Chicago Bulls Opening Day Rosters

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1996-1997 Chicago Bulls Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Randy Brown PG 6-2 190 May 22, 1968 28 New Mexico State 5 1991 2nd Rnd, #31, Sacramento Kings
Jud Buechler G-F 6-6 220 Jun 19, 1968 28 Arizona 6 1990 2nd Rnd, #38, Seattle SuperSonics
Jason Caffey PF 6-8 255 Jun 12, 1973 23 Alabama 1 1995 1st Rnd, #20, Chicago Bulls
Thomas Hamilton C 7-2 330 Apr 3, 1975 21 King College Prep High School (Illinois) 1 1994 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Ron Harper G-F 6-6 185 Jan 20, 1964 32 Miami (OH) 10 1986 1st Rnd, #8, Cleveland Cavaliers
Michael Jordan SG 6-6 215 Feb 17, 1963 33 North Carolina 11 1984 1st Rnd, #3, Chicago Bulls
Steve Kerr PG 6-3 175 Sep 27, 1965 31 Arizona 8 1988 2nd Rnd, #50, Phoenix Suns
Toni Kukoc PF 6-11 235 Sep 18, 1968 28 KK Split (Croatia) 3 1990 2nd Rnd, #29, Chicago Bulls
Luc Longley C 7-3 298 Jan 19, 1969 27 New Mexico 5 1991 1st Rnd, #7, Minnesota Timberwolves
Robert Parish C 7-0 230 Aug 30, 1953 43 Centenary 19 1976 1st Rnd, #16, Golden State Warriors
Scottie Pippen F-G 6-8 228 Sep 25, 1965 31 Central Arkansas 9 1987 1st Rnd, #5, Seattle SuperSonics
Dennis Rodman SF 6-7 210 May 13, 1961 35 Southeastern Oklahoma State 10 1986 2nd Rnd, #27, Detroit Pistons
Dickey Simpkins PF 6-9 248 Apr 6, 1972 24 Providence 2 1994 1st Rnd, #21, Chicago Bulls
Bill Wennington C 7-0 245 Dec 26, 1963 32 St. John's 9 1985 1st Rnd, #16, Dallas Mavericks

Chicago 107, Boston 98

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

TD Garden (Boston, Massachusetts)

Attendance: 18,624

Officials: Leroy Richardson, Tom Washington, Jess Kersey

Team Rebounds: Chicago (0) Boston (0)

Technicals: Chicago (0) Boston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
CHI (1-0) 27 21 32 27 107
BOS (0-1) 28 31 18 21 98

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
CHI 96 111.5 102.2
BOS 96 102.2 111.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
CHI .574 0.198 0.216 0.297
BOS .500 0.188 0.389 0.167

Chicago Bulls

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
9 Ron Harper Starter PG 25:00 3-4 0-1 1-2 12.5 1.0 1 2 5 1 2 1 0 7
23 Michael Jordan Starter SG 43:00 10-22 0-5 10-13 12.9 1.0 3 4 3 2 0 0 1 30
13 Luc Longley Starter C 11:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 -0.8 1.0 0 1 2 5 0 1 4 4
33 Scottie Pippen Starter SF 40:00 8-17 1-3 1-2 11.8 1.0 7 8 6 4 2 0 5 18
91 Dennis Rodman Starter PF 40:00 6-8 0-0 1-1 20.4 2.0 11 13 3 3 1 2 1 13
1 Randy Brown Bench PG 05:00 2-2 0-0 0-0 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4
30 Jud Buechler Bench SF 01:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Steve Kerr Bench SG 21:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.2 0.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Toni Kukoc Bench SF 30:00 6-11 0-3 8-10 18.8 1.0 3 4 7 3 1 3 2 20
00 Robert Parish Bench C 09:00 3-3 0-0 0-0 2.8 1.0 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 6
8 Dickey Simpkins Bench PF 05:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
34 Bill Wennington Bench C 10:00 2-3 0-0 0-2 1.8 0.0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 4
  Team                                
        240 42-74 1-13 22-32 103.8 8 29 37 28 23 7 8 19 107
          56.8% 7.7% 68.8%                    

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
29 Pervis Ellison Starter C 31:00 2-4 0-0 3-5 10.1 4.0 6 10 0 5 3 2 3 7
44 Rick Fox Starter SG 37:00 4-14 2-5 0-1 6.6 3.0 6 9 3 2 1 0 3 10
8 Antoine Walker Starter PF 27:00 5-12 1-3 1-4 1.0 1.0 2 3 0 4 0 0 1 12
4 David Wesley Starter PG 41:00 8-16 1-4 2-2 13.8 1.0 2 3 6 4 2 0 1 19
55 Eric Williams Starter SF 25:00 6-13 0-0 2-3 3.9 2.0 1 3 1 4 0 0 1 14
11 Dana Barros Bench PG 38:00 9-15 2-4 4-4 15.0 0.0 1 1 6 2 1 0 3 24
34 Frank Brickowski Bench SG 19:00 1-3 1-2 0-2 0.2 1.0 1 2 4 5 2 0 5 3
13 Todd Day Bench SG 20:00 3-7 1-2 2-2 5.0 2.0 2 4 0 5 1 0 0 9
43 Brett Szabo Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
  Team                                
        240 38-84 8-20 14-23 86.4 14 22 36 20 33 10 2 18 98
          45.2% 40.0% 60.9%                    

Chicago Bulls Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Ron Harper
7p, 2r, 5a		 Michael Jordan
30p, 4r, 3a		 Scottie Pippen
18p, 8r, 6a		 Dennis Rodman
13p, 13r, 3a		 Luc Longley
4p, 1r, 2a
Rotation  
 		 Steve Kerr
0p, 1r, 2a		 Toni Kukoc
20p, 4r, 7a		  
 		 Bill Wennington
4p, 1r, 0a
Lim PT Randy Brown
4p, 0r, 0a		  
 		 Jud Buechler
0p, 0r, 0a		 Dickey Simpkins
1p, 0r, 0a		 Robert Parish
6p, 3r, 0a

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters David Wesley
19p, 3r, 6a		 Rick Fox
10p, 9r, 3a		 Eric Williams
14p, 3r, 1a		 Antoine Walker
12p, 3r, 0a		 Pervis Ellison
7p, 10r, 0a
Rotation Dana Barros
24p, 1r, 6a		 Todd Day
9p, 4r, 0a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		 Frank Brickowski
3p, 2r, 4a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Brett Szabo
0p, 1r, 0a