1985-86 Chicago Bulls season

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1985-86 Chicago Bulls
Michael Jordan's Second Season
NBA Affiliations
Location
1985-86 Information
Owner(s) Jerry Reinsdorf
Coach Stan Albeck
Local television
Local radio

The Chicago Bulls qualified for the NBA Playoffs.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NBA Draft

The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. The lottery was put into place so teams did not have to intentionally lose games to receive the number one pick.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 11 Keith Lee Center Flag of the United States United States Memphis State
2 28 Ken Johnson Forward Flag of the United States United States Michigan State
2 34 Aubrey Sherrod Guard Flag of the United States United States Wichita State
2 46 Adrian Branch Forward Flag of the United States United States Maryland

[edit] Regular season

  • Michael Jordan's second season was cut short by a broken foot which caused him to miss 64 games. Despite Jordan's injury and a 30–52 record,[1] the Bulls made the playoffs.

[edit] Season standings

Central Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Milwaukee Bucks 57 25 .695 -
Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 7
Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 11
Chicago Bulls 30 52 .366 27
Cleveland Cavaliers 29 53 .354 28
Indiana Pacers 26 56 .317 31

[edit] 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

[edit] Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gene Banks 82 33 26.1 .517 .000 .718 4.4 3.1 .99 .12 10.9
Ron Brewer 4 0 4.5 .333 .000 1.000 .0 .0 .00 .00 1.8
Tony Brown 10 0 13.2 .439 .000 .692 1.6 1.4 .50 .10 4.5
Dave Corzine 67 4 25.5 .491 .250 .743 6.5 2.2 .42 .79 9.6
Quintin Dailey 35 0 20.7 .432 .000 .823 1.9 1.9 .63 .14 16.3
George Gervin 82 75 25.2 .472 .211 .879 2.6 1.8 .60 .28 16.2
Sidney Green 80 68 28.8 .465 .000 .782 8.2 1.7 .88 .46 13.4
Rod Higgins 5 0 16.2 .391 .000 .833 1.4 1.0 .80 .60 4.6
Mike Holton 24 0 18.6 .471 .100 .632 1.2 2.0 .96 .00 7.1
Michael Jordan 18 7 25.1 .457 .167 .840 3.6 2.9 2.06 1.17 22.7
Kyle Macy 82 79 29.6 .483 .411 .811 2.2 5.4 .99 .13 8.6
Billy McKinney 9 0 9.2 .435 .000 1.000 .6 1.4 .33 .00 2.4
Charles Oakley 77 30 23.0 .519 .000 .662 8.6 1.7 .88 .39 9.6
Jawann Oldham 52 47 24.5 .517 .000 .582 5.9 .7 .54 2.58 7.4
John Paxson 75 3 20.9 .466 .300 .804 1.3 3.7 .73 .03 5.3
Mike Smrek 38 5 10.7 .377 .000 .552 2.9 .5 .16 .61 2.8
Orlando Woolridge 70 59 32.1 .495 .174 .788 5.0 3.0 .70 .67 20.7

[edit] Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gene Banks 3 23.0 .556 .000 .500 3.3 1.7 .33 .00 7.3
Dave Corzine 3 34.3 .552 .000 1.000 9.0 2.0 .33 .67 12.0
George Gervin 2 5.5 .000 .000 .000 .5 .5 .00 .00 .0
Sidney Green 3 17.7 .300 .000 .500 4.0 .0 .33 .33 6.0
Michael Jordan 3 45.0 .505 1.000 .872 6.3 5.7 2.33 1.33 43.7
Kyle Macy 3 29.0 .357 .250 1.000 1.3 3.3 .67 .00 4.0
Charles Oakley 3 29.3 .524 .000 .615 10.0 1.0 2.00 .67 10.0
Jawann Oldham 1 4.0 .000 .000 .000 2.0 .0 .00 .00 .0
John Paxson 3 26.7 .467 .000 .765 .0 1.7 1.00 .00 9.0
Mike Smrek 3 1.7 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .00 .33 .0
Orlando Woolridge 3 45.0 .403 .000 .867 4.7 1.3 1.00 .33 21.0

[edit] Playoffs

Michael Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a 1985–86 Boston Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history,[2] Jordan set the still-unbroken record for points in a playoff game with 63 in game 2.[3] The Celtics, however, managed to sweep the series.[4]

  • Lost Eastern Conference 1st Rd (3-0) to the Boston Celtics

[edit] Awards and Honors

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chicago Bulls, databasebasketball.com, accessed January 16, 2007.
  2. ^ Top 10 Teams in NBA History, nba.com/history, accessed January 16, 2007.
  3. ^ God Disguised as Michael Jordan, nba.com/history, accessed January 17, 2007.
  4. ^ BULLS: History of the Chicago Bulls
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1985–86 NBA season by team
1985 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
East
Boston • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia • Washington
Atlanta • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee
West
Dallas • Denver • Houston • Sacramento • San Antonio • Utah
Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Seattle
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Chicago Bulls seasons
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Chicago Bulls
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NBA Championships (6)
1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998
Retired Jerseys
4 Sloan • 10 Love • 23 Jordan • 33 Pippen
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