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2011–12 Chicago Bulls season

The 2011–12 Chicago Bulls season was the 46th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bulls finished the lockout-shortened season with a 50–16 record, or roughly 62–20 in a full season, the same exact record from the previous season, tying the San Antonio Spurs for the best record of the season. They ended as the number one seed in the Eastern Conference for a second consecutive season.

Chicago started their playoff run on April 28, taking Game 1 of the first round against the Philadelphia 76ers at the United Center. However, that victory was marred with the season-ending injury of point guard and reigning MVP Derrick Rose, who tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the final minutes of the game. Chicago then lost three games in a row and were also without the services of starting center Joakim Noah for Games 4 and 5 of the series following an injury in his left ankle during Game 3 in Philadelphia. The Bulls won one more game at home before losing the series 2–4 in Philadelphia and became the fifth number one seed in league history to lose a playoffs series against a number eight seed, following the Seattle SuperSonics in 1994, the Miami Heat in 1999, the Dallas Mavericks in 2007, the San Antonio Spurs in 2011, and followed by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2023.

Key dates

Summary

NBA draft

Roster

Pre-season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | December 16 | @ Indiana | 95–86 | Derrick Rose,<br>Luol Deng (16) | Taj Gibson (9) | Derrick Rose (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse 14,013 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | December 20 | Indiana | 93–85 | Carlos Boozer (24) | Joakim Noah (8) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center 21,659 | 2–0

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | December 25 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Derrick Rose (22) | Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (5) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | December 26 | @ Golden State | | Luol Deng (22) | Luol Deng<br>Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose (8) | Oracle Arena<br>19,596 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | December 29 | @ Sacramento | | Derrick Rose (19) | Carlos Boozer (15) | C. J. Watson (9) | Power Balance Pavilion<br />17,317 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | December 30 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Derrick Rose (29) | Derrick Rose (8) | Derrick Rose (16) | Staples Center<br>19,426 | 3–1

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | January 1 | Memphis | | Carlos Boozer<br>Ronnie Brewer (17) | Carlos Boozer (11) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center<br>22,763 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | January 3 | Atlanta | | Derrick Rose (30) | Carlos Boozer (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center<br>22,166 | 5–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | January 4 | @ Detroit | | Carlos Boozer (19) | Joakim Noah (11) | Derrick Rose (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>9,125 | 6–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | January 6 | @ Orlando | | Derrick Rose<br>Luol Deng (21) | Carlos Boozer (13) | Derrick Rose (10) | Amway Center<br>18,192 | 7–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | January 7 | @ Atlanta | | John Lucas (16) | Ömer Aşık (13) | Derrick Rose (6) | Philips Arena<br>17,112 | 7–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | January 9 | Detroit | | Carlos Boozer (23) | Carlos Boozer<br>Joakim Noah (8) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center<br>21,530 | 8–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | January 10 | @ Minnesota | | Derrick Rose (31) | Luol Deng<br>Joakim Noah (11) | Derrick Rose (11) | Target Center<br>19,356 | 9–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | January 11 | Washington | | John Lucas (25) | Luol Deng (15) | John Lucas (8) | United Center<br>21,366 | 10–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | January 13 | @ Boston | | Derrick Rose (25) | Luol Deng (16) | Derrick Rose (7) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 11–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | January 14 | Toronto | | Derrick Rose (18) | Carlos Boozer (13) | Derrick Rose (11) | United Center<br>21,962 | 12–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | January 16 | @ Memphis | | Luol Deng (20) | Carlos Boozer (7) | C. J. Watson<br>Luol Deng (3) | FedExForum<br>18,119 | 12–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | January 17 | Phoenix | | Carlos Boozer (31) | Joakim Noah (12) | Richard Hamilton<br>Kyle Korver (6) | United Center<br>21,347 | 13–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | January 20 | @ Cleveland | | Luol Deng (21) | Carlos Boozer (14) | C. J. Watson (7) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>17,871 | 14–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | January 21 | Charlotte | | Carlos Boozer (23) | Ömer Aşık (15) | Mike James (10) | United Center<br>21,861 | 15–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 19 | January 23 | New Jersey | | Richard Hamilton (22) | Joakim Noah (10) | Richard Hamilton (10) | United Center<br>21,572 | 16–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | January 25 | Indiana | | Derrick Rose (24) | Joakim Noah (13) | Ronnie Brewer (5) | United Center<br>21,755 | 16–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 | January 27 | Milwaukee | | Derrick Rose (34) | Joakim Noah (16) | Ronnie Brewer (6) | United Center<br>22,368 | 17–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | January 29 | @ Miami | | Derrick Rose (34) | Joakim Noah (11) | Derrick Rose (11) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,054 | 17–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | January 30 | @ Washington | | Derrick Rose (35) | Joakim Noah (13) | Derrick Rose (8) | Verizon Center<br>18,357 | 18–5

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | February 1 | @ Philadelphia | | C. J. Watson (20) | Carlos Boozer (9) | Derrick Rose (6) | Wells Fargo Center<br>18,325 | 18–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 | February 2 | @ New York | | Derrick Rose (32) | Carlos Boozer<br>Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (13) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,763 | 19–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | February 4 | @ Milwaukee | | Derrick Rose (26) | Luol Deng<br>Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (13) | Bradley Center<br>18,717 | 20–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | February 6 | @ New Jersey | | Carlos Boozer (24) | Joakim Noah (12) | C. J. Watson (11) | Prudential Center<br>15,327 | 21–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | February 8 | @ New Orleans | | Carlos Boozer (18) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose (6) | New Orleans Arena<br>15,456 | 22–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | February 10 | @ Charlotte | | Joakim Noah (17) | Joakim Noah (14) | C. J. Watson (5) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>19,379 | 23–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | February 12 | @ Boston | | Carlos Boozer<br>C. J. Watson (22) | Joakim Noah (9) | Ronnie Brewer<br>C. J. Watson (6) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 23–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | February 14 | Sacramento | | Luol Deng (23) | Joakim Noah (11) | Luol Deng (11) | United Center<br>21,936 | 24–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | February 16 | Boston | | Luol Deng<br>Carlos Boozer (23) | Joakim Noah (16) | Luol Deng (10) | United Center<br>22,592 | 25–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | February 18 | New Jersey | | Carlos Boozer<br>Mike James (16) | Carlos Boozer<br>Taj Gibson (9) | Mike James (7) | United Center<br>22,300 | 25–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | February 20 | Atlanta | | Derrick Rose (23) | Joakim Noah (16) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center<br>22,033 | 26–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 | February 22 | Milwaukee | | Carlos Boozer (20) | Joakim Noah (13) | Joakim Noah (10) | United Center<br>21,507 | 27–8 |- style="text-align:center;" | colspan="9" style="background:#bbcaff;"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 | February 28 | New Orleans | | Derrick Rose (32) | Joakim Noah (16) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center<br>21,919 | 28–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 | February 29 | @ San Antonio | | Derrick Rose (29) | Joakim Noah (13) | Derrick Rose<br>C.J. Watson (4) | AT&T Center<br>18,581 | 29–8

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 38 | March 2 | @ Cleveland | | Luol Deng (24) | Carlos Boozer (11) | Derrick Rose (9) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>20,562 | 30–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 | March 4 | @ Philadelphia | | Derrick Rose (35) | Joakim Noah (18) | Derrick Rose (8) | Wells Fargo Center<br>19,683 | 31–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 40 | March 5 | Indiana | | Luol Deng (20) | Joakim Noah (17) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center<br>22,106 | 32–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 41 | March 7 | @ Milwaukee | | Derrick Rose (30) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose (11) | Bradley Center<br>15,389 | 33–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 42 | March 8 | Orlando | | Carlos Boozer (26) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center<br>22,127 | 33–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 | March 10 | Utah | | Carlos Boozer (27) | Carlos Boozer (8) | Derrick Rose (13) | United Center<br>22,158 | 34–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 44 | March 12 | New York | | Derrick Rose (32) | Taj Gibson (13) | Derrick Rose<br>Ronnie Brewer (7) | United Center<br>22,863 | 35–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 | March 14 | Miami | | John Lucas III (24) | Carlos Boozer<br>Taj Gibson (8) | Carlos Boozer (5) | United Center<br>23,028 | 36–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 46 | March 16 | Portland | | Carlos Boozer (22) | Carlos Boozer (14) | Joakim Noah (5) | United Center<br>22,022 | 36–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 | March 17 | Philadelphia | | C.J. Watson (20) | Joakim Noah (11) | Joakim Noah<br>Taj Gibson (4) | United Center<br>22,225 | 37–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 48 | March 19 | @ Orlando | | Carlos Boozer (24) | Carlos Boozer (13) | Joakim Noah (5) | Amway Center<br>18,998 | 38–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 49 | March 21 | @ Toronto | | Luol Deng (17) | Luol Deng (10) | Joakim Noah (5) | Air Canada Centre<br>17,869 | 39–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 50 | March 24 | Toronto | | Carlos Boozer (24) | Carlos Boozer<br>Luol Deng (10) | John Lucas III (6) | United Center<br>21,841 | 40–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 51 | March 26 | Denver | | C.J. Watson (17) | Carlos Boozer<br>Taj Gibson (7) | C.J. Watson (8) | United Center<br>22,274 | 40–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 | March 28 | @ Atlanta | | Luol Deng (22) | Carlos Boozer (9) | John Lucas III (5) | Philips Arena<br>16,290 | 41–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 53 | March 30 | Detroit | | Luol Deng (20) | Joakim Noah (12) | C.J. Watson (5) | United Center<br>22,385 | 42–11

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 54 | April 1 | @ Oklahoma City | | John Lucas III (19) | Taj Gibson (11) | Kyle Korver<br>John Lucas III (4) | Chesapeake Energy Arena<br>18,203 | 42–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 55 | April 2 | Houston | | Luol Deng (24) | Carlos Boozer (13) | Carlos Boozer (7) | United Center<br>21,936 | 42–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 | April 5 | Boston | | Luol Deng (26) | Carlos Boozer (14) | C.J. Watson (8) | United Center<br>22,423 | 43–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 57 | April 8 | @ New York | | Derrick Rose (29) | Carlos Boozer (16) | Derrick Rose (4) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,763 | 43–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 | April 10 | New York | | Richard Hamilton (20) | Luol Deng (10) | C.J. Watson (7) | United Center<br>22,131 | 44–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 59 | April 12 | Miami | | Carlos Boozer (19) | Carlos Boozer (11) | C.J. Watson (9) | United Center<br>23,015 | 45–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 60 | April 15 | @ Detroit | | Derrick Rose (24) | Joakim Noah (17) | Derrick Rose (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>17,450 | 46–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 61 | April 16 | Washington | | Richard Hamilton (22) | Carlos Boozer (13) | C.J. Watson (8) | United Center<br>22,307 | 46–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 62 | April 18 | @ Charlotte | | Richard Hamilton (22) | Ömer Aşık (15) | Richard Hamilton (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>14,221 | 47–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 63 | April 19 | @ Miami | | John Lucas III (16) | Joakim Noah (10) | C.J. Watson<br>John Lucas III (4) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,008 | 47–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 | April 21 | Dallas | | Luol Deng (22) | Joakim Noah (14) | Derrick Rose<br>Joakim Noah (8) | United Center<br>22,945 | 48–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 65 | April 25 | @ Indiana | | Kyle Korver (20) | Joakim Noah (14) | Derrick Rose (7) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>18,165 | 49–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 66 | April 26 | Cleveland | | John Lucas III (25) | Joakim Noah<br>Taj Gibson (12) | C.J. Watson (8) | United Center<br>22,563 | 50–16

Player statistics

Season

  • Statistics with the Chicago Bulls.

Playoffs

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | April 28 | Philadelphia | | Derrick Rose (23) | Joakim Noah (13) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center<br>21,943 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 1 | Philadelphia | | Joakim Noah (21) | Joakim Noah (8) | Richard Hamilton<br>Joakim Noah (5) | United Center<br>22,067 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | May 4 | @ Philadelphia | | Carlos Boozer (18) | Carlos Boozer (10) | Richard Hamilton (7) | Wells Fargo Center<br>20,381 | 1–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 6 | @ Philadelphia | | Carlos Boozer (23) | Taj Gibson (12) | C.J. Watson<br>Carlos Boozer (4) | Wells Fargo Center<br>20,412 | 1–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | May 8 | Philadelphia | | Luol Deng (24) | Carlos Boozer (13) | C.J. Watson (7) | United Center<br>22,093 | 2–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | May 10 | @ Philadelphia | | Luol Deng, Richard Hamilton (19) | Luol Deng (17) | C. J. Watson (10) | Wells Fargo Center<br>20,362 | 2–4

Playoff statistics

|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | | 6 || 3 || 21.3 || .500 || || .353 || 4.7 || 1.3 || .2 || 1.6 || 3.3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | | 6 || 6 || 33.3 || .422 || || .714 || 9.8 || 3.0 || .8 || .3 || 13.5 |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | | 5 || 0 || 16.6 || .250 || || .000 || 3.8 || 1.8 || .8 || .2 || 1.6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | | 3 || 0 || 1.3 || || || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | | 6 || 6 || 38.0 || .456 || .364 || .571 || 8.3 || 1.5 || .8 || 1.5 || 14.0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | | 6 || 0 || 22.8 || .457 || || .682 || 6.5 || .7 || .7 || 1.7 || 9.5 |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | | 6 || 6 || 28.5 || .414 || .333 || .818 || 3.2 || 3.0 || .2 || .0 || 13.0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | | 6 || 0 || 15.7 || .409 || .308 || .500 || 1.7 || 1.5 || .5 || .5 || 3.8 |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | | 5 || 0 || 18.8 || .450 || .385 || 1.000 || 1.4 || 1.8 || .0 || .0 || 8.6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | | 3 || 3 || 15.0 || .731 || || .636 || 9.3 || 3.0 || .7 || 1.3 || 15.0 |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | | 1 || 1 || 37.0 || .391 || .500 || 1.000 || 9.0 || 9.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 23.0 |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | | 6 || 5 || 27.3 || .241 || .250 || .750 || 2.2 || 5.5 || .8 || .0 || 7.3

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

  • On January 16, Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (January 9 – January 15)
  • Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Coach of the Month for December–January.
  • Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for March, 2012.

All-Star

  • Derrick Rose was voted as an All-Star for the 3rd consecutive time, 2nd consecutive time as a starter.
  • Luol Deng was voted as an All-Star reserve for the 1st time.
  • Coach Tom Thibodeau was selected as Head Coach of the Eastern Conference All-Stars.

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.

See also

References