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===72 win season===
===72 win season===
Michael Jordan led Chicago as the Bulls had a historic run. The Bulls went 72-10 in regular-season games to break the [[1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season|1971-72 Lakers]]' record of 69 wins in a season.<ref name="nba.com"/>
Michael Jordan led Chicago as the Bulls had a historic run. The Bulls went 72-10 in regular-season games to break the [[1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season|1971-72 Lakers]]' record of 69 wins in a season.<ref name="nba.com"/>

===Season===
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 3, 1995 Charlotte Hornets W 105 91 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 4, 1995 Boston Celtics W 107 85 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Nov 7, 1995 Toronto Raptors W 117 108 3 0 W 3
4 Thu, Nov 9, 1995 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 106 88 4 0 W 4
5 Sat, Nov 11, 1995 Portland Trail Blazers W 110 106 5 0 W 5
6 Tue, Nov 14, 1995 @ Orlando Magic L 88 94 5 1 L 1
7 Wed, Nov 15, 1995 Cleveland Cavaliers W 113 94 6 1 W 1
8 Fri, Nov 17, 1995 New Jersey Nets W 109 94 7 1 W 2
9 Tue, Nov 21, 1995 @ Dallas Mavericks W OT 108 102 8 1 W 3
10 Wed, Nov 22, 1995 @ San Antonio Spurs W 103 94 9 1 W 4
11 Fri, Nov 24, 1995 @ Utah Jazz W 90 85 10 1 W 5
12 Sun, Nov 26, 1995 @ Seattle Supersonics L 92 97 10 2 L 1
13 Mon, Nov 27, 1995 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 107 104 11 2 W 1
14 Thu, Nov 30, 1995 @ Vancouver Grizzlies W 94 88 12 2 W 2
15 Sat, Dec 2, 1995 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 104 98 13 2 W 3
16 Wed, Dec 6, 1995 New York Knickerbockers W 101 94 14 2 W 4
17 Fri, Dec 8, 1995 San Antonio Spurs W 106 87 15 2 W 5
18 Sat, Dec 9, 1995 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 118 106 16 2 W 6
19 Wed, Dec 13, 1995 Orlando Magic W 112 103 17 2 W 7
20 Thu, Dec 14, 1995 @ Atlanta Hawks W 127 108 18 2 W 8
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 16, 1995 Los Angeles Lakers W 108 88 19 2 W 9
22 Mon, Dec 18, 1995 @ Boston Celtics W 123 114 20 2 W 10
23 Tue, Dec 19, 1995 Dallas Mavericks W 114 101 21 2 W 11
24 Fri, Dec 22, 1995 Toronto Raptors W 113 104 22 2 W 12
25 Sat, Dec 23, 1995 Utah Jazz W 100 86 23 2 W 13
26 Tue, Dec 26, 1995 @ Indiana Pacers L 97 103 23 3 L 1
27 Fri, Dec 29, 1995 Indiana Pacers W 120 93 24 3 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 30, 1995 Atlanta Hawks W 95 93 25 3 W 2
29 Wed, Jan 3, 1996 Houston Rockets W 100 86 26 3 W 3
30 Thu, Jan 4, 1996 @ Charlotte Hornets W 117 93 27 3 W 4
31 Sat, Jan 6, 1996 Milwaukee Bucks W 113 84 28 3 W 5
32 Wed, Jan 10, 1996 Seattle Supersonics W 113 87 29 3 W 6
33 Sat, Jan 13, 1996 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 120 93 30 3 W 7
34 Mon, Jan 15, 1996 @ Washington Bullets W 116 109 31 3 W 8
35 Tue, Jan 16, 1996 Philadelphia 76ers W 116 104 32 3 W 9
36 Thu, Jan 18, 1996 @ Toronto Raptors W 92 89 33 3 W 10
37 Sun, Jan 21, 1996 @ Detroit Pistons W 111 96 34 3 W 11
38 Tue, Jan 23, 1996 @ New York Knickerbockers W 99 79 35 3 W 12
39 Wed, Jan 24, 1996 Vancouver Grizzlies W 104 84 36 3 W 13
40 Fri, Jan 26, 1996 Miami Heat W 102 80 37 3 W 14
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 28, 1996 Phoenix Suns W 93 82 38 3 W 15
42 Tue, Jan 30, 1996 @ Houston Rockets W 98 87 39 3 W 16
43 Thu, Feb 1, 1996 @ Sacramento Kings W 105 85 40 3 W 17
44 Fri, Feb 2, 1996 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 99 84 41 3 W 18
45 Sun, Feb 4, 1996 @ Denver Nuggets L 99 105 41 4 L 1
46 Tue, Feb 6, 1996 @ Phoenix Suns L 96 106 41 5 L 2
47 Wed, Feb 7, 1996 @ Golden State Warriors W 99 95 42 5 W 1
48 Tue, Feb 13, 1996 Washington Bullets W 111 98 43 5 W 2
49 Thu, Feb 15, 1996 @ Detroit Pistons W OT 112 109 44 5 W 3
50 Fri, Feb 16, 1996 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 103 100 45 5 W 4
51 Sun, Feb 18, 1996 @ Indiana Pacers W 110 102 46 5 W 5
52 Tue, Feb 20, 1996 Cleveland Cavaliers W 102 76 47 5 W 6
53 Thu, Feb 22, 1996 @ Atlanta Hawks W 96 91 48 5 W 7
54 Fri, Feb 23, 1996 @ Miami Heat L 104 113 48 6 L 1
55 Sun, Feb 25, 1996 Orlando Magic W 111 91 49 6 W 1
56 Tue, Feb 27, 1996 Minnesota Timberwolves W 120 99 50 6 W 2
57 Fri, Mar 1, 1996 Golden State Warriors W 110 87 51 6 W 3
58 Sat, Mar 2, 1996 Boston Celtics W 107 75 52 6 W 4
59 Tue, Mar 5, 1996 Milwaukee Bucks W 115 106 53 6 W 5
60 Thu, Mar 7, 1996 Detroit Pistons W 102 81 54 6 W 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 10, 1996 @ New York Knickerbockers L 72 104 54 7 L 1
62 Wed, Mar 13, 1996 Washington Bullets W 103 86 55 7 W 1
63 Fri, Mar 15, 1996 Denver Nuggets W 108 87 56 7 W 2
64 Sat, Mar 16, 1996 @ New Jersey Nets W 97 93 57 7 W 3
65 Mon, Mar 18, 1996 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 98 94 58 7 W 4
66 Tue, Mar 19, 1996 Sacramento Kings W 89 67 59 7 W 5
67 Thu, Mar 21, 1996 New York Knickerbockers W 107 86 60 7 W 6
68 Sun, Mar 24, 1996 @ Toronto Raptors L 108 109 60 8 L 1
69 Thu, Mar 28, 1996 Atlanta Hawks W 111 80 61 8 W 1
70 Sat, Mar 30, 1996 Los Angeles Clippers W 106 85 62 8 W 2
71 Tue, Apr 2, 1996 @ Miami Heat W 110 92 63 8 W 3
72 Thu, Apr 4, 1996 Miami Heat W 100 92 64 8 W 4
73 Fri, Apr 5, 1996 @ Charlotte Hornets W 126 92 65 8 W 5
74 Sun, Apr 7, 1996 @ Orlando Magic W 90 86 66 8 W 6
75 Mon, Apr 8, 1996 Charlotte Hornets L 97 98 66 9 L 1
76 Thu, Apr 11, 1996 @ New Jersey Nets W 113 100 67 9 W 1
77 Fri, Apr 12, 1996 Philadelphia 76ers W 112 82 68 9 W 2
78 Sun, Apr 14, 1996 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 98 72 69 9 W 3
79 Tue, Apr 16, 1996 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 86 80 70 9 W 4
80 Thu, Apr 18, 1996 Detroit Pistons W 110 79 71 9 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Sat, Apr 20, 1996 Indiana Pacers L 99 100 71 10 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 21, 1996 @ Washington Bullets W 103 93 72 10 W 1


==Player stats==
==Player stats==

Revision as of 17:54, 16 April 2010

1995–96 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachPhil Jackson
ArenaUnited Center
Results
Record72–10 (.878)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Central)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1994–95 1996–97 >

The Chicago Bulls set an NBA record by winning 72 games. The Bulls would go on to beat the Seattle Supersonics in the 1996 NBA Finals.

Offseason

Prior the 1995-96 season, Dennis Rodman and Jack Haley were traded from the San Antonio Spurs to the Chicago Bulls for center Will Perdue and cash considerations, in order to fill a large void at power forward left by Horace Grant, who left the Bulls prior to the 1994-95 season.

Haley only played in one game during the regular season and did not participate in the playoffs. He became best-known for his friendship with the enigmatic Rodman.[1]

In his book Bad As I Wanna Be, Rodman stated that Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen had to approve the trade before it took place. Rodman chose the number 91 (9+1=10 according to Rodman for why he chose that number) for his jersey since the number 10 jersey was retired by the Bulls in the 1995 offseason in honor of Bob Love.

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 20 Jason Caffey Forward  United States Alabama
2 31 Dragan Tarlac Center  Yugoslavia Olympiakos (Greece)

Regular season

In his first full season since returning to the NBA, Jordan won his eighth scoring title to break Wilt Chamberlain's record of seven and also came away with a triple crown of awards: the MVP awards for the regular season, All-Star Game and NBA Finals.[2] The Bulls improved 25 games from the previous year's 47-35 record to their NBA record 72-10 regular season finish. They won 33 road games, which is the NBA record. They also had a 39-2 home record, which was one win shy of tying the Boston Celtics for best home record in history. The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls are considered by many experts to be the greatest NBA team of all time.

Later, in the playoffs, the Bulls easily made their way to the NBA Finals and the NBA championship. Rodman, Jordan, and Scottie Pippen all made the All-Defensive First Team, the first time three players from the same team made it on the first team. Rodman led the league in rebounding for the fifth straight year, and Jordan won the scoring title, the second time that teammates had led the league in scoring and rebounding.

72 win season

Michael Jordan led Chicago as the Bulls had a historic run. The Bulls went 72-10 in regular-season games to break the 1971-72 Lakers' record of 69 wins in a season.[2]

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
Randy Brown 68 0 9.9 .406 .091 .609 1.0 1.1 .84 .18 2.7
Jud Buechler 74 0 10.0 .463 .444 .636 1.5 .8 .46 .09 3.8
Jason Caffey 57 0 9.6 .438 .000 .588 1.9 .4 .21 .12 3.2
James Edwards 28 0 9.8 .373 .000 .615 1.4 .4 .04 .29 3.5
Jack Haley 1 0 7.0 .333 .000 .500 2.0 .0 .00 .00 5.0
Ron Harper 80 80 23.6 .467 .269 .705 2.7 2.6 1.31 .40 7.4
Michael Jordan 82 82 37.7 .495 .427 .834 6.6 4.3 2.20 .51 30.4
Steve Kerr 82 0 23.4 .506 .515 .929 1.3 2.3 .77 .02 8.4
Toni Kukoč 81 20 26.0 .490 .403 .772 4.0 3.5 .79 .35 13.1
Luc Longley 62 62 26.5 .482 .000 .777 5.1 1.9 .35 1.35 9.1
Scottie Pippen 77 77 36.7 .463 .374 .679 6.4 5.9 1.73 .74 19.4
Dennis Rodman 64 57 32.6 .480 .111 .528 14.9 2.5 .56 .42 5.5
John Salley 17 0 11.2 .343 .000 .600 2.5 .9 .47 .88 2.1
Dickey Simpkins 60 12 11.4 .481 1.000 .629 2.6 .6 .15 .13 3.6
Bill Wennington 71 20 15.0 .493 1.000 .860 2.5 .6 .30 .23 5.3

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Randy Brown 16 7.0 .571 .500 .750 .6 .4 .31 .06 2.8
Jud Buechler 17 7.5 .474 .381 .500 .6 .4 .41 .00 2.7
James Edwards 6 4.7 .444 .000 .750 .7 .0 .00 .00 1.8
Ron Harper 18 27.4 .425 .319 .690 3.7 2.5 1.39 .39 8.8
Michael Jordan 18 40.7 .459 .403 .818 4.9 4.1 1.83 .33 30.7
Steve Kerr 18 19.8 .448 .321 .871 1.0 1.7 .78 .00 6.8
Toni Kukoč 15 29.3 .391 .191 .838 4.2 3.9 .93 .27 10.8
Luc Longley 18 24.4 .469 .000 .757 4.6 1.6 .39 1.39 8.3
Scottie Pippen 18 41.2 .390 .286 .638 8.5 5.9 2.61 .89 16.9
Dennis Rodman 18 34.4 .485 .000 .593 13.7 2.1 .78 .44 7.5
John Salley 16 5.3 .545 .000 .286 .7 .4 .06 .12 .9
Bill Wennington 18 9.4 .520 .000 .500 1.7 .5 .22 .06 3.0

NBA finals

  • Game 1 - June 5, Wednesday @ Chicago, Chicago 107, Seattle 90: Chicago leads series 1-0
  • Game 2 - June 7, Friday @ Chicago, Chicago 92, Seattle 88: Chicago leads series 2-0
  • Game 3 - June 9, Sunday @ Seattle, Chicago 108, Seattle: 86: Chicago leads series 3-0
  • Game 4 - June 12, Wednesday @ Seattle, Seattle 107, Chicago 86: Chicago leads series 3-1
  • Game 5 - June 14, Friday @ Seattle, Seattle 89, Chicago 78: Chicago leads series 3-2
  • Game 6 - June 16, Sunday @ Chicago, Chicago 87, Seattle 75: Chicago wins series 4-2

The Finals were played using a 2-3-2 site format, where the first two and last two games are held at the home court (United Center) of the team with the better regular season record. The Bulls became the third franchise to have at least four championships, leaving them behind the Boston Celtics with 16 (at the time) and Los Angeles Lakers with 11 (at the time). Michael Jordan became the first player to win the Finals MVP four times.

Game 1

Wednesday, June 5, at the United Center

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Seattle 18 30 29 13 90
Chicago 24 29 26 28 107

Game 2

Friday, June 7, at the United Center

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Seattle 27 18 20 23 88
Chicago 23 23 30 16 92

Game 3

Sunday, June 9, at the KeyArena

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Chicago 34 28 13 33 108
Seattle 16 22 23 25 86

Game 4

Wednesday, June 12, at the KeyArena

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Chicago 21 11 31 23 86
Seattle 25 28 31 23 107

Game 5

Friday, June 14, at the KeyArena

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Chicago 18 24 18 18 78
Seattle 18 25 19 27 89

Game 6

Sunday, June 16, at the United Center

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Seattle 18 20 20 17 75
Chicago 24 21 22 20 87

Roster

1995-96 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
PG 0 United States Brown, Randy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) New Mexico State
SG 30 United States Buechler, Jud 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Arizona
PF 35 United States Caffey, Jason 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Alabama
C 53 United States Edwards, James 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Washington
PF 54 United States Haley, Jack 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA
SG 9 United States Harper, Ron 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Miami (OH)
SG 23 United States Jordan, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) North Carolina
PG 25 United States Kerr, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Arizona
SF 7 Croatia Kukoc, Toni 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Croatia
C 13 Australia Longley, Luc 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 265 lb (120 kg) New Mexico
SF 33 United States Pippen, Scottie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Central Arkansas
PF 91 United States Rodman, Dennis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) SE Oklahoma State
C 22 United States Salley, John 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia Tech
PF 8 United States Simpkins, Dickey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Providence
C 34 Canada Wennington, Bill 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) St. John's
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Award winners

NBA All-Star Game

References

  1. ^ Dan Bickley. "Haley looks to escape Rodman's shadow". Chicago Sun-Times. December 26, 1996. 104.
  2. ^ a b NBA.com: 72-10: The Bulls Dominate
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