1970-71 Chicago Bulls Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 51-31
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 3-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Dick Motta (51-31)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 414,857, Avg. 10,118 in 41 home dates

1970-71 Chicago Bulls Roster
1970-71 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 51 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Bulls scored 9,070 points and allowed 8,640. Bob Love netted a team-leading 2,043 points for Chicago, while Jerry Sloan and Chet Walker averaged 18 or more per game also. Tom Boerwinkle accounted for 1,133 rebounds. Tom Boerwinkle dished out 397 assists for the squad.

Dick Motta coached the team. The 1970-71 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	81	81	3482	1710	765			619	513	690	185	259	2043
Chet Walker	F-G	81	81	2927	1398	650			559	480	588	179	187	1780
Jerry Sloan	G-F	80	80	3140	1342	592			389	278	701	281	289	1462
Tom Boerwinkle	C	82	82	2370	736	357			232	168	1133	397	275	882
Jim Fox	C-F	82	0	1628	611	280			321	239	598	196	213	799
Bob Weiss	G	82	47	2237	659	278			269	226	189	387	216	782
Matt Guokas	G-F	78	35	2208	418	206			138	101	157	342	189	513
Johnny Baum	F	62	0	543	293	123			58	40	125	31	55	286
Jim King	G	55	1	645	228	100			79	64	68	78	55	264
Jimmy Collins	G	55	3	478	214	92			45	35	54	60	43	219
Paul Ruffner	C-F	10	0	60	35	15			8	4	16	2	10	34
A.W. Holt	F	6	0	14	8	1			3	2	4	0	1	4
Shaler Halimon	G-F	2	0	23	8	1			1	0	2	4	5	2
Totals		756	410	19755	7660	3460	0	0	2721	2150	4325	2142	1797	9070

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	81	81	43.0	44.7	82.9	8.5	2.3	3.2	25.2
Chet Walker	F-G	81	81	36.1	46.5	85.9	7.3	2.2	2.3	22.0
Jerry Sloan	G-F	80	80	39.3	44.1	71.5	8.8	3.5	3.6	18.3
Tom Boerwinkle	C	82	82	28.9	48.5	72.4	13.8	4.8	3.4	10.8
Jim Fox	C-F	82	0	19.9	45.8	74.5	7.3	2.4	2.6	9.7
Bob Weiss	G	82	47	27.3	42.2	84.0	2.3	4.7	2.6	9.5
Matt Guokas	G-F	78	35	28.3	49.3	73.2	2.0	4.4	2.4	6.6
Johnny Baum	F	62	0	8.8	42.0	69.0	2.0	0.5	0.9	4.6
Jim King	G	55	1	11.7	43.9	81.0	1.2	1.4	1.0	4.8
Jimmy Collins	G	55	3	8.7	43.0	77.8	1.0	1.1	0.8	4.0
Paul Ruffner	C-F	10	0	6.0	42.9	50.0	1.6	0.2	1.0	3.4
A.W. Holt	F	6	0	2.3	12.5	66.7	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.7
Shaler Halimon	G-F	2	0	11.5	12.5	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	1.0
Averages		756	410	26.1	45.2	79.0	5.7	2.8	2.4	12.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	7	330	161	79			36	29	51	10	26	187
Jerry Sloan	G-F	7	284	117	51			23	17	63	17	25	119
Bob Weiss	G	7	250	92	42			30	26	18	57	19	110
Chet Walker	F-G	7	234	100	44			24	17	50	22	20	105
Jim Fox	C-F	7	167	76	33			19	13	66	17	17	79
Jim King	G	7	147	45	19			12	8	21	27	25	46
Tom Boerwinkle	C	7	169	41	19			7	5	67	31	17	43
Matt Guokas	G-F	6	83	14	8			5	4	8	12	8	20
Jimmy Collins	G	2	8	1	0			3	3	1	0	1	3
Paul Ruffner	C-F	1	3	5	0			0	0	2	0	0	0
Johnny Baum	F	2	5	0	0			0	0	1	0	2	0
Totals		60	1680	652	295	0	0	159	122	348	193	160	712

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	7	47.1	49.1	80.6	7.3	1.4	3.7	26.7
Jerry Sloan	G-F	7	40.6	43.6	73.9	9.0	2.4	3.6	17.0
Bob Weiss	G	7	35.7	45.7	86.7	2.6	8.1	2.7	15.7
Chet Walker	F-G	7	33.4	44.0	70.8	7.1	3.1	2.9	15.0
Jim Fox	C-F	7	23.9	43.4	68.4	9.4	2.4	2.4	11.3
Jim King	G	7	21.0	42.2	66.7	3.0	3.9	3.6	6.6
Tom Boerwinkle	C	7	24.1	46.3	71.4	9.6	4.4	2.4	6.1
Matt Guokas	G-F	6	13.8	57.1	80.0	1.3	2.0	1.3	3.3
Jimmy Collins	G	2	4.0	0.0	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5
Paul Ruffner	C-F	1	3.0	0.0		2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Baum	F	2	2.5			0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		756	28.0	45.2	76.7	5.8	3.2	2.7	11.9