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, 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

June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
November 1: Chicago Bulls first game of the season, against the Dallas Mavericks was scheduled, but was cancelled due to the lockout.
December 25: Chicago Bulls first game of the season, against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Bulls won 88–87, in Los Angeles.
March 24: Chicago secured a spot in the 2012 NBA Playoffs with a 102–101 victory against the Toronto Raptors.
April 12: The Bulls clinch the Central Division title with a 96–86 win against the Miami Heat.

Summary

NBA draft

Main article: 2011 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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	3	Aşık, Ömer	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1986-07-04	Turkey
F	5	Boozer, Carlos	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	266 lb (121 kg)	1981-11-20	Duke
G	11	Brewer, Ronnie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1985-03-20	Arkansas
G	21	Butler, Jimmy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1989-09-14	Marquette
F	9	Deng, Luol	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1985-04-16	Duke
F	22	Gibson, Taj	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1985-06-24	USC
G	32	Hamilton, Richard	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1978-02-14	Connecticut
G	8	James, Mike	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1975-06-23	Duquesne
F	26	Korver, Kyle	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	1981-03-17	Creighton
G	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
G	1	Rose, Derrick	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988-10-04	Memphis
F	24	Scalabrine, Brian	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1978-03-18	USC
G	7	Watson, C. J.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1984-04-17	Tennessee

Head coach

Tom Thibodeau

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 5, 2012

Pre-season

2011 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 16	@ Indiana	95–86	Derrick Rose, Luol Deng (16)	Taj Gibson (9)	Derrick Rose (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 14,013	1–0
2	December 20	Indiana	93–85	Carlos Boozer (24)	Joakim Noah (8)	Derrick Rose (9)	United Center 21,659	2–0

2011–12 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z-Chicago Bulls	50	16	.758	–	26–7	24–9	13–1	66
x-Indiana Pacers	42	24	.636	8	23–10	19–14	9–4	66
Milwaukee Bucks	31	35	.470	19	17–16	14–19	7–8	66
Detroit Pistons	25	41	.379	25	18–15	7–26	4–11	66
Cleveland Cavaliers	21	45	.318	29	11–22	10–23	3–12	66

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Chicago Bulls	50	16	.758	–	66
2	y-Miami Heat *	46	20	.697	4.0	66
3	x-Indiana Pacers *	42	24	.636	8.0	66
4	y-Boston Celtics	39	27	.591	11.0	66
5	x-Atlanta Hawks	40	26	.606	10.0	66
6	x-Orlando Magic	37	29	.561	13.0	66
7	x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	14.0	66
8	x-Philadelphia 76ers	35	31	.530	15.0	66

9	Milwaukee Bucks	31	35	.470	19.0	66
10	Detroit Pistons	25	41	.379	25.0	66
11	Toronto Raptors	23	43	.348	27.0	66
12	New Jersey Nets	22	44	.333	28.0	66
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	21	45	.318	29.0	66
14	Washington Wizards	20	46	.303	30.0	66
15	Charlotte Bobcats	7	59	.106	43.0	66

Game log

2011–12 game log
Total: 50–16 (home: 26–7; road: 24–9)

December: 3–1 (home: 0–0; road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 25	@ L. A. Lakers	W 88–87	Derrick Rose (22)	Joakim Noah (9)	Derrick Rose (5)	Staples Center 18,997	1–0
2	December 26	@ Golden State	L 91–99	Luol Deng (22)	Luol Deng Joakim Noah (10)	Derrick Rose (8)	Oracle Arena 19,596	1–1
3	December 29	@ Sacramento	W 108–98	Derrick Rose (19)	Carlos Boozer (15)	C. J. Watson (9)	Power Balance Pavilion 17,317	2–1
4	December 30	@ L. A. Clippers	W 114–101	Derrick Rose (29)	Derrick Rose (8)	Derrick Rose (16)	Staples Center 19,426	3–1

January: 15–4 (home: 9–1; road: 6–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	January 1	Memphis	W 104–64	Carlos Boozer Ronnie Brewer (17)	Carlos Boozer (11)	Derrick Rose (6)	United Center 22,763	4–1
6	January 3	Atlanta	W 76–74	Derrick Rose (30)	Carlos Boozer (9)	Derrick Rose (7)	United Center 22,166	5–1
7	January 4	@ Detroit	W 99–83	Carlos Boozer (19)	Joakim Noah (11)	Derrick Rose (10)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 9,125	6–1
8	January 6	@ Orlando	W 97–83	Derrick Rose Luol Deng (21)	Carlos Boozer (13)	Derrick Rose (10)	Amway Center 18,192	7–1
9	January 7	@ Atlanta	L 94–109	John Lucas (16)	Ömer Aşık (13)	Derrick Rose (6)	Philips Arena 17,112	7–2
10	January 9	Detroit	W 92–68	Carlos Boozer (23)	Carlos Boozer Joakim Noah (8)	Derrick Rose (8)	United Center 21,530	8–2
11	January 10	@ Minnesota	W 111–100	Derrick Rose (31)	Luol Deng Joakim Noah (11)	Derrick Rose (11)	Target Center 19,356	9–2
12	January 11	Washington	W 78–64	John Lucas (25)	Luol Deng (15)	John Lucas (8)	United Center 21,366	10–2
13	January 13	@ Boston	W 88–79	Derrick Rose (25)	Luol Deng (16)	Derrick Rose (7)	TD Garden 18,624	11–2
14	January 14	Toronto	W 77–64	Derrick Rose (18)	Carlos Boozer (13)	Derrick Rose (11)	United Center 21,962	12–2
15	January 16	@ Memphis	L 86–102	Luol Deng (20)	Carlos Boozer (7)	C. J. Watson Luol Deng (3)	FedExForum 18,119	12–3
16	January 17	Phoenix	W 118–97	Carlos Boozer (31)	Joakim Noah (12)	Richard Hamilton Kyle Korver (6)	United Center 21,347	13–3
17	January 20	@ Cleveland	W 114–75	Luol Deng (21)	Carlos Boozer (14)	C. J. Watson (7)	Quicken Loans Arena 17,871	14–3
18	January 21	Charlotte	W 95–89	Carlos Boozer (23)	Ömer Aşık (15)	Mike James (10)	United Center 21,861	15–3
19	January 23	New Jersey	W 110–95	Richard Hamilton (22)	Joakim Noah (10)	Richard Hamilton (10)	United Center 21,572	16–3
20	January 25	Indiana	L 90–95	Derrick Rose (24)	Joakim Noah (13)	Ronnie Brewer (5)	United Center 21,755	16–4
21	January 27	Milwaukee	W 107–100	Derrick Rose (34)	Joakim Noah (16)	Ronnie Brewer (6)	United Center 22,368	17–4
22	January 29	@ Miami	L 93–97	Derrick Rose (34)	Joakim Noah (11)	Derrick Rose (11)	American Airlines Arena 20,054	17–5
23	January 30	@ Washington	W 98–88	Derrick Rose (35)	Joakim Noah (13)	Derrick Rose (8)	Verizon Center 18,357	18–5

February: 11–3 (home: 5–1; road: 6–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
24	February 1	@ Philadelphia	L 82–98	C. J. Watson (20)	Carlos Boozer (9)	Derrick Rose (6)	Wells Fargo Center 18,325	18–6
25	February 2	@ New York	W 105–102	Derrick Rose (32)	Carlos Boozer Joakim Noah (9)	Derrick Rose (13)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	19–6
26	February 4	@ Milwaukee	W 113–90	Derrick Rose (26)	Luol Deng Joakim Noah (9)	Derrick Rose (13)	Bradley Center 18,717	20–6
27	February 6	@ New Jersey	W 108–87	Carlos Boozer (24)	Joakim Noah (12)	C. J. Watson (11)	Prudential Center 15,327	21–6
28	February 8	@ New Orleans	W 90–67	Carlos Boozer (18)	Joakim Noah (10)	Derrick Rose (6)	New Orleans Arena 15,456	22–6
29	February 10	@ Charlotte	W 95–64	Joakim Noah (17)	Joakim Noah (14)	C. J. Watson (5)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,379	23–6
30	February 12	@ Boston	L 91–95	Carlos Boozer C. J. Watson (22)	Joakim Noah (9)	Ronnie Brewer C. J. Watson (6)	TD Garden 18,624	23–7
31	February 14	Sacramento	W 121–115	Luol Deng (23)	Joakim Noah (11)	Luol Deng (11)	United Center 21,936	24–7
32	February 16	Boston	W 89–80	Luol Deng Carlos Boozer (23)	Joakim Noah (16)	Luol Deng (10)	United Center 22,592	25–7
33	February 18	New Jersey	L 85–97	Carlos Boozer Mike James (16)	Carlos Boozer Taj Gibson (9)	Mike James (7)	United Center 22,300	25–8
34	February 20	Atlanta	W 90–79	Derrick Rose (23)	Joakim Noah (16)	Derrick Rose (6)	United Center 22,033	26–8
35	February 22	Milwaukee	W 110–91	Carlos Boozer (20)	Joakim Noah (13)	Joakim Noah (10)	United Center 21,507	27–8
All-Star Break
36	February 28	New Orleans	W 99–95	Derrick Rose (32)	Joakim Noah (16)	Derrick Rose (9)	United Center 21,919	28–8
37	February 29	@ San Antonio	W 96–89	Derrick Rose (29)	Joakim Noah (13)	Derrick Rose C.J. Watson (4)	AT&T Center 18,581	29–8

March: 13–3 (home: 7–3; road: 6–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
38	March 2	@ Cleveland	W 112–91	Luol Deng (24)	Carlos Boozer (11)	Derrick Rose (9)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	30–8
39	March 4	@ Philadelphia	W 96–91	Derrick Rose (35)	Joakim Noah (18)	Derrick Rose (8)	Wells Fargo Center 19,683	31–8
40	March 5	Indiana	W 92–72	Luol Deng (20)	Joakim Noah (17)	Derrick Rose (9)	United Center 22,106	32–8
41	March 7	@ Milwaukee	W 106–104	Derrick Rose (30)	Joakim Noah (10)	Derrick Rose (11)	Bradley Center 15,389	33–8
42	March 8	Orlando	L 94–99	Carlos Boozer (26)	Joakim Noah (10)	Derrick Rose (9)	United Center 22,127	33–9
43	March 10	Utah	W 111–97	Carlos Boozer (27)	Carlos Boozer (8)	Derrick Rose (13)	United Center 22,158	34–9
44	March 12	New York	W 104–99	Derrick Rose (32)	Taj Gibson (13)	Derrick Rose Ronnie Brewer (7)	United Center 22,863	35–9
45	March 14	Miami	W 106–102	John Lucas III (24)	Carlos Boozer Taj Gibson (8)	Carlos Boozer (5)	United Center 23,028	36–9
46	March 16	Portland	L 89–100	Carlos Boozer (22)	Carlos Boozer (14)	Joakim Noah (5)	United Center 22,022	36–10
47	March 17	Philadelphia	W 89–80	C.J. Watson (20)	Joakim Noah (11)	Joakim Noah Taj Gibson (4)	United Center 22,225	37–10
48	March 19	@ Orlando	W 85–59	Carlos Boozer (24)	Carlos Boozer (13)	Joakim Noah (5)	Amway Center 18,998	38–10
49	March 21	@ Toronto	W 94–82	Luol Deng (17)	Luol Deng (10)	Joakim Noah (5)	Air Canada Centre 17,869	39–10
50	March 24	Toronto	W 102–101 (OT)	Carlos Boozer (24)	Carlos Boozer Luol Deng (10)	John Lucas III (6)	United Center 21,841	40–10
51	March 26	Denver	L 91–108	C.J. Watson (17)	Carlos Boozer Taj Gibson (7)	C.J. Watson (8)	United Center 22,274	40–11
52	March 28	@ Atlanta	W 98–77	Luol Deng (22)	Carlos Boozer (9)	John Lucas III (5)	Philips Arena 16,290	41–11
53	March 30	Detroit	W 83–71	Luol Deng (20)	Joakim Noah (12)	C.J. Watson (5)	United Center 22,385	42–11

April: 8–5 (home: 5–2; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
54	April 1	@ Oklahoma City	L 78–92	John Lucas III (19)	Taj Gibson (11)	Kyle Korver John Lucas III (4)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	42–12
55	April 2	Houston	L 93–99	Luol Deng (24)	Carlos Boozer (13)	Carlos Boozer (7)	United Center 21,936	42–13
56	April 5	Boston	W 93–86	Luol Deng (26)	Carlos Boozer (14)	C.J. Watson (8)	United Center 22,423	43–13
57	April 8	@ New York	L 99–100 (OT)	Derrick Rose (29)	Carlos Boozer (16)	Derrick Rose (4)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	43–14
58	April 10	New York	W 98–86	Richard Hamilton (20)	Luol Deng (10)	C.J. Watson (7)	United Center 22,131	44–14
59	April 12	Miami	W 96–86 (OT)	Carlos Boozer (19)	Carlos Boozer (11)	C.J. Watson (9)	United Center 23,015	45–14
60	April 15	@ Detroit	W 100–94 (OT)	Derrick Rose (24)	Joakim Noah (17)	Derrick Rose (9)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,450	46–14
61	April 16	Washington	L 84–87	Richard Hamilton (22)	Carlos Boozer (13)	C.J. Watson (8)	United Center 22,307	46–15
62	April 18	@ Charlotte	W 100–68	Richard Hamilton (22)	Ömer Aşık (15)	Richard Hamilton (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 14,221	47–15
63	April 19	@ Miami	L 72–83	John Lucas III (16)	Joakim Noah (10)	C.J. Watson John Lucas III (4)	American Airlines Arena 20,008	47–16
64	April 21	Dallas	W 93–83	Luol Deng (22)	Joakim Noah (14)	Derrick Rose Joakim Noah (8)	United Center 22,945	48–16
65	April 25	@ Indiana	W 92–87	Kyle Korver (20)	Joakim Noah (14)	Derrick Rose (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165	49–16
66	April 26	Cleveland	W 107–75	John Lucas III (25)	Joakim Noah Taj Gibson (12)	C.J. Watson (8)	United Center 22,563	50–16

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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ömer Aşık	66	2	14.7	.506	.000	.456	5.3	0.5	0.45	1.03	3.1
Carlos Boozer	66	66	29.5	.532	.000	.693	8.5	1.9	0.95	0.36	15.0
Ronnie Brewer	66	43	24.8	.427	.275	.560	3.5	2.1	1.09	0.32	6.9
Jimmy Butler	42	0	8.5	.405	.185	.768	1.3	0.3	0.26	0.12	2.6
Luol Deng	54	54	39.4	.412	.367	.770	6.5	2.9	1.04	0.67	15.3
Taj Gibson	63	0	20.4	.495	.000	.622	5.3	0.7	0.43	1.29	7.7
Richard Hamilton	28	28	24.9	.452	.370	.784	2.4	3.0	0.43	0.04	11.6
Mike James	11	0	10.9	.408	.600	.875	0.9	2.6	0.36	0.18	4.8
Kyle Korver	65	7	22.6	.432	.435	.833	2.4	1.7	0.55	0.23	8.1
John Lucas	49	2	14.8	.399	.393	.867	1.6	2.2	0.39	0.02	7.5
Joakim Noah	64	64	30.4	.508	.000	.748	9.8	2.5	0.64	1.44	10.2
Derrick Rose	39	39	35.3	.435	.312	.812	3.4	7.9	0.90	0.72	21.8
Brian Scalabrine	28	0	4.4	.467	.143	.500	0.8	0.5	0.18	0.21	1.1
C. J. Watson	49	25	23.7	.368	.393	.808	2.1	4.1	0.92	0.16	9.7

Statistics with the Chicago Bulls.

Playoffs

Game log

2012 playoff game log

First round: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 28	Philadelphia	W 103–91	Derrick Rose (23)	Joakim Noah (13)	Derrick Rose (9)	United Center 21,943	1–0
2	May 1	Philadelphia	L 92–109	Joakim Noah (21)	Joakim Noah (8)	Richard Hamilton Joakim Noah (5)	United Center 22,067	1–1
3	May 4	@ Philadelphia	L 74–79	Carlos Boozer (18)	Carlos Boozer (10)	Richard Hamilton (7)	Wells Fargo Center 20,381	1–2
4	May 6	@ Philadelphia	L 82–89	Carlos Boozer (23)	Taj Gibson (12)	C.J. Watson Carlos Boozer (4)	Wells Fargo Center 20,412	1–3
5	May 8	Philadelphia	W 77–69	Luol Deng (24)	Carlos Boozer (13)	C.J. Watson (7)	United Center 22,093	2–3
6	May 10	@ Philadelphia	L 78–79	Luol Deng, Richard Hamilton (19)	Luol Deng (17)	C. J. Watson (10)	Wells Fargo Center 20,362	2–4

2012 playoff schedule

Playoff statistics

Chicago Bulls statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ömer Aşık	6	3	21.3	.500		.353	4.7	1.3	.2	1.6	3.3
Carlos Boozer	6	6	33.3	.422		.714	9.8	3.0	.8	.3	13.5
Ronnie Brewer	5	0	16.6	.250		.000	3.8	1.8	.8	.2	1.6
Jimmy Butler	3	0	1.3				.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Luol Deng	6	6	38.0	.456	.364	.571	8.3	1.5	.8	1.5	14.0
Taj Gibson	6	0	22.8	.457		.682	6.5	.7	.7	1.7	9.5
Richard Hamilton	6	6	28.5	.414	.333	.818	3.2	3.0	.2	.0	13.0
Kyle Korver	6	0	15.7	.409	.308	.500	1.7	1.5	.5	.5	3.8
John Lucas	5	0	18.8	.450	.385	1.000	1.4	1.8	.0	.0	8.6
Joakim Noah	3	3	15.0	.731		.636	9.3	3.0	.7	1.3	15.0
Derrick Rose	1	1	37.0	.391	.500	1.000	9.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	23.0
C. J. Watson	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

Main article: List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Jimmy Butler

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

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

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G League affiliate	Windy City Bulls
Retired numbers	4 10 23 33
NBA championships	1991 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998
Rivalries	Cleveland Cavaliers Detroit Pistons New York Knicks
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Air Jordan Jumpman Tommy Edwards Ray Clay Benny the Bull Disputed Foul Against Scottie Pippen "Sirius" "I Believe I Can Fly" "Sweet Home Chicago" Bill Swerski's Superfans Jordan Rules Triangle offense Ashland Green/Pink Line Station Tex Winter The Spirit (Michael Jordan statue) Phantom Buzzer Game The Shot NBA championship riots Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs Trent Tucker Rule The Calhoun Shot 72–10 Michael Jordan's last shot Space Jam The Last Dance

Chicago Bulls seasons

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

1990–91

1991–92

1992–93

1993–94

1994–95

1995–96

1996–97

1997–98

2000s

2010s

2020s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

2011–12 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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