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2015–16 Chicago Bulls season

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2015–16 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachFred Hoiberg
General managerGar Forman
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
ArenaUnited Center
Results
Record42–40 (.512)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCSN Chicago
WGN
WCIU
RadioWMVP
< 2014–15 2016–17 >

The 2015–16 Chicago Bulls season was the 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Fred Hoiberg was selected as the head coach, after the firing of previous head coach Tom Thibodeau.[1]

Jimmy Butler, for the second time was voted to play in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, which was held in Toronto. However, Butler was unable to play due to injury and replacing him was teammate Pau Gasol.

Derrick Rose played in 66 games this season, the most since his MVP campaign in 2010–11. Following the season, he was traded to the New York Knicks, Joakim Noah signed as a free agent with the Knicks and Gasol signed with the San Antonio Spurs.

The Bulls missed the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and were eliminated from playoff contention by the Detroit Pistons.

Draft picks

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Main article: 2015 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Team
1 22 Bobby Portis PF United States Arkansas

Roster

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2015–16 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F/C 41 Bairstow, Cameron 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990-12-07 New Mexico
G 0 Brooks, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1985-01-14 Oregon
G/F 21 Butler, Jimmy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989-09-14 Marquette
F 34 Dunleavy Jr., Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1980-09-15 Duke
C 6 Felicio, Cristiano 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1992-07-07 CCSE Prep (CA)
F/C 16 Gasol, Pau 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980-07-06 Spain
F 22 Gibson, Taj 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985-06-24 USC
G 7 Holiday, Justin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989-04-05 Washington
F 3 McDermott, Doug 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1992-01-03 Creighton
F 44 Mirotić, Nikola 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991-02-11 Spain
G 55 Moore, E'Twaun 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1989-02-25 Purdue
C 13 Noah, Joakim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1985-02-25 Florida
F 5 Portis, Bobby 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1995-02-10 Arkansas
G 1 Rose, Derrick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-10-04 Memphis
G/F 20 Snell, Tony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991-11-10 New Mexico
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 18, 2016

Standings

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Central DivisionWLPCTGBHomeRoadDivGP
c – Cleveland Cavaliers5725.695–33‍–‍824‍–‍178–882
x – Indiana Pacers4537.54912.026‍–‍1519‍–‍228–882
x – Detroit Pistons4438.53713.026‍–‍1518‍–‍2310–682
Chicago Bulls4240.51215.026‍–‍1516‍–‍2510–682
Milwaukee Bucks3349.40224.023‍–‍1810‍–‍314–1282
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBGP
1c – Cleveland Cavaliers *5725.695–82
2y – Toronto Raptors *5626.6831.082
3y – Miami Heat *4834.5859.082
4x – Atlanta Hawks4834.5859.082
5x – Boston Celtics4834.5859.082
6x – Charlotte Hornets4834.5859.082
7x – Indiana Pacers4537.54912.082
8x – Detroit Pistons4438.53713.082
9Chicago Bulls4240.51215.082
10Washington Wizards4141.50016.082
11Orlando Magic3547.42722.082
12Milwaukee Bucks3349.40224.082
13New York Knicks3250.39025.082
14Brooklyn Nets2161.25636.082
15Philadelphia 76ers1072.12247.082

Game log

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Preseason

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2015 pre-season game log
Total: 4–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–2)
Preseason: 4–4 (home: 3–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 6
8:00 pm 		Milwaukee 105–95 Butler, McDermott (23) Bobby Portis (14) Jimmy Butler (6) United Center
21,199 		1–0
2 October 8
9:00 pm 		@ Denver 94–111 Nikola Mirotić (18) Bobby Portis (17) Jimmy Butler (4) Coors Event Center
5,305 		1–1
3 October 10
7:00 pm 		@ Minnesota 114–105 E'Twaun Moore (18) Mitić, Mirotić (8) E'Twaun Moore (5) MTS Centre
15,294 		2–1
4 October 12
8:00 pm 		New Orleans 115–123 Bobby Portis (20) Bobby Portis (11) Butler, Mirotić, Moore (3) United Center
21,407 		2–2
5 October 14
8:00 pm 		Detroit 91–114 E'Twaun Moore (16) Joakim Noah (9) E'Twaun Moore (4) United Center
21,713 		2–3
6 October 19
7:00 pm 		@ Charlotte 86–94 Jimmy Butler (18) Joakim Noah (13) Joakim Noah (7) Time Warner Cable Arena
8,769 		2–4
7 October 20
8:00 pm 		Indiana 103–94 Aaron Brooks (22) Pau Gasol (8) Brooks, Butler (6) United Center
21,512 		3–4
8 October 23
8:00 pm 		Dallas 103–102 Taj Gibson (16) Joakim Noah (10) Jimmy Butler (6) Pinnacle Bank Arena
15,297 		4–4
2015–16 pre-season schedule

Regular season

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2015–16 game log
Total: 42–40 (Home: 26–15; Road: 16–25)
October: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 27 Cleveland W 97–95 Nikola Mirotić (19) Taj Gibson (10) Derrick Rose (5) United Center
21,957 		1–0
2 October 28 @ Brooklyn W 115–100 Jimmy Butler (24) Gasol & Mirotić (9) Jimmy Butler (6) Barclays Center
17,732 		2–0
3 October 30 @ Detroit L 94–98 (OT) Jimmy Butler (23) Pau Gasol (12) Derrick Rose (6) Palace of Auburn Hills
16,035 		2–1
November : 8–4 (home: 5–1; road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 November 1 Orlando W 92–87 Gasol & Mirotić (16) Joakim Noah (9) Derrick Rose (8) United Center
21,585 		3–1
5 November 3 @ Charlotte L 105–130 Jimmy Butler (26) Pau Gasol (8) Derrick Rose (5) Time Warner Cable Arena
15,136 		3–2
6 November 5 Oklahoma City W 104–98 Derrick Rose (29) Pau Gasol (10) Derrick Rose (7) United Center
21,861 		4–2
7 November 7 Minnesota L 93–102 (OT) Pau Gasol (21) Pau Gasol (14) Joakim Noah (7) United Center
21,988 		4–3
8 November 9 @ Philadelphia W 111–88 Nikola Mirotić (20) Nikola Mirotić (10) Derrick Rose (8) Wells Fargo Center
13,879 		5–3
9 November 13 Charlotte W 102–97 Jimmy Butler (27) Joakim Noah (18) Derrick Rose (8) United Center
21,749 		6–3
10 November 16 Indiana W 96–95 Derrick Rose (23) Pau Gasol (13) Derrick Rose (7) United Center
21,660 		7–3
11 November 18 @ Phoenix W 103–97 Jimmy Butler (32) Joakim Noah (11) Kirk Hinrich (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena
17,377 		8–3
12 November 20 @ Golden State L 94–106 Jimmy Butler (28) Mirotic, Gasol (10) Jimmy Butler (7) Oracle Arena
19,596 		8–4
13 November 24 @ Portland W 93–88 Jimmy Butler (22) Pau Gasol (14) Derrick Rose (6) Moda Center
19,393 		9–4
14 November 27 @ Indiana L 92–104 Nikola Mirotic (25) Pau Gasol (11) Butler, Rose (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
18,165 		9–5
15 November 30 San Antonio W 92–89 Pau Gasol (18) Pau Gasol (13) Joakim Noah (7) United Center
21,909 		10–5
December : 8–7 (home: 7–4; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 December 2 Denver W 99–90 Pau Gasol (24) Pau Gasol (16) Derrick Rose (9) United Center
21,349 		11–5
17 December 5 Charlotte L 96–102 Jimmy Butler (25) Pau Gasol (11) Joakim Noah (6) United Center
21,770 		11–6
18 December 7 Phoenix L 101–103 Pau Gasol (22) Pau Gasol (10) Gasol, Noah (6) United Center
21,337 		11–7
19 December 9 @ Boston L 100–105 Jimmy Butler (36) Pau Gasol (15) Derrick Rose (6) TD Garden
17,318 		11–8
20 December 10 L. A. Clippers W 83–80 Pau Gasol (24) Joakim Noah (13) Jimmy Butler (8) United Center
21,491 		12–8
21 December 12 New Orleans W 98–94 Pau Gasol (18) Pau Gasol (11) Brooks, Rose (3) United Center
21,605 		13–8
22 December 14 Philadelphia W 115–96 Jimmy Butler (23) Joakim Noah (15) Joakim Noah (8) United Center
21,166 		14–8
23 December 16 Memphis W 98–85 Jimmy Butler (24) Pau Gasol (14) Noah, Rose (5) United Center
21,032 		15–8
24 December 18 Detroit L 144–147 (4OT) Jimmy Butler (43) Pau Gasol (15) Derrick Rose (8) United Center
21,534 		15–9
25 December 19 @ New York L 91–107 Joakim Noah (21) Bobby Portis (11) Jimmy Butler (5) Madison Square Garden
19,812 		15–10
26 December 21 Brooklyn L 102–105 Jimmy Butler (24) Gasol, Gibson (9) Joakim Noah (8) United Center
21,825 		15–11
27 December 25 @ Oklahoma City W 105–96 Jimmy Butler (23) Pau Gasol (13) Pau Gasol (6) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203 		16–11
28 December 26 @ Dallas L 111–118 Nikola Mirotic (23) Pau Gasol (9) Jimmy Butler (8) American Airlines Center
20,392 		16–12
29 December 28 Toronto W 104–97 Gasol, Snell (22) Taj Gibson (11) Butler, Brooks (5) United Center
21,898 		17–12
30 December 30 Indiana W 102–100 (OT) Aaron Brooks (22) Taj Gibson (14) Aaron Brooks (5) United Center
22,206 		18–12
January : 8–8 (home: 3–4; road: 5–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
31 January 1 New York W 108–81 Jimmy Butler (23) Bobby Portis (10) Nikola Mirotic (7) United Center
22,443 		19–12
32 January 3 @ Toronto W 115–113 Jimmy Butler (42) Pau Gasol (13) Pau Gasol (6) Air Canada Centre
19,800 		20–12
33 January 5 Milwaukee W 117–106 Jimmy Butler (32) Taj Gibson (14) Jimmy Butler (10) United Center
21,686 		21–12
34 January 7 Boston W 101–92 Jimmy Butler (19) Pau Gasol (18) Jimmy Butler (10) United Center
21,497 		22–12
35 January 9 @ Atlanta L 105–120 Jimmy Butler (27) Nikola Mirotic (10) Gasol, Rose (5) Philips Arena
19,010 		22–13
36 January 11 Washington L 100–114 Derrick Rose (23) Pau Gasol (10) Jimmy Butler (7) United Center
21,409 		22–14
37 January 12 @ Milwaukee L 101–106 Jimmy Butler (30) Pau Gasol (14) Jimmy Butler (6) BMO Harris Bradley Center
16,867 		22–15
38 January 14 @ Philadelphia W 115–111 (OT) Jimmy Butler (53) Joakim Noah (16) Joakim Noah (8) Wells Fargo Center
14,063 		23–15
39 January 15 Dallas L 77–83 Derrick Rose (18) Taj Gibson (11) Jimmy Butler (6) United Center
22,056 		23–16
40 January 18 @ Detroit W 111–101 Pau Gasol (31) Pau Gasol (12) Aaron Brooks (10) Palace of Auburn Hills
18,935 		24–16
41 January 20 Golden State L 94–125 Derrick Rose (29) Gasol, Portis (8) Brooks, Butler, McDermott, Mirotic, Moore, Rose, Snell (2) United Center
23,152 		24–17
42 January 22 @ Boston L 101–110 Jimmy Butler (28) Jimmy Butler (14) Butler, Gasol, Rose (3) TD Garden
18,624 		24–18
43 January 23 @ Cleveland W 96–83 Pau Gasol (25) Pau Gasol (10) Pau Gasol (6) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 		25–18
44 January 25 Miami L 84–89 Pau Gasol (19) Pau Gasol (17) Aaron Brooks (6) United Center
21,720 		25–19
45 January 28 @ L. A. Lakers W 114–91 Jimmy Butler (26) Pau Gasol (12) Jimmy Butler (10) Staples Center
18,997 		26–19
46 January 31 @ L. A. Clippers L 93–120 Jimmy Butler (23) Pau Gasol (14) Gasol, Moore (5) Staples Center
19,325 		26–20
February : 4–8 (home: 3–2; road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
47 February 1 @ Utah L 96–105 (OT) Jimmy Butler (26) Taj Gibson (11) Jimmy Butler (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,811 		26–21
48 February 3 @ Sacramento W 107–102 E'Twaun Moore (24) Pau Gasol (13) Derrick Rose (9) Sleep Train Arena
17,317 		27–21
49 February 5 @ Denver L 110–115 Derrick Rose (30) Derrick Rose (9) Derrick Rose (8) Pepsi Center
19,155 		27–22
50 February 6 @ Minnesota L 105–112 Pau Gasol (25) Pau Gasol (8) Derrick Rose (10) Target Center
17,876 		27–23
51 February 8 @ Charlotte L 91–108 Pau Gasol (22) Pau Gasol (10) Pau Gasol (7) Time Warner Cable Arena
15,886 		27–24
52 February 10 Atlanta L 90–113 Pau Gasol (20) Gasol, Portis (10) Gasol, Moore (5) United Center
21,709 		27–25
All-Star Break
53 February 18 @ Cleveland L 95–106 Derrick Rose (28) Bobby Portis (10) Pau Gasol (4) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562 		27–26
54 February 19 Toronto W 116–106 Doug McDermott (30) Pau Gasol (11) Pau Gasol (9) United Center
21,849 		28–26
55 February 21 L. A. Lakers W 126–115 Moore, Rose (24) Taj Gibson (8) Derrick Rose (6) United Center
23,143 		29–26
56 February 24 Washington W 109–104 Moore, Gibson (17) Pau Gasol (15) Pau Gasol (9) United Center
21,560 		30–26
57 February 26 @ Atlanta L 88–103 Doug McDermott (20) Pau Gasol (17) Aaron Brooks (5) Philips Arena
18,123 		30–27
58 February 27 Portland L 95–103 Pau Gasol (22) Pau Gasol (16) Pau Gasol (14) United Center
21,962 		30–28
March : 8–9 (home: 5–3; road: 3–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
59 March 1 @ Miami L 111–129 Derrick Rose (17) Pau Gasol (9) Pau Gasol (6) American Airlines Arena
19,654 		30–29
60 March 2 @ Orlando L 89–102 Derrick Rose (16) Dunleavy Jr., Portis (6) Derrick Rose (6) Amway Center
16,072 		30–30
61 March 5 Houston W 108–100 Pau Gasol (28) Pau Gasol (17) Derrick Rose (9) United Center
22,203 		31–30
62 March 7 Milwaukee W 100–90 Derrick Rose (22) Pau Gasol (17) Pau Gasol (13) United Center
21,672 		32–30
63 March 10 @ San Antonio L 101–109 Gasol, Rose (21) Pau Gasol (12) Derrick Rose (6) AT&T Center
18,418 		32–31
64 March 11 Miami L 96–118 Pau Gasol (17) Pau Gasol (12) Derrick Rose (9) United Center
22,067 		32–32
65 March 14 @ Toronto W 109–107 Doug McDermott (29) Taj Gibson (10) Jimmy Butler (6) Air Canada Centre
19,800 		33–32
66 March 16 @ Washington L 96–117 Doug McDermott (20) Butler, Felicio, Holiday (6) Derrick Rose (4) Verizon Center
19,556 		33–33
67 March 17 Brooklyn W 118–102 Jimmy Butler (22) Bobby Portis (14) Jimmy Butler (7) United Center
21,513 		34–33
68 March 19 Utah W 92–85 Derrick Rose (22) Taj Gibson (10) Jimmy Butler (6) United Center
21,856 		35–33
69 March 21 Sacramento W 109–102 Gibson, Rose (18) Pau Gasol (14) Jimmy Butler (8) United Center
21,531 		36–33
70 March 23 New York L 107–115 Nikola Mirotic (35) Nikola Mirotic (6) Jimmy Butler (8) United Center
21,788 		36–34
71 March 24 @ New York L 94–106 Derrick Rose (30) Gibson, Mirotic (6) Butler, Mirotic, Rose (3) Madison Square Garden
19,812 		36–35
72 March 26 @ Orlando L 89–111 Taj Gibson (16) Bobby Portis (7) Pau Gasol (8) Amway Center
18,846 		36–36
73 March 28 Atlanta L 100–102 Derrick Rose (20) Taj Gibson (12) Gasol, Rose (5) United Center
21,761 		36–37
74 March 29 @ Indiana W 98–96 Nikola Mirotic (28) Pau Gasol (12) Pau Gasol (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,050 		37–37
75 March 31 @ Houston W 103–100 Nikola Mirotic (28) Pau Gasol (10) Jimmy Butler (6) Toyota Center
18,244 		38–37
April : 4–3 (home: 2–1; road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
76 April 2 Detroit L 90–94 Jimmy Butler (28) Jimmy Butler (17) Jimmy Butler (12) United Center
22,197 		38–38
77 April 3 @ Milwaukee W 102–98 Jimmy Butler (25) Pau Gasol (8) Pau Gasol (8) BMO Harris Bradley Center
15,768 		39–38
78 April 5 @ Memphis L 92–108 Nikola Mirotic (20) Pau Gasol (10) Derrick Rose (8) FedEx Forum
17,591 		39–39
79 April 7 @ Miami L 98–106 Jimmy Butler (25) Pau Gasol (12) Jimmy Butler (6) American Airlines Arena
19,771 		39–40
80 April 9 Cleveland W 105–102 Jimmy Butler (21) Pau Gasol (12) Jimmy Butler (6) United Center
22,186 		40–40
81 April 11 @ New Orleans W 121–116 Jimmy Butler (23) Bobby Portis (8) Jimmy Butler (11) Smoothie King Center
16,867 		41–40
82 April 13 Philadelphia W 115–105 Nikola Mirotic (32) Bobby Portis (14) Jimmy Butler (10) United Center
21,777 		42–40
2015–16 season schedule

Player statistics

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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

Regular season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Doug McDermott 81 4 23.0 .452 .425 .857 2.4 .7 .2 .1 9.4
Taj Gibson 73 55 26.5 .526 .000 .692 6.9 1.5 .6 1.1 8.6
Pau Gasol 72 72 31.8 .469 .348 .792 11.0 4.1 .6 2.0 16.5
Aaron Brooks 69 0 16.1 .401 .357 .766 1.5 2.6 .4 .1 7.1
Jimmy Butler 67 67 36.9 .454 .312 .832 5.3 4.8 1.6 .6 20.9
Derrick Rose 66 66 31.8 .427 .293 .793 3.4 4.7 .7 .2 16.4
Nikola Mirotić 66 38 24.9 .407 .390 .807 5.5 1.5 .9 .7 11.8
Tony Snell 64 33 20.3 .372 .361 .909 3.1 1.0 .3 .3 5.3
Bobby Portis 62 4 17.8 .427 .308 .727 5.4 .8 .4 .4 7.0
E'Twaun Moore 59 22 21.4 .481 .452 .629 2.3 1.7 .6 .3 7.5
Kirk Hinrich† 35 7 15.9 .398 .411 .938 1.7 1.7 .4 .0 3.8
Mike Dunleavy Jr. 31 30 22.7 .410 .394 .784 2.7 1.3 .5 .3 7.2
Cristiano Felício 31 4 10.4 .556 .000 .714 3.3 .8 .2 .4 3.4
Joakim Noah 29 2 21.9 .383 .000 .489 8.8 3.8 .6 1.0 4.3
Justin Holiday† 27 4 18.9 .413 .433 .815 2.3 1.7 .7 .6 6.5
Cameron Bairstow 18 2 5.7 .325 .200 .875 1.6 .3 .1 .2 1.9
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Bulls only.

References

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  1. ^ SELIGMAN, ANDREW. "Chicago Bulls introduce Fred Hoiberg as new coach". Yahoo! News via Associated Press. Associated Press. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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