# 2022–23 Chicago Bulls season

The 2022–23 Chicago Bulls season was the 57th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
With a loss to the Indiana Pacers on March 5, the Bulls were not able to improve on their 46–36 record from their previous season. Instead, they finished with a struggling record of 40–42. However, it was good enough to qualify for the play-in tournament. They would defeat the Toronto Raptors 109–105 in the first game after mounting a comeback from a 19-point deficit, but ended up losing to the Miami Heat 102–91 in the second game, eliminating them from playoff contention for the 6th time in the past 7 seasons.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | Nationality | College / Club |
| 1 | 18 | Dalen Terry | Shooting guard | United States | Arizona |
The Bulls own their first round pick.

## Standings
### Division

| Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| z – Milwaukee Bucks | 58 | 24 | .707 | – | 32‍–‍9 | 26‍–‍15 | 11–5 | 82 |
| x – Cleveland Cavaliers | 51 | 31 | .622 | 7.0 | 31‍–‍10 | 20‍–‍21 | 13–3 | 82 |
| pi – Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 18.0 | 22‍–‍19 | 18‍–‍23 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Indiana Pacers | 35 | 47 | .427 | 23.0 | 20‍–‍21 | 15‍–‍26 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Detroit Pistons | 17 | 65 | .207 | 41.0 | 9‍–‍32 | 8‍–‍33 | 2–14 | 82 |

### Conference

Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Milwaukee Bucks * | 58 | 24 | .707 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – Boston Celtics * | 57 | 25 | .695 | 1.0 | 82 |
| 3 | x – Philadelphia 76ers | 54 | 28 | .659 | 4.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Cleveland Cavaliers | 51 | 31 | .622 | 7.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – New York Knicks | 47 | 35 | .573 | 11.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Brooklyn Nets | 45 | 37 | .549 | 13.0 | 82 |
| 7 | y – Miami Heat * | 44 | 38 | .537 | 14.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Atlanta Hawks | 41 | 41 | .500 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 9 | pi – Toronto Raptors | 41 | 41 | .500 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 10 | pi – Chicago Bulls | 40 | 42 | .488 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Indiana Pacers | 35 | 47 | .427 | 23.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Washington Wizards | 35 | 47 | .427 | 23.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Orlando Magic | 34 | 48 | .415 | 24.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Charlotte Hornets | 27 | 55 | .329 | 31.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Detroit Pistons | 17 | 65 | .207 | 41.0 | 82 |
Notes
z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs; y – Clinched division title; x – Clinched playoff spot; pi – Clinched play-in tournament spot; * – Division leader

## Game log
### Preseason

2022 preseason game log Total: 3–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–0) :
Preseason: 3–1 (home: 2–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 4
New Orleans
L 125–129
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Carlik Jones (4)
United Center 16,322
0–1
2
October 7
Denver
W 131–113
DeMar DeRozan (22)
Nikola Vučević (7)
Zach LaVine (6)
United Center 20,305
1–1
3
October 9
@ Toronto
W 115–98
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Vučević, Drummond (9)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
Scotiabank Arena 16,559
2–1
4
October 11
Milwaukee
W 127–104
Patrick Williams (22)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Alex Caruso (9)
United Center 19,356
3–1 :
2022–23 preseason schedule :

### Regular season

2022–23 game log Total: 40–42 (Home: 22–19; Road: 18–23) :
October: 3–4 (home: 2–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 19
@ Miami
W 116–108
DeMar DeRozan (37)
Nikola Vučević (17)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
FTX Arena 19,600
1–0
2
October 21
@ Washington
L 100–102
DeMar DeRozan (32)
Andre Drummond (10)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
Capital One Arena 20,476
1–1
3
October 22
Cleveland
L 96–128
Zach LaVine (23)
Andre Drummond (7)
Zach LaVine (4)
United Center 21,089
1–2
4
October 24
Boston
W 120–102
DeMar DeRozan (25)
Nikola Vučević (23)
Goran Dragić (6)
United Center 17,673
2–2
5
October 26
Indiana
W 124–109
Zach LaVine (28)
Andre Drummond (13)
Ayo Dosunmu (7)
United Center 18,306
3–2
6
October 28
@ San Antonio
L 124–129
DeMar DeRozan (33)
Andre Drummond (14)
Goran Dragić (5)
AT&T Center 16,562
3–3
7
October 29
Philadelphia
L 109–114
DeMar DeRozan (24)
Nikola Vučević (19)
Alex Caruso (6)
United Center 19,010
3–4 :
November
: 6–8 (home: 3–3; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 1
@ Brooklyn
W 108–99
Zach LaVine (29)
Nikola Vučević (15)
Zach LaVine (5)
Barclays Center 17,732
4–4
9
November 2
Charlotte
W 106–88
Javonte Green (17)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Zach LaVine (6)
United Center 17,886
5–4
10
November 4
@ Boston
L 119–123
DeMar DeRozan (46)
Nikola Vučević (12)
DeMar DeRozan (5)
TD Garden 19,156
5–5
11
November 6
@ Toronto
L 104–113
DeMar DeRozan (20)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Alex Caruso (11)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
5–6
12
November 7
Toronto
W 111–97
Zach LaVine (30)
Nikola Vučević (13)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
United Center 21,142
6–6
13
November 9
New Orleans
L 111–115
DeMar DeRozan (33)
Nikola Vučević (7)
Goran Dragić (6)
United Center 19,621
6–7
14
November 13
Denver
L 103–126
Zach LaVine (21)
Andre Drummond (11)
Goran Dragić (6)
United Center 21,602
6–8
15
November 16
@ New Orleans
L 110–124
DeMar DeRozan (28)
Nikola Vučević (10)
DeRozan, Dragić (7)
Smoothie King Center 14,658
6–9
16
November 18
Orlando
L 107–108
DeMar DeRozan (41)
Nikola Vučević (16)
Nikola Vučević (7)
United Center 21,031
6–10
17
November 21
Boston
W 121–107
DeMar DeRozan (28)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Nikola Vučević (6)
United Center 20,786
7–10
18
November 23
@ Milwaukee
W 118–113
DeMar DeRozan (36)
Andre Drummond (8)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
Fiserv Forum 17,341
8–10
19
November 25
@ Oklahoma City
L 119–123 (OT)
DeMar DeRozan (30)
Nikola Vučević (13)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
Paycom Center 16,082
8–11
20
November 28
@ Utah
W 114–107
DeMar DeRozan (26)
Andre Drummond (10)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
Vivint Arena 18,206
9–11
21
November 30
@ Phoenix
L 113–132
DeMar DeRozan (29)
Nikola Vučević (8)
Zach LaVine (7)
Footprint Center 17,071
9–12 :
December: 7–8 (home: 4–4; road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
December 2
@ Golden State
L 111–119
Nikola Vučević (23)
Nikola Vučević (11)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
Chase Center 18,064
9–13
23
December 4
@ Sacramento
L 101–110
Zach LaVine (41)
Zach LaVine (8)
Caruso, DeRozan (4)
Golden 1 Center 17,611
9–14
24
December 7
Washington
W 115–111
DeMar DeRozan (27)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Alex Caruso (9)
United Center 19,265
10–14
25
December 10
Dallas
W 144–115
DeMar DeRozan (28)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
Coby White (7)
United Center 19,528
11–14
26
December 11
@ Atlanta
L 122–123 (OT)
DeMar DeRozan (34)
DeMar DeRozan (13)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
State Farm Arena 17,227
11–15
27
December 14
New York
L 120–128 (OT)
DeMar DeRozan (32)
Nikola Vučević (7)
Caruso, Vučević, Williams (5)
United Center 18,820
11–16
28
December 16
New York
L 91–114
Zach LaVine (17)
Nikola Vučević (8)
Caruso, DeRozan, Vučević (4)
United Center 19,661
11–17
29
December 18
@ Minnesota
L 126–150
DeMar DeRozan (29)
Nikola Vučević (9)
DeRozan, LaVine (6)
Target Center 16,294
11–18
30
December 20
@ Miami
W 113–103
Nikola Vučević (29)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Zach LaVine (7)
FTX Arena 19,969
12–18
31
December 21
@ Atlanta
W 110–108
DeMar DeRozan (28)
Andre Drummond (11)
DeRozan, LaVine, White (5)
State Farm Arena 17,226
13–18
32
December 23
@ New York
W 118–117
Zach LaVine (33)
Nikola Vučević (12)
DeMar DeRozan (10)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
14–18
33
December 26
Houston
L 118–133
DeMar DeRozan (31)
Andre Drummond (9)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
United Center 21,561
14–19
34
December 28
Milwaukee
W 119–113 (OT)
DeMar DeRozan (42)
Nikola Vučević (14)
DeRozan, Vučević (5)
United Center 21,537
15–19
35
December 30
Detroit
W 132–118
Zach LaVine (43)
Nikola Vučević (9)
Zach LaVine (6)
United Center 21,667
16–19
36
December 31
Cleveland
L 102–103
DeMar DeRozan (21)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Caruso, DeRozan (3)
United Center 21,524
16–20 :
January: 7–7 (home: 4–2; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
37
January 2
@ Cleveland
L 134–145 (OT)
DeMar DeRozan (44)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Zach LaVine (6)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
16–21
38
January 4
Brooklyn
W 121–112
DeRozan, Williams (22)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Goran Dragić (6)
United Center 21,418
17–21
39
January 6
@ Philadelphia
W 126–112
Zach LaVine (41)
Nikola Vučević (18)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Wells Fargo Center 20,766
18–21
40
January 7
Utah
W 126–118
Zach LaVine (36)
Nikola Vučević (16)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
United Center 21,694
19–21
41
January 9
@ Boston
L 99–107
Zach LaVine (27)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Zach LaVine (6)
TD Garden 19,156
19–22
42
January 11
@ Washington
L 97–100
Zach LaVine (38)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Nikola Vučević (5)
Capital One Arena 17,032
19–23
43
January 13
Oklahoma City
L 110–124
Zach LaVine (25)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Coby White (6)
United Center 21,342
19–24
44
January 15
Golden State
W 132–118
Nikola Vučević (43)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Alex Caruso (7)
United Center 20,139
20–24
45
January 19
@ Detroit
W 126–108
Zach LaVine (30)
Nikola Vučević (15)
Nikola Vučević (6)
Accor Arena 15,885
21–24
46
January 23
Atlanta
W 111–100
DeMar DeRozan (26)
Nikola Vučević (17)
Nikola Vučević (7)
United Center 20,938
22–24
47
January 24
@ Indiana
L 110–116
DeMar DeRozan (33)
Nikola Vučević (8)
Nikola Vučević (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,102
22–25
48
January 26
@ Charlotte
L 96–111
DeMar DeRozan (28)
LaVine, Vučević (9)
DeMar DeRozan (5)
Spectrum Center 17,697
22–26
49
January 28
@ Orlando
W 128–109
DeRozan, LaVine (32)
Nikola Vučević (13)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
Amway Center 18,846
23–26
50
January 31
L.A. Clippers
L 103–108
Nikola Vučević (23)
LaVine, Vučević (14)
Zach LaVine (8)
United Center 20,068
23–27 :
February: 5–7 (home: 5–2; road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
51
February 2
Charlotte
W 114–98
Ayo Dosunmu (22)
Nikola Vučević (12)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
United Center 20,072
24–27
52
February 4
Portland
W 129–121
Zach LaVine (36)
Nikola Vučević (11)
DeRozan, Dragić (7)
United Center 20,135
25–27
53
February 6
San Antonio
W 128–104
Nikola Vučević (22)
Andre Drummond (15)
DeMar DeRozan (5)
United Center 19,291
26–27
54
February 7
@ Memphis
L 89–104
Nikola Vučević (28)
Nikola Vučević (17)
Dosunmu, Vučević (6)
FedExForum 17,012
26–28
55
February 9
@ Brooklyn
L 105–116
Zach LaVine (38)
Nikola Vučević (17)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
Barclays Center 16,938
26–29
56
February 11
@ Cleveland
L 89–97
Zach LaVine (23)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Ayo Dosunmu (8)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
26–30
57
February 13
Orlando
L 91–100
Zach LaVine (26)
Nikola Vučević (13)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
United Center 20,767
26–31
58
February 15
@ Indiana
L 113–117
Zach LaVine (35)
Zach LaVine (11)
Zach LaVine (7)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,599
26–32
59
February 16
Milwaukee
L 100–112
Nikola Vučević (22)
Nikola Vučević (16)
Dalen Terry (6)
United Center 20,308
26–33
60
February 24
Brooklyn
W 131–87
Zach LaVine (32)
Drummond, Vučević (10)
Beverley, DeRozan, White (4)
United Center 21,286
27–33
61
February 26
Washington
W 102–82
DeMar DeRozan (29)
Nikola Vučević (13)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
United Center 21,106
28–33
62
February 28
@ Toronto
L 98–104
Nikola Vučević (23)
Andre Drummond (10)
Alex Caruso (6)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
28–34 :
March
: 9–6 (home: 2–5; road: 7–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
63
March 1
@ Detroit
W 117–115
Zach LaVine (41)
Patrick Beverley (10)
Patrick Beverley (10)
Little Caesars Arena 18,098
29–34
64
March 3
Phoenix
L 104–125
DeMar DeRozan (31)
Nikola Vučević (9)
DeMar DeRozan (6)
United Center 21,169
29–35
65
March 5
Indiana
L 122–125
Zach LaVine (42)
Nikola Vučević (9)
Nikola Vučević (5)
United Center 21,225
29–36
66
March 8
@ Denver
W 117–96
Zach LaVine (29)
Nikola Vučević (15)
DeMar DeRozan (8)
Ball Arena 19,896
30–36
67
March 11
@ Houston
W 119–111
Zach LaVine (36)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Nikola Vučević (6)
Toyota Center 18,055
31–36
68
March 15
Sacramento
L 114–117
DeMar DeRozan (33)
Nikola Vučević (14)
Zach LaVine (6)
United Center 21,886
31–37
69
March 17
Minnesota
W 139–131 (2OT)
DeMar DeRozan (49)
DeMar DeRozan (14)
Zach LaVine (5)
United Center 20,109
32–37
70
March 18
Miami
W 113–99
DeMar DeRozan (24)
Nikola Vučević (10)
DeMar DeRozan (10)
United Center 20,094
33–37
71
March 20
@ Philadelphia
W 109–105 (2OT)
Zach LaVine (26)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Zach LaVine (7)
Wells Fargo Center 21,145
34–37
72
March 22
Philadelphia
L 91–116
Coby White (19)
Andre Drummond (12)
Dosunmu, LaVine (4)
United Center 20,946
34–38
73
March 24
@ Portland
W 124–96
Zach LaVine (33)
Nikola Vučević (15)
Coby White (9)
Moda Center 19,393
35–38
74
March 26
@ L.A. Lakers
W 118–108
Zach LaVine (32)
Andre Drummond (8)
DeMar DeRozan (10)
Crypto.com Arena 18,997
36–38
75
March 27
@ L.A. Clippers
L 112–124
Zach LaVine (23)
Drummond, Vučević (8)
DeMar DeRozan (7)
Crypto.com Arena 19,068
36–39
76
March 29
L.A. Lakers
L 110–121
Nikola Vučević (29)
Nikola Vučević (12)
Coby White (9)
United Center 21,739
36–40
77
March 31
@ Charlotte
W 121–91
DeRozan, LaVine (23)
Andre Drummond (11)
Coby White (7)
Spectrum Center 18,768
37–40 :
April: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
78
April 2
Memphis
W 128–107
Zach LaVine (36)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Zach LaVine (9)
United Center 20,944
38–40
79
April 4
Atlanta
L 105–123
Zach LaVine (26)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Zach LaVine (6)
United Center 21,717
38–41
80
April 5
@ Milwaukee
L 92–105
Nikola Vučević (21)
Nikola Vučević (11)
Beverley, LaVine (7)
Fiserv Forum 17,679
38–42
81
April 7
@ Dallas
W 115–112
Coby White (24)
Nikola Vučević (10)
Coby White (11)
American Airlines Center 20,313
39–42
82
April 9
Detroit
W 103–81
Zach LaVine (17)
Andre Drummond (10)
DeMar DeRozan (5)
United Center 21,530
40–42 :
2022–23 season schedule :

### Play-in

With the April 4, 2023 Orlando Magic loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Bulls qualified into the play-in tournament.
2023 play-in game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1) :
Play-in: 1–1 (home: 0–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
April 12
@ Toronto
W 109–105
Zach LaVine (39)
Nikola Vučević (13)
Coby White (5)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
1–0
2
April 14
@ Miami
L 91–102
DeMar DeRozan (26)
Nikola Vučević (9)
DeMar DeRozan (9)
Kaseya Center 19,678
1–1 :
2022–23 season schedule :

## Player statistics

| Player | Pos. | GP | GS | MP | Reb. | Ast. | Stl. | Blk. | Pts. |
| Patrick Beverley$^≠$ | PG | 22 | 22 | 605 | 107 | 76 | 23 | 16 | 127 |
| Tony Bradley$^‡$ | C | 12 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Alex Caruso | PG | 67 | 36 | 1,575 | 196 | 193 | 98 | 46 | 374 |
| DeMar DeRozan | SF | 74 | 74 | 2,682 | 343 | 377 | 83 | 36 | 1,816 |
| Ayo Dosunmu | G | 80 | 51 | 2,098 | 220 | 206 | 62 | 26 | 687 |
| Goran Dragić$^‡$ | PG | 51 | 0 | 787 | 69 | 139 | 11 | 4 | 326 |
| Andre Drummond | C | 67 | 0 | 849 | 444 | 33 | 45 | 27 | 399 |
| Javonte Green | SG/PG | 32 | 1 | 480 | 88 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 165 |
| Malcolm Hill$^‡$ | SG/SF | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Carlik Jones | G | 7 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | SF | 64 | 0 | 893 | 153 | 34 | 29 | 37 | 319 |
| Zach LaVine | SG | 77 | 77 | 2,768 | 345 | 327 | 69 | 18 | 1,913 |
| Marko Simonović | C | 7 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Terry Taylor$^≠$ | PF | 5 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Dalen Terry | G | 38 | 0 | 214 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 85 |
| Nikola Vučević | C | 82 | 82 | 2,746 | 903 | 265 | 60 | 57 | 1,447 |
| Coby White | PG | 74 | 2 | 1,730 | 212 | 204 | 54 | 6 | 715 |
| Patrick Williams | PF | 82 | 65 | 2,323 | 327 | 100 | 72 | 70 | 833 |
After all games. $^‡$Waived during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

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

| Player | Signed | Ref. |
| July 6 | Derrick Jones Jr. | |
| July 7 | Zach LaVine | |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Former team |
| July 6 | Andre Drummond | Brooklyn Nets |
| August 2 | Goran Dragić | Brooklyn Nets |
| October 14 | Kostas Antetokounmpo | ASVEL |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason left | New team | Ref. |
| July 1 | Troy Brown Jr. | Free agent | Los Angeles Lakers | |