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1975-76 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

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24-58, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Motta (24-58)

PTS/G: 95.9 (18th of 18) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.8 (1st of 18)
SRS: -2.90 (18th of 18) ▪ Pace: 100.3 (18th of 18)
Off Rtg: 95.2 (18th of 18) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.0 (9th of 18)
Expected W-L: 33-49 (18th of 18)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 258,406 (16th of 18)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Leon Benbow G 6-4 185 July 23, 1950 1 Jacksonville University
35 John Block F-C 6-9 207 April 16, 1944 9 University of Southern California
18 Tom Boerwinkle C 7-0 265 August 23, 1945 7 University of Tennessee
23-41 Eric Fernsten C-F 6-10 205 November 1, 1953 R University of San Francisco
23 Rowland Garrett F 6-6 210 July 16, 1950 3 Florida State University
14 Matt Guokas G-F 6-5 175 February 25, 1944 9 Saint Joseph's University
8 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 190 August 31, 1952 1 Aurora University
20 John Laskowski G 6-6 185 June 7, 1953 R Indiana University
10 Bob Love F 6-8 215 December 8, 1942 9 Southern University and A&M College
24 Jack Marin F-G 6-7 200 October 12, 1944 9 Duke University
32-42 Steve Patterson C 6-9 225 June 24, 1948 4 University of California, Los Angeles
41-42 Cliff Pondexter F-C 6-9 233 September 15, 1954 R California State University, Long Beach
4 Jerry Sloan G-F 6-5 195 March 28, 1942 10 University of Evansville
42 Nate Thurmond C-F 6-11 225 July 25, 1941 12 Bowling Green State University
2 Norm Van Lier G 6-1 173 April 1, 1947 6 Saint Francis University
34 Bobby Wilson G 6-3 175 January 15, 1951 1 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 19780 3106 7499 .414 1651 2197 .751 1375 2726 4101 1704 627 255 1413 1977 7863 95.9
Lg Rank 10 18 9 18 10 10 10 2 7 3 15 16 18 3 16 18 18
Opponent 82 19780 3246 6946 .467 1609 2137 .753 930 2809 3739 1669 615 461 1485 2081 8101 98.8
Lg Rank 10 1 1 15 7 5 11 1 15 4 1 3 18 16 10 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 Bob Love 33 76 2823 543 1391 .390 362 452 .801 191 319 510 145 63 10 233 1448
2 Mickey Johnson 23 81 2390 478 1033 .463 283 360 .786 279 479 758 130 93 66 292 1239
3 Norm Van Lier 28 76 3026 361 987 .366 235 319 .737 138 272 410 500 150 26 298 957
4 Jack Marin 31 67 1631 302 718 .421 134 155 .865 59 153 212 118 38 5 134 738
5 John Laskowski 22 71 1570 284 690 .412 87 120 .725 52 167 219 55 56 10 90 655
6 Tom Boerwinkle 30 74 2045 265 530 .500 118 177 .667 263 529 792 283 47 52 263 648
7 Leon Benbow 25 76 1586 219 551 .397 105 140 .750 65 111 176 158 62 11 186 543
8 Bobby Wilson 25 58 856 197 489 .403 43 58 .741 32 62 94 52 25 2 96 437
9 Cliff Pondexter 21 75 1326 156 380 .411 122 182 .670 113 268 381 90 28 26 134 434
10 Jerry Sloan 33 22 617 84 210 .400 55 78 .705 40 76 116 22 27 5 77 223
11 Steve Patterson 27 52 782 69 182 .379 26 44 .591 73 127 200 71 13 11 82 164
12 Rowland Garrett 25 14 324 57 131 .435 38 44 .864 27 48 75 7 8 4 32 152
13 Eric Fernsten 22 33 259 33 84 .393 26 37 .703 25 44 69 19 7 14 20 92
14 Matt Guokas 31 18 278 36 74 .486 9 11 .818 4 12 16 28 5 1 23 81
15 Nate Thurmond 34 13 260 20 45 .444 8 18 .444 14 57 71 26 4 12 15 48
16 John Block 31 2 7 2 4 .500 0 2 .000 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 4

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 33 76 37.1 7.1 18.3 .390 4.8 5.9 .801 2.5 4.2 6.7 1.9 0.8 0.1 3.1 19.1
2 Mickey Johnson 23 81 29.5 5.9 12.8 .463 3.5 4.4 .786 3.4 5.9 9.4 1.6 1.1 0.8 3.6 15.3
3 Norm Van Lier 28 76 39.8 4.8 13.0 .366 3.1 4.2 .737 1.8 3.6 5.4 6.6 2.0 0.3 3.9 12.6
4 Jack Marin 31 67 24.3 4.5 10.7 .421 2.0 2.3 .865 0.9 2.3 3.2 1.8 0.6 0.1 2.0 11.0
5 Rowland Garrett 25 14 23.1 4.1 9.4 .435 2.7 3.1 .864 1.9 3.4 5.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 2.3 10.9
6 Jerry Sloan 33 22 28.0 3.8 9.5 .400 2.5 3.5 .705 1.8 3.5 5.3 1.0 1.2 0.2 3.5 10.1
7 John Laskowski 22 71 22.1 4.0 9.7 .412 1.2 1.7 .725 0.7 2.4 3.1 0.8 0.8 0.1 1.3 9.2
8 Tom Boerwinkle 30 74 27.6 3.6 7.2 .500 1.6 2.4 .667 3.6 7.1 10.7 3.8 0.6 0.7 3.6 8.8
9 Bobby Wilson 25 58 14.8 3.4 8.4 .403 0.7 1.0 .741 0.6 1.1 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.7 7.5
10 Leon Benbow 25 76 20.9 2.9 7.3 .397 1.4 1.8 .750 0.9 1.5 2.3 2.1 0.8 0.1 2.4 7.1
11 Cliff Pondexter 21 75 17.7 2.1 5.1 .411 1.6 2.4 .670 1.5 3.6 5.1 1.2 0.4 0.3 1.8 5.8
12 Matt Guokas 31 18 15.4 2.0 4.1 .486 0.5 0.6 .818 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 1.3 4.5
13 Nate Thurmond 34 13 20.0 1.5 3.5 .444 0.6 1.4 .444 1.1 4.4 5.5 2.0 0.3 0.9 1.2 3.7
14 Steve Patterson 27 52 15.0 1.3 3.5 .379 0.5 0.8 .591 1.4 2.4 3.8 1.4 0.3 0.2 1.6 3.2
15 Eric Fernsten 22 33 7.8 1.0 2.5 .393 0.8 1.1 .703 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.8
16 John Block 31 2 3.5 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.0

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 John Block 31 2 7 10.3 20.6 .500 0.0 10.3 .000 0.0 10.3 10.3 0.0 5.1 0.0 10.3 20.6
2 Mickey Johnson 23 81 2390 7.2 15.6 .463 4.3 5.4 .786 4.2 7.2 11.4 2.0 1.4 1.0 4.4 18.7
3 Bob Love 33 76 2823 6.9 17.7 .390 4.6 5.8 .801 2.4 4.1 6.5 1.8 0.8 0.1 3.0 18.5
4 Bobby Wilson 25 58 856 8.3 20.6 .403 1.8 2.4 .741 1.3 2.6 4.0 2.2 1.1 0.1 4.0 18.4
5 Rowland Garrett 25 14 324 6.3 14.6 .435 4.2 4.9 .864 3.0 5.3 8.3 0.8 0.9 0.4 3.6 16.9
6 Jack Marin 31 67 1631 6.7 15.8 .421 3.0 3.4 .865 1.3 3.4 4.7 2.6 0.8 0.1 3.0 16.3
7 John Laskowski 22 71 1570 6.5 15.8 .412 2.0 2.8 .725 1.2 3.8 5.0 1.3 1.3 0.2 2.1 15.0
8 Jerry Sloan 33 22 617 4.9 12.3 .400 3.2 4.6 .705 2.3 4.4 6.8 1.3 1.6 0.3 4.5 13.0
9 Eric Fernsten 22 33 259 4.6 11.7 .393 3.6 5.1 .703 3.5 6.1 9.6 2.6 1.0 1.9 2.8 12.8
10 Leon Benbow 25 76 1586 5.0 12.5 .397 2.4 3.2 .750 1.5 2.5 4.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 4.2 12.3
11 Cliff Pondexter 21 75 1326 4.2 10.3 .411 3.3 4.9 .670 3.1 7.3 10.3 2.4 0.8 0.7 3.6 11.8
12 Norm Van Lier 28 76 3026 4.3 11.7 .366 2.8 3.8 .737 1.6 3.2 4.9 5.9 1.8 0.3 3.5 11.4
13 Tom Boerwinkle 30 74 2045 4.7 9.3 .500 2.1 3.1 .667 4.6 9.3 13.9 5.0 0.8 0.9 4.6 11.4
14 Matt Guokas 31 18 278 4.7 9.6 .486 1.2 1.4 .818 0.5 1.6 2.1 3.6 0.6 0.1 3.0 10.5
15 Steve Patterson 27 52 782 3.2 8.4 .379 1.2 2.0 .591 3.4 5.8 9.2 3.3 0.6 0.5 3.8 7.5
16 Nate Thurmond 34 13 260 2.8 6.2 .444 1.1 2.5 .444 1.9 7.9 9.8 3.6 0.6 1.7 2.1 6.6

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 Mickey Johnson 23 81 2390 19.4 .520 .463 11.0 21.7 16.0 9.3 1.9 1.6 95 4.8 3.6 8.3 .167
2 Tom Boerwinkle 30 74 2045 17.7 .533 .500 12.2 28.0 19.5 21.1 1.1 1.4 95 3.2 3.0 6.3 .147
3 Bob Love 33 76 2823 14.1 .455 .390 6.4 12.2 9.1 8.7 1.1 0.2 100 2.2 2.3 4.5 .076
4 Norm Van Lier 28 76 3026 13.0 .424 .366 4.3 9.7 6.8 24.8 2.4 0.5 98 -0.2 3.3 3.2 .051
5 Jack Marin 31 67 1631 12.8 .469 .421 3.4 10.2 6.6 12.1 1.1 0.2 100 1.4 1.2 2.7 .078
6 Cliff Pondexter 21 75 1326 13.1 .472 .411 8.1 21.9 14.5 10.2 1.0 1.1 97 0.6 1.6 2.2 .081
7 John Laskowski 22 71 1570 11.3 .441 .412 3.1 11.5 7.0 5.8 1.7 0.4 99 0.2 1.5 1.7 .051
8 Leon Benbow 25 76 1586 10.9 .443 .397 3.9 7.6 5.6 15.4 1.9 0.4 99 0.1 1.4 1.5 .045
9 Jerry Sloan 33 22 617 11.2 .456 .400 6.1 13.3 9.5 5.5 2.1 0.5 97 0.2 0.7 0.9 .068
10 Rowland Garrett 25 14 324 14.8 .505 .435 7.9 16.0 11.7 3.5 1.2 0.7 98 0.5 0.3 0.8 .125
11 Steve Patterson 27 52 782 9.8 .407 .379 8.8 17.6 12.9 13.0 0.8 0.8 99 -0.1 0.8 0.7 .042
12 Eric Fernsten 22 33 259 15.0 .459 .393 9.1 18.4 13.4 11.2 1.3 3.1 96 0.2 0.4 0.5 .098
13 Matt Guokas 31 18 278 9.8 .514 .486 1.4 4.7 2.9 15.4 0.9 0.2 102 0.3 0.1 0.5 .079
14 Nate Thurmond 34 13 260 11.4 .454 .444 5.1 23.7 13.8 14.1 0.7 2.6 96 0.1 0.4 0.4 .081
15 Bobby Wilson 25 58 856 11.5 .425 .403 3.5 7.8 5.5 10.9 1.4 0.1 100 -0.4 0.6 0.2 .013
16 John Block 31 2 7 12.9 .410 .500 0.0 30.9 14.4 0.0 6.8 0.0 84 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.121