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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)

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%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS/G
1	Norm Van Lier	29	82		37.8	3.7	8.9	.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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	0.0		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	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.8

Totals

Per 36 Minutes

Per 100 Poss

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%		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

Adjusted Shooting

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS/G
1	Norm Van Lier	29	3		44.7	1.0	6.3	.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	6.0	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	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	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	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	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	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	0.0	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	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	0.7	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	2.0	0.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%		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		-2.7	1.5	-1.2	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		2.3	-0.2	2.2	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		2.9	-1.1	1.8	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		-1.2	1.2	0.1	0.1
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		0.4	-1.9	-1.6	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		3.6	1.1	4.6	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		-2.1	-1.9	-4.1	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		1.6	4.7	6.3	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		-0.9	-0.3	-1.2	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		-16.4	-8.2	-24.7	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		-29.8	-1.7	-31.5	0.0

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