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1986-87 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

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40-42, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Doug Collins (40-42)

Points Per Game: 104.8 (20th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 103.9 (2nd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-39 (9th of 23)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 650,718 (5th of 23)

SRS: 1.27 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 95.8 (23rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.6 (12th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.6 (11th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Boston Celtics

1986-87 Chicago Bulls:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 Gene Banks F-G 6-7 215 May 15, 1959 5 Duke University
17 Mike Brown C-F 6-9 257 July 19, 1963 R George Washington University
11 Fred Cofield G 6-3 190 January 4, 1962 1 Eastern Michigan University
22 Steve Colter G 6-3 165 July 24, 1962 2 New Mexico State University
40 Dave Corzine C 6-11 250 April 25, 1956 8 DePaul University
25 Earl Cureton F-C 6-9 210 September 3, 1957 6 University of Detroit Mercy
30 Darren Daye F-G 6-8 220 November 30, 1960 3 University of California, Los Angeles
23 Michael Jordan G-F 6-6 195 February 17, 1963 2 University of North Carolina
10 Pete Myers G-F 6-6 180 September 15, 1963 R University of Arkansas at Little Rock
34 Charles Oakley F-C 6-8 225 December 18, 1963 1 Virginia Union University
5 John Paxson G 6-2 185 September 29, 1960 3 University of Notre Dame
50 Ben Poquette F-C 6-9 235 May 7, 1955 9 Central Michigan University
6 Brad Sellers C-F 7-0 210 December 17, 1962 R Ohio State University
3 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 September 10, 1961 3 West Virginia University Institute of Technology
21 Elston Turner G-F 6-5 190 June 10, 1959 5 University of Mississippi
31 Granville Waiters C 6-11 225 January 8, 1961 3 Ohio State University
12-24 Perry Young G 6-5 210 August 4, 1963 R Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 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 19830 3382 7155 .473 78 299 .261 1754 2254 .778 1248 2400 3648 2143 677 438 1257 1922 8596 104.8
Opponent 82 19830 3337 6910 .483 115 337 .341 1734 2255 .769 1027 2317 3344 2028 583 492 1269 1844 8523 103.9

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 Michael Jordan 23 82 82 3281 1098 2279 .482 12 66 .182 833 972 .857 166 264 430 377 236 125 272 237 3041
2 Charles Oakley 23 82 81 2980 468 1052 .445 11 30 .367 245 357 .686 299 775 1074 296 85 36 299 315 1192
3 John Paxson 26 82 64 2689 386 793 .487 52 140 .371 106 131 .809 22 117 139 467 66 8 105 207 930
4 Dave Corzine 30 82 39 2287 294 619 .475 0 5 .000 95 129 .736 199 341 540 209 38 87 114 202 683
5 Brad Sellers 24 80 17 1751 276 606 .455 2 10 .200 126 173 .728 155 218 373 102 44 68 84 194 680
6 Gene Banks 27 63 39 1822 249 462 .539 0 5 .000 112 146 .767 115 193 308 170 52 17 113 173 610
7 Sedale Threatt 25 40 0 778 131 273 .480 0 16 .000 53 66 .803 8 43 51 177 42 9 42 88 315
8 Earl Cureton 29 43 36 1105 129 276 .467 0 1 .000 39 73 .534 113 114 227 70 15 26 45 102 297
9 Mike Brown 23 62 3 818 106 201 .527 0 0 46 72 .639 71 143 214 24 20 7 59 129 258
10 Elston Turner 27 70 4 936 112 252 .444 1 8 .125 23 31 .742 34 81 115 102 30 4 31 97 248
11 Steve Colter 24 27 18 473 49 142 .345 0 9 .000 33 39 .846 9 33 42 94 19 6 32 38 131
12 Granville Waiters 26 44 26 534 40 93 .430 0 1 .000 5 9 .556 38 49 87 22 10 31 16 83 85
13 Pete Myers 23 29 0 155 19 52 .365 0 6 .000 28 43 .651 8 9 17 21 14 2 10 25 66
14 Ben Poquette 31 21 1 167 21 40 .525 0 1 .000 9 11 .818 10 14 24 7 3 12 4 26 51
15 Perry Young 23 5 0 20 2 4 .500 0 0 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 5
16 Fred Cofield 25 5 0 27 2 11 .182 0 1 .000 0 0 1 4 5 4 2 0 1 1 4
17 Darren Daye 26 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 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 Michael Jordan 23 82 82 40.0 13.4 27.8 .482 0.1 0.8 .182 10.2 11.9 .857 2.0 3.2 5.2 4.6 2.9 1.5 3.3 2.9 37.1
2 Charles Oakley 23 82 81 36.3 5.7 12.8 .445 0.1 0.4 .367 3.0 4.4 .686 3.6 9.5 13.1 3.6 1.0 0.4 3.6 3.8 14.5
3 John Paxson 26 82 64 32.8 4.7 9.7 .487 0.6 1.7 .371 1.3 1.6 .809 0.3 1.4 1.7 5.7 0.8 0.1 1.3 2.5 11.3
4 Gene Banks 27 63 39 28.9 4.0 7.3 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.3 .767 1.8 3.1 4.9 2.7 0.8 0.3 1.8 2.7 9.7
5 Brad Sellers 24 80 17 21.9 3.5 7.6 .455 0.0 0.1 .200 1.6 2.2 .728 1.9 2.7 4.7 1.3 0.6 0.9 1.1 2.4 8.5
6 Dave Corzine 30 82 39 27.9 3.6 7.5 .475 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.6 .736 2.4 4.2 6.6 2.5 0.5 1.1 1.4 2.5 8.3
7 Sedale Threatt 25 40 0 19.5 3.3 6.8 .480 0.0 0.4 .000 1.3 1.7 .803 0.2 1.1 1.3 4.4 1.1 0.2 1.1 2.2 7.9
8 Earl Cureton 29 43 36 25.7 3.0 6.4 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.7 .534 2.6 2.7 5.3 1.6 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.4 6.9
9 Steve Colter 24 27 18 17.5 1.8 5.3 .345 0.0 0.3 .000 1.2 1.4 .846 0.3 1.2 1.6 3.5 0.7 0.2 1.2 1.4 4.9
10 Mike Brown 23 62 3 13.2 1.7 3.2 .527 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.2 .639 1.1 2.3 3.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 1.0 2.1 4.2
11 Elston Turner 27 70 4 13.4 1.6 3.6 .444 0.0 0.1 .125 0.3 0.4 .742 0.5 1.2 1.6 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.4 1.4 3.5
12 Ben Poquette 31 21 1 8.0 1.0 1.9 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.5 .818 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.2 2.4
13 Pete Myers 23 29 0 5.3 0.7 1.8 .365 0.0 0.2 .000 1.0 1.5 .651 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.9 2.3
14 Granville Waiters 26 44 26 12.1 0.9 2.1 .430 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 .556 0.9 1.1 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.9 1.9
15 Perry Young 23 5 0 4.0 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.0
16 Fred Cofield 25 5 0 5.4 0.4 2.2 .182 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.8
17 Darren Daye 26 1 0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 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 Michael Jordan 23 82 82 3281 12.0 25.0 .482 0.1 0.7 .182 9.1 10.7 .857 1.8 2.9 4.7 4.1 2.6 1.4 3.0 2.6 33.4
2 Pete Myers 23 29 0 155 4.4 12.1 .365 0.0 1.4 .000 6.5 10.0 .651 1.9 2.1 3.9 4.9 3.3 0.5 2.3 5.8 15.3
3 Sedale Threatt 25 40 0 778 6.1 12.6 .480 0.0 0.7 .000 2.5 3.1 .803 0.4 2.0 2.4 8.2 1.9 0.4 1.9 4.1 14.6
4 Charles Oakley 23 82 81 2980 5.7 12.7 .445 0.1 0.4 .367 3.0 4.3 .686 3.6 9.4 13.0 3.6 1.0 0.4 3.6 3.8 14.4
5 Brad Sellers 24 80 17 1751 5.7 12.5 .455 0.0 0.2 .200 2.6 3.6 .728 3.2 4.5 7.7 2.1 0.9 1.4 1.7 4.0 14.0
6 John Paxson 26 82 64 2689 5.2 10.6 .487 0.7 1.9 .371 1.4 1.8 .809 0.3 1.6 1.9 6.3 0.9 0.1 1.4 2.8 12.5
7 Gene Banks 27 63 39 1822 4.9 9.1 .539 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 2.9 .767 2.3 3.8 6.1 3.4 1.0 0.3 2.2 3.4 12.1
8 Mike Brown 23 62 3 818 4.7 8.8 .527 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.2 .639 3.1 6.3 9.4 1.1 0.9 0.3 2.6 5.7 11.4
9 Ben Poquette 31 21 1 167 4.5 8.6 .525 0.0 0.2 .000 1.9 2.4 .818 2.2 3.0 5.2 1.5 0.6 2.6 0.9 5.6 11.0
10 Dave Corzine 30 82 39 2287 4.6 9.7 .475 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.0 .736 3.1 5.4 8.5 3.3 0.6 1.4 1.8 3.2 10.8
11 Steve Colter 24 27 18 473 3.7 10.8 .345 0.0 0.7 .000 2.5 3.0 .846 0.7 2.5 3.2 7.2 1.4 0.5 2.4 2.9 10.0
12 Earl Cureton 29 43 36 1105 4.2 9.0 .467 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.4 .534 3.7 3.7 7.4 2.3 0.5 0.8 1.5 3.3 9.7
13 Elston Turner 27 70 4 936 4.3 9.7 .444 0.0 0.3 .125 0.9 1.2 .742 1.3 3.1 4.4 3.9 1.2 0.2 1.2 3.7 9.5
14 Perry Young 23 5 0 20 3.6 7.2 .500 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.6 .500 0.0 1.8 1.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.8 5.4 9.0
15 Granville Waiters 26 44 26 534 2.7 6.3 .430 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.6 .556 2.6 3.3 5.9 1.5 0.7 2.1 1.1 5.6 5.7
16 Fred Cofield 25 5 0 27 2.7 14.7 .182 0.0 1.3 .000 0.0 0.0 1.3 5.3 6.7 5.3 2.7 0.0 1.3 1.3 5.3
17 Darren Daye 26 1 0 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 5.1 10.3 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 Michael Jordan 23 82 3281 29.8 .562 .484 5.6 9.3 7.4 22.2 3.6 2.3 9.1 38.3 117 104 11.9 5.0 16.9
2 John Paxson 26 82 2689 12.8 .547 .520 0.9 5.0 2.9 24.5 1.2 0.2 11.0 15.0 117 112 4.4 1.6 6.0
3 Dave Corzine 30 82 2287 12.8 .505 .475 9.7 17.3 13.4 12.6 0.8 2.3 14.4 14.6 108 108 1.7 2.5 4.2
4 Gene Banks 27 63 1822 12.6 .580 .539 7.0 12.3 9.6 13.0 1.4 0.6 17.7 14.8 111 109 1.9 1.7 3.6
5 Charles Oakley 23 82 2980 14.2 .493 .450 11.2 30.1 20.4 14.3 1.4 0.7 19.8 21.3 97 104 -1.1 4.6 3.5
6 Brad Sellers 24 80 1751 13.4 .498 .457 9.8 14.4 12.1 8.4 1.3 2.3 11.0 18.5 107 108 1.4 2.0 3.3
7 Sedale Threatt 25 40 778 16.2 .521 .480 1.1 6.4 3.7 33.2 2.7 0.7 12.2 18.7 114 108 1.3 0.8 2.1
8 Earl Cureton 29 43 1105 10.3 .482 .467 11.4 11.9 11.7 8.6 0.7 1.4 12.7 13.5 106 110 0.6 0.9 1.5
9 Elston Turner 27 70 936 9.4 .467 .446 4.0 10.0 7.0 14.9 1.6 0.3 10.5 13.4 105 110 0.4 0.8 1.2
10 Mike Brown 23 62 818 9.7 .554 .527 9.7 20.2 14.8 4.1 1.2 0.5 20.2 15.0 101 107 0.1 0.9 1.0
11 Granville Waiters 26 44 534 6.5 .438 .430 7.9 10.6 9.2 5.3 0.9 3.5 14.2 8.9 99 108 0.0 0.6 0.5
12 Ben Poquette 31 21 167 11.9 .569 .525 6.7 9.7 8.2 5.8 0.9 4.3 8.2 12.3 121 108 0.3 0.2 0.4
13 Pete Myers 23 29 155 14.0 .465 .365 5.7 6.7 6.2 18.6 4.5 0.8 12.4 22.0 103 104 0.1 0.2 0.3
14 Steve Colter 24 27 473 9.8 .412 .345 2.1 8.1 5.0 26.5 2.0 0.8 16.7 17.0 95 109 -0.3 0.4 0.2
15 Darren Daye 26 1 7 -5.2 0.0 16.5 8.1 16.8 0.0 0.0 100.0 6.0 36 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Perry Young 23 5 20 3.8 .512 .500 0.0 5.8 2.8 0.0 2.5 0.0 17.0 12.4 87 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Fred Cofield 25 5 27 4.2 .182 .182 4.1 17.1 10.5 19.0 3.7 0.0 8.3 18.7 61 104 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

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 Michael Jordan 23 3 128 35 84 2 5 35 39 7 21 18 6 7 8 11 107 .417 .400 .897 42.7 35.7 7.0 6.0
2 Charles Oakley 23 3 129 19 50 2 4 20 24 17 46 6 4 1 8 13 60 .380 .500 .833 43.0 20.0 15.3 2.0
3 Gene Banks 27 3 79 13 22 0 0 5 8 3 8 2 0 0 2 13 31 .591 .625 26.3 10.3 2.7 0.7
4 Dave Corzine 30 3 122 10 22 0 0 7 9 7 21 7 1 3 7 6 27 .455 .778 40.7 9.0 7.0 2.3
5 John Paxson 26 3 87 11 22 3 7 1 1 0 3 11 2 0 5 9 26 .500 .429 1.000 29.0 8.7 1.0 3.7
6 Sedale Threatt 25 3 70 8 17 0 0 4 4 2 5 16 1 0 2 11 20 .471 1.000 23.3 6.7 1.7 5.3
7 Brad Sellers 24 3 68 6 19 0 0 3 3 2 7 3 0 1 1 8 15 .316 1.000 22.7 5.0 2.3 1.0
8 Elston Turner 27 3 25 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 8 .800 8.3 2.7 0.7 0.3
9 Pete Myers 23 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Mike Brown 23 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Granville Waiters 26 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 0.0 0.5 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 Michael Jordan 23 3 128 28.1 .529 .429 6.3 15.0 10.2 30.4 2.5 3.4 7.3 38.8 115 114 0.3 0.1 0.4
2 Charles Oakley 23 3 129 16.9 .495 .400 15.1 30.8 22.2 7.9 1.7 0.5 11.7 24.2 107 115 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 Gene Banks 27 3 79 10.1 .607 .591 4.3 8.7 6.3 4.4 0.0 0.0 7.3 15.8 121 123 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Sedale Threatt 25 3 70 12.5 .533 .471 3.3 5.9 4.5 36.8 0.8 0.0 9.6 13.5 125 123 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Elston Turner 27 3 25 16.7 .800 .800 4.6 5.5 5.0 6.9 4.3 0.0 0.0 9.1 166 115 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 John Paxson 26 3 87 8.7 .579 .568 0.0 4.7 2.1 20.7 1.2 0.0 18.2 14.3 106 122 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Pete Myers 23 1 1 -35.2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.5 0 126 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Dave Corzine 30 3 122 8.5 .520 .455 6.6 15.7 10.7 8.8 0.4 1.5 21.2 12.3 99 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Mike Brown 23 1 3 -17.6 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.9 0.0 50.0 30.3 0 89 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Granville Waiters 26 2 8 4.3 0.0 17.1 7.8 0.0 0.0 7.8 0.0 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Brad Sellers 24 3 68 3.6 .369 .316 3.4 10.1 6.4 6.8 0.0 0.9 4.7 14.3 90 122 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Michael Jordan *$737,500
2 Dave Corzine *$705,000
3 Charles Oakley *$345,000
4 Earl Cureton *$237,500
5 John Paxson *$230,000
6 Sedale Threatt *$191,500
7 Steve Colter *$131,250
8 Granville Waiters *$112,500
9 Elston Turner *$100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)