1977β78 Chicago Bulls season | |
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Head coach | Ed Badger |
General manager | Jon Kovler |
Owner(s) | Arthur Wirtz and Jonathan Kovler |
Arena | Chicago Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 40–42 (.488) |
Place | Division: 3rd (
Midwest) Conference: 8th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television |
WGN-TV ( Lorn Brown, Johnny βRedβ Kerr) |
Radio |
WIND ( Jim Durham, Bill Berg) |
The 1977β78 NBA season was the Bulls' 12th season in the NBA. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 13 | Tate Armstrong | SG | United States | Duke |
2 | 23 | Mike Glenn | PG | United States | Southern Illinois |
2 | 30 | Steve Sheppard | SF | United States | Maryland |
2 | 35 | Mark Landsberger | PF/C | United States | Arizona State |
4 | 79 | Mike McConathy | United States | Louisiana Tech | |
5 | 101 | Nate Davis | United States | South Carolina | |
6 | 123 | Jay Chessman | United States | Brigham Young | |
7 | 143 | Mike Smith | United States | Evansville | |
8 | 162 | Rich Rhodes | United States | Eastern Illinois |
1977β78 Chicago Bulls roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roster |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | β | 33β8 | 15β26 | 11β9 |
x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 | 28β13 | 16β25 | 14β6 |
Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 | 29β12 | 11β30 | 8β12 |
Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 24β17 | 14β27 | 8β12 |
Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 21β20 | 10β31 | 8β12 |
Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 22β19 | 9β32 | 11β9 |
# | |||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Portland Trail Blazers | 58 | 24 | .707 | β |
2 | y- Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 10 |
3 | x- Phoenix Suns | 49 | 33 | .598 | 9 |
4 | x- Seattle SuperSonics | 47 | 35 | .573 | 11 |
5 | x- Los Angeles Lakers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 13 |
6 | x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 14 |
7 | Golden State Warriors | 43 | 39 | .524 | 15 |
8 | Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 18 |
9 | Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 20 |
10 | Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 27 |
11 | Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 27 |
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NJN | NOJ | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SEA | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β3 |
Boston | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 |
Buffalo | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
Chicago | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 |
Cleveland | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Denver | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Detroit | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Golden State | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Houston | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 |
Indiana | 1β3 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Kansas City | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Los Angeles | 1β3 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
New Jersey | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | β | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
New Orleans | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 4β0 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 |
New York | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 |
Philadelphia | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Phoenix | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Portland | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 |
San Antonio | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Seattle | 1β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 |
Washington | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β |
1977β78 Chicago Bulls season | |
---|---|
Head coach | Ed Badger |
General manager | Jon Kovler |
Owner(s) | Arthur Wirtz and Jonathan Kovler |
Arena | Chicago Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 40–42 (.488) |
Place | Division: 3rd (
Midwest) Conference: 8th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television |
WGN-TV ( Lorn Brown, Johnny βRedβ Kerr) |
Radio |
WIND ( Jim Durham, Bill Berg) |
The 1977β78 NBA season was the Bulls' 12th season in the NBA. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | Tate Armstrong | SG | United States | Duke |
2 | 23 | Mike Glenn | PG | United States | Southern Illinois |
2 | 30 | Steve Sheppard | SF | United States | Maryland |
2 | 35 | Mark Landsberger | PF/C | United States | Arizona State |
4 | 79 | Mike McConathy | United States | Louisiana Tech | |
5 | 101 | Nate Davis | United States | South Carolina | |
6 | 123 | Jay Chessman | United States | Brigham Young | |
7 | 143 | Mike Smith | United States | Evansville | |
8 | 162 | Rich Rhodes | United States | Eastern Illinois |
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Roster |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y- Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | β | 33β8 | 15β26 | 11β9 |
x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 | 28β13 | 16β25 | 14β6 |
Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 | 29β12 | 11β30 | 8β12 |
Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 24β17 | 14β27 | 8β12 |
Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 21β20 | 10β31 | 8β12 |
Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 22β19 | 9β32 | 11β9 |
# | |||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z- Portland Trail Blazers | 58 | 24 | .707 | β |
2 | y- Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 10 |
3 | x- Phoenix Suns | 49 | 33 | .598 | 9 |
4 | x- Seattle SuperSonics | 47 | 35 | .573 | 11 |
5 | x- Los Angeles Lakers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 13 |
6 | x- Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 14 |
7 | Golden State Warriors | 43 | 39 | .524 | 15 |
8 | Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 18 |
9 | Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 20 |
10 | Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 27 |
11 | Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 27 |
1977β78 NBA Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | KCK | LAL | MIL | NJN | NOJ | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAS | SEA | WAS |
Atlanta | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β3 |
Boston | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 |
Buffalo | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 |
Chicago | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 |
Cleveland | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Denver | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Detroit | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Golden State | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Houston | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 | β | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 1β3 |
Indiana | 1β3 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | β | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
Kansas City | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 0β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Los Angeles | 1β3 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | β | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 1β3 | β | 3β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 |
New Jersey | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 0β4 | 1β3 | β | 0β4 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
New Orleans | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 4β0 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β4 |
New York | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | β | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 |
Philadelphia | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 |
Phoenix | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | β | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Portland | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β | 2β2 | 3β1 | 2β1 |
San Antonio | 3β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | β | 2β2 | 2β2 |
Seattle | 1β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | β | 1β3 |
Washington | 3β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | β |