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1974-75 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Motta (47-35)

PTS/G: 98.1 (18th of 18) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 95.0 (1st of 18)
SRS: 2.89 (3rd of 18) ▪ Pace: 99.7 (18th of 18)
Off Rtg: 97.4 (11th of 18) ▪ Def Rtg: 94.4 (2nd of 18)
Expected W-L: 50-32 (3rd of 18)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 438,860 (7th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Golden State Warriors
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Kansas City-Omaha Kings

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Rick Adelman G 6-1 175 June 16, 1946 6 Loyola Marymount University
5 Leon Benbow G 6-4 185 July 23, 1950 R Jacksonville University
35 John Block F-C 6-9 207 April 16, 1944 8 University of Southern California
18 Tom Boerwinkle C 7-0 265 August 23, 1945 6 University of Tennessee
23 Rowland Garrett F 6-6 210 July 16, 1950 2 Florida State University
14 Matt Guokas G-F 6-5 175 February 25, 1944 8 Saint Joseph's University
31 Bill Hewitt F 6-7 210 August 8, 1944 5 University of Southern California
8 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 190 August 31, 1952 R Aurora University
10 Bob Love F 6-8 215 December 8, 1942 8 Southern University and A&M College
4 Jerry Sloan G-F 6-5 195 March 28, 1942 9 University of Evansville
42 Nate Thurmond C-F 6-11 225 July 25, 1941 11 Bowling Green State University
2 Norm Van Lier G 6-1 173 April 1, 1947 5 Saint Francis University
25 Chet Walker F-G 6-6 212 February 22, 1940 12 Bradley University
34 Bobby Wilson G 6-3 175 January 15, 1951 R Wichita State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19880 3167 7085 .447 1711 2203 .777 1107 2786 3893 1840 668 379 1482 1952 8045 98.1
Lg Rank 1 18 17 15 5 5 5 12 3 8 15 12 7 3 13 18 18
Opponent 82 19880 3167 7070 .448 1457 1900 .767 1008 2647 3655 1686 625 404 1580 2168 7791 95.0
Lg Rank 1 1 1 4 3 3 10 1 8 3 2 4 15 13 17 1 1

Totals

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 34 76 2452 524 1076 .487 413 480 .860 114 318 432 169 49 6 181 1461
2 Bob Love 32 61 2401 539 1256 .429 264 318 .830 99 286 385 102 63 12 209 1342
3 Norm Van Lier 27 70 2590 407 970 .420 236 298 .792 86 242 328 403 139 14 246 1050
4 Jerry Sloan 32 78 2577 380 865 .439 193 258 .748 177 361 538 161 171 17 265 953
5 Nate Thurmond 33 80 2756 250 686 .364 132 224 .589 259 645 904 328 46 195 271 632
6 Matt Guokas 30 82 2089 255 500 .510 78 103 .757 24 115 139 178 45 17 154 588
7 Rowland Garrett 24 70 1183 228 474 .481 77 97 .794 80 167 247 43 24 13 124 533
8 John Block 30 50 882 150 317 .473 105 134 .784 63 151 214 44 38 31 110 405
9 Tom Boerwinkle 29 80 1175 132 271 .487 73 95 .768 105 275 380 272 25 45 163 337
10 Bobby Wilson 24 48 425 115 225 .511 46 58 .793 18 34 52 36 22 1 54 276
11 Mickey Johnson 22 38 291 53 118 .449 37 58 .638 32 62 94 20 10 11 57 143
12 Bill Hewitt 30 18 467 56 129 .434 14 23 .609 30 86 116 24 9 10 46 126
13 Rick Adelman 28 12 340 43 104 .413 28 39 .718 6 20 26 35 16 1 31 114
14 Leon Benbow 24 39 252 35 94 .372 15 18 .833 14 24 38 25 11 6 41 85

Per Game

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 32 61 39.4 8.8 20.6 .429 4.3 5.2 .830 1.6 4.7 6.3 1.7 1.0 0.2 3.4 22.0
2 Chet Walker 34 76 32.3 6.9 14.2 .487 5.4 6.3 .860 1.5 4.2 5.7 2.2 0.6 0.1 2.4 19.2
3 Norm Van Lier 27 70 37.0 5.8 13.9 .420 3.4 4.3 .792 1.2 3.5 4.7 5.8 2.0 0.2 3.5 15.0
4 Jerry Sloan 32 78 33.0 4.9 11.1 .439 2.5 3.3 .748 2.3 4.6 6.9 2.1 2.2 0.2 3.4 12.2
5 Rick Adelman 28 12 28.3 3.6 8.7 .413 2.3 3.3 .718 0.5 1.7 2.2 2.9 1.3 0.1 2.6 9.5
6 John Block 30 50 17.6 3.0 6.3 .473 2.1 2.7 .784 1.3 3.0 4.3 0.9 0.8 0.6 2.2 8.1
7 Nate Thurmond 33 80 34.5 3.1 8.6 .364 1.7 2.8 .589 3.2 8.1 11.3 4.1 0.6 2.4 3.4 7.9
8 Rowland Garrett 24 70 16.9 3.3 6.8 .481 1.1 1.4 .794 1.1 2.4 3.5 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.8 7.6
9 Matt Guokas 30 82 25.5 3.1 6.1 .510 1.0 1.3 .757 0.3 1.4 1.7 2.2 0.5 0.2 1.9 7.2
10 Bill Hewitt 30 18 25.9 3.1 7.2 .434 0.8 1.3 .609 1.7 4.8 6.4 1.3 0.5 0.6 2.6 7.0
11 Bobby Wilson 24 48 8.9 2.4 4.7 .511 1.0 1.2 .793 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.0 1.1 5.8
12 Tom Boerwinkle 29 80 14.7 1.7 3.4 .487 0.9 1.2 .768 1.3 3.4 4.8 3.4 0.3 0.6 2.0 4.2
13 Mickey Johnson 22 38 7.7 1.4 3.1 .449 1.0 1.5 .638 0.8 1.6 2.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.5 3.8
14 Leon Benbow 24 39 6.5 0.9 2.4 .372 0.4 0.5 .833 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.1 2.2

Per 36 Minutes

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 Bobby Wilson 24 48 425 9.7 19.1 .511 3.9 4.9 .793 1.5 2.9 4.4 3.0 1.9 0.1 4.6 23.4
2 Chet Walker 34 76 2452 7.7 15.8 .487 6.1 7.0 .860 1.7 4.7 6.3 2.5 0.7 0.1 2.7 21.5
3 Bob Love 32 61 2401 8.1 18.8 .429 4.0 4.8 .830 1.5 4.3 5.8 1.5 0.9 0.2 3.1 20.1
4 Mickey Johnson 22 38 291 6.6 14.6 .449 4.6 7.2 .638 4.0 7.7 11.6 2.5 1.2 1.4 7.1 17.7
5 John Block 30 50 882 6.1 12.9 .473 4.3 5.5 .784 2.6 6.2 8.7 1.8 1.6 1.3 4.5 16.5
6 Rowland Garrett 24 70 1183 6.9 14.4 .481 2.3 3.0 .794 2.4 5.1 7.5 1.3 0.7 0.4 3.8 16.2
7 Norm Van Lier 27 70 2590 5.7 13.5 .420 3.3 4.1 .792 1.2 3.4 4.6 5.6 1.9 0.2 3.4 14.6
8 Jerry Sloan 32 78 2577 5.3 12.1 .439 2.7 3.6 .748 2.5 5.0 7.5 2.2 2.4 0.2 3.7 13.3
9 Leon Benbow 24 39 252 5.0 13.4 .372 2.1 2.6 .833 2.0 3.4 5.4 3.6 1.6 0.9 5.9 12.1
10 Rick Adelman 28 12 340 4.6 11.0 .413 3.0 4.1 .718 0.6 2.1 2.8 3.7 1.7 0.1 3.3 12.1
11 Tom Boerwinkle 29 80 1175 4.0 8.3 .487 2.2 2.9 .768 3.2 8.4 11.6 8.3 0.8 1.4 5.0 10.3
12 Matt Guokas 30 82 2089 4.4 8.6 .510 1.3 1.8 .757 0.4 2.0 2.4 3.1 0.8 0.3 2.7 10.1
13 Bill Hewitt 30 18 467 4.3 9.9 .434 1.1 1.8 .609 2.3 6.6 8.9 1.9 0.7 0.8 3.5 9.7
14 Nate Thurmond 33 80 2756 3.3 9.0 .364 1.7 2.9 .589 3.4 8.4 11.8 4.3 0.6 2.5 3.5 8.3

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Chet Walker 34 76 2452 19.5 .568 .487 4.9 13.6 9.3 11.8 1.0 0.1 97 7.6 2.9 10.5 .205
2 Jerry Sloan 32 78 2577 14.4 .487 .439 7.3 14.7 11.0 9.6 3.2 0.4 92 2.2 4.7 7.0 .130
3 Norm Van Lier 27 70 2590 15.5 .477 .420 3.5 9.8 6.7 24.3 2.6 0.3 94 1.8 3.8 5.6 .104
4 Bob Love 32 61 2401 15.0 .481 .429 4.4 12.5 8.4 7.4 1.3 0.3 96 2.2 2.9 5.2 .103
5 Nate Thurmond 33 80 2756 13.4 .403 .364 10.0 24.5 17.3 16.9 0.8 4.0 91 -0.8 5.4 4.7 .081
6 Matt Guokas 30 82 2089 10.0 .539 .510 1.2 5.8 3.5 12.6 1.0 0.5 99 2.4 1.9 4.3 .099
7 Tom Boerwinkle 29 80 1175 18.6 .539 .487 9.5 24.5 17.0 33.8 1.0 2.2 92 1.6 2.2 3.8 .153
8 Rowland Garrett 24 70 1183 14.2 .516 .481 7.2 14.8 11.0 6.0 1.0 0.6 96 1.6 1.5 3.1 .126
9 John Block 30 50 882 17.2 .539 .473 7.6 17.9 12.8 8.0 2.1 2.0 92 1.5 1.6 3.1 .170
10 Bobby Wilson 24 48 425 20.4 .551 .511 4.5 8.4 6.4 16.1 2.5 0.1 95 1.0 0.6 1.6 .181
11 Bill Hewitt 30 18 467 10.3 .453 .434 6.8 19.3 13.1 7.6 0.9 1.2 94 0.1 0.7 0.8 .081
12 Mickey Johnson 22 38 291 17.6 .498 .449 11.6 22.3 17.0 11.2 1.7 2.1 91 0.1 0.6 0.7 .117
13 Rick Adelman 28 12 340 11.3 .470 .413 1.9 6.2 4.0 15.4 2.3 0.2 96 0.1 0.4 0.5 .075
14 Leon Benbow 24 39 252 10.8 .417 .372 5.9 10.0 7.9 15.1 2.1 1.3 94 -0.2 0.4 0.2 .033

Playoffs

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 32 13 583 138 316 60 77 31 98 19 10 5 41 336 .437 .779 44.8 25.8 7.5 1.5
2 Chet Walker 34 13 432 81 164 66 75 10 60 24 13 1 32 228 .494 .880 33.2 17.5 4.6 1.8
3 Norm Van Lier 27 13 547 67 164 62 83 18 67 61 20 5 52 196 .409 .747 42.1 15.1 5.2 4.7
4 Jerry Sloan 32 13 470 75 163 20 36 24 96 26 20 0 46 170 .460 .556 36.2 13.1 7.4 2.0
5 Tom Boerwinkle 29 13 377 43 98 20 25 56 165 55 4 10 48 106 .439 .800 29.0 8.2 12.7 4.2
6 Nate Thurmond 33 13 254 14 38 18 37 24 87 31 5 21 36 46 .368 .486 19.5 3.5 6.7 2.4
7 Rowland Garrett 24 12 143 21 56 2 4 8 29 3 4 4 27 44 .375 .500 11.9 3.7 2.4 0.3
8 Bobby Wilson 24 10 93 17 41 10 12 2 11 4 4 0 10 44 .415 .833 9.3 4.4 1.1 0.4
9 Matt Guokas 30 13 202 12 35 7 8 4 14 11 7 1 20 31 .343 .875 15.5 2.4 1.1 0.8
10 John Block 30 4 34 6 15 1 3 2 6 0 4 0 5 13 .400 .333 8.5 3.3 1.5 0.0
11 Leon Benbow 24 2 5 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 .500 .500 2.5 2.5 0.5 1.0
12 Mickey Johnson 22 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .333 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Chet Walker 34 13 432 18.2 .579 .494 2.4 12.2 7.2 9.7 1.5 0.1 96 1.3 0.6 1.8 .205
2 Bob Love 32 13 583 16.3 .480 .437 5.5 12.1 8.7 6.2 0.8 0.5 97 0.7 0.7 1.4 .118
3 Norm Van Lier 27 13 547 13.6 .489 .409 3.4 9.4 6.4 17.5 1.8 0.5 95 0.4 0.7 1.1 .097
4 Tom Boerwinkle 29 13 377 17.7 .486 .439 15.2 30.4 22.7 22.6 0.5 1.5 91 0.4 0.7 1.1 .144
5 Jerry Sloan 32 13 470 12.9 .475 .460 5.2 16.1 10.6 9.2 2.1 0.0 94 0.2 0.8 1.0 .102
6 Nate Thurmond 33 13 254 13.6 .424 .368 9.7 26.0 17.8 17.4 1.0 4.7 89 -0.1 0.6 0.4 .080
7 Bobby Wilson 24 10 93 13.3 .475 .415 2.2 10.2 6.1 7.5 2.1 0.0 95 0.0 0.1 0.2 .081
8 Matt Guokas 30 13 202 5.3 .402 .343 2.0 5.2 3.6 7.8 1.7 0.3 97 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .033
9 John Block 30 4 34 11.6 .398 .400 6.0 12.4 9.2 0.0 5.8 0.0 87 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .046
10 Leon Benbow 24 2 5 40.9 .512 .500 20.5 0.0 10.4 100.0 0.0 0.0 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 .293
11 Mickey Johnson 22 3 5 2.9 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.4 91 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.293
12 Rowland Garrett 24 12 143 7.3 .381 .375 5.7 15.4 10.5 3.4 1.4 1.6 94 -0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.011