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1975-76 Chicago Bulls Roster and Stats

Record: 24-58, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Dick Motta (24-58)

Executive: Dick Motta

PTS/G: 95.9 (18th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 98.8 (1st of 18)

SRS: -2.89 (18th of 18) Pace: 100.3 (18th of 18)

Off Rtg: 95.2 (18th of 18) Def Rtg: 98.0 (9th of 18) Net Rtg: -2.9 (18th of 18)

Expected W-L: 33-49 (18th of 18)

Arena: Chicago Stadium

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
5	Leon Benbow	SG	6-4	185	July 23, 1950	us US	1	Jacksonville University
35	John Block	PF	6-9	207	April 16, 1944	us US	9	USC
18	Tom Boerwinkle	C	7-0	265	August 23, 1945	us US	7	Tennessee
23, 41	Eric Fernsten	C	6-10	205	November 1, 1953	us US	R	San Francisco
23	Rowland Garrett	SF	6-6	210	July 16, 1950	us US	3	Florida State
14	Matt Guokas	SG	6-5	175	February 25, 1944	us US	9	Saint Joseph's
8	Mickey Johnson	PF	6-10	190	August 31, 1952	us US	1	Aurora University
20	John Laskowski	SG	6-6	185	June 7, 1953	us US	R	Indiana
10	Bob Love	SF	6-8	215	December 8, 1942	us US	9	Southern University and A&M College
24	Jack Marin	SF	6-7	200	October 12, 1944	us US	9	Duke
32, 42	Steve Patterson	C	6-9	225	June 24, 1948	us US	4	UCLA
41, 42	Cliff Pondexter	PF	6-9	233	September 15, 1954	us US	R	Cal State Long Beach
4	Jerry Sloan	SG	6-5	195	March 28, 1942	us US	10	University of Evansville
42	Nate Thurmond	C	6-11	225	July 25, 1941	us US	12	Bowling Green
2	Norm Van Lier	PG	6-1	173	April 1, 1947	us US	6	Saint Francis University
34	Bobby Wilson	SG	6-3	175	January 15, 1951	us US	1	Wichita State

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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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Norm Van Lier	28	PG	76	39.8	4.8	13.0	.366	3.1	4.2	.737	1.8	3.6	5.4	6.6	2.0	0.3	3.9	12.6	MVP-24,AS
2	Bob Love	33	SF	76	37.1	7.1	18.3	.390	4.8	5.9	.801	2.5	4.2	6.7	1.9	0.8	0.1	3.1	19.1
3	Mickey Johnson	23	PF	81	29.5	5.9	12.8	.463	3.5	4.4	.786	3.4	5.9	9.4	1.6	1.1	0.8	3.6	15.3
4	Jerry Sloan	33	SG	22	28.0	3.8	9.5	.400	2.5	3.5	.705	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.0	1.2	0.2	3.5	10.1
5	Tom Boerwinkle	30	C	74	27.6	3.6	7.2	.500	1.6	2.4	.667	3.6	7.1	10.7	3.8	0.6	0.7	3.6	8.8
6	Jack Marin	31	SF	67	24.3	4.5	10.7	.421	2.0	2.3	.865	0.9	2.3	3.2	1.8	0.6	0.1	2.0	11.0
7	Rowland Garrett	25	SF	14	23.1	4.1	9.4	.435	2.7	3.1	.864	1.9	3.4	5.4	0.5	0.6	0.3	2.3	10.9
8	John Laskowski	22	SG	71	22.1	4.0	9.7	.412	1.2	1.7	.725	0.7	2.4	3.1	0.8	0.8	0.1	1.3	9.2
9	Leon Benbow	25	SG	76	20.9	2.9	7.3	.397	1.4	1.8	.750	0.9	1.5	2.3	2.1	0.8	0.1	2.4	7.1
10	Nate Thurmond	34	C	13	20.0	1.5	3.5	.444	0.6	1.4	.444	1.1	4.4	5.5	2.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	3.7
11	Cliff Pondexter	21	PF	75	17.7	2.1	5.1	.411	1.6	2.4	.670	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.8	5.8
12	Matt Guokas	31	SG	18	15.4	2.0	4.1	.486	0.5	0.6	.818	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.3	4.5
13	Steve Patterson	27	C	52	15.0	1.3	3.5	.379	0.5	0.8	.591	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.4	0.3	0.2	1.6	3.2
14	Bobby Wilson	25	SG	58	14.8	3.4	8.4	.403	0.7	1.0	.741	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.9	0.4	0.0	1.7	7.5
15	Eric Fernsten	22	C	33	7.8	1.0	2.5	.393	0.8	1.1	.703	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.8
16	John Block	31	PF	2	3.5	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.0
	Team Totals				48.2	37.9	91.5	.414	20.1	26.8	.751	16.8	33.2	50.0	20.8	7.6	3.1	24.1	95.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Norm Van Lier	28	76	72	3026	361	987	.366	361	987	.366	.366	235	319	.737	138	272	410	500	150	26		298	957
2	Bob Love	33	76	65	2823	543	1391	.390	543	1391	.390	.390	362	452	.801	191	319	510	145	63	10		233	1448
3	Mickey Johnson	23	81	72	2390	478	1033	.463	478	1033	.463	.463	283	360	.786	279	479	758	130	93	66		292	1239
4	Tom Boerwinkle	30	74	60	2045	265	530	.500	265	530	.500	.500	118	177	.667	263	529	792	283	47	52		263	648
5	Jack Marin	31	67	13	1631	302	718	.421	302	718	.421	.421	134	155	.865	59	153	212	118	38	5		134	738
6	Leon Benbow	25	76	22	1586	219	551	.397	219	551	.397	.397	105	140	.750	65	111	176	158	62	11		186	543
7	John Laskowski	22	71	40	1570	284	690	.412	284	690	.412	.412	87	120	.725	52	167	219	55	56	10		90	655
8	Cliff Pondexter	21	75	31	1326	156	380	.411	156	380	.411	.411	122	182	.670	113	268	381	90	28	26		134	434
9	Bobby Wilson	25	58	10	856	197	489	.403	197	489	.403	.403	43	58	.741	32	62	94	52	25	2		96	437
10	Steve Patterson	27	52	1	782	69	182	.379	69	182	.379	.379	26	44	.591	73	127	200	71	13	11		82	164
11	Jerry Sloan	33	22	20	617	84	210	.400	84	210	.400	.400	55	78	.705	40	76	116	22	27	5		77	223
12	Rowland Garrett	25	14	4	324	57	131	.435	57	131	.435	.435	38	44	.864	27	48	75	7	8	4		32	152
13	Matt Guokas	31	18	0	278	36	74	.486	36	74	.486	.486	9	11	.818	4	12	16	28	5	1		23	81
14	Nate Thurmond	34	13	0	260	20	45	.444	20	45	.444	.444	8	18	.444	14	57	71	26	4	12		15	48
15	Eric Fernsten	22	33	0	259	33	84	.393	33	84	.393	.393	26	37	.703	25	44	69	19	7	14		20	92
16	John Block	31	2	0	7	2	4	.500	2	4	.500	.500	0	2	.000	0	2	2	0	1	0		2	4
			82		19780	3106	7499	.414	3106	7499	.414	.414	1651	2197	.751	1375	2726	4101	1704	627	255	1413	1977	7863

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	28	76	3026	13.0	.424	.323	4.3	9.7	6.8	24.8	2.4	0.5	-0.2	3.3	3.2	.051	-1.6	0.6	-1.0	0.8
2	Bob Love	33	76	2823	14.1	.455	.325	6.4	12.2	9.1	8.7	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.3	4.5	.076	0.0	-1.5	-1.6	0.3
3	Mickey Johnson	23	81	2390	19.4	.520	.348	11.0	21.7	16.0	9.3	1.9	1.6	4.8	3.6	8.3	.167	1.9	0.4	2.3	2.6
4	Tom Boerwinkle	30	74	2045	17.7	.533	.334	12.2	28.0	19.5	21.1	1.1	1.4	3.2	3.0	6.3	.147	1.3	1.6	2.9	2.6
5	Jack Marin	31	67	1631	12.8	.469	.216	3.4	10.2	6.6	12.1	1.1	0.2	1.4	1.2	2.7	.078	-0.7	-0.7	-1.4	0.2
6	Leon Benbow	25	76	1586	10.9	.443	.254	3.9	7.6	5.6	15.4	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.4	1.5	.045	-2.6	0.2	-2.4	-0.2
7	John Laskowski	22	71	1570	11.3	.441	.174	3.1	11.5	7.0	5.8	1.7	0.4	0.2	1.5	1.7	.051	-1.6	-0.3	-1.9	0.1
8	Cliff Pondexter	21	75	1326	13.1	.472	.479	8.1	21.9	14.5	10.2	1.0	1.1	0.6	1.6	2.2	.081	-1.1	0.2	-0.9	0.4
9	Bobby Wilson	25	58	856	11.5	.425	.119	3.5	7.8	5.5	10.9	1.4	0.1	-0.4	0.6	0.2	.013	-2.4	-1.4	-3.8	-0.4
10	Steve Patterson	27	52	782	9.8	.407	.242	8.8	17.6	12.9	13.0	0.8	0.8	-0.1	0.8	0.7	.042	-2.0	0.2	-1.8	0.0
11	Jerry Sloan	33	22	617	11.2	.456	.371	6.1	13.3	9.5	5.5	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.9	.068	-2.4	0.4	-2.1	0.0
12	Rowland Garrett	25	14	324	14.8	.505	.336	7.9	16.0	11.7	3.5	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	.125	-0.1	-0.7	-0.7	0.1
13	Matt Guokas	31	18	278	9.8	.514	.149	1.4	4.7	2.9	15.4	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.5	.079	-2.0	-0.2	-2.2	0.0
14	Nate Thurmond	34	13	260	11.4	.454	.400	5.1	23.7	13.8	14.1	0.7	2.6	0.1	0.4	0.4	.081	-0.8	1.7	1.0	0.2
15	Eric Fernsten	22	33	259	15.0	.459	.440	9.1	18.4	13.4	11.2	1.3	3.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	.098	-0.7	0.8	0.1	0.2
16	John Block	31	2	7	12.9	.410	.500	0.0	30.9	14.4	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.121	-4.7	0.2	-4.6	0.0