1972-73 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: 424,944, Avg. 10,364 in 41 home dates

1972-73 Chicago Bulls Roster
1972-73 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 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 tossed in 8,534 points and conceded 8,248. Bob Love netted a team-leading 1,895 points for Chicago, and Chet Walker scored 17 or more per game, too. Clifford Ray contributed 797 rebounds. Norm Van Lier dished out 567 assists for the squad.

Dick Motta coached the team. The 1972-73 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	82	75	3033	1794	774			421	347	532	119	240	1895
Chet Walker	F-G	79	79	2455	1248	597			452	376	395	179	166	1570
Norm Van Lier	G	80	79	2882	1064	474			211	166	438	567	269	1114
Garfield Heard	F	78	9	1535	815	346			177	115	447	58	167	807
Bob Weiss	G	82	19	2086	655	279			189	159	148	295	151	717
Jerry Sloan	G-F	69	66	2412	733	301			133	94	475	151	235	696
Clifford Ray	C	73	50	2009	516	254			189	117	797	271	232	625
Dennis Awtrey	C	79	32	1650	298	143			149	85	433	222	226	371
Jim King	G	65	1	785	263	116			52	44	76	81	76	276
Howard Porter	F-C	43	0	407	217	98			29	22	118	16	52	218
Rowland Garrett	F	35	0	211	118	52			31	21	61	8	29	125
Frank Russell	G	23	0	131	77	29			18	16	17	15	12	74
Tom Boerwinkle	C	8	0	176	24	9			20	12	54	40	22	30
Kenny McIntosh	F	3	0	33	13	8			2	0	9	1	4	16
Totals		799	410	19805	7835	3480	0	0	2073	1574	4000	2023	1881	8534

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	82	75	37.0	43.1	82.4	6.5	1.5	2.9	23.1
Chet Walker	F-G	79	79	31.1	47.8	83.2	5.0	2.3	2.1	19.9
Norm Van Lier	G	80	79	36.0	44.5	78.7	5.5	7.1	3.4	13.9
Garfield Heard	F	78	9	19.7	42.5	65.0	5.7	0.7	2.1	10.3
Bob Weiss	G	82	19	25.4	42.6	84.1	1.8	3.6	1.8	8.7
Jerry Sloan	G-F	69	66	35.0	41.1	70.7	6.9	2.2	3.4	10.1
Clifford Ray	C	73	50	27.5	49.2	61.9	10.9	3.7	3.2	8.6
Dennis Awtrey	C	79	32	20.9	48.0	57.0	5.5	2.8	2.9	4.7
Jim King	G	65	1	12.1	44.1	84.6	1.2	1.2	1.2	4.2
Howard Porter	F-C	43	0	9.5	45.2	75.9	2.7	0.4	1.2	5.1
Rowland Garrett	F	35	0	6.0	44.1	67.7	1.7	0.2	0.8	3.6
Frank Russell	G	23	0	5.7	37.7	88.9	0.7	0.7	0.5	3.2
Tom Boerwinkle	C	8	0	22.0	37.5	60.0	6.8	5.0	2.8	3.8
Kenny McIntosh	F	3	0	11.0	61.5	0.0	3.0	0.3	1.3	5.3
Averages		799	410	24.8	44.4	75.9	5.0	2.5	2.4	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	7	314	148	68			41	30	67	23	20	166
Chet Walker	F-G	7	229	121	42			37	33	62	14	15	117
Jerry Sloan	G-F	7	292	103	45			19	14	59	14	31	104
Norm Van Lier	G	7	258	129	45			15	11	37	36	32	101
Bob Weiss	G	7	175	79	34			21	16	16	15	20	84
Dennis Awtrey	C	7	268	48	26			22	11	77	31	26	63
Howard Porter	F-C	6	79	34	12			4	3	18	2	5	27
Tom Boerwinkle	C	4	30	6	4			1	1	9	11	7	9
Clifford Ray	C	5	36	8	3			0	0	9	1	2	6
Jim King	G	4	14	6	2			2	1	1	2	3	5
Garfield Heard	F	2	9	4	2			0	0	3	0	4	4
Rowland Garrett	F	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		64	1705	686	283	0	0	162	120	358	149	165	686

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Love	F	7	44.9	45.9	73.2	9.6	3.3	2.9	23.7
Chet Walker	F-G	7	32.7	34.7	89.2	8.9	2.0	2.1	16.7
Jerry Sloan	G-F	7	41.7	43.7	73.7	8.4	2.0	4.4	14.9
Norm Van Lier	G	7	36.9	34.9	73.3	5.3	5.1	4.6	14.4
Bob Weiss	G	7	25.0	43.0	76.2	2.3	2.1	2.9	12.0
Dennis Awtrey	C	7	38.3	54.2	50.0	11.0	4.4	3.7	9.0
Howard Porter	F-C	6	13.2	35.3	75.0	3.0	0.3	0.8	4.5
Tom Boerwinkle	C	4	7.5	66.7	100.0	2.3	2.8	1.8	2.3
Clifford Ray	C	5	7.2	37.5		1.8	0.2	0.4	1.2
Jim King	G	4	3.5	33.3	50.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3
Garfield Heard	F	2	4.5	50.0		1.5	0.0	2.0	2.0
Rowland Garrett	F	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		799	26.6	41.3	74.1	5.6	2.3	2.6	10.7