1984–85 Chicago Bulls season

1984–85 Chicago Bulls season
1984–85 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Kevin Loughery
General manager	Rod Thorn (through March 26, 1985); Jerry Krause (after March 26, 1985);
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Results
Record	38–44 (.463)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central); Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Bucks 1–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WGN-TV; (Milo Hamilton, Johnny “Red” Kerr); Sportsvision; (Bill Hazen, John Mengelt)
Radio	WIND; (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[]

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			United States	North Carolina-Charlotte
4	77	Mark Halsel		United States	Northeastern
5	95			United States	Lamar
6	118			United States	Morehead State
7	141	Butch Hays		United States	California
8	164			United States	Alliant International
9	186			United States	Oklahoma
10	208	Carl Lewis		United States	Houston

Roster[]

1984–85 Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	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

Kevin Loughery

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
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	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 v t	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 v t
#	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	—

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	@ Milwaukee	L 100–109	Quintin Dailey (25)	David Greenwood (13)	Michael Jordan (10)	MECCA Arena 11,052	0–1
2	April 21	@ Milwaukee	L 115–122	Michael Jordan (30)	Jawann Oldham (9)	Michael Jordan (12)	MECCA Arena 11,052	0–2
3	April 24	Milwaukee	W 109–107	Michael Jordan (35)	Sidney Green (9)	Michael Jordan (7)	Chicago Stadium 17,225	1–2
4	April 26	Milwaukee	L 97–105	Michael Jordan (29)	Dave Corzine (9)	Michael Jordan (5)	Chicago Stadium 17,787	1–3

1985 schedule

Awards and records[]

Michael Jordan, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
Michael Jordan, All-NBA Second Team
Michael Jordan, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
Michael Jordan, NBA All-Star Game

1984–85 Chicago Bulls season

Contents

Draft picks[]

Roster[]

Player stats[]

Regular season[]

Playoffs[]

Regular season[]

Record vs. opponents[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and records[]

References[]