2010–11 Chicago Bulls season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox NBA season

| DivisionWin = Yes

| team = Chicago Bulls

| end_year = 2011

| wins = 62

| losses = 20

| division = Central

| division_place = 1

| conf_place = 1

| coach = Tom Thibodeau

| gm = Gar Forman

| owner = Jerry Reinsdorf

| arena = United Center

| playoffs = Eastern Conference Finals
(lost to Heat 1–4)

| bbr_team = CHI

| television = * CSN Chicago (42 games)

| radio = WMVP

}}

The 2010–11 Chicago Bulls season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Led by 22-year old guard Derrick Rose, the Bulls finished the season with a 62–20 record, the best in the league and first-place in the Central Division. They advanced to the Eastern Conference finals where they were eliminated by the Miami Heat team led by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh in 5 games. Derrick Rose won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the youngest NBA player ever to win the award, at the age of 22.{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/history/top-moments/derrick-rose-wins-mvp-2010-11|title=Top Moments: Rose becomes youngest player ever to win MVP|work=NBA.com|date=October 24, 2018|accessdate=June 6, 2021}}

The Bulls won their 8th division title this season and finished with the best record in the NBA, but fell short to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals. It is the first time since 1975 that the Bulls failed to follow up a division title with an NBA title (that year, the Bulls were in the Midwest Division).

In the playoffs, the Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers in five games in the First Round, defeated the Atlanta Hawks in six games in the semifinals, before losing to the Miami Heat in five games in the conference finals. The Heat would eventually lose 4–2 to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals, who won their first championship title.

To date, this playoff run is the deepest that the Bulls have advanced in the post-Michael Jordan era, and it is the only season since 1998 where they reached the conference finals.

Key dates

Summary

=NBA draft=

{{main|2010 NBA draft}}

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#C41E3A;" width="10%"| Round

! style="background:#C41E3A;" width="10%"| Pick

! style="background:#C41E3A;" width="20%"| Player

! style="background:#C41E3A;" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#C41E3A;" width="20%"| Nationality

! style="background:#C41E3A;" width="20%"| School/Club Team

1

| 17

| Kevin Séraphin

| F/C

| {{flagu|France}}

| Cholet Basket (France)

=Free agency=

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=Chicago Bulls|season=2010–11}}

{{player2 | num = 3 | first = Ömer | last = Aşık | pos = C | ft= 7 | in= 0 | lbs = 255 | DOB = 1986-07-04 | from = Turkey}}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Keith | last = Bogans | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 215 | DOB = 1980-05-12 | college = Kentucky}}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Carlos | last = Boozer | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 266 | DOB = 1981-11-20 | college = Duke }}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Ronnie | last = Brewer | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 227 | DOB = 1985-03-20 | college = Arkansas}}

{{player2 | num = 45 | first = Rasual | last = Butler | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 205 | DOB = 1979-05-23 | college = La Salle}}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Luol | last = Deng | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 220 | DOB = 1985-04-16 | college = Duke }}

{{player2 | num = 22 | first = Taj | last = Gibson | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 225 | DOB = 1985-06-24 | college = Southern California}}

{{player2 | num = 26 | first = Kyle | last = Korver | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 212 | DOB = 1981-03-17 | college = Creighton}}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = John | last = Lucas III | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1982-11-21 | college = Oklahoma State }}

{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Joakim | last = Noah | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 232 | DOB = 1985-02-25 | college = Florida }}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Jannero |last = Pargo | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1979-10-22 | college = Arkansas | }}

{{player2 | num = 1 | first = Derrick | last = Rose | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 190 | DOB = 1988-10-04 | college = Memphis }}

{{player2 | num = 24 | first = Brian | last = Scalabrine | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 235 | DOB = 1978-03-18 | college = USC }}

{{player2 | num = 40 | first = Kurt | last = Thomas | dab = basketball | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 230 | DOB = 1972-10-04 | college = Texas Christian}}

{{player2 | num = 32 | first = C. J. | last = Watson | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1984-04-17 | college = Tennessee}}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

| roster_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/2011.html | accessdate = March 20, 2011

}}

Pre-season

=Game log=

{{NBA game log start|Chicago Bulls|pre-season=yes|end_year=2011}}

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|Pre-season|first=yes|

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| October 5

| @ Milwaukee

| {{NBA game|date=20101005|id=CHIMIL|pf=83|pa=92}}

| Kyle Korver (22)

| Joakim Noah (6)

| C. J. Watson (6)

| Bradley Center
10,964

| 0–1

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| October 7

| @ Dallas

| {{NBA game|date=20101007|id=CHIDAL|pf=83|pa=88}}

| Derrick Rose (17)

| Joakim Noah (8)

| Joakim Noah (6)

| American Airlines Center
17,448

| 0–2

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| October 8

| Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20101008|id=WASCHI|pf=107|pa=96}}

| Derrick Rose (18)

| Joakim Noah (11)

| Derrick Rose,
Kyle Weaver,
James Johnson (5)

| United Center
20,898

| 1–2

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

| October 12

| Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20101012|id=TORCHI|pf=109|pa=90}}

| Derrick Rose (23)

| Joakim Noah (14)

| Joakim Noah (8)

| United Center
20,165

| 2–2

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5

| October 15

| Dallas

| {{NBA game|date=20101015|id=DALCHI|pf=105|pa=109|ot=1}}

| Derrick Rose,
Luol Deng (23)

| Joakim Noah (15)

| Joakim Noah (5)

| United Center
21,125

| 2–3

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 6

| October 16

| @ Orlando

| {{NBA game|date=20101016|id=CHIORL|pf=67|pa=105}}

| C. J. Watson (13)

| Brian Scalabrine,
James Johnson (5)

| C. J. Watson (4)

| Amway Center
18,846

| 2–4

|- bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 7

| October 20

| @ Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20101020|id=CHITOR|pf=110|pa=103}}

| Luol Deng (22)

| Ömer Aşık (9)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| Air Canada Centre
12,681

| 3–4

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 8

| October 22

| Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20101022|id=INDCHI|pf=102|pa=74}}

| Luol Deng (29)

| Ömer Aşık (10)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| United Center
21,126

| 4–4

|-

{{NBA game log end|chi|end_year=2011}}

Regular season

=Standings=

{{2010–11 NBA Central standings|team=CHI}}

{{2010–11 NBA East standings|team=CHI}}

=Game log=

{{NBA game log start|Chicago Bulls|end_year=2011|record=Total: 62–20 (home: 36–5; road: 26–15)}}

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|October|first=yes|show=

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 1

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| October 27

| @ Oklahoma City

| {{NBA game|date=20101027|id=CHIOKC|pf=95|pa=106}}

| Derrick Rose (28)

| Joakim Noah (19)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| Oklahoma City Arena
18,203

| 0–1

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 2

| October 30

| Detroit

| {{NBA game|date=20101030|id=DETCHI|pf=101|pa=91}}

| Derrick Rose (39)

| Joakim Noah (17)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| United Center
21,038

| 1–1

|-

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|November|

| home_wins = 4

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 4

| road_losses = 4

}}

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| November 1

| Portland

| {{NBA game|date=20101101|id=PORCHI|pf=110|pa=98}}

| Luol Deng (40)

| Joakim Noah (10)

| Derrick Rose (13)

| United Center
21,057

| 2–1

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| November 4

| New York

| {{NBA game|date=20101104|id=NYKCHI|pf=112|pa=120}}

| Derrick Rose (24)

| Joakim Noah (13)

| Derrick Rose (14)

| United Center
21,203

| 2–2

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5

| November 5

| @ Boston

| {{NBA game|date=20101105|id=CHIBOS|pf=105|pa=110|ot=1}}

| Joakim Noah (26)

| Joakim Noah (12)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| TD Garden
18,624

| 2–3

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6

| November 8

| Denver

| {{NBA game|date=20101108|id=DENCHI|pf=94|pa=92}}

| Derrick Rose (18)

| Joakim Noah (19)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| United Center
21,355

| 3–3

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 7

| November 11

| Golden State

| {{NBA game|date=20101111|id=GSWCHI|pf=120|pa=90}}

| Luol Deng (26)

| Luol Deng (11)

| Derrick Rose (13)

| United Center
21,140

| 4–3

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 8

| November 13

| Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20101113|id=WASCHI|pf=103|pa=96}}

| Derrick Rose (24)

| Luol Deng (9)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
21,610

| 5–3

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 9

| November 16

| @ Houston

| {{NBA game|date=20101116|id=CHIHOU|pf=95|pa=92}}

| Derrick Rose (33)

| Luol Deng (10)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| Toyota Center
18,158

| 6–3

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 10

| November 17

| @ San Antonio

| {{NBA game|date=20101117|id=CHISAS|pf=94|pa=103}}

| Derrick Rose (33)

| Joakim Noah (14)

| Derrick Rose (4)

| AT&T Center
18,581

| 6–4

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 11

| November 19

| @ Dallas

| {{NBA game|date=20101119|id=CHIDAL|pf=88|pa=83}}

| Derrick Rose (22)

| Taj Gibson (18)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| American Airlines Center
20,133

| 7–4

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 12

| November 23

| @ L.A. Lakers

| {{NBA game|date=20101123|id=CHILAL|pf=91|pa=98}}

| Derrick Rose (30)

| Joakim Noah (13)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| Staples Center
18,997

| 7–5

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 13

| November 24

| @ Phoenix

| {{NBA game|date=20101124|id=CHIPHX|pf=123|pa=115|ot=2}}

| Derrick Rose (35)

| Joakim Noah (15)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| US Airways Center
18,422

| 8–5

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 14

| November 26

| @ Denver

| {{NBA game|date=20101126|id=CHIDEN|pf=97|pa=98}}

| C. J. Watson (33)

| Joakim Noah (16)

| Joakim Noah (4)

| Pepsi Center
19,155

| 8–6

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 15

| November 27

| @ Sacramento

| {{NBA game|date=20101127|id=CHISAC|pf=96|pa=85}}

| Derrick Rose (30)

| Ronnie Brewer (10)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| ARCO Arena
13,504

| 9–6

|-

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|December|

| home_wins = 8

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 4

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 16

| December 1

| Orlando

| {{NBA game|date=20101201|id=ORLCHI|pf=78|pa=107}}

| Joakim Noah (16)

| Luol Deng,
Taj Gibson (4)

| Joakim Noah,
Derrick Rose (4)

| United Center
21,435

| 9–7

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 17

| December 3

| @ Boston

| {{NBA game|date=20101203|id=CHIBOS|pf=92|pa=104}}

| Derrick Rose (20)

| Joakim Noah (10)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| TD Garden
18,624

| 9–8

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 18

| December 4

| Houston

| {{NBA game|date=20101204|id=HOUCHI|pf=119|pa=116|ot=1}}

| Derrick Rose (30)

| Joakim Noah (12)

| Derrick Rose (11)

| United Center
21,232

| 10–8

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 19

| December 6

| Oklahoma City

| {{NBA game|date=20101206|id=OKCCHI|pf=99|pa=90}}

| Carlos Boozer (29)

| Carlos Boozer,
Joakim Noah (12)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| United Center
21,184

| 11–8

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 20

| December 8

| @ Cleveland

| {{NBA game|date=20101208|id=CHICLE|pf=88|pa=83}}

| Derrick Rose (29)

| Joakim Noah (14)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562

| 12–8

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 21

| December 10

| L.A. Lakers

| {{NBA game|date=20101210|id=LALCHI|pf=88|pa=84}}

| Derrick Rose (29)

| Carlos Boozer (11)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| United Center
22,760

| 13–8

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 22

| December 11

| Minnesota

| {{NBA game|date=20101211|id=MINCHI|pf=113|pa=82}}

| Derrick Rose (21)

| Taj Gibson,
Joakim Noah (10)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| United Center
21,102

| 14–8

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 23

| December 13

| Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20101213|id=INDCHI|pf=92|pa=73}}

| Carlos Boozer (22)

| Carlos Boozer (18)

| Derrick Rose (12)

| United Center
21,287

| 15–8

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 24

| December 15

| @ Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20101215|id=CHITOR|pf=110|pa=93}}

| Carlos Boozer (34)

| Carlos Boozer (12)

| Derrick Rose (11)

| Air Canada Centre
17,750

| 16–8

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 25

| December 18

| L.A. Clippers

| {{NBA game|date=20101218|id=LACCHI|pf=99|pa=100}}

| Derrick Rose (34)

| Luol Deng (8)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
21,760

| 16–9

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 26

| December 21

| Philadelphia

| {{NBA game|date=20101221|id=PHICHI|pf=121|pa=76}}

| Luol Deng,
Derrick Rose (22)

| Carlos Boozer (11)

| Derrick Rose (12)

| United Center
21,521

| 17–9

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 27

| December 22

| @ Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20101222|id=CHIWAS|pf=87|pa=80}}

| Carlos Boozer (30)

| Carlos Boozer (10)

| Carlos Boozer (7)

| Verizon Center
18,011

| 18–9

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 28

| December 25

| @ New York

| {{NBA game|date=20101225|id=CHINYK|pf=95|pa=103}}

| Carlos Boozer (26)

| Carlos Boozer (19)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 18–10

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 29

| December 26

| @ Detroit

| {{NBA game|date=20101226|id=CHIDET|pf=95|pa=92|ot=1}}

| Carlos Boozer (31)

| Derrick Rose (12)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills
20,765

| 19–10

|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 30

| December 28

| Milwaukee

| {{NBA game|date=20101228|id=MILCHI|pf=90|pa=77}}

| Carlos Boozer,
Luol Deng (24)

| Carlos Boozer (9)

| Derrick Rose (12)

| United Center
22,091

| 20–10

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 31

| December 31

| New Jersey

| {{NBA game|date=20101231|id=NJNCHI|pf=90|pa=81}}

| Carlos Boozer (20)

| Carlos Boozer (15)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| United Center
21,792

| 21–10

|-

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|January|show=

| home_wins = 10

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 32

| January 1

| Cleveland

| {{NBA game|date=20110101|id=CLECHI|pf=100|pa=91}}

| Derrick Rose (28)

| Kurt Thomas (13)

| Derrick Rose (11)

| United Center
21,416

| 22–10

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 33

| January 4

| Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20110104|id=TORCHI|pf=111|pa=91}}

| Luol Deng (24)

| Taj Gibson (14)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| United Center
21,290

| 23–10

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 34

| January 5

| @ New Jersey

| {{NBA game|date=20110105|id=CHINJN|pf=94|pa=96}}

| Derrick Rose (21)

| Carlos Boozer (9)

| Carlos Boozer (5)

| Prudential Center
15,025

| 23–11

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 35

| January 7

| @ Philadelphia

| {{NBA game|date=20110107|id=CHIPHI|pf=99|pa=105}}

| Carlos Boozer (31)

| Carlos Boozer (13)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| Wells Fargo Center
15,303

| 23–12

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 36

| January 8

| Boston

| {{NBA game|date=20110108|id=BOSCHI|pf=90|pa=79}}

| Derrick Rose (36)

| Carlos Boozer (10)

| Luol Deng (5)

| United Center
22,663

| 24–12

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 37

| January 10

| Detroit

| {{NBA game|date=20110110|id=DETCHI|pf=95|pa=82}}

| Derrick Rose (29)

| Carlos Boozer (11)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| United Center
21,407

| 25–12

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 38

| January 12

| @ Charlotte

| {{NBA game|date=20110112|id=CHICHA|pf=91|pa=96}}

| Carlos Boozer (23)

| Carlos Boozer (14)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| Time Warner Cable Arena
12,468

| 25–13

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 39

| January 14

| @ Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20110114|id=CHIIND|pf=99|pa=86}}

| Derrick Rose (29)

| Kurt Thomas (18)

| Ronnie Brewer,
Luol Deng,
Derrick Rose (5)

| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165

| 26–13

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 40

| January 15

| Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20110115|id=MIACHI|pf=99|pa=96}}

| Derrick Rose (34)

| Carlos Boozer (10)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
23,017

| 27–13

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 41

| January 17

| @ Memphis

| {{NBA game|date=20110117|id=CHIMEM|pf=96|pa=84}}

| Luol Deng (28)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| Derrick Rose (12)

| FedExForum
18,119

| 28–13

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 42

| January 18

| Charlotte

| {{NBA game|date=20110118|id=CHACHI|pf=82|pa=83}}

| Derrick Rose (33)

| Kurt Thomas (10)

| Luol Deng,
Derrick Rose (4)

| United Center
21,263

| 28–14

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 43

| January 20

| Dallas

| {{NBA game|date=20110120|id=DALCHI|pf=82|pa=77}}

| Derrick Rose (26)

| Luol Deng (12)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| United Center
21,397

| 29–14

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 44

| January 22

| Cleveland

| {{NBA game|date=20110122|id=CLECHI|pf=92|pa=79}}

| Derrick Rose (24)

| Luol Deng (12)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
21,389

| 30–14

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 45

| January 24

| Milwaukee

| {{NBA game|date=20110124|id=MILCHI|pf=92|pa=83}}

| Kurt Thomas (22)

| Carlos Boozer,
Kurt Thomas (9)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| United Center
21,126

| 31–14

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 46

| January 28

| Orlando

| {{NBA game|date=20110128|id=ORLCHI|pf=99|pa=90}}

| Luol Deng (26)

| Carlos Boozer (16)

| Derrick Rose (12)

| United Center
21,676

| 32–14

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 47

| January 29

| Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20110129|id=INDCHI|pf=110|pa=89}}

| Carlos Boozer (24)

| Carlos Boozer (10)

| Luol Deng (8)

| United Center
21,611

| 33–14

|-

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|February|show=

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 5

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 48

| February 2

| @ L.A. Clippers

| {{NBA game|date=20110202|id=CHILAC|pf=106|pa=88}}

| Derrick Rose (32)

| Taj Gibson (12)

| Derrick Rose (11)

| Staples Center
19,368

| 34–14

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 49

| February 5

| @ Golden State

| {{NBA game|date=20110205|id=CHIGSW|pf=90|pa=101}}

| Carlos Boozer (21)

| Carlos Boozer (10)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| Oracle Arena
19,596

| 34–15

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 50

| February 7

| @ Portland

| {{NBA game|date=20110207|id=CHIPOR|pf=103|pa=109}}

| Derrick Rose (36)

| Carlos Boozer (12)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| Rose Garden
20,534

| 34–16

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 51

| February 9

| @ Utah

| {{NBA game|date=20110209|id=CHIUTA|pf=91|pa=86}}

| Derrick Rose (29)

| Ömer Aşık,
Luol Deng (7)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911

| 35–16

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 52

| February 12

| @ New Orleans

| {{NBA game|date=20110212|id=CHINOH|pf=97|pa=88}}

| Derrick Rose (23)

| Ömer Aşık,
Kurt Thomas (11)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| New Orleans Arena
17,831

| 36–16

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 53

| February 15

| Charlotte

| {{NBA game|date=20110215|id=CHACHI|pf=106|pa=94}}

| Luol Deng (24)

| Carlos Boozer (9)

| Derrick Rose (13)

| United Center
21,391

| 37–16

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 54

| February 17

| San Antonio

| {{NBA game|date=20110217|id=SASCHI|pf=109|pa=99}}

| Derrick Rose (42)

| Kurt Thomas (9)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
22,172

| 38–16

|- align="center"

|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 55

| February 23

| @ Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20110223|id=CHITOR|pf=113|pa=118}}

| Derrick Rose (32)

| Joakim Noah (16)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| Air Canada Centre
18,105

| 38–17

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 56

| February 24

| Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20110224|id=MIACHI|pf=93|pa=89}}

| Derrick Rose (26)

| Ömer Aşık (11)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| United Center
23,024

| 39–17

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 57

| February 26

| @ Milwaukee

| {{NBA game|date=20110226|id=CHIMIL|pf=83|pa=75}}

| Luol Deng (19)

| Joakim Noah (17)

| Derrick Rose (4)

| Bradley Center
18,717

| 40–17

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 58

| February 28

| @ Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20110228|id=CHIWAS|pf=105|pa=77}}

| Luol Deng,
Derrick Rose (21)

| Joakim Noah (11)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| Verizon Center
17,873

| 41–17

|-

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|March||show=

| home_wins = 6

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 7

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 59

| March 2

| @ Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110302|id=CHIATL|pf=80|pa=83}}

| Luol Deng (15)

| Joakim Noah (12)

| Derrick Rose (12)

| Philips Arena
16,928

| 41–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 60

| March 4

| @ Orlando

| {{NBA game|date=20110304|id=CHIORL|pf=89|pa=81}}

| Derrick Rose (24)

| Ömer Aşık (13)

| Ronnie Brewer,
Derrick Rose (4)

| Amway Center
19,207

| 42–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 61

| March 6

| @ Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20110306|id=CHIMIA|pf=87|pa=86}}

| Derrick Rose (27)

| Carlos Boozer (10)

| Derrick Rose (5)

| American Airlines Arena
19,763

| 43–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 62

| March 7

| New Orleans

| {{NBA game|date=20110307|id=NOHCHI|pf=85|pa=77}}

| Derrick Rose (24)

| Joakim Noah (13)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| United Center
21,997

| 44–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 63

| March 9

| @ Charlotte

| {{NBA game|date=20110309|id=CHICHA|pf=101|pa=84}}

| Kyle Korver,
Derrick Rose (20)

| Joakim Noah (13)

| Derrick Rose,
C. J. Watson (6)

| Time Warner Cable Arena
15,286

| 45–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 64

| March 11

| Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110311|id=ATLCHI|pf=94|pa=76}}

| Derrick Rose (34)

| Kurt Thomas (13)

| Luol Deng (7)

| United Center
22,123

| 46–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 65

| March 12

| Utah

| {{NBA game|date=20110312|id=UTACHI|pf=118|pa=100}}

| Luol Deng,
Derrick Rose (26)

| Joakim Noah,
Kurt Thomas (9)

| C. J. Watson (8)

| United Center
22,885

| 47–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 66

| March 15

| Washington

| {{NBA game|date=20110315|id=WASCHI|pf=98|pa=79}}

| Derrick Rose (23)

| Kurt Thomas (15)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| United Center
22,103

| 48–18

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 67

| March 17

| @ New Jersey

| {{NBA game|date=20110317|id=CHINJN|pf=84|pa=73}}

| Derrick Rose (21)

| Ömer Aşık (16)

| Joakim Noah (6)

| Prudential Center
18,351

| 49–18

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 68

| March 18

| @ Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20110318|id=CHIIND|pf=108|pa=115|ot=1}}

| Derrick Rose (42)

| Taj Gibson (16)

| Keith Bogans (3)

| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165

| 49–19

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 69

| March 21

| Sacramento

| {{NBA game|date=20110321|id=SACCHI|pf=132|pa=92}}

| Kyle Korver,
Derrick Rose (18)

| Joakim Noah (9)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
21,873

| 50–19

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 70

| March 22

| @ Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110322|id=CHIATL|pf=114|pa=81}}

| Derrick Rose (30)

| Taj Gibson (8)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| Philips Arena
18,203

| 51–19

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 71

| March 25

| Memphis

| {{NBA game|date=20110325|id=MEMCHI|pf=99|pa=96}}

| Derrick Rose (24)

| Carlos Boozer (9)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| United Center
22,274

| 52–19

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 72

| March 26

| @ Milwaukee

| {{NBA game|date=20110326|id=CHIMIL|pf=95|pa=87}}

| Derrick Rose (30)

| Carlos Boozer,
Joakim Noah (11)

| Derrick Rose (17)

| Bradley Center
18,717

| 53–19

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 73

| March 28

| Philadelphia

| {{NBA game|date=20110328|id=PHICHI|pf=85|pa=97}}

| Derrick Rose (31)

| Joakim Noah (13)

| Derrick Rose (5)

| United Center
22,210

| 53–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 74

| March 30

| @ Minnesota

| {{NBA game|date=20110330|id=CHIMIN|pf=108|pa=91}}

| Carlos Boozer (24)

| Carlos Boozer (14)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| Target Center
19,207

| 54–20

|-

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|April||show=

| home_wins = 4

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 4

| road_losses = 0

}}

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 75

| April 1

| @ Detroit

| {{NBA game|date=20110401|id=CHIDET|pf=101|pa=96}}

| Derrick Rose (27)

| Carlos Boozer,
Kurt Thomas (8)

| Carlos Boozer,
Derrick Rose (7)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076

| 55–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 76

| April 2

| Toronto

| {{NBA game|date=20110402|id=TORCHI|pf=113|pa=106}}

| Derrick Rose (36)

| Carlos Boozer (10)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| United Center
22,228

| 56–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 77

| April 5

| Phoenix

| {{NBA game|date=20110405|id=PHXCHI|pf=97|pa=94}}

| Derrick Rose (19)

| Carlos Boozer,
Taj Gibson (9)

| Carlos Boozer (7)

| United Center
21,873

| 57–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 78

| April 7

| Boston

| {{NBA game|date=20110407|id=BOSCHI|pf=97|pa=81}}

| Derrick Rose (30)

| Carlos Boozer (12)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
23,067

| 58–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 79

| April 8

| @ Cleveland

| {{NBA game|date=20110408|id=CHICLE|pf=93|pa=82}}

| Carlos Boozer (24)

| Carlos Boozer (11)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562

| 59–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 80

| April 10

| @ Orlando

| {{NBA game|date=20110410|id=CHIORL|pf=102|pa=99}}

| Derrick Rose (39)

| Taj Gibson (11)

| Carlos Boozer (6)

| Amway Center
19,181

| 60–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 81

| April 12

| @ New York

| {{NBA game|date=20110412|id=CHINYK|pf=103|pa=90}}

| Derrick Rose (26)

| Carlos Boozer (22)

| Carlos Boozer,
Luol Deng (4)

| Madison Square Garden
19,763

| 61–20

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 82

| April 13

| New Jersey

| {{NBA game|date=20110413|id=NJNCHI|pf=97|pa=92}}

| Kyle Korver (19)

| Joakim Noah (10)

| C. J. Watson (6)

| United Center
22,420

| 62–20

{{NBA game log end|chi|end_year=2011}}

Playoffs

=Game log=

{{NBA game log start|Chicago Bulls|playoffs=yes|end_year=2011}}

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|First Round|first=yes|playoffs=yes

|home_wins = 3

|home_losses = 0

|road_wins = 1

|road_losses = 1

}}

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 1

| April 16

| Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20110416|id=INDCHI|pf=104|pa=99}}

| Derrick Rose (39)

| Joakim Noah (11)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| United Center
22,986

| 1–0

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 2

| April 18

| Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20110418|id=INDCHI|pf=96|pa=90}}

| Derrick Rose (36)

| Carlos Boozer (16)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| United Center
22,480

| 2–0

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 3

| April 21

| @ Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20110421|id=CHIIND|pf=88|pa=84}}

| Derrick Rose (23)

| Carlos Boozer (11)

| Luol Deng (6)

| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165

| 3–0

|- bgcolor=ffcccc

| 4

| April 23

| @ Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20110423|id=CHIIND|pf=84|pa=89}}

| Joakim Noah (21)

| Joakim Noah (14)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165

| 3–1

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 5

| April 26

| Indiana

| {{NBA game|date=20110426|id=INDCHI|pf=116|pa=89}}

| Derrick Rose (25)

| Joakim Noah (8)

| Luol Deng,
C. J. Watson (7)

| United Center
22,822

| 4–1

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|Conference Semifinals|playoffs=yes

|home_wins = 2

|home_losses = 1

|road_wins = 2

|road_losses = 1

}}

|- bgcolor=ffcccc

| 1

| May 2

| Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110502|id=ATLCHI|pf=95|pa=103}}

| Derrick Rose (24)

| Joakim Noah (9)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| United Center
22,890

| 0–1

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 2

| May 4

| Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110504|id=ATLCHI|pf=86|pa=73}}

| Derrick Rose (25)

| Joakim Noah (14)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| United Center
22,872

| 1–1

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 3

| May 6

| @ Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110506|id=CHIATL|pf=99|pa=82}}

| Derrick Rose (44)

| Joakim Noah (15)

| Derrick Rose (7)

| Philips Arena
19,521

| 2–1

|- bgcolor=ffcccc

| 4

| May 8

| @ Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110508|id=CHIATL|pf=88|pa=100}}

| Derrick Rose (34)

| Joakim Noah (11)

| Derrick Rose (10)

| Philips Arena
19,263

| 2–2

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 5

| May 10

| Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110510|id=ATLCHI|pf=95|pa=83}}

| Derrick Rose (33)

| Carlos Boozer (12)

| Derrick Rose (9)

| United Center
22,980

| 3–2

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 6

| May 12

| @ Atlanta

| {{NBA game|date=20110512|id=CHIATL|pf=93|pa=73}}

| Carlos Boozer (23)

| Carlos Boozer (10)

| Derrick Rose (12)

| Philips Arena
19,378

| 4–2

{{NBA game log section|Chicago Bulls|Conference Finals|playoffs=yes

|home_wins = 1

|home_losses = 2

|road_wins = 0

|road_losses = 2

}}

|- bgcolor=ccffcc

| 1

| May 15

| Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20110515|id=MIACHI|pf=103|pa=82}}

| Derrick Rose (28)

| Joakim Noah (14)

| Derrick Rose (6)

| United Center
22,874

| 1–0

|- bgcolor=ffcccc

| 2

| May 18

| Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20110518|id=MIACHI|pf=75|pa=85}}

| Derrick Rose (21)

| Carlos Boozer,
Joakim Noah (8)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
23,007

| 1–1

|- bgcolor=ffcccc

| 3

| May 22

| @ Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20110522|id=CHIMIA|pf=85|pa=96}}

| Carlos Boozer (26)

| Carlos Boozer (17)

| Joakim Noah (6)

| American Airlines Arena
20,123

| 1–2

|- bgcolor=ffcccc

| 4

| May 24

| @ Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20110524|id=CHIMIA|pf=93|pa=101|ot=1}}

| Derrick Rose (23)

| Joakim Noah (14)

| Joakim Noah,
Derrick Rose (6)

| American Airlines Arena
20,125

| 1–3

|- bgcolor=ffcccc

| 5

| May 26

| Miami

| {{NBA game|date=20110526|id=MIACHI|pf=80|pa=83}}

| Derrick Rose (25)

| Joakim Noah,
Kurt Thomas (8)

| Derrick Rose (8)

| United Center
23,057

| 1–4

{{NBA game log end|CHI|playoffs=yes|end_year=2011}}

Player statistics

{{NBA roster statistics legend}}

=Season=

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style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|Player

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|GP

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|GS

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|MPG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|FG%

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|3P%

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|FT%

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|RPG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|APG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|SPG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|BPG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|PPG

align="center" bgcolor=""

| Ömer Aşık

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 82012.1style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | .553.0.5003.70.4.24.682.8
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Keith Bogans

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 82style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 8217.8.404.380.6601.81.2.46.114.4
align="center" bgcolor=""

| Carlos Boozer

595931.9.510.0.7009.62.5.76.3117.5
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Ronnie Brewer

81122.2.480.222.6503.21.7style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1.31.276.2
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Rasual Butler

604.3.545.571.0.2.0.0.202.7
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Luol Deng

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 82style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 82style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 39.1.460.345.7505.82.8.95.5.917.4
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Taj Gibson

801921.8.466.125.6805.70.7.491.337.1
align="center" bgcolor=""

| Kyle Korver

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 82020.1.435.415style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | .891.81.5.43.248.3
align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| Joakim Noah

484832.8.525.0.740style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 10.42.21.00style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1.5011.7
align="center" bgcolor=""

| Derrick Rose

818137.4.445.332.8604.1style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 7.71.05.63style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 25.0
align="center" bgcolor=""

| Kurt Thomas

523722.7.511style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1.00.6305.81.2.62.814.1
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| C. J. Watson

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 82113.3.371.393.7401.12.3.67.134.9

=Playoffs=

  • The Bulls regular season record of 62–20 was the best in the NBA and assured the Bulls of home court advantage throughout the playoffs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/chicago/nba/news/story?id=6350435|title = With Spurs' loss, Bulls secure NBA's top record|date = April 14, 2011}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|Player

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|GP

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|GS

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|MPG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|FG%

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|3P%

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|FT%

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|RPG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|APG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|SPG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|BPG

! style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 3px solid; border-bottom:#010101 3px solid;"|PPG

align="center" bgcolor=""

| Ömer Aşık

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1509.9.462.0.3002.1.1.13.531.0
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Keith Bogans

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1619.2.406.424.2501.3.8.63.195.1
align="center" bgcolor=""

| Carlos Boozer

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1631.7.433.0.8009.71.8.56.4412.6
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Ronnie Brewer

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16016.3.480.429.7652.1.9.75.384.0
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Rasual Butler

302.3style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1.000style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1.000.0.3.0.0.01.0
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Luol Deng

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 42.9.426.324.8396.62.7style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1.50.6316.9
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Taj Gibson

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16017.8.566.000.6004.10.6.311.385.9
align="center" bgcolor=""

| Kyle Korver

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16017.3.388.423style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1.0001.21.1.50.196.6
align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| Joakim Noah

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1633.1.411.0.725style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 10.22.51.0style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 2.068.7
align="center" bgcolor=""

| Derrick Rose

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 16style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1640.6.396.248.8284.3style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 7.71.38.69style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 27.1
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Kurt Thomas

7010.6.556.000.0002.7.4.14.432.9
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| C. J. Watson

style="background:black;color:#d40026;" | 1608.5.339.200.909.91.9.50.03.2

Awards, records and milestones

=Awards=

==Week/Month==

  • On November 15, Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (November 8–14).{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/2010/news/11/15/players.ofthe.week/index.html|title=Bulls' Rose, Jazz's Williams named Players of the Week|date=November 15, 2010|work=NBA.com|access-date=2010-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117023429/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/11/15/players.ofthe.week/index.html|archive-date=November 17, 2010|url-status=dead}}
  • Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Coach of the Month for January.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/thibodeau_com_110201.html|title=Thibodeau named East's Coach of the Month

|date=February 1, 2011|work=NBA.com|access-date=2011-02-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110202184538/http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/thibodeau_com_110201.html| archive-date= February 2, 2011 | url-status= live}}

  • Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Coach of the Month for March.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/thibodeau_cotm_110401.html|title=Thibodeau named East's Coach of the Month

|date=April 1, 2011|work=NBA.com|access-date=2011-04-01}}

  • Derrick Rose was named Player of the Month for March.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/rose_potm_110401.html|title=Derrick Rose named Player of the Month|date=April 1, 2011|work=NBA.com|access-date=2011-04-01}}

==All-Star==

  • Derrick Rose was the starting point guard at the 2010–2011 NBA All-Star game.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/games/20110220/ESTWST/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 5, 2011 |archive-date=February 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222132851/http://www.nba.com/games/20110220/ESTWST/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore |url-status=dead }} In just under 30 minutes of playing time, Rose scored 11 points with 3 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal.

==Season==

=Records=

  • On March 12 the Bulls set a franchise record 18 converted 3-point shots in a game against the Utah Jazz. The previous record was 15 set in '94.
  • Derrick Rose, at age 21, became the youngest MVP winner by winning this year's MVP title.

=Milestones=

Kurt Thomas played in his 1000th game in a contest vs the Charlotte Bobcats on Feb 15, 2011 at the United Center.

Derrick Rose scored a career high 44 pts vs the Atlanta Hawks on May 6, 2011.

Derrick Rose also had his first career triple-double at the Memphis Grizzlies on Jan 17, 2011.

The 62 wins by the Bulls is the most since the 97–98 season.

After defeating the New York Knicks on April 12, 2011, the Bulls became the only team of the 2010–2011 season to defeat all 29 other teams at least once.

Chicago Bulls Derrick Rose won 2010-11 NBA MVP and single-handedly led his team to the Best NBA Regular Season Record without any All-Star teammates. This put him in a very small pct. of players in NBA History that won MVP and led their team to best regular season record without any All-Star teammates.

Injuries and surgeries

  • Carlos Boozer underwent surgery on October 5 to repair a fractured right hand. He claimed to have tripped over a bag at his home. After missing the first 15 games of the season, Boozer made his return on December 1 in a loss against the Orlando Magic.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/2010/news/10/05/boozer-surgery.ap/index.html|title=Boozer to miss two months after having hand surgery|date=October 5, 2010|work=NBA.com|access-date=2010-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113920/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/10/05/boozer-surgery.ap/index.html|archive-date=October 7, 2010|url-status=dead}}
  • Joakim Noah underwent surgery on December 16 to repair a torn ligament in his right hand. He suffered the injury in a game against the Sacramento Kings on November 27.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/2010/news/12/16/noah-out.ap/index.html|title=Bulls' Noah has surgery, out 8–10 weeks with hand injury|date=December 16, 2010|work=NBA.com|access-date=2010-12-16}} He returned to action in the 55th game of the season on February 23 after recuperating from right thumb surgery. He scored 7 points and had 16 rebounds in just over 24 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/games/20110223/ESTWST/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore |title=NBA Games - All NBA matchups|website=NBA.com |access-date=2011-04-10 |df=mdy }}
  • Taj Gibson suffered a concussion in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers on December 18.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/2010/news/12/21/gibson-out.ap/index.html|title=Bulls' Gibson still out after concussion|date=December 21, 2010|work=NBA.com|access-date=2010-12-21}} He missed one game before suiting up for a game against the Washington Wizards on December 22, playing just 31 seconds.
  • Carlos Boozer missed the January 17 game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a sprained ankle. He returned to play in the Jan 22 game against Cleveland.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2011-01-17/carlos-boozer-sits-with-ankle-injury|title= Carlos Boozer sits with ankle injury|work = Sporting News|date=January 17, 2011|access-date=2011-01-17}}
  • Carlos Boozer missed the March 11 game against the Atlanta Hawks with a sprained ankle. He missed 4 subsequent games and returned for the March 21 game against the Sacramento Kings
  • Joakim Noah returned to the inactive list for games 74, 75 and 76.

Transactions

=Trades=

class="wikitable"
style="width:12%" | July 8, 2010

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Chicago Bulls


| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Washington Wizards


style="width:12%" | July 8, 2010

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Chicago Bulls


| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Utah Jazz


  • Player exception
style="width:12%" | July 9, 2010

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Chicago Bulls


  • 2011 second-round pick

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Phoenix Suns


style="width:12%" | July 22, 2010

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Chicago Bulls


| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Golden State Warriors


  • 2011 second-round pick
style="width:12%" | February 22, 2011

| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Chicago Bulls


| style="width:30%" valign="top"| To Toronto Raptors


=Free agents=

==Additions==

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! style="background:#C41E3A; color:white" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#C41E3A; color:white" width="10%"| Signed

! style="background:#C41E3A; color:white" width="20%"| Former Team

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| Carlos Boozer

| Signed 5-year contract for $80 Million

| Utah Jazz

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| Kyle Korver

| Signed 3-year contract for $15 Million

| Utah Jazz

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| Ronnie Brewer

| Signed 3-year contract for $12.5 Million

| Memphis Grizzlies

style="text-align: center"

| C.J. Watson

| Signed 2-year contract for $6.5 Million

| Golden State Warriors

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| Kurt Thomas

| Signed 1-year contract for $1.1 Million

| Milwaukee Bucks

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| Ömer Aşık

|

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe Ülker

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| Keith Bogans

| Signed 2-year contract for $2.5 Million

| San Antonio Spurs

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| Brian Scalabrine

| Undisclosed terms

| Boston Celtics

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| Rasual Butler

| Undisclosed terms

| Los Angeles Clippers

==Subtractions==

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! style="background:#C41E3A; color:white" width="10%"| Player

! style="background:#C41E3A; color:white" width="10%"| Reason Left

! style="background:#C41E3A; color:white" width="20%"| New Team

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| Rob Kurz

| Waived

| CB Granada

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| Chris Richard

| Waived

| N/A

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| Hakim Warrick

| Free agent

| Phoenix Suns

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| Brad Miller

| Free agent

| Houston Rockets

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| Jannero Pargo

| Free agent

| Chicago Bulls

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| Acie Law

| Free agent

| Golden State Warriors

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| Joe Alexander

| Free agent

| Texas Legends

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| John Lucas III

| Waived

| Chicago Bulls

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