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1976-77 Chicago Bulls Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Ed Badger (44-38)

Executive: Jon Kovler

PTS/G: 98.9 (21st of 22) Opp PTS/G: 98.0 (1st of 22)

SRS: 0.92 (9th of 22) Pace: 100.0 (22nd of 22)

Off Rtg: 98.3 (15th of 22) Def Rtg: 97.4 (2nd of 22) Net Rtg: +0.9 (9th of 22)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (9th of 22)

Arena: Chicago Stadium

NBA 1977 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Portland Trail Blazers (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
18	Tom Boerwinkle	C	7-0	265	August 23, 1945	us	8	Tennessee
41	Eric Fernsten	C	6-10	205	November 1, 1953	us	1	San Francisco
53	Artis Gilmore	C	7-2	240	September 21, 1949	us	5	Gardner-Webb University, Jacksonville University
33	Phil Hicks	SF	6-7	205	January 31, 1953	us	R	Tulane
12	Wilbur Holland	SG	6-0	175	November 8, 1951	us	1	New Orleans
8	Mickey Johnson	PF	6-10	190	August 31, 1952	us	2	Aurora University
44	Tom Kropp	SG	6-3	205	February 12, 1953	us	1	University of Nebraska at Kearney
31	John Laskowski	SG	6-6	185	June 7, 1953	us	1	Indiana
10	Bob Love	SF	6-8	215	December 8, 1942	us	10	Southern University and A&M College
24	Jack Marin	SF	6-7	200	October 12, 1944	us	10	Duke
17	Scott May	SF	6-7	215	March 19, 1954	us	R	Indiana
7	Paul McCracken	SG	6-4	180	September 11, 1950	us	2	Cal State Northridge
15	John Mengelt	SG	6-2	195	October 16, 1949	us	5	Auburn
42	Cliff Pondexter	PF	6-9	233	September 15, 1954	us	1	Cal State Long Beach
11	Willie Smith	PG	6-2	170	October 26, 1953	us	R	Missouri
30	Keith Starr	SG	6-6	190	March 14, 1954	us	R	Pitt
2	Norm Van Lier	PG	6-1	173	April 1, 1947	us	7	Saint Francis University

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		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/G
1	Norm Van Lier	29	82		37.8	3.7	8.9	.412				3.7	8.9	.412	.412	2.9	3.7	.778	1.3	3.2	4.5	7.8	1.6	0.2		3.3	10.2
2	Bob Love	34	14		35.4	4.9	14.4	.338				4.9	14.4	.338	.338	2.5	3.3	.761	2.7	2.5	5.2	1.6	0.6	0.1		3.4	12.2
3	Artis Gilmore	27	82		35.1	7.0	13.3	.522				7.0	13.3	.522	.522	4.7	7.1	.660	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5		3.2	18.6
4	Mickey Johnson	24	81		35.1	6.6	14.9	.446				6.6	14.9	.446	.446	4.0	5.0	.796	3.7	6.6	10.2	2.4	1.3	0.8		3.9	17.3
5	Scott May	22	72		32.9	6.0	13.3	.451				6.0	13.3	.451	.451	2.6	3.2	.828	2.0	4.1	6.1	2.0	1.1	0.2		2.6	14.6
6	Wilbur Holland	25	79		31.1	6.4	14.2	.454				6.4	14.2	.454	.454	2.0	2.4	.823	1.0	2.2	3.2	3.2	2.1	0.2		2.5	14.9
7	John Mengelt	27	61		19.3	3.4	7.5	.456				3.4	7.5	.456	.456	1.5	1.9	.788	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1		1.7	8.3
8	Jack Marin	32	54		16.1	3.1	6.6	.465				3.1	6.6	.465	.465	0.6	0.7	.795	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.1		1.6	6.8
9	Paul McCracken	26	9		13.2	2.0	5.2	.383				2.0	5.2	.383	.383	1.2	2.0	.611	0.7	1.1	1.8	1.6	0.7	0.0		1.9	5.2
10	Tom Boerwinkle	31	82		13.0	1.6	3.3	.491				1.6	3.3	.491	.491	0.4	0.8	.540	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.3	0.2	0.2		1.8	3.7
11	Cliff Pondexter	22	78		12.8	1.4	3.3	.416				1.4	3.3	.416	.416	0.5	0.8	.646	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.4	0.1		1.1	3.3
12	Eric Fernsten	23	5		12.2	0.6	3.0	.200				0.6	3.0	.200	.200	1.6	2.2	.727	1.8	1.4	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.6		1.8	2.8
13	John Laskowski	23	47		12.0	1.6	4.5	.354				1.6	4.5	.354	.354	0.6	0.6	.900	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.9	0.7	0.0		0.5	3.8
14	Tom Kropp	23	53		9.1	1.4	2.9	.480				1.4	2.9	.480	.480	0.5	0.8	.683	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0		1.5	3.3
15	Phil Hicks	24	35		7.3	1.2	2.5	.471				1.2	2.5	.471	.471	0.3	0.4	.846	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.0		1.0	2.7
16	Willie Smith	23	2		5.5	0.0	0.5	.000				0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0
17	Keith Starr	22	17		3.8	0.4	1.4	.250				0.4	1.4	.250	.250	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0		0.6	0.8

Per Game Table
Rk		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/G
1	Norm Van Lier	29	3		44.7	1.0	6.3	.158				1.0	6.3	.158	.158	3.3	4.0	.833	1.7	3.3	5.0	9.7	3.3	0.3		4.7	5.3
2	Artis Gilmore	27	3		42.0	6.3	13.3	.475				6.3	13.3	.475	.475	6.0	7.7	.783	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7		3.0	18.7
3	Mickey Johnson	24	3		41.3	11.3	24.0	.472				11.3	24.0	.472	.472	4.7	5.3	.875	4.7	8.3	13.0	2.3	1.7	0.7		4.3	27.3
4	Scott May	22	3		32.3	3.3	8.7	.385				3.3	8.7	.385	.385	4.0	5.0	.800	2.0	2.7	4.7	1.0	2.7	0.7		3.3	10.7
5	Wilbur Holland	25	3		28.0	5.7	11.3	.500				5.7	11.3	.500	.500	3.3	3.3	1.000	1.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	0.0		2.7	14.7
6	John Mengelt	27	3		22.3	4.7	8.7	.538				4.7	8.7	.538	.538	3.3	3.7	.909	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0		1.0	12.7
7	Jack Marin	32	3		17.7	2.7	4.3	.615				2.7	4.3	.615	.615	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	5.3
8	Tom Boerwinkle	31	3		5.7	0.3	1.7	.200				0.3	1.7	.200	.200	0.0	0.0		0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	0.0	0.3		0.3	0.7
9	Phil Hicks	24	1		4.0	0.0	2.0	.000				0.0	2.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0
10	Cliff Pondexter	22	3		4.0	0.0	0.3	.000				0.0	0.3	.000	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.7
11	Tom Kropp	23	1		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		2.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		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	Norm Van Lier	29	82		3097	300	729	.412				300	729	.412	.412	238	306	.778	108	262	370	636	129	16		268	838
2	Artis Gilmore	27	82		2877	570	1091	.522				570	1091	.522	.522	387	586	.660	313	757	1070	199	44	203		266	1527
3	Mickey Johnson	24	81		2847	538	1205	.446				538	1205	.446	.446	324	407	.796	297	531	828	195	103	64		315	1400
4	Wilbur Holland	25	79		2453	509	1120	.454				509	1120	.454	.454	158	192	.823	78	175	253	253	169	16		201	1176
5	Scott May	22	72		2369	431	955	.451				431	955	.451	.451	188	227	.828	141	296	437	145	78	17		185	1050
6	John Mengelt	27	61		1178	209	458	.456				209	458	.456	.456	89	113	.788	29	81	110	114	37	4		102	507
7	Tom Boerwinkle	31	82		1070	134	273	.491				134	273	.491	.491	34	63	.540	101	211	312	189	19	19		147	302
8	Cliff Pondexter	22	78		996	107	257	.416				107	257	.416	.416	42	65	.646	77	159	236	41	34	11		82	256
9	Jack Marin	32	54		869	167	359	.465				167	359	.465	.465	31	39	.795	27	64	91	62	13	6		85	365
10	John Laskowski	23	47		562	75	212	.354				75	212	.354	.354	27	30	.900	16	47	63	44	32	2		22	177
11	Bob Love	34	14		496	68	201	.338				68	201	.338	.338	35	46	.761	38	35	73	23	8	2		47	171
12	Tom Kropp	23	53		480	73	152	.480				73	152	.480	.480	28	41	.683	21	26	47	39	18	1		77	174
13	Phil Hicks	24	35		255	41	87	.471				41	87	.471	.471	11	13	.846	25	40	65	23	7	0		36	93
14	Paul McCracken	26	9		119	18	47	.383				18	47	.383	.383	11	18	.611	6	10	16	14	6	0		17	47
15	Keith Starr	22	17		65	6	24	.250				6	24	.250	.250	2	2	1.000	6	4	10	6	1	0		11	14
16	Eric Fernsten	23	5		61	3	15	.200				3	15	.200	.200	8	11	.727	9	7	16	6	1	3		9	14
17	Willie Smith	23	2		11	0	1	.000				0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0
			82		19805	3249	7186	.452				3249	7186	.452	.452	1613	2159	.747	1292	2705	3997	1989	699	364	1552	1871	8111

Totals Table
Rk		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	Norm Van Lier	29	3		134	3	19	.158				3	19	.158	.158	10	12	.833	5	10	15	29	10	1		14	16
2	Artis Gilmore	27	3		126	19	40	.475				19	40	.475	.475	18	23	.783	15	24	39	6	3	8		9	56
3	Mickey Johnson	24	3		124	34	72	.472				34	72	.472	.472	14	16	.875	14	25	39	7	5	2		13	82
4	Scott May	22	3		97	10	26	.385				10	26	.385	.385	12	15	.800	6	8	14	3	8	2		10	32
5	Wilbur Holland	25	3		84	17	34	.500				17	34	.500	.500	10	10	1.000	5	4	9	3	1	0		8	44
6	John Mengelt	27	3		67	14	26	.538				14	26	.538	.538	10	11	.909	0	4	4	8	4	0		3	38
7	Jack Marin	32	3		53	8	13	.615				8	13	.615	.615	0	1	.000	0	1	1	2	0	0		6	16
8	Tom Boerwinkle	31	3		17	1	5	.200				1	5	.200	.200	0	0		2	8	10	7	0	1		1	2
9	Cliff Pondexter	22	3		12	0	1	.000				0	1	.000	.000	2	2	1.000	0	3	3	1	0	0		0	2
10	Phil Hicks	24	1		4	0	2	.000				0	2	.000	.000	0	0		1	2	3	0	0	0		1	0
11	Tom Kropp	23	1		2	0	0					0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		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	Norm Van Lier	29	82	3097	13.4	.485		.420	3.6	8.9	6.2	28.4	2.0	0.3				1.9	3.6	5.5	.085		-1.0	0.5	-0.5	1.1
2	Artis Gilmore	27	82	2877	21.6	.566		.537	11.2	27.7	19.4	11.1	0.7	3.9				6.7	5.5	12.2	.203		2.9	1.3	4.2	4.5
3	Mickey Johnson	24	81	2847	17.6	.506		.338	10.7	19.6	15.1	10.8	1.7	1.3				3.9	4.5	8.5	.143		0.7	0.2	0.8	2.0
4	Wilbur Holland	25	79	2453	15.6	.488		.171	3.3	7.5	5.4	16.8	3.3	0.4				2.4	3.6	5.9	.116		-0.3	1.6	1.3	2.0
5	Scott May	22	72	2369	14.1	.498		.238	6.1	13.2	9.6	9.6	1.6	0.4				2.6	2.9	5.4	.110		0.0	-0.3	-0.3	1.0
6	John Mengelt	27	61	1178	12.9	.499		.247	2.5	7.2	4.9	15.1	1.5	0.2				1.1	1.1	2.3	.092		-1.1	-0.3	-1.4	0.2
7	Tom Boerwinkle	31	82	1070	14.7	.502		.231	9.7	20.8	15.2	25.4	0.9	1.0				0.8	1.5	2.3	.102		-0.1	1.5	1.4	0.9
8	Cliff Pondexter	22	78	996	10.0	.448		.253	8.0	16.8	12.3	5.8	1.6	0.6				0.1	1.4	1.5	.071		-1.9	0.3	-1.6	0.1
9	Jack Marin	32	54	869	11.1	.485		.109	3.2	7.8	5.4	11.4	0.7	0.4				0.6	0.7	1.3	.073		-1.5	-1.0	-2.5	-0.1
10	John Laskowski	23	47	562	9.8	.393		.142	2.9	8.8	5.8	11.4	2.7	0.2				-0.4	0.7	0.4	.030		-3.0	0.9	-2.1	0.0
11	Bob Love	34	14	496	7.8	.386		.229	7.9	7.4	7.7	6.8	0.8	0.2				-0.4	0.4	0.0	-0.003		-3.7	-2.3	-6.0	-0.5
12	Tom Kropp	23	53	480	10.8	.512		.270	4.5	5.7	5.1	12.2	1.8	0.1				0.2	0.5	0.7	.072		-3.2	0.2	-3.0	-0.1
13	Phil Hicks	24	35	255	13.5	.502		.149	10.1	16.5	13.3	13.7	1.3	0.0				0.2	0.3	0.5	.102		-1.5	0.0	-1.6	0.1
14	Paul McCracken	26	9	119	11.6	.428		.383	5.2	8.9	7.0	17.6	2.4	0.0				-0.1	0.1	0.0	.019		-3.5	0.1	-3.4	-0.1
15	Keith Starr	22	17	65	3.7	.281		.083	9.5	6.5	8.0	12.7	0.7	0.0				-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.111		-5.3	-0.8	-6.1	-0.1
16	Eric Fernsten	23	5	61	10.0	.353		.733	15.2	12.1	13.7	12.8	0.8	2.7				-0.1	0.1	0.0	.004		-3.8	0.0	-3.9	0.0
17	Willie Smith	23	2	11	-3.8	.000		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.067		-4.7	-0.1	-4.9	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk		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	Norm Van Lier	29	3	134	10.1	.329		.632	4.2	9.8	6.8	30.3	3.5	0.4				-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.036		-2.9	1.5	-1.3	0.0
2	Artis Gilmore	27	3	126	18.3	.559		.575	13.4	24.9	18.7	8.1	1.1	3.7				0.2	0.2	0.3	.129		2.2	-0.2	2.0	0.1
3	Mickey Johnson	24	3	124	21.0	.519		.222	12.7	26.4	19.0	12.2	1.9	0.9				0.1	0.2	0.3	.113		2.8	-1.1	1.6	0.1
4	Scott May	22	3	97	12.1	.491		.577	7.0	10.8	8.7	4.9	3.9	1.2				0.0	0.2	0.1	.057		-1.3	1.2	-0.1	0.0
5	Wilbur Holland	25	3	84	14.3	.573		.294	6.7	6.2	6.5	6.7	0.6	0.0				0.2	0.0	0.2	.108		0.2	-2.0	-1.8	0.0
6	John Mengelt	27	3	67	19.5	.616		.423	0.0	7.8	3.6	22.7	2.8	0.0				0.2	0.1	0.2	.178		3.4	1.0	4.4	0.1
7	Jack Marin	32	3	53	6.7	.595		.077	0.0	2.5	1.1	6.4	0.0	0.0				0.1	0.0	0.1	.061		-2.3	-1.9	-4.2	0.0
8	Tom Boerwinkle	31	3	17	18.1	.200		.000	13.2	61.6	35.6	60.8	0.0	3.4				-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.165		1.5	4.6	6.1	0.0
9	Cliff Pondexter	22	3	12	9.0	.532		2.000	0.0	32.7	15.1	11.3	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.025		-1.0	-0.4	-1.4	0.0
10	Phil Hicks	24	1	4	-3.9	.000		.000	28.1	65.5	45.4	0.0	0.0	0.0				-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.589		-15.9	-8.3	-24.1	0.0
11	Tom Kropp	23	1	2	-13.2				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.643		-30.0	-1.8	-31.8	0.0

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