1973-1974 Chicago Bulls: 54-28 .659
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-9 (4312 points scored, 4065 allowed) Road record: 21-19 (3955 points scored, 3937 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (101 points scored, 95 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Motta 8368 points scored (12th of 17 teams), 8097 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Rick Adelman 6'1 175 27 Loyola Marymount Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 25 Santa Clara Tom Boerwinkle 7'0 265 28 Tennessee Rowland Garrett 6'6 210 23 Florida State John Hummer 6'9 230 25 Princeton Bob Love 6'8 215 31 Southern Howard Porter 6'8 220 25 Villanova Clifford Ray 6'9 230 24 Oklahoma Jerry Sloan 6'5 195 31 Evansville Norm Van Lier 6'1 173 26 St. Francis Chet Walker 6'6 212 33 Bradley Bob Weiss 6'2 180 31 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 3292 731 1752 0 0 323 395 183 309 492 130 84 28 0 221 1785 21.8 F Chet Walker 82 2661 572 1178 0 0 439 502 131 275 406 200 68 4 0 201 1583 19.3 G Norm Van Lier 80 2863 427 1051 0 0 288 370 114 263 377 548 162 7 0 282 1142 14.3 G Jerry Sloan 77 2860 412 921 0 0 194 273 150 406 556 149 183 10 0 273 1018 13.2 C Clifford Ray 80 2632 313 612 0 0 121 199 285 692 977 246 58 173 0 281 747 9.3 F Howard Porter 73 1229 296 658 0 0 92 115 86 199 285 32 23 39 0 116 684 9.4 G Bob Weiss 79 1708 263 564 0 0 142 170 32 71 103 303 104 12 0 156 668 8.5 C Dennis Awtrey 68 756 65 123 0 0 54 94 49 125 174 86 22 14 0 128 184 2.7 G Rick Adelman 55 618 64 170 0 0 54 76 16 53 69 56 36 1 0 63 182 3.3 C Tom Boerwinkle 46 602 58 119 0 0 42 60 53 160 213 94 16 18 0 80 158 3.4 F Rowland Garrett 41 373 68 184 0 0 21 32 31 39 70 11 5 9 0 43 157 3.8 F John Hummer 18 186 23 46 0 0 14 28 13 24 37 13 3 1 0 30 60 3.3
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 12 Kevin Kunnert 555 Iowa
2 24 Kevin Stacom 347 Providence [pick acquired from HOU]
2 30 Wendell Hudson Alabama
3 39 Martin Terry Arkansas [pick acquired from SEA]
3 47 Steve Newsome Houston
4 64 Mark Sibley 28 Northwestern
5 81 Ray Simpson Furman
6 98 Johnny Neumann 83 372 Mississippi
7 115 Billy Harris 76 Northern Illinois
8 132 J.G. Brosterhos Texas
9 147 Rubin Montanez Duquesne
10 161 Russ Hunt Furman
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/30/1974 vs Detroit Pistons L 88-97
04/01/1974 at Detroit Pistons W 108-103
04/05/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 84-83
04/07/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 87-102
04/09/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 98-94
04/11/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 88-92
04/13/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 96-94
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Western Finals
04/16/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 85-101
04/18/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 111-113
04/20/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-113
04/22/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 99-115
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 11 489 104 257 45 59 27 36 63 24 14 5 28 253 23.0
F Chet Walker 11 403 81 159 68 79 26 35 61 18 10 1 26 230 20.9
G Norm Van Lier 11 466 61 144 39 47 11 36 47 75 17 3 41 161 14.6
C Clifford Ray 11 362 51 102 5 15 44 78 122 35 14 21 45 107 9.7
G Jerry Sloan 6 240 39 88 22 29 18 44 62 12 7 1 17 100 16.7
F Howard Porter 11 150 27 88 6 6 15 29 44 5 4 5 15 60 5.5
G Bob Weiss 11 251 23 74 6 6 5 15 20 32 7 1 20 52 4.7
G Rick Adelman 9 108 16 34 7 11 1 9 10 7 7 0 5 39 4.3
C Dennis Awtrey 10 158 12 28 6 10 11 29 40 13 6 2 21 30 3.0
C Tom Boerwinkle 2 7 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1.0
F Rowland Garrett 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/09/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 97-117 0-1 10/10/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 105-90 1-1 10/12/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 84-88 1-2 10/13/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 101-94 2-2 10/19/1973 vs Capitol Bullets W 117-103 3-2 10/20/1973 at New York Knicks W 85-69 4-2 10/21/1973 at Capitol Bullets W 107-99 5-2 10/26/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 121-113 6-2 10/27/1973 at Houston Rockets W 102-92 7-2 11/02/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 107-97 8-2 11/03/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-94 9-2 11/04/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 101-95 10-2 11/08/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 112-111 11-2 11/10/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 106-104 12-2 11/11/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 116-98 13-2 11/13/1973 at Phoenix Suns L 108-116 13-3 11/16/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 102-118 13-4 11/18/1973 at Detroit Pistons W 104-102 14-4 11/20/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 106-101 15-4 11/23/1973 vs Phoenix Suns L 94-99 15-5 11/24/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-112 16-5 11/27/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 123-117 17-5 11/28/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-101 17-6 11/30/1973 vs New York Knicks W 115-97 18-6 12/01/1973 at Boston Celtics L 98-120 18-7 12/04/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 130-107 19-7 12/06/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 103-98 20-7 12/07/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 96-91 21-7 12/08/1973 vs Boston Celtics W 112-95 22-7 12/11/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 105-104 23-7 12/13/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks W 97-94 24-7 12/14/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 97-100 24-8 12/15/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 104-100 25-8 12/18/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics L 92-93 25-9 12/19/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 87-89 25-10 12/22/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-86 26-10 12/26/1973 at Capitol Bullets L 81-82 26-11 12/28/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 118-94 27-11 12/29/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 108-103 28-11 12/30/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers L 92-99 28-12 01/01/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 91-80 29-12 01/04/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-103 29-13 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 120-116 30-13 01/08/1974 vs New York Knicks L 80-108 30-14 01/09/1974 at Boston Celtics L 89-106 30-15 01/10/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 116-104 31-15 01/12/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 82-101 31-16 01/13/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 94-124 31-17 01/18/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 95-113 31-18 01/20/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 99-97 32-18 01/22/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 102-89 33-18 01/25/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-99 34-18 01/27/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-91 35-18 01/30/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 103-94 36-18 02/01/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 99-88 37-18 02/02/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 105-89 38-18 02/03/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-94 39-18 02/05/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 100-98 40-18 02/06/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 112-95 41-18 02/08/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 101-106 41-19 02/10/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 96-86 42-19 02/12/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 93-81 43-19 02/13/1974 at New York Knicks L 80-89 43-20 02/15/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 92-90 44-20 02/17/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 105-108 44-21 02/19/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 130-96 45-21 02/22/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 117-100 46-21 02/24/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 90-100 46-22 02/27/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 107-95 47-22 03/01/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 91-95 47-23 03/02/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 88-103 47-24 03/05/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 111-91 48-24 03/06/1974 at Houston Rockets W 105-93 49-24 03/09/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 99-106 49-25 03/12/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 91-93 49-26 03/15/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 114-97 50-26 03/17/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 82-107 50-27 03/19/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 103-94 51-27 03/20/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 87-86 52-27 03/22/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 93-99 52-28 03/24/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 122-113 53-28 03/26/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-98 54-28 |