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1996-97 Chicago Bulls Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 69-13, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Phil Jackson (69-13)

Executive: Jerry Krause

PTS/G: 103.1 (1st of 29) Opp PTS/G: 92.3 (6th of 29)

SRS: 10.70 (1st of 29) Pace: 90.0 (18th of 29)

Off Rtg: 114.4 (1st of 29) Def Rtg: 102.4 (4th of 29) Net Rtg: +12.0 (1st of 29)

Expected W-L: 68-14 (1st of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +100, Over-Under 64.5

Arena: United Center Attendance: 978,457 (2nd of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Miami Heat (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Utah Jazz (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Central Div Champs

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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	Birth	Exp	College
1	Randy Brown	PG	6-2	190	May 22, 1968	us US	5	Houston, New Mexico State
30	Jud Buechler	SF	6-6	220	June 19, 1968	us US	6	Arizona
35	Jason Caffey	PF	6-8	255	June 12, 1973	us US	1	Alabama
18	Bison Dele	C	6-9	235	April 6, 1969	us US	5	Maryland, Arizona
9	Ron Harper	PG	6-6	185	January 20, 1964	us US	10	Miami University
23	Michael Jordan	SG	6-6	198	February 17, 1963	us US	11	UNC
25	Steve Kerr	PG	6-3	175	September 27, 1965	lb LB	8	Arizona
7	Toni Kukoč	SF	6-10	192	September 18, 1968	hr HR	3
13	Luc Longley	C	7-2	265	January 19, 1969	au AU	5	New Mexico
00	Robert Parish	C	7-1	230	August 30, 1953	us US	20	Centenary (LA)
33	Scottie Pippen	SF	6-8	210	September 25, 1965	us US	9	University of Central Arkansas
91	Dennis Rodman	PF	6-7	210	May 13, 1961	us US	10	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
8	Dickey Simpkins	PF	6-9	248	April 6, 1972	us US	2	Providence
6	Matt Steigenga	SF	6-7	225	March 27, 1970	us US	R	Michigan State
34	Bill Wennington	C	7-0	245	April 26, 1963	ca CA	9	St. John's

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

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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	Michael Jordan	33	82	82	37.9	11.2	23.1	.486	1.4	3.6	.374	9.9	19.5	.507	.516	5.9	7.0	.833	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.9	29.6
2	Scottie Pippen	31	82	82	37.7	7.9	16.7	.474	1.9	5.2	.368	6.0	11.5	.522	.531	2.5	3.5	.701	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.6	20.2
3	Dennis Rodman	35	55	54	35.4	2.3	5.2	.448	0.1	0.3	.263	2.2	4.9	.461	.456	0.9	1.6	.568	5.8	10.2	16.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.1	5.7
4	Toni Kukoč	28	57	15	28.2	5.0	10.6	.471	0.9	2.6	.331	4.1	8.0	.518	.512	2.4	3.1	.770	1.6	2.9	4.6	4.5	1.1	0.5	1.6	1.7	13.2
5	Luc Longley	28	59	59	24.9	3.7	8.2	.456	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	8.2	.458	.456	1.6	2.0	.792	2.1	3.6	5.6	2.4	0.4	1.1	1.9	3.2	9.1
6	Ron Harper	33	76	74	22.9	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	1.4	2.9	.500	.520	0.8	1.1	.707	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	6.3
7	Steve Kerr	31	82	0	22.7	3.0	5.7	.533	1.3	2.9	.464	1.7	2.8	.604	.651	0.7	0.8	.806	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.2	8.1
8	Jason Caffey	23	75	19	18.7	2.7	5.1	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	5.1	.534	.532	1.9	2.8	.659	1.8	2.2	4.0	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.0	7.3
9	Bison Dele	27	9	0	15.3	2.9	7.0	.413	0.0	0.0		2.9	7.0	.413	.413	1.2	1.7	.733	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.2	2.2	7.0
10	Randy Brown	28	72	3	14.7	1.9	4.6	.420	0.1	0.3	.182	1.9	4.3	.437	.426	0.8	1.2	.679	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.8	1.1	0.2	0.8	1.6	4.7
11	Bill Wennington	33	61	19	12.8	1.9	3.9	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.9	.502	.498	0.7	0.9	.830	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.2	4.6
12	Robert Parish	43	43	3	9.4	1.6	3.3	.490	0.0	0.0		1.6	3.3	.490	.490	0.5	0.7	.677	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.9	3.7
13	Jud Buechler	28	76	0	9.3	0.8	2.1	.367	0.2	0.7	.333	0.5	1.4	.385	.424	0.1	0.2	.357	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.8
14	Dickey Simpkins	24	48	0	8.2	0.6	1.9	.333	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	1.9	.337	.339	0.6	0.8	.700	0.8	1.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9
15	Matt Steigenga	26	2	0	6.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500	.250	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.5

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	Michael Jordan	33	19	19	42.3	11.9	26.2	.456	0.7	3.5	.194	11.3	22.7	.497	.469	6.5	7.8	.831	2.2	5.7	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	31.1
2	Scottie Pippen	31	19	19	39.6	6.8	16.3	.417	2.1	5.9	.345	4.7	10.3	.459	.481	3.6	4.5	.791	1.9	4.9	6.8	3.8	1.5	0.9	2.9	2.6	19.2
3	Dennis Rodman	35	19	14	28.2	1.6	4.3	.370	0.2	0.8	.250	1.4	3.4	.400	.395	0.8	1.4	.577	3.1	5.3	8.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.5	3.9	4.2
4	Ron Harper	33	19	19	27.1	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.5	3.4	.453	.484	1.1	1.5	.750	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	7.5
5	Luc Longley	28	19	19	22.7	3.0	5.5	.548	0.0	0.0		3.0	5.5	.548	.548	0.5	1.4	.385	2.1	2.4	4.4	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.5	3.4	6.5
6	Toni Kukoč	28	19	0	22.3	2.4	6.6	.360	1.0	2.8	.358	1.4	3.8	.361	.436	2.2	3.1	.707	0.7	2.2	2.8	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.6	7.9
7	Steve Kerr	31	19	0	17.9	1.7	4.1	.429	0.8	2.2	.381	0.9	1.8	.486	.532	0.7	0.7	.929	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	5.0
8	Bison Dele	27	19	0	17.7	2.6	5.5	.481	0.0	0.0		2.6	5.5	.481	.481	0.8	1.6	.516	1.6	2.1	3.7	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.7	3.3	6.1
9	Jason Caffey	23	17	5	9.8	0.9	1.9	.455	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.9	.455	.455	0.6	0.8	.786	1.5	1.0	2.5	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.6	2.4
10	Robert Parish	43	2	0	9.0	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0		0.5	3.5	.143	.143	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.0
11	Jud Buechler	28	18	0	7.7	0.7	1.7	.419	0.2	0.7	.333	0.5	1.1	.474	.484	0.2	0.3	.600	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.8
12	Randy Brown	28	17	0	5.8	0.5	1.8	.300	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.8	.300	.300	0.2	0.3	.600	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.3	1.2

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	Michael Jordan	33	82	82	3106	920	1892	.486	111	297	.374	809	1595	.507	.516	480	576	.833	113	369	482	352	140	44	166	156	2431
2	Scottie Pippen	31	82	82	3095	648	1366	.474	156	424	.368	492	942	.522	.531	204	291	.701	160	371	531	467	154	45	214	213	1656
3	Dennis Rodman	35	55	54	1947	128	286	.448	5	19	.263	123	267	.461	.456	50	88	.568	320	563	883	170	32	19	111	172	311
4	Steve Kerr	31	82	0	1861	249	467	.533	110	237	.464	139	230	.604	.651	54	67	.806	29	101	130	175	67	3	43	98	662
5	Ron Harper	33	76	74	1740	177	406	.436	68	188	.362	109	218	.500	.520	58	82	.707	46	147	193	191	86	38	50	138	480
6	Toni Kukoč	28	57	15	1610	285	605	.471	50	151	.331	235	454	.518	.512	134	174	.770	94	167	261	256	60	29	91	97	754
7	Luc Longley	28	59	59	1472	221	485	.456	0	2	.000	221	483	.458	.456	95	120	.792	121	211	332	141	23	66	111	191	537
8	Jason Caffey	23	75	19	1405	205	385	.532	0	1	.000	205	384	.534	.532	139	211	.659	135	166	301	89	25	9	97	149	549
9	Randy Brown	28	72	3	1057	140	333	.420	4	22	.182	136	311	.437	.426	57	84	.679	34	77	111	133	81	17	58	116	341
10	Bill Wennington	33	61	19	783	118	237	.498	0	2	.000	118	235	.502	.498	44	53	.830	46	83	129	41	10	11	31	132	280
11	Jud Buechler	28	76	0	703	58	158	.367	18	54	.333	40	104	.385	.424	5	14	.357	45	81	126	60	23	21	27	50	139
12	Robert Parish	43	43	3	406	70	143	.490	0	0		70	143	.490	.490	21	31	.677	42	47	89	22	6	19	28	40	161
13	Dickey Simpkins	24	48	0	395	31	93	.333	1	4	.250	30	89	.337	.339	28	40	.700	36	56	92	31	5	5	35	44	91
14	Bison Dele	27	9	0	138	26	63	.413	0	0		26	63	.413	.413	11	15	.733	14	19	33	12	3	5	11	20	63
15	Matt Steigenga	26	2	0	12	1	4	.250	0	2	.000	1	2	.500	.250	1	2	.500	0	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	3
			82		19730	3277	6923	.473	523	1403	.373	2754	5520	.499	.511	1381	1848	.747	1235	2461	3696	2142	716	332	1109	1617	8458

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	Michael Jordan	33	19	19	804	227	498	.456	13	67	.194	214	431	.497	.469	123	148	.831	42	108	150	91	30	17	49	46	590
2	Scottie Pippen	31	19	19	753	129	309	.417	39	113	.345	90	196	.459	.481	68	86	.791	36	93	129	72	28	18	55	49	365
3	Dennis Rodman	35	19	14	535	30	81	.370	4	16	.250	26	65	.400	.395	15	26	.577	59	101	160	27	10	4	28	74	79
4	Ron Harper	33	19	19	515	50	125	.400	21	61	.344	29	64	.453	.484	21	28	.750	20	61	81	57	24	14	11	43	142
5	Luc Longley	28	19	19	432	57	104	.548	0	0		57	104	.548	.548	10	26	.385	39	45	84	35	7	16	28	65	124
6	Toni Kukoč	28	19	0	423	45	125	.360	19	53	.358	26	72	.361	.436	41	58	.707	13	41	54	54	13	4	17	30	150
7	Steve Kerr	31	19	0	341	33	77	.429	16	42	.381	17	35	.486	.532	13	14	.929	4	14	18	20	17	2	8	25	95
8	Bison Dele	27	19	0	336	50	104	.481	0	0		50	104	.481	.481	16	31	.516	31	40	71	11	19	8	14	63	116
9	Jason Caffey	23	17	5	167	15	33	.455	0	0		15	33	.455	.455	11	14	.786	25	17	42	15	3	3	12	27	41
10	Jud Buechler	28	18	0	138	13	31	.419	4	12	.333	9	19	.474	.484	3	5	.600	9	14	23	5	3	1	1	15	33
11	Randy Brown	28	17	0	98	9	30	.300	0	0		9	30	.300	.300	3	5	.600	3	7	10	6	8	2	4	22	21
12	Robert Parish	43	2	0	18	1	7	.143	0	0		1	7	.143	.143	0	0		2	2	4	0	0	3	0	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	Michael Jordan	33	82	3106	27.8	.567	.157	.304	4.2	13.2	8.8	21.2	2.4	1.1	7.2	33.2		13.3	5.0	18.3	.283		7.8	1.1	8.9	8.6
2	Scottie Pippen	31	82	3095	21.3	.554	.310	.213	5.9	13.3	9.7	24.3	2.7	1.1	12.5	24.6		7.8	5.2	13.1	.203		4.3	1.4	5.7	6.1
3	Dennis Rodman	35	55	1947	13.9	.479	.066	.308	18.9	32.2	25.6	11.4	0.9	0.7	25.5	10.0		2.0	4.0	6.0	.148		0.2	0.3	0.5	1.2
4	Steve Kerr	31	82	1861	15.6	.667	.507	.143	1.8	6.0	3.9	13.5	1.9	0.1	8.0	12.9		5.4	2.0	7.5	.192		2.2	1.1	3.2	2.5
5	Ron Harper	33	76	1740	13.6	.543	.463	.202	3.0	9.4	6.3	15.1	2.6	1.6	10.2	12.6		3.0	2.7	5.7	.157		0.3	2.4	2.7	2.1
6	Toni Kukoč	28	57	1610	20.2	.553	.250	.288	6.7	11.5	9.2	24.3	2.0	1.4	11.8	21.4		4.5	2.3	6.9	.204		3.9	1.1	5.0	2.9
7	Luc Longley	28	59	1472	13.4	.499	.004	.247	9.4	15.9	12.7	14.1	0.8	3.4	17.1	19.7		0.9	2.3	3.1	.103		-2.5	0.8	-1.7	0.1
8	Jason Caffey	23	75	1405	14.3	.574	.003	.548	11.0	13.1	12.1	9.3	0.9	0.5	16.9	18.3		2.2	1.7	3.9	.134		-1.2	-1.2	-2.5	-0.2
9	Randy Brown	28	72	1057	13.0	.461	.066	.252	3.7	8.1	5.9	18.0	4.1	1.2	13.6	18.1		0.4	2.0	2.4	.107		-3.0	3.0	0.0	0.5
10	Bill Wennington	33	61	783	11.2	.538	.008	.224	6.7	11.8	9.3	7.7	0.7	1.1	10.6	16.6		1.1	0.9	2.0	.124		-3.2	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3
11	Jud Buechler	28	76	703	9.8	.423	.342	.089	7.3	12.8	10.1	11.4	1.7	2.2	14.1	12.1		0.1	1.1	1.2	.082		-1.7	0.9	-0.9	0.2
12	Robert Parish	43	43	406	14.3	.514	.000	.217	11.9	12.9	12.4	8.2	0.8	3.5	15.2	20.3		0.3	0.6	0.9	.101		-2.0	-0.7	-2.7	-0.1
13	Dickey Simpkins	24	48	395	6.5	.411	.043	.430	10.5	15.8	13.2	10.4	0.7	1.0	24.0	16.4		-0.5	0.5	0.1	.006		-5.6	-1.3	-6.9	-0.5
14	Bison Dele	27	9	138	13.7	.453	.000	.238	11.6	15.3	13.5	13.5	1.2	2.7	13.6	26.1		0.0	0.2	0.2	.073		-3.6	-1.3	-4.9	-0.1
15	Matt Steigenga	26	2	12	7.0	.307	.500	.500	0.0	27.8	14.1	22.3	4.4	6.3	29.1	25.6		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.126		-10.7	2.2	-8.5	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	Michael Jordan	33	19	804	27.1	.524	.135	.297	5.9	16.4	10.9	25.7	2.1	1.9	8.0	35.5		2.5	1.5	3.9	.235		8.1	1.7	9.9	2.4
2	Scottie Pippen	31	19	753	18.1	.526	.366	.278	5.4	15.0	10.0	17.3	2.1	2.2	13.7	24.9		0.9	1.4	2.3	.145		3.8	1.3	5.1	1.4
3	Dennis Rodman	35	19	535	7.9	.427	.198	.321	12.4	23.0	17.5	7.6	1.0	0.7	23.2	10.5		-0.1	1.0	0.8	.074		-3.0	0.1	-2.9	-0.1
4	Ron Harper	33	19	515	15.7	.517	.488	.224	4.4	14.4	9.2	17.7	2.6	2.5	7.4	13.4		1.0	1.0	2.0	.183		2.0	3.8	5.8	1.0
5	Luc Longley	28	19	432	12.4	.537	.000	.250	10.1	12.7	11.4	13.7	0.9	3.4	19.5	15.5		0.2	0.7	0.9	.098		-1.6	1.6	0.0	0.2
6	Toni Kukoč	28	19	423	14.6	.498	.424	.464	3.5	11.8	7.5	20.7	1.7	0.9	10.1	18.5		0.7	0.6	1.3	.146		2.6	0.9	3.4	0.6
7	Steve Kerr	31	19	341	11.8	.571	.545	.182	1.3	5.0	3.1	9.4	2.8	0.5	8.8	12.5		0.5	0.5	1.0	.144		0.0	2.0	2.0	0.3
8	Bison Dele	27	19	336	13.8	.493	.000	.298	10.4	14.5	12.3	5.7	3.2	2.2	10.6	18.3		0.2	0.7	0.9	.132		-2.5	1.8	-0.7	0.1
9	Jason Caffey	23	17	167	12.5	.523	.000	.424	16.8	12.4	14.7	14.2	1.0	1.6	23.5	14.3		0.2	0.2	0.4	.117		-0.7	0.2	-0.5	0.1
10	Jud Buechler	28	18	138	10.5	.497	.387	.161	7.3	12.4	9.7	5.8	1.2	0.7	2.9	11.6		0.2	0.2	0.4	.135		-0.4	0.6	0.2	0.1
11	Randy Brown	28	17	98	4.4	.326	.000	.167	3.4	8.7	6.0	9.7	4.6	1.9	11.0	17.2		-0.2	0.2	0.0	.007		-8.8	3.6	-5.2	-0.1
12	Robert Parish	43	2	18	2.6	.143	.000	.000	12.5	13.5	13.0	0.0	0.0	15.2	0.0	18.2		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.100		-7.4	-2.1	-9.5	0.0

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