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1974-75 Chicago Bulls Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 47-35, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Dick Motta (47-35)

Executive: Dick Motta

PTS/G: 98.1 (18th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 95.0 (1st of 18)

SRS: 2.88 (3rd of 18) Pace: 99.7 (18th of 18)

Off Rtg: 97.4 (11th of 18) Def Rtg: 94.4 (2nd of 18) Net Rtg: +3.1 (3rd of 18)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (3rd of 18)

Arena: Chicago Stadium

NBA 1975 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Kansas City-Omaha Kings (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (3-4) versus Golden State Warriors (Series Stats)

Midwest Div Champs

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
12	Rick Adelman	PG	6-1	175	June 16, 1946	us	6	Loyola Marymount
5	Leon Benbow	SG	6-4	185	July 23, 1950	us	R	Jacksonville University
35	John Block	PF	6-9	207	April 16, 1944	us	8	USC
18	Tom Boerwinkle	C	7-0	265	August 23, 1945	us	6	Tennessee
23	Rowland Garrett	SF	6-6	210	July 16, 1950	us	2	Florida State
14	Matt Guokas	SG	6-5	175	February 25, 1944	us	8	Saint Joseph's
31	Bill Hewitt	PF	6-7	210	August 8, 1944	us	5	USC
8	Mickey Johnson	PF	6-10	190	August 31, 1952	us	R	Aurora University
10	Bob Love	PF	6-8	215	December 8, 1942	us	8	Southern University and A&M College
4	Jerry Sloan	SG	6-5	195	March 28, 1942	us	9	University of Evansville
42	Nate Thurmond	C	6-11	225	July 25, 1941	us	11	Bowling Green
2	Norm Van Lier	PG	6-1	173	April 1, 1947	us	5	Saint Francis University
25	Chet Walker	SF	6-6	212	February 22, 1940	us	12	Bradley
34	Bobby Wilson	SG	6-3	175	January 15, 1951	us	R	Wichita 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	32	61		39.4	8.8	20.6	.429				8.8	20.6	.429	.429	4.3	5.2	.830	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.7	1.0	0.2		3.4	22.0
2	Norm Van Lier	27	70		37.0	5.8	13.9	.420				5.8	13.9	.420	.420	3.4	4.3	.792	1.2	3.5	4.7	5.8	2.0	0.2		3.5	15.0
3	Nate Thurmond	33	80		34.5	3.1	8.6	.364				3.1	8.6	.364	.364	1.7	2.8	.589	3.2	8.1	11.3	4.1	0.6	2.4		3.4	7.9
4	Jerry Sloan	32	78		33.0	4.9	11.1	.439				4.9	11.1	.439	.439	2.5	3.3	.748	2.3	4.6	6.9	2.1	2.2	0.2		3.4	12.2
5	Chet Walker	34	76		32.3	6.9	14.2	.487				6.9	14.2	.487	.487	5.4	6.3	.860	1.5	4.2	5.7	2.2	0.6	0.1		2.4	19.2
6	Rick Adelman	28	12		28.3	3.6	8.7	.413				3.6	8.7	.413	.413	2.3	3.3	.718	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.9	1.3	0.1		2.6	9.5
7	Bill Hewitt	30	18		25.9	3.1	7.2	.434				3.1	7.2	.434	.434	0.8	1.3	.609	1.7	4.8	6.4	1.3	0.5	0.6		2.6	7.0
8	Matt Guokas	30	82		25.5	3.1	6.1	.510				3.1	6.1	.510	.510	1.0	1.3	.757	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.2	0.5	0.2		1.9	7.2
9	John Block	30	50		17.6	3.0	6.3	.473				3.0	6.3	.473	.473	2.1	2.7	.784	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.9	0.8	0.6		2.2	8.1
10	Rowland Garrett	24	70		16.9	3.3	6.8	.481				3.3	6.8	.481	.481	1.1	1.4	.794	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.6	0.3	0.2		1.8	7.6
11	Tom Boerwinkle	29	80		14.7	1.7	3.4	.487				1.7	3.4	.487	.487	0.9	1.2	.768	1.3	3.4	4.8	3.4	0.3	0.6		2.0	4.2
12	Bobby Wilson	24	48		8.9	2.4	4.7	.511				2.4	4.7	.511	.511	1.0	1.2	.793	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.0		1.1	5.8
13	Mickey Johnson	22	38		7.7	1.4	3.1	.449				1.4	3.1	.449	.449	1.0	1.5	.638	0.8	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3		1.5	3.8
14	Leon Benbow	24	39		6.5	0.9	2.4	.372				0.9	2.4	.372	.372	0.4	0.5	.833	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.2		1.1	2.2

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	32	13		44.8	10.6	24.3	.437				10.6	24.3	.437	.437	4.6	5.9	.779	2.4	5.2	7.5	1.5	0.8	0.4		3.2	25.8
2	Norm Van Lier	27	13		42.1	5.2	12.6	.409				5.2	12.6	.409	.409	4.8	6.4	.747	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.7	1.5	0.4		4.0	15.1
3	Jerry Sloan	32	13		36.2	5.8	12.5	.460				5.8	12.5	.460	.460	1.5	2.8	.556	1.8	5.5	7.4	2.0	1.5	0.0		3.5	13.1
4	Chet Walker	34	13		33.2	6.2	12.6	.494				6.2	12.6	.494	.494	5.1	5.8	.880	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.1		2.5	17.5
5	Tom Boerwinkle	29	13		29.0	3.3	7.5	.439				3.3	7.5	.439	.439	1.5	1.9	.800	4.3	8.4	12.7	4.2	0.3	0.8		3.7	8.2
6	Nate Thurmond	33	13		19.5	1.1	2.9	.368				1.1	2.9	.368	.368	1.4	2.8	.486	1.8	4.8	6.7	2.4	0.4	1.6		2.8	3.5
7	Matt Guokas	30	13		15.5	0.9	2.7	.343				0.9	2.7	.343	.343	0.5	0.6	.875	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.1		1.5	2.4
8	Rowland Garrett	24	12		11.9	1.8	4.7	.375				1.8	4.7	.375	.375	0.2	0.3	.500	0.7	1.8	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.3		2.3	3.7
9	Bobby Wilson	24	10		9.3	1.7	4.1	.415				1.7	4.1	.415	.415	1.0	1.2	.833	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.0		1.0	4.4
10	John Block	30	4		8.5	1.5	3.8	.400				1.5	3.8	.400	.400	0.3	0.8	.333	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	0.0		1.3	3.3
11	Leon Benbow	24	2		2.5	1.0	2.0	.500				1.0	2.0	.500	.500	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.5
12	Mickey Johnson	22	3		1.7	0.3	1.0	.333				0.3	1.0	.333	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3		0.7	0.7

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	Nate Thurmond	33	80		2756	250	686	.364				250	686	.364	.364	132	224	.589	259	645	904	328	46	195		271	632
2	Norm Van Lier	27	70		2590	407	970	.420				407	970	.420	.420	236	298	.792	86	242	328	403	139	14		246	1050
3	Jerry Sloan	32	78		2577	380	865	.439				380	865	.439	.439	193	258	.748	177	361	538	161	171	17		265	953
4	Chet Walker	34	76		2452	524	1076	.487				524	1076	.487	.487	413	480	.860	114	318	432	169	49	6		181	1461
5	Bob Love	32	61		2401	539	1256	.429				539	1256	.429	.429	264	318	.830	99	286	385	102	63	12		209	1342
6	Matt Guokas	30	82		2089	255	500	.510				255	500	.510	.510	78	103	.757	24	115	139	178	45	17		154	588
7	Rowland Garrett	24	70		1183	228	474	.481				228	474	.481	.481	77	97	.794	80	167	247	43	24	13		124	533
8	Tom Boerwinkle	29	80		1175	132	271	.487				132	271	.487	.487	73	95	.768	105	275	380	272	25	45		163	337
9	John Block	30	50		882	150	317	.473				150	317	.473	.473	105	134	.784	63	151	214	44	38	31		110	405
10	Bill Hewitt	30	18		467	56	129	.434				56	129	.434	.434	14	23	.609	30	86	116	24	9	10		46	126
11	Bobby Wilson	24	48		425	115	225	.511				115	225	.511	.511	46	58	.793	18	34	52	36	22	1		54	276
12	Rick Adelman	28	12		340	43	104	.413				43	104	.413	.413	28	39	.718	6	20	26	35	16	1		31	114
13	Mickey Johnson	22	38		291	53	118	.449				53	118	.449	.449	37	58	.638	32	62	94	20	10	11		57	143
14	Leon Benbow	24	39		252	35	94	.372				35	94	.372	.372	15	18	.833	14	24	38	25	11	6		41	85
			82		19880	3167	7085	.447				3167	7085	.447	.447	1711	2203	.777	1107	2786	3893	1840	668	379	1482	1952	8045

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	32	13		583	138	316	.437				138	316	.437	.437	60	77	.779	31	67	98	19	10	5		41	336
2	Norm Van Lier	27	13		547	67	164	.409				67	164	.409	.409	62	83	.747	18	49	67	61	20	5		52	196
3	Jerry Sloan	32	13		470	75	163	.460				75	163	.460	.460	20	36	.556	24	72	96	26	20	0		46	170
4	Chet Walker	34	13		432	81	164	.494				81	164	.494	.494	66	75	.880	10	50	60	24	13	1		32	228
5	Tom Boerwinkle	29	13		377	43	98	.439				43	98	.439	.439	20	25	.800	56	109	165	55	4	10		48	106
6	Nate Thurmond	33	13		254	14	38	.368				14	38	.368	.368	18	37	.486	24	63	87	31	5	21		36	46
7	Matt Guokas	30	13		202	12	35	.343				12	35	.343	.343	7	8	.875	4	10	14	11	7	1		20	31
8	Rowland Garrett	24	12		143	21	56	.375				21	56	.375	.375	2	4	.500	8	21	29	3	4	4		27	44
9	Bobby Wilson	24	10		93	17	41	.415				17	41	.415	.415	10	12	.833	2	9	11	4	4	0		10	44
10	John Block	30	4		34	6	15	.400				6	15	.400	.400	1	3	.333	2	4	6	0	4	0		5	13
11	Leon Benbow	24	2		5	2	4	.500				2	4	.500	.500	1	2	.500	1	0	1	2	0	0		0	5
12	Mickey Johnson	22	3		5	1	3	.333				1	3	.333	.333	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1		2	2

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	Nate Thurmond	33	80	2756	13.4	.403		.327	10.0	24.5	17.3	16.9	0.8	4.0				-0.8	5.4	4.7	.081		-0.9	2.4	1.5	2.4
2	Norm Van Lier	27	70	2590	15.5	.477		.307	3.5	9.8	6.7	24.3	2.6	0.3				1.8	3.8	5.6	.104		-0.5	0.8	0.2	1.5
3	Jerry Sloan	32	78	2577	14.4	.487		.298	7.3	14.7	11.0	9.6	3.2	0.4				2.2	4.7	7.0	.130		-0.6	1.8	1.2	2.1
4	Chet Walker	34	76	2452	19.5	.568		.446	4.9	13.6	9.3	11.8	1.0	0.1				7.6	2.9	10.5	.205		3.2	-0.7	2.5	2.8
5	Bob Love	32	61	2401	15.0	.481		.253	4.4	12.5	8.4	7.4	1.3	0.3				2.2	2.9	5.2	.103		-0.2	-1.3	-1.5	0.3
6	Matt Guokas	30	82	2089	10.0	.539		.206	1.2	5.8	3.5	12.6	1.0	0.5				2.4	1.9	4.3	.099		-1.3	0.2	-1.2	0.4
7	Rowland Garrett	24	70	1183	14.2	.516		.205	7.2	14.8	11.0	6.0	1.0	0.6				1.6	1.5	3.1	.126		-0.1	-0.8	-0.9	0.3
8	Tom Boerwinkle	29	80	1175	18.6	.539		.351	9.5	24.5	17.0	33.8	1.0	2.2				1.6	2.2	3.8	.153		1.7	2.9	4.5	1.9
9	John Block	30	50	882	17.2	.539		.423	7.6	17.9	12.8	8.0	2.1	2.0				1.5	1.6	3.1	.170		0.5	1.2	1.7	0.8
10	Bill Hewitt	30	18	467	10.3	.453		.178	6.8	19.3	13.1	7.6	0.9	1.2				0.1	0.7	0.8	.081		-1.7	0.3	-1.4	0.1
11	Bobby Wilson	24	48	425	20.4	.551		.258	4.5	8.4	6.4	16.1	2.5	0.1				1.0	0.6	1.6	.181		2.1	0.7	2.8	0.5
12	Rick Adelman	28	12	340	11.3	.470		.375	1.9	6.2	4.0	15.4	2.3	0.2				0.1	0.4	0.5	.075		-2.4	0.6	-1.8	0.0
13	Mickey Johnson	22	38	291	17.6	.498		.492	11.6	22.3	17.0	11.2	1.7	2.1				0.1	0.6	0.7	.117		-2.0	0.5	-1.5	0.1
14	Leon Benbow	24	39	252	10.8	.417		.191	5.9	10.0	7.9	15.1	2.1	1.3				-0.2	0.4	0.2	.033		-3.5	0.6	-2.9	0.0

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	32	13	583	16.3	.480		.244	5.5	12.1	8.7	6.2	0.8	0.5				0.7	0.7	1.4	.118		2.3	-2.0	0.3	0.3
2	Norm Van Lier	27	13	547	13.6	.489		.506	3.4	9.4	6.4	17.5	1.8	0.5				0.4	0.7	1.1	.097		-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.2
3	Jerry Sloan	32	13	470	12.9	.475		.221	5.2	16.1	10.6	9.2	2.1	0.0				0.2	0.8	1.0	.102		-0.1	0.4	0.3	0.3
4	Chet Walker	34	13	432	18.2	.579		.457	2.4	12.2	7.2	9.7	1.5	0.1				1.3	0.6	1.8	.205		3.5	-0.2	3.4	0.6
5	Tom Boerwinkle	29	13	377	17.7	.486		.255	15.2	30.4	22.7	22.6	0.5	1.5				0.4	0.7	1.1	.144		2.5	0.7	3.2	0.5
6	Nate Thurmond	33	13	254	13.6	.424		.974	9.7	26.0	17.8	17.4	1.0	4.7				-0.1	0.6	0.4	.080		-0.9	3.1	2.2	0.3
7	Matt Guokas	30	13	202	5.3	.402		.229	2.0	5.2	3.6	7.8	1.7	0.3				-0.1	0.2	0.1	.033		-3.2	0.6	-2.6	0.0
8	Rowland Garrett	24	12	143	7.3	.381		.071	5.7	15.4	10.5	3.4	1.4	1.6				-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.011		-5.0	-0.6	-5.5	-0.1
9	Bobby Wilson	24	10	93	13.3	.475		.293	2.2	10.2	6.1	7.5	2.1	0.0				0.0	0.1	0.2	.081		-1.4	-0.1	-1.5	0.0
10	John Block	30	4	34	11.6	.398		.200	6.0	12.4	9.2	0.0	5.8	0.0				-0.1	0.1	0.0	.046		-2.9	1.2	-1.7	0.0
11	Leon Benbow	24	2	5	40.9	.512		.500	20.5	0.0	10.4	100.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.293		16.8	-0.9	15.9	0.0
12	Mickey Johnson	22	3	5	2.9	.333		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.4				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.293		-14.1	1.4	-12.8	0.0

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