1973–74 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Bulls 1974 54 28 Midwest 2 3 Dick Motta Dick Motta Arthur Wirtz and Jonathan Kovler Chicago Stadium Conference finals(lost to Bucks 0–4) CHI WSNS-TV(Andy Musser, Dick Gonski) WIND(Jim Durham, Bill Berg) The 1973–74 Chicago Bulls season was the Bulls' eighth season in the NBA.1973–74 Chicago Bulls Offseason Draft picks 1973 NBA draft Roster Chicago Bulls 1973–74 12–21 Rick Adelman G 6 1 175 1946-06-16 Loyola Marymount 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 42 John Hummer F 6 9 230 1948-05-04 Princeton 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 GF 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 https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1974.html February 13, 1974 Regular season Season standings CHI CHI z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot 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 Chicago Bulls yes 1974 Chicago Bulls Conference semifinals yes yes no 3 1 1 2 |- | 1 | March 30 | Detroit | L 88–97 | Jerry Sloan (24) | Sloan, Ray (10) | Norm Van Lier (6) | Chicago Stadium10,711 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 1 | @ Detroit | W 108–103 | Bob Love (38) | Clifford Ray (11) | Norm Van Lier (9) | Cobo Arena11,499 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 5 | Detroit | W 84–83 | Chet Walker (21) | Jerry Sloan (14) | Norm Van Lier (5) | Chicago Stadium17,634 | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 7 | @ Detroit | L 87–102 | Bob Love (23) | Clifford Ray (9) | Norm Van Lier (9) | Cobo Arena11,287 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 9 | Detroit | W 98–94 | Bob Love (32) | Jerry Sloan (17) | Norm Van Lier (4) | Chicago Stadium14,236 | 3–2 |- | 6 | April 11 | @ Detroit | L 88–92 | Chet Walker (33) | Clifford Ray (15) | Norm Van Lier (10) | Cobo Arena11,134 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 13 | Detroit | W 96–94 | Chet Walker (26) | Clifford Ray (15) | Bob Weiss (5) | Chicago Stadium13,133 | 4–3 |- Chicago Bulls Conference finals yes no 0 2 0 2 |- | 1 | April 16 | @ Milwaukee | L 85–101 | Norm Van Lier (26) | Bob Love (10) | Norm Van Lier (10) | Milwaukee Arena10,938 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 18 | Milwaukee | L 111–113 | Norm Van Lier (27) | Clifford Ray (15) | Norm Van Lier (7) | Chicago Stadium17,787 | 0–2 |- | 3 | April 20 | @ Milwaukee | L 90–113 | Bob Love (30) | Clifford Ray (15) | Clifford Ray (6) | Milwaukee Arena10,938 | 0–3 |- | 4 | April 22 | Milwaukee | L 99–115 | Bob Love (32) | Love, Ray (8) | Norm Van Lier (7) | Chicago Stadium12,762 | 0–4 |- CHI yes 1974 Player statistics Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Awards and records Norm Van Lier, All-NBA Second Team Jerry Sloan, NBA All-Defensive First Team Norm Van Lier, NBA All-Defensive First Team Bob Love, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Chet Walker, NBA All-Star Game Norm Van Lier, NBA All-Star Game References Chicago Category:Chicago Bulls seasons Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Category:1973 in Chicago Category:1974 in Chicago