1971–72 Chicago Bulls season

The 1971–72 NBA season was the Bulls' sixth season in the NBA.[1]

1971–72 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachDick Motta
General managerPat Williams
Owner(s)Dick Klein
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record57–25 (.695)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishConference semifinals
(lost to Lakers 0–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWIND
(Jack Fleming, Bill Berg)
< 1970–71 1972–73 >

Offseason

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Draft picks

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Roster

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1971–72 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 18 Boerwinkle, Tom 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1945-08-23 Tennessee
G 22 Collins, Jimmy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-11-24 New Mexico State
F 23 Dinkins, Jackie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1950-01-22 Voorhees
C 31 Fox, Jim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1943-04-07 South Carolina
G 21 King, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1941-02-07 Tulsa
F 10 Love, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1942-12-08 Southern
F 40 McIntosh, Kennedy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1949-01-21 Eastern Michigan
F 54 Porter, Howard 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-08-31 Villanova
C 14 Ray, Clifford 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1949-01-21 Oklahoma
G 4 Sloan, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1942-03-28 Evansville
G 2 Van Lier, Norm 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1947-04-01 Saint Francis (PA)
F 25 Walker, Chet 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1940-02-22 Bradley
G 8 Weiss, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1942-05-07 Penn State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 10, 1971

Regular season

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Season standings

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W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 63 19 .768 31–5 27–12 5–2 13–5
x-Chicago Bulls 57 25 .695 6 29–12 26–12 2–1 12–6
Phoenix Suns 49 33 .598 14 30–11 19–20 0–2 7–11
Detroit Pistons 26 56 .317 37 16–25 9–30 1–1 4–14
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Team W L PCT
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers 69 13 .841
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks 63 19 .768
3 x-Chicago Bulls 57 25 .695
4 x-Golden State Warriors 51 31 .622
5 Phoenix Suns 49 33 .598
6 Seattle SuperSonics 47 35 .573
7 Houston Rockets 34 48 .415
8 Detroit Pistons 26 56 .317
9 Portland Trail Blazers 18 64 .220
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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1971–72 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET GSW HOU LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta 2–4 0–4 4–2 0–5 3–3 4–2 3–2 3–2 1–4 0–5 2–3 3–1 3–3 3–2 4–0 1–4
Baltimore 4–2 2–2 3–3 1–4 4–2 1–5 3–2 1–4 3–2 1–4 0–5 2–4 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–3
Boston 4–0 2–2 6–0 3–2 4–2 5–1 5–0 2–3 5–0 1–4 2–3 3–3 6–0 2–3 4–0 2–3
Buffalo 2–4 3–3 0–6 1–3 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–3 0–4 0–4 0–4 1–5 3–3 0–4 2–4 0–4
Chicago 5–0 4–1 2–3 3–1 3–1 4–0 5–1 3–3 5–1 1–3 2–4 3–2 4–1 5–1 6–0 2–3
Cincinnati 3–3 2–4 2–4 3–3 1–3 6–2 2–3 2–3 0–4 1–4 0–5 2–2 2–2 2–3 2–2 0–5
Cleveland 2–4 5–1 1–5 2–4 0–4 2–6 1–3 0–4 2–2 1–3 0–4 1–5 2–4 0–4 4–2 0–4
Detroit 2–3 2–3 0–5 4–2 1–5 3–2 3–1 0–5 3–3 1–4 1–5 1–4 1–4 2–4 2–2 0–4
Golden State 2–3 4–1 3–2 3–1 3–3 3–2 4–0 5–0 5–1 1–5 2–2 2–3 4–1 2–3 4–2 4–2
Houston 4–1 2–3 0–5 4–0 1–5 4–0 2–2 3–3 1–5 1–5 0–5 0–5 4–1 1–3 4–2 3–3
Los Angeles 5–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–1 4–1 4–1 5–0 4–2 6–0 5–1
Milwaukee 3–2 5–0 3–2 4–0 4–2 5–0 4–0 5–1 2–2 5–0 1–4 2–3 4–1 4–2 6–0 6–0
New York 1–3 4–2 3–3 5–1 2–3 2–2 5–1 4–1 3–2 5–0 1–4 3–2 3–3 1–4 3–1 3–2
Philadelphia 3–3 0–4 0–6 3–3 1–4 2–2 4–2 4–1 1–4 1–4 0–5 1–4 3–3 1–4 2–2 4–1
Phoenix 2–3 1–4 3–2 4–0 1–5 3–2 4–0 4–2 3–2 3–1 2–4 2–4 4–1 4–1 6–0 3–2
Portland 0–4 1–3 0–4 4–2 0–6 2–2 2–4 2–2 2–4 2–4 0–6 0–6 1–3 2–2 0–6 0–6
Seattle 4–1 3–2 3–2 4–0 3–2 5–0 4–0 4–0 2–4 3–3 1–5 0–6 2–3 1–4 2–3 6–0

Game log

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1971–72 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 12 Philadelphia 114–100 Bob Love (34) 0–1
2 October 15 Baltimore 82–106 Bob Love (31) 1–1
3 October 20 N Houston 110–125 Bob Love (31) 2–1
4 October 22 @ Los Angeles 113–106 Bob Love (28) 3–1
5 October 24 @ Phoenix 105–104 Bob Love (29) 4–1
6 October 26 @ Portland 123–111 Bob Love (36) 5–1
7 October 29 N Golden State 99–83 Jerry Sloan (25) 5–2
8 November 2 Phoenix 101–108 Chet Walker (33) 6–2
9 November 3 @ Atlanta 113–100 Bob Weiss (27) 7–2
10 November 5 Milwaukee 104–102 Bob Weiss (30) 7–3
11 November 6 @ Buffalo 99–130 Jerry Sloan (20) 7–4
12 November 9 Los Angeles 122–109 Bob Love (25) 7–5
13 November 10 @ Baltimore 125–106 Jerry Sloan (35) 8–5
14 November 13 Houston 102–111 Bob Love (30) 9–5
15 November 16 Seattle 87–95 Bob Love (23) 10–5
16 November 19 @ Philadelphia 148–104 Love, Walker (25) 11–5
17 November 20 Boston 106–123 Bob Love (38) 12–5
18 November 23 Portland 94–130 Chet Walker (23) 13–5
19 November 26 Golden State 89–121 Bob Love (27) 14–5
20 November 27 @ New York 99–100 Bob Love (26) 14–6
21 November 30 Atlanta 85–86 Bob Love (22) 15–6
22 December 1 @ Cincinnati 109–101 Bob Love (36) 16–6
23 December 3 New York 96–122 Bob Love (29) 17–6
24 December 4 @ Milwaukee 105–108 Chet Walker (28) 17–7
25 December 7 Cleveland 99–115 Bob Love (40) 18–7
26 December 9 @ Detroit 107–110 Bob Love (28) 18–8
27 December 10 Baltimore 102–118 Chet Walker (27) 19–8
28 December 11 @ Boston 115–99 Jerry Sloan (26) 20–8
29 December 14 Boston 116–108 Bob Love (28) 20–9
30 December 17 Houston 109–98 Chet Walker (32) 20–10
31 December 19 @ Cleveland 119–101 Bob Love (36) 21–10
32 December 21 Detroit 92–127 Bob Love (28) 22–10
33 December 23 @ Phoenix 117–108 (OT) Love, Walker (24) 23–10
34 December 25 @ Portland 109–88 Bob Love (26) 24–10
35 December 26 @ Seattle 103–102 Bob Love (28) 25–10
36 December 28 Milwaukee 105–116 Bob Love (41) 26–10
37 December 30 Portland 92–117 Norm Van Lier (24) 27–10
38 January 4 Phoenix 112–108 Chet Walker (26) 27–11
39 January 5 @ Philadelphia 139–107 Bob Love (40) 28–11
40 January 7 Baltimore 104–94 Chet Walker (27) 28–12
41 January 8 @ New York 113–108 Bob Love (33) 29–12
42 January 9 Cincinnati 104–108 (OT) Chet Walker (33) 30–12
43 January 11 New York 91–116 Bob Weiss (24) 31–12
44 January 12 @ Boston 112–113 Chet Walker (22) 31–13
45 January 14 @ Milwaukee 77–104 Chet Walker (17) 31–14
46 January 15 Portland 100–120 Bob Love (32) 32–14
47 January 21 @ Buffalo 113–93 Jerry Sloan (23) 33–14
48 January 22 Houston 108–115 Chet Walker (39) 34–14
49 January 24 Golden State 105–110 Chet Walker (29) 35–14
50 January 26 N Houston 108–117 Bob Love (38) 36–14
51 January 27 @ Golden State 107–108 Chet Walker (29) 36–15
52 January 28 @ Phoenix 116–102 Bob Love (38) 37–15
53 January 30 Detroit 99–109 Chet Walker (29) 38–15
54 February 1 Seattle 121–103 Bob Love (22) 38–16
55 February 2 @ Boston 100–124 Bob Love (36) 38–17
56 February 4 @ Baltimore 110–108 Bob Love (23) 39–17
57 February 5 Buffalo 96–130 Bob Love (35) 40–17
58 February 6 Cincinnati 94–119 Chet Walker (56) 41–17
59 February 8 Cleveland 90–114 Bob Love (30) 42–17
60 February 11 Atlanta 91–102 Chet Walker (24) 43–17
61 February 12 @ Atlanta 117–106 Bob Love (35) 44–17
62 February 13 Golden State 107–88 Love, Sloan (14) 44–18
63 February 17 New York 102–99 (OT) Chet Walker (28) 44–19
64 February 18 @ Detroit 122–97 Jerry Sloan (32) 45–19
65 February 19 Milwaukee 97–104 Jerry Sloan (23) 46–19
66 February 20 @ Milwaukee 100–103 Bob Love (19) 46–20
67 February 22 Philadelphia 88–119 Bob Love (34) 47–20
68 February 25 Phoenix 107–115 Norm Van Lier (29) 48–20
69 February 26 @ Golden State 107–106 Bob Love (33) 49–20
70 February 27 @ Los Angeles 118–123 (OT) Chet Walker (31) 49–21
71 February 29 @ Portland 116–92 Chet Walker (30) 50–21
72 March 3 @ Seattle 103–112 Chet Walker (28) 50–22
73 March 5 @ Houston 128–97 Chet Walker (31) 51–22
74 March 8 @ Atlanta 98–96 Bob Love (28) 52–22
75 March 10 @ Cincinnati 100–104 Bob Love (28) 52–23
76 March 14 Seattle 115–111 Chet Walker (37) 52–24
77 March 17 Buffalo 103–126 Chet Walker (23) 53–24
78 March 18 @ Cleveland 109–91 Norm Van Lier (22) 54–24
79 March 19 @ Detroit 115–107 Bob Love (33) 55–24
80 March 21 Los Angeles 109–104 Bob Love (28) 55–25
81 March 24 @ Philadelphia 116–99 Love, Sloan (29) 56–25
82 March 25 Detroit 105–121 Bob Love (30) 57–25

Playoffs

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1972 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 March 28 @ Los Angeles L 80–95 Jerry Sloan (18) Clifford Ray (17) Norm Van Lier (4) The Forum
17,505
0–1
2 March 30 @ Los Angeles L 124–131 Bob Love (26) Clifford Ray (12) Norm Van Lier (10) The Forum
17,505
0–2
3 April 2 Los Angeles L 101–108 Norm Van Lier (22) Clifford Ray (20) Norm Van Lier (8) Chicago Stadium
17,805
0–3
4 April 4 Los Angeles L 97–108 Clifford Ray (20) Clifford Ray (17) Norm Van Lier (11) Chicago Stadium
18,847
0–4
1972 schedule

Awards and records

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References

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