# 2024–25 Chicago Bulls season

The 2024–25 Chicago Bulls season is the 59th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / club |
| 1 | 11 | Matas Buzelis | SF | United States Lithuania | NBA G League Ignite |
The Bulls entered this draft (which was two days instead of one like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989) with just one first-round pick. On the first night of the draft, with their only pick of the draft, the Bulls would select American-Lithuanian small forward Matas Buzelis from the now-defunct NBA G League Ignite.

## Standings
### Division

| Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y – Cleveland Cavaliers | 56 | 12 | .824 | – | 30‍–‍5 | 26‍–‍7 | 11–1 | 68 |
| ps – Indiana Pacers | 38 | 29 | .567 | 17.5 | 20‍–‍10 | 18‍–‍19 | 8–6 | 67 |
| ps – Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 30 | .559 | 18.0 | 24‍–‍12 | 14‍–‍18 | 7–7 | 68 |
| ps – Detroit Pistons | 38 | 31 | .551 | 18.5 | 18‍–‍16 | 20‍–‍15 | 4–9 | 69 |
| Chicago Bulls | 29 | 39 | .426 | 27.0 | 13‍–‍22 | 16‍–‍17 | 4–11 | 68 |

### Conference

Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | y – Cleveland Cavaliers * | 56 | 12 | .824 | – | 68 |
| 2 | x – Boston Celtics * | 50 | 19 | .725 | 6.5 | 69 |
| 3 | ps – New York Knicks | 43 | 24 | .642 | 12.5 | 67 |
| 4 | ps – Indiana Pacers | 38 | 29 | .567 | 17.5 | 67 |
| 5 | ps – Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 30 | .559 | 18.0 | 68 |
| 6 | ps – Detroit Pistons | 38 | 31 | .551 | 18.5 | 69 |
| 7 | Atlanta Hawks * | 33 | 36 | .478 | 23.5 | 69 |
| 8 | Orlando Magic | 32 | 37 | .464 | 24.5 | 69 |
| 9 | Chicago Bulls | 29 | 39 | .426 | 27.0 | 68 |
| 10 | Miami Heat | 29 | 39 | .426 | 27.0 | 68 |
| 11 | Toronto Raptors | 24 | 45 | .348 | 32.5 | 69 |
| 12 | Philadelphia 76ers | 23 | 45 | .338 | 33.0 | 68 |
| 13 | Brooklyn Nets | 23 | 46 | .333 | 33.5 | 69 |
| 14 | Charlotte Hornets | 17 | 51 | .250 | 39.0 | 68 |
| 15 | Washington Wizards | 15 | 52 | .224 | 40.5 | 67 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2024 preseason game log Total: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) :
Preseason: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 8
@ Cleveland
W 116–112
Coby White (21)
Smith, Vučević (10)
Dalen Terry (4)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
1–0
2
October 12
Memphis
L 121–124
Zach LaVine (28)
Julian Phillips (8)
Josh Giddey (7)
United Center 20,465
1–1
3
October 14
@ Milwaukee
L 107–111
Adama Sanogo (16)
Adama Sanogo (15)
Giddey, Terry (5)
Fiserv Forum 12,725
1–2
4
October 16
Minnesota
W 125–123
Coby White (23)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Josh Giddey (9)
United Center 17,218
2–2
5
October 18
Cleveland
W 139–137 (OT)
Ayo Dosunmu (19)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Coby White (8)
United Center 18,704
3–2 :
2024–25 preseason schedule :

### Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 29–39 (Home: 13–22; Road: 16–17) :
October: 3–2 (home: 1–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 23
@ New Orleans
L 111–123
Zach LaVine (27)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Coby White (6)
Smoothie King Center 18,581
0–1
2
October 25
@ Milwaukee
W 133–122
Coby White (35)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Josh Giddey (9)
Fiserv Forum 17,790
1–1
3
October 26
Oklahoma City
L 95–114
Zach LaVine (22)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Ayo Dosunmu (6)
United Center 20,923
1–2
4
October 28
@ Memphis
W 126–123
Zach LaVine (30)
Josh Giddey (13)
Josh Giddey (8)
FedExForum 15,906
2–2
5
October 30
Orlando
W 102–99
Coby White (21)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Giddey, Vučević (5)
United Center 19,015
3–2 :
November: 5–11 (home: 1–6; road: 4–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
November 1
@ Brooklyn
L 112–120
Nikola Vučević (28)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Josh Giddey (8)
Barclays Center 17,977
3–3
7
November 4
Utah
L 126–135
Coby White (28)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Josh Giddey (7)
United Center 19,621
3–4
8
November 6
@ Dallas
L 99–119
Nikola Vučević (14)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Josh Giddey (6)
American Airlines Center 20,011
3–5
9
November 7
Minnesota
L 119–135
Nikola Vučević (25)
Giddey, Smith (6)
Josh Giddey (13)
United Center 19,621
3–6
10
November 9
@ Atlanta
W 125–113
Ayo Dosunmu (19)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Giddey, LaVine (7)
State Farm Arena 17,826
4–6
11
November 11
Cleveland
L 113–119
Zach LaVine (26)
Patrick Williams (10)
Josh Giddey (7)
United Center 20,560
4–7
12
November 13
@ New York
W 124–123
Zach LaVine (31)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Zach LaVine (8)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
5–7
13
November 15
@ Cleveland
L 126–144
Coby White (29)
Nikola Vučević (8)
LaVine, Williams (9)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
5–8
14
November 17
Houston
L 107–143
Zach LaVine (15)
Josh Giddey (9)
Ayo Dosunmu (6)
United Center 20,667
5–9
15
November 18
@ Detroit
W 122–112
Nikola Vučević (29)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Josh Giddey (10)
Little Caesars Arena 18,022
6–9
16
November 20
@ Milwaukee
L 106–122
Zach LaVine (27)
Craig, Vučević (6)
LaVine, Vučević (6)
Fiserv Forum 17,341
6–10
17
November 22
Atlanta
W 136–122
Zach LaVine (26)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Coby White (9)
United Center 19,979
7–10
18
November 23
Memphis
L 131–142
Zach LaVine (29)
Nikola Vučević (8)
Josh Giddey (8)
United Center 19,449
7–11
19
November 26
@ Washington
W 127–108
Coby White (21)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Josh Giddey (8)
Capital One Arena 15,921
8–11
20
November 27
@ Orlando
L 119–133
Ayo Dosunmu (21)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Zach LaVine (10)
Kia Center 18,309
8–12
21
November 29
Boston
L 129–138
Nikola Vučević (32)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Josh Giddey (9)
United Center 19,798
8–13 :
December: 7–5 (home: 3–4; road: 4–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
December 2
Brooklyn
W 128–102
Nikola Vučević (21)
Josh Giddey (13)
Josh Giddey (11)
United Center 19,131
9–13
23
December 5
@ San Antonio
W 139–124
Nikola Vučević (39)
Ayo Dosunmu (10)
Ayo Dosunmu (11)
Frost Bank Center 17,720
10–13
24
December 6
Indiana
L 123–132
Zach LaVine (32)
Nikola Vučević (9)
Coby White (9)
United Center 19,544
10–14
25
December 8
Philadelphia
L 100–108
Zach LaVine (30)
Nikola Vučević (8)
Josh Giddey (11)
United Center 18,837
10–15
26
December 13
Charlotte
W 109–95
Ayo Dosunmu (19)
Jalen Smith (11)
Josh Giddey (7)
United Center 19,543
11–15
27
December 16
@ Toronto
W 122–121
Nikola Vučević (24)
Josh Giddey (9)
Josh Giddey (8)
Scotiabank Arena 16,324
12–15
28
December 19
@ Boston
W 117–108
Zach LaVine (36)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Dosunmu, LaVine, Vučević (4)
TD Garden 19,156
13–15
29
December 21
Boston
L 98–123
Nikola Vučević (19)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Ayo Dosunmu (6)
United Center 19,803
13–16
30
December 23
Milwaukee
L 91–112
Nikola Vučević (17)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Ayo Dosunmu (11)
United Center 21,234
13–17
31
December 26
@ Atlanta
L 133–141
Zach LaVine (37)
Nikola Vučević (8)
Coby White (9)
State Farm Arena 17,760
13–18
32
December 28
Milwaukee
W 116–111
Giddey, Vučević (23)
Josh Giddey (15)
Josh Giddey (10)
United Center 21,511
14–18
33
December 30
@ Charlotte
W 115–108 (OT)
Coby White (23)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Coby White (9)
Spectrum Center 19,197
15–18 :
January: 6–10 (home: 4–5; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34
January 1
@ Washington
L 107–125
Zach LaVine (32)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Vučević, White (6)
Capital One Arena 16,298
15–19
35
January 4
New York
W 139–126
LaVine, White (33)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Josh Giddey (8)
United Center 22,491
16–19
36
January 6
San Antonio
W 114–110
Zach LaVine (35)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Zach LaVine (8)
United Center 18,886
17–19
37
January 8
@ Indiana
L 113–129
Zach LaVine (31)
Smith, Vučević (7)
Giddey, White (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,758
17–20
38
January 10
Washington
W 138–105
Zach LaVine (33)
Giddey, Vučević (13)
Josh Giddey (7)
United Center 21,391
18–20
39
January 12
Sacramento
L 119–124
Zach LaVine (36)
Josh Giddey (11)
Josh Giddey (7)
United Center 18,233
18–21
40
January 14
New Orleans
L 113–119
Zach LaVine (25)
Nikola Vučević (15)
Josh Giddey (12)
United Center 17,210
18–22
41
January 15
Atlanta
L 94–110
Coby White (16)
Nikola Vučević (16)
Zach LaVine (7)
United Center 17,692
18–23
42
January 17
Charlotte
L 123–125
Nikola Vučević (40)
Nikola Vučević (13)
LaVine, White (8)
United Center 20,598
18–24
43
January 19
@ Portland
L 102–113
Zach LaVine (27)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Nikola Vučević (7)
Moda Center 16,976
18–25
44
January 20
@ L.A. Clippers
W 112–99
Zach LaVine (35)
Josh Giddey (10)
Josh Giddey (9)
Intuit Dome 15,293
19–25
45
January 23
@ Golden State
L 106–131
Zach LaVine (24)
Josh Giddey (11)
Ball, LaVine, Vučević (4)
Chase Center 18,064
19–26
46
January 25
Philadelphia
L 97–109
Zach LaVine (25)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Josh Giddey (7)
United Center 20,153
19–27
47
January 27
Denver
W 129–121
Zach LaVine (21)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Josh Giddey (10)
United Center 19,661
20–27
48
January 29
@ Boston
L 100–122
White, Williams (16)
Smith, Vučević (11)
Josh Giddey (6)
TD Garden 19,156
20–28
49
January 31
@ Toronto
W 122–106
Coby White (25)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Ayo Dosunmu (8)
Scotiabank Arena 19,365
21–28 :
February: 3–8 (home: 2–5; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
50
February 2
@ Detroit
L 119–127
Coby White (22)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Little Caesars Arena 20,062
21–29
51
February 4
Miami
W 133–124
Buzelis, Giddey (24)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Ayo Dosunmu (9)
United Center 19,389
22–29
52
February 5
@ Minnesota
L 108–127
Coby White (20)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Jevon Carter (6)
Target Center 18,978
22–30
53
February 8
Golden State
L 111–132
Coby White (27)
Josh Giddey (6)
Matas Buzelis (5)
United Center 21,297
22–31
54
February 11
Detroit
L 92–132
Matas Buzelis (12)
Nikola Vučević (7)
Carter, Giddey, Huerter (4)
United Center 18,321
22–32
55
February 12
Detroit
L 110–128
Ayo Dosunmu (23)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Ayo Dosunmu (6)
United Center 18,916
22–33
All-Star Game
56
February 20
@ New York
L 111–113 (OT)
Josh Giddey (27)
Josh Giddey (16)
Coby White (6)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
22–34
57
February 22
Phoenix
L 117–121
Josh Giddey (24)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Josh Giddey (10)
United Center 21,116
22–35
58
February 24
@ Philadelphia
W 142–110
Josh Giddey (25)
Josh Giddey (16)
Giddey, White (6)
Wells Fargo Center 19,765
23–35
59
February 26
L.A. Clippers
L 117–122
Collins, Giddey (21)
Zach Collins (17)
Josh Giddey (12)
United Center 20,356
23–36
60
February 28
Toronto
W 125–115 (OT)
Coby White (24)
Zach Collins (13)
Josh Giddey (12)
United Center 20,938
24–36 :
March: 5–3 (home: 2–1; road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
61
March 2
@ Indiana
L 112–127
Coby White (26)
Josh Giddey (9)
Josh Giddey (7)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,028
24–37
62
March 4
Cleveland
L 117–139
Coby White (25)
Zach Collins (12)
Jones, White (7)
United Center 20,943
24–38
63
March 6
@ Orlando
W 125–123
Coby White (44)
Josh Giddey (13)
Josh Giddey (9)
Kia Center 17,717
25–38
64
March 8
@ Miami
W 114–109
Josh Giddey (26)
Zach Collins (15)
Josh Giddey (12)
Kaseya Center 19,700
26–38
65
March 10
Indiana
W 121–103
Giddey, White (29)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Tre Jones (8)
United Center 20,697
27–38
66
March 13
Brooklyn
W 116–110
Coby White (31)
Collins, Huerter (9)
Tre Jones (6)
United Center 21,647
28–38
67
March 15
@ Houston
L 114–117
Coby White (23)
Vučević, White (7)
Tre Jones (6)
Toyota Center 18,055
28–39
68
March 17
@ Utah
W 111–97
Coby White (26)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Tre Jones (12)
Delta Center 18,175
29–39
69
March 19
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
70
March 20
@ Sacramento
Golden 1 Center
71
March 22
@ L.A. Lakers
Crypto.com Arena
72
March 24
@ Denver
Ball Arena
73
March 27
L.A. Lakers
United Center
74
March 29
Dallas
United Center
75
March 31
@ Oklahoma City
Paycom Center :
April
: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
76
April 1
Toronto
United Center
77
April 4
Portland
United Center
78
April 6
@ Charlotte
Spectrum Center
79
April 8
@ Cleveland
Rocket Arena
80
April 9
Miami
United Center
81
April 11
Washington
United Center
82
April 13
@ Philadelphia
Wells Fargo Center :
2024–25 season schedule :

### NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

#### East Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlanta Hawks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 485 | 470 | +15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Boston Celtics | 4 | 3 | 1 | 482 | 459 | +23 | |
| 3 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 480 | 450 | +30 | |
| 4 | Chicago Bulls | 4 | 2 | 2 | 518 | 512 | +6 | |
| 5 | Washington Wizards | 4 | 0 | 4 | 408 | 482 | −74 | |

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 21, 2024 | To Chicago BullsJosh Giddey | To Oklahoma City ThunderAlex Caruso |
| July 8, 2024 | Three-team trade | Three-team trade |
| July 8, 2024 | To Chicago BullsChris Duarte (from Sacramento) RaiQuan Gray (from San Antonio) Two second-round picks (from Sacramento) Cash considerations (from Sacramento) | To Sacramento KingsDeMar DeRozan (from Chicago) |
| To San Antonio SpursHarrison Barnes (from Sacramento) 2031 first-round pick swap (from Sacramento) ||
| February 3, 2025 | Three-team trade | Three-team trade |
| February 3, 2025 | To Chicago BullsZach Collins (from San Antonio) Kevin Huerter (from Sacramento) Tre Jones (from San Antonio) 2025 CHI first-round pick (from San Antonio) | To Sacramento KingsSidy Cissoko (from San Antonio) Zach LaVine (from Chicago) 2025 CHA protected first-round pick (from San Antonio) 2025 CHI second-round pick (from San Antonio) 2027 SAS first-round pick (from San Antonio) 2028 DEN protected second-round pick (from San Antonio) 2028 SAC second-round pick (from Chicago) 2031 MIN first-round pick (from San Antonio) |
| To San Antonio SpursDe'Aaron Fox (from Sacramento) Jordan McLaughlin (from Sacramento) ||

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Date | Player | Ref. |
| July 6 | Adama Sanogo | |
| July 6 | Patrick Williams | |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Former Team | Ref. |
| July 8 | Jalen Smith | Indiana Pacers | |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
| July 7 | Andre Drummond | Free agency | Philadelphia 76ers | |