2010–11 Chicago Bulls season explained

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) CSN Chicago Plus (5 games) WGN America (15 games) WGN (24 games) WCIU (7 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.^[1]

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

• June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 1 – The free agency period began.

Summary

NBA draft

See main article: 2010 NBA draft.

Free agency

Carlos Boozer Kyle Korver Ronnie Brewer

Ömer Aşık Keith Bogans John Lucas III

Brian Scalabrine Kurt Thomas C. J. Watson

Pre-season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 5| @ Milwaukee| | Kyle Korver (22)| Joakim Noah (6)| C. J. Watson (6)| Bradley Center
10,964| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| October 7| @ Dallas| | Derrick Rose (17)| Joakim Noah (8)| Joakim Noah (6)| American Airlines Center
17,448| 0–2|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| October 8| Washington| | 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| | Derrick Rose (23)| Joakim Noah (14)| Joakim Noah (8)| United Center
20,165| 2–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| October 15| Dallas| | Derrick Rose,
Luol Deng (23)| Joakim Noah (15)| Joakim Noah (5)| United Center
21,125| 2–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| October 16| @ Orlando| | 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| | Luol Deng (22)| Ömer Aşık (9)| Derrick Rose (9)| Air Canada Centre
12,681| 3–4|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 8| October 22| Indiana| | Luol Deng (29)| Ömer Aşık (10)| Derrick Rose (6)| United Center
21,126| 4–4|-

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 27| @ Oklahoma City| | Derrick Rose (28)| Joakim Noah (19)| Derrick Rose (6)| Oklahoma City Arena
18,203| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| October 30 | Detroit| | Derrick Rose (39)| Joakim Noah (17)| Derrick Rose (7)| United Center
21,038| 1–1|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| November 1| Portland| | Luol Deng (40)| Joakim Noah (10)| Derrick Rose (13)| United Center
21,057| 2–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| November 4| New York| | Derrick Rose (24)| Joakim Noah (13)| Derrick Rose (14)| United Center
21,203| 2–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| November 5| @ Boston| | Joakim Noah (26)| Joakim Noah (12)| Derrick Rose (9)| TD Garden
18,624| 2–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 6| November 8| Denver| | Derrick Rose (18)| Joakim Noah (19)| Derrick Rose (6)| United Center
21,355| 3–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 7| November 11| Golden State| | Luol Deng (26)| Luol Deng (11)| Derrick Rose (13)| United Center
21,140| 4–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 8| November 13| Washington| | Derrick Rose (24)| Luol Deng (9)| Derrick Rose (8)| United Center
21,610| 5–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 9| November 16| @ Houston| | Derrick Rose (33)| Luol Deng (10)| Derrick Rose (7)| Toyota Center
18,158| 6–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 10| November 17| @ San Antonio| | Derrick Rose (33)| Joakim Noah (14)| Derrick Rose (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 6–4|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 11| November 19| @ Dallas| | Derrick Rose (22)| Taj Gibson (18)| Derrick Rose (6)| American Airlines Center
20,133| 7–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 12| November 23| @ L.A. Lakers| | Derrick Rose (30)| Joakim Noah (13)| Derrick Rose (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 7–5|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 13| November 24| @ Phoenix| | Derrick Rose (35)| Joakim Noah (15)| Derrick Rose (7)| US Airways Center
18,422| 8–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 14| November 26| @ Denver| | C. J. Watson (33)| Joakim Noah (16)| Joakim Noah (4)| Pepsi Center
19,155| 8–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 15| November 27| @ Sacramento| | Derrick Rose (30)| Ronnie Brewer (10)| Derrick Rose (7)| ARCO Arena
13,504| 9–6|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 16| December 1| Orlando| | 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| | Derrick Rose (20)| Joakim Noah (10)| Derrick Rose (8)| TD Garden
18,624| 9–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 18| December 4| Houston| | Derrick Rose (30)| Joakim Noah (12)| Derrick Rose (11)| United Center
21,232| 10–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 19| December 6| Oklahoma City| | Carlos Boozer (29)| Carlos Boozer,
Joakim Noah (12)| Derrick Rose (9)| United Center
21,184| 11–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 20| December 8| @ Cleveland| | Derrick Rose (29)| Joakim Noah (14)| Derrick Rose (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 12–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 21| December 10| L.A. Lakers| | Derrick Rose (29)| Carlos Boozer (11)| Derrick Rose (9)| United Center
22,760| 13–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 22| December 11| Minnesota| | Derrick Rose (21)| Taj Gibson,
Joakim Noah (10)| Derrick Rose (7)| United Center
21,102| 14–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 23| December 13| Indiana| | Carlos Boozer (22)| Carlos Boozer (18)| Derrick Rose (12)| United Center
21,287| 15–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 24| December 15| @ Toronto| | Carlos Boozer (34)| Carlos Boozer (12)| Derrick Rose (11)| Air Canada Centre
17,750| 16–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 25| December 18| L.A. Clippers| | Derrick Rose (34)| Luol Deng (8)| Derrick Rose (8)| United Center
21,760| 16–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 26| December 21| Philadelphia| | Luol Deng,
Derrick Rose (22)| Carlos Boozer (11)| Derrick Rose (12)| United Center
21,521| 17–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 27| December 22| @ Washington| | Carlos Boozer (30)| Carlos Boozer (10)| Carlos Boozer (7)| Verizon Center
18,011| 18–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 28| December 25| @ New York| | Carlos Boozer (26)| Carlos Boozer (19)| Derrick Rose (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 18–10|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 29| December 26| @ Detroit| | Carlos Boozer (31)| Derrick Rose (12)| Derrick Rose (8)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
20,765| 19–10|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 30| December 28| Milwaukee| | Carlos Boozer,
Luol Deng (24)| Carlos Boozer (9)| Derrick Rose (12)| United Center
22,091| 20–10|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 31| December 31| New Jersey| | Carlos Boozer (20)| Carlos Boozer (15)| Derrick Rose (9)| United Center
21,792| 21–10|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 32| January 1| Cleveland| | Derrick Rose (28)| Kurt Thomas (13)| Derrick Rose (11)| United Center
21,416| 22–10|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 33| January 4| Toronto| | Luol Deng (24)| Taj Gibson (14)| Derrick Rose (6)| United Center
21,290| 23–10|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 34| January 5| @ New Jersey| | Derrick Rose (21)| Carlos Boozer (9)| Carlos Boozer (5)| Prudential Center
15,025| 23–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 35| January 7| @ Philadelphia| | Carlos Boozer (31)| Carlos Boozer (13)| Derrick Rose (9)| Wells Fargo Center
15,303| 23–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 36| January 8| Boston| | Derrick Rose (36)| Carlos Boozer (10)| Luol Deng (5)| United Center
22,663| 24–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 37| January 10| Detroit| | Derrick Rose (29)| Carlos Boozer (11)| Derrick Rose (7)| United Center
21,407| 25–12|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 38| January 12| @ Charlotte| | Carlos Boozer (23)| Carlos Boozer (14)| Derrick Rose (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
12,468| 25–13|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 39| January 14| @ Indiana| | 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| | Derrick Rose (34)| Carlos Boozer (10)| Derrick Rose (8)| United Center
23,017| 27–13|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 41| January 17| @ Memphis| | Luol Deng (28)| Derrick Rose (10)| Derrick Rose (12)| FedExForum
18,119| 28–13|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 42| January 18| Charlotte| | Derrick Rose (33)| Kurt Thomas (10)| Luol Deng,
Derrick Rose (4)| United Center
21,263| 28–14|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 43| January 20| Dallas| | Derrick Rose (26)| Luol Deng (12)| Derrick Rose (9)| United Center
21,397| 29–14|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 44| January 22| Cleveland| | Derrick Rose (24)| Luol Deng (12)| Derrick Rose (8)| United Center
21,389| 30–14|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 45| January 24| Milwaukee| | Kurt Thomas (22)| Carlos Boozer,
Kurt Thomas (9)| Derrick Rose (10)| United Center
21,126| 31–14|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 46| January 28| Orlando| | Luol Deng (26)| Carlos Boozer (16)| Derrick Rose (12)| United Center
21,676| 32–14|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 47| January 29| Indiana| | Carlos Boozer (24)| Carlos Boozer (10)| Luol Deng (8)| United Center
21,611| 33–14|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 48| February 2| @ L.A. Clippers| | Derrick Rose (32)| Taj Gibson (12)| Derrick Rose (11)| Staples Center
19,368| 34–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 49| February 5| @ Golden State| | Carlos Boozer (21)| Carlos Boozer (10)| Derrick Rose (10)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 34–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 50| February 7| @ Portland| | Derrick Rose (36)| Carlos Boozer (12)| Derrick Rose (6)| Rose Garden
20,534| 34–16|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 51| February 9| @ Utah| | Derrick Rose (29)| Ömer Aşık,
Luol Deng (7)| Derrick Rose (7)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 35–16|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 52| February 12| @ New Orleans| | Derrick Rose (23)| Ömer Aşık,
Kurt Thomas (11)| Derrick Rose (6)| New Orleans Arena
17,831| 36–16|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 53| February 15| Charlotte| | Luol Deng (24)| Carlos Boozer (9)| Derrick Rose (13)| United Center
21,391| 37–16|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 54| February 17| San Antonio| | 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| | Derrick Rose (32)| Joakim Noah (16)| Derrick Rose (10)| Air Canada Centre
18,105| 38–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 56| February 24| Miami| | Derrick Rose (26)| Ömer Aşık (11)| Derrick Rose (6)| United Center
23,024| 39–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 57| February 26| @ Milwaukee| | Luol Deng (19)| Joakim Noah (17)| Derrick Rose (4)| Bradley Center
18,717| 40–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 58| February 28| @ Washington| | Luol Deng,
Derrick Rose (21)| Joakim Noah (11)| Derrick Rose (9)| Verizon Center
17,873| 41–17|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 59| March 2| @ Atlanta| | Luol Deng (15)| Joakim Noah (12)| Derrick Rose (12)| Philips Arena
16,928| 41–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 60| March 4| @ Orlando| | Derrick Rose (24)| Ömer Aşık (13)| Ronnie Brewer,
Derrick Rose (4)| Amway Center
19,207| 42–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 61| March 6| @ Miami| | Derrick Rose (27)| Carlos Boozer (10)| Derrick Rose (5)| American Airlines Arena
19,763| 43–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 62| March 7| New Orleans| | Derrick Rose (24)| Joakim Noah (13)| Derrick Rose (9)| United Center
21,997| 44–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 63| March 9| @ Charlotte| | 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| | Derrick Rose (34)| Kurt Thomas (13)| Luol Deng (7)| United Center
22,123| 46–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 65| March 12| Utah| | 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| | Derrick Rose (23)| Kurt Thomas (15)| Derrick Rose (7)| United Center
22,103| 48–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 67| March 17| @ New Jersey| | Derrick Rose (21)| Ömer Aşık (16)| Joakim Noah (6)| Prudential Center
18,351| 49–18|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68| March 18| @ Indiana| | Derrick Rose (42)| Taj Gibson (16)| Keith Bogans (3)| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165| 49–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 69| March 21| Sacramento| | Kyle Korver,
Derrick Rose (18)| Joakim Noah (9)| Derrick Rose (8)| United Center
21,873| 50–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 70| March 22| @ Atlanta| | Derrick Rose (30)| Taj Gibson (8)| Derrick Rose (10)| Philips Arena
18,203| 51–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 71| March 25| Memphis| | Derrick Rose (24)| Carlos Boozer (9)| Derrick Rose (7)| United Center
22,274| 52–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 72| March 26| @ Milwaukee| | Derrick Rose (30)| Carlos Boozer,
Joakim Noah (11)| Derrick Rose (17)| Bradley Center
18,717| 53–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| March 28| Philadelphia| | Derrick Rose (31)| Joakim Noah (13)| Derrick Rose (5)| United Center
22,210| 53–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 74| March 30| @ Minnesota| | Carlos Boozer (24)| Carlos Boozer (14)| Derrick Rose (10)| Target Center
19,207| 54–20|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 75| April 1| @ Detroit| | 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| | Derrick Rose (36)| Carlos Boozer (10)| Derrick Rose (10)| United Center
22,228| 56–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 77| April 5| Phoenix| | Derrick Rose (19)| Carlos Boozer,
Taj Gibson (9)| Carlos Boozer (7)| United Center
21,873| 57–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 78| April 7| Boston| | Derrick Rose (30)| Carlos Boozer (12)| Derrick Rose (8)| United Center
23,067| 58–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 79| April 8| @ Cleveland| | Carlos Boozer (24)| Carlos Boozer (11)| Derrick Rose (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 59–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 80| April 10| @ Orlando| | Derrick Rose (39)| Taj Gibson (11)| Carlos Boozer (6)| Amway Center
19,181| 60–20|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 81| April 12| @ New York| | 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| | Kyle Korver (19)| Joakim Noah (10)| C. J. Watson (6)| United Center
22,420| 62–20

Playoffs

Game log

|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 1| April 16| Indiana| | Derrick Rose (39)| Joakim Noah (11)| Derrick Rose (6)| United Center
22,986| 1–0|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| April 18| Indiana| | Derrick Rose (36)| Carlos Boozer (16)| Derrick Rose (6)| United Center
22,480| 2–0|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 3| April 21| @ Indiana| | Derrick Rose (23)| Carlos Boozer (11)| Luol Deng (6)| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165| 3–0|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 4| April 23| @ Indiana| | Joakim Noah (21)| Joakim Noah (14)| Derrick Rose (10)| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165| 3–1|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 5| April 26| Indiana| | Derrick Rose (25)| Joakim Noah (8)| Luol Deng,
C. J. Watson (7)| United Center
22,822| 4–1

|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 1| May 2| Atlanta| | Derrick Rose (24)| Joakim Noah (9)| Derrick Rose (10)| United Center
22,890| 0–1|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| May 4| Atlanta| | Derrick Rose (25)| Joakim Noah (14)| Derrick Rose (10)| United Center
22,872| 1–1|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 3| May 6| @ Atlanta| | Derrick Rose (44)| Joakim Noah (15)| Derrick Rose (7)| Philips Arena
19,521| 2–1|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 4| May 8| @ Atlanta| | Derrick Rose (34)| Joakim Noah (11)| Derrick Rose (10)| Philips Arena
19,263| 2–2|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 5| May 10| Atlanta| | Derrick Rose (33)| Carlos Boozer (12)| Derrick Rose (9)| United Center
22,980| 3–2|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 6| May 12| @ Atlanta| | Carlos Boozer (23)| Carlos Boozer (10)| Derrick Rose (12)| Philips Arena
19,378| 4–2

|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 1| May 15| Miami| | Derrick Rose (28)| Joakim Noah (14)| Derrick Rose (6)| United Center
22,874| 1–0|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 2| May 18| Miami| | Derrick Rose (21)| Carlos Boozer,
Joakim Noah (8)| Derrick Rose (8)| United Center
23,007| 1–1|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 3| May 22| @ Miami| | Carlos Boozer (26)| Carlos Boozer (17)| Joakim Noah (6)| American Airlines Arena
20,123| 1–2|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 4| May 24| @ Miami| | Derrick Rose (23)| Joakim Noah (14)| Joakim Noah,
Derrick Rose (6)| American Airlines Arena
20,125| 1–3|- bgcolor=ffcccc| 5| May 26| Miami| | Derrick Rose (25)| Joakim Noah,
Kurt Thomas (8)| Derrick Rose (8)| United Center
23,057| 1–4

Player statistics

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	82	0	12.1	.553	.0	.500	3.7	0.4	.24	.68	2.8
Keith Bogans	82	82	17.8	.404	.380	.660	1.8	1.2	.46	.11	4.4
Carlos Boozer	59	59	31.9	.510	.0	.700	9.6	2.5	.76	.31	17.5
	81	1	22.2	.480	.222	.650	3.2	1.7	1.31	.27	6.2
	6	0	4.3	.545	.571	.0	.2	.0	.0	.20	2.7
Luol Deng	82	82	39.1	.460	.345	.750	5.8	2.8	.95	.5.9	17.4
	80	19	21.8	.466	.125	.680	5.7	0.7	.49	1.33	7.1
	82	0	20.1	.435	.415	.89	1.8	1.5	.43	.24	8.3
Joakim Noah	48	48	32.8	.525	.0	.740	10.4	2.2	1.00	1.50	11.7
Derrick Rose	81	81	37.4	.445	.332	.860	4.1	7.7	1.05	.63	25.0
	52	37	22.7	.511	1.00	.630	5.8	1.2	.62	.81	4.1
	82	1	13.3	.371	.393	.740	1.1	2.3	.67	.13	4.9

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.^[2]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	15	0	9.9	.462	.0	.300	2.1	.1	.13	.53	1.0
Keith Bogans	16	16	19.2	.406	.424	.250	1.3	.8	.63	.19	5.1
Carlos Boozer	16	16	31.7	.433	.0	.800	9.7	1.8	.56	.44	12.6
	16	0	16.3	.480	.429	.765	2.1	.9	.75	.38	4.0
	3	0	2.3	1.000	1.000	.0	.3	.0	.0	.0	1.0
Luol Deng	16	16	42.9	.426	.324	.839	6.6	2.7	1.50	.63	16.9
	16	0	17.8	.566	.000	.600	4.1	0.6	.31	1.38	5.9
	16	0	17.3	.388	.423	1.000	1.2	1.1	.50	.19	6.6
Joakim Noah	16	16	33.1	.411	.0	.725	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.06	8.7
Derrick Rose	16	16	40.6	.396	.248	.828	4.3	7.7	1.38	.69	27.1
	7	0	10.6	.556	.000	.000	2.7	.4	.14	.43	2.9
	16	0	8.5	.339	.200	.909	.9	1.9	.50	.0	3.2

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

• Tom Thibodeau wins NBA Coach of the Year
• Derrick Rose is named NBA Most Valuable Player
• Gar Forman wins the NBA Executive of the Year Award, along with Miami Heat President Pat Riley.
• Derrick Rose made the All-NBA First Team
• Joakim Noah made the NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Week/Month

• On November 15, Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (November 8–14).^[3]
• Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Coach of the Month for January.^[4]
• Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Coach of the Month for March.^[5]
• Derrick Rose was named Player of the Month for March.^[6]

All-Star

• Derrick Rose was the starting point guard at the 2010–2011 NBA All-Star game.^[7] In just under 30 minutes of playing time, Rose scored 11 points with 3 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal.

Season

• Luol Deng, a former winner (2006–2007) of the NBA Sportsmanship Award, finished second behind Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors for this year's award.

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.^[8]
• 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.^[9] 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.^[10]
• Taj Gibson suffered a concussion in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers on December 18.^[11] 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.^[12]
• 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

July 8, 2010	To Chicago Bulls Draft rights to Vladimir Veremeenko	To Washington Wizards Kirk Hinrich No. 17 pick (Kevin Seraphin) cash considerations
July 8, 2010	To Chicago Bulls Carlos Boozer Protected second-round pick	To Utah Jazz Player exception
July 9, 2010	To Chicago Bulls 2011 second-round pick	To Phoenix Suns Hakim Warrick (sign and trade)
July 22, 2010	To Chicago Bulls C. J. Watson (sign and trade)	To Golden State Warriors 2011 second-round pick
February 22, 2011	To Chicago Bulls 2011 first-round pick of Miami Heat	To Toronto Raptors James Johnson

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Carlos Boozer	Signed 5-year contract for $80 Million	Utah Jazz
Kyle Korver	Signed 3-year contract for $15 Million	Utah Jazz
Ronnie Brewer	Signed 3-year contract for $12.5 Million	Memphis Grizzlies
C.J. Watson	Signed 2-year contract for $6.5 Million	Golden State Warriors
Kurt Thomas	Signed 1-year contract for $1.1 Million	Milwaukee Bucks
Ömer Aşık		Fenerbahçe Ülker
Keith Bogans	Signed 2-year contract for $2.5 Million	San Antonio Spurs
Brian Scalabrine	Undisclosed terms	Boston Celtics
Rasual Butler	Undisclosed terms	Los Angeles Clippers

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Rob Kurz	Waived	CB Granada
Chris Richard	Waived	N/A
Hakim Warrick	Free agent	Phoenix Suns
Brad Miller	Free agent	Houston Rockets
Jannero Pargo	Free agent	Chicago Bulls
Acie Law	Free agent	Golden State Warriors
Joe Alexander	Free agent	Texas Legends
John Lucas III	Waived	Chicago Bulls

Notes and References

1. Web site: Top Moments: Rose becomes youngest player ever to win MVP. NBA.com. October 24, 2018. June 6, 2021.
2. Web site: With Spurs' loss, Bulls secure NBA's top record. April 14, 2011.
3. Web site: Bulls' Rose, Jazz's Williams named Players of the Week. November 15, 2010. NBA.com. 2010-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20101117023429/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/11/15/players.ofthe.week/index.html. November 17, 2010. dead.
4. Web site: Thibodeau named East's Coach of the Month. February 1, 2011. NBA.com. 2011-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20110202184538/http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/thibodeau_com_110201.html. February 2, 2011 . live.
5. Web site: Thibodeau named East's Coach of the Month. April 1, 2011. NBA.com. 2011-04-01.
6. Web site: Derrick Rose named Player of the Month. April 1, 2011. NBA.com. 2011-04-01.
7. Web site: Archived copy . April 5, 2011 . February 22, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110222132851/http://www.nba.com/games/20110220/ESTWST/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore . dead .
8. Web site: Boozer to miss two months after having hand surgery. October 5, 2010. NBA.com. 2010-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113920/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/10/05/boozer-surgery.ap/index.html. October 7, 2010. dead.
9. Web site: Bulls' Noah has surgery, out 8–10 weeks with hand injury. December 16, 2010. NBA.com. 2010-12-16.
10. Web site: NBA Games - All NBA matchups. . 2011-04-10 . mdy .
11. Web site: Bulls' Gibson still out after concussion. December 21, 2010. NBA.com. 2010-12-21.
12. Web site: Carlos Boozer sits with ankle injury. Sporting News. January 17, 2011. 2011-01-17.