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1987-88 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

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50-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Doug Collins (50-32)

Points Per Game: 105.0 (19th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 101.6 (1st of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 50-32 (9th of 23)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 740,482 (2nd of 23)

SRS: 3.76 (5th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 95.5 (23rd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 109.0 (9th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.5 (3rd of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Cleveland Cavaliers

1987-88 Chicago Bulls:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 Mike Brown C-F 6-9 257 July 19, 1963 1 George Washington University
40 Dave Corzine C 6-11 250 April 25, 1956 9 DePaul University
53 Artis Gilmore C 7-2 240 September 21, 1949 16 Jacksonville University
54 Horace Grant F-C 6-10 215 July 4, 1965 R Clemson University
23 Michael Jordan G-F 6-6 195 February 17, 1963 3 University of North Carolina
34 Charles Oakley F-C 6-8 225 December 18, 1963 2 Virginia Union University
5 John Paxson G 6-2 185 September 29, 1960 4 University of Notre Dame
33 Scottie Pippen F-G 6-8 210 September 25, 1965 R University of Central Arkansas
6 Brad Sellers C-F 7-0 210 December 17, 1962 1 Ohio State University
2 Rory Sparrow G 6-2 175 June 12, 1958 7 Villanova University
3 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 September 10, 1961 4 West Virginia University Institute of Technology
21 Elston Turner G-F 6-5 190 June 10, 1959 6 University of Mississippi
11 Sam Vincent G 6-2 185 May 18, 1963 2 Michigan State University
31 Granville Waiters C 6-11 225 January 8, 1961 4 Ohio State University
11 Tony White G 6-2 170 February 15, 1965 R University of Tennessee

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 19855 3434 7015 .490 56 243 .230 1685 2221 .759 1170 2459 3629 2149 712 475 1263 1849 8609 105.0
Opponent 82 19855 3276 6967 .470 108 368 .293 1670 2205 .757 1023 2268 3291 2079 597 415 1244 1880 8330 101.6

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 24 82 82 3311 1069 1998 .535 7 53 .132 723 860 .841 139 310 449 485 259 131 252 270 2868
2 Charles Oakley 24 82 82 2816 375 776 .483 3 12 .250 261 359 .727 326 740 1066 248 68 28 241 272 1014
3 Dave Corzine 31 80 32 2328 344 715 .481 1 9 .111 115 153 .752 170 357 527 154 36 95 109 149 804
4 Brad Sellers 25 82 76 2212 326 714 .457 1 7 .143 124 157 .790 107 143 250 141 34 66 91 174 777
5 John Paxson 27 81 30 1888 287 582 .493 33 95 .347 33 45 .733 16 88 104 303 49 1 64 154 640
6 Scottie Pippen 22 79 0 1650 261 564 .463 4 23 .174 99 172 .576 115 183 298 169 91 52 131 214 625
7 Horace Grant 22 81 6 1827 254 507 .501 0 2 .000 114 182 .626 155 292 447 89 51 53 86 221 622
8 Sam Vincent 24 29 27 953 138 309 .447 3 8 .375 99 107 .925 18 85 103 244 34 12 84 82 378
9 Sedale Threatt 26 45 0 701 132 263 .502 2 20 .100 32 41 .780 12 43 55 107 27 3 44 71 298
10 Rory Sparrow 29 55 25 992 112 274 .409 2 12 .167 24 33 .727 14 56 70 162 37 3 52 72 250
11 Mike Brown 24 46 27 591 78 174 .448 0 1 .000 41 71 .577 66 93 159 28 11 4 38 85 197
12 Artis Gilmore 38 24 23 372 41 80 .513 0 0 19 37 .514 15 48 63 9 5 12 28 54 101
13 Granville Waiters 27 22 0 114 9 29 .310 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 9 19 28 1 2 15 6 26 18
14 Elston Turner 28 17 0 98 8 30 .267 0 0 1 2 .500 8 2 10 9 8 0 10 5 17
15 Tony White 22 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 24 82 82 40.4 13.0 24.4 .535 0.1 0.6 .132 8.8 10.5 .841 1.7 3.8 5.5 5.9 3.2 1.6 3.1 3.3 35.0
2 Sam Vincent 24 29 27 32.9 4.8 10.7 .447 0.1 0.3 .375 3.4 3.7 .925 0.6 2.9 3.6 8.4 1.2 0.4 2.9 2.8 13.0
3 Charles Oakley 24 82 82 34.3 4.6 9.5 .483 0.0 0.1 .250 3.2 4.4 .727 4.0 9.0 13.0 3.0 0.8 0.3 2.9 3.3 12.4
4 Dave Corzine 31 80 32 29.1 4.3 8.9 .481 0.0 0.1 .111 1.4 1.9 .752 2.1 4.5 6.6 1.9 0.5 1.2 1.4 1.9 10.1
5 Brad Sellers 25 82 76 27.0 4.0 8.7 .457 0.0 0.1 .143 1.5 1.9 .790 1.3 1.7 3.0 1.7 0.4 0.8 1.1 2.1 9.5
6 John Paxson 27 81 30 23.3 3.5 7.2 .493 0.4 1.2 .347 0.4 0.6 .733 0.2 1.1 1.3 3.7 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.9 7.9
7 Scottie Pippen 22 79 0 20.9 3.3 7.1 .463 0.1 0.3 .174 1.3 2.2 .576 1.5 2.3 3.8 2.1 1.2 0.7 1.7 2.7 7.9
8 Horace Grant 22 81 6 22.6 3.1 6.3 .501 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.2 .626 1.9 3.6 5.5 1.1 0.6 0.7 1.1 2.7 7.7
9 Sedale Threatt 26 45 0 15.6 2.9 5.8 .502 0.0 0.4 .100 0.7 0.9 .780 0.3 1.0 1.2 2.4 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.6 6.6
10 Rory Sparrow 29 55 25 18.0 2.0 5.0 .409 0.0 0.2 .167 0.4 0.6 .727 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.9 0.7 0.1 0.9 1.3 4.5
11 Mike Brown 24 46 27 12.8 1.7 3.8 .448 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .577 1.4 2.0 3.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.8 1.8 4.3
12 Artis Gilmore 38 24 23 15.5 1.7 3.3 .513 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.5 .514 0.6 2.0 2.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.2 2.3 4.2
13 Elston Turner 28 17 0 5.8 0.5 1.8 .267 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 .500 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.3 1.0
14 Granville Waiters 27 22 0 5.2 0.4 1.3 .310 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.3 1.2 0.8
15 Tony White 22 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 24 82 82 3311 11.6 21.7 .535 0.1 0.6 .132 7.9 9.4 .841 1.5 3.4 4.9 5.3 2.8 1.4 2.7 2.9 31.2
2 Sedale Threatt 26 45 0 701 6.8 13.5 .502 0.1 1.0 .100 1.6 2.1 .780 0.6 2.2 2.8 5.5 1.4 0.2 2.3 3.6 15.3
3 Sam Vincent 24 29 27 953 5.2 11.7 .447 0.1 0.3 .375 3.7 4.0 .925 0.7 3.2 3.9 9.2 1.3 0.5 3.2 3.1 14.3
4 Scottie Pippen 22 79 0 1650 5.7 12.3 .463 0.1 0.5 .174 2.2 3.8 .576 2.5 4.0 6.5 3.7 2.0 1.1 2.9 4.7 13.6
5 Charles Oakley 24 82 82 2816 4.8 9.9 .483 0.0 0.2 .250 3.3 4.6 .727 4.2 9.5 13.6 3.2 0.9 0.4 3.1 3.5 13.0
6 Brad Sellers 25 82 76 2212 5.3 11.6 .457 0.0 0.1 .143 2.0 2.6 .790 1.7 2.3 4.1 2.3 0.6 1.1 1.5 2.8 12.6
7 Dave Corzine 31 80 32 2328 5.3 11.1 .481 0.0 0.1 .111 1.8 2.4 .752 2.6 5.5 8.1 2.4 0.6 1.5 1.7 2.3 12.4
8 Horace Grant 22 81 6 1827 5.0 10.0 .501 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.6 .626 3.1 5.8 8.8 1.8 1.0 1.0 1.7 4.4 12.3
9 John Paxson 27 81 30 1888 5.5 11.1 .493 0.6 1.8 .347 0.6 0.9 .733 0.3 1.7 2.0 5.8 0.9 0.0 1.2 2.9 12.2
10 Mike Brown 24 46 27 591 4.8 10.6 .448 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 4.3 .577 4.0 5.7 9.7 1.7 0.7 0.2 2.3 5.2 12.0
11 Artis Gilmore 38 24 23 372 4.0 7.7 .513 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.6 .514 1.5 4.6 6.1 0.9 0.5 1.2 2.7 5.2 9.8
12 Rory Sparrow 29 55 25 992 4.1 9.9 .409 0.1 0.4 .167 0.9 1.2 .727 0.5 2.0 2.5 5.9 1.3 0.1 1.9 2.6 9.1
13 Elston Turner 28 17 0 98 2.9 11.0 .267 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .500 2.9 0.7 3.7 3.3 2.9 0.0 3.7 1.8 6.2
14 Granville Waiters 27 22 0 114 2.8 9.2 .310 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.6 .000 2.8 6.0 8.8 0.3 0.6 4.7 1.9 8.2 5.7
15 Tony White 22 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 24 82 3311 31.7 .603 .537 4.8 10.7 7.8 27.0 3.9 2.4 9.6 34.1 123 101 15.2 6.1 21.2
2 Charles Oakley 24 82 2816 15.4 .543 .485 13.4 30.0 21.7 12.0 1.2 0.6 20.5 17.9 106 103 2.0 4.7 6.7
3 Dave Corzine 31 80 2328 13.6 .514 .482 8.4 17.5 13.0 9.2 0.8 2.5 12.2 16.4 108 106 1.9 3.0 4.9
4 Horace Grant 22 81 1827 13.0 .530 .501 9.8 18.2 14.0 6.7 1.4 1.7 12.8 15.8 109 105 1.6 2.6 4.2
5 John Paxson 27 81 1888 12.3 .532 .521 1.0 5.3 3.2 22.5 1.3 0.0 9.6 15.1 115 110 2.7 1.5 4.2
6 Brad Sellers 25 82 2212 10.7 .496 .457 5.6 7.4 6.5 8.9 0.8 1.8 10.4 17.0 105 109 1.3 2.0 3.3
7 Scottie Pippen 22 79 1650 12.9 .489 .466 8.1 12.6 10.4 14.5 2.8 1.9 17.0 20.0 98 103 -0.4 2.6 2.3
8 Sam Vincent 24 29 953 16.1 .531 .451 2.2 10.2 6.2 35.6 1.8 0.8 19.1 19.8 109 107 1.2 1.1 2.3
9 Sedale Threatt 26 45 701 13.7 .530 .506 2.0 7.0 4.5 22.6 1.9 0.3 13.5 19.9 107 108 0.7 0.7 1.4
10 Mike Brown 24 46 591 10.0 .480 .448 12.9 17.9 15.4 6.5 0.9 0.4 15.6 17.7 100 107 0.0 0.7 0.7
11 Rory Sparrow 29 55 992 8.9 .433 .412 1.6 6.4 4.0 21.7 1.9 0.2 15.3 14.7 97 109 -0.3 1.0 0.7
12 Artis Gilmore 38 24 372 6.0 .525 .513 4.7 14.7 9.7 3.2 0.7 1.9 22.5 14.3 89 107 -0.3 0.4 0.1
13 Granville Waiters 27 22 114 4.2 .301 .310 9.1 19.0 14.1 1.1 0.9 7.9 16.7 13.5 69 100 -0.3 0.2 0.0
14 Tony White 22 2 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Elston Turner 28 17 98 3.1 .275 .267 9.4 2.3 5.9 11.7 4.1 0.0 24.5 17.9 65 105 -0.4 0.1 -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 Michael Jordan 24 10 427 138 260 1 3 86 99 23 71 47 24 11 39 38 363 .531 .333 .869 42.7 36.3 7.1 4.7
2 Sam Vincent 24 10 251 41 110 0 3 20 25 6 19 44 8 1 27 23 102 .373 .000 .800 25.1 10.2 1.9 4.4
3 Horace Grant 22 10 299 46 81 0 1 9 15 25 70 16 14 2 7 35 101 .568 .000 .600 29.9 10.1 7.0 1.6
4 Charles Oakley 24 10 373 40 91 0 2 21 24 39 128 32 6 4 18 33 101 .440 .000 .875 37.3 10.1 12.8 3.2
5 Scottie Pippen 22 10 294 46 99 3 6 5 7 24 52 24 8 8 26 33 100 .465 .500 .714 29.4 10.0 5.2 2.4
6 Dave Corzine 31 10 308 27 76 0 0 7 13 15 57 8 3 8 12 21 61 .355 .538 30.8 6.1 5.7 0.8
7 John Paxson 27 10 165 20 53 2 12 4 4 0 4 30 1 1 5 24 46 .377 .167 1.000 16.5 4.6 0.4 3.0
8 Brad Sellers 25 10 144 15 43 0 0 15 17 10 21 8 2 5 5 18 45 .349 .882 14.4 4.5 2.1 0.8
9 Rory Sparrow 29 7 106 10 32 2 4 4 6 0 3 18 4 0 4 11 26 .313 .500 .667 15.1 3.7 0.4 2.6
10 Elston Turner 28 4 29 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 0 0 1 2 2 .167 7.3 0.5 1.3 1.5
11 Mike Brown 24 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.0

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 24 10 427 28.4 .598 .533 5.8 12.7 9.2 23.1 2.9 1.5 11.4 35.2 117 104 1.3 0.8 2.1
2 Horace Grant 22 10 299 15.4 .576 .568 9.0 17.0 12.9 8.3 2.4 0.4 7.4 13.9 122 104 0.5 0.5 1.0
3 Charles Oakley 24 10 373 13.4 .497 .440 11.3 27.0 18.9 12.4 0.8 0.6 15.1 14.1 108 104 0.2 0.7 0.9
4 Brad Sellers 25 10 144 9.0 .446 .349 7.5 8.6 8.0 8.0 0.7 2.1 9.0 16.9 102 109 0.0 0.2 0.2
5 John Paxson 27 10 165 6.9 .420 .396 0.0 2.7 1.3 26.8 0.3 0.4 8.4 15.9 100 113 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Scottie Pippen 22 10 294 10.0 .490 .480 8.8 10.8 9.8 12.7 1.4 1.6 20.3 19.1 92 107 -0.3 0.4 0.1
7 Mike Brown 24 1 4 26.7 .568 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.3 12.9 0.0 0.0 9.7 140 89 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Rory Sparrow 29 7 106 6.5 .375 .344 0.0 3.2 1.6 24.1 2.0 0.0 10.4 16.0 91 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Elston Turner 28 4 29 3.9 .167 .167 3.7 15.6 9.5 27.0 0.0 0.0 14.3 10.6 73 110 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Dave Corzine 31 10 308 5.0 .373 .355 5.2 15.4 10.2 3.6 0.5 1.6 12.8 13.4 81 108 -0.5 0.4 -0.1
11 Sam Vincent 24 10 251 8.3 .421 .373 2.6 5.9 4.2 27.5 1.6 0.2 18.2 25.9 86 109 -0.6 0.3 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Artis Gilmore $863,000
2 Michael Jordan $845,000
3 Scottie Pippen $725,000
4 Dave Corzine $700,000
5 Horace Grant $500,000
6 Charles Oakley $465,000
7 Sam Vincent $392,500
8 Brad Sellers $381,830
9 Rory Sparrow $325,000
10 John Paxson $285,000
11 Sedale Threatt $270,000
12 Mike Brown $220,000
13 Granville Waiters $100,000
14 Elston Turner $75,000
15 Tony White $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)