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| 1973–74 Chicago Bulls season | |
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| Head coach | Dick Motta |
| General manager | Dick Motta |
| Owner(s) | Arthur Wirtz and Jonathan Kovler |
| Arena | Chicago Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 54–28 (.659) |
| Place | Division: 2nd (Midwest) Conference: 3rd (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Conference finals (lost to Bucks 0–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Local media | |
| Television | WSNS-TV (Andy Musser, Dick Gonski) |
| Radio | WIND (Jim Durham, Bill Berg) |
The 1973–74 NBA season was the Bulls' eighth season in the NBA. [1]
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| W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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| y-Milwaukee Bucks | 59 | 23 | .720 | – | 31–7 | 24–16 | 4–0 | 14–6 |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 54 | 28 | .659 | 5 | 32–9 | 21–19 | 1–0 | 13–7 |
| x-Detroit Pistons | 52 | 30 | .634 | 7 | 29–12 | 23–17 | 0–1 | 9–11 |
| Kansas City–Omaha Kings | 33 | 49 | .402 | 26 | 20–21 | 13–28 | – | 4–16 |
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| 1 | z-Milwaukee Bucks | 59 | 23 | .720 | – |
| 2 | x-Chicago Bulls | 54 | 28 | .659 | 5 |
| 3 | x-Detroit Pistons | 52 | 30 | .634 | 7 |
| 4 | y-Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 12 |
| 5 | Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 15 |
| 6 | Seattle SuperSonics | 36 | 46 | .439 | 23 |
| 7 | Kansas City–Omaha Kings | 33 | 49 | .402 | 26 |
| 8 | Phoenix Suns | 30 | 52 | .366 | 29 |
| 9 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 32 |
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| Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CAP | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCO | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA |
| Atlanta | — | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Boston | 5–1 | — | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Buffalo | 4–2 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Capital | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Chicago | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| Cleveland | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Detroit | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Golden State | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–5 | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 |
| Houston | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Kansas City-Omaha | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 |
| Los Angeles | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 |
| Milwaukee | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 |
| New York | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Philadelphia | 3–3 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Phoenix | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–3 | 4–3 |
| Portland | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 |
| Seattle | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — |
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| # | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
| 1 | October 9 | Los Angeles | 117–97 | Chet Walker (26) | 0–1 | |||||
| 2 | October 10 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 105–90 | Chet Walker (29) | 1–1 | |||||
| 3 | October 12 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 84–88 | Chet Walker (24) | 1–2 | |||||
| 4 | October 13 | Detroit | 94–101 | Sloan, Walker (18) | 2–2 | |||||
| 5 | October 19 | Capital | 103–117 | Bob Love (33) | 3–2 | |||||
| 6 | October 20 | @ New York | 85–69 | Bob Love (25) | 4–2 | |||||
| 7 | October 21 | @ Capital | 107–99 | Chet Walker (30) | 5–2 | |||||
| 8 | October 26 | Houston | 113–121 | Chet Walker (30) | 6–2 | |||||
| 9 | October 27 | @ Houston | 102–92 | Chet Walker (20) | 7–2 | |||||
| 10 | November 2 | Buffalo | 97–107 | Love, Weiss (20) | 8–2 | |||||
| 11 | November 3 | Cleveland | 94–105 | Chet Walker (32) | 9–2 | |||||
| 12 | November 4 | N Buffalo | 101–95 (OT) | Chet Walker (29) | 10–2 | |||||
| 13 | November 8 | @ Golden State | 112–111 | Bob Love (31) | 11–2 | |||||
| 14 | November 10 | @ Portland | 106–104 | Chet Walker (28) | 12–2 | |||||
| 15 | November 11 | @ Seattle | 116–98 | Norm Van Lier (30) | 13–2 | |||||
| 16 | November 13 | @ Phoenix | 108–116 | Bob Love (32) | 13–3 | |||||
| 17 | November 16 | @ Los Angeles | 102–118 | Bob Love (29) | 13–4 | |||||
| 18 | November 18 | @ Detroit | 104–102 | Chet Walker (28) | 14–4 | |||||
| 19 | November 20 | Portland | 101–106 | Chet Walker (30) | 15–4 | |||||
| 20 | November 23 | Phoenix | 99–94 | Bob Love (24) | 15–5 | |||||
| 21 | November 24 | Detroit | 112–114 (OT) | Bob Love (31) | 16–5 | |||||
| 22 | November 27 | Golden State | 117–123 | Chet Walker (39) | 17–5 | |||||
| 23 | November 28 | @ Philadelphia | 96–101 | Chet Walker (30) | 17–6 | |||||
| 24 | November 30 | New York | 97–115 | Bob Love (24) | 18–6 | |||||
| 25 | December 1 | @ Boston | 98–120 | Jerry Sloan (25) | 18–7 | |||||
| 26 | December 4 | Seattle | 107–130 | Love, Van Lier (27) | 19–7 | |||||
| 27 | December 6 | Philadelphia | 98–103 | Chet Walker (27) | 20–7 | |||||
| 28 | December 7 | @ Cleveland | 96–91 | Jerry Sloan (19) | 21–7 | |||||
| 29 | December 8 | Boston | 95–112 | Bob Love (28) | 22–7 | |||||
| 30 | December 11 | Kansas City–Omaha | 104–105 | Bob Love (23) | 23–7 | |||||
| 31 | December 13 | @ Milwaukee | 97–94 | Chet Walker (26) | 24–7 | |||||
| 32 | December 14 | Los Angeles | 100–97 | Bob Love (25) | 24–8 | |||||
| 33 | December 15 | Houston | 100–104 | Norm Van Lier (30) | 25–8 | |||||
| 34 | December 18 | Seattle | 93–92 | Bob Love (19) | 25–9 | |||||
| 35 | December 19 | @ Detroit | 87–89 | Bob Love (27) | 25–10 | |||||
| 36 | December 22 | Golden State | 86–110 | Bob Love (32) | 26–10 | |||||
| 37 | December 26 | @ Capital | 81–82 | Chet Walker (22) | 26–11 | |||||
| 38 | December 28 | Atlanta | 94–118 | Love, Weiss (18) | 27–11 | |||||
| 39 | December 29 | Detroit | 103–108 | Bob Love (30) | 28–11 | |||||
| 40 | December 30 | @ Portland | 92–99 | Chet Walker (31) | 28–12 | |||||
| 41 | January 1 | @ Golden State | 91–80 | Bob Love (39) | 29–12 | |||||
| 42 | January 4 | @ Seattle | 101–103 (OT) | Chet Walker (33) | 29–13 | |||||
| 43 | January 6 | Phoenix | 116–120 (OT) | Bob Love (33) | 30–13 | |||||
| 44 | January 8 | New York | 108–80 | Bob Love (18) | 30–14 | |||||
| 45 | January 9 | @ Boston | 89–106 | Bob Love (28) | 30–15 | |||||
| 46 | January 10 | @ Atlanta | 116–104 | Chet Walker (29) | 31–15 | |||||
| 47 | January 12 | Milwaukee | 101–82 | Howard Porter (17) | 31–16 | |||||
| 48 | January 13 | @ Milwaukee | 94–124 | Bob Love (24) | 31–17 | |||||
| 49 | January 18 | @ Detroit | 95–113 | Chet Walker (25) | 31–18 | |||||
| 50 | January 20 | Portland | 97–99 | Chet Walker (22) | 32–18 | |||||
| 51 | January 22 | Atlanta | 89–102 | Bob Love (28) | 33–18 | |||||
| 52 | January 25 | Seattle | 99–104 | Bob Love (34) | 34–18 | |||||
| 53 | January 27 | Detroit | 91–109 | Love, Porter (21) | 35–18 | |||||
| 54 | January 30 | Capital | 94–103 | Bob Love (20) | 36–18 | |||||
| 55 | February 1 | Kansas City–Omaha | 88–99 | Bob Love (29) | 37–18 | |||||
| 56 | February 2 | @ Philadelphia | 105–89 | Bob Love (27) | 38–18 | |||||
| 57 | February 3 | @ Cleveland | 108–94 | Jerry Sloan (25) | 39–18 | |||||
| 58 | February 5 | Boston | 98–100 | Chet Walker (22) | 40–18 | |||||
| 59 | February 6 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 112–95 | Bob Love (29) | 41–18 | |||||
| 60 | February 8 | @ Buffalo | 101–106 | Love, Walker (20) | 41–19 | |||||
| 61 | February 10 | Los Angeles | 86–96 | Bob Love (30) | 42–19 | |||||
| 62 | February 12 | Milwaukee | 81–93 | Bob Love (34) | 43–19 | |||||
| 63 | February 13 | @ New York | 80–89 | Norm Van Lier (19) | 43–20 | |||||
| 64 | February 15 | @ Milwaukee | 92–90 | Bob Love (24) | 44–20 | |||||
| 65 | February 17 | Golden State | 108–105 | Howard Porter (24) | 44–21 | |||||
| 66 | February 19 | Phoenix | 96–130 | Porter, Walker (25) | 45–21 | |||||
| 67 | February 22 | Portland | 100–117 | Bob Love (29) | 46–21 | |||||
| 68 | February 24 | @ Los Angeles | 90–100 | Bob Love (23) | 46–22 | |||||
| 69 | February 27 | @ Phoenix | 107–95 | Howard Porter (23) | 47–22 | |||||
| 70 | March 1 | @ Portland | 91–95 | Love, Walker (21) | 47–23 | |||||
| 71 | March 2 | @ Golden State | 88–103 | Chet Walker (28) | 47–24 | |||||
| 72 | March 5 | @ Phoenix | 111–91 | Norm Van Lier (22) | 48–24 | |||||
| 73 | March 6 | @ Houston | 105–93 | Bob Love (43) | 49–24 | |||||
| 74 | March 9 | @ Atlanta | 99–106 | Clifford Ray (24) | 49–25 | |||||
| 75 | March 12 | Kansas City–Omaha | 93–91 | Bob Love (31) | 49–26 | |||||
| 76 | March 15 | Buffalo | 97–114 | Chet Walker (22) | 50–26 | |||||
| 77 | March 17 | Milwaukee | 107–82 | Howard Porter (22) | 50–27 | |||||
| 78 | March 19 | Philadelphia | 94–103 | Jerry Sloan (22) | 51–27 | |||||
| 79 | March 20 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 87–86 | Norm Van Lier (25) | 52–27 | |||||
| 80 | March 22 | @ Los Angeles | 93–99 | Howard Porter (21) | 52–28 | |||||
| 81 | March 24 | @ Seattle | 122–113 | Chet Walker (25) | 53–28 | |||||
| 82 | March 26 | Cleveland | 98–104 | Norm Van Lier (25) | 54–28 | |||||
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Conference finals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
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