1976-77 Chicago Bulls Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Portland Trail Blazers 2-1
Coach: Ed Badger (44-38)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 476,636, Avg. 11,625 in 41 home dates

1976-77 Chicago Bulls Roster
1976-77 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Bulls led the circuit with just 8,037 points allowed. Chicago scored 8,111 points. Artis Gilmore netted a team-leading 1,527 points for the team, and Mickey Johnson contributed 16 or more per game also. Artis Gilmore accounted for 1,070 rebounds. Norm Van Lier dished out 636 assists for the squad.

On defense, Wilbur Holland added 169 steals, while Artis Gilmore blocked 203 shots.

Ed Badger coached the team. The 1976-77 Chicago Bulls lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	82	82	2877	1091	570			586	387	313	757	1070	199	44	203	266	1527
Mickey Johnson	F	81	81	2847	1205	538			407	324	297	531	828	195	103	64	315	1400
Wilbur Holland	G	79	70	2453	1120	509			192	158	78	175	253	253	169	16	201	1176
Scott May	F	72	61	2369	955	431			227	188	141	296	437	145	78	17	185	1050
Norm Van Lier	G	82	81	3097	729	300			306	238	108	262	370	636	129	16	268	838
John Mengelt	G	61	1	1178	458	209			113	89	29	81	110	114	37	4	102	507
Jack Marin	F-G	54	7	869	359	167			39	31	27	64	91	62	13	6	85	365
Tom Boerwinkle	C	82	0	1070	273	134			63	34	101	211	312	189	19	19	147	302
Cliff Pondexter	F-C	78	2	996	257	107			65	42	77	159	236	41	34	11	82	256
John Laskowski	G	47	5	562	212	75			30	27	16	47	63	44	32	2	22	177
Tom Kropp	G	53	7	480	152	73			41	28	21	26	47	39	18	1	77	174
Bob Love	F	14	13	496	201	68			46	35	38	35	73	23	8	2	47	171
Phil Hicks	F	35	0	255	87	41			13	11	25	40	65	23	7	0	36	93
Paul McCracken	G	9	0	119	47	18			18	11	6	10	16	14	6	0	17	47
Eric Fernsten	C-F	5	0	61	15	3			11	8	9	7	16	6	1	3	9	14
Keith Starr	G-F	17	0	65	24	6			2	2	6	4	10	6	1	0	11	14
Willie Smith	G	2	0	11	1	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		853	410	19805	7186	3249	0	0	2159	1613	1292	2705	3997	1989	699	364	1871	8111

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	82	82	35.1	52.2	66.0	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	3.2	18.6
Mickey Johnson	F	81	81	35.1	44.6	79.6	3.7	6.6	10.2	2.4	1.3	0.8	3.9	17.3
Wilbur Holland	G	79	70	31.1	45.4	82.3	1.0	2.2	3.2	3.2	2.1	0.2	2.5	14.9
Scott May	F	72	61	32.9	45.1	82.8	2.0	4.1	6.1	2.0	1.1	0.2	2.6	14.6
Norm Van Lier	G	82	81	37.8	41.2	77.8	1.3	3.2	4.5	7.8	1.6	0.2	3.3	10.2
John Mengelt	G	61	1	19.3	45.6	78.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	8.3
Jack Marin	F-G	54	7	16.1	46.5	79.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.6	6.8
Tom Boerwinkle	C	82	0	13.0	49.1	54.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.3	0.2	0.2	1.8	3.7
Cliff Pondexter	F-C	78	2	12.8	41.6	64.6	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.4	0.1	1.1	3.3
John Laskowski	G	47	5	12.0	35.4	90.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.5	3.8
Tom Kropp	G	53	7	9.1	48.0	68.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.5	3.3
Bob Love	F	14	13	35.4	33.8	76.1	2.7	2.5	5.2	1.6	0.6	0.1	3.4	12.2
Phil Hicks	F	35	0	7.3	47.1	84.6	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.0	1.0	2.7
Paul McCracken	G	9	0	13.2	38.3	61.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	1.6	0.7	0.0	1.9	5.2
Eric Fernsten	C-F	5	0	12.2	20.0	72.7	1.8	1.4	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.8
Keith Starr	G-F	17	0	3.8	25.0	100.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.8
Willie Smith	G	2	0	5.5	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		853	410	23.2	45.2	74.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.2	9.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Mickey Johnson	F	3	124	72	34			16	14	14	25	39	7	5	2	13	82
Artis Gilmore	C	3	126	40	19			23	18	15	24	39	6	3	8	9	56
Wilbur Holland	G	3	84	34	17			10	10	5	4	9	3	1	0	8	44
John Mengelt	G	3	67	26	14			11	10	0	4	4	8	4	0	3	38
Scott May	F	3	97	26	10			15	12	6	8	14	3	8	2	10	32
Norm Van Lier	G	3	134	19	3			12	10	5	10	15	29	10	1	14	16
Jack Marin	F-G	3	53	13	8			1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	6	16
Tom Boerwinkle	C	3	17	5	1			0	0	2	8	10	7	0	1	1	2
Cliff Pondexter	F-C	3	12	1	0			2	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	2
Phil Hicks	F	1	4	2	0			0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Kropp	G	1	2	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals		29	720	238	106	0	0	90	76	48	89	137	66	31	14	67	288

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Mickey Johnson	F	3	41.3	47.2	87.5	4.7	8.3	13.0	2.3	1.7	0.7	4.3	27.3
Artis Gilmore	C	3	42.0	47.5	78.3	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	3.0	18.7
Wilbur Holland	G	3	28.0	50.0	100.0	1.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	14.7
John Mengelt	G	3	22.3	53.8	90.9	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	12.7
Scott May	F	3	32.3	38.5	80.0	2.0	2.7	4.7	1.0	2.7	0.7	3.3	10.7
Norm Van Lier	G	3	44.7	15.8	83.3	1.7	3.3	5.0	9.7	3.3	0.3	4.7	5.3
Jack Marin	F-G	3	17.7	61.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.3
Tom Boerwinkle	C	3	5.7	20.0		0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7
Cliff Pondexter	F-C	3	4.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Phil Hicks	F	1	4.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Tom Kropp	G	1	2.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		853	24.8	44.5	84.4	1.7	3.1	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.5	2.3	9.9