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1972-73 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

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51-31, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dick Motta (51-31)

Points Per Game: 104.1 (14th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 100.6 (3rd of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-31 (5th of 17)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 424,944 (3rd of 17)

SRS: 3.43 (5th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers

1972-73 Chicago Bulls:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 Dennis Awtrey C 6-10 235 February 22, 1948 2 Santa Clara University
18 Tom Boerwinkle C 7-0 265 August 23, 1945 4 University of Tennessee
23 Rowland Garrett F 6-6 210 July 16, 1950 R Florida State University
24 Gar Heard F 6-6 219 May 3, 1948 2 University of Oklahoma
21 Jim King G 6-2 175 February 7, 1941 9 University of Tulsa
10 Bob Love F 6-8 215 December 8, 1942 6 Southern University and A&M College
40 Kenny McIntosh F 6-7 225 January 21, 1949 1 Eastern Michigan University
54 Howard Porter F-C 6-8 220 August 31, 1948 1 Villanova University
14 Clifford Ray C 6-9 230 January 21, 1949 1 University of Oklahoma
34 Frank Russell G 6-3 180 April 17, 1949 R University of Detroit Mercy
4 Jerry Sloan G-F 6-5 195 March 28, 1942 7 University of Evansville
2 Norm Van Lier G 6-1 173 April 1, 1947 3 Saint Francis University
25 Chet Walker F-G 6-6 212 February 22, 1940 10 Bradley University
8 Bob Weiss G 6-2 180 May 7, 1942 7 Pennsylvania State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19805 3480 7835 .444 1574 2073 .759 4000 2023 1881 8534 104.1
Opponent 82 19805 3343 7098 .471 1562 2080 .751 3915 1910 2002 8248 100.6

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bob Love 30 82 3033 774 1794 .431 347 421 .824 532 119 240 1895
2 Chet Walker 32 79 2455 597 1248 .478 376 452 .832 395 179 166 1570
3 Norm Van Lier 25 80 2882 474 1064 .445 166 211 .787 438 567 269 1114
4 Gar Heard 24 78 1535 346 815 .425 115 177 .650 447 58 167 807
5 Bob Weiss 30 82 2086 279 655 .426 159 189 .841 148 295 151 717
6 Jerry Sloan 30 69 2412 301 733 .411 94 133 .707 475 151 235 696
7 Clifford Ray 24 73 2009 254 516 .492 117 189 .619 797 271 232 625
8 Dennis Awtrey 24 79 1650 143 298 .480 85 149 .570 433 222 226 371
9 Jim King 31 65 785 116 263 .441 44 52 .846 76 81 76 276
10 Howard Porter 24 43 407 98 217 .452 22 29 .759 118 16 52 218
11 Rowland Garrett 22 35 211 52 118 .441 21 31 .677 61 8 29 125
12 Frank Russell 23 23 131 29 77 .377 16 18 .889 17 15 12 74
13 Tom Boerwinkle 27 8 176 9 24 .375 12 20 .600 54 40 22 30
14 Kenny McIntosh 24 3 33 8 13 .615 0 2 .000 9 1 4 16

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bob Love 30 82 37.0 9.4 21.9 .431 4.2 5.1 .824 6.5 1.5 2.9 23.1
2 Chet Walker 32 79 31.1 7.6 15.8 .478 4.8 5.7 .832 5.0 2.3 2.1 19.9
3 Norm Van Lier 25 80 36.0 5.9 13.3 .445 2.1 2.6 .787 5.5 7.1 3.4 13.9
4 Gar Heard 24 78 19.7 4.4 10.4 .425 1.5 2.3 .650 5.7 0.7 2.1 10.3
5 Jerry Sloan 30 69 35.0 4.4 10.6 .411 1.4 1.9 .707 6.9 2.2 3.4 10.1
6 Bob Weiss 30 82 25.4 3.4 8.0 .426 1.9 2.3 .841 1.8 3.6 1.8 8.7
7 Clifford Ray 24 73 27.5 3.5 7.1 .492 1.6 2.6 .619 10.9 3.7 3.2 8.6
8 Kenny McIntosh 24 3 11.0 2.7 4.3 .615 0.0 0.7 .000 3.0 0.3 1.3 5.3
9 Howard Porter 24 43 9.5 2.3 5.0 .452 0.5 0.7 .759 2.7 0.4 1.2 5.1
10 Dennis Awtrey 24 79 20.9 1.8 3.8 .480 1.1 1.9 .570 5.5 2.8 2.9 4.7
11 Jim King 31 65 12.1 1.8 4.0 .441 0.7 0.8 .846 1.2 1.2 1.2 4.2
12 Tom Boerwinkle 27 8 22.0 1.1 3.0 .375 1.5 2.5 .600 6.8 5.0 2.8 3.8
13 Rowland Garrett 22 35 6.0 1.5 3.4 .441 0.6 0.9 .677 1.7 0.2 0.8 3.6
14 Frank Russell 23 23 5.7 1.3 3.3 .377 0.7 0.8 .889 0.7 0.7 0.5 3.2

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Chet Walker 32 79 2455 8.8 18.3 .478 5.5 6.6 .832 5.8 2.6 2.4 23.0
2 Bob Love 30 82 3033 9.2 21.3 .431 4.1 5.0 .824 6.3 1.4 2.8 22.5
3 Rowland Garrett 22 35 211 8.9 20.1 .441 3.6 5.3 .677 10.4 1.4 4.9 21.3
4 Frank Russell 23 23 131 8.0 21.2 .377 4.4 4.9 .889 4.7 4.1 3.3 20.3
5 Howard Porter 24 43 407 8.7 19.2 .452 1.9 2.6 .759 10.4 1.4 4.6 19.3
6 Gar Heard 24 78 1535 8.1 19.1 .425 2.7 4.2 .650 10.5 1.4 3.9 18.9
7 Kenny McIntosh 24 3 33 8.7 14.2 .615 0.0 2.2 .000 9.8 1.1 4.4 17.5
8 Norm Van Lier 25 80 2882 5.9 13.3 .445 2.1 2.6 .787 5.5 7.1 3.4 13.9
9 Jim King 31 65 785 5.3 12.1 .441 2.0 2.4 .846 3.5 3.7 3.5 12.7
10 Bob Weiss 30 82 2086 4.8 11.3 .426 2.7 3.3 .841 2.6 5.1 2.6 12.4
11 Clifford Ray 24 73 2009 4.6 9.2 .492 2.1 3.4 .619 14.3 4.9 4.2 11.2
12 Jerry Sloan 30 69 2412 4.5 10.9 .411 1.4 2.0 .707 7.1 2.3 3.5 10.4
13 Dennis Awtrey 24 79 1650 3.1 6.5 .480 1.9 3.3 .570 9.4 4.8 4.9 8.1
14 Tom Boerwinkle 27 8 176 1.8 4.9 .375 2.5 4.1 .600 11.0 8.2 4.5 6.1

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Chet Walker 32 79 2455 20.3 .543 .478 8.1 11.5 7.2 3.6 10.9
2 Clifford Ray 24 73 2009 17.4 .522 .492 19.9 17.9 2.5 5.6 8.1
3 Norm Van Lier 25 80 2882 15.7 .481 .445 7.6 27.6 2.0 5.7 7.7
4 Bob Love 30 82 3033 16.4 .479 .431 8.8 6.3 2.1 4.2 6.3
5 Dennis Awtrey 24 79 1650 12.2 .510 .480 13.1 17.0 1.3 3.6 5.0
6 Bob Weiss 30 82 2086 12.0 .486 .426 3.6 19.0 1.4 2.9 4.3
7 Jerry Sloan 30 69 2412 9.3 .440 .411 9.9 8.3 -0.9 3.9 2.9
8 Gar Heard 24 78 1535 14.9 .452 .425 14.6 5.8 -0.5 2.9 2.4
9 Jim King 31 65 785 10.9 .483 .441 4.8 14.1 0.4 1.0 1.5
10 Howard Porter 24 43 407 15.7 .474 .452 14.5 6.2 0.2 0.8 1.0
11 Rowland Garrett 22 35 211 16.7 .475 .441 14.5 6.0 0.1 0.4 0.5
12 Tom Boerwinkle 27 8 176 14.3 .457 .375 15.4 27.5 0.0 0.5 0.5
13 Kenny McIntosh 24 3 33 16.9 .576 .615 13.6 4.8 0.1 0.1 0.2
14 Frank Russell 23 23 131 14.5 .436 .377 6.5 17.4 -0.1 0.2 0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Bob Love 30 7 314 68 148 30 41 67 23 20 166 .459 .732 44.9 23.7 9.6 3.3
2 Chet Walker 32 7 229 42 121 33 37 62 14 15 117 .347 .892 32.7 16.7 8.9 2.0
3 Jerry Sloan 30 7 292 45 103 14 19 59 14 31 104 .437 .737 41.7 14.9 8.4 2.0
4 Norm Van Lier 25 7 258 45 129 11 15 37 36 32 101 .349 .733 36.9 14.4 5.3 5.1
5 Bob Weiss 30 7 175 34 79 16 21 16 15 20 84 .430 .762 25.0 12.0 2.3 2.1
6 Dennis Awtrey 24 7 268 26 48 11 22 77 31 26 63 .542 .500 38.3 9.0 11.0 4.4
7 Howard Porter 24 6 79 12 34 3 4 18 2 5 27 .353 .750 13.2 4.5 3.0 0.3
8 Tom Boerwinkle 27 4 30 4 6 1 1 9 11 7 9 .667 1.000 7.5 2.3 2.3 2.8
9 Clifford Ray 24 5 36 3 8 0 0 9 1 2 6 .375 7.2 1.2 1.8 0.2
10 Jim King 31 4 14 2 6 1 2 1 2 3 5 .333 .500 3.5 1.3 0.3 0.5
11 Gar Heard 24 2 9 2 4 0 0 3 0 4 4 .500 4.5 2.0 1.5 0.0
12 Rowland Garrett 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Dennis Awtrey 24 7 268 14.3 .546 .542 12.9 15.8 0.4 0.6 1.0
2 Bob Love 30 7 314 18.3 .500 .459 9.6 11.9 0.5 0.5 1.0
3 Jerry Sloan 30 7 292 11.7 .467 .437 9.1 7.1 0.1 0.4 0.5
4 Bob Weiss 30 7 175 13.5 .476 .430 4.1 13.5 0.1 0.2 0.4
5 Tom Boerwinkle 27 4 30 24.4 .699 .667 13.5 52.6 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Chet Walker 32 7 229 15.7 .426 .347 12.2 9.5 -0.2 0.4 0.2
7 Gar Heard 24 2 9 10.6 .500 .500 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Rowland Garrett 22 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Clifford Ray 24 5 36 7.2 .375 .375 11.2 3.7 0.0 0.1 0.0
10 Jim King 31 4 14 6.7 .363 .333 3.2 20.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Howard Porter 24 6 79 8.8 .378 .353 10.2 3.7 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
12 Norm Van Lier 25 7 258 10.3 .372 .349 6.4 21.3 -0.7 0.5 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Chet Walker $125,000
2 Bob Weiss $85,000
3 Bob Love $75,000
4 Rowland Garrett $30,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)