1974-1975 Chicago Bulls: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4157 points scored, 3882 allowed) Road record: 18-23 (3888 points scored, 3909 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4157 points scored, 3882 allowed) Road record: 18-23 (3888 points scored, 3909 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Dick Motta 8045 points scored (18th of 18 teams), 7791 points allowed (1st) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Rick Adelman 6'1 175 28 Loyola Marymount Leon Benbow 6'4 185 24 Jacksonville John Block 6'9 207 30 Southern California Tom Boerwinkle 7'0 265 29 Tennessee Rowland Garrett 6'6 210 24 Florida State Matt Guokas 6'5 175 30 St. Joseph's Bill Hewitt 6'7 210 30 Southern California Mickey Johnson 6'10 190 22 Aurora Bob Love 6'8 215 32 Southern Jerry Sloan 6'5 195 32 Evansville Nate Thurmond 6'11 225 33 Bowling Green Norm Van Lier 6'1 173 27 St. Francis Chet Walker 6'6 212 34 Bradley Bobby Wilson 6'2 175 23 Wichita StateTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Chet Walker 76 2452 524 1076 0 0 413 480 114 318 432 169 49 6 0 181 1461 19.2 F Bob Love 61 2401 539 1256 0 0 264 318 99 286 385 102 63 12 0 209 1342 22.0 G Norm Van Lier 70 2590 407 970 0 0 236 298 86 242 328 403 139 14 0 246 1050 15.0 G Jerry Sloan 78 2577 380 865 0 0 193 258 177 361 538 161 171 17 0 265 953 12.2 C Nate Thurmond 80 2756 250 686 0 0 132 224 259 645 904 328 46 195 0 271 632 7.9 G Matt Guokas 82 2089 255 500 0 0 78 103 24 115 139 178 45 17 0 154 588 7.2 F Rowland Garrett 70 1183 228 474 0 0 77 97 80 167 247 43 24 13 0 124 533 7.6 F John Block 50 882 150 317 0 0 105 134 63 151 214 44 38 31 0 110 405 8.1 C Tom Boerwinkle 80 1175 132 271 0 0 73 95 105 275 380 272 25 45 0 163 337 4.2 G Bobby Wilson 48 425 115 225 0 0 46 58 18 34 52 36 22 1 0 54 276 5.8 F Mickey Johnson 38 291 53 118 0 0 37 58 32 62 94 20 10 11 0 57 143 3.8 F Bill Hewitt 18 467 56 129 0 0 14 23 30 86 116 24 9 10 0 46 126 7.0 G Rick Adelman 12 340 43 104 0 0 28 39 6 20 26 35 16 1 0 31 114 9.5 G Leon Benbow 39 252 35 94 0 0 15 18 14 24 38 25 11 6 0 41 85 2.2
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 14 Maurice Lucas 855 166 Marquette [pick acquired from NYK]
1 16 Cliff Pondexter 197 Long Beach State
2 27 Leon Benbow 115 Jacksonville [pick acquired from BUF]
3 52 Bobby Wilson 143 Wichita State
4 70 Jim Forbes Texas-El Paso
5 88 Randy Knowles Texas A&M
6 106 Robert Rosier St. Thomas
7 124 Geoff Roberts Missouri
8 142 Sam McCants Oral Roberts
9 159 Jerry Davenport Cameron
10 176 Rick Hockenos St. Francis (PA)
Traded draft picks:
#2 to POR (Phil Lumpkin)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/09/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 95-89 04/13/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 95-102 04/16/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 93-90 04/18/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 100-104 (OT) 04/20/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 104-77 04/23/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 101-89 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 04/27/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 89-107 04/30/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 90-89 05/04/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-101 05/06/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 106-111 05/08/1975 at Golden State Warriors W 89-79 05/11/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 72-86 05/14/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 79-83Playoff Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Bob Love 13 583 138 316 60 77 31 67 98 19 10 5 41 336 25.8 F Chet Walker 13 432 81 164 66 75 10 50 60 24 13 1 32 228 17.5 G Norm Van Lier 13 547 67 164 62 83 18 49 67 61 20 5 52 196 15.1 G Jerry Sloan 13 470 75 163 20 36 24 72 96 26 20 0 46 170 13.1 C Tom Boerwinkle 13 377 43 98 20 25 56 109 165 55 4 10 48 106 8.2 C Nate Thurmond 13 254 14 38 18 37 24 63 87 31 5 21 36 46 3.5 G Bobby Wilson 10 93 17 41 10 12 2 9 11 4 4 0 10 44 4.4 F Rowland Garrett 12 143 21 56 2 4 8 21 29 3 4 4 27 44 3.7 G Matt Guokas 13 202 12 35 7 8 4 10 14 11 7 1 20 31 2.4 F John Block 4 34 6 15 1 3 2 4 6 0 4 0 5 13 3.2 G Leon Benbow 2 5 2 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 2.5 F Mickey Johnson 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.7
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/18/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 120-115 1-0
10/19/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 87-70 2-0
10/22/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-92 2-1
10/23/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 98-99 2-2
10/25/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 91-112 2-3
10/26/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 104-105 2-4
10/29/1974 vs Washington Bullets L 80-96 2-5
10/30/1974 at Boston Celtics W 105-104 3-5
11/02/1974 at New York Knicks W 95-90 4-5
11/03/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 86-79 5-5
11/06/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 90-105 5-6
11/09/1974 at Washington Bullets L 89-96 5-7
11/12/1974 at New Orleans Jazz W 88-79 6-7
11/14/1974 at Houston Rockets L 96-105 6-8
11/15/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 102-95 7-8
11/17/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 96-76 8-8
11/19/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 92-98 8-9
11/22/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 93-89 9-9
11/24/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 91-89 10-9
11/26/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 90-93 10-10
11/30/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 99-101 10-11
12/03/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 96-91 11-11
12/06/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 96-99 11-12
12/10/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 89-107 11-13
12/13/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 109-76 12-13
12/17/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 87-84 13-13
12/19/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 88-80 14-13
12/20/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 96-73 15-13
12/21/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 87-74 16-13
12/23/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 87-97 16-14
12/26/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 92-91 17-14
12/27/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 93-105 17-15
12/28/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 70-79 17-16
12/30/1974 vs Detroit Pistons L 81-86 17-17
01/03/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 126-99 18-17
01/04/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 100-88 19-17
01/05/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 95-96 19-18
01/07/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 106-97 20-18
01/10/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-113 21-18
01/11/1975 at Golden State Warriors W 114-105 22-18
01/12/1975 at Seattle Supersonics W 127-123 23-18
01/17/1975 vs Phoenix Suns L 105-115 23-19
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/18/1975 vs New York Knicks L 91-104 23-20
01/21/1975 at New York Knicks W 97-94 24-20
01/24/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 86-81 25-20
01/25/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 116-96 26-20
01/26/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 93-102 26-21
01/28/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 125-97 27-21
01/31/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 127-103 28-21
02/02/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 97-80 29-21
02/04/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 102-90 30-21
02/07/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 95-83 31-21
02/09/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 97-109 31-22
02/11/1975 vs New York Knicks W 101-84 32-22
02/12/1975 at Detroit Pistons W 103-93 33-22
02/14/1975 vs Golden State Warriors W 105-87 34-22
02/16/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 114-109 35-22
02/18/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 128-105 36-22
02/21/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 96-85 37-22
02/25/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 120-105 38-22
02/27/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 111-91 39-22
02/28/1975 at Houston Rockets L 87-102 39-23
03/01/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 94-95 39-24
03/04/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 102-117 39-25
03/06/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 65-88 39-26
03/07/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 89-87 40-26
03/08/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers L 82-88 40-27
03/11/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 115-121 40-28
03/14/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 97-94 41-28
03/16/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 90-103 41-29
03/18/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-96 42-29
03/20/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 83-87 42-30
03/21/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 104-98 43-30
03/23/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 101-103 43-31
03/25/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 112-94 44-31
03/27/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 83-86 44-32
03/28/1975 at Boston Celtics L 92-97 44-33
03/30/1975 at Washington Bullets L 82-94 44-34
04/01/1975 at Buffalo Braves W 98-93 45-34
04/02/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 89-97 45-35
04/04/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 111-87 46-35
04/06/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks W 112-100 47-35
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