1987-88 Chicago Bulls Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 50-32
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-6 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Cleveland Cavaliers 3-2
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Detroit Pistons 4-1
Coach: Doug Collins (50-32)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 740,482, Avg. 18,061 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Chicago Bulls Roster
1987-88 Chicago Bulls Results

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.

The Bulls allowed 8,330 points, least in the league. Chicago poured in 8,609 points. Michael Jordan netted a team-leading 2,868 points for the squad, and Charles Oakley accounted for 1,066 rebounds. Michael Jordan dished out 485 assists for the team.

On defense, Michael Jordan added 259 steals and swatted a team-best 131 opponent shot attempts.

Doug Collins coached the team. The 1987-88 Chicago Bulls lost in the conference semifinals.

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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	3311	1998	1069	53	7	860	723	139	310	449	485	259	131	252	270	2868
Charles Oakley	F-C	82	82	2816	776	375	12	3	359	261	326	740	1066	248	68	28	241	272	1014
Dave Corzine	C	80	32	2328	715	344	9	1	153	115	170	357	527	154	36	95	109	149	804
Brad Sellers	C-F	82	76	2212	714	326	7	1	157	124	107	143	250	141	34	66	91	174	777
John Paxson	G	81	30	1888	582	287	95	33	45	33	16	88	104	303	49	1	64	154	640
Scottie Pippen	F-G	79	0	1650	564	261	23	4	172	99	115	183	298	169	91	52	131	214	625
Horace Grant	F-C	81	6	1827	507	254	2	0	182	114	155	292	447	89	51	53	86	221	622
Sam Vincent	G	29	27	953	309	138	8	3	107	99	18	85	103	244	34	12	84	82	378
Sedale Threatt	G	45	0	701	263	132	20	2	41	32	12	43	55	107	27	3	44	71	298
Rory Sparrow	G	55	25	992	274	112	12	2	33	24	14	56	70	162	37	3	52	72	250
Mike Brown	C-F	46	27	591	174	78	1	0	71	41	66	93	159	28	11	4	38	85	197
Artis Gilmore	C	24	23	372	80	41	0	0	37	19	15	48	63	9	5	12	28	54	101
Granville Waiters	C	22	0	114	29	9	1	0	2	0	9	19	28	1	2	15	6	26	18
Elston Turner	G-F	17	0	98	30	8	0	0	2	1	8	2	10	9	8	0	10	5	17
Tony White	G	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		807	410	19855	7015	3434	243	56	2221	1685	1170	2459	3629	2149	712	475	1236	1849	8609

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	40.4	53.5	13.2	84.1	1.7	3.8	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	3.3	35.0
Charles Oakley	F-C	82	82	34.3	48.3	25.0	72.7	4.0	9.0	13.0	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.9	3.3	12.4
Dave Corzine	C	80	32	29.1	48.1	11.1	75.2	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.5	1.2	1.4	1.9	10.1
Brad Sellers	C-F	82	76	27.0	45.7	14.3	79.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.1	9.5
John Paxson	G	81	30	23.3	49.3	34.7	73.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.9	7.9
Scottie Pippen	F-G	79	0	20.9	46.3	17.4	57.6	1.5	2.3	3.8	2.1	1.2	0.7	1.7	2.7	7.9
Horace Grant	F-C	81	6	22.6	50.1	0.0	62.6	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.7	7.7
Sam Vincent	G	29	27	32.9	44.7	37.5	92.5	0.6	2.9	3.6	8.4	1.2	0.4	2.9	2.8	13.0
Sedale Threatt	G	45	0	15.6	50.2	10.0	78.0	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.6	6.6
Rory Sparrow	G	55	25	18.0	40.9	16.7	72.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.9	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.3	4.5
Mike Brown	C-F	46	27	12.8	44.8	0.0	57.7	1.4	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.8	4.3
Artis Gilmore	C	24	23	15.5	51.3		51.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.2	2.3	4.2
Granville Waiters	C	22	0	5.2	31.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.3	1.2	0.8
Elston Turner	G-F	17	0	5.8	26.7		50.0	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.3	1.0
Tony White	G	2	0	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		807	410	24.6	49.0	23.0	75.9	1.4	3.0	4.5	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.3	10.7

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	10	427	260	138	3	1	99	86	23	48	71	47	24	11	39	38	363
Sam Vincent	G	10	251	110	41	3	0	25	20	6	13	19	44	8	1	27	23	102
Charles Oakley	F-C	10	373	91	40	2	0	24	21	39	89	128	32	6	4	18	33	101
Horace Grant	F-C	10	299	81	46	1	0	15	9	25	45	70	16	14	2	7	35	101
Scottie Pippen	F-G	10	294	99	46	6	3	7	5	24	28	52	24	8	8	26	33	100
Dave Corzine	C	10	308	76	27	0	0	13	7	15	42	57	8	3	8	12	21	61
John Paxson	G	10	165	53	20	12	2	4	4	0	4	4	30	1	1	5	24	46
Brad Sellers	C-F	10	144	43	15	0	0	17	15	10	11	21	8	2	5	5	18	45
Rory Sparrow	G	7	106	32	10	4	2	6	4	0	3	3	18	4	0	4	11	26
Elston Turner	G-F	4	29	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	6	0	0	1	2	2
Mike Brown	C-F	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Totals		92	2400	851	384	31	8	212	172	143	287	430	234	71	40	144	238	948

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Michael Jordan	G-F	10	42.7	53.1	33.3	86.9	2.3	4.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	3.9	3.8	36.3
Sam Vincent	G	10	25.1	37.3	0.0	80.0	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.4	0.8	0.1	2.7	2.3	10.2
Charles Oakley	F-C	10	37.3	44.0	0.0	87.5	3.9	8.9	12.8	3.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.3	10.1
Horace Grant	F-C	10	29.9	56.8	0.0	60.0	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.6	1.4	0.2	0.7	3.5	10.1
Scottie Pippen	F-G	10	29.4	46.5	50.0	71.4	2.4	2.8	5.2	2.4	0.8	0.8	2.6	3.3	10.0
Dave Corzine	C	10	30.8	35.5		53.8	1.5	4.2	5.7	0.8	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.1	6.1
John Paxson	G	10	16.5	37.7	16.7	100.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	2.4	4.6
Brad Sellers	C-F	10	14.4	34.9		88.2	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.8	4.5
Rory Sparrow	G	7	15.1	31.3	50.0	66.7	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.6	3.7
Elston Turner	G-F	4	7.3	16.7			0.3	1.0	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5
Mike Brown	C-F	1	4.0			50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Averages		807	26.1	45.1	25.8	81.1	1.6	3.1	4.7	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.6	10.3