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)

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

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

1971–72 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 10, 1971

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 6319.768–31–527–125–213–5
x-Chicago Bulls 5725.695629–1226–122–112–6
Phoenix Suns 4933.5981430–1119–200–27–11
Detroit Pistons 2656.3173716–259–301–14–14
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6913.841
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks6319.768
3 x-Chicago Bulls5725.695
4 x-Golden State Warriors5131.622
5 Phoenix Suns4933.598
6 Seattle SuperSonics4735.573
7 Houston Rockets3448.415
8 Detroit Pistons2656.317
9 Portland Trail Blazers1864.220
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1971–72 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET GSW HOU LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta —2–40–44–20–53–34–23–23–21–40–52–33–13–33–24–01–4
Baltimore 4–2—2–23–31–44–21–53–21–43–21–40–52–44–04–13–12–3
Boston 4–02–2—6–03–24–25–15–02–35–01–42–33–36–02–34–02–3
Buffalo 2–43–30–6—1–33–34–22–41–30–40–40–41–53–30–42–40–4
Chicago 5–04–12–33–1—3–14–05–13–35–11–32–43–24–15–16–02–3
Cincinnati 3–32–42–43–31–3—6–22–32–30–41–40–52–22–22–32–20–5
Cleveland 2–45–11–52–40–42–6—1–30–42–21–30–41–52–40–44–20–4
Detroit 2–32–30–54–21–53–23–1—0–53–31–41–51–41–42–42–20–4
Golden State 2–34–13–23–13–33–24–05–0—5–11–52–22–34–12–34–24–2
Houston 4–12–30–54–01–54–02–23–31–5—1–50–50–54–11–34–23–3
Los Angeles 5–04–14–14–03–14–13–14–15–15–1—4–14–15–04–26–05–1
Milwaukee 3–25–03–24–04–25–04–05–12–25–01–4—2–34–14–26–06–0
New York 1–34–23–35–12–32–25–14–13–25–01–43–2—3–31–43–13–2
Philadelphia 3–30–40–63–31–42–24–24–11–41–40–51–43–3—1–42–24–1
Phoenix 2–31–43–24–01–53–24–04–23–23–12–42–44–14–1—6–03–2
Portland 0–41–30–44–20–62–22–42–22–42–40–60–61–32–20–6—0–6
Seattle 4–13–23–24–03–25–04–04–02–43–31–50–62–31–42–36–0—

Game log

1971–72 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 12Philadelphia114–100Bob Love (34)0–1
2October 15Baltimore82–106Bob Love (31)1–1
3October 20N Houston110–125Bob Love (31)2–1
4October 22@ Los Angeles113–106Bob Love (28)3–1
5October 24@ Phoenix105–104Bob Love (29)4–1
6October 26@ Portland123–111Bob Love (36)5–1
7October 29N Golden State99–83Jerry Sloan (25)5–2
8November 2Phoenix101–108Chet Walker (33)6–2
9November 3@ Atlanta113–100Bob Weiss (27)7–2
10November 5Milwaukee104–102Bob Weiss (30)7–3
11November 6@ Buffalo99–130Jerry Sloan (20)7–4
12November 9Los Angeles122–109Bob Love (25)7–5
13November 10@ Baltimore125–106Jerry Sloan (35)8–5
14November 13Houston102–111Bob Love (30)9–5
15November 16Seattle87–95Bob Love (23)10–5
16November 19@ Philadelphia148–104Love, Walker (25)11–5
17November 20Boston106–123Bob Love (38)12–5
18November 23Portland94–130Chet Walker (23)13–5
19November 26Golden State89–121Bob Love (27)14–5
20November 27@ New York99–100Bob Love (26)14–6
21November 30Atlanta85–86Bob Love (22)15–6
22December 1@ Cincinnati109–101Bob Love (36)16–6
23December 3New York96–122Bob Love (29)17–6
24December 4@ Milwaukee105–108Chet Walker (28)17–7
25December 7Cleveland99–115Bob Love (40)18–7
26December 9@ Detroit107–110Bob Love (28)18–8
27December 10Baltimore102–118Chet Walker (27)19–8
28December 11@ Boston115–99Jerry Sloan (26)20–8
29December 14Boston116–108Bob Love (28)20–9
30December 17Houston109–98Chet Walker (32)20–10
31December 19@ Cleveland119–101Bob Love (36)21–10
32December 21Detroit92–127Bob Love (28)22–10
33December 23@ Phoenix117–108 (OT)Love, Walker (24)23–10
34December 25@ Portland109–88Bob Love (26)24–10
35December 26@ Seattle103–102Bob Love (28)25–10
36December 28Milwaukee105–116Bob Love (41)26–10
37December 30Portland92–117Norm Van Lier (24)27–10
38January 4Phoenix112–108Chet Walker (26)27–11
39January 5@ Philadelphia139–107Bob Love (40)28–11
40January 7Baltimore104–94Chet Walker (27)28–12
41January 8@ New York113–108Bob Love (33)29–12
42January 9Cincinnati104–108 (OT)Chet Walker (33)30–12
43January 11New York91–116Bob Weiss (24)31–12
44January 12@ Boston112–113Chet Walker (22)31–13
45January 14@ Milwaukee77–104Chet Walker (17)31–14
46January 15Portland100–120Bob Love (32)32–14
47January 21@ Buffalo113–93Jerry Sloan (23)33–14
48January 22Houston108–115Chet Walker (39)34–14
49January 24Golden State105–110Chet Walker (29)35–14
50January 26N Houston108–117Bob Love (38)36–14
51January 27@ Golden State107–108Chet Walker (29)36–15
52January 28@ Phoenix116–102Bob Love (38)37–15
53January 30Detroit99–109Chet Walker (29)38–15
54February 1Seattle121–103Bob Love (22)38–16
55February 2@ Boston100–124Bob Love (36)38–17
56February 4@ Baltimore110–108Bob Love (23)39–17
57February 5Buffalo96–130Bob Love (35)40–17
58February 6Cincinnati94–119Chet Walker (56)41–17
59February 8Cleveland90–114Bob Love (30)42–17
60February 11Atlanta91–102Chet Walker (24)43–17
61February 12@ Atlanta117–106Bob Love (35)44–17
62February 13Golden State107–88Love, Sloan (14)44–18
63February 17New York102–99 (OT)Chet Walker (28)44–19
64February 18@ Detroit122–97Jerry Sloan (32)45–19
65February 19Milwaukee97–104Jerry Sloan (23)46–19
66February 20@ Milwaukee100–103Bob Love (19)46–20
67February 22Philadelphia88–119Bob Love (34)47–20
68February 25Phoenix107–115Norm Van Lier (29)48–20
69February 26@ Golden State107–106Bob Love (33)49–20
70February 27@ Los Angeles118–123 (OT)Chet Walker (31)49–21
71February 29@ Portland116–92Chet Walker (30)50–21
72March 3@ Seattle103–112Chet Walker (28)50–22
73March 5@ Houston128–97Chet Walker (31)51–22
74March 8@ Atlanta98–96Bob Love (28)52–22
75March 10@ Cincinnati100–104Bob Love (28)52–23
76March 14Seattle115–111Chet Walker (37)52–24
77March 17Buffalo103–126Chet Walker (23)53–24
78March 18@ Cleveland109–91Norm Van Lier (22)54–24
79March 19@ Detroit115–107Bob Love (33)55–24
80March 21Los Angeles109–104Bob Love (28)55–25
81March 24@ Philadelphia116–99Love, Sloan (29)56–25
82March 25Detroit105–121Bob Love (30)57–25

Playoffs

1972 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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

References

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