1977-78 Chicago Bulls Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-42
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Ed Badger (40-42)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 548,844, Avg. 13,386 in 41 home dates

1977-78 Chicago Bulls Roster
1977-78 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference.

Chicago scored 8,523 points and yielded 8,596. Artis Gilmore netted a team-leading 1,879 points for the Bulls, and Mickey Johnson contributed 17 or more per game also. Artis Gilmore accounted for 1,071 rebounds. Norm Van Lier dished out 531 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Wilbur Holland added 164 steals, while Artis Gilmore blocked 181 shots.

Ed Badger coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	82	82	3067	1260	704			669	471	318	753	1071	263	42	181	366	261	1879
Mickey Johnson	F	81	81	2870	1215	561			446	362	218	520	738	267	92	68	270	317	1484
Wilbur Holland	G	82	81	2884	1285	569			279	223	105	189	294	313	164	14	223	258	1361
John Mengelt	G	81	8	1767	675	325			238	184	41	88	129	232	51	4	124	169	834
Scott May	F	55	55	1802	617	280			216	175	118	214	332	114	50	6	125	170	735
Norm Van Lier	G	78	75	2524	477	200			229	172	86	198	284	531	144	5	200	279	572
Mark Landsberger	F-C	62	15	926	251	127			157	91	110	191	301	41	21	6	69	78	345
Cazzie Russell	F-G	36	5	789	304	133			57	49	31	52	83	61	19	4	35	63	315
Tate Armstrong	G	66	0	716	280	131			27	22	24	44	68	74	23	0	58	42	284
Steve Sheppard	F	64	7	698	262	119			56	37	67	64	131	43	14	3	46	72	275
Nick Weatherspoon	F	41	0	611	194	86			42	37	57	68	125	32	19	10	49	74	209
Cliff Pondexter	F-C	44	0	534	85	37			20	14	36	94	130	87	19	15	30	66	88
Derrek Dickey	F	25	1	220	68	27			19	14	15	33	48	10	4	2	23	27	68
Tom Boerwinkle	C	22	0	227	50	23			13	10	14	45	59	44	3	4	26	36	56
Jim Ard	F-C	14	0	116	16	8			3	2	8	24	32	7	0	0	14	18	18
Glenn Hansen	G	2	0	4	2	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		835	410	19755	7041	3330	0	0	2471	1863	1248	2577	3825	2119	665	322	1659	1930	8523

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Artis Gilmore	C	82	82	37.4	55.9	70.4	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	22.9
Mickey Johnson	F	81	81	35.4	46.2	81.2	2.7	6.4	9.1	3.3	1.1	0.8	3.3	3.9	18.3
Wilbur Holland	G	82	81	35.2	44.3	79.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.8	2.0	0.2	2.7	3.1	16.6
John Mengelt	G	81	8	21.8	48.1	77.3	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.9	0.6	0.0	1.5	2.1	10.3
Scott May	F	55	55	32.8	45.4	81.0	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.1	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.1	13.4
Norm Van Lier	G	78	75	32.4	41.9	75.1	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.8	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.6	7.3
Mark Landsberger	F-C	62	15	14.9	50.6	58.0	1.8	3.1	4.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	5.6
Cazzie Russell	F-G	36	5	21.9	43.8	86.0	0.9	1.4	2.3	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.8	8.8
Tate Armstrong	G	66	0	10.8	46.8	81.5	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.6	4.3
Steve Sheppard	F	64	7	10.9	45.4	66.1	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	4.3
Nick Weatherspoon	F	41	0	14.9	44.3	88.1	1.4	1.7	3.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.8	5.1
Cliff Pondexter	F-C	44	0	12.1	43.5	70.0	0.8	2.1	3.0	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.0
Derrek Dickey	F	25	1	8.8	39.7	73.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.7
Tom Boerwinkle	C	22	0	10.3	46.0	76.9	0.6	2.0	2.7	2.0	0.1	0.2	1.2	1.6	2.5
Jim Ard	F-C	14	0	8.3	50.0	66.7	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.3
Glenn Hansen	G	2	0	2.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Averages		835	410	23.7	47.3	75.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	2.5	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.3	10.2

1977-78 Chicago Bulls Statistics

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