NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 2008β09 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 41β41 record for the second time in their past four seasons.
Key dates
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
Roster
2008β09 Chicago Bulls roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
F
9
Deng, Luol
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1985-04-16
Duke
G
7
Gordon, Ben
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1983-04-04
Connecticut
C
34
Gray, Aaron
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
270 lb (122 kg)
1984-12-07
Pittsburgh
G
12
Hinrich, Kirk
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1981-01-02
Kansas
G
11
Hunter, Lindsey
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1970-12-03
Jackson State
C
31
James, Jerome
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
285 lb (129 kg)
1975-11-17
Florida A&M
F
54
Johnson, Linton
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
1980-06-13
Tulane
F/C
52
Miller, Brad
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
244 lb (111 kg)
1976-04-12
Purdue
G
21
Nelson, DeMarcus
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1985-11-02
Duke
C
13
Noah, Joakim
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
232 lb (105 kg)
1985-02-25
Florida
G
5
Roberson, Anthony
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1983-02-14
Florida
G
1
Rose, Derrick
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1988-10-04
Memphis
G/F
15
Salmons, John
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1979-12-12
Miami (FL)
F
2
Thomas, Tim
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1977-02-26
Villanova
F/C
24
Thomas, Tyrus
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1986-08-17
LSU
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(DL) On
assignment to D-League affiliate Injured
Roster Last transaction: April 9, 2009
Regular season
The 2008β09 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
AndrΓ©s Nocioni ,
Drew Gooden ,
Cedric Simmons ,
Michael Ruffin to the
Sacramento Kings for
Brad Miller and
John Salmons .
[1] 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 .
[2] 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.
[3]
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
Record vs. opponents
2008-09 NBA Records
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Game log
2008β09 game log
October: 1β1 (home: 1β0; road: 0β1)
November: 7β8 (home: 4β2; road: 3β6)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
3
November 1
Memphis
W 96β86
Derrick Rose (26)
Drew Gooden (20)
Kirk Hinrich ,
Ben Gordon (4)
United Center 21,785
2β1
4
November 3
@
Orlando
L 93β96
Drew Gooden (21)
AndrΓ©s Nocioni ,
Luol Deng (7)
Kirk Hinrich ,
Drew Gooden ,
Luol Deng (3)
Amway Arena 15,606
2β2
5
November 5
@
Cleveland
L 93β107
Ben Gordon (31)
Drew Gooden (9)
Derrick Rose (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
2β3
6
November 7
Phoenix
W 100β83
Ben Gordon (23)
Joakim Noah (14)
Ben Gordon ,
Derrick Rose (6)
United Center 21,967
3β3
7
November 8
Cleveland
L 97β106
Ben Gordon (29)
Tyrus Thomas (8)
Derrick Rose (9)
United Center 21,965
3β4
8
November 11
Atlanta
L 108β113
Derrick Rose (26)
Derrick Rose ,
Luol Deng ,
Aaron Gray (10)
Derrick Rose (6)
United Center 21,738
3β5
9
November 13
Dallas
W 98β91
Ben Gordon (35)
Luol Deng ,
Derrick Rose (9)
Derrick Rose (6)
United Center 21,751
4β5
10
November 15
Indiana
W 104β91
Derrick Rose (23)
AndrΓ©s Nocioni (11)
Derrick Rose (8)
United Center 21,759
5β5
11
November 18
@
L.A. Lakers
L 109β116
Derrick Rose (25)
AndrΓ©s Nocioni (8)
Derrick Rose (9)
Staples Center 18,997
5β6
12
November 19
@
Portland
L 74β116
AndrΓ©s Nocioni (13)
Tyrus Thomas (7)
Lindsey Hunter ,
Ben Gordon (3)
Rose Garden 20,599
5β7
13
November 21
@
Golden State
W 115β110
Larry Hughes (26)
Drew Gooden (16)
Derrick Rose (5)
Oracle Arena 19,596
6β7
14
November 23
@
Denver
L 101β114
Ben Gordon (28)
Joakim Noah (9)
Derrick Rose (6)
Pepsi Center 16,202
6β8
15
November 24
@
Utah
W 101β100
Derrick Rose (25)
Tyrus Thomas (8)
Derrick Rose (9)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
7β8
16
November 26
@
San Antonio
L 88β98
Ben Gordon (23)
Drew Gooden (12)
Derrick Rose (6)
AT&T Center 17,837
7β9
17
November 30
@
Philadelphia
W 103β92
Ben Gordon (21)
Drew Gooden (12)
Derrick Rose (10)
Wachovia Center 13,561
8β9
December: 6β9 (home: 5β2; road: 1β7)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
18
December 2
Philadelphia
L 95β103 (OT)
Derrick Rose (24)
Tyrus Thomas (13)
Ben Gordon (4)
United Center 20,485
8β10
19
December 3
@
Milwaukee
L 90β97
Ben Gordon (22)
Drew Gooden (9)
Derrick Rose (9)
Bradley Center 13,684
8β11
20
December 6
Washington
W 117β110
Luol Deng (26)
Drew Gooden (10)
Derrick Rose (8)
United Center 21,741
9β11
21
December 9
New York
W 105β100
Drew Gooden (22)
Drew Gooden (16)
Derrick Rose (7)
United Center 19,519
10β11
22
December 12
@
Memphis
L 96β103
Ben Gordon (26)
Drew Gooden (13)
Derrick Rose (11)
FedExForum 17,132
10β12
23
December 13
New Jersey
W 113β104
Ben Gordon (29)
Joakim Noah (8)
Ben Gordon ,
Derrick Rose (6)
United Center 21,751
11β12
24
December 16
@
Charlotte
L 101β110 (OT)
Ben Gordon (25)
Tyrus Thomas ,
Drew Gooden (9)
Derrick Rose (7)
Time Warner Cable Arena 11,225
11β13
25
December 17
L.A. Clippers
W 115β109 (OT)
AndrΓ©s Nocioni ,
Ben Gordon (22)
Drew Gooden (11)
Derrick Rose (7)
United Center 20,102
12β13
26
December 19
@
Boston
L 108β126
Luol Deng (19)
Aaron Gray (8)
Derrick Rose (5)
TD Banknorth Garden 18,624
12β14
27
December 20
Utah
W 106β98
Ben Gordon (26)
Joakim Noah (9)
Ben Gordon ,
Derrick Rose ,
AndrΓ©s Nocioni (3)
United Center 22,046
13β14
28
December 23
@
Detroit
L 98β104
Larry Hughes (19)
Tyrus Thomas (12)
Ben Gordon (7)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
13β15
29
December 26
@
Miami
L 77β90
Ben Gordon (15)
Aaron Gray (11)
Derrick Rose (3)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
13β16
30
December 27
@
Atlanta
L 117β129
Ben Gordon (33)
Tyrus Thomas (9)
Derrick Rose (7)
Philips Arena 18,031
13β17
31
December 29
@
New Jersey
W 100β87
Ben Gordon (24)
AndrΓ©s Nocioni (8)
Derrick Rose (13)
Izod Center 18,786
14β17
32
December 31
Orlando
L 94β113
Joakim Noah (19)
Joakim Noah (11)
Thabo Sefolosha ,
AndrΓ©s Nocioni (4)
United Center 21,861
14β18
January: 7β9 (home: 3β6; road: 4β3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
33
January 2
@
Cleveland
L 92β117
Ben Gordon (22)
Joakim Noah (10)
Ben Gordon (4)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
14β19
34
January 3
Minnesota
L 92β102
Derrick Rose (22)
Aaron Gray (9)
Ben Gordon (6)
United Center 20,516
14β20
35
January 6
Sacramento
W 99β94
Ben Gordon (24)
Drew Gooden (10)
Derrick Rose (8)
United Center 18,060
15β20
36
January 9
Washington
W 98β86
Ben Gordon (22)
Drew Gooden (11)
Derrick Rose (9)
United Center 20,125
16β20
37
January 10
Oklahoma City
L 98β109 (OT)
Ben Gordon (22)
Drew Gooden (12)
Derrick Rose (6)
United Center 20,469
16β21
38
January 12
Portland
L 95β109
Drew Gooden (22)
Drew Gooden (9)
Derrick Rose (10)
United Center 18,996
16β22
39
January 14
@
Toronto
W 102β98
Derrick Rose (25)
Luol Deng (14)
Derrick Rose (10)
Air Canada Centre 18,494
17β22
40
January 15
Cleveland
W 102β93 (OT)
Luol Deng (22)
Luol Deng (8)
Derrick Rose (6)
United Center 21,297
18β22
41
January 17
San Antonio
L 87β92
Ben Gordon (20)
AndrΓ©s Nocioni (15)
Derrick Rose (8)
United Center 22,100
18β23
42
January 19
@
New York
L 98β102
Luol Deng ,
Derrick Rose (20)
Joakim Noah (18)
Derrick Rose (8)
Madison Square Garden 18,807
18β24
43
January 20
Atlanta
L 102β105
Ben Gordon (21)
Joakim Noah (11)
Kirk Hinrich (8)
United Center 20,389
18β25
44
January 23
Toronto
L 94β114
Ben Gordon (19)
Aaron Gray (7)
Kirk Hinrich (7)
United Center 20,886
18β26
45
January 25
@
Minnesota
L 108β109 (OT)
Ben Gordon (23)
Joakim Noah (10)
Derrick Rose (7)
Target Center 16,009
18β27
46
January 28
@
L.A. Clippers
W 95β75
Luol Deng (23)
Tyrus Thomas (10)
Ben Gordon (8)
Staples Center 15,637
19β27
47
January 30
@
Sacramento
W 109β88
Ben Gordon ,
Luol Deng (20)
Tyrus Thomas (10)
Derrick Rose (11)
ARCO Arena 13,356
20β27
48
January 31
@
Phoenix
W 122β111
Derrick Rose ,
Ben Gordon (26)
Luol Deng (10)
Kirk Hinrich ,
Ben Gordon (6)
US Airways Center 18,422
21β27
February: 6β6 (home: 4β1; road: 2β5)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
49
February 3
@
Houston
L 100β107
Luol Deng (28)
Tyrus Thomas (13)
Derrick Rose (7)
Toyota Center 16,653
21β28
50
February 4
@
New Orleans
W 107β93
Derrick Rose (21)
Tyrus Thomas (10)
Ben Gordon (7)
New Orleans Arena 16,270
22β28
51
February 7
@
Dallas
L 114β115 (OT)
Ben Gordon (28)
Tyrus Thomas (12)
Derrick Rose (9)
American Airlines Center 20,349
22β29
52
February 10
Detroit
W 107β102
Ben Gordon (24)
Joakim Noah (16)
Kirk Hinrich (5)
United Center 21,896
23β29
53
February 12
Miami
L 93β95
Ben Gordon (34)
Joakim Noah (11)
Derrick Rose (6)
United Center 21,801
23β30
54
February 18
@
Milwaukee
W 113β104
Kirk Hinrich (31)
Joakim Noah (9)
Derrick Rose (9)
Bradley Center 15,309
24β30
55
February 20
Denver
W 116β99
Ben Gordon (37)
Luol Deng ,
Tyrus Thomas (12)
Kirk Hinrich (8)
United Center 21,790
25β30
56
February 22
@
Indiana
L 91β98
Ben Gordon (28)
Joakim Noah (12)
Derrick Rose (8)
Conseco Fieldhouse 17,083
25β31
57
February 24
Orlando
W 120β102
Derrick Rose (22)
Joakim Noah (8)
Derrick Rose ,
Brad Miller (5)
United Center 21,902
26β31
58
February 25
@
New Jersey
L 99β111
Ben Gordon (17)
Tyrus Thomas (11)
Kirk Hinrich ,
Derrick Rose (5)
Izod Center 14,075
26β32
59
February 27
@
Washington
L 90β113
John Salmons (25)
Brad Miller (11)
Luol Deng ,
John Salmons ,
Derrick Rose (3)
Verizon Center 18,114
26β33
60
February 28
Houston
W 105β102
Derrick Rose (22)
Joakim Noah (15)
Derrick Rose (7)
United Center 22,394
27β33
March: 9β7 (home: 7β1; road: 2β6)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
61
March 3
@
Charlotte
L 80β96
Ben Gordon ,
Tyrus Thomas (14)
Tyrus Thomas (12)
Derrick Rose (5)
Time Warner Cable Arena 14,216
27β34
62
March 4
Golden State
W 110β88
John Salmons (23)
Joakim Noah (17)
Derrick Rose ,
Kirk Hinrich (6)
United Center 20,108
28β34
63
March 6
Milwaukee
W 117β102
Ben Gordon (34)
Joakim Noah (13)
Ben Gordon (7)
United Center 21,186
29β34
64
March 9
@
Miami
L 127β130 (2OT)
Ben Gordon (43)
Joakim Noah (15)
Ben Gordon ,
Derrick Rose ,
Brad Miller ,
Kirk Hinrich (3)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
29β35
65
March 11
@
Orlando
L 79β107
John Salmons (18)
John Salmons (8)
Derrick Rose (3)
Amway Arena 17,461
29β36
66
March 13
@
Philadelphia
L 101β104
Derrick Rose (20)
Joakim Noah (9)
Derrick Rose (6)
Wachovia Center 17,563
29β37
67
March 14
New Orleans
W 97β79
Ben Gordon (27)
Brad Miller ,
Joakim Noah (9)
Derrick Rose (7)
United Center 22,135
30β37
68
March 17
Boston
W 127β121
John Salmons (38)
Brad Miller (14)
Derrick Rose (8)
United Center 22,107
31β37
69
March 18
@
Oklahoma City
W 103β96
Derrick Rose (25)
Tyrus Thomas (11)
Brad Miller (5)
Ford Center 19,136
32β37
70
March 21
L.A. Lakers
L 109β117
John Salmons (30)
Tyrus Thomas (16)
Ben Gordon (6)
United Center 23,011
32β38
71
March 23
@
Washington
W 101β99
Ben Gordon (21)
Joakim Noah (12)
Derrick Rose (8)
Verizon Center 15,421
33β38
72
March 24
Detroit
W 99β91
Kirk Hinrich (24)
Tyrus Thomas (12)
Kirk Hinrich (8)
United Center 20,502
34β38
73
March 26
Miami
W 106β87
John Salmons (27)
Tyrus Thomas (12)
Derrick Rose (7)
United Center 21,908
35β38
74
March 28
Indiana
W 112β106
Ben Gordon (25)
Derrick Rose (9)
Derrick Rose (8)
United Center 20,756
36β38
75
March 29
@
Toronto
L 129β134 (OT)
Ben Gordon (37)
Brad Miller (10)
Derrick Rose (9)
Air Canada Centre 18,949
36β39
76
March 31
@
Indiana
L 105β107
Derrick Rose (24)
Derrick Rose (11)
Brad Miller (8)
Conseco Fieldhouse 15,687
36β40
April: 5β1 (home: 4β1; road: 1β0)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
77
April 4
New Jersey
W 103β94
Ben Gordon (18)
Joakim Noah (10)
Derrick Rose ,
Kirk Hinrich (5)
United Center 21,424
37β40
78
April 7
New York
W 110β103
Kirk Hinrich (25)
Brad Miller (12)
John Salmons ,
Derrick Rose (6)
United Center 20,764
38β40
79
April 9
Philadelphia
W 113β99
Ben Gordon ,
Tyrus Thomas (24)
Ben Gordon ,
Joakim Noah (7)
Derrick Rose (8)
United Center 20,791
39β40
80
April 11
Charlotte
W 113β106
Ben Gordon (39)
Joakim Noah (10)
Derrick Rose ,
Joakim Noah (7)
United Center 20,265
40β40
81
April 13
@
Detroit
W 91β88
Derrick Rose (24)
Joakim Noah (13)
Derrick Rose (8)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
41β40
82
April 15
Toronto
L 98β109
Ben Gordon (23)
Brad Miller (11)
Derrick Rose (11)
United Center 20,677
41β41
2008β09 season schedule
Playoffs
The Bulls-Celtics series became the first playoff series in NBA history to have 4 games go into overtime.
[4]
Player statistics
Season
*Statistics with the Chicago Bulls
Playoffs
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3FG%
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
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.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
4βOvertime games played in this series
7βOvertime 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.
[6] 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.
Trades
Free agents
References
^
"KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE" .
NBA.com . February 18, 2009.
Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009 .
^
a
b
"Sources: Knicks trade for Bulls' Hughes" .
Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009 .
^
a
b
"Report: Bulls trade Sefolosha for draft pick" . Archived from
the original on February 22, 2009.
^
"Pierce's OT push leads Celtics to 3-2 series lead over Bulls" . April 29, 2009.
Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2009 .
^
"Roster and Statistics" . Basketball-Reference.
^
NBA.com NBA Draft Lottery 2008
^
"Nuggets Acquire Draft Rights to Weems" .
NBA.com . February 18, 2009. Archived from
the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009 .
^
"KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE" .
NBA.com . June 26, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2009 .
^
"Bulls waive JamesOn Curry" .
NBA.com . July 31, 2008.
Archived from the original on August 5, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2008 .
^
"SLAM! Sports - Basketball" . Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2018 . {{
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link )
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Bulls waive forward Demetris Nichols
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