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1976-77 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Ed Badger (44-38)

Points Per Game: 98.9 (21st of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 98.0 (1st of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (9th of 22)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 476,636 (10th of 22)

SRS: 0.93 (9th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.0 (22nd of 22)
Offensive Rating: 98.3 (15th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 97.4 (2nd of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers

1976-77 Chicago Bulls:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Tom Boerwinkle C 7-0 265 August 23, 1945 8 University of Tennessee
41 Eric Fernsten C-F 6-10 205 November 1, 1953 1 University of San Francisco
53 Artis Gilmore C 7-2 240 September 21, 1949 5 Jacksonville University
33 Phil Hicks F 6-7 205 January 31, 1953 R Tulane University
12 Wilbur Holland G 6-0 175 November 8, 1951 1 University of New Orleans
8 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 190 August 31, 1952 2 Aurora University
44 Tom Kropp G 6-3 205 February 12, 1953 1 University of Nebraska at Kearney
31 John Laskowski G 6-6 185 June 7, 1953 1 Indiana University
10 Bob Love F 6-8 215 December 8, 1942 10 Southern University and A&M College
24 Jack Marin F-G 6-7 200 October 12, 1944 10 Duke University
17 Scott May F 6-7 215 March 19, 1954 R Indiana University
7 Paul McCracken G 6-4 180 September 11, 1950 2 California State University, Northridge
15 John Mengelt G 6-2 195 October 16, 1949 5 Auburn University
42 Cliff Pondexter F-C 6-9 233 September 15, 1954 1 California State University, Long Beach
11 Willie Smith G 6-2 170 October 26, 1953 R University of Missouri
30 Keith Starr G-F 6-6 190 March 14, 1954 R University of Pittsburgh
2 Norm Van Lier G 6-1 173 April 1, 1947 7 Saint Francis 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 3249 7186 .452 1613 2159 .747 1292 2705 3997 1989 699 364 1552 1871 8111 98.9
Opponent 82 19805 3306 7095 .466 1425 1907 .747 1055 2559 3614 1917 723 460 1598 2166 8037 98.0

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 Artis Gilmore 27 82 2877 570 1091 .522 387 586 .660 313 757 1070 199 44 203 266 1527
2 Mickey Johnson 24 81 2847 538 1205 .446 324 407 .796 297 531 828 195 103 64 315 1400
3 Wilbur Holland 25 79 2453 509 1120 .454 158 192 .823 78 175 253 253 169 16 201 1176
4 Scott May 22 72 2369 431 955 .451 188 227 .828 141 296 437 145 78 17 185 1050
5 Norm Van Lier 29 82 3097 300 729 .412 238 306 .778 108 262 370 636 129 16 268 838
6 John Mengelt 27 61 1178 209 458 .456 89 113 .788 29 81 110 114 37 4 102 507
7 Jack Marin 32 54 869 167 359 .465 31 39 .795 27 64 91 62 13 6 85 365
8 Tom Boerwinkle 31 82 1070 134 273 .491 34 63 .540 101 211 312 189 19 19 147 302
9 Cliff Pondexter 22 78 996 107 257 .416 42 65 .646 77 159 236 41 34 11 82 256
10 John Laskowski 23 47 562 75 212 .354 27 30 .900 16 47 63 44 32 2 22 177
11 Tom Kropp 23 53 480 73 152 .480 28 41 .683 21 26 47 39 18 1 77 174
12 Bob Love 34 14 496 68 201 .338 35 46 .761 38 35 73 23 8 2 47 171
13 Phil Hicks 24 35 255 41 87 .471 11 13 .846 25 40 65 23 7 0 36 93
14 Paul McCracken 26 9 119 18 47 .383 11 18 .611 6 10 16 14 6 0 17 47
15 Keith Starr 22 17 65 6 24 .250 2 2 1.000 6 4 10 6 1 0 11 14
16 Eric Fernsten 23 5 61 3 15 .200 8 11 .727 9 7 16 6 1 3 9 14
17 Willie Smith 23 2 11 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

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 Artis Gilmore 27 82 35.1 7.0 13.3 .522 4.7 7.1 .660 3.8 9.2 13.0 2.4 0.5 2.5 3.2 18.6
2 Mickey Johnson 24 81 35.1 6.6 14.9 .446 4.0 5.0 .796 3.7 6.6 10.2 2.4 1.3 0.8 3.9 17.3
3 Wilbur Holland 25 79 31.1 6.4 14.2 .454 2.0 2.4 .823 1.0 2.2 3.2 3.2 2.1 0.2 2.5 14.9
4 Scott May 22 72 32.9 6.0 13.3 .451 2.6 3.2 .828 2.0 4.1 6.1 2.0 1.1 0.2 2.6 14.6
5 Bob Love 34 14 35.4 4.9 14.4 .338 2.5 3.3 .761 2.7 2.5 5.2 1.6 0.6 0.1 3.4 12.2
6 Norm Van Lier 29 82 37.8 3.7 8.9 .412 2.9 3.7 .778 1.3 3.2 4.5 7.8 1.6 0.2 3.3 10.2
7 John Mengelt 27 61 19.3 3.4 7.5 .456 1.5 1.9 .788 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.9 0.6 0.1 1.7 8.3
8 Jack Marin 32 54 16.1 3.1 6.6 .465 0.6 0.7 .795 0.5 1.2 1.7 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.6 6.8
9 Paul McCracken 26 9 13.2 2.0 5.2 .383 1.2 2.0 .611 0.7 1.1 1.8 1.6 0.7 0.0 1.9 5.2
10 John Laskowski 23 47 12.0 1.6 4.5 .354 0.6 0.6 .900 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.5 3.8
11 Tom Boerwinkle 31 82 13.0 1.6 3.3 .491 0.4 0.8 .540 1.2 2.6 3.8 2.3 0.2 0.2 1.8 3.7
12 Tom Kropp 23 53 9.1 1.4 2.9 .480 0.5 0.8 .683 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.5 3.3
13 Cliff Pondexter 22 78 12.8 1.4 3.3 .416 0.5 0.8 .646 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.1 3.3
14 Eric Fernsten 23 5 12.2 0.6 3.0 .200 1.6 2.2 .727 1.8 1.4 3.2 1.2 0.2 0.6 1.8 2.8
15 Phil Hicks 24 35 7.3 1.2 2.5 .471 0.3 0.4 .846 0.7 1.1 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.0 1.0 2.7
16 Keith Starr 22 17 3.8 0.4 1.4 .250 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.8
17 Willie Smith 23 2 5.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0

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 Artis Gilmore 27 82 2877 7.1 13.7 .522 4.8 7.3 .660 3.9 9.5 13.4 2.5 0.6 2.5 3.3 19.1
2 Mickey Johnson 24 81 2847 6.8 15.2 .446 4.1 5.1 .796 3.8 6.7 10.5 2.5 1.3 0.8 4.0 17.7
3 Wilbur Holland 25 79 2453 7.5 16.4 .454 2.3 2.8 .823 1.1 2.6 3.7 3.7 2.5 0.2 2.9 17.3
4 Scott May 22 72 2369 6.5 14.5 .451 2.9 3.4 .828 2.1 4.5 6.6 2.2 1.2 0.3 2.8 16.0
5 John Mengelt 27 61 1178 6.4 14.0 .456 2.7 3.5 .788 0.9 2.5 3.4 3.5 1.1 0.1 3.1 15.5
6 Jack Marin 32 54 869 6.9 14.9 .465 1.3 1.6 .795 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.6 0.5 0.2 3.5 15.1
7 Paul McCracken 26 9 119 5.4 14.2 .383 3.3 5.4 .611 1.8 3.0 4.8 4.2 1.8 0.0 5.1 14.2
8 Tom Kropp 23 53 480 5.5 11.4 .480 2.1 3.1 .683 1.6 1.9 3.5 2.9 1.4 0.1 5.8 13.1
9 Phil Hicks 24 35 255 5.8 12.3 .471 1.6 1.8 .846 3.5 5.6 9.2 3.2 1.0 0.0 5.1 13.1
10 Bob Love 34 14 496 4.9 14.6 .338 2.5 3.3 .761 2.8 2.5 5.3 1.7 0.6 0.1 3.4 12.4
11 John Laskowski 23 47 562 4.8 13.6 .354 1.7 1.9 .900 1.0 3.0 4.0 2.8 2.0 0.1 1.4 11.3
12 Tom Boerwinkle 31 82 1070 4.5 9.2 .491 1.1 2.1 .540 3.4 7.1 10.5 6.4 0.6 0.6 4.9 10.2
13 Norm Van Lier 29 82 3097 3.5 8.5 .412 2.8 3.6 .778 1.3 3.0 4.3 7.4 1.5 0.2 3.1 9.7
14 Cliff Pondexter 22 78 996 3.9 9.3 .416 1.5 2.3 .646 2.8 5.7 8.5 1.5 1.2 0.4 3.0 9.3
15 Eric Fernsten 23 5 61 1.8 8.9 .200 4.7 6.5 .727 5.3 4.1 9.4 3.5 0.6 1.8 5.3 8.3
16 Keith Starr 22 17 65 3.3 13.3 .250 1.1 1.1 1.000 3.3 2.2 5.5 3.3 0.6 0.0 6.1 7.8
17 Willie Smith 23 2 11 0.0 3.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0

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 Artis Gilmore 27 82 2877 21.6 .566 .522 11.2 27.7 19.4 11.1 0.7 3.9 93 6.7 5.5 12.2
2 Mickey Johnson 24 81 2847 17.6 .506 .446 10.7 19.6 15.1 10.8 1.7 1.3 95 3.9 4.5 8.5
3 Wilbur Holland 25 79 2453 15.6 .488 .454 3.3 7.5 5.4 16.8 3.3 0.4 96 2.4 3.6 5.9
4 Norm Van Lier 29 82 3097 13.4 .485 .412 3.6 8.9 6.2 28.4 2.0 0.3 99 1.9 3.6 5.5
5 Scott May 22 72 2369 14.1 .498 .451 6.1 13.2 9.6 9.6 1.6 0.4 98 2.6 2.9 5.4
6 Tom Boerwinkle 31 82 1070 14.7 .502 .491 9.7 20.8 15.2 25.4 0.9 1.0 97 0.8 1.5 2.3
7 John Mengelt 27 61 1178 12.9 .499 .456 2.5 7.2 4.9 15.1 1.5 0.2 100 1.1 1.1 2.3
8 Cliff Pondexter 22 78 996 10.0 .448 .416 8.0 16.8 12.3 5.8 1.6 0.6 97 0.1 1.4 1.5
9 Jack Marin 32 54 869 11.1 .485 .465 3.2 7.8 5.4 11.4 0.7 0.4 101 0.6 0.7 1.3
10 Tom Kropp 23 53 480 10.8 .512 .480 4.5 5.7 5.1 12.2 1.8 0.1 100 0.2 0.5 0.7
11 Phil Hicks 24 35 255 13.5 .502 .471 10.1 16.5 13.3 13.7 1.3 0.0 98 0.2 0.3 0.5
12 John Laskowski 23 47 562 9.8 .393 .354 2.9 8.8 5.8 11.4 2.7 0.2 97 -0.4 0.7 0.4
13 Eric Fernsten 23 5 61 10.0 .353 .200 15.2 12.1 13.7 12.8 0.8 2.7 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0
14 Willie Smith 23 2 11 -3.8 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Paul McCracken 26 9 119 11.6 .428 .383 5.2 8.9 7.0 17.6 2.4 0.0 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0
16 Bob Love 34 14 496 7.8 .386 .338 7.9 7.4 7.7 6.8 0.8 0.2 102 -0.4 0.4 0.0
17 Keith Starr 22 17 65 3.7 .281 .250 9.5 6.5 8.0 12.7 0.7 0.0 102 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

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 Mickey Johnson 24 3 124 34 72 14 16 14 39 7 5 2 13 82 .472 .875 41.3 27.3 13.0 2.3
2 Artis Gilmore 27 3 126 19 40 18 23 15 39 6 3 8 9 56 .475 .783 42.0 18.7 13.0 2.0
3 Wilbur Holland 25 3 84 17 34 10 10 5 9 3 1 0 8 44 .500 1.000 28.0 14.7 3.0 1.0
4 John Mengelt 27 3 67 14 26 10 11 0 4 8 4 0 3 38 .538 .909 22.3 12.7 1.3 2.7
5 Scott May 22 3 97 10 26 12 15 6 14 3 8 2 10 32 .385 .800 32.3 10.7 4.7 1.0
6 Norm Van Lier 29 3 134 3 19 10 12 5 15 29 10 1 14 16 .158 .833 44.7 5.3 5.0 9.7
7 Jack Marin 32 3 53 8 13 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 16 .615 .000 17.7 5.3 0.3 0.7
8 Tom Boerwinkle 31 3 17 1 5 0 0 2 10 7 0 1 1 2 .200 5.7 0.7 3.3 2.3
9 Cliff Pondexter 22 3 12 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1.000 4.0 0.7 1.0 0.3
10 Phil Hicks 24 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 4.0 0.0 3.0 0.0
11 Tom Kropp 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 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 Artis Gilmore 27 3 126 18.3 .559 .475 13.4 24.9 18.7 8.1 1.1 3.7 97 0.2 0.2 0.3
2 Mickey Johnson 24 3 124 21.0 .519 .472 12.7 26.4 19.0 12.2 1.9 0.9 98 0.1 0.2 0.3
3 John Mengelt 27 3 67 19.5 .616 .538 0.0 7.8 3.6 22.7 2.8 0.0 100 0.2 0.1 0.2
4 Wilbur Holland 25 3 84 14.3 .573 .500 6.7 6.2 6.5 6.7 0.6 0.0 104 0.2 0.0 0.2
5 Scott May 22 3 97 12.1 .491 .385 7.0 10.8 8.7 4.9 3.9 1.2 96 0.0 0.2 0.1
6 Jack Marin 32 3 53 6.7 .595 .615 0.0 2.5 1.1 6.4 0.0 0.0 106 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Tom Kropp 23 1 2 -13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 104 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Cliff Pondexter 22 3 12 9.0 .532 .000 0.0 32.7 15.1 11.3 0.0 0.0 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Phil Hicks 24 1 4 -3.9 .000 .000 28.1 65.5 45.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 98 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Norm Van Lier 29 3 134 10.1 .329 .158 4.2 9.8 6.8 30.3 3.5 0.4 98 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
11 Tom Boerwinkle 31 3 17 18.1 .200 .200 13.2 61.6 35.6 60.8 0.0 3.4 95 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Jack Marin $170,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)