1984–85 Chicago Bulls season

1984–85 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachKevin Loughery
General manager
Owner(s)Estate of Arthur Wirtz with other investors sold team to Jerry Reinsdorf
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record38–44 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Bucks 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Milo Hamilton, Johnny “Red” Kerr)
Sportsvision
(Bill Hazen, John Mengelt)
RadioWIND
(Jim Durham, Dave Baum)
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

The 1984–85 Chicago Bulls season was the 19th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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

Main article: 1984 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 3 Michael Jordan SG/SF  United States North Carolina
2 37 Ben Coleman PF  United States Maryland
2 43 Greg Wiltjer C  Canada
3 49 Tim Dillon  United States Northern Illinois
4 72 Melvin Johnson  United States North Carolina-Charlotte
4 77 Mark Halsel  United States Northeastern
5 95 Lamont Robinson  United States Lamar
6 118 Tim Tipton  United States Morehead State
7 141 Butch Hays  United States California
8 164 Brett Crawford  United States Alliant International
9 186 Calvin Pierce  United States Oklahoma
10 208 Carl Lewis  United States Houston

Roster

1984–85 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 40 Corzine, Dave 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1956-04-25 DePaul
G 44 Dailey, Quintin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961-01-22 San Francisco
F 21 Green, Sidney 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1961-01-04 UNLV
F 10 Greenwood, Dave 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1957-05-27 UCLA
F 22 Higgins, Rod 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1960-01-31 Fresno State
C 32 Johnson, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1957-11-03 Oregon State
C 27 Jones, Caldwell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1950-08-04 Albany State
F 13 Jones, Charles 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1957-04-03 Albany State
G 23 Jordan, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1963-02-17 North Carolina
G 1 Matthews, Wes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1959-08-24 Wisconsin
C 33 Oldham, Jawann 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1957-07-04 Seattle
G 3 Whatley, Ennis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1962-08-11 Alabama
F 0 Woolridge, Orlando 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959-12-16 Notre Dame
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 14, 1985

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 82 50 25.1 .486 .000 .745 5.1 1.7 .39 .78 8.5
Quintin Dailey 79 0 26.6 .473 .233 .817 2.6 2.4 .90 .06 16.0
Chris Engler 3 0 1.0 .500 .000 .000 .7 .0 .00 .00 .7
Sidney Green 48 1 15.4 .432 .000 .806 5.1 .6 .23 .29 6.1
Dave Greenwood 61 28 25.0 .458 .000 .713 6.4 1.3 .56 .30 6.1
Rod Higgins 68 5 13.9 .441 .270 .667 2.2 1.1 .31 .19 4.5
Steve Johnson 74 54 22.4 .545 .000 .718 5.9 .9 .50 .84 10.0
Caldwell Jones 42 32 21.1 .461 .000 .766 5.0 .8 .29 .74 3.4
Charles Jones 3 0 9.7 .500 .000 .667 2.0 .3 .00 1.67 2.7
Michael Jordan 82 82 38.3 .515 .173 .845 6.5 5.9 2.39 .84 28.2
Wes Matthews 78 38 19.5 .495 .125 .694 .9 4.5 .94 .15 5.7
Jawann Oldham 63 0 15.8 .464 .000 .680 3.7 .5 .17 2.02 3.4
Ennis Whatley 70 44 19.8 .447 .111 .791 1.4 5.4 .94 .14 5.0
Orlando Woolridge 77 76 36.6 .554 .000 .785 5.6 1.8 .75 .49 22.9

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dave Corzine 4 19.2 .667 .000 .833 5.5 .8 .50 .25 8.2
Quintin Dailey 4 32.2 .419 .143 .727 3.2 2.8 1.00 .00 15.2
Sidney Green 3 18.0 .500 .000 .636 5.0 .7 .00 .33 10.3
Dave Greenwood 4 34.8 .536 .000 .800 7.8 1.2 1.50 1.00 9.5
Rod Higgins 1 1.0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .00 .00 .0
Steve Johnson 3 7.3 .286 .000 1.000 1.7 .7 .00 .00 2.0
Caldwell Jones 2 9.0 .833 .000 .000 2.5 .0 .00 .50 5.0
Michael Jordan 4 42.8 .436 .125 .828 5.8 8.5 2.75 1.00 29.2
Wes Matthews 4 22.8 .344 .000 .778 1.5 3.0 .75 .00 7.2
Jawann Oldham 4 22.8 .467 .000 .000 5.5 .8 1.50 1.75 3.5
Orlando Woolridge 4 41.8 .500 .000 .778 3.2 2.0 1.50 .25 20.5

Regular season

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 59 23 .720 – 36–5 23–18 20–10
x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 13 26–15 20–21 21–8
x-Chicago Bulls 38 44 .463 21 26–15 12–29 13–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 36 46 .439 23 20–21 16–25 13–16
Atlanta Hawks 34 48 .415 25 19–22 15–26 15–15
Indiana Pacers 22 60 .268 37 16–25 6–35 7–23
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics 63 19 .768 –
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks 59 23 .720 4
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers 58 24 .707 5
4 x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 17
5 x-New Jersey Nets 42 40 .512 21
6 x-Washington Bullets 40 42 .488 23
7 x-Chicago Bulls 38 44 .463 25
8 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 36 46 .439 27
9 Atlanta Hawks 34 48 .415 29
10 New York Knicks 24 58 .293 39
11 Indiana Pacers 22 60 .268 41

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 — 1–4 3–3 3–3 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–2 6–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–4 3–3 3–3 0–5 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–3
Boston 4–1 — 4–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 5–1 6–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–1
Chicago 3–3 2–4 — 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–4 4–2 0–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–2
Cleveland 3–3 0–6 4–2 — 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–5 2–3 3–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
Dallas 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 — 2–4 0–2 4–1 2–4 2–0 5–1 3–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 5–0 1–5 1–1
Denver 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 — 0–2 5–0 2–4 2–0 4–2 2–3 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 4–1 3–3 3–2 4–2 2–0
Detroit 5–1 2–4 3–3 4–1 2–0 2–0 — 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–5 3–2 1–5 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–3
Golden State 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–5 0–2 — 2–3 0–2 2–3 2–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–4 1–4 3–3 1–4 1–1
Houston 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 — 1–1 5–1 2–3 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 3–2 3–3 0–2
Indiana 0–6 1–5 4–2 2–4 0–2 0–2 0–6 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–5 2–3 2–4 1–5 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–4
Kansas City 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–1 3–2 1–5 1–1 — 3–2 0–5 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 2–4 3–2 2–4 1–1
L.A. Clippers 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 3–2 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–0 2–3 — 0–6 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–5 2–3 2–4 3–2 1–1
L.A. Lakers 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 6–0 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 5–1 3–2 3–3 4–1 1–1
Milwaukee 4–2 4–1 3–3 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 — 3–3 5–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
New Jersey 3–3 1–5 4–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 — 6–0 2–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–2
New York 3–3 0–6 2–4 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 0–6 — 2–4 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–6
Philadelphia 5–0 3–3 5–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–2 4–2 — 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–2
Phoenix 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–4 0–2 4–2 1–4 2–0 3–2 2–4 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 3–3 1–4 5–1 3–2 1–1
Portland 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–4 1–1 4–2 2–3 2–0 2–3 5–1 1–5 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 — 3–2 4–2 3–2 1–1
San Antonio 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–3 1–1 4–1 2–4 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 — 4–1 1–5 0–2
Seattle 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–5 2–3 1–1 3–3 2–3 2–0 2–3 4–2 3–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–4 — 3–2 2–0
Utah 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–4 2–0 4–1 3–3 0–2 4–2 2–3 1–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–3 5–1 2–3 — 1–1
Washington 3–3 1–5 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–4 6–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 —

Game log

Regular season

1984–85 game log
Total: 38–44 (home: 26–15; road: 12–29)
October: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 26, 1984 Washington W 109–93 Woolridge (28) Woolridge, Johnson (9) Whatley (10) Chicago Stadium 1–0
2 October 27, 1984 @ Milwaukee L 106–108 MECCA Arena 1–1
3 October 29, 1984 Milwaukee W 116–110 Jordan (37) Woolridge (12) Jordan (5) Chicago Stadium 2–1
4 October 30, 1984 @ Kansas City W 109–104 Kemper Arena 3–1
November: 6–8 (home: 1–3; road: 5–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 November 1, 1984 @ Denver L 113–129 McNichols Sports Arena 3–2
6 November 7, 1984 @ Detroit W 122–118 Pontiac Silverdome 4–2
7 November 8, 1984 @ New York W 121–106 Madison Square Garden 5–2
8 November 10, 1984 @ Indiana W 118–116 Market Square Arena 6–2
9 November 13, 1984 San Antonio W 120–117 Chicago Stadium 7–2
10 November 15, 1984 Boston L 105–125 Chicago Stadium 7–3
11 November 17, 1984 Philadelphia L 100–109 Chicago Stadium 7–4
12 November 19, 1984 Indiana L 120–137 Chicago Stadium 7–5
13 November 21, 1984 @ Milwaukee L 98–108 MECCA Arena 7–6
14 November 23, 1984 @ Seattle W 113–94 Kingdome 8–6
15 November 24, 1984 @ Portland L 131–141 Memorial Coliseum 8–7
16 November 27, 1984 @ Golden State L 103–109 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 8–8
17 November 29, 1984 @ Phoenix L 95–100 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8–9
18 November 30, 1984 @ L.A. Clippers W 104–100 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 9–9
December: 7–6 (home: 5–4; road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
19 December 2, 1984 @ L.A. Lakers W 113–112 Dailey (28) Greenwood (13) Corzine (7) The Forum
15,505 		10–9
20 December 4, 1984 New Jersey W 112–97 Chicago Stadium 11–9
21 December 7, 1984 New York W 95–93 Chicago Stadium 12–9
22 December 8, 1984 Dallas W 99–97 Chicago Stadium 13–9
23 December 11, 1984 Detroit L 101–108 Chicago Stadium 13–10
24 December 12, 1984 @ Detroit L 95–102 Pontiac Silverdome 13–11
25 December 14, 1984 @ New Jersey L 109–111 Brendan Byrne Arena 13–12
26 December 15, 1984 Philadelphia L 102–114 Chicago Stadium 13–13
27 December 18, 1984 Houston L 96–104 Chicago Stadium 13–14
28 December 20, 1984 @ Atlanta
(at New Orleans, LA) 		W 132–129 (2OT) The Omni 14–14
29 December 22, 1984 Boston W 110–85 Chicago Stadium 15–14
30 December 27, 1984 Cleveland W 112–108 Chicago Stadium 16–14
31 December 29, 1984 Atlanta L 101–104 Chicago Stadium 16–15
January: 8–7 (home: 8–0; road: 0–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
32 January 2, 1985 @ Atlanta L 107–121 The Omni 17–15
33 January 4, 1985 Milwaukee W 106–101 Chicago Stadium 17–16
34 January 5, 1985 @ New York L 113–119 Madison Square Garden 17–17
35 January 9, 1985 @ Boston L 108–111 Boston Garden 17–18
36 January 11, 1985 New York W 113–97 Chicago Stadium 18–18
37 January 12, 1985 @ Cleveland L 98–101 Richfield Coliseum 18–19
38 January 14, 1985 Denver W 122–113 Chicago Stadium 19–19
39 January 16, 1985 @ New Jersey L 94–100 Brendan Byrne Arena 19–20
40 January 17, 1985 Cleveland W 98–93 Chicago Stadium 20–20
41 January 19, 1985 @ Indiana L 107–110 Market Square Arena 20–21
42 January 22, 1985 Portland W 123–115 Chicago Stadium 21–21
43 January 25, 1985 Seattle W 93–76 Chicago Stadium 22–21
44 January 26, 1985 Atlanta W 117–104 Chicago Stadium 23–21
45 January 29, 1985 Kansas City W 103–97 Chicago Stadium 24–21
46 January 30, 1985 @ Washington L 95–106 Capital Centre 24–22
February: 2–9 (home: 2–4; road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
47 February 1, 1985 @ Philadelphia L 110–121 The Spectrum 24–23
48 February 5, 1985 Boston L 106–110 Chicago Stadium 24–24
49 February 7, 1985 @ Cleveland L 99–108 Richfield Coliseum 24–25
All-Star Break
50 February 12, 1985 Detroit W 139–126 (OT) Chicago Stadium 25–25
51 February 15, 1985 Indiana L 96–114 Chicago Stadium 25–26
52 February 17, 1985 @ Milwaukee L 105–125 MECCA Arena 25–27
53 February 19, 1985 L.A. Lakers L 117–127 Woolridge (30) Woolridge (6) Jordan, Matthews (8) Chicago Stadium
19,052 		25–28
54 February 22, 1985 @ Boston
(at Hartford, CT) 		L 105–115 Hartford Civic Center 25–29
55 February 23, 1985 Golden State W 140–125 Chicago Stadium 26–29
56 February 26, 1985 Cleveland L 118–123 (OT) Chicago Stadium 26–30
57 February 27, 1985 @ Detroit L 99–108 Pontiac Silverdome 26–31
March: 9–9 (home: 7–3; road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
58 March 1, 1985 New York W 109–104 Chicago Stadium 27–31
59 March 3, 1985 New Jersey L 113–117 Chicago Stadium 27–32
60 March 5, 1985 Washington W 104–99 Chicago Stadium 28–32
61 March 6, 1985 @ Boston W 107–104 Boston Garden 29–32
62 March 8, 1985 L.A. Clippers W 117–101 Chicago Stadium 30–32
63 March 9, 1985 Utah L 105–111 Chicago Stadium 30–33
64 March 11, 1985 @ Washington L 112–119 Capital Centre 30–34
65 March 12, 1985 Detroit W 111–110 Chicago Stadium 31–34
66 March 14, 1985 @ New York L 97–106 Madison Square Garden 31–35
67 March 15, 1985 Phoenix W 103–97 Chicago Stadium 32–35
68 March 17, 1985 Milwaukee W 119–117 (OT) Chicago Stadium 33–35
69 March 19, 1985 @ Houston L 100–106 The Summit 33–36
70 March 20, 1985 @ San Antonio L 98–106 HemisFair Arena 33–37
71 March 23, 1985 @ Dallas W 107–97 Reunion Arena 34–37
72 March 24, 1985 @ Utah L 92–110 Salt Palace Acord Arena 34–38
73 March 26, 1985 Indiana W 120–119 Chicago Stadium 35–38
74 March 28, 1985 @ Cleveland L 114–122 Richfield Coliseum 35–39
75 March 30, 1985 Philadelphia L 117–122 Chicago Stadium 35–40
April: 3–4 (home: 1–1; road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
76 April 2, 1985 New Jersey W 108–94 Chicago Stadium 36–40
77 April 3, 1985 @ Washington W 100–91 Capital Centre 37–40
78 April 5, 1985 @ Philadelphia L 113–116 The Spectrum 37–41
79 April 6, 1985 @ Atlanta W 117–114 The Omni 38–41
80 April 8, 1985 @ Indiana L 103–107 Market Square Arena 38–42
81 April 12, 1985 Atlanta L 108–119 Chicago Stadium 38–43
82 April 13, 1985 @ New Jersey L 111–123 Brendan Byrne Arena 38–44
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log
First Round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 19, 1985 @ Milwaukee L 100–109 Dailey (25) Greenwood (13) Jordan (10) MECCA Arena
11,052 		0–1
2 April 21, 1985 @ Milwaukee L 115–122 Jordan (30) Oldham (9) Jordan (12) MECCA Arena
11,052 		0–2
3 April 24, 1985 Milwaukee W 109–107 Jordan (35) Green (9) Jordan (7) Chicago Stadium
17,225 		1–2
4 April 26, 1985 Milwaukee L 97–105 Jordan (29) Corzine (9) Jordan (5) Chicago Stadium
17,787 		1–3
1985 schedule

Awards and records

References