1973–74 Chicago Bulls season

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

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)

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1973 NBA draft

Roster
1973–74 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (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 5923.720–31–724–164–014–6
x-Chicago Bulls 5428.659532–921–191–013–7
x-Detroit Pistons 5230.634729–1223–170–19–11
Kansas City–Omaha Kings 3349.4022620–2113–28–4–16
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks5923.720–
2 x-Chicago Bulls5428.6595
3 x-Detroit Pistons5230.6347
4 y-Los Angeles Lakers4735.57312
5 Golden State Warriors4438.53715
6 Seattle SuperSonics3646.43923
7 Kansas City–Omaha Kings3349.40226
8 Phoenix Suns3052.36629
9 Portland Trail Blazers2755.32932
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 —1–52–44–41–34–30–41–35–21–34–01–31–53–31–32–24–0
Boston 5–1—5–22–42–24–23–13–14–23–12–22–25–27–13–14–02–2
Buffalo 4–22–5—3–31–35–11–31–34–22–20–41–34–46–13–13–12–2
Capital 4–44–23–3—1–36–12–23–14–33–12–21–33–34–22–23–12–2
Chicago 3–12–23–13–1—4–05–24–24–05–21–53–32–23–14–24–24–2
Cleveland 3–42–41–51–60–4—2–20–44–40–43–10–41–55–11–34–02–2
Detroit 4–01–33–12–22–52–2—5–13–14–24–23–41–32–26–05–15–1
Golden State 3–11–33–11–32–44–01–5—4–03–34–23–31–33–15–23–43–3
Houston 2–52–42–43–40–44–41–30–4—2–22–20–44–24–22–23–11–3
Kansas City-Omaha 3–11–32–21–32–54–02–43–32–2—1–50–71–31–34–24–22–4
Los Angeles 0–42–24–02–25–11–32–42–42–25–1—4–22–24–04–24–34–3
Milwaukee 3–12–23–13–13–34–04–33–34–07–02–4—2–24–05–16–04–2
New York 5–12–54–43–32–25–13–13–12–43–12–22–2—4–33–12–24–0
Philadelphia 3–31–71–62–41–31–52–21–32–43–10–40–43–4—3–12–20–4
Phoenix 3–11–31–32–22–43–10–62–52–22–42–41–51–31–3—3–34–3
Portland 2–20–41–31–32–40–41–54–31–32–43–40–62–22–23–3—3–3
Seattle 0–42–22–22–22–42–21–53–33–14–23–42–40–44–03–43–3—

Game log
1973–74 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 9Los Angeles117–97Chet Walker (26)0–1
2October 10@ Kansas City–Omaha105–90Chet Walker (29)1–1
3October 12@ Kansas City–Omaha84–88Chet Walker (24)1–2
4October 13Detroit94–101Sloan, Walker (18)2–2
5October 19Capital103–117Bob Love (33)3–2
6October 20@ New York85–69Bob Love (25)4–2
7October 21@ Capital107–99Chet Walker (30)5–2
8October 26Houston113–121Chet Walker (30)6–2
9October 27@ Houston102–92Chet Walker (20)7–2
10November 2Buffalo97–107Love, Weiss (20)8–2
11November 3Cleveland94–105Chet Walker (32)9–2
12November 4N Buffalo101–95 (OT)Chet Walker (29)10–2
13November 8@ Golden State112–111Bob Love (31)11–2
14November 10@ Portland106–104Chet Walker (28)12–2
15November 11@ Seattle116–98Norm Van Lier (30)13–2
16November 13@ Phoenix108–116Bob Love (32)13–3
17November 16@ Los Angeles102–118Bob Love (29)13–4
18November 18@ Detroit104–102Chet Walker (28)14–4
19November 20Portland101–106Chet Walker (30)15–4
20November 23Phoenix99–94Bob Love (24)15–5
21November 24Detroit112–114 (OT)Bob Love (31)16–5
22November 27Golden State117–123Chet Walker (39)17–5
23November 28@ Philadelphia96–101Chet Walker (30)17–6
24November 30New York97–115Bob Love (24)18–6
25December 1@ Boston98–120Jerry Sloan (25)18–7
26December 4Seattle107–130Love, Van Lier (27)19–7
27December 6Philadelphia98–103Chet Walker (27)20–7
28December 7@ Cleveland96–91Jerry Sloan (19)21–7
29December 8Boston95–112Bob Love (28)22–7
30December 11Kansas City–Omaha104–105Bob Love (23)23–7
31December 13@ Milwaukee97–94Chet Walker (26)24–7
32December 14Los Angeles100–97Bob Love (25)24–8
33December 15Houston100–104Norm Van Lier (30)25–8
34December 18Seattle93–92Bob Love (19)25–9
35December 19@ Detroit87–89Bob Love (27)25–10
36December 22Golden State86–110Bob Love (32)26–10
37December 26@ Capital81–82Chet Walker (22)26–11
38December 28Atlanta94–118Love, Weiss (18)27–11
39December 29Detroit103–108Bob Love (30)28–11
40December 30@ Portland92–99Chet Walker (31)28–12
41January 1@ Golden State91–80Bob Love (39)29–12
42January 4@ Seattle101–103 (OT)Chet Walker (33)29–13
43January 6Phoenix116–120 (OT)Bob Love (33)30–13
44January 8New York108–80Bob Love (18)30–14
45January 9@ Boston89–106Bob Love (28)30–15
46January 10@ Atlanta116–104Chet Walker (29)31–15
47January 12Milwaukee101–82Howard Porter (17)31–16
48January 13@ Milwaukee94–124Bob Love (24)31–17
49January 18@ Detroit95–113Chet Walker (25)31–18
50January 20Portland97–99Chet Walker (22)32–18
51January 22Atlanta89–102Bob Love (28)33–18
52January 25Seattle99–104Bob Love (34)34–18
53January 27Detroit91–109Love, Porter (21)35–18
54January 30Capital94–103Bob Love (20)36–18
55February 1Kansas City–Omaha88–99Bob Love (29)37–18
56February 2@ Philadelphia105–89Bob Love (27)38–18
57February 3@ Cleveland108–94Jerry Sloan (25)39–18
58February 5Boston98–100Chet Walker (22)40–18
59February 6@ Kansas City–Omaha112–95Bob Love (29)41–18
60February 8@ Buffalo101–106Love, Walker (20)41–19
61February 10Los Angeles86–96Bob Love (30)42–19
62February 12Milwaukee81–93Bob Love (34)43–19
63February 13@ New York80–89Norm Van Lier (19)43–20
64February 15@ Milwaukee92–90Bob Love (24)44–20
65February 17Golden State108–105Howard Porter (24)44–21
66February 19Phoenix96–130Porter, Walker (25)45–21
67February 22Portland100–117Bob Love (29)46–21
68February 24@ Los Angeles90–100Bob Love (23)46–22
69February 27@ Phoenix107–95Howard Porter (23)47–22
70March 1@ Portland91–95Love, Walker (21)47–23
71March 2@ Golden State88–103Chet Walker (28)47–24
72March 5@ Phoenix111–91Norm Van Lier (22)48–24
73March 6@ Houston105–93Bob Love (43)49–24
74March 9@ Atlanta99–106Clifford Ray (24)49–25
75March 12Kansas City–Omaha93–91Bob Love (31)49–26
76March 15Buffalo97–114Chet Walker (22)50–26
77March 17Milwaukee107–82Howard Porter (22)50–27
78March 19Philadelphia94–103Jerry Sloan (22)51–27
79March 20@ Kansas City–Omaha87–86Norm Van Lier (25)52–27
80March 22@ Los Angeles93–99Howard Porter (21)52–28
81March 24@ Seattle122–113Chet Walker (25)53–28
82March 26Cleveland98–104Norm Van Lier (25)54–28

Playoffs
1974 playoff game log
Conference semifinals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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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