2019–20 Chicago Bulls season explained

Team:	Chicago Bulls
End Year:	2020
Wins:	22
Losses:	43
Division:	Central
Division Place:	3
Conf Place:	11
Coach:	Jim Boylen
Gm:	Gar Forman
Owners:	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena:	United Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	CHI
Television:	NBC Sports Chicago
Radio:	WLS WSCR

The 2019–20 Chicago Bulls season was the 54th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11^[1] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.^[2] On June 4, 2020, the season came to an end for the Bulls when the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play in the NBA Bubble on July 31, 2020, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association the next day.^{[3] [4]}

Boylen was later fired as head coach on August 14, 2020.^[5]

Draft picks

See main article: article and 2019 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Coby White	Point Guard	United States	North Carolina
2	38	Daniel Gafford	Power forward / Center	United States	Arkansas

The Bulls hold a lottery first round pick and a second round pick.^[6] At the night of the draft lottery, the Bulls fell to #7, the furthest a team with the fourth-best odds had fallen in the NBA draft lottery. With the seventh pick of the draft, Chicago selected point guard Coby White from the University of North Carolina.

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on July 23, 2019.^[7] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| October 7| Milwaukee| | Zach LaVine (16)| Tomáš Satoranský (7)| Zach LaVine (10)| United Center
17,036| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 9| New Orleans| | Zach LaVine (28)| Otto Porter (7)| Satoranský, Porter (8)| United Center
18,670| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| October 11| @ Indiana| | Coby White (24)| Coby White (8)| Ryan Arcidiacono (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10,821| 0–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 13| @ Toronto| | Zach LaVine (26)| Lauri Markkanen (13)| LaVine, Satoranský, Arcidiacono, Dunn (4)| Scotiabank Arena
16,438| 1–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 17| Atlanta| | Zach LaVine (23)| Lauri Markkanen (11)| Satoranský, Arcidiacono (4)| United Center
18,277| 2–3

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| October 23| @ Charlotte| | Lauri Markkanen (35)| Lauri Markkanen (17)| Zach LaVine (7)| Spectrum Center
15,424| 0–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 25| @ Memphis| | Zach LaVine (37)| Lauri Markkanen (11)| LaVine, Dunn (4)| FedExForum
17,794| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| October 26| Toronto| | Wendell Carter Jr. (12)| Wendell Carter Jr. (11)| LaVine, Satoransky, Arcidiacono (4)| United Center
21,498| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 28| @ New York| | Zach LaVine (21)| Wendell Carter Jr. (10)| Tomas Satoransky (5)| Madison Square Garden
21,498| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| October 30| @ Cleveland| | LaVine, Markkanen (16)| Lauri Markkanen (8)| Tomas Satoransky (8)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,595| 1–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6| November 1| Detroit| | Zach LaVine (26)| Wendell Carter Jr. (11)| Tomas Satoransky (6)| United Center
20,671| 2–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 3| @ Indiana| | Zach LaVine (21)| Wendell Carter Jr. (10)| Tomas Satoransky (9)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,073| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| November 5| L. A. Lakers| | Zach LaVine (26)| Wendell Carter Jr. (11)| Zach LaVine (7)| United Center
21,193| 2–6|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9| November 6| @ Atlanta| | Tomas Satoransky (27)| Zach LaVine (8)| Tomas Satoransky (8)| State Farm Arena
15,049| 3–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 9| Houston| | Young, Hutchison, Markkanen, Carter Jr. (13)| Wendell Carter Jr. (16)| Zach LaVine (5)| United Center
20,482| 3–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11| November 12| New York| | Coby White (27)| Wendell Carter Jr. (12)| Ryan Arcidiacono (8)| United Center
18,668| 4–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 14| @ Milwaukee| | Coby White (26)| Lauri Markkanen (8)| Zach LaVine (7)| Fiserv Forum
17,627| 4–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 16| Brooklyn| | Zach LaVine (36)| Wendell Carter Jr. (14)| Coby White (3)| United Center
19,148| 4–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| November 18| Milwaukee| | Daniel Gafford (21)| Carter Jr., LaVine, Markkanen (8)| Kris Dunn (9)| United Center
17,565| 4–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 15| November 20| Detroit| | Lauri Markkanen (24)| Wendell Carter Jr. (15)| Tomas Satoransky (7)| United Center
18,119| 5–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| November 22| Miami| | Zach LaVine (15)| Thaddeus Young (8)| Satoransky, Dunn (5)| United Center
18,953| 5–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17| November 23| @ Charlotte| | Zach LaVine (49)| Wendell Carter Jr. (11)| Tomas Satoransky (8)| Spectrum Center
17,891| 6–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| November 25| Portland| | Zach LaVine (18)| Wendell Carter Jr. (9)| Satoransky, LaVine (5)| United Center
18,776| 6–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| November 27| @ Golden State| | Zach LaVine (36)| Wendell Carter Jr. (9)| Tomáš Satoranský (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 6–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| November 29| @ Portland| | Zach LaVine (28)| Young, Carter Jr. (9)| Tomáš Satoranský (8)| Moda Center
20,139| 6–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21| December 2| @ Sacramento| | Zach LaVine (28)| Wendell Carter Jr. (10)| Tomáš Satoranský (5)| Golden 1 Center
17,257| 7–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22| December 4| Memphis| | Zach LaVine (25)| Wendell Carter Jr. (13)| Tomáš Satoranský (8)| United Center
15,017| 8–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| December 6| Golden State| | Zach LaVine (22)| Wendell Carter Jr. (12)| Zach LaVine (6)| United Center
18,841| 8–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| December 8| @ Miami| | Lauri Markkanen (22)| Wendell Carter Jr. (10)| Coby White (8)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 8–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| December 9| Toronto| | Zach LaVine (20)| Zach LaVine (11)| Tomáš Satoranský (11)| United Center
14,775| 8–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 26| December 11| Atlanta| | Zach LaVine (35)| Wendell Carter Jr. (10)| Thaddeus Young (6)| United Center
15,084| 9–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 13| Charlotte| | Arcidiacono, LaVine (12)| Wendell Carter Jr. (11)| Satoransky, Dunn, White (3)| United Center
18,377| 9–18|- style="background:#cfc;"| 28| December 14| L. A. Clippers| | Zach LaVine (31)| Lauri Markkanen (17)| Tomáš Satoranský (5)| United Center
18,426| 10–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| December 16| @ Oklahoma City| | Zach LaVine (39)| Wendell Carter Jr. (9)| Tomáš Satoranský (6)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 10–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30| December 18| @ Washington| | Lauri Markkanen (31)| Markkanen, Carter Jr., Young (9)| Tomáš Satoranský (6)| Capital One Arena
14,987| 11–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 31| December 21| @ Detroit| | Zach LaVine (33)| Wendell Carter Jr. (12)| Satoransky, LaVine (5)| Little Caesars Arena
15,948| 12–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| December 23| @ Orlando| | Zach LaVine (26)| Wendell Carter Jr. (10)| Kris Dunn (6)| Amway Center
18,846| 12–20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33| December 28| Atlanta| | Lauri Markkanen (25)| Carter Jr., Satoransky (8)| Tomáš Satoranský (6)| United Center
21,496| 13–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34| December 30| Milwaukee| | Zach LaVine (19)| Wendell Carter Jr. (11)| Tomáš Satoranský (7)| United Center
21,954| 13–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 35| January 2| Utah| | Zach LaVine (26)| Wendell Carter Jr. (13)| Zach LaVine (5)| United Center
19,398| 13–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36| January 4| Boston| | Zach LaVine (35)| Wendell Carter Jr. (14)| Kris Dunn (7)| United Center
21,130| 13–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37| January 6| @ Dallas| | Lauri Markkanen (26)| Markkanen, Young (9)| Tomáš Satoranský (14)| American Airlines Center
20,238| 13–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 38| January 8| @ New Orleans| | Zach LaVine (32)| White, Young (6)| Kris Dunn (7)| Smoothie King Center
15,324| 13–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 10| Indiana| | Zach LaVine (43)| Thaddeus Young (9)| Lauri Markkanen (4)| United Center
20,229| 13–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40| January 11| @ Detroit| | Zach LaVine (25)| Markkanen, Gafford (7)| Zach LaVine (6)| Little Caesars Arena
15,951| 14–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 41| January 13| @ Boston| | Zach LaVine (30)| Lauri Markkanen (6)| Tomáš Satoranský (7)| TD Garden
19,156| 14–27|- style="background:#cfc;"| 42| January 15| Washington| | Zach LaVine (30)| Markkanen, Young (8)| Dunn, LaVine (7)| United Center
19,382| 15–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 17| @ Philadelphia| | Zach LaVine (23)| Zach LaVine (7)| Tomáš Satoranský (6)| Wells Fargo Center
20,919| 15–28|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44| January 18| Cleveland| | Zach LaVine (42)| Zach LaVine (6)| Tomáš Satoranský (8)| United Center
19,939| 16–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 20| @ Milwaukee| | Zach LaVine (24)| Lauri Markkanen (8)| Tomáš Satoranský (4)| Fiserv Forum
17,747| 16–29|- style="background:#cfc;"| 46| January 22| Minnesota| | Zach LaVine (25)| Cristiano Felício (10)| Tomáš Satoranský (5)| United Center
18,875| 17–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 47| January 24| Sacramento| | Zach LaVine (21)| Cristiano Felício (9)| Kris Dunn (6)| United Center
17,661| 17–30|- style="background:#cfc;"| 48| January 25| @ Cleveland| | Zach LaVine (44)| Zach LaVine (10)| Zach LaVine (8)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 18–30|- style="background:#cfc;"| 49| January 27| San Antonio| | Zach LaVine (23)| Kornet, Young (9)| Kris Dunn (8)| United Center
16,071| 19–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 50| January 29| @ Indiana| | Chandler Hutchison (21)| Cristiano Felício (8)| Zach LaVine (9)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,923| 19–31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 51| January 31| @ Brooklyn| | Zach LaVine (22)| Chandler Hutchison (9)| LaVine, Satoranský (8)| Barclays Center
17,732| 19–32

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 2| @ Toronto| | Thaddeus Young (21)| LaVine, Young (7)| Zach LaVine (7)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 19–33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 53| February 6| New Orleans| | Zach LaVine (22)| Chandler Hutchison (8)| Coby White (9)| United Center
18,247| 19–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 54| February 9| @ Philadelphia| | Zach LaVine (32)| Thaddeus Young (10)| Zach LaVine (8)| Wells Fargo Center
21,018| 19–35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 55| February 11| @ Washington| | Zach LaVine (41)| Zach LaVine (9)| Tomáš Satoranský (8)| Capital One Arena
15,135| 19–36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 20| Charlotte| | Thaddeus Young (22)| Thaddeus Young (11)| Tomáš Satoranský (8)| United Center
17,463| 19–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 57| February 22| Phoenix| | Coby White (33)| Felício, Satoranský (6)| Zach LaVine (5)| United Center
20,506| 19–38|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 23| Washington| | Coby White (33)| Felício, White, Young (6)| Tomáš Satoranský (13)| United Center
18,024| 20–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 59| February 25| Oklahoma City| | Zach LaVine (41)| Cristiano Felício (9)| Tomáš Satoranský (7)| United Center
16,911| 20–39|- style="background:#fcc;"| 60| February 29| @ New York| | Zach LaVine (26)| Wendell Carter Jr. (9)| LaVine, Satoranský (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 20–40

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 61| March 2| Dallas| | Coby White (19)| Thaddeus Young (9)| Satoranský, White (5)| United Center
18,407| 21–40|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 4| @ Minnesota| | Coby White (26)| Wendell Carter Jr. (9)| Coby White (6)| Target Center
13,392| 21–41|- style="background:#fcc;"| 63| March 6| Indiana| | Coby White (26)| Satoranský, Young (7)| Tomáš Satoranský (8)| United Center
20,229| 21–42|- style="background:#fcc;"| 64| March 8| @ Brooklyn| | Otto Porter (23)| Shaquille Harrison (8)| Coby White (8)| Barclays Center
15,916| 21–43|- style="background:#cfc;"| 65| March 10| Cleveland| | Coby White (20)| Shaquille Harrison (10)| Satoranský, White (5)| United Center
17,837| 22–43|- style="background:#;"| 66| March 12| @ Orlando| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 67| March 14| @ Miami| |||| American Airlines Arena||- style="background:#;"| 68| March 15| Boston| |||| United Center||- style="background:#;"| 69| March 18| Miami| |||| United Center||- style="background:#;"| 70| March 20| @ San Antonio| |||| AT&T Center||- style="background:#;"| 71| March 21| @ Houston| |||| Toyota Center||- style="background:#;"| 72| March 23| Denver| |||| United Center||- style="background:#;"| 73| March 26| Philadelphia| |||| United Center||- style="background:#;"| 74| March 28| New York| |||| United Center||- style="background:#;"| 75| March 30| @ Utah| |||| Vivint Smart Home Arena||- style="background:#;"| 76| April 3| @ Denver| |||| Pepsi Center||- style="background:#;"| 77| April 5| @ Phoenix| |||| Talking Stick Resort Arena||- style="background:#;"| 78| April 6| @ LA Clippers| |||| Staples Center|- style="background:#;"| 79| April 8| @ LA Lakers| |||| Staples Center||- style="background:#;"| 80| April 11| Brooklyn| |||| United Center||- style="background:#;"| 81| April 13| Orlando| |||| United Center||- style="background:#;"| 82| April 15| @ Boston| |||| TD Garden|

Player statistics

|-| align="left"| || align="center"| PG| 58 || 4 || 930 || 110 || 96 || 27 || 3 || 261|-| align="left"| || align="center"| C| 43 || 43 || 1,256 || style=";"|405 || 51 || 33 || 36 || 484|-| align="left"| || align="center"| PG| 51 || 32 || 1,269 || 186 || 173 || style=";"|101 || 17 || 373|-| align="left"| || align="center"| C| 22 || 0 || 386 || 102 || 16 || 10 || 2 || 86|-| align="left"| || align="center"| C| 43 || 7 || 609 || 106 || 21 || 13 || style=";"|56 || 220|-| align="left"| || align="center"| PG| 43 || 10 || 484 || 86 || 49 || 34 || 19 || 209|-| align="left"| || align="center"| SF| 28 || 10 || 527 || 108 || 26 || 27 || 7 || 218|-| align="left"| || align="center"| PF/C| 36 || 14 || 559 || 84 || 32 || 11 || 26 || 215|-| align="left"| || align="center"| SG| 60 || 60 || style=";"|2,085 || 289 || 254 || 88 || 28 || style=";"|1,530|-| align="left"| || align="center"| PF| 50 || 50 || 1,492 || 313 || 74 || 42 || 23 || 737|-| align="left"| || align="center"| SG/SF| 11 || 0 || 112 || 10 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 32|-| align="left"| || align="center"| SF| 14 || 9 || 331 || 48 || 25 || 15 || 6 || 167|-| align="left"| || align="center"| PG| style=";"|65 || style=";"|64 || 1,878 || 254 || style=";"|354 || 80 || 7 || 644|-| align="left"| || align="center"| SF| 2 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5|-| align="left"| || align="center"| SG/SF| 36 || 5 || 488 || 74 || 43 || 26 || 6 || 246|-| align="left"| || align="center"| PG| style=";"|65 || 1 || 1,674 || 230 || 175 || 49 || 6 || 859|-| align="left"| || align="center"| PF| 64 || 16 || 1,591 || 315 || 117 || 92 || 23 || 659|}After all games.^[8]
‡Waived during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Notes and References

1. Web site: NBA to suspend season following Wednesday's games . NBA.com . March 12, 2020 . March 11, 2020.
2. Web site: Reynolds . Tim . NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus . NBA.com . March 12, 2020 . March 11, 2020.
3. Web site: NBA Board of Governors approves competitive format to restart 2019-20 season with 22 teams returning to play. NBA.com. June 4, 2020. June 4, 2020.
4. Web site: Adrian. Wojnarowski. NBPA reps vote to approve 22-team format to finish season. ESPN.com. June 5, 2020. June 6, 2020.
5. Web site: Woodyard . Eric . Bulls fire head coach Jim Boylen after 2 seasons. ESPN.com. August 14, 2020. August 15, 2020.
6. Web site: 2019 NBA Draft Lottery odds: Knicks, Cavaliers, Suns clinch league's worst records, lock up top lottery-draw positions. CBSSports.com. April 11, 2019. April 23, 2019.
7. Web site: BULLS ANNOUNCE 2019-20 PRESEASON SCHEDULE. NBA.com . July 25, 2019. July 23, 2019.
8. Web site: 2019-20 Chicago Bulls Roster and Regular season Stats. basketball-reference.com. May 6, 2021.