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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Norm Van Lier	28	PG	76	72	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	65	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	72	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	20	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	60	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	13	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	4	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	40	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	22	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	0	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	31	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	0	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	1	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	10	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	0	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	0	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			82	82	24.5	3.8	9.3	.414	2.0	2.7	.751	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.1	0.8	0.3	2.4	9.7

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Norm Van Lier	28	PG	76	72	3026	4.3	11.7	.366	2.8	3.8	.737	1.6	3.2	4.9	5.9	1.8	0.3	3.5	11.4	MVP-24,AS
2	Bob Love	33	SF	76	65	2823	6.9	17.7	.390	4.6	5.8	.801	2.4	4.1	6.5	1.8	0.8	0.1	3.0	18.5
3	Mickey Johnson	23	PF	81	72	2390	7.2	15.6	.463	4.3	5.4	.786	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.0	1.4	1.0	4.4	18.7
4	Tom Boerwinkle	30	C	74	60	2045	4.7	9.3	.500	2.1	3.1	.667	4.6	9.3	13.9	5.0	0.8	0.9	4.6	11.4
5	Jack Marin	31	SF	67	13	1631	6.7	15.8	.421	3.0	3.4	.865	1.3	3.4	4.7	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.0	16.3
6	Leon Benbow	25	SG	76	22	1586	5.0	12.5	.397	2.4	3.2	.750	1.5	2.5	4.0	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	12.3
7	John Laskowski	22	SG	71	40	1570	6.5	15.8	.412	2.0	2.8	.725	1.2	3.8	5.0	1.3	1.3	0.2	2.1	15.0
8	Cliff Pondexter	21	PF	75	31	1326	4.2	10.3	.411	3.3	4.9	.670	3.1	7.3	10.3	2.4	0.8	0.7	3.6	11.8
9	Bobby Wilson	25	SG	58	10	856	8.3	20.6	.403	1.8	2.4	.741	1.3	2.6	4.0	2.2	1.1	0.1	4.0	18.4
10	Steve Patterson	27	C	52	1	782	3.2	8.4	.379	1.2	2.0	.591	3.4	5.8	9.2	3.3	0.6	0.5	3.8	7.5
11	Jerry Sloan	33	SG	22	20	617	4.9	12.3	.400	3.2	4.6	.705	2.3	4.4	6.8	1.3	1.6	0.3	4.5	13.0
12	Rowland Garrett	25	SF	14	4	324	6.3	14.6	.435	4.2	4.9	.864	3.0	5.3	8.3	0.8	0.9	0.4	3.6	16.9
13	Matt Guokas	31	SG	18	0	278	4.7	9.6	.486	1.2	1.4	.818	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.6	0.6	0.1	3.0	10.5
14	Nate Thurmond	34	C	13	0	260	2.8	6.2	.444	1.1	2.5	.444	1.9	7.9	9.8	3.6	0.6	1.7	2.1	6.6
15	Eric Fernsten	22	C	33	0	259	4.6	11.7	.393	3.6	5.1	.703	3.5	6.1	9.6	2.6	1.0	1.9	2.8	12.8
16	John Block	31	PF	2	0	7	10.3	20.6	.500	0.0	10.3	.000	0.0	10.3	10.3	0.0	5.1	0.0	10.3	20.6