1984–85 Chicago Bulls season

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.

1984–85 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachKevin Loughery
General managerRod Thorn
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record38–44 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Bucks 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Milo Hamilton, Johnny “Red” Kerr)
Sportsvision
(Bill Hazen, John Mengelt)
RadioWIND
(Jim Durham, Dave Baum)

Draft picks
Main article: 1984 NBA Draft
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
Roster listing
Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 40 Corzine, Dave 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) DePaul
SG 44 Dailey, Quintin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
PF 21 Green, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UNLV
PF 10 Greenwood, Dave 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) UCLA
SF 22 Higgins, Rod 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fresno State
C 32 Johnson, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Oregon State
C 27 Jones, Caldwell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Albany State
PF 13 Jones, Charles 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Albany State
SG 23 Jordan, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) North Carolina
PG 1 Matthews, Wes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Wisconsin
C 33 Oldham, Jawann 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Seattle
PG 3 Whatley, Ennis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Alabama
SF 0 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

Roster

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
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 5923.720–36–523–1820–10
x-Detroit Pistons 4636.5611326–1520–2121–8
x-Chicago Bulls 3844.4632126–1512–2913–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 3646.4392320–2116–2513–16
Atlanta Hawks 3448.4152519–2215–2615–15
Indiana Pacers 2260.2683716–256–357–23
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6319.768–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5923.7204
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers5824.7075
4 x-Detroit Pistons4636.56117
5 x-New Jersey Nets4240.51221
6 x-Washington Bullets4042.48823
7 x-Chicago Bulls3844.46325
8 x-Cleveland Cavaliers3646.43927
9 Atlanta Hawks3448.41529
10 New York Knicks2458.29339
11 Indiana Pacers2260.26841


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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