2019–20 Chicago Bulls season

2019–20 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Jim Boylen
General manager	Gar Forman
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	22–43 (.338)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
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 after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. 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.

Boylen was later fired as head coach on August 14, 2020.

Draft picks

Main article: 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. 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.

Roster

2019–20 Chicago Bulls roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 51 Arcidiacono, Ryan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1994-03-26 Villanova F 34 Carter, Wendell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1999-04-16 Duke G 32 Dunn, Kris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1994-03-18 Providence C 6 Felício, Cristiano 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1992-07-07 CCSE Prep Academy (CA) C 12 Gafford, Daniel 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg) 1998-10-01 Arkansas G 3 Harrison, Shaquille 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1993-10-06 Tulsa G/F 15 Hutchison, Chandler 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996-04-26 Boise State C 2 Kornet, Luke 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1995-07-15 Vanderbilt G 8 LaVine, Zach 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-03-10 UCLA F 24 Markkanen, Lauri 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1997-05-22 Arizona G 20 Mokoka, Adam (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-07-18 France G/F 22 Porter Jr., Otto 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1993-06-03 Georgetown G 31 Satoranský, Tomáš 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1991-10-30 Czech Republic G/F 28 Strus, Max  (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-03-28 DePaul G 45 Valentine, Denzel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1993-11-16 Michigan State G 0 White, Coby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-02-16 North Carolina F 21 Young, Thaddeus (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1988-06-21 Georgia Tech	Head coach Jim Boylen Assistant coach(es) Dean Cooper Chris Fleming Nate Loenser Roy Rogers Karen Stack Umlauf Shawn Respert (Player Development) Jeff Tanaka (trainer) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: March 2, 2020

Standings

Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z – Milwaukee Bucks	56	17	.767	–	30‍–‍5	26‍–‍12	13–1	73
x – Indiana Pacers	45	28	.616	11.0	25‍–‍11	20‍–‍17	8–7	73
Chicago Bulls	22	43	.338	30.0	14‍–‍20	8‍–‍23	7–9	65
Detroit Pistons	20	46	.303	32.5	11‍–‍22	9‍–‍24	5–10	66
Cleveland Cavaliers	19	46	.292	33.0	11‍–‍25	8‍–‍21	4–10	65

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Milwaukee Bucks *	56	17	.767	–	73
2	y – Toronto Raptors *	53	19	.736	2.5	72
3	x – Boston Celtics	48	24	.667	7.5	72
4	x – Indiana Pacers	45	28	.616	11.0	73
5	y – Miami Heat *	44	29	.603	12.0	73
6	x – Philadelphia 76ers	43	30	.589	13.0	73
7	x – Brooklyn Nets	35	37	.486	20.5	72
8	x – Orlando Magic	33	40	.452	23.0	73
9	Washington Wizards	25	47	.347	30.5	72
10	Charlotte Hornets	23	42	.354	29.0	65
11	Chicago Bulls	22	43	.338	30.0	65
12	New York Knicks	21	45	.318	31.5	66
13	Detroit Pistons	20	46	.303	32.5	66
14	Atlanta Hawks	20	47	.299	33.0	67
15	Cleveland Cavaliers	19	46	.292	33.0	65

Game log

Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on July 23, 2019.

2019 preseason game log Total: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 Milwaukee L 112–122 Zach LaVine (16) Tomáš Satoranský (7) Zach LaVine (10) United Center 17,036 0–1 2 October 9 New Orleans L 125–127 Zach LaVine (28) Otto Porter (7) Satoranský, Porter (8) United Center 18,670 0–2 3 October 11 @ Indiana L 87–105 Coby White (24) Coby White (8) Ryan Arcidiacono (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,821 0–3 4 October 13 @ Toronto W 105–91 Zach LaVine (26) Lauri Markkanen (13) LaVine, Satoranský, Arcidiacono, Dunn (4) Scotiabank Arena 16,438 1–3 5 October 17 Atlanta W 111–93 Zach LaVine (23) Lauri Markkanen (11) Satoranský, Arcidiacono (4) United Center 18,277 2–3
2019–20 season schedule

Regular season

2019–20 game log Total: 22–43 (Home: 14–20; Road: 8–23)
October: 1–4 (home: 0–1; road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 @ Charlotte L 125–126 Lauri Markkanen (35) Lauri Markkanen (17) Zach LaVine (7) Spectrum Center 15,424 0–1 2 October 25 @ Memphis W 110–102 Zach LaVine (37) Lauri Markkanen (11) LaVine, Dunn (4) FedExForum 17,794 1–1 3 October 26 Toronto L 84–108 Wendell Carter Jr. (12) Wendell Carter Jr. (11) LaVine, Satoransky, Arcidiacono (4) United Center 21,498 1–2 4 October 28 @ New York L 98–105 Zach LaVine (21) Wendell Carter Jr. (10) Tomas Satoransky (5) Madison Square Garden 21,498 1–3 5 October 30 @ Cleveland L 111–117 LaVine, Markkanen (16) Lauri Markkanen (8) Tomas Satoransky (8) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,595 1–4
November : 5–10 (home: 3–6; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 November 1 Detroit W 112–106 Zach LaVine (26) Wendell Carter Jr. (11) Tomas Satoransky (6) United Center 20,671 2–4 7 November 3 @ Indiana L 95–108 Zach LaVine (21) Wendell Carter Jr. (10) Tomas Satoransky (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,073 2–5 8 November 5 L. A. Lakers L 112–118 Zach LaVine (26) Wendell Carter Jr. (11) Zach LaVine (7) United Center 21,193 2–6 9 November 6 @ Atlanta W 113–93 Tomas Satoransky (27) Zach LaVine (8) Tomas Satoransky (8) State Farm Arena 15,049 3–6 10 November 9 Houston L 94–117 Young, Hutchison, Markkanen, Carter Jr. (13) Wendell Carter Jr. (16) Zach LaVine (5) United Center 20,482 3–7 11 November 12 New York W 120–102 Coby White (27) Wendell Carter Jr. (12) Ryan Arcidiacono (8) United Center 18,668 4–7 12 November 14 @ Milwaukee L 115–124 Coby White (26) Lauri Markkanen (8) Zach LaVine (7) Fiserv Forum 17,627 4–8 13 November 16 Brooklyn L 111–117 Zach LaVine (36) Wendell Carter Jr. (14) Coby White (3) United Center 19,148 4–9 14 November 18 Milwaukee L 101–115 Daniel Gafford (21) Carter Jr., LaVine, Markkanen (8) Kris Dunn (9) United Center 17,565 4–10 15 November 20 Detroit W 109–89 Lauri Markkanen (24) Wendell Carter Jr. (15) Tomas Satoransky (7) United Center 18,119 5–10 16 November 22 Miami L 108–116 Zach LaVine (15) Thaddeus Young (8) Satoransky, Dunn (5) United Center 18,953 5–11 17 November 23 @ Charlotte W 116–115 Zach LaVine (49) Wendell Carter Jr. (11) Tomas Satoransky (8) Spectrum Center 17,891 6–11 18 November 25 Portland L 94–117 Zach LaVine (18) Wendell Carter Jr. (9) Satoransky, LaVine (5) United Center 18,776 6–12 19 November 27 @ Golden State L 90–104 Zach LaVine (36) Wendell Carter Jr. (9) Tomáš Satoranský (7) Chase Center 18,064 6–13 20 November 29 @ Portland L 103–107 Zach LaVine (28) Young, Carter Jr. (9) Tomáš Satoranský (8) Moda Center 20,139 6–14
December : 7–7 (home: 4–4; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 2 @ Sacramento W 113–106 Zach LaVine (28) Wendell Carter Jr. (10) Tomáš Satoranský (5) Golden 1 Center 17,257 7–14 22 December 4 Memphis W 106–99 Zach LaVine (25) Wendell Carter Jr. (13) Tomáš Satoranský (8) United Center 15,017 8–14 23 December 6 Golden State L 98–100 Zach LaVine (22) Wendell Carter Jr. (12) Zach LaVine (6) United Center 18,841 8–15 24 December 8 @ Miami L 105–110 (OT) Lauri Markkanen (22) Wendell Carter Jr. (10) Coby White (8) American Airlines Arena 19,600 8–16 25 December 9 Toronto L 92–93 Zach LaVine (20) Zach LaVine (11) Tomáš Satoranský (11) United Center 14,775 8–17 26 December 11 Atlanta W 136–102 Zach LaVine (35) Wendell Carter Jr. (10) Thaddeus Young (6) United Center 15,084 9–17 27 December 13 Charlotte L 73–83 Arcidiacono, LaVine (12) Wendell Carter Jr. (11) Satoransky, Dunn, White (3) United Center 18,377 9–18 28 December 14 L. A. Clippers W 109–106 Zach LaVine (31) Lauri Markkanen (17) Tomáš Satoranský (5) United Center 18,426 10–18 29 December 16 @ Oklahoma City L 106–109 Zach LaVine (39) Wendell Carter Jr. (9) Tomáš Satoranský (6) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 10–19 30 December 18 @ Washington W 109–108 (OT) Lauri Markkanen (31) Markkanen, Carter Jr., Young (9) Tomáš Satoranský (6) Capital One Arena 14,987 11–19 31 December 21 @ Detroit W 119–107 Zach LaVine (33) Wendell Carter Jr. (12) Satoransky, LaVine (5) Little Caesars Arena 15,948 12–19 32 December 23 @ Orlando L 95–103 Zach LaVine (26) Wendell Carter Jr. (10) Kris Dunn (6) Amway Center 18,846 12–20 33 December 28 Atlanta W 116–81 Lauri Markkanen (25) Carter Jr., Satoransky (8) Tomáš Satoranský (6) United Center 21,496 13–20 34 December 30 Milwaukee L 102–123 Zach LaVine (19) Wendell Carter Jr. (11) Tomáš Satoranský (7) United Center 21,954 13–21
January : 6–11 (home: 4–4; road: 2–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 35 January 2 Utah L 98–102 Zach LaVine (26) Wendell Carter Jr. (13) Zach LaVine (5) United Center 19,398 13–22 36 January 4 Boston L 104–111 Zach LaVine (35) Wendell Carter Jr. (14) Kris Dunn (7) United Center 21,130 13–23 37 January 6 @ Dallas L 110–118 Lauri Markkanen (26) Markkanen, Young (9) Tomáš Satoranský (14) American Airlines Center 20,238 13–24 38 January 8 @ New Orleans L 108–123 Zach LaVine (32) White, Young (6) Kris Dunn (7) Smoothie King Center 15,324 13–25 39 January 10 Indiana L 105–116 Zach LaVine (43) Thaddeus Young (9) Lauri Markkanen (4) United Center 20,229 13–26 40 January 11 @ Detroit W 108–99 Zach LaVine (25) Markkanen, Gafford (7) Zach LaVine (6) Little Caesars Arena 15,951 14–26 41 January 13 @ Boston L 101–113 Zach LaVine (30) Lauri Markkanen (6) Tomáš Satoranský (7) TD Garden 19,156 14–27 42 January 15 Washington W 115–106 Zach LaVine (30) Markkanen, Young (8) Dunn, LaVine (7) United Center 19,382 15–27 43 January 17 @ Philadelphia L 89–100 Zach LaVine (23) Zach LaVine (7) Tomáš Satoranský (6) Wells Fargo Center 20,919 15–28 44 January 18 Cleveland W 118–116 Zach LaVine (42) Zach LaVine (6) Tomáš Satoranský (8) United Center 19,939 16–28 45 January 20 @ Milwaukee L 98–111 Zach LaVine (24) Lauri Markkanen (8) Tomáš Satoranský (4) Fiserv Forum 17,747 16–29 46 January 22 Minnesota W 117–110 Zach LaVine (25) Cristiano Felício (10) Tomáš Satoranský (5) United Center 18,875 17–29 47 January 24 Sacramento L 81–98 Zach LaVine (21) Cristiano Felício (9) Kris Dunn (6) United Center 17,661 17–30 48 January 25 @ Cleveland W 118–106 Zach LaVine (44) Zach LaVine (10) Zach LaVine (8) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 18–30 49 January 27 San Antonio W 110–109 Zach LaVine (23) Kornet, Young (9) Kris Dunn (8) United Center 16,071 19–30 50 January 29 @ Indiana L 106–115 (OT) Chandler Hutchison (21) Cristiano Felício (8) Zach LaVine (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923 19–31 51 January 31 @ Brooklyn L 118–133 Zach LaVine (22) Chandler Hutchison (9) LaVine, Satoranský (8) Barclays Center 17,732 19–32
February : 1–8 (home: 1–4; road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 52 February 2 @ Toronto L 102–129 Thaddeus Young (21) LaVine, Young (7) Zach LaVine (7) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 19–33 53 February 6 New Orleans L 119–125 Zach LaVine (22) Chandler Hutchison (8) Coby White (9) United Center 18,247 19–34 54 February 9 @ Philadelphia L 111–118 Zach LaVine (32) Thaddeus Young (10) Zach LaVine (8) Wells Fargo Center 21,018 19–35 55 February 11 @ Washington L 114–126 Zach LaVine (41) Zach LaVine (9) Tomáš Satoranský (8) Capital One Arena 15,135 19–36 56 February 20 Charlotte L 93–103 Thaddeus Young (22) Thaddeus Young (11) Tomáš Satoranský (8) United Center 17,463 19–37 57 February 22 Phoenix L 104–112 Coby White (33) Felício, Satoranský (6) Zach LaVine (5) United Center 20,506 19–38 58 February 23 Washington W 126–117 Coby White (33) Felício, White, Young (6) Tomáš Satoranský (13) United Center 18,024 20–38 59 February 25 Oklahoma City L 122–124 Zach LaVine (41) Cristiano Felício (9) Tomáš Satoranský (7) United Center 16,911 20–39 60 February 29 @ New York L 115–125 Zach LaVine (26) Wendell Carter Jr. (9) LaVine, Satoranský (7) Madison Square Garden 19,812 20–40
March: 2–3 (home: 2–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 2 Dallas W 109–107 Coby White (19) Thaddeus Young (9) Satoranský, White (5) United Center 18,407 21–40 62 March 4 @ Minnesota L 108–115 Coby White (26) Wendell Carter Jr. (9) Coby White (6) Target Center 13,392 21–41 63 March 6 Indiana L 102–108 Coby White (26) Satoranský, Young (7) Tomáš Satoranský (8) United Center 20,229 21–42 64 March 8 @ Brooklyn L 107–110 Otto Porter (23) Shaquille Harrison (8) Coby White (8) Barclays Center 15,916 21–43 65 March 10 Cleveland W 108–103 Coby White (20) Shaquille Harrison (10) Satoranský, White (5) United Center 17,837 22–43
Cancelled games Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 66 March 12 @ Orlando Amway Center 67 March 14 @ Miami American Airlines Arena 68 March 15 Boston United Center 69 March 18 Miami United Center 70 March 20 @ San Antonio AT&T Center 71 March 21 @ Houston Toyota Center 72 March 23 Denver United Center 73 March 26 Philadelphia United Center 74 March 28 New York United Center 75 March 30 @ Utah Vivint Smart Home Arena 76 April 3 @ Denver Pepsi Center 77 April 5 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 78 April 6 @ LA Clippers Staples Center 79 April 8 @ LA Lakers Staples Center 80 April 11 Brooklyn United Center 81 April 13 Orlando United Center 82 April 15 @ Boston TD Garden
2019–20 season schedule

Player statistics

Player	Pos.	GP	GS	MP	Reb.	Ast.	Stl.	Blk.	Pts.
Ryan Arcidiacono	PG	58	4	930	110	96	27	3	261
Wendell Carter	C	43	43	1,256	405	51	33	36	484
Kris Dunn	PG	51	32	1,269	186	173	101	17	373
Cristiano Felício	C	22	0	386	102	16	10	2	86
Daniel Gafford	C	43	7	609	106	21	13	56	220
Shaquille Harrison	PG	43	10	484	86	49	34	19	209
Chandler Hutchison	SF	28	10	527	108	26	27	7	218
Luke Kornet	PF/C	36	14	559	84	32	11	26	215
Zach LaVine	SG	60	60	2,085	289	254	88	28	1,530
Lauri Markkanen	PF	50	50	1,492	313	74	42	23	737
Adam Mokoka	SG/SF	11	0	112	10	4	4	0	32
Otto Porter	SF	14	9	331	48	25	15	6	167
Tomáš Satoranský	PG	65	64	1,878	254	354	80	7	644
Max Strus	SF	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	5
Denzel Valentine	SG/SF	36	5	488	74	43	26	6	246
Coby White	PG	65	1	1,674	230	175	49	6	859
Thaddeus Young	PF	64	16	1,591	315	117	92	23	659

After all games.
^‡Waived during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season