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1973-74 Chicago Bulls Schedule and Results

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54-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Motta (54-28)

PTS/G: 102.0 (12th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.7 (2nd of 17)
SRS: 3.20 (4th of 17) ▪ Pace: 105.0 (15th of 17)
Off Rtg: 96.7 (13th of 17) ▪ Def Rtg: 93.6 (1st of 17)
Expected W-L: 50-32 (4th of 17)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 334,183 (8th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Detroit Pistons

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 9, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers L 97 117 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Oct 10, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 105 90 1 1 W 1
3 Fri, Oct 12, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 84 88 1 2 L 1 at Omaha, NE
4 Sat, Oct 13, 1973 Detroit Pistons W 101 94 2 2 W 1
5 Fri, Oct 19, 1973 Capital Bullets W 117 103 3 2 W 2
6 Sat, Oct 20, 1973 @ New York Knicks W 85 69 4 2 W 3
7 Sun, Oct 21, 1973 @ Capital Bullets W 107 99 5 2 W 4
8 Fri, Oct 26, 1973 Houston Rockets W 121 113 6 2 W 5
9 Sat, Oct 27, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 102 92 7 2 W 6
10 Fri, Nov 2, 1973 Buffalo Braves W 107 97 8 2 W 7
11 Sat, Nov 3, 1973 Cleveland Cavaliers W 105 94 9 2 W 8
12 Sun, Nov 4, 1973 N Buffalo Braves W OT 101 95 10 2 W 9 at Toronto, Canada
13 Thu, Nov 8, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors W 112 111 11 2 W 10
14 Sat, Nov 10, 1973 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 106 104 12 2 W 11
15 Sun, Nov 11, 1973 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 116 98 13 2 W 12
16 Tue, Nov 13, 1973 @ Phoenix Suns L 108 116 13 3 L 1
17 Fri, Nov 16, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 102 118 13 4 L 2
18 Sun, Nov 18, 1973 @ Detroit Pistons W 104 102 14 4 W 1
19 Tue, Nov 20, 1973 Portland Trail Blazers W 106 101 15 4 W 2
20 Fri, Nov 23, 1973 Phoenix Suns L 94 99 15 5 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 24, 1973 Detroit Pistons W OT 114 112 16 5 W 1
22 Tue, Nov 27, 1973 Golden State Warriors W 123 117 17 5 W 2
23 Wed, Nov 28, 1973 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 96 101 17 6 L 1
24 Fri, Nov 30, 1973 New York Knicks W 115 97 18 6 W 1
25 Sat, Dec 1, 1973 @ Boston Celtics L 98 120 18 7 L 1
26 Tue, Dec 4, 1973 Seattle SuperSonics W 130 107 19 7 W 1
27 Thu, Dec 6, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 103 98 20 7 W 2
28 Fri, Dec 7, 1973 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 96 91 21 7 W 3
29 Sat, Dec 8, 1973 Boston Celtics W 112 95 22 7 W 4
30 Tue, Dec 11, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 105 104 23 7 W 5
31 Thu, Dec 13, 1973 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 97 94 24 7 W 6
32 Fri, Dec 14, 1973 Los Angeles Lakers L 97 100 24 8 L 1
33 Sat, Dec 15, 1973 Houston Rockets W 104 100 25 8 W 1
34 Tue, Dec 18, 1973 Seattle SuperSonics L 92 93 25 9 L 1
35 Wed, Dec 19, 1973 @ Detroit Pistons L 87 89 25 10 L 2
36 Sat, Dec 22, 1973 Golden State Warriors W 110 86 26 10 W 1
37 Wed, Dec 26, 1973 @ Capital Bullets L 81 82 26 11 L 1
38 Fri, Dec 28, 1973 Atlanta Hawks W 118 94 27 11 W 1
39 Sat, Dec 29, 1973 Detroit Pistons W 108 103 28 11 W 2
40 Sun, Dec 30, 1973 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 92 99 28 12 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 1, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors W 91 80 29 12 W 1
42 Fri, Jan 4, 1974 @ Seattle SuperSonics L OT 101 103 29 13 L 1
43 Sun, Jan 6, 1974 Phoenix Suns W OT 120 116 30 13 W 1
44 Tue, Jan 8, 1974 New York Knicks L 80 108 30 14 L 1
45 Wed, Jan 9, 1974 @ Boston Celtics L 89 106 30 15 L 2
46 Thu, Jan 10, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks W 116 104 31 15 W 1
47 Sat, Jan 12, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks L 82 101 31 16 L 1
48 Sun, Jan 13, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 94 124 31 17 L 2
49 Fri, Jan 18, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons L 95 113 31 18 L 3
50 Sun, Jan 20, 1974 Portland Trail Blazers W 99 97 32 18 W 1
51 Tue, Jan 22, 1974 Atlanta Hawks W 102 89 33 18 W 2
52 Fri, Jan 25, 1974 Seattle SuperSonics W 104 99 34 18 W 3
53 Sun, Jan 27, 1974 Detroit Pistons W 109 91 35 18 W 4
54 Wed, Jan 30, 1974 Capital Bullets W 103 94 36 18 W 5
55 Fri, Feb 1, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 99 88 37 18 W 6
56 Sat, Feb 2, 1974 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 105 89 38 18 W 7
57 Sun, Feb 3, 1974 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 108 94 39 18 W 8
58 Tue, Feb 5, 1974 Boston Celtics W 100 98 40 18 W 9
59 Wed, Feb 6, 1974 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 112 95 41 18 W 10 at Omaha, NE
60 Fri, Feb 8, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves L 101 106 41 19 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 10, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers W 96 86 42 19 W 1
62 Tue, Feb 12, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks W 93 81 43 19 W 2
63 Wed, Feb 13, 1974 @ New York Knicks L 80 89 43 20 L 1
64 Fri, Feb 15, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 92 90 44 20 W 1
65 Sun, Feb 17, 1974 Golden State Warriors L 105 108 44 21 L 1
66 Tue, Feb 19, 1974 Phoenix Suns W 130 96 45 21 W 1
67 Fri, Feb 22, 1974 Portland Trail Blazers W 117 100 46 21 W 2
68 Sun, Feb 24, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 90 100 46 22 L 1
69 Wed, Feb 27, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns W 107 95 47 22 W 1
70 Fri, Mar 1, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 91 95 47 23 L 1
71 Sat, Mar 2, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors L 88 103 47 24 L 2
72 Tue, Mar 5, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns W 111 91 48 24 W 1
73 Wed, Mar 6, 1974 @ Houston Rockets W 105 93 49 24 W 2
74 Sat, Mar 9, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks L 99 106 49 25 L 1
75 Tue, Mar 12, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 91 93 49 26 L 2
76 Fri, Mar 15, 1974 Buffalo Braves W 114 97 50 26 W 1
77 Sun, Mar 17, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks L 82 107 50 27 L 1
78 Tue, Mar 19, 1974 Philadelphia 76ers W 103 94 51 27 W 1
79 Wed, Mar 20, 1974 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 87 86 52 27 W 2
80 Fri, Mar 22, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 93 99 52 28 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sun, Mar 24, 1974 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 122 113 53 28 W 1
82 Tue, Mar 26, 1974 Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 98 54 28 W 2

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Mar 30, 1974 Detroit Pistons L 88 97 0 1 L 1
2 Mon, Apr 1, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons W 108 103 1 1 W 1
3 Fri, Apr 5, 1974 Detroit Pistons W 84 83 2 1 W 2
4 Sun, Apr 7, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons L 87 102 2 2 L 1
5 Tue, Apr 9, 1974 Detroit Pistons W 98 94 3 2 W 1
6 Thu, Apr 11, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons L 88 92 3 3 L 1
7 Sat, Apr 13, 1974 Detroit Pistons W 96 94 4 3 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
8 Tue, Apr 16, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 85 101 4 4 L 1
9 Thu, Apr 18, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks L 111 113 4 5 L 2
10 Sat, Apr 20, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 90 113 4 6 L 3
11 Mon, Apr 22, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks L 99 115 4 7 L 4