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1978-79 Chicago Bulls

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31-51, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 104.7 points per game, Allowed 108.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 31-51)
Coached by Larry Costello (20-36) and Scotty Robertson (11-15)

SRS: -3.78 (19th of 22)
Pace Factor: 102.9 (19th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 101.3 (20th of 22), Defensive Rating: 105.1 (16th of 22)

1978-79 Statistics / Schedule

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
Team 82 19780 3478 7108 .489 1632 2184 .747 1224 2544 3768 2169 576 324 1813 1970 8588
Opponent 82 19780 3682 7408 .497 1549 2029 .763 1095 2377 3472 2146 844 503 1468 2093 8913

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 7-2 240 29 82 3265 753 1310 .575 434 587 .739 293 750 1043 274 50 156 310 280 1940
2 Reggie Theus G 6-7 190 21 82 2753 537 1119 .480 264 347 .761 92 136 228 429 93 18 303 270 1338
3 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 190 26 82 2594 496 1105 .449 273 329 .830 193 434 627 380 88 59 312 286 1265
4 Wilbur Holland G 6-0 175 27 82 2483 445 940 .473 141 176 .801 78 176 254 330 122 12 185 240 1031
5 John Mengelt G 6-2 195 29 75 1705 338 689 .491 150 182 .824 25 93 118 187 46 4 120 148 826
6 Ollie Johnson F 6-6 200 29 71 1734 281 540 .520 88 110 .800 58 169 227 163 54 33 114 182 650
7 Mark Landsberger F-C 6-8 215 23 80 1959 278 585 .475 91 194 .469 292 450 742 68 27 22 149 125 647
8 John Brown F 6-7 220 27 77 1265 152 317 .479 84 98 .857 83 155 238 104 18 10 89 180 388
9 Scott May F 6-7 215 24 37 403 59 136 .434 30 40 .750 14 50 64 39 22 1 51 51 148
10 Charles Dudley G 6-2 180 28 43 684 45 125 .360 28 42 .667 25 61 86 116 32 1 64 82 118
11 Scott Lloyd C-F 6-10 230 26 67 465 42 120 .350 27 47 .574 48 45 93 32 9 8 43 86 111
12 Tate Armstrong G 6-3 175 23 26 259 28 70 .400 10 13 .769 7 13 20 31 10 0 21 22 66
13 Steve Sheppard F 6-6 215 24 22 203 24 51 .471 12 19 .632 16 12 28 15 5 0 21 16 60
14 Andre Wakefield G 6-3 175 24 2 8 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 7-2 240 29 82 39.8 9.2 16.0 .575 5.3 7.2 .739 3.6 9.1 12.7 3.3 0.6 1.9 3.8 3.4 23.7
2 Reggie Theus G 6-7 190 21 82 33.6 6.5 13.6 .480 3.2 4.2 .761 1.1 1.7 2.8 5.2 1.1 0.2 3.7 3.3 16.3
3 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 190 26 82 31.6 6.0 13.5 .449 3.3 4.0 .830 2.4 5.3 7.6 4.6 1.1 0.7 3.8 3.5 15.4
4 Wilbur Holland G 6-0 175 27 82 30.3 5.4 11.5 .473 1.7 2.1 .801 1.0 2.1 3.1 4.0 1.5 0.1 2.3 2.9 12.6
5 John Mengelt G 6-2 195 29 75 22.7 4.5 9.2 .491 2.0 2.4 .824 0.3 1.2 1.6 2.5 0.6 0.1 1.6 2.0 11.0
6 Ollie Johnson F 6-6 200 29 71 24.4 4.0 7.6 .520 1.2 1.5 .800 0.8 2.4 3.2 2.3 0.8 0.5 1.6 2.6 9.2
7 Mark Landsberger F-C 6-8 215 23 80 24.5 3.5 7.3 .475 1.1 2.4 .469 3.7 5.6 9.3 0.9 0.3 0.3 1.9 1.6 8.1
8 John Brown F 6-7 220 27 77 16.4 2.0 4.1 .479 1.1 1.3 .857 1.1 2.0 3.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 1.2 2.3 5.0
9 Scott May F 6-7 215 24 37 10.9 1.6 3.7 .434 0.8 1.1 .750 0.4 1.4 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.0 1.4 1.4 4.0
10 Charles Dudley G 6-2 180 28 43 15.9 1.0 2.9 .360 0.7 1.0 .667 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.7 0.7 0.0 1.5 1.9 2.7
11 Steve Sheppard F 6-6 215 24 22 9.2 1.1 2.3 .471 0.5 0.9 .632 0.7 0.5 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.7 2.7
12 Tate Armstrong G 6-3 175 23 26 10.0 1.1 2.7 .400 0.4 0.5 .769 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.5
13 Scott Lloyd C-F 6-10 230 26 67 6.9 0.6 1.8 .350 0.4 0.7 .574 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.3 1.7
14 Andre Wakefield G 6-3 175 24 2 4.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 7-2 240 29 82 3265 8.3 14.4 .575 4.8 6.5 .739 3.2 8.3 11.5 3.0 0.6 1.7 3.4 3.1 21.4
2 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 190 26 82 2594 6.9 15.3 .449 3.8 4.6 .830 2.7 6.0 8.7 5.3 1.2 0.8 4.3 4.0 17.6
3 Reggie Theus G 6-7 190 21 82 2753 7.0 14.6 .480 3.5 4.5 .761 1.2 1.8 3.0 5.6 1.2 0.2 4.0 3.5 17.5
4 John Mengelt G 6-2 195 29 75 1705 7.1 14.5 .491 3.2 3.8 .824 0.5 2.0 2.5 3.9 1.0 0.1 2.5 3.1 17.4
5 Wilbur Holland G 6-0 175 27 82 2483 6.5 13.6 .473 2.0 2.6 .801 1.1 2.6 3.7 4.8 1.8 0.2 2.7 3.5 14.9
6 Ollie Johnson F 6-6 200 29 71 1734 5.8 11.2 .520 1.8 2.3 .800 1.2 3.5 4.7 3.4 1.1 0.7 2.4 3.8 13.5
7 Scott May F 6-7 215 24 37 403 5.3 12.1 .434 2.7 3.6 .750 1.3 4.5 5.7 3.5 2.0 0.1 4.6 4.6 13.2
8 Mark Landsberger F-C 6-8 215 23 80 1959 5.1 10.8 .475 1.7 3.6 .469 5.4 8.3 13.6 1.2 0.5 0.4 2.7 2.3 11.9
9 John Brown F 6-7 220 27 77 1265 4.3 9.0 .479 2.4 2.8 .857 2.4 4.4 6.8 3.0 0.5 0.3 2.5 5.1 11.0
10 Steve Sheppard F 6-6 215 24 22 203 4.3 9.0 .471 2.1 3.4 .632 2.8 2.1 5.0 2.7 0.9 0.0 3.7 2.8 10.6
11 Tate Armstrong G 6-3 175 23 26 259 3.9 9.7 .400 1.4 1.8 .769 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.3 1.4 0.0 2.9 3.1 9.2
12 Scott Lloyd C-F 6-10 230 26 67 465 3.3 9.3 .350 2.1 3.6 .574 3.7 3.5 7.2 2.5 0.7 0.6 3.3 6.7 8.6
13 Charles Dudley G 6-2 180 28 43 684 2.4 6.6 .360 1.5 2.2 .667 1.3 3.2 4.5 6.1 1.7 0.1 3.4 4.3 6.2
14 Andre Wakefield G 6-3 175 24 2 8 0.0 4.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Artis Gilmore C 7-2 240 29 82 3265 22.3 .619 .575 9.9 25.0 17.5 12.9 0.7 2.6 16.5 23.0 114 102 20.5 12.0 33 8 12.5
2 Wilbur Holland G 6-0 175 27 82 2483 13.1 .507 .473 3.5 7.7 5.6 19.0 2.3 0.3 15.4 19.4 101 105 4.1 6.2 10 19 -4.5
3 Mickey Johnson F 6-10 190 26 82 2594 15.5 .506 .449 8.2 18.2 13.2 21.3 1.6 1.2 20.0 24.1 98 103 2.0 8.5 10 25 -7.5
4 Reggie Theus G 6-7 190 21 82 2753 13.3 .526 .480 3.7 5.4 4.5 22.8 1.6 0.3 19.2 22.9 99 107 3.6 4.9 9 28 -9.5
5 Ollie Johnson F 6-6 200 29 71 1734 12.3 .552 .520 3.7 10.6 7.2 13.1 1.5 1.0 16.2 16.2 105 106 3.9 4.1 8 10 -1.0
6 John Mengelt G 6-2 195 29 75 1705 13.2 .537 .491 1.6 5.9 3.8 16.1 1.3 0.1 13.5 20.9 106 108 5.0 2.6 8 12 -2.0
7 Mark Landsberger F-C 6-8 215 23 80 1959 12.6 .483 .475 16.4 25.0 20.7 4.7 0.6 0.6 18.2 16.7 96 104 0.4 5.9 6 16 -5.0
8 John Brown F 6-7 220 27 77 1265 9.4 .539 .479 7.2 13.3 10.3 10.8 0.7 0.4 19.8 14.2 103 107 2.1 2.4 5 9 -2.0
9 Charles Dudley G 6-2 180 28 43 684 6.4 .411 .360 4.0 9.7 6.9 20.9 2.2 0.1 30.8 12.1 83 105 0.0 1.8 2 8 -3.0
10 Scott May F 6-7 215 24 37 403 8.4 .482 .434 3.8 13.5 8.7 13.2 2.5 0.1 24.9 20.3 84 103 0.0 1.3 1 6 -2.5
11 Scott Lloyd C-F 6-10 230 26 67 465 4.3 .395 .350 11.3 10.5 10.9 8.7 0.9 0.9 23.4 15.8 81 107 0.0 0.9 1 7 -3.0
12 Steve Sheppard F 6-6 215 24 22 203 7.4 .505 .471 8.7 6.4 7.5 9.7 1.1 0.0 26.1 15.8 89 108 0.0 0.3 0 2 -1.0
13 Andre Wakefield G 6-3 175 24 2 8 -15.9 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.2 0.0 0.0 66.7 15.0 16 112 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
14 Tate Armstrong G 6-3 175 23 26 259 6.5 .436 .400 3.0 5.5 4.2 15.5 1.8 0.0 21.7 14.9 86 107 0.0 0.5 0 3 -1.5