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1989-90 Chicago Bulls Schedule and Results

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55-27, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Phil Jackson (55-27)

Points Per Game: 109.5 (9th of 27) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.2 (12th of 27)
Pythagorean W-L: 50-32 (9th of 27)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 754,564 (4th of 27)

SRS: 2.74 (9th of 27) ▪ Pace Factor: 96.7 (17th of 27)
Offensive Rating: 112.3 (5th of 27) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.0 (19th of 27)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks

1989-90 Chicago Bulls:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 3, 1989 Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 124 119 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 4, 1989 Boston Celtics L 100 102 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Nov 7, 1989 Detroit Pistons W 117 114 2 1 W 1
4 Wed, Nov 8, 1989 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 96 84 3 1 W 2
5 Fri, Nov 10, 1989 @ New Jersey Nets L 107 117 3 2 L 1
6 Sat, Nov 11, 1989 Seattle Supersonics W 109 102 4 2 W 1
7 Tue, Nov 14, 1989 @ Sacramento Kings W 96 94 5 2 W 2
8 Wed, Nov 15, 1989 @ Utah Jazz L 107 108 5 3 L 1
9 Sat, Nov 18, 1989 @ Seattle Supersonics L 110 119 5 4 L 2
10 Tue, Nov 21, 1989 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 110 121 5 5 L 3
11 Wed, Nov 22, 1989 @ Phoenix Suns W 95 90 6 5 W 1
12 Sat, Nov 25, 1989 @ Golden State Warriors W 104 91 7 5 W 2
13 Sun, Nov 26, 1989 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 96 120 7 6 L 1
14 Tue, Nov 28, 1989 Atlanta Hawks W 113 98 8 6 W 1
15 Sat, Dec 2, 1989 @ Miami Heat W 114 107 9 6 W 2
16 Tue, Dec 5, 1989 Denver Nuggets W 119 99 10 6 W 3
17 Fri, Dec 8, 1989 @ Indiana Pacers L 104 106 10 7 L 1
18 Sat, Dec 9, 1989 Philadelphia 76ers W 125 105 11 7 W 1
19 Tue, Dec 12, 1989 Dallas Mavericks W 105 97 12 7 W 2
20 Thu, Dec 14, 1989 Orlando Magic W 124 113 13 7 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 16, 1989 Charlotte Hornets W 115 104 14 7 W 4
22 Tue, Dec 19, 1989 Los Angeles Lakers W 93 83 15 7 W 5
23 Wed, Dec 20, 1989 @ Orlando Magic L 109 110 15 8 L 1
24 Fri, Dec 22, 1989 @ Atlanta Hawks W 125 113 16 8 W 1
25 Sat, Dec 23, 1989 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 104 131 16 9 L 1
26 Tue, Dec 26, 1989 Minnesota Timberwolves W 112 99 17 9 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 29, 1989 San Antonio Spurs W 101 97 18 9 W 2
28 Sat, Dec 30, 1989 @ Washington Bullets W OT 117 112 19 9 W 3
29 Wed, Jan 3, 1990 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 93 87 20 9 W 4
30 Fri, Jan 5, 1990 Orlando Magic W 127 116 21 9 W 5
31 Sat, Jan 6, 1990 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 111 118 21 10 L 1
32 Tue, Jan 9, 1990 @ Detroit Pistons L 90 100 21 11 L 2
33 Wed, Jan 10, 1990 @ Indiana Pacers L 113 120 21 12 L 3
34 Fri, Jan 12, 1990 @ Charlotte Hornets W 107 95 22 12 W 1
35 Sat, Jan 13, 1990 Los Angeles Clippers W 117 111 23 12 W 2
36 Mon, Jan 15, 1990 @ New York Knickerbockers L 106 109 23 13 L 1
37 Thu, Jan 18, 1990 Golden State Warriors W 132 107 24 13 W 1
38 Fri, Jan 19, 1990 @ Atlanta Hawks W 92 84 25 13 W 2
39 Sun, Jan 21, 1990 New York Knickerbockers W 117 109 26 13 W 3
40 Tue, Jan 23, 1990 Detroit Pistons L 95 107 26 14 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 26, 1990 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 109 120 26 15 L 2
42 Sat, Jan 27, 1990 New Jersey Nets W 110 107 27 15 W 1
43 Mon, Jan 29, 1990 Atlanta Hawks W 121 111 28 15 W 2
44 Thu, Feb 1, 1990 @ Houston Rockets L 112 139 28 16 L 1
45 Sat, Feb 3, 1990 @ San Antonio Spurs L 111 112 28 17 L 2
46 Wed, Feb 7, 1990 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 103 121 28 18 L 3
47 Thu, Feb 8, 1990 @ Denver Nuggets L 98 123 28 19 L 4
48 Tue, Feb 13, 1990 @ Miami Heat W 107 95 29 19 W 1
49 Wed, Feb 14, 1990 @ Orlando Magic L OT 129 135 29 20 L 1
50 Fri, Feb 16, 1990 Miami Heat W 119 105 30 20 W 1
51 Sun, Feb 18, 1990 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 111 88 31 20 W 2
52 Mon, Feb 19, 1990 Houston Rockets W 107 102 32 20 W 3
53 Fri, Feb 23, 1990 Portland Trail Blazers W 113 102 33 20 W 4
54 Sun, Feb 25, 1990 @ New Jersey Nets W OT 107 106 34 20 W 5
55 Tue, Feb 27, 1990 Milwaukee Bucks W 106 96 35 20 W 6
56 Fri, Mar 2, 1990 New Jersey Nets W 112 91 36 20 W 7
57 Sun, Mar 4, 1990 @ Boston Celtics W 118 114 37 20 W 8
58 Tue, Mar 6, 1990 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 114 105 38 20 W 9
59 Thu, Mar 8, 1990 Utah Jazz L 94 98 38 21 L 1
60 Sat, Mar 10, 1990 Indiana Pacers W 117 105 39 21 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Mar 13, 1990 @ New York Knickerbockers W 111 108 40 21 W 2
62 Fri, Mar 16, 1990 Detroit Pistons L 81 106 40 22 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 17, 1990 Philadelphia 76ers W 114 109 41 22 W 1
64 Tue, Mar 20, 1990 Washington Bullets W 122 97 42 22 W 2
65 Wed, Mar 21, 1990 @ Atlanta Hawks W 99 89 43 22 W 3
66 Fri, Mar 23, 1990 Cleveland Cavaliers W 102 95 44 22 W 4
67 Sat, Mar 24, 1990 Sacramento Kings L 113 116 44 23 L 1
68 Mon, Mar 26, 1990 Phoenix Suns W 121 92 45 23 W 1
69 Wed, Mar 28, 1990 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 117 113 46 23 W 2
70 Fri, Mar 30, 1990 New York Knickerbockers W OT 107 106 47 23 W 3
71 Sun, Apr 1, 1990 Miami Heat W 111 103 48 23 W 4
72 Tue, Apr 3, 1990 Indiana Pacers W 109 102 49 23 W 5
73 Thu, Apr 5, 1990 Orlando Magic W 111 104 50 23 W 6
74 Sat, Apr 7, 1990 @ Dallas Mavericks W 109 108 51 23 W 7
75 Wed, Apr 11, 1990 Cleveland Cavaliers W 107 86 52 23 W 8
76 Fri, Apr 13, 1990 Milwaukee Bucks W 116 106 53 23 W 9
77 Sat, Apr 14, 1990 @ Washington Bullets L 103 113 53 24 L 1
78 Mon, Apr 16, 1990 @ Indiana Pacers L 102 111 53 25 L 2
79 Tue, Apr 17, 1990 Boston Celtics W 111 105 54 25 W 1
80 Thu, Apr 19, 1990 Washington Bullets W 120 117 55 25 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 20, 1990 @ Boston Celtics L 116 120 55 26 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 22, 1990 @ Detroit Pistons L 106 111 55 27 L 2

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Apr 27, 1990 Milwaukee Bucks W 111 97 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 29, 1990 Milwaukee Bucks W 109 102 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, May 1, 1990 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 112 119 2 1 L 1
4 Thu, May 3, 1990 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 110 86 3 1 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
5 Mon, May 7, 1990 Philadelphia 76ers W 96 85 4 1 W 2
6 Wed, May 9, 1990 Philadelphia 76ers W 101 96 5 1 W 3
7 Fri, May 11, 1990 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 118 5 2 L 1
8 Sun, May 13, 1990 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 111 101 6 2 W 1
9 Wed, May 16, 1990 Philadelphia 76ers W 117 99 7 2 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
10 Sun, May 20, 1990 @ Detroit Pistons L 77 86 7 3 L 1
11 Tue, May 22, 1990 @ Detroit Pistons L 93 102 7 4 L 2
12 Sat, May 26, 1990 Detroit Pistons W 107 102 8 4 W 1
13 Mon, May 28, 1990 Detroit Pistons W 108 101 9 4 W 2
14 Wed, May 30, 1990 @ Detroit Pistons L 83 97 9 5 L 1
15 Fri, Jun 1, 1990 Detroit Pistons W 109 91 10 5 W 1
16 Sun, Jun 3, 1990 @ Detroit Pistons L 74 93 10 6 L 1