1967–68 Chicago Bulls season

The 1967–68 Chicago Bulls season was the second season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1967–68 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachJohnny "Red" Kerr
General managerDick Klein
Owner(s)Dick Klein
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record29–53 (.354)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Lakers 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWGN
(Lou Boudreau, Vince Lloyd)

Draft picks
Main article: 1967 NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players drafted by the franchise that played at least one NBA game.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 3 Clem Haskins G  United States Western Kentucky
2 15 Byron Beck F/C  United States Denver
4 34 Jim Burns G  United States Northwestern

Roster
1967–68 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 14 Barnes, Jim 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1941-04-13 UTEP
F 19 Boozer, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1937-04-26 Kansas State
G 6 Burns, Jim 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1945-09-21 Northwestern
F 16 Clemens, Barry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-05-01 Ohio Wesleyan
F 15 Erickson, Keith 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-04-19 UCLA
G 11 Haskins, Clem 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1943-07-11 Western Kentucky
F 18 McLemore, McCoy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1942-04-03 Drake
G 5 Robinson, Flynn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1941-04-28 Wyoming
G 8 Schellhase, Dave 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1944-10-14 Purdue
G 4 Sloan, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1942-03-28 Evansville
C 17 Spitzer, Craig 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1945-12-18 Tulane
C 7 Washington, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-07-01 Villanova
F 6, 9 Wilburn, Ken 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-06-08 Central State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 9, 1968

Regular season

After that promising beginning the Bulls fell apart. During the 1967-68 NBA season the club traded Guy Rodgers, the steadiest player on the squad, to the Cincinnati Royals for Flynn Robinson and two future draft choices. Chicago lost its first nine games, slumping to 1–15 before climbing back to respectability. The Bulls went 28–38 the rest of the way but still finished 29–53.

Even that record was better than those of the new expansion teams in Seattle and San Diego, so the Bulls still snuck into the playoffs, where they were drubbed by the Lakers in the division semifinals. Bob Boozer, a 6–8 forward who had the most productive seasons of his 11-year career while playing for Chicago, led the team in scoring with 21.5 points per game, and Jim Washington topped the club in rebounding with 10.1 boards per contest.

When Jerry Colangelo left the Bulls' front office to run the Phoenix Suns expansion franchise, he took Kerr along as coach. Kerr's replacement for the 1968–69 season was Dick Motta, who had won three Big Sky Conference championships at Weber State. Motta was an unlikely choice, but he proved to be a fortuitous one. In the early 1970s he molded Chicago into a tough, defensive-minded squad that was always ready to challenge the opposition, even if it couldn't match up in talent.

Chicago owned the fourth overall pick in the 1968 NBA draft and selected 7-foot, 265-pound center Tom Boerwinkle of Tennessee. Boerwinkle would spend his entire 10-year career with Chicago and wind up as the Bulls' all-time leading rebounder with 5,745 career boards.

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 5626.683–25–722–139–631–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5230.634430–1118–194–028–12
x-San Francisco Warriors 4339.5241327–1416–230–224–16
x-Chicago Bulls 2953.3542711–2212–246–711–29
Seattle SuperSonics 2359.2803310–217–246–1415–25
San Diego Rockets 1567.183418–334–263–811–29

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SDR SFW SEA STL
Baltimore —3–52–55–34–43–43–50–87–02–55–22–5
Boston 5–3—5–23–56–24–36–24–47–04–36–14–3
Chicago 5–22–5—5–23–41–72–51–64–42–63–51–7
Cincinnati 3–55–32–5—4–41–63–53–57–04–36–11–6
Detroit 4–42–64–34–4—2–54–41–75–24–36–14–3
Los Angeles 4–33–47–16–15–2—4–32–57–14–44–46–2
New York 5–32–65–25–34–43–4—3–56–15–24–31–6
Philadelphia 8–04–46–15–37–15–25–3—6–14–37–05–2
San Diego 0–70–74–40–72–51–71–61–6—2–63–51–7
San Francisco 5–23–46–23–43–44–42–53–46–2—7–11–7
Seattle 2–51–65–31–61–64–43–40–75–31–7—0–8
St. Louis 5–23–47–16–13–42–66–12–57–17–18–0—

Game log
1967–68 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 14@ Boston90–105Jim Washington (24)0–1
2October 17Los Angeles107–105Bob Boozer (36)0–2
3October 19San Francisco116–106Jerry Sloan (26)0–3
4October 20St. Louis126–99Bob Boozer (19)0–4
5October 21@ Cincinnati107–109Haskins, Mueller (21)0–5
6October 25@ Detroit99–107Bob Boozer (26)0–6
7October 27@ Los Angeles117–125Bob Boozer (42)0–7
8October 29@ San Francisco105–125Keith Erickson (22)0–8
9October 31@ Seattle104–114Barry Clemens (29)0–9
10November 2N Seattle105–119Bob Boozer (29)1–9
11November 7St. Louis111–106Bob Boozer (25)1–10
12November 9Boston107–93Boozer, Sloan (24)1–11
13November 12@ Los Angeles96–97Barry Clemens (22)1–12
14November 15@ Los Angeles115–124Flynn Robinson (34)1–13
15November 16@ San Diego91–99McCoy McLemore (23)1–14
16November 17@ San Francisco109–111Bob Boozer (24)1–15
17November 18Detroit130–132McCoy McLemore (28)2–15
18November 21@ New York123–125 (2OT)McCoy McLemore (32)2–16
19November 22@ Baltimore105–100Jerry Sloan (35)3–16
20November 23N New York96–106Keith Erickson (33)4–16
21November 24Philadelphia122–104Flynn Robinson (17)4–17
22November 25@ Philadelphia119–114Bob Boozer (28)5–17
23November 28Seattle111–108Flynn Robinson (25)5–18
24December 1New York100–102Bob Boozer (25)6–18
25December 2@ Cincinnati126–110McCoy McLemore (26)7–18
26December 5N Cincinnati104–105Bob Boozer (21)8–18
27December 6@ Detroit121–135Bob Boozer (30)8–19
28December 7San Diego118–108Bob Boozer (23)8–20
29December 8@ Seattle115–114Jim Washington (24)9–20
30December 9@ San Francisco112–119Barry Clemens (25)9–21
31December 12@ San Diego104–118Keith Erickson (24)9–22
32December 13@ San Francisco109–104Jerry Sloan (35)10–22
33December 14@ Los Angeles106–101Bob Boozer (26)11–22
34December 15Seattle122–115Barry Clemens (25)11–23
35December 16Philadelphia143–123Bob Boozer (27)11–24
36December 21Baltimore116–108Keith Erickson (34)11–25
37December 22@ Baltimore112–117McCoy McLemore (28)11–26
38December 26Los Angeles104–101McCoy McLemore (26)11–27
39December 29San Francisco100–107Bob Boozer (24)12–27
40January 1Baltimore103–109Flynn Robinson (34)13–27
41January 2Boston84–95Bob Boozer (21)14–27
42January 3@ Baltimore113–94Bob Boozer (24)15–27
43January 5N New York121–99Erickson, Washington (23)15–28
44January 6@ Cincinnati114–109Bob Boozer (24)16–28
45January 9N St. Louis121–109Bob Boozer (23)16–29
46January 13Baltimore106–110Bob Boozer (32)17–29
47January 14@ St. Louis92–99Flynn Robinson (21)17–30
48January 16San Diego110–123Flynn Robinson (35)18–30
49January 17N San Diego110–104Keith Erickson (20)18–31
50January 20Philadelphia135–111Bob Boozer (27)18–32
51January 21@ St. Louis90–98Boozer, Erickson (21)18–33
52January 25New York126–118Flynn Robinson (35)18–34
53January 30San Francisco123–119Keith Erickson (25)18–35
54January 31@ Boston109–118Flynn Robinson (24)18–36
55February 1N New York112–103Bob Boozer (28)18–37
56February 2Cincinnati125–113Flynn Robinson (34)18–38
57February 6San Francisco126–124 (OT)Jerry Sloan (33)18–39
58February 8Detroit110–131Jim Washington (22)19–39
59February 9@ Philadelphia113–118Bob Boozer (24)19–40
60February 10@ St. Louis107–108Flynn Robinson (23)19–41
61February 12N Cincinnati104–112 (OT)Boozer, Washington (19)20–41
62February 13San Diego102–114Clem Haskins (28)21–41
63February 15N Los Angeles132–105Flynn Robinson (32)21–42
64February 16Boston124–108McCoy McLemore (20)21–43
65February 18@ St. Louis113–107McLemore, Washington (24)22–43
66February 20N Detroit121–124 (OT)Bob Boozer (35)23–43
67February 21N Seattle106–108Bob Boozer (26)24–43
68February 24@ New York101–109Flynn Robinson (25)24–44
69February 29N Los Angeles117–107Bob Boozer (26)24–45
70March 1@ Boston87–94Boozer, Clemens (17)24–46
71March 3@ Detroit123–134McCoy McLemore (23)24–47
72March 5Detroit121–119Bob Boozer (30)24–48
73March 7Boston112–118Bob Boozer (26)25–48
74March 9St. Louis115–109Flynn Robinson (34)25–49
75March 11Cincinnati98–104Boozer, Robinson (19)26–49
76March 12N Philadelphia139–115Jim Washington (29)26–50
77March 13@ Baltimore100–96Clem Haskins (22)27–50
78March 15Seattle113–101Flynn Robinson (21)27–51
79March 16Philadelphia144–122McCoy McLemore (26)27–52
80March 17@ San Diego129–121Jim Barnes (27)28–52
81March 19N Seattle104–122Clem Haskins (18)28–53
82March 20@ San Diego121–112Flynn Robinson (29)29–53

Playoffs
1968 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 @ Los Angeles L 101–109 Bob Boozer (27) Jim Washington (11) Keith Erickson (5) The Forum
7,352		 0–1
2 March 25 @ Los Angeles L 106–111 Flynn Robinson (32) Jim Washington (13) Bob Boozer (4) The Forum
8,158		 0–2
3 March 27 Los Angeles W 104–98 Flynn Robinson (41) Jim Washington (17) Flynn Robinson (4) Chicago Stadium
3,456		 1–2
4 March 29 Los Angeles L 87–93 Keith Erickson (20) Jim Washington (19) Erickson, Sloan (2) Chicago Stadium
5,678		 1–3
5 March 31 @ Los Angeles L 99–122 Jim Washington (24) Jim Washington (15) three players tied (4) The Forum
12,108		 1–4
1968 schedule

Awards and records

Bob Boozer, NBA All-Star Game

References
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