 0 20 28 0 0 54 6 0 0 0 21 60 6.0 F Jackie Dinkins 18 89 17 41 0 0 11 20 0 0 20 7 0 0 0 10 45 2.5 F Charlie Paulk 7 60 8 28 0 0 7 9 0 0 15 4 0 0 0 7 23 3.3
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 15 Kennedy McIntosh 177 Eastern Michigan
2 20 Willie Sojourner 309 Weber State [pick acquired from POR]
2 32 Howard Porter 457 Villanova [pick acquired from PHO]
3 40 Clifford Ray 784 Oklahoma [pick acquired from SEA]
3 47 Mike Gale 453 389 Elizabeth City State [pick acquired from LA]
3 49 Dick Gibbs 333 Texas-El Paso
4 66 Jim Irving St. Louis
5 83 Larry Weatherford Purdue
6 100 Jim England Tennessee
7 117 Artis Gilmore 909 420 Jacksonville
8 134 Clarence Sherrod Wisconsin
9 150 Jackie Dinkins 18 Voorhees
10 166 David Withers Delaware
11 180 Al Smith 337 Bradley
12 193 Ken Riley Middle Tennessee State
13 205 Ed Goode DePaul
14 214 Richard Dixon Loyola (LA)
15 223 Liscio Thomas Furman
16 229 Bob Bissant Loyola (LA)
Traded draft picks:
#2 to PHI (Marvin Stewart)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/28/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 80-95
03/30/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 124-131
04/02/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 101-108
04/04/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 97-108
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Bob Love 4 173 32 89 11 13 27 7 17 75 18.8
G Jerry Sloan 4 170 26 64 11 19 35 10 18 63 15.8
C Clifford Ray 4 161 27 51 7 9 66 16 15 61 15.2
G Norm Van Lier 4 144 22 53 12 14 25 33 15 56 14.0
G Bob Weiss 4 119 24 49 7 8 13 12 15 55 13.8
F Chet Walker 4 97 16 38 13 16 14 4 7 45 11.2
G Jim King 4 56 11 24 4 4 6 5 11 26 6.5
F Howard Porter 4 31 9 21 1 1 11 3 3 19 4.8
F Jackie Dinkins 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
C Tom Boerwinkle 1 8 0 3 0 0 6 3 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 100-114 0-1 10/15/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 106-82 1-1 10/20/1971 at Houston Rockets W 125-110 2-1 10/22/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers W 113-106 3-1 10/24/1971 at Phoenix Suns W 105-104 4-1 10/26/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 123-111 5-1 10/29/1971 at Golden State Warriors L 83-99 5-2 11/02/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 108-101 6-2 11/03/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 113-100 7-2 11/05/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 102-104 7-3 11/06/1971 at Buffalo Braves L 99-130 7-4 11/09/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 109-122 7-5 11/10/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 125-106 8-5 11/13/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 111-102 9-5 11/16/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 95-87 10-5 11/19/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 148-104 11-5 11/20/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 123-106 12-5 11/23/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 130-94 13-5 11/26/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 121-89 14-5 11/27/1971 at New York Knicks L 99-100 14-6 11/30/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 86-85 15-6 12/01/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 109-101 16-6 12/03/1971 vs New York Knicks W 122-96 17-6 12/04/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 105-108 17-7 12/07/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-99 18-7 12/09/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 107-110 18-8 12/10/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 118-102 19-8 12/11/1971 at Boston Celtics W 115-99 20-8 12/14/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 108-116 20-9 12/17/1971 vs Houston Rockets L 98-109 20-10 12/19/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 119-101 21-10 12/21/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 127-92 22-10 12/23/1971 at Phoenix Suns W 117-108 23-10 12/25/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 109-88 24-10 12/26/1971 at Seattle Supersonics W 103-102 25-10 12/28/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-105 26-10 12/30/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 117-92 27-10 01/04/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 108-112 27-11 01/05/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 139-107 28-11 01/07/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets L 94-104 28-12 01/08/1972 at New York Knicks W 113-108 29-12 01/09/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 108-104 30-12 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/11/1972 vs New York Knicks W 116-91 31-12 01/12/1972 at Boston Celtics L 112-113 31-13 01/14/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 77-104 31-14 01/15/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 120-100 32-14 01/21/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 113-93 33-14 01/22/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 115-108 34-14 01/24/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-105 35-14 01/26/1972 at Houston Rockets W 117-108 36-14 01/27/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 107-108 36-15 01/28/1972 at Phoenix Suns W 116-102 37-15 01/30/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-99 38-15 02/01/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics L 103-121 38-16 02/02/1972 at Boston Celtics L 100-124 38-17 02/04/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 110-108 39-17 02/05/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 130-96 40-17 02/06/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 119-94 41-17 02/08/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 114-90 42-17 02/11/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 102-91 43-17 02/12/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 117-106 44-17 02/13/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 88-107 44-18 02/17/1972 vs New York Knicks L 99-102 44-19 02/18/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 122-97 45-19 02/19/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 104-97 46-19 02/20/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-103 46-20 02/22/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-88 47-20 02/25/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 115-107 48-20 02/26/1972 at Golden State Warriors W 107-106 49-20 02/27/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 118-123 49-21 02/29/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 116-92 50-21 03/03/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 103-112 50-22 03/05/1972 at Houston Rockets W 128-97 51-22 03/08/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 98-96 52-22 03/10/1972 at Cincinnati Royals L 100-104 52-23 03/14/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics L 111-115 52-24 03/17/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 126-103 53-24 03/18/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-91 54-24 03/19/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 115-107 55-24 03/21/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 104-109 55-25 03/24/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 116-99 56-25 03/25/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 121-105 57-25 |