1985–86 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Bulls 1986 30 52 Central 4 8 Stan Albeck Jerry Krause Jerry Reinsdorf Chicago Stadium First round(lost to Celtics 0–3) CHI WFLDSportsvision(Jim Durham, Johnny “Red” Kerr) WMAQ(Jim Durham, Johnny “Red” Kerr) The 1985–86 Chicago Bulls season was the 20th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the offseason, they acquired forward Charles Oakley from the Cleveland Cavaliers, veteran guard George Gervin from the San Antonio Spurs and signed free agent guards Kyle Macy and John Paxson. The season was a near disaster as Michael Jordan was lost for much of the regular season due to a broken foot. Despite the injury to Jordan, the team managed to qualify for the NBA Playoffs. Offseason NBA draft The 1985 NBA draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. The lottery was put into place so teams did not intentionally lose games to receive the number one pick. Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 11 Keith Lee Center Memphis State 2 28 Ken Johnson Forward Michigan State 2 34 Aubrey Sherrod Guard Wichita State 2 46 Adrian Branch Forward Maryland Roster Chicago Bulls 1985–86 20 Gene Banks F 6 7 215 1959-05-15 Duke 40 Dave Corzine C 6 11 250 1956-04-25 DePaul 10 Quintin Dailey G 6 3 180 1961-01-22 San Francisco 8 George Gervin G 6 7 180 1952-04-27 Eastern Michigan 21 Sidney Green basketball F 6 9 220 1961-01-04 Las Vegas 32 Michael Holton G 6 4 185 1961-08-04 UCLA 23 Michael Jordan G 6 6 195 1963-02-17 North Carolina 24 Kyle Macy G 6 3 175 1957-04-09 Kentucky 34 Charles Oakley F 6 9 225 1963-12-18 Virginia Union 33 Jawann Oldham C 7 0 215 1957-07-04 Seattle 5 John Paxson G 6 2 185 1960-09-29 Notre Dame 52 Mike Smrek C 7 0 250 1962-08-31 Canisius 0 Orlando Woolridge F 6 9 215 1959-12-16 Notre Dame Stan Albeck Murray Arnold Mike Thibault Tex Winter https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1986.html March 27, 1986 Regular season Michael Jordan's second season was cut short by a broken foot which caused him to miss 64 games. Despite Jordan's injury and a 30–52 record,Chicago Bulls, databasebasketball.com, accessed January 16, 2007. the Bulls made the playoffs. C - Dave Corzine PF - Charles Oakley SF - Orlando Woolridge SG - Michael Jordan PG - Kyle Macy Season standings CHI CHI z - clinched conference title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season Chicago Bulls 1986 Total: 30–52 (Home: 20–21; Road: 10–31) Chicago Bulls October yes no 2 0 1 1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2 |- style="background:#cfc" | 3 |- style="background:#fcc" | 4 Chicago Bulls November no 2 2 2 9 |- style="background:#fcc" | 9 | November 12, 1985 | Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 10 | November 13, 1985 | @ Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 11 | November 15, 1985 | @ Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 14 | November 20, 1985 | @ Atlanta |- style="background:#cfc" | 17 | November 26, 1985 | @ Denver Chicago Bulls December no 4 4 2 5 |- style="background:#fcc" | 20 | December 1, 1985 | @ L.A. Lakers |- style="background:#fcc" | 24 | December 7, 1985 | @ Houston |- style="background:#cfc" | 26 | December 12, 1985 | Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 28 | December 15, 1985 | @ Boston |- style="background:#cfc" | 29 | December 17, 1985 | Boston Chicago Bulls January no 3 6 0 4 |- style="background:#fcc" | 36 | January 4, 1986 | Atlanta |- style="background:#fcc" | 41 | January 17, 1986 | Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 43 | January 20, 1986 | L.A. Lakers |- style="background:#fcc" | 45 | January 27, 1986 | @ Dallas |- style="background:#fcc" | 47 | January 30, 1986 | Boston Chicago Bulls February no 4 4 1 5 |- style="background:#cfc" | 48 | February 1, 1986 | Houston |- style="background:#fcc" | 51 | February 6, 1986 | @ Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 52 | February 12, 1986 | @ Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 54 | February 15, 1986 | Dallas |- style="background:#fcc" | 60 | February 25, 1986 | Philadelphia Chicago Bulls March no 4 2 1 6 |- style="background:#fcc" | 62 | March 4, 1986 | Boston |- style="background:#fcc" | 63 | March 5, 1986 | @ Boston |- style="background:#fcc" | 64 | March 7, 1986 | Atlanta |- style="background:#cfc" | 67 | March 13, 1986 | Denver |- style="background:#fcc" | 68 | March 15, 1986 | Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 69 | March 17, 1986 | @ Atlanta |- style="background:#fcc" | 70 | March 19, 1986 | @ Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 71 | March 21, 1986 | @ Boston Chicago Bulls April no 3 0 1 3 |- style="background:#fcc" | 76 | April 1, 1986 | @ Milwaukee |- style="background:#cfc" | 78 | April 5, 1986 | Atlanta |- style="background:#cfc" | 79 | April 7, 1986 | Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 80 | April 8, 1986 | @ Atlanta CHI 1986 Playoffs At the time, the Bulls had the fifth worst record of any team to qualify for the playoffs in NBA history.Worst Records of Playoff Teams April 28, 1986 The Sporting News 46 Michael Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a Boston Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history,Top 10 Teams in NBA History https://web.archive.org/web/20130502092015/http://www.nba.com/history/toptenteams_index.html 2013-05-02 , nba.com/history, accessed January 16, 2007. Jordan set the still-unbroken record for points in a playoff game with 63 in game 2.God Disguised as Michael Jordan https://web.archive.org/web/20130218024930/http://www.nba.com/history/jordan63_moments.html 2013-02-18 , nba.com/history, accessed January 17, 2007. The Celtics, however, managed to sweep the series.BULLS: History of the Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls yes 1986 Chicago Bulls First Round yes yes no 0 1 0 2 |- style="background:#fcc" | 1 | April 17, 1986 | @ Boston | L 104–123 | Michael Jordan (49) | Charles Oakley (10) | Macy, Paxson (4) | Boston Garden14,890 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 2 | April 20, 1986 | @ Boston | L 131–135 (2OT) | Michael Jordan (63) | Charles Oakley (14) | Michael Jordan (6) | Boston Garden14,890 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc" | 3 | April 22, 1986 | Boston | L 104–122 | John Paxson (23) | Dave Corzine (15) | Michael Jordan (9) | Chicago Stadium18,968 | 0–3 |- CHI yes 1986 Player stats Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Banks, Gene Gene Banks 82 33 26.1 .517 .000 .718 4.4 3.1 .99 .12 10.9 Brewer, Ron Ron Brewer 4 0 4.5 .333 .000 1.000 .0 .0 .00 .00 1.8 Brown, Tony Tony Brown 10 0 13.2 .439 .000 .692 1.6 1.4 .50 .10 4.5 Corzine, Dave Dave Corzine 67 4 25.5 .491 .250 .743 6.5 2.2 .42 .79 9.6 Dailey, Quintin Quintin Dailey 35 0 20.7 .432 .000 .823 1.9 1.9 .63 .14 16.3 Gervin, George George Gervin 82 75 25.2 .472 .211 .879 2.6 1.8 .60 .28 16.2 Green, Sidney Sidney Green 80 68 28.8 .465 .000 .782 8.2 1.7 .88 .46 13.4 Higgins, Rod Rod Higgins 5 0 16.2 .391 .000 .833 1.4 1.0 .80 .60 4.6 Holton, Mike Mike Holton 24 0 18.6 .471 .100 .632 1.2 2.0 .96 .00 7.1 Jordan, Michael Michael Jordan 18 7 25.1 .457 .167 .840 3.6 2.9 2.06 1.17 22.7 Macy, Kyle Kyle Macy 82 79 29.6 .483 .411 .811 2.2 5.4 .99 .13 8.6 McKinney, Billy Billy McKinney 9 0 9.2 .435 .000 1.000 .6 1.4 .33 .00 2.4 Oakley, Charles Charles Oakley 77 30 23.0 .519 .000 .662 8.6 1.7 .88 .39 9.6 Oldham, Jawann Jawann Oldham 52 47 24.5 .517 .000 .582 5.9 .7 .54 2.58 7.4 Paxson, John John Paxson 75 3 20.9 .466 .300 .804 1.3 3.7 .73 .03 5.3 Smrek, Mike Mike Smrek 38 5 10.7 .377 .000 .552 2.9 .5 .16 .61 2.8 Woolridge, Orlando Orlando Woolridge 70 59 32.1 .495 .174 .788 5.0 3.0 .70 .67 20.7 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Banks, Gene Gene Banks 3 23.0 .556 .000 .500 3.3 1.7 .33 .00 7.3 Corzine, Dave Dave Corzine 3 34.3 .552 .000 1.000 9.0 2.0 .33 .67 12.0 Gervin, George George Gervin 2 5.5 .000 .000 .000 .5 .5 .00 .00 .0 Green, Sidney Sidney Green 3 17.7 .300 .000 .500 4.0 .0 .33 .33 6.0 Jordan, Michael Michael Jordan 3 45.0 .505 1.000 .872 6.3 5.7 2.33 1.33 43.7 Macy, Kyle Kyle Macy 3 29.0 .357 .250 1.000 1.3 3.3 .67 .00 4.0 Oakley, Charles Charles Oakley 3 29.3 .524 .000 .615 10.0 1.0 2.00 .67 10.0 Oldham, Jawann Jawann Oldham 1 4.0 .000 .000 .000 2.0 .0 .00 .00 .0 Paxson, John John Paxson 3 26.7 .467 .000 .765 .0 1.7 1.00 .00 9.0 Smrek, Mike Mike Smrek 3 1.7 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .00 .33 .0 Woolridge, Orlando Orlando Woolridge 3 45.0 .403 .000 .867 4.7 1.3 1.00 .33 21.0 Awards and honors Charles Oakley, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Michael Jordan, NBA All-Star Game References Bulls on Database Basketball Bulls on Basketball Reference Category:Chicago Bulls seasons Chic Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls