1977-78 Chicago Bulls Roster and Stats

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

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
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

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	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Artis Gilmore	28	C	82	82	37.4	8.6	15.4	.559	5.7	8.2	.704	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	22.9	MVP-8,AS
2	Mickey Johnson	25	PF	81	81	35.4	6.9	15.0	.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	SG	82	81	35.2	6.9	15.7	.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	SF	55	55	32.8	5.1	11.2	.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	PG	78	75	32.4	2.6	6.1	.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	SF	36	5	21.9	3.7	8.4	.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	SG	81	8	21.8	4.0	8.3	.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	PF	62	15	14.9	2.0	4.0	.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	SF	41	0	14.9	2.1	4.7	.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	PF	44	0	12.1	0.8	1.9	.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	SF	64	7	10.9	1.9	4.1	.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	SG	66	0	10.8	2.0	4.2	.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	C	22	0	10.3	1.0	2.3	.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	PF	25	1	8.8	1.1	2.7	.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	C	14	0	8.3	0.6	1.1	.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	SG	2	0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals			82	82	23.7	4.0	8.4	.473	2.2	3.0	.754	1.5	3.1	4.6	2.5	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.3	10.2

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Artis Gilmore	28	C	82	82	3067	8.3	14.8	.559	5.5	7.9	.704	3.7	8.8	12.6	3.1	0.5	2.1	4.3	3.1	22.1	MVP-8,AS
2	Wilbur Holland	26	SG	82	81	2884	7.1	16.0	.443	2.8	3.5	.799	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.9	2.0	0.2	2.8	3.2	17.0
3	Mickey Johnson	25	PF	81	81	2870	7.0	15.2	.462	4.5	5.6	.812	2.7	6.5	9.3	3.3	1.2	0.9	3.4	4.0	18.6
4	Norm Van Lier	30	PG	78	75	2524	2.9	6.8	.419	2.5	3.3	.751	1.2	2.8	4.1	7.6	2.1	0.1	2.9	4.0	8.2
5	Scott May	23	SF	55	55	1802	5.6	12.3	.454	3.5	4.3	.810	2.4	4.3	6.6	2.3	1.0	0.1	2.5	3.4	14.7
6	John Mengelt	28	SG	81	8	1767	6.6	13.8	.481	3.7	4.8	.773	0.8	1.8	2.6	4.7	1.0	0.1	2.5	3.4	17.0
7	Mark Landsberger	22	PF	62	15	926	4.9	9.8	.506	3.5	6.1	.580	4.3	7.4	11.7	1.6	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.0	13.4
8	Cazzie Russell	33	SF	36	5	789	6.1	13.9	.438	2.2	2.6	.860	1.4	2.4	3.8	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.9	14.4
9	Tate Armstrong	22	SG	66	0	716	6.6	14.1	.468	1.1	1.4	.815	1.2	2.2	3.4	3.7	1.2	0.0	2.9	2.1	14.3
10	Steve Sheppard	23	SF	64	7	698	6.1	13.5	.454	1.9	2.9	.661	3.5	3.3	6.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	2.4	3.7	14.2
11	Nick Weatherspoon	27	SF	41	0	611	5.1	11.4	.443	2.2	2.5	.881	3.4	4.0	7.4	1.9	1.1	0.6	2.9	4.4	12.3
12	Cliff Pondexter	23	PF	44	0	534	2.5	5.7	.435	0.9	1.3	.700	2.4	6.3	8.8	5.9	1.3	1.0	2.0	4.4	5.9
13	Tom Boerwinkle	32	C	22	0	227	3.6	7.9	.460	1.6	2.1	.769	2.2	7.1	9.4	7.0	0.5	0.6	4.1	5.7	8.9
14	Derrek Dickey	26	PF	25	1	220	4.4	11.1	.397	2.3	3.1	.737	2.5	5.4	7.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	3.8	4.4	11.1
15	Jim Ard	29	C	14	0	116	2.5	5.0	.500	0.6	0.9	.667	2.5	7.4	9.9	2.2	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.6	5.6
16	Glenn Hansen	25	SG	2	0	4	0.0	18.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.0