1971-72 Chicago Bulls Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 57-25
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 0-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-0
Coach: Dick Motta (57-25)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 435,282, Avg. 10,617 in 41 home dates

1971-72 Chicago Bulls Roster
1971-72 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.

The Bulls allowed 8,440 points, least in the league. Chicago racked up 9,117 points. Bob Love netted a team-leading 2,037 points for the squad, and Chet Walker scored 18 or more per game, too. Tom Boerwinkle accounted for 897 rebounds. Norm Van Lier dished out 491 assists for the team.

Dick Motta coached the team. The 1971-72 Chicago Bulls lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	79	76	3108	1854	819			509	399	518	125	235	2037
Chet Walker	F-G	78	78	2588	1225	619			568	481	473	178	171	1719
Jerry Sloan	G-F	82	81	3035	1206	535			391	258	691	211	309	1328
Bob Weiss	G	82	63	2450	832	358			254	212	170	377	212	928
Norm Van Lier	G	69	23	2140	671	306			278	220	299	491	207	832
Clifford Ray	C	82	28	1872	445	222			218	134	869	254	296	578
Tom Boerwinkle	C	80	54	2022	500	219			180	118	897	281	253	556
Jim King	G	73	1	1014	356	162			113	89	81	101	103	413
Howard Porter	F-C	67	0	730	403	171			77	59	183	24	88	401
Kenny McIntosh	F	43	5	405	168	57			44	21	89	18	41	135
Jimmy Collins	G	19	0	134	71	26			11	10	12	10	11	62
Jim Fox	C-F	10	1	133	53	20			28	20	54	6	21	60
Jackie Dinkins	F	18	0	89	41	17			20	11	20	7	10	45
Charlie Paulk	F-C	7	0	60	28	8			9	7	15	4	7	23
Totals		789	410	19780	7853	3539	0	0	2700	2039	4371	2087	1964	9117

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	79	76	39.3	44.2	78.4	6.6	1.6	3.0	25.8
Chet Walker	F-G	78	78	33.2	50.5	84.7	6.1	2.3	2.2	22.0
Jerry Sloan	G-F	82	81	37.0	44.4	66.0	8.4	2.6	3.8	16.2
Bob Weiss	G	82	63	29.9	43.0	83.5	2.1	4.6	2.6	11.3
Norm Van Lier	G	69	23	31.0	45.6	79.1	4.3	7.1	3.0	12.1
Clifford Ray	C	82	28	22.8	49.9	61.5	10.6	3.1	3.6	7.0
Tom Boerwinkle	C	80	54	25.3	43.8	65.6	11.2	3.5	3.2	7.0
Jim King	G	73	1	13.9	45.5	78.8	1.1	1.4	1.4	5.7
Howard Porter	F-C	67	0	10.9	42.4	76.6	2.7	0.4	1.3	6.0
Kenny McIntosh	F	43	5	9.4	33.9	47.7	2.1	0.4	1.0	3.1
Jimmy Collins	G	19	0	7.1	36.6	90.9	0.6	0.5	0.6	3.3
Jim Fox	C-F	10	1	13.3	37.7	71.4	5.4	0.6	2.1	6.0
Jackie Dinkins	F	18	0	4.9	41.5	55.0	1.1	0.4	0.6	2.5
Charlie Paulk	F-C	7	0	8.6	28.6	77.8	2.1	0.6	1.0	3.3
Averages		789	410	25.1	45.1	75.5	5.5	2.6	2.5	11.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	4	173	89	32			13	11	27	7	17	75
Jerry Sloan	G-F	4	170	64	26			19	11	35	10	18	63
Clifford Ray	C	4	161	51	27			9	7	66	16	15	61
Norm Van Lier	G	4	144	53	22			14	12	25	33	15	56
Bob Weiss	G	4	119	49	24			8	7	13	12	15	55
Chet Walker	F-G	4	97	38	16			16	13	14	4	7	45
Jim King	G	4	56	24	11			4	4	6	5	11	26
Howard Porter	F-C	4	31	21	9			1	1	11	3	3	19
Jackie Dinkins	F	1	1	1	1			0	0	0	0	0	2
Tom Boerwinkle	C	1	8	3	0			0	0	6	3	0	0
Totals		34	960	393	168	0	0	84	66	203	93	101	402

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	4	43.3	36.0	84.6	6.8	1.8	4.3	18.8
Jerry Sloan	G-F	4	42.5	40.6	57.9	8.8	2.5	4.5	15.8
Clifford Ray	C	4	40.3	52.9	77.8	16.5	4.0	3.8	15.3
Norm Van Lier	G	4	36.0	41.5	85.7	6.3	8.3	3.8	14.0
Bob Weiss	G	4	29.8	49.0	87.5	3.3	3.0	3.8	13.8
Chet Walker	F-G	4	24.3	42.1	81.3	3.5	1.0	1.8	11.3
Jim King	G	4	14.0	45.8	100.0	1.5	1.3	2.8	6.5
Howard Porter	F-C	4	7.8	42.9	100.0	2.8	0.8	0.8	4.8
Jackie Dinkins	F	1	1.0	100.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Tom Boerwinkle	C	1	8.0	0.0		6.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		789	28.2	42.7	78.6	6.0	2.7	3.0	11.8