1985–86 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachStan Albeck
General managerJerry Krause
Owner(s)Jerry Reinsdorf
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record30–52 (.366)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Celtics 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWFLD
Sportsvision
(Jim Durham, Johnny “Red” Kerr)
RadioWMAQ
(Jim Durham, Johnny “Red” Kerr)

The 1985–86 Chicago Bulls season was the 20th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the offseason, they acquired forward Charles Oakley from the Cleveland Cavaliers, veteran guard George Gervin from the San Antonio Spurs and signed free agent guards Kyle Macy and John Paxson. The season was a near disaster as Michael Jordan was lost for much of the regular season due to a broken foot. Despite the injury to Jordan, the team managed to qualify for the NBA Playoffs.

Offseason

NBA draft

The 1985 NBA draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. The lottery was put into place so teams did not have to intentionally lose games to receive the number one pick.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 11 Keith Lee Center  United States Memphis State
2 28 Ken Johnson Forward  United States Michigan State
2 34 Aubrey Sherrod Guard  United States Wichita State
2 46 Adrian Branch Forward  United States Maryland

Roster

1985–86 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 20 Banks, Gene 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959-05-15 Duke
C 40 Corzine, Dave 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1956-04-25 DePaul
G 10 Dailey, Quintin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961-01-22 San Francisco
G 8 Gervin, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1952-04-27 Eastern Michigan
F 21 Green, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961-01-04 UNLV
G 10, 32 Holton, Michael 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1961-08-04 UCLA
G 23 Jordan, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1963-02-17 North Carolina
G 24 Macy, Kyle 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1957-04-09 Kentucky
F 34 Oakley, Charles 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1963-12-18 Virginia Union
C 33 Oldham, Jawann 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1957-07-04 Seattle
G 5 Paxson, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1960-09-29 Notre Dame
C 52 Smrek, Mike 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1962-08-31 Canisius
F 0 Woolridge, Orlando 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959-12-16 Notre Dame
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 27, 1986

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 5725.695–33–824–1721–9
x-Atlanta Hawks 5032.610734–716–2521–9
x-Detroit Pistons 4636.5611131–1015–2618–12
x-Chicago Bulls 3052.3662722–198–3310–20
Cleveland Cavaliers 2953.3542816–2513–2810–19
Indiana Pacers 2656.3173119–227–349–20
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6715.817–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5725.69510
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers5428.65913
4 x-Atlanta Hawks5032.61017
5 x-Detroit Pistons4636.56121
6 x-Washington Bullets3943.47628
7 x-New Jersey Nets3943.47628
8 x-Chicago Bulls3052.36637
9 Cleveland Cavaliers2953.35438
10 Indiana Pacers2656.31741
11 New York Knicks2359.28044
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1985-86 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–65–14–21–11–14–21–11–15–12–01–13–34–25–14–12–02–02–01–11–10–21–4
Boston 6–0—5–15–11–11–14–12–02–05–12–02–05–04–25–14–21–11–11–12–02–02–05–1
Chicago 1–51–5—3–30–22–02–42–01–13–31–10–21–52–34–21–51–11–10–21–11–11–11–4
Cleveland 2–41–53–3—1–11–11–50–20–23–21–11–11–53–34–10–62–00–22–01–11–10–21–5
Dallas 1–11–12–01–1—3–30–24–11–52–02–31–40–22–01–10–25–02–33–34–23–25–11–1
Denver 1–11–10–21–13–3—1–13–23–32–04–13–22–01–11–11–14–13–23–33–32–33–32–0
Detroit 2–41–44–25–12–01–1—1–11–15–12–01–12–44–24–12–40–21–10–21–12–01–14–2
Golden State 1–10–20–22–01–42–31–1—0–51–15–12–40–21–11–11–12–41–52–32–32–42–31–1
Houston 1–10–21–12–05–13–31–15–0—2–03–21–40–21–12–01–13–23–24–25–13–23–32–0
Indiana 1–51–53–32–30–20–21–51–10–2—2–00–22–42–32–40–61–10–20–21–12–00–25–1
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–11–13–21–40–21–52–30–2—2–41–12–02–00–22–42–45–01–43–33–20–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–22–01–14–12–31–14–24–12–04–2—2–01–11–12–05–16–05–04–14–25–02–0
Milwaukee 3–30–55–15–12–00–24–22–02–04–21–10–2—4–26–04–11–12–02–02–02–02–04–2
New Jersey 2–42–43–23–30–21–12–41–11–13–20–21–12–4—5–12–42–02–02–01–10–22–02–4
New York 1–51–52–41–41–11–11–41–10–24–20–21–10–61–5—0–62–00–21–11–11–10–23–3
Philadelphia 1–42–45–16–02–01–14–21–11–16–02–00–21–44–26–0—2–02–02–01–11–11–13–3
Phoenix 0–21–11–10–20–51–42–04–22–31–14–21–51–10–20–20–2—2–42–33–25–11–41–1
Portland 0–21–11–12–03–22–31–15–12–32–04–20–60–20–22–00–24–2—3–21–45–12–30–2
Sacramento 0–21–12–00–23–33–32–03–22–42–00–50–50–20–21–10–23–22–3—5–15–02–41–1
San Antonio 1–10–21–11–12–43–31–13–21–51–14–11–40–21–11–11–12–34–11–5—2–32–42–0
Seattle 1–10–21–11–12–33–20–24–22–30–23–32–40–22–01–11–11–51–50–53–2—2–31–1
Utah 2–00–21–12–01–53–31–13–23–32–02–30–50–20–22–01–14–13–24–24–23–2—1–1
Washington 4–11–54–15–11–10–22–41–10–21–52–00–22–44–23–33–31–12–01–10–21–11–1—

Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gene Banks 823326.1.517.000.7184.43.1.99.1210.9
Ron Brewer 404.5.333.0001.000.0.0.00.001.8
Tony Brown 10013.2.439.000.6921.61.4.50.104.5
Dave Corzine 67425.5.491.250.7436.52.2.42.799.6
Quintin Dailey 35020.7.432.000.8231.91.9.63.1416.3
George Gervin 827525.2.472.211.8792.61.8.60.2816.2
Sidney Green 806828.8.465.000.7828.21.7.88.4613.4
Rod Higgins 5016.2.391.000.8331.41.0.80.604.6
Mike Holton 24018.6.471.100.6321.22.0.96.007.1
Michael Jordan 18725.1.457.167.8403.62.92.061.1722.7
Kyle Macy 827929.6.483.411.8112.25.4.99.138.6
Billy McKinney 909.2.435.0001.000.61.4.33.002.4
Charles Oakley 773023.0.519.000.6628.61.7.88.399.6
Jawann Oldham 524724.5.517.000.5825.9.7.542.587.4
John Paxson 75320.9.466.300.8041.33.7.73.035.3
Mike Smrek 38510.7.377.000.5522.9.5.16.612.8
Orlando Woolridge 705932.1.495.174.7885.03.0.70.6720.7

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gene Banks 323.0.556.000.5003.31.7.33.007.3
Dave Corzine 334.3.552.0001.0009.02.0.33.6712.0
George Gervin 25.5.000.000.000.5.5.00.00.0
Sidney Green 317.7.300.000.5004.0.0.33.336.0
Michael Jordan 345.0.5051.000.8726.35.72.331.3343.7
Kyle Macy 329.0.357.2501.0001.33.3.67.004.0
Charles Oakley 329.3.524.000.61510.01.02.00.6710.0
Jawann Oldham 14.0.000.000.0002.0.0.00.00.0
John Paxson 326.7.467.000.765.01.71.00.009.0
Mike Smrek 31.7.000.000.000.0.0.00.33.0
Orlando Woolridge 345.0.403.000.8674.71.31.00.3321.0

Playoffs

At the time, the Bulls had the fifth worst record of any team to qualify for the playoffs in NBA history.[2] Michael Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a Boston Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history,[3] Jordan set the still-unbroken record for points in a playoff game with 63 in game 2.[4] The Celtics, however, managed to sweep the series.[5]

1986 playoff game log
First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 17 @ Boston L 104–123 Michael Jordan (49) Charles Oakley (10) Macy, Paxson (4) Boston Garden
14,890		 0–1
2 April 20 @ Boston L 131–135 (2OT) Michael Jordan (63) Charles Oakley (14) Michael Jordan (6) Boston Garden
14,890		 0–2
3 April 22 Boston L 104–122 John Paxson (23) Dave Corzine (15) Michael Jordan (9) Chicago Stadium
18,968		 0–3
1986 schedule

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Chicago Bulls Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, databasebasketball.com, accessed January 16, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Worst Records of Playoff Teams". The Sporting News. April 28, 1986. p. 46.
  3. ↑ Top 10 Teams in NBA History Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine, nba.com/history, accessed January 16, 2007.
  4. ↑ God Disguised as Michael Jordan Archived 2013-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, nba.com/history, accessed January 17, 2007.
  5. ↑ BULLS: History of the Chicago Bulls
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