1970-71 Chicago Bulls Schedule and Results

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

Coach: Dick Motta (51-31)

Executive: Pat Williams

PTS/G: 110.6 (12th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 105.4 (2nd of 17)

SRS: 5.47 (2nd of 17) Pace: 109.7 (17th of 17)

Off Rtg: 100.5 (2nd of 17) Def Rtg: 95.7 (6th of 17) Net Rtg: +4.8 (2nd of 17)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (2nd of 17)

Arena: Chicago Stadium

NBA 1971 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 13, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		111	96	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Oct 14, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	110	1	1	L 1
3	Fri, Oct 16, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		102	106	1	2	L 2
4	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		99	96	2	2	W 1
5	Sun, Oct 25, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		131	116	3	2	W 2
6	Wed, Oct 28, 1970	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		118	105	4	2	W 3
7	Fri, Oct 30, 1970	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		101	98	5	2	W 4
8	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		119	122	5	3	L 1
9	Tue, Nov 3, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		113	101	6	3	W 1
10	Fri, Nov 6, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		102	105	6	4	L 1
11	Sat, Nov 7, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		125	99	7	4	W 1
12	Tue, Nov 10, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	96	8	4	W 2
13	Fri, Nov 13, 1970	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		98	106	8	5	L 1
14	Sat, Nov 14, 1970	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		120	116	9	5	W 1
15	Tue, Nov 17, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		105	111	9	6	L 1
16	Wed, Nov 18, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		128	107	10	6	W 1
17	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		110	107	11	6	W 2	9,178
18	Tue, Nov 24, 1970	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		108	117	11	7	L 1
19	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		121	104	12	7	W 1
20	Sat, Nov 28, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		91	99	12	8	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 1, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		107	91	13	8	W 1
22	Thu, Dec 3, 1970	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		100	107	13	9	L 1
23	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		103	107	13	10	L 2
24	Sat, Dec 5, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		97	101	13	11	L 3	9,047
25	Tue, Dec 8, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		98	87	14	11	W 1
26	Thu, Dec 10, 1970	Box Score	N	Buffalo Braves	W		138	120	15	11	W 2			at Syracuse, NY
27	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		87	86	16	11	W 3
28	Sat, Dec 12, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		103	98	17	11	W 4
29	Tue, Dec 15, 1970	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		115	97	18	11	W 5
30	Fri, Dec 18, 1970	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		137	122	19	11	W 6
31	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		87	98	19	12	L 1
32	Sun, Dec 20, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	103	20	12	W 1
33	Tue, Dec 22, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		121	80	21	12	W 2
34	Wed, Dec 23, 1970	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		104	103	22	12	W 3
35	Fri, Dec 25, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		112	128	22	13	L 1
36	Sat, Dec 26, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		114	117	22	14	L 2
37	Sun, Dec 27, 1970	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		110	101	23	14	W 1
38	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		117	126	23	15	L 1
39	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		109	128	23	16	L 2
40	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		136	113	24	16	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 5, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		116	103	25	16	W 2
42	Wed, Jan 6, 1971	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	119	25	17	L 1			at Madison, WI
43	Fri, Jan 8, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		105	113	25	18	L 2
44	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		141	113	26	18	W 1
45	Thu, Jan 14, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		108	103	27	18	W 2
46	Fri, Jan 15, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		96	99	27	19	L 1
47	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		90	110	27	20	L 2
48	Tue, Jan 19, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		123	111	28	20	W 1
49	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		109	103	29	20	W 2
50	Sat, Jan 23, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		87	83	30	20	W 3
51	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		112	113	30	21	L 1
52	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	136	30	22	L 2
53	Wed, Jan 27, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		111	106	31	22	W 1
54	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		131	99	32	22	W 2
55	Tue, Feb 2, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		118	101	33	22	W 3
56	Wed, Feb 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		124	102	34	22	W 4
57	Fri, Feb 5, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		114	102	35	22	W 5
58	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		109	102	36	22	W 6
59	Sun, Feb 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	104	36	23	L 1	6,088
60	Tue, Feb 9, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		88	90	36	24	L 2	10,633
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 12, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		107	88	37	24	W 1
62	Sat, Feb 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		96	103	37	25	L 1
63	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	83	38	25	W 1
64	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		118	102	39	25	W 2
65	Wed, Feb 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	104	40	25	W 3
66	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	OT	115	114	41	25	W 4
67	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		125	112	42	25	W 5
68	Sat, Feb 27, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		129	114	43	25	W 6
69	Mon, Mar 1, 1971	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		98	94	44	25	W 7			at Las Cruces, NM
70	Wed, Mar 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		90	115	44	26	L 1
71	Fri, Mar 5, 1971	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W		130	103	45	26	W 1			at San Diego, CA
72	Sat, Mar 6, 1971	Box Score	N	San Diego Rockets	W		105	99	46	26	W 2			at Oakland, CA
73	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	117	46	27	L 1
74	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	OT	110	103	47	27	W 1
75	Fri, Mar 12, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		116	92	48	27	W 2
76	Sat, Mar 13, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		111	99	49	27	W 3
77	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	117	49	28	L 1	5,084
78	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		113	99	50	28	W 1
79	Thu, Mar 18, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		85	91	50	29	L 1
80	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	OT	111	112	50	30	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 20, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		138	121	51	30	W 1
82	Sun, Mar 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		111	116	51	31	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Wed, Mar 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	99	100	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Mar 26, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	95	105	0	2	L 2
3	Sun, Mar 28, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	106	98	1	2	W 1	10,101
4	Tue, Mar 30, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	112	102	2	2	W 2
5	Thu, Apr 1, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	89	115	2	3	L 1
6	Sun, Apr 4, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	113	99	3	3	W 1
7	Tue, Apr 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	98	109	3	4	L 1

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