# 2015–16 Chicago Bulls season

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.
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

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club Team |
| 1 | 22 | Bobby Portis | PF | United States | Arkansas |

## Standings

| Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| c – Cleveland Cavaliers | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 33‍–‍8 | 24‍–‍17 | 8–8 | 82 |
| x – Indiana Pacers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 12.0 | 26‍–‍15 | 19‍–‍22 | 8–8 | 82 |
| x – Detroit Pistons | 44 | 38 | .537 | 13.0 | 26‍–‍15 | 18‍–‍23 | 10–6 | 82 |
| Chicago Bulls | 42 | 40 | .512 | 15.0 | 26‍–‍15 | 16‍–‍25 | 10–6 | 82 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 24.0 | 23‍–‍18 | 10‍–‍31 | 4–12 | 82 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | c – Cleveland Cavaliers * | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – Toronto Raptors * | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y – Miami Heat * | 48 | 34 | .585 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Atlanta Hawks | 48 | 34 | .585 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – Boston Celtics | 48 | 34 | .585 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Charlotte Hornets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x – Indiana Pacers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Detroit Pistons | 44 | 38 | .537 | 13.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Chicago Bulls | 42 | 40 | .512 | 15.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Washington Wizards | 41 | 41 | .500 | 16.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Orlando Magic | 35 | 47 | .427 | 22.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Milwaukee Bucks | 33 | 49 | .402 | 24.0 | 82 |
| 13 | New York Knicks | 32 | 50 | .390 | 25.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Brooklyn Nets | 21 | 61 | .256 | 36.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Philadelphia 76ers | 10 | 72 | .122 | 47.0 | 82 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2015 pre-season game log Total: 4–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–2) :
Preseason: 4–4 (home: 3–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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

2015–16 game log Total: 42–40 (Home: 26–15; Road: 16–25) :
October: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
### Regular season

| 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.