1972–73 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Bulls 1973 51 31 Midwest 2 3 Dick Motta Pat Williams Dick Klein and Elmer Rich sold team to Arthur Wirtz group Chicago Stadium Conference semifinals(lost to Lakers 3–4) CHI WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) WIND(Jack Fleming, Bill Berg) The 1972–73 Chicago Bulls season was the Bulls' seventh season in the NBA.N.B.A. Approves Sale of Bulls https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/11/archives/nba-approves-sale-of-bulls.html 2023-08-101972–73 Chicago Bulls Offseason Draft picks 1972 NBA draft Roster Chicago Bulls 1972–73 20 Dennis Awtrey C 6 10 235 1948-02-22 Santa Clara 18 Tom Boerwinkle C 7 0 265 1945-08-23 Tennessee 23 Rowland Garrett F 6 6 210 1950-07-16 Florida State 24 Gar Heard F 6 6 219 1948-05-03 Oklahoma 21 Jim King basketball, born 1941 G 6 2 175 1941-02-07 Tulsa 10 Bob Love F 6 8 215 1942-12-08 Southern 54 Howard Porter basketball F 6 8 220 1948-08-31 Villanova 14 Clifford Ray C 6 9 230 1949-01-21 Oklahoma 4 Jerry Sloan G 6 5 195 1942-03-28 Evansville 2 Norm Van Lier G 6 1 173 1947-04-01 Saint Francis University 25 Chet Walker F 6 6 212 1940-02-22 Bradley 8 Bob Weiss G 6 2 180 1942-05-07 Penn State Dick Motta Phil Johnson https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1973.html October 20, 1972 Regular season Season standings CHI CHI z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1972–73 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 10 Philadelphia 89–95 Chet Walker (24) 1–0 2 October 13 @ Detroit 91–100 Bob Love (20) 1–1 3 October 14 Boston 96–88 Norm Van Lier (18) 1–2 4 October 21 @ Houston 130–97 Bob Love (24) 2–2 5 October 22 @ Los Angeles 99–104 Chet Walker (22) 2–3 6 October 24 @ Phoenix 107–106 Bob Love (29) 3–3 7 October 26 @ Golden State 94–93 Bob Love (30) 4–3 8 October 27 @ Portland 118–95 Bob Love (26) 5–3 9 October 29 @ Seattle 95–94 Chet Walker (28) 6–3 10 October 31 Kansas City–Omaha 95–104 Chet Walker (25) 7–3 11 November 3 Phoenix 100–115 Bob Love (34) 8–3 12 November 4 @ Buffalo 99–101 Bob Love (27) 8–4 13 November 11 @ Baltimore 111–106 Norm Van Lier (28) 9–4 14 November 14 Seattle 80–97 Norm Van Lier (26) 10–4 15 November 17 @ Detroit 96–109 Gar Heard (20) 10–5 16 November 18 Baltimore 79–95 Gar Heard (31) 11–5 17 November 21 Houston 105–113 Jerry Sloan (31) 12–5 18 November 24 Golden State 96–100 Chet Walker (35) 13–5 19 November 25 @ Atlanta 100–99 Chet Walker (25) 14–5 20 November 28 Kansas City–Omaha 92–91 Chet Walker (27) 14–6 21 November 29 @ Milwaukee 97–105 Heard, Weiss (18) 14–7 22 December 1 @ Kansas City–Omaha 106–97 (OT) Chet Walker (32) 15–7 23 December 2 Seattle 80–89 Chet Walker (22) 16–7 24 December 5 Detroit 108–130 Chet Walker (26) 17–7 25 December 7 Atlanta 94–89 (OT) Bob Love (26) 17–8 26 December 8 @ Philadelphia 118–102 Bob Love (30) 18–8 27 December 9 Buffalo 94–105 Gar Heard (29) 19–8 28 December 12 Los Angeles 106–105 (OT) Bob Weiss (21) 19–9 29 December 15 New York 86–90 Bob Love (18) 20–9 30 December 16 @ New York 83–97 Chet Walker (17) 20–10 31 December 19 Portland 109–100 Chet Walker (25) 20–11 32 December 22 @ Portland 127–97 Bob Love (33) 21–11 33 December 23 @ Golden State 109–127 Bob Love (22) 21–12 34 December 25 @ Phoenix 108–115 Bob Love (29) 21–13 35 December 26 Kansas City–Omaha 103–117 Bob Love (30) 22–13 36 December 29 @ Boston 106–99 Bob Love (41) 23–13 37 December 30 Milwaukee 92–99 Bob Love (28) 24–13 38 January 2 Atlanta 90–100 Chet Walker (26) 25–13 39 January 4 Houston 97–111 Love, Walker (25) 26–13 40 January 5 Phoenix 126–115 Bob Love (36) 26–14 41 January 7 Buffalo 96–119 Bob Love (23) 27–14 42 January 9 Philadelphia 110–126 Gar Heard (27) 28–14 43 January 10 @ Kansas City–Omaha 100–102 Bob Love (36) 28–15 44 January 12 Los Angeles 109–97 Bob Love (30) 28–16 45 January 14 @ Milwaukee 95–100 Sloan, Walker (20) 28–17 46 January 16 Portland 89–100 Love, Heard (27) 29–17 47 January 19 Golden State 115–80 Bob Love (23) 29–18 48 January 20 @ Detroit 92–112 Bob Love (32) 29–19 49 January 26 Baltimore 100–110 Bob Love (24) 30–19 50 January 28 Detroit 105–110 Norm Van Lier (29) 31–19 51 January 30 @ Los Angeles 92–95 Norm Van Lier (26) 31–20 52 February 2 @ Seattle 104–118 Norm Van Lier (29) 31–21 53 February 4 Milwaukee 99–121 Bob Love (49) 32–21 54 February 6 Kansas City–Omaha 107–114 Bob Love (49) 33–21 55 February 9 @ Cleveland 103–97 Bob Love (44) 34–21 56 February 10 @ Kansas City–Omaha 102–101 Bob Love (34) 35–21 57 February 11 Golden State 101–96 Chet Walker (36) 35–22 58 February 13 Boston 105–101 Jerry Sloan (20) 35–23 59 February 14 @ New York 100–98 Bob Love (21) 36–23 60 February 16 Cleveland 92–100 Bob Love (27) 37–23 61 February 18 @ Houston 110–99 Chet Walker (23) 38–23 62 February 20 Los Angeles 89–103 Chet Walker (25) 39–23 63 February 23 New York 83–84 Bob Love (24) 40–23 64 February 24 Phoenix 100–122 Bob Love (30) 41–23 65 February 25 @ Seattle 88–85 Bob Weiss (24) 42–23 66 February 27 @ Portland 125–110 Chet Walker (31) 43–23 67 March 2 @ Los Angeles 88–108 Van Lier, Walker (15) 43–24 68 March 3 @ Golden State 117–116 Bob Love (29) 44–24 69 March 4 @ Phoenix 118–117 (OT) Bob Love (25) 45–24 70 March 6 @ Milwaukee 88–96 Chet Walker (27) 45–25 71 March 8 @ Buffalo 102–112 Bob Love (33) 45–26 72 March 9 N Philadelphia 84–104 Bob Love (26) 46–26 73 March 10 N Baltimore 105–99 Norm Van Lier (28) 47–26 74 March 13 Seattle 89–104 Jim King (20) 48–26 75 March 16 Milwaukee 99–91 (OT) Chet Walker (30) 48–27 76 March 17 Detroit 99–97 Chet Walker (22) 48–28 77 March 18 @ Detroit 119–107 Norm Van Lier (24) 49–28 78 March 20 Portland 109–123 Bob Love (26) 50–28 79 March 21 @ Boston 105–106 Chet Walker (20) 50–29 80 March 24 @ Atlanta 111–113 Norm Van Lier (26) 50–30 81 March 25 @ Cleveland 105–112 Bob Love (29) 50–31 82 March 27 Cleveland 105–121 Chet Walker (30) 51–31 Playoffs Chicago Bulls yes 1973 Chicago Bulls Conference semifinals yes yes no 3 0 0 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 30 | @ Los Angeles | L 104–107 (OT) | Bob Love (21) | Dennis Awtrey (15) | Dennis Awtrey (6) | The Forum16,341 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 1 | @ Los Angeles | L 93–108 | Bob Love (32) | Chet Walker (11) | Tom Boerwinkle (9) | The Forum17,368 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 6 | Los Angeles | W 96–86 | Chet Walker (30) | Dennis Awtrey (14) | Norm Van Lier (8) | Chicago Stadium14,606 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 8 | Los Angeles | W 98–94 | Bob Love (38) | Bob Love (13) | Bob Love (6) | Chicago Stadium14,181 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 10 | @ Los Angeles | L 102–123 | Bob Love (27) | Bob Love (14) | Awtrey, Van Lier (5) | The Forum17,505 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | April 13 | Los Angeles | W 101–93 | Jerry Sloan (27) | Dennis Awtrey (14) | Dennis Awtrey (8) | Chicago Stadium18,096 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | April 15 | @ Los Angeles | L 92–95 | Norm Van Lier (28) | Norm Van Lier (14) | Bob Love (5) | The Forum17,505 | 3–4 |- CHI yes 1973 Player statistics Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Awards and records Norm Van Lier, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Chet Walker, NBA All-Star Game Bob Love, NBA All-Star Game References Chicago Category:Chicago Bulls seasons Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Category:1972 in Chicago Category:1973 in Chicago