1972-1973 Chicago Bulls: 51-31 .622
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4267 points scored, 4018 allowed) Road record: 20-19 (4058 points scored, 4047 allowed) Other sites: 2-0 (209 points scored, 183 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Motta 8534 points scored (14th of 17 teams), 8248 points allowed (3rd) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 24 Santa Clara Tom Boerwinkle 7'0 265 27 Tennessee Rowland Garrett 6'6 210 22 Florida State Garfield Heard 6'6 219 24 Oklahoma Jim King 6'2 175 31 Tulsa Bob Love 6'8 215 30 Southern Kenny McIntosh 6'7 225 23 Eastern Michigan Howard Porter 6'8 220 24 Villanova Clifford Ray 6'9 230 23 Oklahoma Frank Russell 6'3 180 23 Detroit Jerry Sloan 6'5 195 30 Evansville Norm Van Lier 6'1 173 25 St. Francis Chet Walker 6'6 212 32 Bradley Bob Weiss 6'2 180 30 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 82 3033 774 1794 0 0 347 421 0 0 532 119 0 0 0 240 1895 23.1 F Chet Walker 79 2455 597 1248 0 0 376 452 0 0 395 179 0 0 0 166 1570 19.9 G Norm Van Lier 80 2882 474 1064 0 0 166 211 0 0 438 567 0 0 0 269 1114 13.9 F Garfield Heard 78 1535 346 815 0 0 115 177 0 0 447 58 0 0 0 167 807 10.3 G Bob Weiss 82 2086 279 655 0 0 159 189 0 0 148 295 0 0 0 151 717 8.7 G Jerry Sloan 69 2412 301 733 0 0 94 133 0 0 475 151 0 0 0 235 696 10.1 C Clifford Ray 73 2009 254 516 0 0 117 189 0 0 797 271 0 0 0 232 625 8.6 C Dennis Awtrey 79 1650 143 298 0 0 85 149 0 0 433 222 0 0 0 226 371 4.7 G Jim King 65 785 116 263 0 0 44 52 0 0 76 81 0 0 0 76 276 4.2 F Howard Porter 43 407 98 217 0 0 22 29 0 0 118 16 0 0 0 52 218 5.1 F Rowland Garrett 35 211 52 118 0 0 21 31 0 0 61 8 0 0 0 29 125 3.6 G Frank Russell 23 131 29 77 0 0 16 18 0 0 17 15 0 0 0 12 74 3.2 C Tom Boerwinkle 8 176 9 24 0 0 12 20 0 0 54 40 0 0 0 22 30 3.8 F Kenny McIntosh 3 33 8 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 4 16 5.3
1972 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 11 Ralph Simpson 218 487 Michigan State
3 35 Frank Russell 23 Detroit [pick acquired from CIN]
3 45 Chuck Jura Nebraska
4 62 Ted Martiniuk St. Peter's
5 78 Rowland Garrett 263 Florida State
6 95 Mike Stewart Santa Clara
7 112 Jerry Pender 11 Fresno State
8 128 Cavin Anderson Valley City State
9 142 Ralph Houston West Texas State
10 155 Chuck Taylor West Liberty State
11 166 Jackie Young Rocky Mountain
12 174 Al Cotler Penn
13 180 Mike Barr 73 234 Duquesne
14 187 Andrew Pettes Oklahoma
15 192 Greg Lowery Texas Tech
16 196 Charles Hall Western Montana
17 197 John Thornton South Carolina State
18 198 Ron Manning Manhattan
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CIN (Mike Ratliff)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/30/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-107 (OT)
04/01/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 93-108
04/06/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 96-86
04/08/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 98-94
04/10/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 102-123
04/13/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 101-93
04/15/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 92-95
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 7 314 68 148 30 41 67 23 20 166 23.7
F Chet Walker 7 229 42 121 33 37 62 14 15 117 16.7
G Jerry Sloan 7 292 45 103 14 19 59 14 31 104 14.9
G Norm Van Lier 7 258 45 129 11 15 37 36 32 101 14.4
G Bob Weiss 7 175 34 79 16 21 16 15 20 84 12.0
C Dennis Awtrey 7 268 26 48 11 22 77 31 26 63 9.0
F Howard Porter 6 79 12 34 3 4 18 2 5 27 4.5
C Tom Boerwinkle 4 30 4 6 1 1 9 11 7 9 2.2
C Clifford Ray 5 36 3 8 0 0 9 1 2 6 1.2
G Jim King 4 14 2 6 1 2 1 2 3 5 1.2
F Garfield Heard 2 9 2 4 0 0 3 0 4 4 2.0
F Rowland Garrett 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/10/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 95-89 1-0 10/13/1972 at Detroit Pistons L 91-100 1-1 10/14/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 88-96 1-2 10/21/1972 at Houston Rockets W 130-97 2-2 10/22/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-104 2-3 10/24/1972 at Phoenix Suns W 107-106 3-3 10/26/1972 at Golden State Warriors W 94-93 4-3 10/27/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 118-95 5-3 10/29/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 95-94 6-3 10/31/1972 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 104-95 7-3 11/03/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 115-100 8-3 11/04/1972 at Buffalo Braves L 99-101 8-4 11/11/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 111-106 9-4 11/14/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 97-80 10-4 11/17/1972 at Detroit Pistons L 96-109 10-5 11/18/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 95-79 11-5 11/21/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 113-105 12-5 11/24/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 100-96 13-5 11/25/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 100-99 14-5 11/28/1972 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 91-92 14-6 11/29/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 97-105 14-7 12/01/1972 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 106-97 15-7 12/02/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 89-80 16-7 12/05/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 130-108 17-7 12/07/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks L 89-94 17-8 12/08/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 118-102 18-8 12/09/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 105-94 19-8 12/12/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 105-106 19-9 12/15/1972 vs New York Knicks W 90-86 20-9 12/16/1972 at New York Knicks L 83-97 20-10 12/19/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 100-109 20-11 12/22/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 127-97 21-11 12/23/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 109-127 21-12 12/25/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 108-115 21-13 12/26/1972 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 117-103 22-13 12/29/1972 at Boston Celtics W 106-99 23-13 12/30/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 99-92 24-13 01/02/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 100-90 25-13 01/04/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 111-97 26-13 01/05/1973 vs Phoenix Suns L 115-126 26-14 01/07/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 119-96 27-14 01/09/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 126-110 28-14 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/10/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 100-102 28-15 01/12/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 97-109 28-16 01/14/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 95-100 28-17 01/16/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 100-89 29-17 01/19/1973 vs Golden State Warriors L 80-115 29-18 01/20/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 92-112 29-19 01/26/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets W 110-100 30-19 01/28/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 110-105 31-19 01/30/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 92-95 31-20 02/02/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 104-118 31-21 02/04/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 121-99 32-21 02/06/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 114-107 33-21 02/09/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 103-97 34-21 02/10/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 102-101 35-21 02/11/1973 vs Golden State Warriors L 96-101 35-22 02/13/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 101-105 35-23 02/14/1973 at New York Knicks W 100-98 36-23 02/16/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 100-92 37-23 02/18/1973 at Houston Rockets W 110-99 38-23 02/20/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 103-89 39-23 02/23/1973 vs New York Knicks W 84-83 40-23 02/24/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 122-100 41-23 02/25/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 88-85 42-23 02/27/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 125-110 43-23 03/02/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 88-108 43-24 03/03/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 117-116 44-24 03/04/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 118-117 45-24 03/06/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-96 45-25 03/08/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 102-112 45-26 03/09/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 104-84 46-26 03/10/1973 at Baltimore Bullets W 105-99 47-26 03/13/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-89 48-26 03/16/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 91-99 48-27 03/17/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 97-99 48-28 03/18/1973 at Detroit Pistons W 119-107 49-28 03/20/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 123-109 50-28 03/21/1973 at Boston Celtics L 105-106 50-29 03/24/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 111-113 50-30 03/25/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-112 50-31 03/27/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 121-105 51-31 |