1977-1978 Chicago Bulls: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4427 points scored, 4263 allowed) Road record: 11-30 (4096 points scored, 4333 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Ed Badger 8523 points scored (20th of 22 teams), 8596 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Ard 6'8 215 29 Cincinnati Tate Armstrong 6'3 175 22 Duke Tom Boerwinkle 7'0 265 32 Tennessee Derrek Dickey 6'7 218 26 Cincinnati Artis Gilmore 7'2 240 28 Jacksonville Glenn Hansen 6'4 205 25 Louisiana State Wilbur Holland 6'0 175 26 New Orleans Mickey Johnson 6'10 190 25 Aurora Mark Landsberger 6'8 215 22 Arizona State Scott May 6'6 215 23 Indiana John Mengelt 6'2 195 28 Auburn Cliff Pondexter 6'9 233 23 Cal State Long Beach Cazzie Russell 6'5 218 33 Michigan Steve Sheppard 6'6 215 23 Maryland Norm Van Lier 6'1 173 30 St. Francis Nick Weatherspoon 6'7 195 27 Illinois 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 3067 704 1260 0 0 471 669 318 753 1071 263 42 181 366 261 1879 22.9 F Mickey Johnson 81 2870 561 1215 0 0 362 446 218 520 738 267 92 68 270 317 1484 18.3 G Wilbur Holland 82 2884 569 1285 0 0 223 279 105 189 294 313 164 14 223 258 1361 16.6 G John Mengelt 81 1767 325 675 0 0 184 238 41 88 129 232 51 4 124 169 834 10.3 F Scott May 55 1802 280 617 0 0 175 216 118 214 332 114 50 6 125 170 735 13.4 G Norm Van Lier 78 2524 200 477 0 0 172 229 86 198 284 531 144 5 200 279 572 7.3 F Mark Landsberger 62 926 127 251 0 0 91 157 110 191 301 41 21 6 69 78 345 5.6 F Cazzie Russell 36 789 133 304 0 0 49 57 31 52 83 61 19 4 35 63 315 8.8 G Tate Armstrong 66 716 131 280 0 0 22 27 24 44 68 74 23 0 58 42 284 4.3 F Steve Sheppard 64 698 119 262 0 0 37 56 67 64 131 43 14 3 46 72 275 4.3 F Nick Weatherspoon 41 611 86 194 0 0 37 42 57 68 125 32 19 10 49 74 209 5.1 F Cliff Pondexter 44 534 37 85 0 0 14 20 36 94 130 87 19 15 30 66 88 2.0 F Derrek Dickey 25 220 27 68 0 0 14 19 15 33 48 10 4 2 23 27 68 2.7 C Tom Boerwinkle 22 227 23 50 0 0 10 13 14 45 59 44 3 4 26 36 56 2.5 C Jim Ard 14 116 8 16 0 0 2 3 8 24 32 7 0 0 14 18 18 1.3 G Glenn Hansen 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 13 Tate Armstrong 92 Duke
2 23 Mike Glenn 593 Southern Illinois [pick acquired from NJ]
2 30 Steve Sheppard 106 Maryland [pick acquired from SEA via DEN and KC]
2 35 Mark Landsberger 437 Arizona State
4 79 Mike McConalthy Louisiana Tech
5 101 Nate Davis South Carolina
6 123 Jay Chessman Brigham Young
7 143 Mike Smith Evansville
8 162 Rich Rhodes Eastern Illinois
Traded draft picks:
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 91-88 1-0 10/19/1977 at Houston Rockets W 107-103 2-0 10/21/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 122-119 3-0 10/22/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 95-113 3-1 10/25/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 98-105 3-2 10/29/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 101-97 4-2 11/01/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 88-99 4-3 11/02/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers W 103-102 5-3 11/04/1977 vs Buffalo Braves L 92-100 5-4 11/05/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 111-94 6-4 11/08/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 117-104 7-4 11/11/1977 at New Jersey Nets L 89-91 7-5 11/12/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 103-106 7-6 11/18/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 101-103 7-7 11/20/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 102-80 8-7 11/23/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 111-116 8-8 11/25/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 106-89 9-8 11/29/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 95-87 10-8 11/30/1977 at Boston Celtics L 92-98 10-9 12/02/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 107-102 11-9 12/03/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-97 12-9 12/06/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 116-108 13-9 12/08/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 104-78 14-9 12/10/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 121-119 15-9 12/13/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 99-96 16-9 12/14/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 108-116 16-10 12/16/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 115-110 17-10 12/17/1977 at New York Knicks L 103-112 17-11 12/20/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 94-86 18-11 12/22/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 110-113 18-12 12/23/1977 vs Detroit Pistons L 107-108 18-13 12/27/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 115-106 19-13 12/28/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 125-129 19-14 12/30/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 102-97 20-14 01/01/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 96-114 20-15 01/03/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 90-92 20-16 01/04/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 94-115 20-17 01/06/1978 vs New York Knicks L 97-99 20-18 01/08/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 104-109 20-19 01/10/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 110-106 21-19 01/13/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 128-111 22-19 01/15/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 107-101 23-19 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 105-104 24-19 01/19/1978 at Atlanta Hawks W 105-95 25-19 01/22/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-112 25-20 01/24/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 131-114 26-20 01/26/1978 at Washington Bullets L 107-135 26-21 01/28/1978 at New York Knicks L 96-108 26-22 01/31/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 106-103 27-22 02/01/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 111-117 27-23 02/03/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 110-107 28-23 02/07/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-106 29-23 02/08/1978 at Houston Rockets L 101-105 29-24 02/10/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 93-106 29-25 02/11/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 90-95 29-26 02/12/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 94-111 29-27 02/14/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 102-95 30-27 02/17/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 98-106 30-28 02/18/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 103-124 30-29 02/20/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-95 31-29 02/21/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 104-106 31-30 02/24/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 109-112 31-31 02/26/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 99-100 31-32 02/28/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 126-115 32-32 03/05/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 96-95 33-32 03/09/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 103-112 33-33 03/10/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-115 33-34 03/12/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 95-98 33-35 03/14/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 96-103 33-36 03/16/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 111-107 34-36 03/17/1978 vs New York Knicks W 129-117 35-36 03/19/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 92-112 35-37 03/21/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 101-99 36-37 03/22/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 99-105 36-38 03/24/1978 at Boston Celtics W 97-96 37-38 03/26/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 78-95 37-39 03/28/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 105-128 37-40 03/31/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 117-107 38-40 04/01/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 110-102 39-40 04/04/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 116-104 40-40 04/07/1978 vs Buffalo Braves L 103-113 40-41 04/09/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 85-99 40-42 |