The 1985–86 Chicago Bulls season was the 20th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the offseason, they acquired forward Charles Oakley from the Cleveland Cavaliers, veteran guard George Gervin from the San Antonio Spurs and signed free agent guards Kyle Macy and John Paxson. The season was a near disaster as Michael Jordan was lost for much of the regular season due to a broken foot. Despite the injury to Jordan, the team managed to qualify for the NBA Playoffs.

Offseason

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 intentionally lose games to receive the number one pick.

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

Roster

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,, databasebasketball.com, accessed January 16, 2007. the Bulls made the playoffs. C - Dave Corzine PF - Charles Oakley SF - Orlando Woolridge SG - Michael Jordan PG - Kyle Macy

Season standings

z - clinched conference title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot

Game log Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc" | 1 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2 |- style="background:#cfc" | 3 |- style="background:#fcc" | 4

|- style="background:#fcc" | 9 | | Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 10 | | @ Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 11 | | @ Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 14 | | @ Atlanta |- style="background:#cfc" | 17 | | @ Denver

|- style="background:#fcc" | 20 | | @ L.A. Lakers |- style="background:#fcc" | 24 | | @ Houston |- style="background:#cfc" | 26 | | Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 28 | | @ Boston |- style="background:#cfc" | 29 | | Boston

|- style="background:#fcc" | 36 | | Atlanta |- style="background:#fcc" | 41 | | Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 43 | | L.A. Lakers |- style="background:#fcc" | 45 | | @ Dallas |- style="background:#fcc" | 47 | | Boston

|- style="background:#cfc" | 48 | | Houston |- style="background:#fcc" | 51 | | @ Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 52 | | @ Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 54 | | Dallas |- style="background:#fcc" | 60 | | Philadelphia

|- style="background:#fcc" | 62 | | Boston |- style="background:#fcc" | 63 | | @ Boston |- style="background:#fcc" | 64 | | Atlanta |- style="background:#cfc" | 67 | | Denver |- style="background:#fcc" | 68 | | Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 69 | | @ Atlanta |- style="background:#fcc" | 70 | | @ Philadelphia |- style="background:#fcc" | 71 | | @ Boston

|- style="background:#fcc" | 76 | | @ Milwaukee |- style="background:#cfc" | 78 | | Atlanta |- style="background:#cfc" | 79 | | Milwaukee |- style="background:#fcc" | 80 | | @ Atlanta

Playoffs At the time, the Bulls had the fifth worst record of any team to qualify for the playoffs in NBA history. Michael Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a Boston Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history,Top 10 Teams in NBA History , nba.com/history, accessed January 16, 2007. Jordan set the still-unbroken record for points in a playoff game with 63 in game 2.God Disguised as Michael Jordan , nba.com/history, accessed January 17, 2007. The Celtics, however, managed to sweep the series.BULLS: History of the Chicago Bulls

|- style="background:#fcc" | 1 | | @ Boston | L 104–123 | Michael Jordan (49) | Charles Oakley (10) | Macy, Paxson (4) | Boston Garden14,890 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 2 | | @ Boston | L 131–135 (2OT) | Michael Jordan (63) | Charles Oakley (14) | Michael Jordan (6) | Boston Garden14,890 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc" | 3 | | Boston | L 104–122 | John Paxson (23) | Dave Corzine (15) | Michael Jordan (9) | Chicago Stadium18,968 | 0–3

Player stats

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

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 3 23.0 .556 .000 .500 3.3 1.7 .33 .00 7.3 3 34.3 .552 .000 1.000 9.0 2.0 .33 .67 12.0 2 5.5 .000 .000 .000 .5 .5 .00 .00 .0 3 17.7 .300 .000 .500 4.0 .0 .33 .33 6.0 3 45.0 .505 1.000 .872 6.3 5.7 2.33 1.33 43.7 3 29.0 .357 .250 1.000 1.3 3.3 .67 .00 4.0 3 29.3 .524 .000 .615 10.0 1.0 2.00 .67 10.0 1 4.0 .000 .000 .000 2.0 .0 .00 .00 .0 3 26.7 .467 .000 .765 .0 1.7 1.00 .00 9.0 3 1.7 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .00 .33 .0 3 45.0 .403 .000 .867 4.7 1.3 1.00 .33 21.0

Awards and honors Charles Oakley, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Michael Jordan, NBA All-Star Game

References

Bulls on Basketball Reference