1971-72 Chicago Bulls Game Log

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Record: 57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Dick Motta (57-25)

Executive: Pat Williams

PTS/G: 111.2 (6th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 102.9 (1st of 17)

SRS: 7.91 (3rd of 17) Pace: 108.6 (15th of 17)

Off Rtg: 101.9 (3rd of 17) Def Rtg: 94.3 (3rd of 17) Net Rtg: +7.6 (3rd of 17)

Expected W-L: 61-21 (3rd of 17)

Arena: Chicago Stadium

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (0-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1971-10-12		PHI	L	100	114	37	85	.435				26	40	.650							27	45	74	.608				24	31	.774							31
2	2	1971-10-15		BAL	W	106	82	37	89	.416				32	48	.667		74	22				26	32	102	.314				18	29	.621		51	18				30
3	3	1971-10-20	N	HOU	W	125	110	47	99	.475				31	43	.721		63	22				27	37	103	.359				36	44	.818		50	16				25
4	4	1971-10-22	@	LAL	W	113	106	48	104	.462				17	24	.708		47	29				28	38	83	.458				30	36	.833		52	15				25
5	5	1971-10-24	@	PHO	W	105	104	43	83	.518				19	27	.704		36	22			21	27	38	88	.432				28	34	.824		50	18			25	26
6	6	1971-10-26	@	POR	W	123	111	47	104	.452				29	45	.644		62	31			24	24	44	93	.473				23	36	.639		57	31			26	30
7	7	1971-10-29	N	GSW	L	83	99	32	101	.317				19	32	.594		68	16			16	26	37	90	.411				25	36	.694		52	26			14	21
8	8	1971-11-02		PHO	W	108	101	42	99	.424				24	27	.889		60	23			10	29	35	89	.393				31	42	.738		55	24			19	21
9	9	1971-11-03	@	ATL	W	113	100	34	75	.453				45	58	.776		46	15				30	36	90	.400				28	38	.737		49	16				36
10	10	1971-11-05		MIL	L	102	104	38	93	.409				26	34	.765		62	19			11	24	42	90	.467				20	32	.625		50	26			13	23
11	11	1971-11-06	@	BUF	L	99	130	37	91	.407				25	33	.758		39	15				20	55	93	.591				20	28	.714		52	26				20
12	12	1971-11-09		LAL	L	109	122	46	92	.500				17	25	.680		47	31				25	48	92	.522				26	32	.813		45	29				21
13	13	1971-11-10	@	BAL	W	125	106	52	102	.510				21	28	.750		41	31			13	29	37	78	.474				32	45	.711		48	19			24	22
14	14	1971-11-13		HOU	W	111	102	45	103	.437				21	32	.656		68	27				25	39	86	.453				24	33	.727		47	21				25
15	15	1971-11-16		SEA	W	95	87	40	97	.412				15	21	.714		58	25				25	31	76	.408				25	34	.735		47	17				20
16	16	1971-11-19	@	PHI	W	148	104	57	109	.523				34	47	.723		74	30				26	39	98	.398				26	40	.650		39	22				31
17	17	1971-11-20		BOS	W	123	106	46	95	.484				31	40	.775		58	24				23	44	108	.407				18	23	.783		54	21				28
18	18	1971-11-23		POR	W	130	94	49	98	.500				30	35	.857		63	38			21	26	34	88	.386				26	44	.591		48	14			27	24
19	19	1971-11-26		GSW	W	121	89	47	109	.431				27	35	.771		80	24			17	24	34	87	.391				21	31	.677		42	14			18	25
20	20	1971-11-27	@	NYK	L	99	100	39	92	.424				21	27	.778		43	25				19	40	82	.488				20	21	.952		48	24				22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1971-11-30		ATL	W	86	85	32	74	.432				22	34	.647		43	17				25	32	70	.457				21	28	.750		41	20				30
22	22	1971-12-01	@	CIN	W	109	101	38	87	.437				33	44	.750		55	26				24	39	82	.476				23	37	.622		42	24				28
23	23	1971-12-03		NYK	W	122	96	43	91	.473				36	46	.783		62	27				25	38	94	.404				20	33	.606		50	19				30
24	24	1971-12-04	@	MIL	L	105	108	40	78	.513				25	32	.781		33	20				24	42	81	.519				24	32	.750		38	24				23
25	25	1971-12-07		CLE	W	115	99	44	96	.458				27	37	.730		48	29			11	29	33	78	.423				33	43	.767		54	17			18	26
26	26	1971-12-09	@	DET	L	107	110	44	101	.436				19	24	.792		56	26			18	23	45	91	.495				20	27	.741		45	28			17	18
27	27	1971-12-10		BAL	W	118	102	44	89	.494				30	41	.732		54	27				21	43	82	.524				16	21	.762		35	15				28
28	28	1971-12-11	@	BOS	W	115	99	39	95	.411				37	39	.949		50	23				20	40	91	.440				19	27	.704		47	26				24
29	29	1971-12-14		BOS	L	108	116	40	96	.417				28	37	.757		57	20				19	47	99	.475				22	22	1.000		54	20				26
30	30	1971-12-17		HOU	L	98	109	38	93	.409				22	35	.629		51	21			10	29	38	77	.494				33	43	.767		48	13			19	27
31	31	1971-12-19	@	CLE	W	119	101	45	88	.511				29	36	.806		43	35			16	24	43	93	.462				15	30	.500		49	28			22	28
32	32	1971-12-21		DET	W	127	92	55	98	.561				17	24	.708		61	40			18	23	33	91	.363				26	35	.743		44	12			21	25
33	33	1971-12-23	@	PHO	W	117	108	46	116	.397				25	35	.714		58	22			13	28	43	109	.394				22	25	.880		63	18			30	32
34	34	1971-12-25	@	POR	W	109	88	46	109	.422				17	19	.895		50	28			17	25	33	81	.407				22	33	.667		56	25			31	20
35	35	1971-12-26	@	SEA	W	103	102	38	88	.432				27	31	.871		37	21			15	21	42	92	.457				18	26	.692		58	29			20	24
36	36	1971-12-28		MIL	W	116	105	42	91	.462				32	41	.780		52	26				21	43	77	.558				19	31	.613		40	20				31
37	37	1971-12-30		POR	W	117	92	51	115	.443				15	18	.833		72	25			18	16	40	96	.417				12	19	.632		47	30			28	15
38	38	1972-01-04		PHO	L	108	112	41	89	.461				26	33	.788		42	28			11	28	41	88	.466				30	36	.833		51	22			17	23
39	39	1972-01-05	@	PHI	W	139	107	60	120	.500				19	28	.679		68	38				21	41	105	.390				25	32	.781		58	21				18
40	40	1972-01-07		BAL	L	94	104	36	98	.367				22	28	.786		45	21				21	42	79	.532				20	24	.833		54	26				21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1972-01-08	@	NYK	W	113	108	44	96	.458				25	31	.806		50	14				28	41	93	.441				26	36	.722		46	20				25
42	42	1972-01-09		CIN	W	108	104	37	87	.425				34	43	.791		46	22			15	24	43	86	.500				18	24	.750		48	27			26	31
43	43	1972-01-11		NYK	W	116	91	47	102	.461				22	28	.786		52	26				18	38	91	.418				15	21	.714		57	18				23
44	44	1972-01-12	@	BOS	L	112	113	43	94	.457				26	33	.788		41	25				21	48	98	.490				17	20	.850		49	28				22
45	45	1972-01-14	@	MIL	L	77	104	32	106	.302				13	18	.722		47	15				19	41	91	.451				22	32	.688		60	31				15
46	46	1972-01-15		POR	W	120	100	46	101	.455				28	35	.800		65	29			12	28	40	86	.465				20	34	.588		40	23			22	26
47	47	1972-01-21	@	BUF	W	113	93	48	108	.444				17	22	.773		54	26				18	38	91	.418				17	28	.607		57	28				20
48	48	1972-01-22		HOU	W	115	108	41	94	.436				33	42	.786		63	27				24	42	91	.462				24	29	.828		50	15				28
49	49	1972-01-24		GSW	W	110	105	42	99	.424				26	34	.765		51	30			8	29	37	80	.463				31	41	.756		50	24			16	26
50	50	1972-01-26	N	HOU	W	117	108	42	91	.462				33	41	.805		43	28				26	43	85	.506				22	28	.786		42	28				30
51	51	1972-01-27	@	GSW	L	107	108	38	92	.413				31	40	.775		44	23			9	26	38	77	.494				32	43	.744		45	22			16	27
52	52	1972-01-28	@	PHO	W	116	102	48	94	.511				20	23	.870		54	21			18	24	40	86	.465				22	30	.733		44	21			21	23
53	53	1972-01-30		DET	W	109	99	40	94	.426				29	40	.725		55	27				21	39	83	.470				21	31	.677		52	21				30
54	54	1972-02-01		SEA	L	103	121	41	101	.406				21	25	.840		46	23				25	43	93	.462				35	44	.795		58	22				23
55	55	1972-02-02	@	BOS	L	100	124	42	108	.389				16	29	.552		47	25				20	51	89	.573				22	35	.629		59	39				24
56	56	1972-02-04	@	BAL	W	110	108	45	95	.474				20	28	.714		44	16				23	37	75	.493				34	38	.895		42	23				23
57	57	1972-02-05		BUF	W	130	96	45						40	51	.784							23	38						20	30	.667							31
58	58	1972-02-06		CIN	W	119	94	48	94	.511				23	29	.793		58	31			20	18	40	87	.460				14	24	.583		34	30			23	22
59	59	1972-02-08		CLE	W	114	90	45	85	.529				24	30	.800		48	27			17	21	35	97	.361				20	29	.690		57	19			13	22
60	60	1972-02-11		ATL	W	102	91	44	102	.431				14	18	.778		53	23				25	36	76	.474				19	28	.679		43	25				17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1972-02-12	@	ATL	W	117	106	49	88	.557				19	25	.760		42	22			27	24	42	86	.488				22	27	.815		30	27			24	29
62	62	1972-02-13		GSW	L	88	107	37	95	.389				14	23	.609		50	29			8	27	39	80	.488				29	37	.784		51	25			15	26
63	63	1972-02-17		NYK	L	99	102	41	83	.494				17	23	.739		60	31				25	43	102	.422				16	23	.696		45	26				23
64	64	1972-02-18	@	DET	W	122	97	43	94	.457				36	45	.800		54	23			15	28	35	84	.417				27	36	.750		48	20			27	31
65	65	1972-02-19		MIL	W	104	97	39						26	37	.703							25	38						21	29	.724							30
66	66	1972-02-20	@	MIL	L	100	103	42	110	.382				16	24	.667		55	20			10	21	40	78	.513				23	27	.852		46	21			16	24
67	67	1972-02-22		PHI	W	119	88	46	103	.447				27	37	.730		65	39				22	32	87	.368				24	39	.615		52	16				28
68	68	1972-02-25		PHO	W	115	107	46	92	.500				23	28	.821		56	34			13	23	42	86	.488				23	31	.742		41	27			15	27
69	69	1972-02-26	@	GSW	W	107	106	42	94	.447				23	34	.676		47	20			16	21	40	85	.471				26	30	.867		48	23			21	27
70	70	1972-02-27	@	LAL	L	118	123	49	117	.419				20	28	.714		64	23				38	44	95	.463				35	50	.700		64	29				23
71	71	1972-02-29	@	POR	W	116	92	44	91	.484				28	32	.875		59	25			22	22	33	85	.388				26	32	.813		42	21			25	23
72	72	1972-03-03	@	SEA	L	103	112	34	100	.340				35	43	.814		54	21			9	31	38	77	.494				36	44	.818		55	30			22	29
73	73	1972-03-05	@	HOU	W	128	97	50	93	.538				28	36	.778		56				16	22	40	97	.412				17	23	.739		39				16	22
74	74	1972-03-08	@	ATL	W	98	96	42	89	.472				14	16	.875		38	21				24	34	74	.459				28	37	.757		44	17				15
75	75	1972-03-10	@	CIN	L	100	104	37	88	.420				26	33	.788		46	16			21	19	41	86	.477				22	26	.846		47	31			17	20
76	76	1972-03-14		SEA	L	111	115	43	86	.500				25	33	.758		49	27			16	26	46	79	.582				23	32	.719		32	24			15	22
77	77	1972-03-17		BUF	W	126	103	48	92	.522				30	34	.882		58	34			19	18	44	87	.506				15	22	.682		31	22			18	27
78	78	1972-03-18	@	CLE	W	109	91	47	89	.528				15	20	.750		60	29			22	20	38	92	.413				15	23	.652		40	27			14	16
79	79	1972-03-19	@	DET	W	115	107	46	93	.495				23	31	.742		44	28			17	26	39	86	.453				29	37	.784		50	19			26	26
80	80	1972-03-21		LAL	L	104	109	43	99	.434				18	23	.783		59	31				23	45	97	.464				19	29	.655		46	24				21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1972-03-24	@	PHI	W	116	99	41	88	.466				34	49	.694		46	26				22	39	87	.448				21	30	.700		52	22				33
82	82	1972-03-25		DET	W	121	105	46	100	.460				29	40	.725		67	33			23	22	40	89	.449				25	36	.694		43	25			24	28

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