1973–74 Chicago Bulls season

1973–74 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachDick Motta
General managerDick Motta
Owner(s)Arthur Wirtz and Jonathan Kovler
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record54–28 (.659)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishConference finals
(lost to Bucks 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWSNS-TV
(Andy Musser, Dick Gonski)
RadioWIND
(Jim Durham, Bill Berg)
< 1972–73 1974–75 >

The 1973–74 NBA season was the Bulls' eighth season in the NBA.[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1973 NBA draft

Roster

1973–74 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 12–21 Adelman, Rick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-06-16 Loyola Marymount
C 20 Awtrey, Dennis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1948-02-22 Santa Clara
C 18 Boerwinkle, Tom 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1945-08-23 Tennessee
F 23 Garrett, Rowland 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1950-07-16 Florida State
F 42 Hummer, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1948-05-04 Princeton
F 10 Love, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1942-12-08 Southern
F 54 Porter, Howard 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-08-31 Villanova
C 14 Ray, Clifford 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1949-01-21 Oklahoma
G/F 4 Sloan, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1942-03-28 Evansville
G 2 Van Lier, Norm 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1947-04-01 Saint Francis (PA)
F 25 Walker, Chet 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1940-02-22 Bradley
G 8 Weiss, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1942-05-07 Penn State
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 13, 1974

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 59 23 .720 – 31–7 24–16 4–0 14–6
x-Chicago Bulls 54 28 .659 5 32–9 21–19 1–0 13–7
x-Detroit Pistons 52 30 .634 7 29–12 23–17 0–1 9–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings 33 49 .402 26 20–21 13–28 – 4–16
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks 59 23 .720 –
2 x-Chicago Bulls 54 28 .659 5
3 x-Detroit Pistons 52 30 .634 7
4 y-Los Angeles Lakers 47 35 .573 12
5 Golden State Warriors 44 38 .537 15
6 Seattle SuperSonics 36 46 .439 23
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings 33 49 .402 26
8 Phoenix Suns 30 52 .366 29
9 Portland Trail Blazers 27 55 .329 32
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1973–74 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CAP CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta — 1–5 2–4 4–4 1–3 4–3 0–4 1–3 5–2 1–3 4–0 1–3 1–5 3–3 1–3 2–2 4–0
Boston 5–1 — 5–2 2–4 2–2 4–2 3–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 5–2 7–1 3–1 4–0 2–2
Buffalo 4–2 2–5 — 3–3 1–3 5–1 1–3 1–3 4–2 2–2 0–4 1–3 4–4 6–1 3–1 3–1 2–2
Capital 4–4 4–2 3–3 — 1–3 6–1 2–2 3–1 4–3 3–1 2–2 1–3 3–3 4–2 2–2 3–1 2–2
Chicago 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 — 4–0 5–2 4–2 4–0 5–2 1–5 3–3 2–2 3–1 4–2 4–2 4–2
Cleveland 3–4 2–4 1–5 1–6 0–4 — 2–2 0–4 4–4 0–4 3–1 0–4 1–5 5–1 1–3 4–0 2–2
Detroit 4–0 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–5 2–2 — 5–1 3–1 4–2 4–2 3–4 1–3 2–2 6–0 5–1 5–1
Golden State 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 2–4 4–0 1–5 — 4–0 3–3 4–2 3–3 1–3 3–1 5–2 3–4 3–3
Houston 2–5 2–4 2–4 3–4 0–4 4–4 1–3 0–4 — 2–2 2–2 0–4 4–2 4–2 2–2 3–1 1–3
Kansas City-Omaha 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–3 2–5 4–0 2–4 3–3 2–2 — 1–5 0–7 1–3 1–3 4–2 4–2 2–4
Los Angeles 0–4 2–2 4–0 2–2 5–1 1–3 2–4 2–4 2–2 5–1 — 4–2 2–2 4–0 4–2 4–3 4–3
Milwaukee 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–3 4–0 4–3 3–3 4–0 7–0 2–4 — 2–2 4–0 5–1 6–0 4–2
New York 5–1 2–5 4–4 3–3 2–2 5–1 3–1 3–1 2–4 3–1 2–2 2–2 — 4–3 3–1 2–2 4–0
Philadelphia 3–3 1–7 1–6 2–4 1–3 1–5 2–2 1–3 2–4 3–1 0–4 0–4 3–4 — 3–1 2–2 0–4
Phoenix 3–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 2–4 3–1 0–6 2–5 2–2 2–4 2–4 1–5 1–3 1–3 — 3–3 4–3
Portland 2–2 0–4 1–3 1–3 2–4 0–4 1–5 4–3 1–3 2–4 3–4 0–6 2–2 2–2 3–3 — 3–3
Seattle 0–4 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–4 2–2 1–5 3–3 3–1 4–2 3–4 2–4 0–4 4–0 3–4 3–3 —

Game log

1973–74 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 9 Los Angeles 117–97 Chet Walker (26) 0–1
2 October 10 @ Kansas City–Omaha 105–90 Chet Walker (29) 1–1
3 October 12 @ Kansas City–Omaha 84–88 Chet Walker (24) 1–2
4 October 13 Detroit 94–101 Sloan, Walker (18) 2–2
5 October 19 Capital 103–117 Bob Love (33) 3–2
6 October 20 @ New York 85–69 Bob Love (25) 4–2
7 October 21 @ Capital 107–99 Chet Walker (30) 5–2
8 October 26 Houston 113–121 Chet Walker (30) 6–2
9 October 27 @ Houston 102–92 Chet Walker (20) 7–2
10 November 2 Buffalo 97–107 Love, Weiss (20) 8–2
11 November 3 Cleveland 94–105 Chet Walker (32) 9–2
12 November 4 N Buffalo 101–95 (OT) Chet Walker (29) 10–2
13 November 8 @ Golden State 112–111 Bob Love (31) 11–2
14 November 10 @ Portland 106–104 Chet Walker (28) 12–2
15 November 11 @ Seattle 116–98 Norm Van Lier (30) 13–2
16 November 13 @ Phoenix 108–116 Bob Love (32) 13–3
17 November 16 @ Los Angeles 102–118 Bob Love (29) 13–4
18 November 18 @ Detroit 104–102 Chet Walker (28) 14–4
19 November 20 Portland 101–106 Chet Walker (30) 15–4
20 November 23 Phoenix 99–94 Bob Love (24) 15–5
21 November 24 Detroit 112–114 (OT) Bob Love (31) 16–5
22 November 27 Golden State 117–123 Chet Walker (39) 17–5
23 November 28 @ Philadelphia 96–101 Chet Walker (30) 17–6
24 November 30 New York 97–115 Bob Love (24) 18–6
25 December 1 @ Boston 98–120 Jerry Sloan (25) 18–7
26 December 4 Seattle 107–130 Love, Van Lier (27) 19–7
27 December 6 Philadelphia 98–103 Chet Walker (27) 20–7
28 December 7 @ Cleveland 96–91 Jerry Sloan (19) 21–7
29 December 8 Boston 95–112 Bob Love (28) 22–7
30 December 11 Kansas City–Omaha 104–105 Bob Love (23) 23–7
31 December 13 @ Milwaukee 97–94 Chet Walker (26) 24–7
32 December 14 Los Angeles 100–97 Bob Love (25) 24–8
33 December 15 Houston 100–104 Norm Van Lier (30) 25–8
34 December 18 Seattle 93–92 Bob Love (19) 25–9
35 December 19 @ Detroit 87–89 Bob Love (27) 25–10
36 December 22 Golden State 86–110 Bob Love (32) 26–10
37 December 26 @ Capital 81–82 Chet Walker (22) 26–11
38 December 28 Atlanta 94–118 Love, Weiss (18) 27–11
39 December 29 Detroit 103–108 Bob Love (30) 28–11
40 December 30 @ Portland 92–99 Chet Walker (31) 28–12
41 January 1 @ Golden State 91–80 Bob Love (39) 29–12
42 January 4 @ Seattle 101–103 (OT) Chet Walker (33) 29–13
43 January 6 Phoenix 116–120 (OT) Bob Love (33) 30–13
44 January 8 New York 108–80 Bob Love (18) 30–14
45 January 9 @ Boston 89–106 Bob Love (28) 30–15
46 January 10 @ Atlanta 116–104 Chet Walker (29) 31–15
47 January 12 Milwaukee 101–82 Howard Porter (17) 31–16
48 January 13 @ Milwaukee 94–124 Bob Love (24) 31–17
49 January 18 @ Detroit 95–113 Chet Walker (25) 31–18
50 January 20 Portland 97–99 Chet Walker (22) 32–18
51 January 22 Atlanta 89–102 Bob Love (28) 33–18
52 January 25 Seattle 99–104 Bob Love (34) 34–18
53 January 27 Detroit 91–109 Love, Porter (21) 35–18
54 January 30 Capital 94–103 Bob Love (20) 36–18
55 February 1 Kansas City–Omaha 88–99 Bob Love (29) 37–18
56 February 2 @ Philadelphia 105–89 Bob Love (27) 38–18
57 February 3 @ Cleveland 108–94 Jerry Sloan (25) 39–18
58 February 5 Boston 98–100 Chet Walker (22) 40–18
59 February 6 @ Kansas City–Omaha 112–95 Bob Love (29) 41–18
60 February 8 @ Buffalo 101–106 Love, Walker (20) 41–19
61 February 10 Los Angeles 86–96 Bob Love (30) 42–19
62 February 12 Milwaukee 81–93 Bob Love (34) 43–19
63 February 13 @ New York 80–89 Norm Van Lier (19) 43–20
64 February 15 @ Milwaukee 92–90 Bob Love (24) 44–20
65 February 17 Golden State 108–105 Howard Porter (24) 44–21
66 February 19 Phoenix 96–130 Porter, Walker (25) 45–21
67 February 22 Portland 100–117 Bob Love (29) 46–21
68 February 24 @ Los Angeles 90–100 Bob Love (23) 46–22
69 February 27 @ Phoenix 107–95 Howard Porter (23) 47–22
70 March 1 @ Portland 91–95 Love, Walker (21) 47–23
71 March 2 @ Golden State 88–103 Chet Walker (28) 47–24
72 March 5 @ Phoenix 111–91 Norm Van Lier (22) 48–24
73 March 6 @ Houston 105–93 Bob Love (43) 49–24
74 March 9 @ Atlanta 99–106 Clifford Ray (24) 49–25
75 March 12 Kansas City–Omaha 93–91 Bob Love (31) 49–26
76 March 15 Buffalo 97–114 Chet Walker (22) 50–26
77 March 17 Milwaukee 107–82 Howard Porter (22) 50–27
78 March 19 Philadelphia 94–103 Jerry Sloan (22) 51–27
79 March 20 @ Kansas City–Omaha 87–86 Norm Van Lier (25) 52–27
80 March 22 @ Los Angeles 93–99 Howard Porter (21) 52–28
81 March 24 @ Seattle 122–113 Chet Walker (25) 53–28
82 March 26 Cleveland 98–104 Norm Van Lier (25) 54–28

Playoffs

1974 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 30 Detroit L 88–97 Jerry Sloan (24) Sloan, Ray (10) Norm Van Lier (6) Chicago Stadium
10,711 		0–1
2 April 1 @ Detroit W 108–103 Bob Love (38) Clifford Ray (11) Norm Van Lier (9) Cobo Arena
11,499 		1–1
3 April 5 Detroit W 84–83 Chet Walker (21) Jerry Sloan (14) Norm Van Lier (5) Chicago Stadium
17,634 		2–1
4 April 7 @ Detroit L 87–102 Bob Love (23) Clifford Ray (9) Norm Van Lier (9) Cobo Arena
11,287 		2–2
5 April 9 Detroit W 98–94 Bob Love (32) Jerry Sloan (17) Norm Van Lier (4) Chicago Stadium
14,236 		3–2
6 April 11 @ Detroit L 88–92 Chet Walker (33) Clifford Ray (15) Norm Van Lier (10) Cobo Arena
11,134 		3–3
7 April 13 Detroit W 96–94 Chet Walker (26) Clifford Ray (15) Bob Weiss (5) Chicago Stadium
13,133 		4–3
Conference finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 16 @ Milwaukee L 85–101 Norm Van Lier (26) Bob Love (10) Norm Van Lier (10) Milwaukee Arena
10,938 		0–1
2 April 18 Milwaukee L 111–113 Norm Van Lier (27) Clifford Ray (15) Norm Van Lier (7) Chicago Stadium
17,787 		0–2
3 April 20 @ Milwaukee L 90–113 Bob Love (30) Clifford Ray (15) Clifford Ray (6) Milwaukee Arena
10,938 		0–3
4 April 22 Milwaukee L 99–115 Bob Love (32) Love, Ray (8) Norm Van Lier (7) Chicago Stadium
12,762 		0–4
1974 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1973–74 Chicago Bulls

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