2011–12 Chicago Bulls season

2011–12 Chicago Bulls season
Division champions
Head coach Tom Thibodeau
General manager Gar Forman
Owner(s) Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena United Center
Results
Record 50–16 (.758)
Place Division: 1st (Central)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish First Round
(Lost to 76ers 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television CSN Chicago, WGN America, WGN-TV, WCIU-TV
Radio WMVP

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 and 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.[1] 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.[2] 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, and the San Antonio Spurs in 2011.[3]

Key dates

Summary

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 23 Nikola Mirotić F  Spain Real Madrid (Spain)
1 30 Jimmy Butler G/F  United States Marquette

Roster

2011–12 Chicago Bulls roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 3 Aşık, Ömer 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1986–07–04 Turkey
PF 5 Boozer, Carlos 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 266 lb (121 kg) 1981–11–20 Duke
SG 11 Brewer, Ronnie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1985–03–20 Arkansas
SG 21 Butler, Jimmy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–09–14 Marquette
SF 9 Deng, Luol (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985–04–16 Duke
PF 22 Gibson, Taj 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985–06–24 Southern California
SG 32 Hamilton, Richard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1978–02–14 Connecticut
PG 8 James, Mike 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1975–06–23 Duquesne
SF 26 Korver, Kyle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1981–03–17 Creighton
PG 15 Lucas, John III 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1982–11–21 Oklahoma State
C 13 Noah, Joakim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1985–02–25 Florida
PG 1 Rose, Derrick (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–10–04 Memphis
PF 24 Scalabrine, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1978–03–18 Southern California
PG 7 Watson, C. J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1984–04–17 Tennessee
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Pre-season

2011 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
z-Chicago Bulls5016.758–26–724–913–1
x-Indiana Pacers4224.636823–1019–149–4
Milwaukee Bucks3135.4701917–1614–197–8
Detroit Pistons2541.3792518–157–264–11
Cleveland Cavaliers2145.3182911–2210–233–12
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Chicago Bulls5016.758–
2 y-Miami Heat4620.6974
3 x-Indiana Pacers4224.6368
4 y-Boston Celtics3927.59111
5 x-Atlanta Hawks4026.60610
6 x-Orlando Magic3729.56113
7 x-New York Knicks3630.54514
8 x-Philadelphia 76ers3531.53015
9 Milwaukee Bucks3135.47019
10 Detroit Pistons2541.37925
11 Toronto Raptors2343.34827
12 New Jersey Nets2244.33328
13 Cleveland Cavaliers2145.31829
14 Washington Wizards2046.30330
15 Charlotte Bobcats759.10643

Game log

2011–12 game log
Total: 50–16 (Home: 26–7; Road: 24–9)
December: 3–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 3–1)
January: 15–4 (Home: 9–1; Road: 6–3)
February: 11–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 6–2)
March: 13–3 (Home: 7–3; Road: 6–0)
April: 8–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–3)
2011–12 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Ömer Aşık66214.7.506.000.4565.30.50.451.033.1
Carlos Boozer666629.5.532.000.6938.51.90.950.3615.0
Ronnie Brewer664324.8.427.275.5603.52.11.090.326.9
Jimmy Butler4208.5.405.185.7681.30.30.260.122.6
Luol Deng545439.4.412.367.7706.52.91.040.6715.3
Taj Gibson63020.4.495.000.6225.30.70.431.297.7
Richard Hamilton282824.9.452.370.7842.43.00.430.0411.6
Mike James[a]11010.9.408.600.8750.92.60.360.184.8
Kyle Korver65722.6.432.435.8332.41.70.550.238.1
John Lucas49214.8.399.393.8671.62.20.390.027.5
Joakim Noah646430.4.508.000.7489.82.50.641.4410.2
Derrick Rose393935.3.435.312.8123.47.90.900.7221.8
Brian Scalabrine2804.4.467.143.5000.80.50.180.211.1
C. J. Watson492523.7.368.393.8082.14.10.920.169.7
  • a Statistics with the Chicago Bulls.[9]

Playoffs

Game log

2012 playoff game log
First round: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3)
2012 playoff schedule

Playoff statistics

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Ömer Aşık 6321.3.500.3534.71.3.21.63.3
Carlos Boozer 6633.3.422.7149.83.0.8.313.5
Ronnie Brewer 5016.6.250.0003.81.8.8.21.6
Jimmy Butler 301.3.0.0.0.0.0
Luol Deng 6638.0.456.364.5718.31.5.81.514.0
Taj Gibson 6022.8.457.6826.5.7.71.79.5
Richard Hamilton 6628.5.414.333.8183.23.0.2.013.0
Kyle Korver 6015.7.409.308.5001.71.5.5.53.8
John Lucas 5018.8.450.3851.0001.41.8.0.08.6
Joakim Noah 3315.0.731.6369.33.0.71.315.0
Derrick Rose 1137.0.391.5001.0009.09.01.01.023.0
C. J. Watson 6527.3.241.250.7502.25.5.8.07.3

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

  • On January 16, Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (January 9 – January 15)[10]
  • Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Coach of the Month for December–January.[11]
  • Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for March, 2012.[12]

All-Star

  • Derrick Rose was voted as an All-Star for the 3rd consecutive time, 2nd consecutive time as a starter.[13]
  • Luol Deng was voted as an All-Star reserve for the 1st time.[14]
  • Coach Tom Thibodeau was selected as Head Coach of the Eastern Conference All-Stars.[15]

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

 Players Lost

Via free agency

Waived

Trades

June 23, 2011 To Chicago Bulls
Draft rights to Nikola Mirotić		 To Minnesota Timberwolves
Draft rights to Norris Cole
Draft rights to Malcolm Lee
Cash Considerations

Free agents

Additions
Player Date signed Former team
Richard Hamilton December 14 Detroit Pistons
Mike James April 5 Chicago Bulls
Subtractions
Player Date signed New team
Kurt Thomas December 11 Portland Trail Blazers

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.[16] The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.[17]

Played in other leagues during lockout
Player Date signed New team Opt-out clause
Brian Scalabrine September 22 Benetton Treviso (Italy) No

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bulls' Derrick Rose tears ACL, ESPN.com, April 29, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Joakim Noah injured in Game 3, ESPN.com. May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  3. ↑ 76ers Upset Bulls To Advance To Second Round, The Sports Network. May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Bulls announce 2011–12 schedule". nba.com/bulls. July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ Mahoney, Brian (December 2, 2011). "Shorter NBA schedule has 42 back-to-back-to-backs". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  7. ↑ Bulls take 102-101 OT victory over Raptors, Chicago Tribune. March 24, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  8. ↑ Bulls bench strong in overcoming Heat 96-86, Chicago Tribune, April 12, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Bulls stats". nba.com/bulls.
  10. ↑ http://www.nba.com/2012/news/01/16/rose-bryant-pow/index.html
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  12. ↑ http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls-thibodeau-named-nba-eastern-conference-coach-month-march.html
  13. ↑ http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/02/02/east-starters-no-rest-for-the-awesome
  14. ↑ http://www.nba.com/2012/allstar/2012/02/09/east-reserves/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1
  15. ↑ Tom Thibodeau to coach East at ASG, ESPN.com, February 15, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  16. ↑ "FIBA: NBA stars can play overseas". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. July 30, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  17. ↑ Sun Xiaochen (August 21, 2011). "New rule shuts door on NBA stars". China Daily. Archived from the original on August 30, 2011.
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