27 years ago (April 10, 1999) the Chicago Bulls scored 49 points in an NBA game. It’s the fewest points by a team in a single game in the shot clock era.
LMAO I looked it up just to check and they lost 6 of their top 7 scorers and their coach going from 98 to 99.
That’s actually wild… 33 through three quarters sounds like a pickup game gone wrong 😅 really shows how much those guys carried the team back then.
1996-98 Bulls with Steve Kerr: 72, 69, 62 wins, 3 championships
1999 Bulls without Steve Kerr: 13-37
1997 Spurs without Steve Kerr: 20-62
1999 Spurs with Steve Kerr: 37-13 Champions.
No more context needed.
They only averaged 82 PPG that year. It was the 50 game lockout season, they only scored 100 points 3 times all season. They scored under 70 points 6 times. Remember folks, organizations build championships, not players!
What’s crazy is the 00-01 team was worse, here’s the records during that stretch
13-37 17-65 15-67 21-61 30-52 23-59
Did they win?
Eric Reid has only refined his craft over the years. Not gonna be the same when he retires, he’s the true definition of heat lifer.
“I hope you enjoyed it.”
I, for one, assume the hometown fans did not.
I was like damn you might not even find a WNBA game with a score that low… then I checked on BBR and the Chicago Sky scored 49 less than a year ago on July 16th 2025
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It was less good defense and more shit offense.
I don’t. There was some great defense from some teams but a lot of it was just ugly terrible basketball to watch. Bunch of bad shots, endless pick and rolls, ton of ball dominant players and very little movement. We might be too far in the other extreme now but I certainly don’t miss the dead ball era.
49 points was an outlier even for then though.