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2007–08 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Chicago Bulls
end_year	2008
wins	33
losses	49
division	Central
division_place	4
conf_place	11
gm	John Paxson
owner	Jerry Reinsdorf
arena	United Center
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	CHI
radio	WMVP

Scott Skiles (fired)
Pete Myers (interim)
Jim Boylan (interim)
CSN Chicago
WGN
WCIU

Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls takes a shot during an NBA game versus the New York Knicks at the United Center in Chicago, December 14, 2007

The 2007–08 Chicago Bulls season was the 42nd season of NBA basketball in Chicago.

Key dates:

June 28: The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 11: The free agent signing period started.
October 31: The Bulls' first game of the season against the New Jersey Nets.
December 24: Scott Skiles was relieved of his duties as the Bulls' head coach.
December 27: Jim Boylan was named the Bulls' interim head coach for the rest of the season.
February 21: The Bulls were involved in a three-team trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Seattle SuperSonics that saw Ben Wallace, Joe Smith & Adrian Griffin traded in exchange for four players that included Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden.
April 16: The Bulls season officially ended with a win against the Raptors. They finished with just 33 wins after being touted as a contender in the Eastern Conference.
April 17: The Bulls fired interim coach Boylan after a season in which GM John Paxson described as disappointing and disturbing.

Offseason

The Bulls made the following free agent transactions for the 2007 off-season.

Free agents

October 2	Jared Homan	Mersin BŞB. S.K.

Subtractions

Roster

Scott Skiles (fired)
Pete Myers (interim)
Jim Boylan (interim)
Ron Adams
Mike Brown
Mike Wilhelm
Fred Tedeschi (trainer)

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="edbebf" | 1 || October 31 || @ New Jersey || 103–112 || Gordon (27) || Deng (11) || Duhon (6) ||Izod Center 17,342 || 0–1 |- |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 2 || November 2 || Philadelphia || 85–96 || Gordon (25) || Thomas (12) || Hinrich (8) ||United Center 22,034 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 3 || November 3 || @ Milwaukee || 72–78 || Gordon (15) || Smith (10) || Hinrich (4) || Bradley Center 18,717 || 0–3 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 4 || November 6 || LA Clippers || 91–97 || Deng (22) || Deng (8) || Thomas (5) || United Center 21,742 || 0–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || November 8 || Detroit || 97–93 || Thomas (19) || Thomas (14) || Hinrich (14) || United Center 21,797 || 1–4 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 6 || November 10 || Toronto || 71–101 || Nocioni (20) || Sefolosha (6) || Hinrich, Duhon, Sefolosha (4) || United Center 22,467 || 1–5 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 7 || November 15 || @ Phoenix || 102–112 || Gordon (24) || Wallace (10) || Hinrich (7) || US Airways Center 18,422 || 1–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || November 17 || @ LA Clippers || 92–73 || Gordon (25) || Wallace (13) || Hinrich, Gordon, Duhon (4) || Staples Center 17,535 || 2–6 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 9 || November 18 || @ LA Lakers || 78–106 || Gordon (20) || Wallace (8) || Hinrich (8) || Staples Center 18,997 || 2–7 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 10 || November 20 || @ Denver || 91–112 || Noah (16) || Wallace (12) || Duhon (5) || Pepsi Center 17,106 || 2–8 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 11 || November 24 || @ New York ||78–85 || Nocioni (23) || Wallace (12) || Hinrich (4) || Madison Square Garden 19,763 || 2–9 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 12 || November 25 || @ Toronto || 78–93 || Deng (21) || Deng (9) || Hinrich (7) || Air Canada Centre 19,800 || 2–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || November 27 || Atlanta || 90–78 || Deng (22) || Wallace, Thomas (12) || Duhon (7) || United Center 21,826 || 3–10 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || December 1 || Charlotte || 111–95 || Gordon (34) || Wallace (19) || Hinrich (7) || United Center 21,729 || 4–10 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 15 || December 3 || Dallas || 98–103 || Nocioni (30) || Duhon (9) || Hinrich, Duhon (5)|| United Center 21,780 || 4–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || December 5 || @ Charlotte || 91–82 || Deng (30) || Nocioni (11) || Duhon (9) || Charlotte Bobcats Arena 13,227 || 5–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || December 7 || @ Detroit || 98–91 || Nocioni (22) || Smith (14) || Hinrich (6) || Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 || 6–11 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 18 || December 8 || Boston || 81–92 || Nocioni (18) || Wallace (14) || Hinrich (6) || United Center 22,778 || 6–12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || December 11 || Seattle || 123–96 || Gordon (27) || Thomas (9) || Hinrich (8) || United Center 21,772 || 7–12 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 20 || December 12 || @ Indiana || 102–117 || Gordon (27) || Deng (7) || Hinrich (8) || Conseco Fieldhouse 10,381 || 7–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || December 14 || New York || 101–96 || Deng (29) || Hinrich (12) || Hinrich (14) || United Center 21,751 || 8–13 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 22 || December 18 || LA Lakers || 91–103 || Deng (26) || Deng, Nocioni (7) || Hinrich (8) || United Center 22,310 || 8–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || December 19 || @ Washington || 95–84 || Gordon (22) || Gray (10) || Gordon (6) || Verizon Center 14,792 || 9–14 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 24 || December 21 || @ Boston || 82–107 || Gordon (19) || Thomas (9) || Duhon (4) || TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 || 9–15 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 25 || December 22 || Houston || 98–116 || Hinrich (22) || Deng (7) || Deng (5) || United Center 22,434 || 9–16 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 26 || December 26 || @ San Antonio || 79–94 || Smith (19) || Smith (11) || Hinrich (7) || AT&T Center 18,797 || 9–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || December 28 || Milwaukee || 103–99 || Gordon (31) || Deng, Wallace (10) || Hinrich (9) || United Center 22,189 || 10–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || December 30 || @ New York || 100–83 || Gordon (25) || Wallace (10) || Hinrich (8) || Madison Square Garden 19,763 || 11–17 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 29 || December 31 || Orlando || 110–112 || Gordon (39) || Wallace (12) || Hinrich (10) || United Center 22,126 || 11–18 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || January 2 || @ Charlotte || 109–97 || Gordon (22) || Deng (13) || Deng (5) || Charlotte Bobcats Arena 11,568 || 12–18 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 31 || January 3 || Portland || 109–115 || Gordon (32) || Wallace (14) || Hinrich (9) || United Center 21,756 || 12–19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || January 5 || Sacramento || 94–93 || Nocioni (26) || Wallace (11) || Hinrich (7) || United Center 21,908 || 13–19 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 33 || January 8 || New York || 100–105 || Smith (22) || Smith (12) || Hinrich (9) || United Center 21,838 || 13–20 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || January 11 || @ Philadelphia || 100–97 || Nocioni (27) || Wallace (8) || Hinrich (7) || Wachovia Center 17,046 || 14–20 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 35 || January 13 || @ Atlanta || 84–105 || Deng (28) || Wallace (13) || Duhon, Sefolosha (5) || Philips Arena 16,065 || 14–21 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 36 || January 15 || @ Orlando || 88–102 || Smith (13) || Noah (11) || Duhon (5) || Amway Arena 17,519 || 14–22 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || January 16 || @ Miami || 126–96 || Gordon (24) || Noah (8) || Deng (8) || American Airlines Arena 19,600 || 15–22 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 38 || January 18 || Golden State || 111–119 || Gordon (29) || Deng (12) || Duhon (8) || United Center 21,896 || 15–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || January 19 || Detroit || 97–81 || Gordon (33) || Sefolosha (13) || Duhon (4) || United Center 22,657 || 16–23 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 40 || January 21 || @ Memphis || 90–104 || Gordon (25) || Wallace (13) || Hinrich (6) || FedExForum 18,119 || 16–24 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || January 23 || Indiana || 108–95 || Hinrich (38) || Noah (15) || Hinrich (10) || United Center 21,774 || 17–24 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 42 || January 25 || Charlotte || 77–90 || Nocioni (25) || Sefolosha (10) || Hinrich (8) || United Center 21,761 || 17–25 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 43 || January 27 || Phoenix || 77–88 || Hinrich (31) || Thomas (11) || Hinrich, Duhon (3) || United Center 22,245 || 17–26 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || January 29 || Minnesota || 96–85 || Hinrich (27) || Noah (13) || Hinrich (6) || United Center 21,725 || 18–26 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 45 || January 30 || @ Minnesota || 67–83 || Hinrich, Sefolosha (14) || Noah, Wallace, Sefolosha (8) || Hinrich (8) || Target Center 10,910 || 18–27 |- |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 46 || February 2 || @ Sacramento || 101–105 || Gordon (33) || Wallace (9) || Hinrich, Duhon (3) || ARCO Arena 15,526 || 18–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || February 4 || @ Seattle || 118–108 || Smith (25) || Wallace, Smith (10)|| Wallace (7) || KeyArena 10,935 || 19–28 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 48 || February 6 || @ Portland || 97–100 || Sefolosha, Nocioni (22) || Wallace (8) || Duhon (9) || Rose Garden 20,126 || 19–29 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || February 7 || @ Golden State || 114–108 || Duhon (34) || Noah (10) || Duhon (9) || Oracle Arena 19,596 || 20–29 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 50 || February 9 || @ Utah || 87–97 || Sefolosha (22) || Sefolosha, Wallace (7) || Duhon (8) || EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 || 20–30 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 51 || February 12 || New Orleans || 86–100 || Nocioni (28) || Wallace (16) || Duhon (5) || United Center 21,739 || 20–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || February 14 || Miami || 99–92 || Hinrich (24) || Sefolosha, Thomas (12) || Duhon (8) || United Center 21,792 || 21–31 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 53 || February 20 || @ New Jersey || 102–110 || Smith (17) || Nocioni, Smith, Wallace (9) || Hinrich (6) || Izod Center 15,150 || 21–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || February 22 || Denver || 135–121 || Gordon (37) || Thomas (11) || Hinrich (14) || United Center 21,848 || 22–32 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 55 || February 24 || @ Houston || 97–110 || Thomas (18) || Gooden (8) || Hinrich (10) || Toyota Center 18,275 || 22–33 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 56 || February 25 || @ Dallas || 94–102 || Gordon (25) || Deng (9) || Gordon (4) || American Airlines Center 20,340 || 22–34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || February 27 || @ Indiana || 113–107 || Hughes (29) || Gooden (15) || Gordon, Hughes (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 10,556 || 23–34 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 58 || February 29 || Washington || 91–97 || Nocioni (19) || Deng (11) || Hughes (6) || United Center 21,884 || 23–35 |- |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 59 || March 2 || @ Cleveland || 86–95 || Hughes (23) || Gooden (10) || Hughes (4) || Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 23–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || March 4 || Memphis || 112–97 || Deng, Gooden (21) || Gooden (14) || Hinrich (12) || United Center 21,725 || 24–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || March 6 || Cleveland || 107–96 || Deng, Gordon (23) || Noah (20) || Hinrich (7) || United Center 22,097 || 25–36 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 62 || March 7 || @ Boston || 93–116 || Gordon (20) || Gray (8) || Gordon (4) || TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 || 25–37 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 63 || March 9 || @ Detroit || 109–116 || Gordon (27) || Gooden (8) || Hughes (5) || Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 || 25–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || March 11 || Utah || 108–96 || Gooden (24) || Gooden (10) || Hinrich (6) || United Center 21,969 || 26–38 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 65 || March 14 || Philadelphia || 106–110 || Deng (21) || Gooden (9) || Hinrich (6) || United Center 22,069 || 26–39 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 66 || March 17 || @ New Orleans || 97–108 || Gordon (31) || Gooden (12) || Hinrich (5) || New Orleans Arena 14,337 || 26–40 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || March 18 || New Jersey || 112–96 || Deng (20) || Gooden (11) || Hinrich (8) || United Center 22,070 || 27–40 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 68 || March 20 || San Antonio || 80–102 || Deng (18) || Gordon (8) || Gordon (3) || United Center 22,353 || 27–41 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 69 || March 22 || Indiana || 101–108 || Deng (28) || Gooden, Hughes (10) || Hinrich (10) || United Center 21,752 || 27–42 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || March 25 || Atlanta || 103–94 || Gooden (31) || Gooden (16) || Hinrich (10) || United Center 21,806 || 28–42 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 71 || March 26 || @ Philadelphia || 99–121 || Sefolosha (20) || Gooden (8) || Hinrich (6) || Wachovia Center 18,620 || 28–43 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 72 || March 28 || @ Atlanta || 103–106 || Deng (19) || Noah (7) || Hinrich (8) || Philips Arena 17,223 || 28–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || March 29 || Milwaukee || 114–111 || Hughes (19) || Noah (15) || Hinrich (6) || United Center 21,983 || 29–44 |- |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 74 || April 1 || Boston || 92–106 || Thomas (24) || Noah (8) || Hinrich, Deng (5) || United Center 22,225 || 29–45 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || April 3 || @ Cleveland || 101–98 || Hughes (25) || Hughes (8) || Hughes (9) || Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 30–45 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 76 || April 5 || Washington || 87–99 || Gordon (18) || Sefolosha (7) || Gordon (4) || United Center 21,929 || 30–46 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 77 || April 8 || @ Miami || 88–95 || Deng (25) || Duhon, Hinrich (4) || Noah (13) || American Airlines Arena 19,175 || 30–47 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 78 || April 9 || @ Orlando || 83–115 || Hinrich (19) || Deng (7) || Hinrich, Sefolosha (4) || Amway Arena 17,519 || 30–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || April 11 || Cleveland || 100–95 || Deng (21) || Thomas (14) || Hinrich (6) || United Center 22,084 || 31–48 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 80 || April 13 || Orlando || 84–104 || Nocioni (22) || Deng (7) || Hinrich (7) || United Center 21,973 || 31–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || April 14 || @ Milwaukee || 151–135 || Deng (32) || Thomas, Sefolosha (8) || Duhon (15) || Bradley Center 16,212 || 32–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || April 16 || Toronto || 107–97 || Thomas (26) || Gray (22) || Hinrich, Duhon (6) || United Center 21,909 || 33–49 |-

Player stats

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
21	4	11.4	.349	.300	.586	1.0	.8	.52	.14	5.4
63	59	33.8	.479	.364	.770	6.3	2.5	.90	.46	17.0
66	18	22.6	.387	.348	.813	1.8	4.0	.73	.03	5.8
4	0	11.3	.391	.250	.000	1.0	.3	.00	.00	5.3
69	65	30.8	.449	.000	.753	8.6	1.2	.70	.77	12.0
72	27	31.8	.434	.410	.908	3.1	3.0	.76	.11	18.6
61	1	10.0	.505	.000	.566	2.8	.7	.34	.26	4.3
75	72	31.7	.414	.350	.831	3.3	6.0	1.16	.25	11.5
68	57	29.7	.381	.345	.798	3.4	2.7	1.46	.25	12.2
9	0	11.7	.387	.000	.571	2.2	.9	.67	.00	3.6
14	0	3.1	.261	.231	.000	.4	.1	.00	.21	1.1
74	31	20.7	.482	.000	.691	5.6	1.1	.92	.86	6.6
82	27	24.6	.432	.364	.807	4.2	1.2	.30	.52	13.2
69	22	20.8	.428	.330	.721	3.7	1.9	.88	.43	6.7
14	0	6.2	.286	.000	.000	1.3	.0	.14	.36	.6
74	27	18.0	.423	.167	.741	4.6	1.2	.65	.97	6.8

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Transactions

The Bulls were involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

Players in bold denote former Bulls players.

Free agents

References

[http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/skiles_relieved_071224.html Skiles relieved as Bulls Head Coach], ''Bulls.com'', December 24, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008.
[http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/boylan_interim_071227.html Boylan named Interim Head Coach for the remainder of the season], ''Bulls.com'', December 27, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008.
[http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/hughes_gooden_080221.html Bulls acquire Gooden and Hughes in three-team trade] {{webarchive. link. (2008-03-06 , ''Bulls.com'', February 21, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008.)
[https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=ApxY8khYo8hAB9nFf.BI17C8vLYF?gid=2008041604 Ford scores 18 but Toronto drops finale to Bulls], [[Associated Press]], April 17, 2008.
[https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AiQs13h8h8gNYVVCW2HaXz.8vLYF?slug=ap-bulls-boylanfired&prov=ap&type=lgns Chicago Bulls fire interim coach Jim Boylan], Associated Press, April 17, 2008.
[http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/alltime_transactions.html Chicago Bulls All-Time Transactions], ''Bulls.com''. Accessed March 25, 2008.

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