Chicago Bulls Playoff Rosters

1974-1975 Chicago Bulls Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Leon Benbow SG 6-4 185 Jul 23, 1950 24 Jacksonville 0 1974 2nd Rnd, #27, Chicago Bulls
John Block FC 6-9 207 Apr 16, 1944 30 USC 8 1966 3rd Rnd, #27, Los Angeles Lakers
Tom Boerwinkle C 7-0 265 Aug 23, 1945 29 Tennessee 6 1968 1st Rnd, #4, Chicago Bulls
Rowland Garrett SF 6-6 210 Jul 16, 1950 24 Florida State 2 1972 5th Rnd, #78, Chicago Bulls
Matt Guokas GF 6-5 175 Feb 25, 1944 31 Saint Joseph's 8 1966 1st Rnd, #9, Philadelphia Sixers
Mickey Johnson PF 6-10 190 Aug 31, 1952 22 Aurora 0 1974 4th Rnd, #56, Portland Trail Blazers
Bob Love PF 6-8 215 Dec 8, 1942 32 Southern 8 1965 4th Rnd, #36, Cincinnati Royals
Jerry Sloan GF 6-5 195 Mar 28, 1942 33 Evansville 9 1964 3rd Rnd, #21, Washington Wizards
Nate Thurmond FC 6-11 225 Jul 25, 1941 33 Bowling Green 12 1963 1st Rnd, #4, Golden State Warriors
Norm Van Lier PG 6-1 173 Apr 1, 1947 28 St. Francis (PA) 5 1969 3rd Rnd, #35, Chicago Bulls
Chet Walker SF 6-6 212 Feb 22, 1940 35 Bradley 12 1962 2nd Rnd, #14, Syracuse Nationals
Bobby Wilson SG 6-3 175 Jan 15, 1951 24 Wichita State 0 1974 3rd Rnd, #52, Chicago Bulls

1974-1975 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 New York Knicks HOU in 3
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Houston Rockets BOS in 5
Second Round #2 Washington Bullets #3 Buffalo Braves WAS in 7
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 Washington Bullets WAS in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #4 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Detroit Pistons SEA in 3
Second Round #1 Golden State Warriors #4 Seattle SuperSonics GSW in 6
Second Round #2 Chicago Bulls #3 Kansas City Kings CHI in 6
Conference Finals #1 Golden State Warriors #2 Chicago Bulls GSW in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #2 Washington Bullets #1 Golden State Warriors GSW in 4

1974-1975 Chicago Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK
Bob Love 13 44.8 25.8 7.5 1.5 0.8 0.4
Chet Walker 13 33.2 17.5 4.6 1.8 1.0 0.1
Norm Van Lier 13 42.1 15.1 5.2 4.7 1.5 0.4
Jerry Sloan 13 36.2 13.1 7.4 2.0 1.5 0.0
Tom Boerwinkle 13 29.0 8.2 12.7 4.2 0.3 0.8
Nate Thurmond 13 19.5 3.5 6.7 2.4 0.4 1.6
Rowland Garrett 12 11.9 3.7 2.4 0.2 0.3 0.3
Bobby Wilson 10 9.3 4.4 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.0
Matt Guokas 13 15.5 2.4 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.1
John Block 4 8.5 3.2 1.5 0.0 1.0 0.0
Leon Benbow 2 2.5 2.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Mickey Johnson 3 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3

1974-1975 Chicago Bulls Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Chicago Leaders Kansas City Leaders
Apr 9, 1975
v.
Kansas City
W, 95-89 Chicago Stadium
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 38. Bob Love
PTS: 22. L. McNeill
Apr 13, 1975
@
Kansas City
L, 102-95 Kemper Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-1 PTS: 21. Bob Love
PTS: 28. L. McNeill
Apr 16, 1975
v.
Kansas City
W, 93-90 Chicago Stadium
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 31. Bob Love
PTS: 18. T. Archibald
Apr 18, 1975
@
Kansas City
L, 104-100 Kemper Arena
Conference Semi Finals
2-2 PTS: 34. Bob Love
PTS: 30. Jimmy Walker
Apr 20, 1975
v.
Kansas City
W, 104-77 Chicago Stadium
Conference Semi Finals
3-2 PTS: 30. Bob Love
PTS: 13. Scott Wedman
Apr 23, 1975
@
Kansas City
W, 89-101 Kemper Arena
Conference Semi Finals
4-2 PTS: 26. Bob Love
PTS: 26. T. Archibald

1974-1975 Chicago Bulls Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Chicago Leaders Golden State Leaders
Apr 27, 1975
@
Golden State
L, 107-89 Oracle Arena
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 37. Bob Love
PTS: 38. Rick Barry
Apr 30, 1975
v.
Golden State
W, 90-89 Chicago Stadium
Conference Finals
1-1 PTS: 28. Chet Walker
PTS: 26. Rick Barry
May 4, 1975
v.
Golden State
W, 108-101 Chicago Stadium
Conference Finals
2-1 PTS: 35. N. Van Lier
PTS: 28. Butch Beard
May 6, 1975
@
Golden State
L, 111-106 Oracle Arena
Conference Finals
2-2 PTS: 27. Bob Love
PTS: 36. Rick Barry
May 8, 1975
@
Golden State
W, 79-89 Oracle Arena
Conference Finals
3-2 PTS: 21. Chet Walker
PTS: 20. Rick Barry
May 11, 1975
v.
Golden State
L, 72-86 Chicago Stadium
Conference Finals
3-3 PTS: 24. N. Van Lier
PTS: 36. Rick Barry
May 14, 1975
@
Golden State
L, 83-79 Oracle Arena
Conference Finals
3-4 PTS: 21. Chet Walker
PTS: 23. J. Wilkes