1984–85 Chicago Bulls season

1984–85 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach Kevin Loughery
General manager Rod Thorn
Owner(s) Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena Chicago Stadium
Results
Record 38–44 (.463)
Place Division: 4th (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish First Round
(Lost to Bucks 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television WGN-TV
(Milo Hamilton, Johnny “Red” Kerr)
Sportsvision
(Bill Hazen, John Mengelt)
Radio WIND
(Jim Durham, Dave Baum)

In the summer of 1984, the team's fortunes changed when it received the third pick of the NBA draft, after Houston and Portland. The Rockets selected Hakeem Olajuwon, the Blazers selected Sam Bowie, and the Bulls picked shooting guard Michael Jordan out of the University of North Carolina. The team, with new management in owner Jerry Reinsdorf and Jerry Krause in the front office, decided to rebuild around Jordan. Jordan set franchise records during his rookie campaign for scoring (3rd in the league) and steals (4th in the league), and led the Bulls back to the playoffs, for which he was rewarded with a berth on the All-NBA second team and NBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
13Michael JordanSG/SF United StatesNorth Carolina
237Ben ColemanPF United StatesMaryland
243Greg WiltjerC Canada
349Tim Dillon United StatesNorthern Illinois
472Melvin Johnson United StatesNorth Carolina-Charlotte
477Mark Halsel United StatesNortheastern
595Lamont Robinson United StatesLamar
6118Tim Tipton United StatesMorehead State
7141Butch Hays United StatesCalifornia
8164Brett Crawford United StatesAlliant International
9186Calvin Pierce United StatesOklahoma
10208Carl Lewis United StatesHouston

Roster

Chicago Bulls roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 40 United States Corzine, Dave 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) DePaul
G 44 United States Dailey, Quintin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
F/C 21 United States Green, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UNLV
F/C 10 United States Greenwood, Dave 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) UCLA
F/C 22 United States Higgins, Rod 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fresno State
F/C 32 United States Johnson, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Oregon
F/C 27 United States Jones, Caldwell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Albany State
F/C 13 United States Jones, Charles 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Albany State
G/F 23 United States Jordan, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) North Carolina
G 1 United States Matthews, Wes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Wisconsin
C 33 United States Oldham, Jawann 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Seattle
G 3 United States Whatley, Ennis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Alabama
F 0 United States Woolridge, Orlando 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Notre Dame
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured


Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dave Corzine 825025.1.486.000.7455.11.7.39.788.5
Quintin Dailey 79026.6.473.233.8172.62.4.90.0616.0
Chris Engler 301.0.500.000.000.7.0.00.00.7
Sidney Green 48115.4.432.000.8065.1.6.23.296.1
Dave Greenwood 612825.0.458.000.7136.41.3.56.306.1
Rod Higgins 68513.9.441.270.6672.21.1.31.194.5
Steve Johnson 745422.4.545.000.7185.9.9.50.8410.0
Caldwell Jones 423221.1.461.000.7665.0.8.29.743.4
Charles Jones 309.7.500.000.6672.0.3.001.672.7
Michael Jordan 828238.3.515.173.8456.55.92.39.8428.2
Wes Matthews 783819.5.495.125.694.94.5.94.155.7
Jawann Oldham 63015.8.464.000.6803.7.5.172.023.4
Ennis Whatley 704419.8.447.111.7911.45.4.94.145.0
Orlando Woolridge 777636.6.554.000.7855.61.8.75.4922.9

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dave Corzine 419.2.667.000.8335.5.8.50.258.2
Quintin Dailey 432.2.419.143.7273.22.81.00.0015.2
Sidney Green 318.0.500.000.6365.0.7.00.3310.3
Dave Greenwood 434.8.536.000.8007.81.21.501.009.5
Rod Higgins 11.0.000.000.000.0.0.00.00.0
Steve Johnson 37.3.286.0001.0001.7.7.00.002.0
Caldwell Jones 29.0.833.000.0002.5.0.00.505.0
Michael Jordan 442.8.436.125.8285.88.52.751.0029.2
Wes Matthews 422.8.344.000.7781.53.0.75.007.2
Jawann Oldham 422.8.467.000.0005.5.81.501.753.5
Orlando Woolridge 441.8.500.000.7783.22.01.50.2520.5

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

1984-85 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–43–33–30–20–21–52–00–26–00–22–00–22–43–33–30–52–00–20–21–12–03–3
Boston 4–1—4–26–02–01–14–22–02–05–12–02–01–11–45–16–03–32–01–12–01–12–05–1
Chicago 3–32–4—2–42–01–13–31–10–22–42–02–01–13–32–44–20–51–11–11–12–00–23–2
Cleveland 3–30–64–2—1–10–21–41–10–24–22–02–00–21–52–33–34–21–11–11–11–11–13–3
Dallas 2–00–20–21–1—2–40–24–12–42–05–13–21–41–11–12–01–12–34–14–25–01–51–1
Denver 2–01–11–12–04–2—0–25–02–42–04–22–32–31–12–01–11–14–14–13–33–24–22–0
Detroit 5–12–43–34–12–02–0—2–01–16–01–11–11–13–31–53–21–52–01–11–11–10–23–3
Golden State 0–20–21–11–11–40–50–2—2–30–22–32–41–50–21–11–10–22–42–41–43–31–41–1
Houston 2–00–22–02–04–24–21–13–2—1–15–12–31–40–21–12–01–14–13–24–23–23–30–2
Indiana 0–61–54–22–40–20–20–62–01–1—1–10–21–11–52–32–41–50–20–21–10–22–01–4
Kansas City 2–00–20–20–21–52–41–13–21–51–1—3–20–50–22–01–11–12–33–22–43–22–41–1
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–22–33–21–14–23–22–02–3—0–60–20–21–10–24–21–52–32–43–21–1
L.A. Lakers 2–01–11–12–04–13–21–15–14–11–15–06–0—1–12–02–01–15–15–13–23–34–11–1
Milwaukee 4–24–13–35–11–11–13–32–02–05–12–02–01–1—3–35–03–31–12–02–02–02–04–2
New Jersey 3–31–54–23–21–10–25–11–11–13–20–22–00–23–3—6–02–41–10–20–22–00–24–2
New York 3–30–62–43–30–21–12–31–10–24–21–11–10–20–50–6—2–40–20–21–12–01–10–6
Philadelphia 5–03–35–02–41–11–15–12–01–15–11–12–01–13–34–24–2—2–02–01–12–02–04–2
Phoenix 0–20–21–11–13–21–40–24–21–42–03–22–41–51–11–12–00–2—3–31–45–13–21–1
Portland 2–01–11–11–11–41–41–14–22–32–02–35–11–50–22–02–00–23–3—3–24–23–21–1
San Antonio 2–00–21–11–12–43–31–14–12–41–14–23–22–30–22–01–11–14–12–3—4–11–50–2
Seattle 1–11–10–21–10–52–31–13–32–32–02–34–23–30–20–20–20–21–52–41–4—3–22–0
Utah 0–20–22–01–15–12–42–04–13–30–24–22–31–40–22–01–10–22–32–35–12–3—1–1
Washington 3–31–52–33–31–10–23–31–12–04–11–11–11–12–42–46–02–41–11–12–00–21–1—

Playoffs

East First Round

(2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (7) Chicago Bulls: Bucks win series 3-1

  • Game 1 @ The MECCA, Milwaukee (April 19): Milwaukee 109, Chicago 101
  • Game 2 @ The MECCA, Milwaukee (April 21): Milwaukee 122, Chicago 115
  • Game 3 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (April 24): Chicago 109, Milwaukee 107 (Michael Jordan hits his first playoff game-winner with 22 seconds left)
  • Game 4 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (April 26): Milwaukee 105, Chicago 97

Last Playoff Meeting: 1974 Western Conference Finals (Milwaukee won 4-0)

Awards and records

References

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