2008–09 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls.svg 2009 41 41 Central 2 7 Vinny Del Negro John Paxson Jerry Reinsdorf United Center First Round(lost to Celtics 3–4) CHI CSN Chicago (38 games) CSN Chicago Plus (4 games) WGN America (14 games) WGN (24 games) WCIU (10 games) WMVP The 2008–09 Chicago Bulls season is the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning the draft lottery for the first time since 1999, the Bulls drafted future All-Star Derrick Rose first overall. Rose would then go on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award following the conclusion of the season. The Bulls finished with a 41–41 record for the second time in their past four seasons, finishing 7th in the East enough for a playoff spot. In the playoffs, they lost to the defending NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, in seven games of the First Round. T 2 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 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 Chicago Bulls 2008–09 9 Luol Deng F 6 9 220 1985-04-16 Duke 7 Ben Gordon G 6 3 200 1983-04-04 Connecticut 34 Aaron Gray C 7 0 270 1984-12-07 Pittsburgh 12 Kirk Hinrich G 6 3 190 1981-01-02 Kansas 11 Lindsey Hunter G 6 2 170 1970-12-03 Jackson State 31 Jerome James C 7 1 285 1975-11-17 Florida A&M yes 54 Linton Johnson F 6 8 205 1980-06-13 Tulane 52 Brad Miller basketball FC 6 11 244 1976-04-12 Purdue 21 DeMarcus Nelson G 6 4 200 1985-11-02 Duke 13 Joakim Noah C 6 11 232 1985-02-25 Florida 5 Anthony Roberson G 6 2 180 1983-02-14 Florida 1 Derrick Rose G 6 3 190 1988-10-04 Memphis 15 John Salmons GF 6 7 210 1979-12-12 Miami (FL) 2 Tim Thomas basketball F 6 10 230 1977-02-26 Villanova 24 Tyrus Thomas FC 6 9 215 1986-08-17 LSU Vinny Del Negro Bernie Bickerstaff Pete Myers Bob Ociepka Dave Severns Mike Wilhelm Del Harris Fred Tedeschi (trainer) (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/2009.html April 9, 2009 Regular season thumb|right|350px|The 2008–09 team visits President of the United States Barack Obama at the White House on February 26, 2009. 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. http://www.nba.com/kings/news/kings_press_release0209.html KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE NBA.com 2009-02-18 2009-02-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20090222171005/http://www.nba.com/kings/news/kings_press_release0209.html 22 February 2009 live 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.Sources: Knicks trade for Bulls' Hughes https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3919012 19 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090221161649/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3919012 21 February 2009 live 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.http://www.suntimes.com/sports/basketball/bulls/1440399,thabo-bulls-trade-021909.article Report: Bulls trade Sefolosha for draft pick https://web.archive.org/web/20090222094914/http://www.suntimes.com/sports/basketball/bulls/1440399%2Cthabo-bulls-trade-021909.article 22 February 2009 dead 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 CHI CHI Game log Chicago Bulls 2009 Chicago Bulls October yes 1 0 0 1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | October 28 | Milwaukee | 20081028 MILCHI 108 95 | Luol Deng (21) | Tyrus Thomas (10) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center21,762 | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 31 | @ Boston | 20081031 CHIBOS 80 96 | Derrick Rose (18) | Joakim Noah (13) | Ben Gordon, Kirk Hinrich (3) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 1–1 Chicago Bulls November 4 2 3 6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | November 1 | Memphis | 20081101 MEMCHI 96 86 | Derrick Rose (26) | Drew Gooden (20) | Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon (4) | United Center21,785 | 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | November 3 | @ Orlando | 20081103 CHIORL 93 96 | Drew Gooden (21) | Andrés Nocioni, Luol Deng (7) | Kirk Hinrich, Drew Gooden, Luol Deng (3) | Amway Arena15,606 | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 5 | @ Cleveland | 20081105 CHICLE 93 107 | Ben Gordon (31) | Drew Gooden (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 7 | Phoenix | 20081107 PHXCHI 100 83 | Ben Gordon (23) | Joakim Noah (14) | Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose (6) | United Center21,967 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 8 | Cleveland | 20081108 CLECHI 97 106 | Ben Gordon (29) | Tyrus Thomas (8) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center21,965 | 3–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 11 | Atlanta | 20081111 ATLCHI 108 113 | Derrick Rose (26) | Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Aaron Gray (10) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center21,738 | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 | November 13 | Dallas | 20081113 DALCHI 98 91 | Ben Gordon (35) | Luol Deng, Derrick Rose (9) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center21,751 | 4–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 15 | Indiana | 20081115 INDCHI 104 91 | Derrick Rose (23) | Andrés Nocioni (11) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center21,759 | 5–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 18 | @ L.A. Lakers | 20081118 CHILAL 109 116 | Derrick Rose (25) | Andrés Nocioni (8) | Derrick Rose (9) | Staples Center18,997 | 5–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 19 | @ Portland | 20081119 CHIPOR 74 116 | Andrés Nocioni (13) | Tyrus Thomas (7) | Lindsey Hunter, Ben Gordon (3) | Rose Garden20,599 | 5–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | November 21 | @ Golden State | 20081121 CHIGSW 115 110 | Larry Hughes (26) | Drew Gooden (16) | Derrick Rose (5) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 6–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 23 | @ Denver | 20081123 CHIDEN 101 114 | Ben Gordon (28) | Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (6) | Pepsi Center16,202 | 6–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 | November 24 | @ Utah | 20081124 CHIUTA 101 100 | Derrick Rose (25) | Tyrus Thomas (8) | Derrick Rose (9) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 7–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 26 | @ San Antonio | 20081126 CHISAS 88 98 | Ben Gordon (23) | Drew Gooden (12) | Derrick Rose (6) | AT&T Center17,837 | 7–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | November 30 | @ Philadelphia | 20081130 CHIPHI 103 92 | Ben Gordon (21) | Drew Gooden (12) | Derrick Rose (10) | Wachovia Center13,561 | 8–9 Chicago Bulls December 5 2 1 7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 2 | Philadelphia | 20081202 PHICHI 95 103 1 | Derrick Rose (24) | Tyrus Thomas (13) | Ben Gordon (4) | United Center20,485 | 8–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 3 | @ Milwaukee | 20081203 CHIMIL 90 97 | Ben Gordon (22) | Drew Gooden (9) | Derrick Rose (9) | Bradley Center13,684 | 8–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 | December 6 | Washington | 20081206 WASCHI 117 110 | Luol Deng (26) | Drew Gooden (10) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center21,741 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | December 9 | New York | 20081209 NYKCHI 105 100 | Drew Gooden (22) | Drew Gooden (16) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center19,519 | 10–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 12 | @ Memphis | 20081212 CHIMEM 96 103 | Ben Gordon (26) | Drew Gooden (13) | Derrick Rose (11) | FedExForum17,132 | 10–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 | December 13 | New Jersey | 20081213 NJNCHI 113 104 | Ben Gordon (29) | Joakim Noah (8) | Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose (6) | United Center21,751 | 11–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 16 | @ Charlotte | 20081216 CHICHA 101 110 1 | Ben Gordon (25) | Tyrus Thomas, Drew Gooden (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | Time Warner Cable Arena11,225 | 11–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 | December 17 | L.A. Clippers | 20081217 LACCHI 115 109 1 | Andrés Nocioni, Ben Gordon (22) | Drew Gooden (11) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center20,102 | 12–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 19 | @ Boston | 20081219 CHIBOS 108 126 | Luol Deng (19) | Aaron Gray (8) | Derrick Rose (5) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 12–14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 20 | Utah | 20081220 UTACHI 106 98 | Ben Gordon (26) | Joakim Noah (9) | Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose, Andrés Nocioni (3) | United Center22,046 | 13–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 23 | @ Detroit | 20081223 CHIDET 98 104 | Larry Hughes (19) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Ben Gordon (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 13–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 26 | @ Miami | 20081226 CHIMIA 77 90 | Ben Gordon (15) | Aaron Gray (11) | Derrick Rose (3) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 13–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 | December 27 | @ Atlanta | 20081227 CHIATL 117 129 | Ben Gordon (33) | Tyrus Thomas (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | Philips Arena18,031 | 13–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 | December 29 | @ New Jersey | 20081229 CHINJN 100 87 | Ben Gordon (24) | Andrés Nocioni (8) | Derrick Rose (13) | Izod Center18,786 | 14–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 32 | December 31 | Orlando | 20081231 ORLCHI 94 113 | Joakim Noah (19) | Joakim Noah (11) | Thabo Sefolosha, Andrés Nocioni (4) | United Center21,861 | 14–18 Chicago Bulls January 3 6 4 3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | January 2 | @ Cleveland | 20090102 CHICLE 92 117 | Ben Gordon (22) | Joakim Noah (10) | Ben Gordon (4) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 14–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 3 | Minnesota | 20090103 MINCHI 92 102 | Derrick Rose (22) | Aaron Gray (9) | Ben Gordon (6) | United Center20,516 | 14–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 | January 6 | Sacramento | 20090106 SACCHI 99 94 | Ben Gordon (24) | Drew Gooden (10) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center18,060 | 15–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 | January 9 | Washington | 20090109 WASCHI 98 86 | Ben Gordon (22) | Drew Gooden (11) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center20,125 | 16–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 10 | Oklahoma City | 20090110 OKCCHI 98 109 1 | Ben Gordon (22) | Drew Gooden (12) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center20,469 | 16–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 12 | Portland | 20090112 PORCHI 95 109 | Drew Gooden (22) | Drew Gooden (9) | Derrick Rose (10) | United Center18,996 | 16–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 | January 14 | @ Toronto | 20090114 CHITOR 102 98 | Derrick Rose (25) | Luol Deng (14) | Derrick Rose (10) | Air Canada Centre18,494 | 17–22 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 40 | January 15 | Cleveland | 20090115 CLECHI 102 93 1 | Luol Deng (22) | Luol Deng (8) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center21,297 | 18–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | January 17 | San Antonio | 20090117 SASCHI 87 92 | Ben Gordon (20) | Andrés Nocioni (15) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center22,100 | 18–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 19 | @ New York | 20090119 CHINYK 98 102 | Luol Deng, Derrick Rose (20) | Joakim Noah (18) | Derrick Rose (8) | Madison Square Garden18,807 | 18–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 20 | Atlanta | 20090120 ATLCHI 102 105 | Ben Gordon (21) | Joakim Noah (11) | Kirk Hinrich (8) | United Center20,389 | 18–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 23 | Toronto | 20090123 TORCHI 94 114 | Ben Gordon (19) | Aaron Gray (7) | Kirk Hinrich (7) | United Center20,886 | 18–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 25 | @ Minnesota | 20090125 CHIMIN 108 109 1 | Ben Gordon (23) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose (7) | Target Center16,009 | 18–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 | January 28 | @ L.A. Clippers | 20090128 CHILAC 95 75 | Luol Deng (23) | Tyrus Thomas (10) | Ben Gordon (8) | Staples Center15,637 | 19–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 | January 30 | @ Sacramento | 20090130 CHISAC 109 88 | Ben Gordon, Luol Deng (20) | Tyrus Thomas (10) | Derrick Rose (11) | ARCO Arena13,356 | 20–27 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 | January 31 | @ Phoenix | 20090131 CHIPHX 122 111 | Derrick Rose, Ben Gordon (26) | Luol Deng (10) | Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon (6) | US Airways Center18,422 | 21–27 Chicago Bulls February 4 1 2 5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 3 | @ Houston | 20090203 CHIHOU 100 107 | Luol Deng (28) | Tyrus Thomas (13) | Derrick Rose (7) | Toyota Center16,653 | 21–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 | February 4 | @ New Orleans | 20090204 CHINOH 107 93 | Derrick Rose (21) | Tyrus Thomas (10) | Ben Gordon (7) | New Orleans Arena16,270 | 22–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 7 | @ Dallas | 20090207 CHIDAL 114 115 1 | Ben Gordon (28) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Derrick Rose (9) | American Airlines Center20,349 | 22–29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 52 | February 10 | Detroit | 20090210 DETCHI 107 102 | Ben Gordon (24) | Joakim Noah (16) | Kirk Hinrich (5) | United Center21,896 | 23–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 12 | Miami | 20090212 MIACHI 93 95 | Ben Gordon (34) | Joakim Noah (11) | Derrick Rose (6) | United Center21,801 | 23–30 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 | February 18 | @ Milwaukee | 20090218 CHIMIL 113 104 | Kirk Hinrich (31) | Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (9) | Bradley Center15,309 | 24–30 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 | February 20 | Denver | 20090220 DENCHI 116 99 | Ben Gordon (37) | Luol Deng, Tyrus Thomas (12) | Kirk Hinrich (8) | United Center21,790 | 25–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 22 | @ Indiana | 20090222 CHIIND 91 98 | Ben Gordon (28) | Joakim Noah (12) | Derrick Rose (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse17,083 | 25–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 | February 24 | Orlando | 20090224 ORLCHI 120 102 | Derrick Rose (22) | Joakim Noah (8) | Derrick Rose, Brad Miller (5) | United Center21,902 | 26–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 25 | @ New Jersey | 20090225 CHINJN 99 111 | Ben Gordon (17) | Tyrus Thomas (11) | Kirk Hinrich, Derrick Rose (5) | Izod Center14,075 | 26–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 27 | @ Washington | 20090227 CHIWAS 90 113 | John Salmons (25) | Brad Miller (11) | Luol Deng, John Salmons, Derrick Rose (3) | Verizon Center18,114 | 26–33 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 60 | February 28 | Houston | 20090228 HOUCHI 105 102 | Derrick Rose (22) | Joakim Noah (15) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center22,394 | 27–33 Chicago Bulls March 7 1 2 6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 3 | @ Charlotte | 20090303 CHICHA 80 96 | Ben Gordon, Tyrus Thomas (14) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Derrick Rose (5) | Time Warner Cable Arena14,216 | 27–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 | March 4 | Golden State | 20090304 GSWCHI 110 88 | John Salmons (23) | Joakim Noah (17) | Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (6) | United Center20,108 | 28–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 63 | March 6 | Milwaukee | 20090306 MILCHI 117 102 | Ben Gordon (34) | Joakim Noah (13) | Ben Gordon (7) | United Center21,186 | 29–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 9 | @ Miami | 20090309 CHIMIA 127 130 2 | Ben Gordon (43) | Joakim Noah (15) | Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose, Brad Miller, Kirk Hinrich (3) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 29–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 11 | @ Orlando | 20090311 CHIORL 79 107 | John Salmons (18) | John Salmons (8) | Derrick Rose (3) | Amway Arena17,461 | 29–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 13 | @ Philadelphia | 20090313 CHIPHI 101 104 | Derrick Rose (20) | Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (6) | Wachovia Center17,563 | 29–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 | March 14 | New Orleans | 20090314 NOHCHI 97 79 | Ben Gordon (27) | Brad Miller, Joakim Noah (9) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center22,135 | 30–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 | March 17 | Boston | 20090317 BOSCHI 127 121 | John Salmons (38) | Brad Miller (14) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center22,107 | 31–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 69 | March 18 | @ Oklahoma City | 20090318 CHIOKC 103 96 | Derrick Rose (25) | Tyrus Thomas (11) | Brad Miller (5) | Ford Center19,136 | 32–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 21 | L.A. Lakers | 20090321 LALCHI 109 117 | John Salmons (30) | Tyrus Thomas (16) | Ben Gordon (6) | United Center23,011 | 32–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 | March 23 | @ Washington | 20090323 CHIWAS 101 99 | Ben Gordon (21) | Joakim Noah (12) | Derrick Rose (8) | Verizon Center15,421 | 33–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 | March 24 | Detroit | 20090324 DETCHI 99 91 | Kirk Hinrich (24) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Kirk Hinrich (8) | United Center20,502 | 34–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 26 | Miami | 20090326 MIACHI 106 87 | John Salmons (27) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center21,908 | 35–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 | March 28 | Indiana | 20090328 INDCHI 112 106 | Ben Gordon (25) | Derrick Rose (9) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center20,756 | 36–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 29 | @ Toronto | 20090329 CHITOR 129 134 1 | Ben Gordon (37) | Brad Miller (10) | Derrick Rose (9) | Air Canada Centre18,949 | 36–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | March 31 | @ Indiana | 20090331 CHIIND 105 107 | Derrick Rose (24) | Derrick Rose (11) | Brad Miller (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse15,687 | 36–40 Chicago Bulls April 4 1 1 0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 4 | New Jersey | 20090404 NJNCHI 103 94 | Ben Gordon (18) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (5) | United Center21,424 | 37–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 7 | New York | 20090407 NYKCHI 110 103 | Kirk Hinrich (25) | Brad Miller (12) | John Salmons, Derrick Rose (6) | United Center20,764 | 38–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 | April 9 | Philadelphia | 20090409 PHICHI 113 99 | Ben Gordon, Tyrus Thomas (24) | Ben Gordon, Joakim Noah (7) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center20,791 | 39–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 | April 11 | Charlotte | 20090411 CHACHI 113 106 | Ben Gordon (39) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah (7) | United Center20,265 | 40–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 | April 13 | @ Detroit | 20090413 CHIDET 91 88 | Derrick Rose (24) | Joakim Noah (13) | Derrick Rose (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 41–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 15 | Toronto | 20090415 TORCHI 98 109 | Ben Gordon (23) | Brad Miller (11) | Derrick Rose (11) | United Center20,677 | 41–41 chi 2009 Playoffs The Bulls-Celtics series became the first playoff series in NBA history to have 4 games go into overtime.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=290428002 Pierce's OT push leads Celtics to 3-2 series lead over Bulls April 29, 2009 2009-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20090430114645/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=290428002 30 April 2009 dead Chicago Bulls yes 2009 Chicago Bulls First Round yes yes 2 1 1 3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | April 18 | @ Boston | 20090418 CHIBOS 105 103 1 | Derrick Rose (36) | Joakim Noah (17) | Derrick Rose (11) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 20 | @ Boston | 20090420 CHIBOS 115 118 | Ben Gordon (42) | Brad Miller (9) | Kirk Hinrich (7) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 23 | Boston | 20090423 BOSCHI 86 107 | Ben Gordon (15) | Joakim Noah (10) | 3 players tied (3) | United Center23,072 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 | April 26 | Boston | 20090426 BOSCHI 121 118 2 | Derrick Rose (23) | Derrick Rose (11) | Derrick Rose (9) | United Center23,067 | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 28 | @ Boston | 20090428 CHIBOS 104 106 1 | Ben Gordon (26) | Joakim Noah (17) | Gordon, Rose (6) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | April 30 | Boston | 20090430 BOSCHI 128 127 3 | John Salmons (35) | Joakim Noah (15) | Rose, Hinrich (7) | United Center23,430 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | May 2 | @ Boston | 20090502 CHIBOS 99 109 | Ben Gordon (33) | Joakim Noah (15) | Ben Gordon (4) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 3–4 |- | colspan=11 align="center"| Legend: #bbffbb Win 1px solid #bbffbb #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #ffcccc chi yes 2009 Player statistics CHI 2009 Season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Deng, Luol Luol Deng 49 46 34.0 .448 .400 .796 6.0 1.9 1.22 0.51 14.1 Gooden, Drew Drew Gooden* 31 27 29.6 .457 .000 .866 8.6 1.4 0.84 0.45 13.1 Gordon, Ben Ben Gordon 82 76 36.6 .455 .410 .864 3.5 3.4 0.87 0.27 20.7 Gray, Aaron Aaron Gray 56 18 12.8 .485 .000 .576 3.9 0.8 0.25 0.32 3.5 Hinrich, Kirk Kirk Hinrich 51 4 26.3 .437 .408 .791 2.4 3.9 1.29 0.37 9.9 Hughes, Larry Larry Hughes* 30 6 26.4 .412 .392 .817 3.1 2.0 1.20 0.30 12.0 Hunter, Lindsey Lindsey Hunter 28 0 9.5 .329 .333 .600 0.4 1.3 0.71 0.04 2.6 Johnson, Linton Linton Johnson* 8 0 5.3 .364 .500 .000 1.0 0.3 0.13 0.00 1.1 Miller, Brad Brad Miller* 27 0 27.6 .478 .231 .853 7.4 3.2 0.81 0.44 11.8 Nichols, Demetris Demetris Nichols* 2 0 2.5 .250 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.00 0.00 1.0 Noah, Joakim Joakim Noah 80 55 24.2 .556 .000 .676 7.6 1.3 0.61 1.38 6.7 Nocioni, Andrés Andrés Nocioni* 53 2 24.1 .414 .378 .806 4.2 1.1 0.49 0.30 10.4 Roberson, Anthony Anthony Roberson* 6 0 3.8 .294 .200 .000 1.2 0.2 0.00 0.00 2.0 Rose, Derrick Derrick Rose 81 80 37.0 .475 .222 .788 3.9 6.3 0.81 0.22 16.8 Salmons, John John Salmons* 26 21 37.7 .473 .415 .843 4.3 2.0 0.96 0.58 18.3 Sefolosha, Thabo Thabo Sefolosha* 43 14 17.1 .434 .300 .840 2.9 1.5 0.81 0.44 4.5 Simmons, Cedric Cedric Simmons* 11 0 5.5 .524 .000 .429 1.1 0.2 0.09 0.36 2.5 Thomas, Tim Tim Thomas* 18 0 14.1 .400 .442 .700 2.3 0.7 0.33 0.00 5.8 Thomas, Tyrus Tyrus Thomas 79 61 27.5 .451 .333 .783 6.4 1.0 1.15 1.91 10.8 *Statistics with the Chicago Bulls Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG 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.NBA.com NBA Draft Lottery 2008 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. 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 DateAcquiredFromForJune 26, 2009Ömer Aşık Portland Trail Blazers Sonny Weemshttp://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/weems_draft2008_062608.html Nuggets Acquire Draft Rights to Weems NBA.com 2009-02-18 2009-02-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20090204232203/http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/weems_draft2008_062608.html 4 February 2009 dead February 18, 2009Brad Miller and John Salmons Sacramento Kings Drew Gooden, Andrés Nocioni, Michael Ruffin and Cedric Simmons http://www.nba.com/kings/news/kings_press_release0209.html KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE NBA.com 2008-06-26 2009-05-04February 19, 2009 Jerome James, Anthony Roberson and Tim Thomas New York Knicks Larry HughesFebruary 19, 2009 2009 First Round Draft Pick Oklahoma City Thunder Thabo Sefolosha Free agents 52% Additions Player Signed Former team Michael RuffinOctober 27, 2008 Washington Wizards Lindsey HunterNovember 13, 2008 Detroit Pistons Linton JohnsonMarch 11, 2009 Charlotte Bobcats DeMarcus NelsonApril 9, 2009 Golden State Warriors Subtractions Player Left New team JamesOn Curryhttp://www.nba.com/bulls/news/curry_waived_080731.html Bulls waive JamesOn Curry NBA.com July 31, 2008 2008-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080805041613/http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/curry_waived_080731.html 2008-08-05 live July 31, 2009 None Shannon Brownhttp://scoreboards.canoe.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=nba%2Fnews%2Fnewstest.aspx%3Fid%3D4169783 SLAM! Sports - Basketball 2018-09-06 April 2026 medicmedicAugust 6, 2009 Charlotte Bobcats Demetris NicholsBulls waive forward Demetris NicholsNovember 17, 2009 New York Knicks References 30em External links Category:Chicago Bulls seasons Chicago Chicago Chicago