1976-1977 Chicago Bulls: 44-38 .537
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4115 points scored, 3899 allowed) Road record: 13-27 (3908 points scored, 4048 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (88 points scored, 90 allowed) Head Coach: Ed Badger 8111 points scored (21st of 22 teams), 8037 points allowed (1st) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tom Boerwinkle 7'0 265 31 Tennessee Eric Fernsten 6'10 205 23 San Francisco Artis Gilmore 7'2 240 27 Jacksonville Phil Hicks 6'7 205 23 Tulane Wilbur Holland 6'0 175 25 New Orleans Mickey Johnson 6'10 190 24 Aurora Tom Kropp 6'3 205 23 Kearney State John Laskowski 6'6 185 23 Indiana Bob Love 6'8 215 34 Southern Jack Marin 6'6 200 32 Duke Scott May 6'6 215 22 Indiana Paul McCracken 6'4 180 26 Cal State Northridge John Mengelt 6'2 195 27 Auburn Cliff Pondexter 6'9 233 22 Cal State Long Beach Willie Smith 6'2 170 23 Missouri Keith Starr 6'6 190 22 Pittsburgh Norm Van Lier 6'1 173 29 St. Francis Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Artis Gilmore 82 2877 570 1091 0 0 387 586 313 757 1070 199 44 203 0 266 1527 18.6 F Mickey Johnson 81 2847 538 1205 0 0 324 407 297 531 828 195 103 64 0 315 1400 17.3 G Wilbur Holland 79 2453 509 1120 0 0 158 192 78 175 253 253 169 16 0 201 1176 14.9 F Scott May 72 2369 431 955 0 0 188 227 141 296 437 145 78 17 0 185 1050 14.6 G Norm Van Lier 82 3097 300 729 0 0 238 306 108 262 370 636 129 16 0 268 838 10.2 G John Mengelt 61 1178 209 458 0 0 89 113 29 81 110 114 37 4 0 102 507 8.3 F Jack Marin 54 869 167 359 0 0 31 39 27 64 91 62 13 6 0 85 365 6.8 C Tom Boerwinkle 82 1070 134 273 0 0 34 63 101 211 312 189 19 19 0 147 302 3.7 F Cliff Pondexter 78 996 107 257 0 0 42 65 77 159 236 41 34 11 0 82 256 3.3 G John Laskowski 47 562 75 212 0 0 27 30 16 47 63 44 32 2 0 22 177 3.8 G Tom Kropp 53 480 73 152 0 0 28 41 21 26 47 39 18 1 0 77 174 3.3 F Bob Love 14 496 68 201 0 0 35 46 38 35 73 23 8 2 0 47 171 12.2 F Phil Hicks 35 255 41 87 0 0 11 13 25 40 65 23 7 0 0 36 93 2.7 G Paul McCracken 9 119 18 47 0 0 11 18 6 10 16 14 6 0 0 17 47 5.2 C Eric Fernsten 5 61 3 15 0 0 8 11 9 7 16 6 1 3 0 9 14 2.8 G Keith Starr 17 65 6 24 0 0 2 2 6 4 10 6 1 0 0 11 14 0.8 G Willie Smith 2 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 2 Scott May 355 Indiana
2 18 Willie Smith 78 Missouri
3 35 Dallas Smith West Texas State
3 37 Lars Hansen 15 Washington [pick acquired from KC]
4 52 Keith Starr 17 Pittsburgh
5 69 Nate Williams Illinois
6 87 Tom Paulin Winston-Salem State
7 105 Barry McLeod Centenary
9 141 John Thomas Connecticut
10 158 John Hudson Concord
Traded draft picks:
#8 to CLE (Dave Koehler)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western First Round
04/12/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 83-96
04/15/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-104
04/17/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-106
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Mickey Johnson 3 124 34 72 14 16 14 25 39 7 5 2 13 82 27.3
C Artis Gilmore 3 126 19 40 18 23 15 24 39 6 3 8 9 56 18.7
G Wilbur Holland 3 84 17 34 10 10 5 4 9 3 1 0 8 44 14.7
G John Mengelt 3 67 14 26 10 11 0 4 4 8 4 0 3 38 12.7
F Scott May 3 97 10 26 12 15 6 8 14 3 8 2 10 32 10.7
F Jack Marin 3 53 8 13 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 16 5.3
G Norm Van Lier 3 134 3 19 10 12 5 10 15 29 10 1 14 16 5.3
C Tom Boerwinkle 3 17 1 5 0 0 2 8 10 7 0 1 1 2 0.7
F Cliff Pondexter 3 12 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0.7
F Phil Hicks 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
G Tom Kropp 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/22/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-106 0-1 10/23/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 102-97 1-1 10/26/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 90-88 2-1 10/29/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 82-95 2-2 10/30/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 74-102 2-3 11/04/1976 at Atlanta Hawks L 87-97 2-4 11/05/1976 vs Denver Nuggets L 85-99 2-5 11/09/1976 vs Houston Rockets L 92-111 2-6 11/10/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 88-103 2-7 11/13/1976 vs Detroit Pistons L 103-106 2-8 11/21/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 96-101 2-9 11/24/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 115-117 2-10 11/26/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 97-101 2-11 11/28/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 84-103 2-12 11/30/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 120-125 2-13 12/03/1976 at Boston Celtics L 109-115 2-14 12/04/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 107-99 3-14 12/07/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 89-81 4-14 12/08/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 100-107 4-15 12/10/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 92-78 5-15 12/11/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 84-76 6-15 12/14/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 101-88 7-15 12/17/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 103-101 8-15 12/18/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 106-111 8-16 12/21/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 103-101 9-16 12/23/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-95 10-16 12/25/1976 at Kansas City Kings W 96-91 11-16 12/28/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 79-84 11-17 12/30/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 106-124 11-18 01/01/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 82-89 11-19 01/02/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 79-83 11-20 01/04/1977 vs New York Nets W 88-80 12-20 01/05/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 94-109 12-21 01/07/1977 vs New York Knicks W 108-88 13-21 01/08/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 99-119 13-22 01/11/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 93-90 14-22 01/12/1977 at Washington Bullets W 99-85 15-22 01/14/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 89-94 15-23 01/15/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 96-93 16-23 01/16/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 102-83 17-23 01/18/1977 at Houston Rockets L 85-103 17-24 01/19/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 107-115 17-25 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 110-89 18-25 01/23/1977 at New York Nets L 86-95 18-26 01/25/1977 at New York Knicks L 91-108 18-27 01/26/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-93 19-27 01/28/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 94-105 19-28 01/29/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-101 20-28 02/01/1977 vs Kansas City Kings L 86-97 20-29 02/03/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 107-98 21-29 02/05/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 96-99 21-30 02/06/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 99-111 21-31 02/08/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 111-89 22-31 02/09/1977 at Houston Rockets L 103-108 22-32 02/11/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 110-92 23-32 02/15/1977 vs New York Nets W 114-106 24-32 02/16/1977 at New York Knicks L 103-123 24-33 02/18/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 87-90 24-34 02/22/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 118-102 25-34 02/25/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 96-87 26-34 02/26/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-98 27-34 03/01/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 102-85 28-34 03/02/1977 at Phoenix Suns W 108-104 29-34 03/04/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 114-99 30-34 03/06/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 94-86 31-34 03/11/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 90-95 31-35 03/13/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers W 106-102 32-35 03/15/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 107-96 33-35 03/16/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 104-97 34-35 03/18/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 114-112 35-35 03/19/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-92 36-35 03/22/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 102-86 37-35 03/25/1977 vs New York Knicks W 105-87 38-35 03/27/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 95-90 39-35 03/29/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 113-119 39-36 03/30/1977 at Boston Celtics L 88-90 39-37 04/01/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 107-97 40-37 04/03/1977 at New Orleans Jazz W 101-82 41-37 04/05/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 91-89 42-37 04/06/1977 at Washington Bullets L 96-97 42-38 04/08/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 113-109 43-38 04/10/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 120-99 44-38 |