Inside the numbers

Now that I have upset many of you Bulls fans it is time for a fun, just the facts page with statistics on many of the NBA's All-Time greatest teams. 
 
All stats are courtesy of the Association for Professional Basketball Research

Below is a look at the numbers for the NBA's greatest teams.

NBA Champ W-L P/G  LP/G OP/G NP/G R/G LR/G OR/G A/G LA/G OA/G FG% LFG% OFG%
1986 Celtics  67-15 114.1 110.2 104.7 +9.4 46.4 43.6 41.5 29.1 26.0 23.5 50.8 49.5 46.1
1987 Lakers 65-17 117.8 109.9 108.5 +9.3 44.4 44.0 42.1 29.6 26.0 27.0 51.6 48.0 46.7
1996 Bulls 72-10 105.2 99.5

92.9

 +12.2 44.6 41.3 38.0 24.8 22.7 19.4 47.8 46.2 44.8
1967 Sixers 68-13 125.2  117.4 115.8 +9.4 70.4 60.6 ??? 26.4 22.4 ??? 48.3 44.1 ???
1972 Lakers 69-13 121.0  110.2 108.7 +12.3  56.4 51.1 52.3 27.2 24.1 24.3 49.0 45.5 43.2
1971 Bucks 66-16 118.4 112.4 106.2 +12.3 53.0 51.1 48.8 27.4 24.3 23.5 50.9 44.9 42.4
1983 Sixers 65-17 112.1 108.5 104.4 +7.7 47.9 42.6 43.8 24.6 25.9 25.5 49.9 49.2 46.1
1992 Bulls 67-15 109.9 105.3 99.5 +10.4 44.0 43.7 39.7 27.8 24.5 22.5 50.8 47.2 46.0
1997 Bulls 69-13 103.1 96.9 92.3 +10.8 45.1 41.1 40.2 26.1 22.0 19.7 47.3 45.5 43.6
1960 Celtics 59-16 124.5 115.3 116.2 +9.3 80.2 73.5 ??? 24.7 22.6 ??? 41.7 41.0 ???
1965 Celtics  62-18 112.8 110.6 104.5 +8.3 71.8 60.5 ??? 22.1 21.0 ??? 41.4 42.6 ???
1970 Knicks 62-20 115.0 116.7 105.9 +9.1 48.9 53.1 ??? 26.0 24.7 ??? 48.0 46.0 ???
1989 Pistons 63-19 106.6 109.2 100.0 +6.6 45.1 43.9 40.5 24.7 25.5 22.6 49.0 47.7

44.7
1999 Spurs 37-13 92.8 91.6 84.7 +8.1 44.0 43.7 42.0 22.0 20.7 18.8 45.6 41.7 40.2
2000 Lakers 67-15 100.8 97.5 92.3 +8.5 47.0 42.9 43.1 23.4 22.3 19.5 45.9 44.9 41.6
Presently Reserved for 2006 Detroit Pistons, we shall see...
Key:
  • P/G: Team points per game
  • LP/G League average points per game
  • OP/G Team opponents points per game
  • NP/G Team point differential per game
  • R/G Team Rebounds per game
  • LR/G League average rebounds per game
  • OR/G Opponent rebounds per game

  • A/G: team assists per game
  • LA/G league average assists per game
  • OA/G Opponent assists per game
  • FG%: Team field goal percentage
  • LFG%: League field goal percentage
  • OFG%: Opponent field goal percentage
  • ???: Opponent stat was not kept before 1970-71 season.
Looking at the performance of the NBA's greatest teams in the Playoffs.
Playoff Point differential Rd1 Rd2 CF Finals Overall VS R.S.
1971 Bucks bye +17.0 +13.8 +12.3 +14.5 +2.2
1987 Lakers +27.3 +10.6 +11.3 +4.2 +11.4 +2.1
1989 Pistons +10.7 +11.6 +4.2 +6.8 +7.8 +1.0
1986 Celtics +13.7 +9.6 +15.0 +6.2 +10.3 +0.9
1967 Sixers bye +12.5 +10.0 +6.7 +9.3 -0.1
1983 Sixers bye +5.5 +4.0 +10.0 +6.4 -1.3
1965 Celtics bye bye +2.9 +12.6 +6.9 -1.4
1996 Bulls +26.3 +6.2 +13.3 +3.9 +10.6 -1.6
1960 Celtics bye bye +3.4 +7.8 +5.8 -3.5
1992 Bulls +18.0 +2.4 +3.5 +7.5 +6.1 -4.3
1970 Knicks bye +1.6 +10.4 +0.9 +3.6 -5.5
2000 Lakers +8.0 +7.6 -1.9 -1.7 +2.4 -6.1
1997 Bulls +6.0 +7.8 +8.8 +0.7 +5.5 -6.3
1972 Lakers bye +10.0 -1.0 +4.4 +2.4 -9.9
-bye means the team either received a bye for that round or the round did not exist at that time.
Other Stats:
Team G+ D.R. P.D.R. S.S.R.
1971 Bucks 14 9-6 8-1 15-1-0
1965 Celtics 13 7-3 4-1 7-0-1
1960 Celtics 10 6-3 4-3 7-0-0
1992 Bulls 10 6-2 4-2 20-0-6
2000 Lakers 9 6-2 4-2 21-1-6
1996 Bulls 8 6-2 8-2 24-0-4
1967 Sixers 8 7-2 4-2 8-1-0
1983 Sixers 7 7-1 8-1 18-1-3
1972 Lakers 6 11-3 4-2 16-0-0
1987 Lakers 6 5-3 4-2 17-1-4
1989 Pistons 6 4-4 4-0 17-2-5
1970 Knicks 6 2-4 0-0 11-2-0
1986 Celtics 5 9-0 8-2 17-0-5
1997 Bulls 5 5-3 8-3 23-0-5
1999 Spurs 0 3-1 4-0 14-3-2*
Key:
  • G+ Games ahead of second best team in NBA
  • D.R. Record vs other division champions
  • P.D.R. Playoff record vs. other division champions
  • S.S.R. Regular season series (from the 1983 Sixers forward the league went to a conference heavy schedule with only 2 games vs. each team in the other conference. Now there are more ties)

*- due to shortened schedule 1999 Spurs played some teams only one time (2 of their 3 losses were vs. teams they played only once.

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