1970–71 Chicago Bulls season

The 1970-71 NBA season was the Bulls' 5th season in the NBA.[1]

1970–71 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachDick Motta
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record51–31 (.622)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Conference Semifinals
(Lost to Lakers 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWIND
(Jack Fleming, Bill Berg)

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1970 NBA Draft

Roster
Roster listing
1970-71 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SF 14 Baum, Johnny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Temple
C 18 Boerwinkle, Tom 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Tennessee
G 22 Collins, Jimmy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) New Mexico State
C 31 Fox, Jim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) South Carolina
F 24 Guokas, Matt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) St. Joseph's (PA)
G 21 King, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Tulsa
PF 10 Love, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Southern
C 44 Ruffner, Paul 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) BYU
SG 4 Sloan, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Evansville
F 25 Walker, Chet 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Bradley
PG 8 Weiss, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Penn State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 6616.805–34–228–134–114–4
x-Chicago Bulls 5131.6221530–1117–194–17–11
Phoenix Suns 4834.5851827–1419–202–09–9
Detroit Pistons 4537.5492124–1720–191–16–12
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6616.805
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers4834.585
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-San Francisco Warriors4141.500
5 Phoenix Suns4834.585
6 Detroit Pistons4537.549
7 San Diego Rockets4042.488
8 Seattle SuperSonics3844.463
9 Portland Trail Blazers2953.354
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Playoffs

West Conference Semifinals

(P1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (M2) Chicago Bulls: Lakers win series 4-3

  • Game 1 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 100, Chicago 99
  • Game 2 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 105, Chicago 95
  • Game 3 @ Chicago: Chicago 106, Los Angeles 98
  • Game 4 @ Chicago: Chicago 112, Los Angeles 102
  • Game 5 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 115, Chicago 89
  • Game 6 @ Chicago: Chicago 113, Los Angeles 99
  • Game 7 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 109, Chicago 98

Awards and records

References
  1. 1970–71 Chicago Bulls
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