1977-78 Chicago Bulls Roster and Stats

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Record: 40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Ed Badger (40-42)

Executive: Jon Kovler

PTS/G: 103.9 (20th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.8 (5th of 22)

SRS: -0.79 (14th of 22) Pace: 101.5 (21st of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.0 (7th of 22) Def Rtg: 102.9 (20th of 22) Net Rtg: -0.9 (14th of 22)

Expected W-L: 39-43 (14th of 22)

Arena: Chicago Stadium

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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
34	Jim Ard	C	6-8	215	September 19, 1948	us US	7	Cincinnati
14	Tate Armstrong	SG	6-3	175	October 5, 1955	us US	R	Duke
18	Tom Boerwinkle	C	7-0	265	August 23, 1945	us US	9	Tennessee
40	Derrek Dickey	PF	6-7	218	March 20, 1951	us US	4	Cincinnati
53	Artis Gilmore	C	7-2	240	September 21, 1949	us US	6	Gardner-Webb University, Jacksonville University
35	Glenn Hansen	SG	6-4	205	April 21, 1952	us US	2	LSU
12	Wilbur Holland	SG	6-0	175	November 8, 1951	us US	2	New Orleans
8	Mickey Johnson	PF	6-10	190	August 31, 1952	us US	3	Aurora University
54	Mark Landsberger	PF	6-8	215	May 21, 1955	us US	R	Minnesota, Arizona State
42	Scott May	SF	6-7	215	March 19, 1954	us US	1	Indiana
15	John Mengelt	SG	6-2	195	October 16, 1949	us US	6	Auburn
41	Cliff Pondexter	PF	6-9	233	September 15, 1954	us US	2	Cal State Long Beach
32	Cazzie Russell	SF	6-5	218	June 7, 1944	us US	11	Michigan
10, 41	Steve Sheppard	SF	6-6	215	March 21, 1954	us US	R	Maryland
2	Norm Van Lier	PG	6-1	173	April 1, 1947	us US	8	Saint Francis University
13	Nick Weatherspoon	SF	6-7	195	July 20, 1950	us US	4	Illinois

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

Regular Season

Per Game 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	Artis Gilmore	28	82	82	37.4	8.6	15.4	.559	8.6	15.4	.559	.559	5.7	8.2	.704	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	22.9
2	Mickey Johnson	25	81	81	35.4	6.9	15.0	.462	6.9	15.0	.462	.462	4.5	5.5	.812	2.7	6.4	9.1	3.3	1.1	0.8	3.3	3.9	18.3
3	Wilbur Holland	26	82	81	35.2	6.9	15.7	.443	6.9	15.7	.443	.443	2.7	3.4	.799	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.8	2.0	0.2	2.7	3.1	16.6
4	Scott May	23	55	55	32.8	5.1	11.2	.454	5.1	11.2	.454	.454	3.2	3.9	.810	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.1	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.1	13.4
5	Norm Van Lier	30	78	75	32.4	2.6	6.1	.419	2.6	6.1	.419	.419	2.2	2.9	.751	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.8	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.6	7.3
6	Cazzie Russell	33	36	5	21.9	3.7	8.4	.438	3.7	8.4	.438	.438	1.4	1.6	.860	0.9	1.4	2.3	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.8	8.8
7	John Mengelt	28	81	8	21.8	4.0	8.3	.481	4.0	8.3	.481	.481	2.3	2.9	.773	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.9	0.6	0.0	1.5	2.1	10.3
8	Mark Landsberger	22	62	15	14.9	2.0	4.0	.506	2.0	4.0	.506	.506	1.5	2.5	.580	1.8	3.1	4.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	5.6
9	Nick Weatherspoon	27	41	0	14.9	2.1	4.7	.443	2.1	4.7	.443	.443	0.9	1.0	.881	1.4	1.7	3.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.8	5.1
10	Cliff Pondexter	23	44	0	12.1	0.8	1.9	.435	0.8	1.9	.435	.435	0.3	0.5	.700	0.8	2.1	3.0	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.0
11	Steve Sheppard	23	64	7	10.9	1.9	4.1	.454	1.9	4.1	.454	.454	0.6	0.9	.661	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	4.3
12	Tate Armstrong	22	66	0	10.8	2.0	4.2	.468	2.0	4.2	.468	.468	0.3	0.4	.815	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.6	4.3
13	Tom Boerwinkle	32	22	0	10.3	1.0	2.3	.460	1.0	2.3	.460	.460	0.5	0.6	.769	0.6	2.0	2.7	2.0	0.1	0.2	1.2	1.6	2.5
14	Derrek Dickey	26	25	1	8.8	1.1	2.7	.397	1.1	2.7	.397	.397	0.6	0.8	.737	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.7
15	Jim Ard	29	14	0	8.3	0.6	1.1	.500	0.6	1.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	.667	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.3
16	Glenn Hansen	25	2	0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0

Totals

Regular Season

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	Artis Gilmore	28	82	82	3067	704	1260	.559	704	1260	.559	.559	471	669	.704	318	753	1071	263	42	181	366	261	1879
2	Wilbur Holland	26	82	81	2884	569	1285	.443	569	1285	.443	.443	223	279	.799	105	189	294	313	164	14	223	258	1361
3	Mickey Johnson	25	81	81	2870	561	1215	.462	561	1215	.462	.462	362	446	.812	218	520	738	267	92	68	270	317	1484
4	Norm Van Lier	30	78	75	2524	200	477	.419	200	477	.419	.419	172	229	.751	86	198	284	531	144	5	200	279	572
5	Scott May	23	55	55	1802	280	617	.454	280	617	.454	.454	175	216	.810	118	214	332	114	50	6	125	170	735
6	John Mengelt	28	81	8	1767	325	675	.481	325	675	.481	.481	184	238	.773	41	88	129	232	51	4	124	169	834
7	Mark Landsberger	22	62	15	926	127	251	.506	127	251	.506	.506	91	157	.580	110	191	301	41	21	6	69	78	345
8	Cazzie Russell	33	36	5	789	133	304	.438	133	304	.438	.438	49	57	.860	31	52	83	61	19	4	35	63	315
9	Tate Armstrong	22	66	0	716	131	280	.468	131	280	.468	.468	22	27	.815	24	44	68	74	23	0	58	42	284
10	Steve Sheppard	23	64	7	698	119	262	.454	119	262	.454	.454	37	56	.661	67	64	131	43	14	3	46	72	275
11	Nick Weatherspoon	27	41	0	611	86	194	.443	86	194	.443	.443	37	42	.881	57	68	125	32	19	10	49	74	209
12	Cliff Pondexter	23	44	0	534	37	85	.435	37	85	.435	.435	14	20	.700	36	94	130	87	19	15	30	66	88
13	Tom Boerwinkle	32	22	0	227	23	50	.460	23	50	.460	.460	10	13	.769	14	45	59	44	3	4	26	36	56
14	Derrek Dickey	26	25	1	220	27	68	.397	27	68	.397	.397	14	19	.737	15	33	48	10	4	2	23	27	68
15	Jim Ard	29	14	0	116	8	16	.500	8	16	.500	.500	2	3	.667	8	24	32	7	0	0	14	18	18
16	Glenn Hansen	25	2	0	4	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			82		19755	3330	7041	.473	3330	7041	.473	.473	1863	2471	.754	1248	2577	3825	2119	665	322	1667	1930	8523

Advanced

Regular Season

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Artis Gilmore	28	82	3067	23.5	.604	.531	11.3	26.6	19.0	14.0	0.6	3.2	19.1	25.3	7.8	3.7	11.5	.180	3.8	0.3	4.1	4.7
2	Wilbur Holland	26	82	2884	14.1	.483	.217	4.0	7.1	5.6	16.8	2.7	0.3	13.7	22.8	2.2	2.2	4.4	.073	-0.7	-0.2	-0.9	0.8
3	Mickey Johnson	25	81	2870	17.4	.526	.367	8.3	19.7	14.0	14.4	1.5	1.3	16.1	23.6	4.4	2.9	7.2	.121	1.0	-0.2	0.8	2.0
4	Norm Van Lier	30	78	2524	11.7	.495	.480	3.7	8.5	6.1	27.6	2.7	0.1	25.7	12.4	1.8	2.0	3.8	.073	-1.3	0.7	-0.6	0.9
5	Scott May	23	55	1802	12.7	.516	.350	7.2	12.9	10.0	9.2	1.3	0.2	14.9	18.7	2.1	1.1	3.1	.084	-0.4	-1.3	-1.7	0.2
6	John Mengelt	28	81	1767	14.5	.535	.353	2.5	5.4	4.0	19.9	1.4	0.1	13.7	20.6	3.2	0.6	3.9	.105	0.4	-1.3	-0.9	0.5
7	Mark Landsberger	22	62	926	14.5	.539	.625	13.0	22.4	17.7	6.3	1.1	0.4	17.7	16.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	.100	0.5	-1.6	-1.1	0.2
8	Cazzie Russell	33	36	789	11.6	.479	.188	4.3	7.1	5.7	11.5	1.1	0.3	9.6	18.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	.070	-0.7	-1.4	-2.1	0.0
9	Tate Armstrong	22	66	716	11.1	.487	.096	3.7	6.7	5.2	15.7	1.5	0.0	16.6	19.7	0.1	0.3	0.4	.027	-1.2	-1.5	-2.7	-0.1
10	Steve Sheppard	23	64	698	11.5	.480	.214	10.5	9.9	10.2	9.2	0.9	0.2	13.8	19.2	0.5	0.3	0.8	.054	-0.7	-2.1	-2.8	-0.1
11	Nick Weatherspoon	27	41	611	10.5	.492	.216	10.2	12.1	11.1	7.5	1.5	0.9	18.7	17.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	.049	-1.7	-1.0	-2.7	-0.1
12	Cliff Pondexter	23	44	534	11.6	.469	.235	7.4	19.1	13.3	21.1	1.7	1.5	24.2	9.4	0.4	0.6	1.0	.087	0.0	2.2	2.2	0.6
13	Tom Boerwinkle	32	22	227	10.3	.503	.260	6.7	21.5	14.2	26.1	0.6	1.0	31.8	14.5	0.0	0.2	0.2	.035	-2.2	0.9	-1.3	0.1
14	Derrek Dickey	26	25	220	6.1	.445	.279	7.5	16.3	11.9	6.3	0.9	0.5	23.1	18.2	-0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.031	-4.3	-1.3	-5.6	-0.2
15	Jim Ard	29	14	116	2.7	.520	.188	7.5	22.4	15.0	7.8	0.0	0.0	44.7	10.9	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.050	-4.7	-0.6	-5.2	-0.1
16	Glenn Hansen	25	2	4	-28.8	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	30.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.773	-5.1	-0.3	-5.4	0.0