# Temporada 1977-78 de los Chicago Bulls

La temporada 1977-78 fue la decimosegunda de los Chicago Bulls en la NBA. La temporada regular acabaron con 40 victorias y 42 derrotas, ocupando la octava posición de la Conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 13 | Tate Armstrong | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Duke |
| 2 | 23 | Mike Glenn | Base | Estados Unidos | Southern Illinois |
| 2 | 30 | Steve Sheppard | Alero | Estados Unidos | Maryland |
| 2 | 35 | Mark Landsberger | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Arizona State |
| 5 | 101 | Nate Davis | Alero | Estados Unidos | South Carolina |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 33–8 | 15–26 | 11–9 |
| x-Milwaukee Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 4 | 28–13 | 16–25 | 14–6 |
| Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 | 29–12 | 11–30 | 8–12 |
| Detroit Pistons | 38 | 44 | .463 | 10 | 24–17 | 14–27 | 8–12 |
| Indiana Pacers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 21–20 | 10–31 | 8–12 |
| Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 17 | 22–19 | 9–32 | 11–9 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Artis Gilmore | 28 | 82 | 37.4 | 8.6 | 15.4 | .559 | 5.7 | 8.2 | .704 | 3.9 | 9.2 | 13.1 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 22.9 |
| 2 | Mickey Johnson | 25 | 81 | 35.4 | 6.9 | 15.0 | .462 | 4.5 | 5.5 | .812 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 18.3 |
| 3 | Wilbur Holland | 26 | 82 | 35.2 | 6.9 | 15.7 | .443 | 2.7 | 3.4 | .799 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 16.6 |
| 4 | Scott May | 23 | 55 | 32.8 | 5.1 | 11.2 | .454 | 3.2 | 3.9 | .810 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 13.4 |
| 5 | Norm Van Lier | 30 | 78 | 32.4 | 2.6 | 6.1 | .419 | 2.2 | 2.9 | .751 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 7.3 |
| 6 | Cazzie Russell | 33 | 36 | 21.9 | 3.7 | 8.4 | .438 | 1.4 | 1.6 | .860 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| 7 | John Mengelt | 28 | 81 | 21.8 | 4.0 | 8.3 | .481 | 2.3 | 2.9 | .773 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 10.3 |
| 8 | Mark Landsberger | 22 | 62 | 14.9 | 2.0 | 4.0 | .506 | 1.5 | 2.5 | .580 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| 9 | Nick Weatherspoon | 27 | 41 | 14.9 | 2.1 | 4.7 | .443 | 0.9 | 1.0 | .881 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| 10 | Cliff Pondexter | 23 | 44 | 12.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 | .435 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .700 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| 11 | Steve Sheppard | 23 | 64 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 4.1 | .454 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .661 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| 12 | Tate Armstrong | 22 | 66 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 4.2 | .468 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .815 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| 13 | Tom Boerwinkle | 32 | 22 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | .460 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .769 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| 14 | Derrek Dickey | 26 | 25 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 2.7 | .397 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .737 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
| 15 | Jim Ard | 29 | 14 | 8.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | .500 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .667 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 16 | Glenn Hansen | 25 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Artis Gilmore | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |
| Norm Van Lier | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |