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2008-09 Chicago Bulls Roster and Statistics

Franchise Index: Previous Season

41-41, 2nd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 102.2 points per game, Allowed 102.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 40-42)
Coached by Vinny Del Negro (41-41)

Arena: United Center ▪ Attendance: 868,667 (2nd of 30)

SRS: -0.16 (16th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 93.1 (9th of 30)
Offensive Rating: 108.4 (14th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.7 (18th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (4-3) versus Boston Celtics

2008-09 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
9 Luol Deng F 6-8 220 April 16, 1985 4 Duke University
90 Drew Gooden F 6-10 230 September 24, 1981 6 University of Kansas
7 Ben Gordon G 6-3 200 April 4, 1983 4 University of Connecticut
34 Aaron Gray C 7-0 270 December 7, 1984 1 University of Pittsburgh
12 Kirk Hinrich G 6-3 190 January 2, 1981 5 University of Kansas
32 Larry Hughes G 6-5 184 January 23, 1979 10 Saint Louis University
11 Lindsey Hunter G 6-2 170 December 3, 1970 15 Jackson State University
54 Linton Johnson F 6-8 205 June 13, 1980 5 Tulane University
52 Brad Miller C 6-11 244 April 12, 1976 10 Purdue University
35 Demetris Nichols F 6-8 216 September 4, 1984 1 Syracuse University
13 Joakim Noah C 6-11 232 February 25, 1985 1 University of Florida
5 Andres Nocioni F 6-7 225 November 30, 1979 4
5 Anthony Roberson G 6-2 180 February 14, 1983 2 University of Florida
1 Derrick Rose G 6-3 190 October 4, 1988 R University of Memphis
15 John Salmons G 6-7 210 December 12, 1979 6 University of Miami
2 Thabo Sefolosha G 6-5 215 May 2, 1984 2
15 Cedric Simmons F 6-9 235 January 3, 1986 2 North Carolina State University
2 Tim Thomas F 6-10 230 February 26, 1977 11 Villanova University
24 Tyrus Thomas F 6-9 215 August 17, 1986 2 Louisiana State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19930 3126 6846 .457 493 1293 .381 1633 2052 .796 970 2481 3451 1732 615 453 1192 1709 8378 102.2
Opponent 82 19930 3141 6864 .458 486 1400 .347 1633 2077 .786 1017 2491 3508 1723 622 449 1177 1708 8401 102.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ben Gordon 25 82 76 2999 598 1315 .455 173 422 .410 330 382 .864 52 231 283 279 71 22 200 184 1699
2 Derrick Rose 20 81 80 3000 574 1208 .475 16 72 .222 197 250 .788 96 221 317 512 66 18 202 125 1361
3 Tyrus Thomas 22 79 61 2175 308 683 .451 3 9 .333 238 304 .783 148 360 508 77 91 151 129 220 857
4 Luol Deng 23 49 46 1665 265 591 .448 8 20 .400 152 191 .796 80 215 295 94 60 25 72 85 690
5 Andres Nocioni 29 53 2 1278 186 449 .414 79 209 .378 100 124 .806 34 188 222 60 26 16 73 176 551
6 Joakim Noah 23 80 55 1938 207 372 .556 0 1 .000 123 182 .676 244 362 606 106 49 110 82 238 537
7 Kirk Hinrich 28 51 4 1339 183 419 .437 69 169 .408 68 86 .791 16 107 123 197 66 19 87 126 503
8 John Salmons 29 26 21 979 165 349 .473 49 118 .415 97 115 .843 16 96 112 53 25 15 43 60 476
9 Drew Gooden 27 31 27 918 161 352 .457 0 3 .000 84 97 .866 82 184 266 43 26 14 57 103 406
10 Larry Hughes 30 30 6 792 127 308 .412 40 102 .392 67 82 .817 6 88 94 59 36 9 36 51 361
11 Brad Miller 32 27 0 746 108 226 .478 3 13 .231 99 116 .853 67 134 201 86 22 12 47 88 318
12 Aaron Gray 24 56 18 715 81 167 .485 0 1 .000 34 59 .576 84 136 220 46 14 18 40 135 196
13 Thabo Sefolosha 24 43 14 735 79 182 .434 15 50 .300 21 25 .840 26 97 123 65 35 19 37 50 194
14 Tim Thomas 31 18 0 254 36 90 .400 19 43 .442 14 20 .700 8 34 42 12 6 0 10 27 105
15 Lindsey Hunter 38 28 0 266 27 82 .329 16 48 .333 3 5 .600 2 10 12 37 20 1 19 28 73
16 Cedric Simmons 23 11 0 61 11 21 .524 0 0 6 14 .429 4 8 12 2 1 4 0 6 28
17 Anthony Roberson 25 6 0 23 5 17 .294 2 10 .200 0 0 2 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 12
18 Linton Johnson 28 8 0 42 4 11 .364 1 2 .500 0 0 3 5 8 2 1 0 2 6 9
19 Demetris Nichols 24 2 0 5 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ben Gordon 25 82 76 36.6 7.3 16.0 .455 2.1 5.1 .410 4.0 4.7 .864 0.6 2.8 3.5 3.4 0.9 0.3 2.4 2.2 20.7
2 John Salmons 29 26 21 37.7 6.3 13.4 .473 1.9 4.5 .415 3.7 4.4 .843 0.6 3.7 4.3 2.0 1.0 0.6 1.7 2.3 18.3
3 Derrick Rose 20 81 80 37.0 7.1 14.9 .475 0.2 0.9 .222 2.4 3.1 .788 1.2 2.7 3.9 6.3 0.8 0.2 2.5 1.5 16.8
4 Luol Deng 23 49 46 34.0 5.4 12.1 .448 0.2 0.4 .400 3.1 3.9 .796 1.6 4.4 6.0 1.9 1.2 0.5 1.5 1.7 14.1
5 Drew Gooden 27 31 27 29.6 5.2 11.4 .457 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 3.1 .866 2.6 5.9 8.6 1.4 0.8 0.5 1.8 3.3 13.1
6 Larry Hughes 30 30 6 26.4 4.2 10.3 .412 1.3 3.4 .392 2.2 2.7 .817 0.2 2.9 3.1 2.0 1.2 0.3 1.2 1.7 12.0
7 Brad Miller 32 27 0 27.6 4.0 8.4 .478 0.1 0.5 .231 3.7 4.3 .853 2.5 5.0 7.4 3.2 0.8 0.4 1.7 3.3 11.8
8 Tyrus Thomas 22 79 61 27.5 3.9 8.6 .451 0.0 0.1 .333 3.0 3.8 .783 1.9 4.6 6.4 1.0 1.2 1.9 1.6 2.8 10.8
9 Andres Nocioni 29 53 2 24.1 3.5 8.5 .414 1.5 3.9 .378 1.9 2.3 .806 0.6 3.5 4.2 1.1 0.5 0.3 1.4 3.3 10.4
10 Kirk Hinrich 28 51 4 26.3 3.6 8.2 .437 1.4 3.3 .408 1.3 1.7 .791 0.3 2.1 2.4 3.9 1.3 0.4 1.7 2.5 9.9
11 Joakim Noah 23 80 55 24.2 2.6 4.7 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.3 .676 3.1 4.5 7.6 1.3 0.6 1.4 1.0 3.0 6.7
12 Tim Thomas 31 18 0 14.1 2.0 5.0 .400 1.1 2.4 .442 0.8 1.1 .700 0.4 1.9 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.6 1.5 5.8
13 Thabo Sefolosha 24 43 14 17.1 1.8 4.2 .434 0.3 1.2 .300 0.5 0.6 .840 0.6 2.3 2.9 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.2 4.5
14 Aaron Gray 24 56 18 12.8 1.4 3.0 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .576 1.5 2.4 3.9 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.7 2.4 3.5
15 Lindsey Hunter 38 28 0 9.5 1.0 2.9 .329 0.6 1.7 .333 0.1 0.2 .600 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.7 1.0 2.6
16 Cedric Simmons 23 11 0 5.5 1.0 1.9 .524 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.3 .429 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5 2.5
17 Anthony Roberson 25 6 0 3.8 0.8 2.8 .294 0.3 1.7 .200 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.0
18 Linton Johnson 28 8 0 5.3 0.5 1.4 .364 0.1 0.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.1
19 Demetris Nichols 24 2 0 2.5 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ben Gordon 25 82 76 2999 7.2 15.8 .455 2.1 5.1 .410 4.0 4.6 .864 0.6 2.8 3.4 3.3 0.9 0.3 2.4 2.2 20.4
2 Anthony Roberson 25 6 0 23 7.8 26.6 .294 3.1 15.7 .200 0.0 0.0 3.1 7.8 11.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 18.8
3 John Salmons 29 26 21 979 6.1 12.8 .473 1.8 4.3 .415 3.6 4.2 .843 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.9 0.9 0.6 1.6 2.2 17.5
4 Cedric Simmons 23 11 0 61 6.5 12.4 .524 0.0 0.0 3.5 8.3 .429 2.4 4.7 7.1 1.2 0.6 2.4 0.0 3.5 16.5
5 Larry Hughes 30 30 6 792 5.8 14.0 .412 1.8 4.6 .392 3.0 3.7 .817 0.3 4.0 4.3 2.7 1.6 0.4 1.6 2.3 16.4
6 Derrick Rose 20 81 80 3000 6.9 14.5 .475 0.2 0.9 .222 2.4 3.0 .788 1.2 2.7 3.8 6.1 0.8 0.2 2.4 1.5 16.3
7 Drew Gooden 27 31 27 918 6.3 13.8 .457 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 3.8 .866 3.2 7.2 10.4 1.7 1.0 0.5 2.2 4.0 15.9
8 Andres Nocioni 29 53 2 1278 5.2 12.6 .414 2.2 5.9 .378 2.8 3.5 .806 1.0 5.3 6.3 1.7 0.7 0.5 2.1 5.0 15.5
9 Brad Miller 32 27 0 746 5.2 10.9 .478 0.1 0.6 .231 4.8 5.6 .853 3.2 6.5 9.7 4.2 1.1 0.6 2.3 4.2 15.3
10 Tim Thomas 31 18 0 254 5.1 12.8 .400 2.7 6.1 .442 2.0 2.8 .700 1.1 4.8 6.0 1.7 0.9 0.0 1.4 3.8 14.9
11 Luol Deng 23 49 46 1665 5.7 12.8 .448 0.2 0.4 .400 3.3 4.1 .796 1.7 4.6 6.4 2.0 1.3 0.5 1.6 1.8 14.9
12 Demetris Nichols 24 2 0 5 7.2 28.8 .250 0.0 7.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 14.4
13 Tyrus Thomas 22 79 61 2175 5.1 11.3 .451 0.0 0.1 .333 3.9 5.0 .783 2.4 6.0 8.4 1.3 1.5 2.5 2.1 3.6 14.2
14 Kirk Hinrich 28 51 4 1339 4.9 11.3 .437 1.9 4.5 .408 1.8 2.3 .791 0.4 2.9 3.3 5.3 1.8 0.5 2.3 3.4 13.5
15 Joakim Noah 23 80 55 1938 3.8 6.9 .556 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.4 .676 4.5 6.7 11.3 2.0 0.9 2.0 1.5 4.4 10.0
16 Lindsey Hunter 38 28 0 266 3.7 11.1 .329 2.2 6.5 .333 0.4 0.7 .600 0.3 1.4 1.6 5.0 2.7 0.1 2.6 3.8 9.9
17 Aaron Gray 24 56 18 715 4.1 8.4 .485 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 3.0 .576 4.2 6.8 11.1 2.3 0.7 0.9 2.0 6.8 9.9
18 Thabo Sefolosha 24 43 14 735 3.9 8.9 .434 0.7 2.4 .300 1.0 1.2 .840 1.3 4.8 6.0 3.2 1.7 0.9 1.8 2.4 9.5
19 Linton Johnson 28 8 0 42 3.4 9.4 .364 0.9 1.7 .500 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.3 6.9 1.7 0.9 0.0 1.7 5.1 7.7

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Ben Gordon 25 82 2999 17.0 .573 .521 2.0 8.8 5.4 15.9 1.2 0.5 11.9 25.0 112 112 5.3 1.7 7.0
2 Joakim Noah 23 80 1938 16.5 .594 .556 14.5 21.3 17.9 8.1 1.3 4.1 15.4 12.3 123 105 3.8 2.7 6.5
3 Derrick Rose 20 81 3000 16.0 .516 .482 3.7 8.4 6.1 28.8 1.1 0.4 13.3 22.6 108 113 3.4 1.5 5.0
4 Tyrus Thomas 22 79 2175 15.9 .525 .453 7.8 18.9 13.4 5.5 2.2 5.1 13.6 19.4 104 104 1.2 3.5 4.7
5 Luol Deng 23 49 1665 14.7 .511 .455 5.5 14.7 10.1 9.0 1.9 1.1 9.6 20.0 106 109 1.3 1.7 3.0
6 Kirk Hinrich 28 51 1339 13.9 .551 .519 1.4 9.1 5.3 22.7 2.5 1.0 16.0 18.1 108 109 1.3 1.3 2.6
7 John Salmons 29 26 979 16.0 .596 .543 1.9 11.2 6.6 8.8 1.3 1.1 9.7 20.2 117 111 1.9 0.7 2.6
8 Brad Miller 32 27 746 18.6 .574 .485 10.3 20.5 15.4 18.0 1.5 1.2 14.5 19.4 118 107 1.7 0.9 2.6
9 Andres Nocioni 29 53 1278 11.4 .547 .502 3.1 16.8 9.9 7.4 1.0 0.9 12.7 20.1 105 110 0.8 1.1 2.0
10 Drew Gooden 27 31 918 15.3 .514 .457 10.3 22.8 16.6 7.7 1.5 1.1 12.6 21.9 105 107 0.6 1.1 1.7
11 Larry Hughes 30 30 792 14.4 .525 .477 0.9 12.7 6.8 11.9 2.3 0.8 9.5 21.4 106 108 0.7 0.8 1.5
12 Aaron Gray 24 56 715 11.5 .508 .485 13.5 21.7 17.6 9.6 1.0 1.8 17.2 14.5 107 107 0.5 0.8 1.3
13 Thabo Sefolosha 24 43 735 11.7 .503 .475 4.1 15.0 9.6 13.1 2.5 1.9 16.1 14.0 102 107 0.1 0.9 1.0
14 Tim Thomas 31 18 254 11.5 .531 .506 3.6 15.3 9.5 7.4 1.2 0.0 9.2 19.1 108 110 0.2 0.2 0.4
15 Cedric Simmons 23 11 61 18.0 .515 .524 7.6 14.9 11.3 5.4 0.8 4.8 0.0 19.8 116 108 0.1 0.1 0.2
16 Lindsey Hunter 38 28 266 7.9 .433 .427 0.9 4.3 2.6 20.4 3.9 0.3 18.4 17.3 89 108 -0.3 0.3 0.0
17 Linton Johnson 28 8 42 5.0 .409 .409 8.2 13.6 10.9 6.9 1.2 0.0 15.4 13.8 89 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
18 Demetris Nichols 24 2 5 -3.5 .250 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 35.7 70 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
19 Anthony Roberson 25 6 23 8.0 .353 .353 10.0 24.8 17.4 7.7 0.0 0.0 5.6 34.9 81 110 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Ben Gordon 25 7 304 52 134 17 46 49 56 3 20 21 3 1 8 22 170 .388 .370 .875 43.4 24.3 2.9 3.0
2 Derrick Rose 20 7 313 59 120 0 4 20 25 12 44 45 4 5 35 25 138 .492 .000 .800 44.7 19.7 6.3 6.4
3 John Salmons 29 7 313 43 107 12 38 29 34 6 31 16 9 7 12 20 127 .402 .316 .853 44.7 18.1 4.4 2.3
4 Kirk Hinrich 28 7 210 29 62 13 30 17 25 2 19 20 12 3 8 18 88 .468 .433 .680 30.0 12.6 2.7 2.9
5 Brad Miller 32 7 186 24 51 5 7 19 24 11 55 9 2 6 21 25 72 .471 .714 .792 26.6 10.3 7.9 1.3
6 Joakim Noah 23 7 271 26 51 0 0 19 25 28 92 16 6 15 8 31 71 .510 .760 38.7 10.1 13.1 2.3
7 Tyrus Thomas 22 7 195 28 64 0 1 11 14 8 44 6 7 20 11 23 67 .438 .000 .786 27.9 9.6 6.3 0.9
8 Anthony Roberson 25 1 4 3 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 8 .750 1.000 4.0 8.0 1.0 0.0
9 Tim Thomas 31 2 15 3 10 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 7 .300 .250 7.5 3.5 1.5 0.0
10 Lindsey Hunter 38 6 24 1 3 1 3 3 4 0 5 5 2 0 0 3 6 .333 .333 .750 4.0 1.0 0.8 0.8
11 Linton Johnson 28 3 10 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 .500 1.000 3.3 1.3 1.3 0.3
12 Aaron Gray 24 2 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 4.5 0.0 0.5 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Ben Gordon 25 7 304 15.8 .536 .451 1.2 6.2 3.8 12.5 0.5 0.2 4.8 25.0 114 116 0.7 0.0 0.7
2 Derrick Rose 20 7 313 13.3 .527 .492 4.7 11.3 8.2 26.8 0.7 1.2 21.1 24.1 97 114 -0.1 0.1 0.0
3 John Salmons 29 7 313 12.8 .521 .458 2.4 8.8 5.8 8.7 1.5 1.7 9.0 19.5 106 112 0.3 0.2 0.4
4 Kirk Hinrich 28 7 210 17.1 .603 .573 1.2 8.9 5.3 16.2 3.0 1.1 9.9 17.6 120 109 0.5 0.2 0.6
5 Brad Miller 32 7 186 11.9 .585 .520 7.3 26.1 17.2 8.1 0.6 2.4 25.4 20.2 97 108 -0.1 0.2 0.1
6 Joakim Noah 23 7 271 17.0 .573 .510 12.8 26.1 19.8 9.4 1.1 4.1 11.4 11.8 125 106 0.6 0.4 0.9
7 Tyrus Thomas 22 7 195 13.8 .477 .438 5.1 20.4 13.2 5.3 1.9 7.6 13.6 18.9 93 103 -0.1 0.3 0.2
8 Anthony Roberson 25 1 4 107.1 1.000 1.000 30.9 0.0 14.6 0.0 25.9 0.0 20.0 56.9 168 63 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Tim Thomas 31 2 15 -3.8 .350 .350 0.0 22.1 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.1 33.4 66 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Lindsey Hunter 38 6 24 20.1 .630 .500 0.0 23.0 12.2 30.5 4.3 0.0 0.0 9.0 158 103 0.1 0.0 0.1
11 Linton Johnson 28 3 10 27.1 .694 .500 24.7 22.1 23.3 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.1 170 112 0.1 0.0 0.1
12 Aaron Gray 24 2 9 -13.8 .000 .000 0.0 12.3 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 15.2 0 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1