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2008–09 Chicago Bulls season
NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| team | Chicago Bulls |
| end_year | 2009 |
| wins | 41 |
| losses | 41 |
| division | Central |
| division_place | 2 |
| conf_place | 7 |
| coach | Vinny Del Negro |
| gm | John Paxson |
| owner | Jerry Reinsdorf |
| arena | United Center |
| playoffs | [First Round](2009-nba-playoffs-bracket) |
| (lost to [Celtics](2008-09-boston-celtics-season) 3–4) | |
| bbr_team | CHI |
| radio | WMVP |
(lost to Celtics 3–4)
- CSN Chicago (38 games)
- CSN Chicago Plus (4 games)
- WGN America (14 games)
- WGN (24 games)
- WCIU (10 games)
The 2008–09 Chicago Bulls season is the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In the playoffs, the Bulls lost to the defending NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, in seven games in the First Round. The defending champion Celtics were also taken to a seven game series the prior season in the first round against the Atlanta Hawks. They finished with a 41–41 record for the second time in their past four seasons.
Key dates
- June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
- July 1: The free agency period started.
Offseason
The Bulls re-signed Luol Deng to a 6-year $71 million contract on July 30, 2008. Ben Gordon signed a 1-year contract on October 2, 2008.
NBA draft
Main article: 2008 NBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Derrick Rose | G | United States | Memphis |
| 2 | 39 | Sonny Weems | G | United States | Arkansas |
Roster
- Vinny Del Negro
- Bernie Bickerstaff
- Pete Myers
- Bob Ociepka
- Dave Severns
- Mike Wilhelm
- Del Harris
- Fred Tedeschi (trainer)
Regular season
The Bulls were having a meager year floating under .500 and on February 18, 2009 they made their first of several trades sending Andrés Nocioni, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons, Michael Ruffin to the Sacramento Kings for Brad Miller and John Salmons. Then on February 19, 2009, the NBA trade deadline, the Bulls traded Larry Hughes to the New York Knicks for Tim Thomas, Jerome James, and Anthony Roberson. Later that day the Bulls made the third trade in a span of less than 24 hours sending swingman Thabo Sefolosha to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 2009 first round pick.
The trades brought a late-season push for the Bulls, which finally clinched a playoff berth on April 10, 2009, their fourth in the last five years. Then on April 13, 2009 they clinched the 7th place in the east by beating the Detroit Pistons and remained .5 game ahead of Philadelphia 76ers for the 6th spot with one game remaining. The Bulls though lost their last game to Toronto and the 76ers beat Cleveland, who did not play most of its best players. The Bulls finished 7th even though they tied Philadelphia at 41-41. The Bulls got matched up with a Garnett-less Boston in the first round of the playoffs.
Season standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | October 28 | Milwaukee | | Luol Deng (21) | Tyrus Thomas (10) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center 21,762 | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 31 | @ Boston | | Derrick Rose (18) | Joakim Noah (13) | Ben Gordon, Kirk Hinrich (3) | TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 | 1–1
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | November 1 | Memphis | | Derrick Rose (26) | Drew Gooden (20) | Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon (4) | United Center 21,785 | 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | November 3 | @ Orlando | | Drew Gooden (21) | Andrés Nocioni, Luol Deng (7) | Kirk Hinrich, Drew Gooden, Luol Deng (3) | Amway Arena 15,606 | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 5 | @ Cleveland | | Ben Gordon (31) | Drew Gooden (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 7 | Phoenix | | Ben Gordon (23) | Joakim Noah (14) | Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose (6) | United Center 21,967 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 8 | Cleveland | | Ben Gordon (29) | Tyrus Thomas (8) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center 21,965 | 3–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 11 | Atlanta | | Derrick Rose (26) | Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Aaron Gray (10) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center 21,738 | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 | November 13 | Dallas | | Ben Gordon (35) | Luol Deng, Derrick Rose (9) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center 21,751 | 4–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 15 | Indiana | | Derrick Rose (23) | Andrés Nocioni (11) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center 21,759 | 5–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 18 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Derrick Rose (25) | Andrés Nocioni (8) | Derrick Rose (9) | Staples Center 18,997 | 5–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 19 | @ Portland | | Andrés Nocioni (13) | Tyrus Thomas (7) | Lindsey Hunter, Ben Gordon (3) | Rose Garden 20,599 | 5–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | November 21 | @ Golden State | | Larry Hughes (26) | Drew Gooden (16) | Derrick Rose (5) | Oracle Arena 19,596 | 6–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 23 | @ Denver | | Ben Gordon (28) | Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (6) | Pepsi Center 16,202 | 6–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 | November 24 | @ Utah | | Derrick Rose (25) | Tyrus Thomas (8) | Derrick Rose (9) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 | 7–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 26 | @ San Antonio | | Ben Gordon (23) | Drew Gooden (12) | Derrick Rose (6) | AT&T Center 17,837 | 7–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | November 30 | @ Philadelphia | | Ben Gordon (21) | Drew Gooden (12) | Derrick Rose (10) | Wachovia Center 13,561 | 8–9
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 2 | Philadelphia | | Derrick Rose (24) | Tyrus Thomas (13) | Ben Gordon (4) | United Center 20,485 | 8–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 3 | @ Milwaukee | | Ben Gordon (22) | Drew Gooden (9) | Derrick Rose (9) | Bradley Center 13,684 | 8–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 | December 6 | Washington | | Luol Deng (26) | Drew Gooden (10) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center 21,741 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | December 9 | New York | | Drew Gooden (22) | Drew Gooden (16) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center 19,519 | 10–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 12 | @ Memphis | | Ben Gordon (26) | Drew Gooden (13) | Derrick Rose (11) | FedExForum 17,132 | 10–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 | December 13 | New Jersey | | Ben Gordon (29) | Joakim Noah (8) | Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose (6) | United Center 21,751 | 11–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 16 | @ Charlotte | | Ben Gordon (25) | Tyrus Thomas, Drew Gooden (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | Time Warner Cable Arena 11,225 | 11–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 | December 17 | L.A. Clippers | | Andrés Nocioni, Ben Gordon (22) | Drew Gooden (11) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center 20,102 | 12–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 19 | @ Boston | | Luol Deng (19) | Aaron Gray (8) | Derrick Rose (5) | TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 | 12–14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 20 | Utah | | Ben Gordon (26) | Joakim Noah (9) | Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose, Andrés Nocioni (3) | United Center 22,046 | 13–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 23 | @ Detroit | | Larry Hughes (19) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Ben Gordon (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 | 13–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 26 | @ Miami | | Ben Gordon (15) | Aaron Gray (11) | Derrick Rose (3) | American Airlines Arena 19,600 | 13–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 | December 27 | @ Atlanta | | Ben Gordon (33) | Tyrus Thomas (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | Philips Arena 18,031 | 13–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 | December 29 | @ New Jersey | | Ben Gordon (24) | Andrés Nocioni (8) | Derrick Rose (13) | Izod Center 18,786 | 14–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 32 | December 31 | Orlando | | Joakim Noah (19) | Joakim Noah (11) | Thabo Sefolosha, Andrés Nocioni (4) | United Center 21,861 | 14–18
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | January 2 | @ Cleveland | | Ben Gordon (22) | Joakim Noah (10) | Ben Gordon (4) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 14–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 3 | Minnesota | | Derrick Rose (22) | Aaron Gray (9) | Ben Gordon (6) | United Center 20,516 | 14–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 | January 6 | Sacramento | | Ben Gordon (24) | Drew Gooden (10) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center 18,060 | 15–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 | January 9 | Washington | | Ben Gordon (22) | Drew Gooden (11) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center 20,125 | 16–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 10 | Oklahoma City | | Ben Gordon (22) | Drew Gooden (12) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center 20,469 | 16–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 12 | Portland | | Drew Gooden (22) | Drew Gooden (9) | Derrick Rose (10) | United Center 18,996 | 16–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 | January 14 | @ Toronto | | Derrick Rose (25) | Luol Deng (14) | Derrick Rose (10) | Air Canada Centre 18,494 | 17–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 40 | January 15 | Cleveland | | Luol Deng (22) | Luol Deng (8) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center 21,297 | 18–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | January 17 | San Antonio | | Ben Gordon (20) | Andrés Nocioni (15) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center 22,100 | 18–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 19 | @ New York | | Luol Deng, Derrick Rose (20) | Joakim Noah (18) | Derrick Rose (8) | Madison Square Garden 18,807 | 18–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 20 | Atlanta | | Ben Gordon (21) | Joakim Noah (11) | Kirk Hinrich (8) | United Center 20,389 | 18–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 23 | Toronto | | Ben Gordon (19) | Aaron Gray (7) | Kirk Hinrich (7) | United Center 20,886 | 18–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 25 | @ Minnesota | | Ben Gordon (23) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose (7) | Target Center 16,009 | 18–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 | January 28 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Luol Deng (23) | Tyrus Thomas (10) | Ben Gordon (8) | Staples Center 15,637 | 19–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 | January 30 | @ Sacramento | | Ben Gordon, Luol Deng (20) | Tyrus Thomas (10) | Derrick Rose (11) | ARCO Arena 13,356 | 20–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 | January 31 | @ Phoenix | | Derrick Rose, Ben Gordon (26) | Luol Deng (10) | Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon (6) | US Airways Center 18,422 | 21–27
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 3 | @ Houston | | Luol Deng (28) | Tyrus Thomas (13) | Derrick Rose (7) | Toyota Center 16,653 | 21–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 | February 4 | @ New Orleans | | Derrick Rose (21) | Tyrus Thomas (10) | Ben Gordon (7) | New Orleans Arena 16,270 | 22–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 7 | @ Dallas | | Ben Gordon (28) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Derrick Rose (9) | American Airlines Center 20,349 | 22–29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 52 | February 10 | Detroit | | Ben Gordon (24) | Joakim Noah (16) | Kirk Hinrich (5) | United Center 21,896 | 23–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 12 | Miami | | Ben Gordon (34) | Joakim Noah (11) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center 21,801 | 23–30 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 | February 18 | @ Milwaukee | | Kirk Hinrich (31) | Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (9) | Bradley Center 15,309 | 24–30 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 | February 20 | Denver | | Ben Gordon (37) | Luol Deng, Tyrus Thomas (12) | Kirk Hinrich (8) | United Center 21,790 | 25–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 22 | @ Indiana | | Ben Gordon (28) | Joakim Noah (12) | Derrick Rose (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse 17,083 | 25–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 | February 24 | Orlando | | Derrick Rose (22) | Joakim Noah (8) | Derrick Rose, Brad Miller (5) | United Center 21,902 | 26–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 25 | @ New Jersey | | Ben Gordon (17) | Tyrus Thomas (11) | Kirk Hinrich, Derrick Rose (5) | Izod Center 14,075 | 26–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 27 | @ Washington | | John Salmons (25) | Brad Miller (11) | Luol Deng, John Salmons, Derrick Rose (3) | Verizon Center 18,114 | 26–33 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 60 | February 28 | Houston | | Derrick Rose (22) | Joakim Noah (15) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center 22,394 | 27–33
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 3 | @ Charlotte | | Ben Gordon, Tyrus Thomas (14) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Derrick Rose (5) | Time Warner Cable Arena 14,216 | 27–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 | March 4 | Golden State | | John Salmons (23) | Joakim Noah (17) | Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (6) | United Center 20,108 | 28–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 | March 6 | Milwaukee | | Ben Gordon (34) | Joakim Noah (13) | Ben Gordon (7) | United Center 21,186 | 29–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 9 | @ Miami | | Ben Gordon (43) | Joakim Noah (15) | Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose, Brad Miller, Kirk Hinrich (3) | American Airlines Arena 19,600 | 29–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 11 | @ Orlando | | John Salmons (18) | John Salmons (8) | Derrick Rose (3) | Amway Arena 17,461 | 29–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 13 | @ Philadelphia | | Derrick Rose (20) | Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (6) | Wachovia Center 17,563 | 29–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 | March 14 | New Orleans | | Ben Gordon (27) | Brad Miller, Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center 22,135 | 30–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 | March 17 | Boston | | John Salmons (38) | Brad Miller (14) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center 22,107 | 31–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 69 | March 18 | @ Oklahoma City | | Derrick Rose (25) | Tyrus Thomas (11) | Brad Miller (5) | Ford Center 19,136 | 32–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 21 | L.A. Lakers | | John Salmons (30) | Tyrus Thomas (16) | Ben Gordon (6) | United Center 23,011 | 32–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 | March 23 | @ Washington | | Ben Gordon (21) | Joakim Noah (12) | Derrick Rose (8) | Verizon Center 15,421 | 33–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 | March 24 | Detroit | | Kirk Hinrich (24) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Kirk Hinrich (8) | United Center 20,502 | 34–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 26 | Miami | | John Salmons (27) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center 21,908 | 35–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 | March 28 | Indiana | | Ben Gordon (25) | Derrick Rose (9) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center 20,756 | 36–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 29 | @ Toronto | | Ben Gordon (37) | Brad Miller (10) | Derrick Rose (9) | Air Canada Centre 18,949 | 36–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | March 31 | @ Indiana | | Derrick Rose (24) | Derrick Rose (11) | Brad Miller (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse 15,687 | 36–40
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 4 | New Jersey | | Ben Gordon (18) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (5) | United Center 21,424 | 37–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 7 | New York | | Kirk Hinrich (25) | Brad Miller (12) | John Salmons, Derrick Rose (6) | United Center 20,764 | 38–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 | April 9 | Philadelphia | | Ben Gordon, Tyrus Thomas (24) | Ben Gordon, Joakim Noah (7) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center 20,791 | 39–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 | April 11 | Charlotte | | Ben Gordon (39) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah (7) | United Center 20,265 | 40–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 | April 13 | @ Detroit | | Derrick Rose (24) | Joakim Noah (13) | Derrick Rose (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 | 41–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 15 | Toronto | | Ben Gordon (23) | Brad Miller (11) | Derrick Rose (11) | United Center 20,677 | 41–41
Playoffs
The Bulls-Celtics series became the first playoff series in NBA history to have 4 games go into overtime.
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | April 18 | @ Boston | | Derrick Rose (36) | Joakim Noah (17) | Derrick Rose (11) | TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 20 | @ Boston | | Ben Gordon (42) | Brad Miller (9) | Kirk Hinrich (7) | TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 23 | Boston | | Ben Gordon (15) | Joakim Noah (10) | 3 players tied (3) | United Center 23,072 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 | April 26 | Boston | | Derrick Rose (23) | Derrick Rose (11) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center 23,067 | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 28 | @ Boston | | Ben Gordon (26) | Joakim Noah (17) | Gordon, Rose (6) | TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | April 30 | Boston | | John Salmons (35) | Joakim Noah (15) | Rose, Hinrich (7) | United Center 23,430 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | May 2 | @ Boston | | Ben Gordon (33) | Joakim Noah (15) | Ben Gordon (4) | TD Banknorth Garden 18,624
| 3–4 |
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| Legend: |
Player statistics
Season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 46 | 34.0 | .448 | .400 | .796 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.22 | 0.51 | 14.1 | |
| 31 | 27 | 29.6 | .457 | .000 | .866 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 0.84 | 0.45 | 13.1 | |
| 82 | 76 | 36.6 | .455 | .410 | .864 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 0.87 | 0.27 | 20.7 | |
| 56 | 18 | 12.8 | .485 | .000 | .576 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 3.5 | |
| 51 | 4 | 26.3 | .437 | .408 | .791 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.29 | 0.37 | 9.9 | |
| 30 | 6 | 26.4 | .412 | .392 | .817 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.20 | 0.30 | 12.0 | |
| 28 | 0 | 9.5 | .329 | .333 | .600 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.71 | 0.04 | 2.6 | |
| 8 | 0 | 5.3 | .364 | .500 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 1.1 | |
| 27 | 0 | 27.6 | .478 | .231 | .853 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 0.81 | 0.44 | 11.8 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2.5 | .250 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.0 | |
| 80 | 55 | 24.2 | .556 | .000 | .676 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 0.61 | 1.38 | 6.7 | |
| 53 | 2 | 24.1 | .414 | .378 | .806 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.49 | 0.30 | 10.4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 3.8 | .294 | .200 | .000 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.0 | |
| 81 | 80 | 37.0 | .475 | .222 | .788 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 0.81 | 0.22 | 16.8 | |
| 26 | 21 | 37.7 | .473 | .415 | .843 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.96 | 0.58 | 18.3 | |
| 43 | 14 | 17.1 | .434 | .300 | .840 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.81 | 0.44 | 4.5 | |
| 11 | 0 | 5.5 | .524 | .000 | .429 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 2.5 | |
| 18 | 0 | 14.1 | .400 | .442 | .700 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 5.8 | |
| 79 | 61 | 27.5 | .451 | .333 | .783 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 1.15 | 1.91 | 10.8 |
*Statistics with the Chicago Bulls
Playoffs
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Gordon | **7** | **7** | 43.4 | .388 | .370 | .875 | 2.9 | 3.0 | .43 | .14 | **24.3** |
| John Salmons | **7** | **7** | **44.7** | .402 | .316 | .853 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 1.29 | 1.00 | 18.1 |
| Derrick Rose | **7** | **7** | **44.7** | .492 | .000 | .800 | 6.3 | **6.4** | .57 | .71 | 19.7 |
| Brad Miller | **7** | 0 | 26.5 | .471 | .714 | .792 | 7.9 | 1.3 | .29 | .86 | 10.1 |
| Tyrus Thomas | **7** | **7** | 27.9 | .438 | .000 | .786 | 6.3 | .86 | 1.00 | **2.6** | 9.6 |
| Kirk Hinrich | **7** | 0 | 30.0 | .468 | .394 | .680 | 4.1 | 2.9 | **1.71** | .43 | 12.6 |
| Joakim Noah | **7** | **7** | 38.7 | .509 | .000 | .760 | **13.1** | 2.3 | .86 | 2.14 | 10.1 |
| Tim Thomas | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | .300 | .250 | .000 | 1.5 | 0.0 | .00 | .00 | 3.5 |
| Aaron Gray | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .00 | .00 | 0.0 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 6 | 0 | 4.0 | .333 | .333 | .750 | 0.71 | 0.71 | .29 | .00 | 0.86 |
| Anthony Roberson | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | **.750** | **1.000** | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | .00 | 8.0 |
| Linton Johnson | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | .500 | .000 | **1.000** | 1.3 | 0.3 | .00 | .00 | 1.3 |
| **TOTAL** | 7 | --- | --- | **.442** | **.388** | **.793** | **45.6** | **22.0** | **9.14** | **6.71** | **111.1** |
Awards and records
Awards
- Derrick Rose = Rookie of the Year
- Derrick Rose won the All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge
- Derrick Rose was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team
Records
- 4—Overtime games played in this series
- 7—Overtime periods played in this series, more than any other NBA team has played in an entire postseason.
Transactions
Draft picks
The Bulls beat the odds and won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 20, 2008. The Bulls vaulted from the ninth spot to win the NBA Draft Lottery in Secaucus, NJ, and obtain the first pick in the June 26 NBA Draft. Chicago had a 1.7 percent chance of winning and were represented by Executive Vice President, Business Operations Steve Schanwald. The Heat had the best odds of securing the top selection and will pick second followed by the Timberwolves and Sonics.
Main article: 2008 NBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Derrick Rose | Point guard | American | University of Memphis |
| 2 | 39 | Sonny Weems | Shooting guard | American | University of Arkansas |
Trades
| February 19, 2009 | 2009 First Round Draft Pick | Oklahoma City Thunder | Thabo Sefolosha |
|---|
Free agents
Additions
| Player | Signed | Former team |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Ruffin | October 27, 2008 | Washington Wizards |
| Lindsey Hunter | November 13, 2008 | Detroit Pistons |
| Linton Johnson | March 11, 2009 | Charlotte Bobcats |
| DeMarcus Nelson | April 9, 2009 | Golden State Warriors |
Subtractions
| Player | Left | New team |
|---|---|---|
| JamesOn Curry | July 31, 2009 | None |
| Shannon Brown | August 6, 2009 | Charlotte Bobcats |
| Demetris Nichols | November 17, 2009 | New York Knicks |
References
References
- (2009-02-18). "KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE". [[NBA.com]].
- "Sources: Knicks trade for Bulls' Hughes".
- "Report: Bulls trade Sefolosha for draft pick".
- (April 29, 2009). "Pierce's OT push leads Celtics to 3-2 series lead over Bulls".
- [http://www.nba.com/features/lottery2008_index.html NBA.com NBA Draft Lottery 2008]
- (2009-02-18). "Nuggets Acquire Draft Rights to Weems". [[NBA.com]].
- (2008-06-26). "KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE". [[NBA.com]].
- (July 31, 2008). "Bulls waive JamesOn Curry". [[NBA.com]].
- "SLAM! Sports - Basketball".
- [http://www.nba.com/2008/news/11/17/bulls.moves.ap/index.html?rss=true Bulls waive forward Demetris Nichols]
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