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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) Net Rtg: +0.9 (9th 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	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	Norm Van Lier	29	82	81	37.8	3.7	8.9	.412				3.7	8.9	.412	.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	13	35.4	4.9	14.4	.338				4.9	14.4	.338	.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	82	35.1	7.0	13.3	.522				7.0	13.3	.522	.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	81	35.1	6.6	14.9	.446				6.6	14.9	.446	.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	61	32.9	6.0	13.3	.451				6.0	13.3	.451	.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	70	31.1	6.4	14.2	.454				6.4	14.2	.454	.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	1	19.3	3.4	7.5	.456				3.4	7.5	.456	.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	7	16.1	3.1	6.6	.465				3.1	6.6	.465	.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	0	13.2	2.0	5.2	.383				2.0	5.2	.383	.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	0	13.0	1.6	3.3	.491				1.6	3.3	.491	.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	2	12.8	1.4	3.3	.416				1.4	3.3	.416	.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	0	12.2	0.6	3.0	.200				0.6	3.0	.200	.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	5	12.0	1.6	4.5	.354				1.6	4.5	.354	.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	7	9.1	1.4	2.9	.480				1.4	2.9	.480	.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	0	7.3	1.2	2.5	.471				1.2	2.5	.471	.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	0	5.5	0.0	0.5	.000				0.0	0.5	.000	.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	0	3.8	0.4	1.4	.250				0.4	1.4	.250	.250	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0		0.6	0.8

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	Norm Van Lier	29	3		44.7	1.0	6.3	.158				1.0	6.3	.158	.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				6.3	13.3	.475	.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				11.3	24.0	.472	.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				3.3	8.7	.385	.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				5.7	11.3	.500	.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				4.7	8.7	.538	.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				2.7	4.3	.615	.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				0.3	1.7	.200	.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	2.0	.000	.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				0.0	0.3	.000	.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	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.0

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	Norm Van Lier	29	82	81	3097	300	729	.412				300	729	.412	.412	238	306	.778	108	262	370	636	129	16		268	838
2	Artis Gilmore	27	82	82	2877	570	1091	.522				570	1091	.522	.522	387	586	.660	313	757	1070	199	44	203		266	1527
3	Mickey Johnson	24	81	81	2847	538	1205	.446				538	1205	.446	.446	324	407	.796	297	531	828	195	103	64		315	1400
4	Wilbur Holland	25	79	70	2453	509	1120	.454				509	1120	.454	.454	158	192	.823	78	175	253	253	169	16		201	1176
5	Scott May	22	72	61	2369	431	955	.451				431	955	.451	.451	188	227	.828	141	296	437	145	78	17		185	1050
6	John Mengelt	27	61	1	1178	209	458	.456				209	458	.456	.456	89	113	.788	29	81	110	114	37	4		102	507
7	Tom Boerwinkle	31	82	0	1070	134	273	.491				134	273	.491	.491	34	63	.540	101	211	312	189	19	19		147	302
8	Cliff Pondexter	22	78	2	996	107	257	.416				107	257	.416	.416	42	65	.646	77	159	236	41	34	11		82	256
9	Jack Marin	32	54	7	869	167	359	.465				167	359	.465	.465	31	39	.795	27	64	91	62	13	6		85	365
10	John Laskowski	23	47	5	562	75	212	.354				75	212	.354	.354	27	30	.900	16	47	63	44	32	2		22	177
11	Bob Love	34	14	13	496	68	201	.338				68	201	.338	.338	35	46	.761	38	35	73	23	8	2		47	171
12	Tom Kropp	23	53	7	480	73	152	.480				73	152	.480	.480	28	41	.683	21	26	47	39	18	1		77	174
13	Phil Hicks	24	35	0	255	41	87	.471				41	87	.471	.471	11	13	.846	25	40	65	23	7	0		36	93
14	Paul McCracken	26	9	0	119	18	47	.383				18	47	.383	.383	11	18	.611	6	10	16	14	6	0		17	47
15	Keith Starr	22	17	0	65	6	24	.250				6	24	.250	.250	2	2	1.000	6	4	10	6	1	0		11	14
16	Eric Fernsten	23	5	0	61	3	15	.200				3	15	.200	.200	8	11	.727	9	7	16	6	1	3		9	14
17	Willie Smith	23	2	0	11	0	1	.000				0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0
			82		19805	3249	7186	.452				3249	7186	.452	.452	1613	2159	.747	1292	2705	3997	1989	699	364	1552	1871	8111

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	Norm Van Lier	29	3		134	3	19	.158				3	19	.158	.158	10	12	.833	5	10	15	29	10	1		14	16
2	Artis Gilmore	27	3		126	19	40	.475				19	40	.475	.475	18	23	.783	15	24	39	6	3	8		9	56
3	Mickey Johnson	24	3		124	34	72	.472				34	72	.472	.472	14	16	.875	14	25	39	7	5	2		13	82
4	Scott May	22	3		97	10	26	.385				10	26	.385	.385	12	15	.800	6	8	14	3	8	2		10	32
5	Wilbur Holland	25	3		84	17	34	.500				17	34	.500	.500	10	10	1.000	5	4	9	3	1	0		8	44
6	John Mengelt	27	3		67	14	26	.538				14	26	.538	.538	10	11	.909	0	4	4	8	4	0		3	38
7	Jack Marin	32	3		53	8	13	.615				8	13	.615	.615	0	1	.000	0	1	1	2	0	0		6	16
8	Tom Boerwinkle	31	3		17	1	5	.200				1	5	.200	.200	0	0		2	8	10	7	0	1		1	2
9	Cliff Pondexter	22	3		12	0	1	.000				0	1	.000	.000	2	2	1.000	0	3	3	1	0	0		0	2
10	Phil Hicks	24	1		4	0	2	.000				0	2	.000	.000	0	0		1	2	3	0	0	0		1	0
11	Tom Kropp	23	1		2	0	0					0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0

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	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

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	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		-2.9	1.5	-1.3	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		2.2	-0.2	2.0	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		2.8	-1.1	1.6	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		-1.3	1.2	-0.1	0.0
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		0.2	-2.0	-1.8	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		3.4	1.0	4.4	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		-2.3	-1.9	-4.2	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		1.5	4.6	6.1	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		-1.0	-0.4	-1.4	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		-15.9	-8.3	-24.1	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		-30.0	-1.8	-31.8	0.0

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