1986-87 Chicago Bulls Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-42
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Boston Celtics 3-0
Coach: Doug Collins (40-42)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 650,718, Avg. 15,871 in 41 home dates

1986-87 Chicago Bulls Roster
1986-87 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.

Chicago racked up 8,596 points and surrendered 8,523. Michael Jordan netted a team-leading 3,041 points for the Bulls, while Charles Oakley accounted for 1,074 rebounds. John Paxson dished out 467 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Michael Jordan added 236 steals and swatted a team-best 125 opponent shot attempts.

Doug Collins coached the team. The 1986-87 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	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	82	82	3281	2279	1098	66	12	972	833	166	264	430	377	236	125	272	237	3041
Charles Oakley	F-C	82	81	2980	1052	468	30	11	357	245	299	775	1074	296	85	36	299	315	1192
John Paxson	G	82	64	2689	793	386	140	52	131	106	22	117	139	467	66	8	105	207	930
Dave Corzine	C	82	39	2287	619	294	5	0	129	95	199	341	540	209	38	87	114	202	683
Brad Sellers	C-F	80	17	1751	606	276	10	2	173	126	155	218	373	102	44	68	84	194	680
Gene Banks	F-G	63	39	1822	462	249	5	0	146	112	115	193	308	170	52	17	113	173	610
Sedale Threatt	G	40	0	778	273	131	16	0	66	53	8	43	51	177	42	9	42	88	315
Earl Cureton	F-C	43	36	1105	276	129	1	0	73	39	113	114	227	70	15	26	45	102	297
Mike Brown	C-F	62	3	818	201	106	0	0	72	46	71	143	214	24	20	7	59	129	258
Elston Turner	G-F	70	4	936	252	112	8	1	31	23	34	81	115	102	30	4	31	97	248
Steve Colter	G	27	18	473	142	49	9	0	39	33	9	33	42	94	19	6	32	38	131
Granville Waiters	C	44	26	534	93	40	1	0	9	5	38	49	87	22	10	31	16	83	85
Pete Myers	G-F	29	0	155	52	19	6	0	43	28	8	9	17	21	14	2	10	25	66
Ben Poquette	F-C	21	1	167	40	21	1	0	11	9	10	14	24	7	3	12	4	26	51
Perry Young	G	5	0	20	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	5
Fred Cofield	G	5	0	27	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	5	4	2	0	1	1	4
Darren Daye	F-G	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
Totals		818	410	19830	7155	3382	299	78	2254	1754	1248	2400	3648	2143	677	438	1229	1922	8596

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	82	82	40.0	48.2	18.2	85.7	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	37.1
Charles Oakley	F-C	82	81	36.3	44.5	36.7	68.6	3.6	9.5	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	3.6	3.8	14.5
John Paxson	G	82	64	32.8	48.7	37.1	80.9	0.3	1.4	1.7	5.7	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.5	11.3
Dave Corzine	C	82	39	27.9	47.5	0.0	73.6	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.5	0.5	1.1	1.4	2.5	8.3
Brad Sellers	C-F	80	17	21.9	45.5	20.0	72.8	1.9	2.7	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.4	8.5
Gene Banks	F-G	63	39	28.9	53.9	0.0	76.7	1.8	3.1	4.9	2.7	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.7	9.7
Sedale Threatt	G	40	0	19.5	48.0	0.0	80.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	4.4	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.2	7.9
Earl Cureton	F-C	43	36	25.7	46.7	0.0	53.4	2.6	2.7	5.3	1.6	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.4	6.9
Mike Brown	C-F	62	3	13.2	52.7		63.9	1.1	2.3	3.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.0	2.1	4.2
Elston Turner	G-F	70	4	13.4	44.4	12.5	74.2	0.5	1.2	1.6	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	3.5
Steve Colter	G	27	18	17.5	34.5	0.0	84.6	0.3	1.2	1.6	3.5	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	4.9
Granville Waiters	C	44	26	12.1	43.0	0.0	55.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.4	1.9	1.9
Pete Myers	G-F	29	0	5.3	36.5	0.0	65.1	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.3
Ben Poquette	F-C	21	1	8.0	52.5	0.0	81.8	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.4
Perry Young	G	5	0	4.0	50.0		50.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.0
Fred Cofield	G	5	0	5.4	18.2	0.0		0.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8
Darren Daye	F-G	1	0	7.0				0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		818	410	24.2	47.3	26.1	77.8	1.5	2.9	4.5	2.6	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.3	10.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	3	128	84	35	5	2	39	35	7	14	21	18	6	7	8	11	107
Charles Oakley	F-C	3	129	50	19	4	2	24	20	17	29	46	6	4	1	8	13	60
Gene Banks	F-G	3	79	22	13	0	0	8	5	3	5	8	2	0	0	2	13	31
Dave Corzine	C	3	122	22	10	0	0	9	7	7	14	21	7	1	3	7	6	27
John Paxson	G	3	87	22	11	7	3	1	1	0	3	3	11	2	0	5	9	26
Sedale Threatt	G	3	70	17	8	0	0	4	4	2	3	5	16	1	0	2	11	20
Brad Sellers	C-F	3	68	19	6	0	0	3	3	2	5	7	3	0	1	1	8	15
Elston Turner	G-F	3	25	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	3	8
Granville Waiters	C	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Brown	C-F	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Pete Myers	G-F	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		28	720	243	106	16	7	88	75	39	75	114	64	17	13	34	76	294

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	3	42.7	41.7	40.0	89.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	35.7
Charles Oakley	F-C	3	43.0	38.0	50.0	83.3	5.7	9.7	15.3	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	4.3	20.0
Gene Banks	F-G	3	26.3	59.1		62.5	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	4.3	10.3
Dave Corzine	C	3	40.7	45.5		77.8	2.3	4.7	7.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	2.3	2.0	9.0
John Paxson	G	3	29.0	50.0	42.9	100.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	3.0	8.7
Sedale Threatt	G	3	23.3	47.1		100.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.7	6.7
Brad Sellers	C-F	3	22.7	31.6		100.0	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.7	5.0
Elston Turner	G-F	3	8.3	80.0			0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.7
Granville Waiters	C	2	4.0				0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
Mike Brown	C-F	1	3.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Pete Myers	G-F	1	1.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		818	25.7	43.6	43.8	85.2	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.2	2.7	10.5