Chicago Bulls Playoff Rosters

1986-1987 Chicago Bulls Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Gene Banks GF 6-7 215 May 15, 1959 27 Duke 5 1981 2nd Rnd, #28, San Antonio Spurs
Mike Brown PF 6-9 257 Jul 19, 1963 23 Georgetown 0 1985 3rd Rnd, #69, Chicago Bulls
Dave Corzine C 6-11 250 Apr 25, 1956 30 DePaul 8 1978 1st Rnd, #18, Washington Wizards
Michael Jordan SG 6-6 215 Feb 17, 1963 24 North Carolina 2 1984 1st Rnd, #3, Chicago Bulls
Pete Myers GF 6-6 180 Sep 15, 1963 23 Little Rock 0 1986 6th Rnd, #120, Chicago Bulls
Charles Oakley PF 6-8 225 Dec 18, 1963 23 Virginia Union 1 1985 1st Rnd, #9, Cleveland Cavaliers
John Paxson PG 6-2 185 Sep 29, 1960 26 Notre Dame 3 1983 1st Rnd, #19, San Antonio Spurs
Ben Poquette FC 6-9 235 May 7, 1955 31 Central Michigan 9 1977 2nd Rnd, #36, Detroit Pistons
Brad Sellers FC 7-0 210 Dec 17, 1962 24 Ohio State 0 1986 1st Rnd, #9, Chicago Bulls
Sedale Threatt SG 6-2 175 Sep 10, 1961 25 West Virginia Tech 3 1983 6th Rnd, #139, Philadelphia Sixers
Elston Turner GF 6-5 190 Jun 10, 1959 27 Ole Miss 5 1981 2nd Rnd, #43, Dallas Mavericks
Granville Waiters C 6-11 225 Jan 8, 1961 26 Ohio State 3 1983 2nd Rnd, #39, Portland Trail Blazers

1986-1987 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Boston Celtics #8 Chicago Bulls BOS in 3
First Round #2 Atlanta Hawks #7 Indiana Pacers ATL in 4
First Round #3 Detroit Pistons #6 Washington Bullets DET in 3
First Round #4 Milwaukee Bucks #5 Philadelphia Sixers MIL in 5
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Milwaukee Bucks BOS in 7
Second Round #2 Atlanta Hawks #3 Detroit Pistons DET in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Detroit Pistons BOS in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 Denver Nuggets LAL in 3
First Round #2 Dallas Mavericks #7 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 4
First Round #3 Portland Trail Blazers #6 Houston Rockets HOU in 4
First Round #4 Utah Jazz #5 Golden State Warriors GSW in 5
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Golden State Warriors LAL in 5
Second Round #6 Houston Rockets #7 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 6
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #7 Seattle SuperSonics LAL in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #1 Boston Celtics LAL in 6

1986-1987 Chicago Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Michael Jordan 3 42.7 35.7 7.0 6.0 2.0 2.3 2.7
Charles Oakley 3 43.0 20.0 15.3 2.0 1.3 0.3 2.7
Gene Banks 3 26.3 10.3 2.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7
Dave Corzine 3 40.7 9.0 7.0 2.3 0.3 1.0 2.3
John Paxson 3 29.0 8.7 1.0 3.7 0.7 0.0 1.7
Sedale Threatt 3 23.3 6.7 1.7 5.3 0.3 0.0 0.7
Brad Sellers 3 22.7 5.0 2.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
Elston Turner 3 8.3 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0
Mike Brown 1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0
Granville Waiters 2 4.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
Pete Myers 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1986-1987 Chicago Bulls Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Chicago Leaders Boston Leaders
Apr 23, 1987
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Boston
L, 108-104 Boston Garden
Opening Round
0-1 PTS: 35. M. Jordan
REB: 12. C. Oakley
AST: 7. M. Jordan
PTS: 21. Kevin McHale
REB: 11. R. Parish
AST: 13. Larry Bird
Apr 26, 1987
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Boston
L, 105-96 Boston Garden
Opening Round
0-2 PTS: 42. M. Jordan
REB: 15. C. Oakley
AST: 4. M. Jordan
PTS: 29. Larry Bird
REB: 10. R. Parish
AST: 8. Larry Bird
Apr 28, 1987
v.
Boston
L, 94-105 Chicago Stadium
Opening Round
0-3 PTS: 30. M. Jordan
REB: 19. C. Oakley
AST: 7. M. Jordan
PTS: 32. Larry Bird
REB: 14. Larry Bird
AST: 10. D. Johnson