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1972-73 Chicago Bulls Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 51-31, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Dick Motta (51-31)

Executive: Pat Williams

PTS/G: 104.1 (14th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 100.6 (3rd of 17)

SRS: 3.43 (5th of 17) Pace: 104.5 (17th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.9 (4th of 17) Def Rtg: 95.6 (7th of 17) Net Rtg: +3.3 (5th of 17)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (5th of 17)

Arena: Chicago Stadium

NBA 1973 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
20	Dennis Awtrey	C	6-10	235	February 22, 1948	us	2	Santa Clara
18	Tom Boerwinkle	C	7-0	265	August 23, 1945	us	4	Tennessee
23	Rowland Garrett	SF	6-6	210	July 16, 1950	us	R	Florida State
24	Gar Heard	PF	6-6	219	May 3, 1948	us	2	Oklahoma
21	Jim King	SG	6-2	175	February 7, 1941	us	9	Tulsa
10	Bob Love	PF	6-8	215	December 8, 1942	us	6	Southern University and A&M College
40	Kenny McIntosh	SF	6-7	225	January 21, 1949	us	1	Eastern Michigan
54	Howard Porter	PF	6-8	220	August 31, 1948	us	1	Villanova
14	Clifford Ray	C	6-9	230	January 21, 1949	us	1	Oklahoma
34	Frank Russell	SG	6-3	180	April 17, 1949		R	Detroit Mercy
4	Jerry Sloan	SG	6-5	195	March 28, 1942	us	7	University of Evansville
2	Norm Van Lier	PG	6-1	173	April 1, 1947	us	3	Saint Francis University
25	Chet Walker	SF	6-7	212	February 22, 1940	us	10	Bradley
8	Bob Weiss	PG	6-2	180	May 7, 1942	us	7	Penn State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Love	30	82	75	37.0	9.4	21.9	.431				9.4	21.9	.431	.431	4.2	5.1	.824			6.5	1.5				2.9	23.1
2	Norm Van Lier	25	80	79	36.0	5.9	13.3	.445				5.9	13.3	.445	.445	2.1	2.6	.787			5.5	7.1				3.4	13.9
3	Jerry Sloan	30	69	66	35.0	4.4	10.6	.411				4.4	10.6	.411	.411	1.4	1.9	.707			6.9	2.2				3.4	10.1
4	Chet Walker	32	79	79	31.1	7.6	15.8	.478				7.6	15.8	.478	.478	4.8	5.7	.832			5.0	2.3				2.1	19.9
5	Clifford Ray	24	73	50	27.5	3.5	7.1	.492				3.5	7.1	.492	.492	1.6	2.6	.619			10.9	3.7				3.2	8.6
6	Bob Weiss	30	82	19	25.4	3.4	8.0	.426				3.4	8.0	.426	.426	1.9	2.3	.841			1.8	3.6				1.8	8.7
7	Tom Boerwinkle	27	8	0	22.0	1.1	3.0	.375				1.1	3.0	.375	.375	1.5	2.5	.600			6.8	5.0				2.8	3.8
8	Dennis Awtrey	24	79	32	20.9	1.8	3.8	.480				1.8	3.8	.480	.480	1.1	1.9	.570			5.5	2.8				2.9	4.7
9	Gar Heard	24	78	9	19.7	4.4	10.4	.425				4.4	10.4	.425	.425	1.5	2.3	.650			5.7	0.7				2.1	10.3
10	Jim King	31	65	1	12.1	1.8	4.0	.441				1.8	4.0	.441	.441	0.7	0.8	.846			1.2	1.2				1.2	4.2
11	Kenny McIntosh	24	3	0	11.0	2.7	4.3	.615				2.7	4.3	.615	.615	0.0	0.7	.000			3.0	0.3				1.3	5.3
12	Howard Porter	24	43	0	9.5	2.3	5.0	.452				2.3	5.0	.452	.452	0.5	0.7	.759			2.7	0.4				1.2	5.1
13	Rowland Garrett	22	35	0	6.0	1.5	3.4	.441				1.5	3.4	.441	.441	0.6	0.9	.677			1.7	0.2				0.8	3.6
14	Frank Russell	23	23	0	5.7	1.3	3.3	.377				1.3	3.3	.377	.377	0.7	0.8	.889			0.7	0.7				0.5	3.2

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Love	30	7		44.9	9.7	21.1	.459				9.7	21.1	.459	.459	4.3	5.9	.732			9.6	3.3				2.9	23.7
2	Jerry Sloan	30	7		41.7	6.4	14.7	.437				6.4	14.7	.437	.437	2.0	2.7	.737			8.4	2.0				4.4	14.9
3	Dennis Awtrey	24	7		38.3	3.7	6.9	.542				3.7	6.9	.542	.542	1.6	3.1	.500			11.0	4.4				3.7	9.0
4	Norm Van Lier	25	7		36.9	6.4	18.4	.349				6.4	18.4	.349	.349	1.6	2.1	.733			5.3	5.1				4.6	14.4
5	Chet Walker	32	7		32.7	6.0	17.3	.347				6.0	17.3	.347	.347	4.7	5.3	.892			8.9	2.0				2.1	16.7
6	Bob Weiss	30	7		25.0	4.9	11.3	.430				4.9	11.3	.430	.430	2.3	3.0	.762			2.3	2.1				2.9	12.0
7	Howard Porter	24	6		13.2	2.0	5.7	.353				2.0	5.7	.353	.353	0.5	0.7	.750			3.0	0.3				0.8	4.5
8	Tom Boerwinkle	27	4		7.5	1.0	1.5	.667				1.0	1.5	.667	.667	0.3	0.3	1.000			2.3	2.8				1.8	2.3
9	Clifford Ray	24	5		7.2	0.6	1.6	.375				0.6	1.6	.375	.375	0.0	0.0				1.8	0.2				0.4	1.2
10	Gar Heard	24	2		4.5	1.0	2.0	.500				1.0	2.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0				1.5	0.0				2.0	2.0
11	Jim King	31	4		3.5	0.5	1.5	.333				0.5	1.5	.333	.333	0.3	0.5	.500			0.3	0.5				0.8	1.3
12	Rowland Garrett	22	1		1.0	0.0	0.0					0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Love	30	82	75	3033	774	1794	.431				774	1794	.431	.431	347	421	.824			532	119				240	1895
2	Norm Van Lier	25	80	79	2882	474	1064	.445				474	1064	.445	.445	166	211	.787			438	567				269	1114
3	Chet Walker	32	79	79	2455	597	1248	.478				597	1248	.478	.478	376	452	.832			395	179				166	1570
4	Jerry Sloan	30	69	66	2412	301	733	.411				301	733	.411	.411	94	133	.707			475	151				235	696
5	Bob Weiss	30	82	19	2086	279	655	.426				279	655	.426	.426	159	189	.841			148	295				151	717
6	Clifford Ray	24	73	50	2009	254	516	.492				254	516	.492	.492	117	189	.619			797	271				232	625
7	Dennis Awtrey	24	79	32	1650	143	298	.480				143	298	.480	.480	85	149	.570			433	222				226	371
8	Gar Heard	24	78	9	1535	346	815	.425				346	815	.425	.425	115	177	.650			447	58				167	807
9	Jim King	31	65	1	785	116	263	.441				116	263	.441	.441	44	52	.846			76	81				76	276
10	Howard Porter	24	43	0	407	98	217	.452				98	217	.452	.452	22	29	.759			118	16				52	218
11	Rowland Garrett	22	35	0	211	52	118	.441				52	118	.441	.441	21	31	.677			61	8				29	125
12	Tom Boerwinkle	27	8	0	176	9	24	.375				9	24	.375	.375	12	20	.600			54	40				22	30
13	Frank Russell	23	23	0	131	29	77	.377				29	77	.377	.377	16	18	.889			17	15				12	74
14	Kenny McIntosh	24	3	0	33	8	13	.615				8	13	.615	.615	0	2	.000			9	1				4	16
			82		19805	3480	7835	.444				3480	7835	.444	.444	1574	2073	.759			4000	2023			1357	1881	8534

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Love	30	7		314	68	148	.459				68	148	.459	.459	30	41	.732			67	23				20	166
2	Jerry Sloan	30	7		292	45	103	.437				45	103	.437	.437	14	19	.737			59	14				31	104
3	Dennis Awtrey	24	7		268	26	48	.542				26	48	.542	.542	11	22	.500			77	31				26	63
4	Norm Van Lier	25	7		258	45	129	.349				45	129	.349	.349	11	15	.733			37	36				32	101
5	Chet Walker	32	7		229	42	121	.347				42	121	.347	.347	33	37	.892			62	14				15	117
6	Bob Weiss	30	7		175	34	79	.430				34	79	.430	.430	16	21	.762			16	15				20	84
7	Howard Porter	24	6		79	12	34	.353				12	34	.353	.353	3	4	.750			18	2				5	27
8	Clifford Ray	24	5		36	3	8	.375				3	8	.375	.375	0	0				9	1				2	6
9	Tom Boerwinkle	27	4		30	4	6	.667				4	6	.667	.667	1	1	1.000			9	11				7	9
10	Jim King	31	4		14	2	6	.333				2	6	.333	.333	1	2	.500			1	2				3	5
11	Gar Heard	24	2		9	2	4	.500				2	4	.500	.500	0	0				3	0				4	4
12	Rowland Garrett	22	1		1	0	0					0	0			0	0				0	0				0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Bob Love	30	82	3033	16.4	.479		.235			8.8	6.3						2.1	4.2	6.3	.100
2	Norm Van Lier	25	80	2882	15.7	.481		.198			7.6	27.6						2.0	5.7	7.7	.129
3	Chet Walker	32	79	2455	20.3	.543		.362			8.1	11.5						7.2	3.6	10.9	.213
4	Jerry Sloan	30	69	2412	9.3	.440		.181			9.9	8.3						-0.9	3.9	2.9	.058
5	Bob Weiss	30	82	2086	12.0	.486		.289			3.6	19.0						1.4	2.9	4.3	.099
6	Clifford Ray	24	73	2009	17.4	.522		.366			19.9	17.9						2.5	5.6	8.1	.194
7	Dennis Awtrey	24	79	1650	12.2	.510		.500			13.1	17.0						1.3	3.6	5.0	.145
8	Gar Heard	24	78	1535	14.9	.452		.217			14.6	5.8						-0.5	2.9	2.4	.075
9	Jim King	31	65	785	10.9	.483		.198			4.8	14.1						0.4	1.0	1.5	.091
10	Howard Porter	24	43	407	15.7	.474		.134			14.5	6.2						0.2	0.8	1.0	.112
11	Rowland Garrett	22	35	211	16.7	.475		.263			14.5	6.0						0.1	0.4	0.5	.115
12	Tom Boerwinkle	27	8	176	14.3	.457		.833			15.4	27.5						0.0	0.5	0.5	.146
13	Frank Russell	23	23	131	14.5	.436		.234			6.5	17.4						-0.1	0.2	0.1	.030
14	Kenny McIntosh	24	3	33	16.9	.576		.154			13.6	4.8						0.1	0.1	0.2	.225

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Bob Love	30	7	314	18.3	.500		.277			9.6	11.9						0.5	0.5	1.0	.157
2	Jerry Sloan	30	7	292	11.7	.467		.184			9.1	7.1						0.1	0.4	0.5	.090
3	Dennis Awtrey	24	7	268	14.3	.546		.458			12.9	15.8						0.4	0.6	1.0	.174
4	Norm Van Lier	25	7	258	10.3	.372		.116			6.4	21.3						-0.7	0.5	-0.2	-0.037
5	Chet Walker	32	7	229	15.7	.426		.306			12.2	9.5						-0.2	0.4	0.2	.043
6	Bob Weiss	30	7	175	13.5	.476		.266			4.1	13.5						0.1	0.2	0.4	.097
7	Howard Porter	24	6	79	8.8	.378		.118			10.2	3.7						-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.031
8	Clifford Ray	24	5	36	7.2	.375		.000			11.2	3.7						0.0	0.1	0.0	.026
9	Tom Boerwinkle	27	4	30	24.4	.699		.167			13.5	52.6						0.1	0.1	0.2	.354
10	Jim King	31	4	14	6.7	.363		.333			3.2	20.8						0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.055
11	Gar Heard	24	2	9	10.6	.500		.000			15.0	0.0						0.0	0.0	0.0	.146
12	Rowland Garrett	22	1	1	0.0						0.0	0.0						0.0	0.0	0.0	.021

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