2013–14 Chicago Bulls season

The 2013–14 Chicago Bulls season was the franchise's 48th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They finished the regular season with a record of 48–34, heading into the playoffs with the 4th seed in the Eastern Conference. They lost in the first round to the Washington Wizards in five games.

2013–14 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Tom Thibodeau
General manager	Gar Forman
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	48–34 (.585)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central) Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round (lost to Wizards 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WGN, WCIU, Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Radio	WMVP

After a year absence, Derrick Rose returned to action during the season opener in Miami against the two-time defending champion Miami Heat, but on November 22, 2013, at Portland he injured his meniscus in his right knee and was once again put on injured reserve, ending his season after 10 games.

Besides losing Rose, on January 7, 2014, the Bulls traded Luol Deng to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Andrew Bynum, who was waived immediately after the trade. This was the Bulls' first season since 2003-04 that Deng was not on the roster.

Offseason

Main article: List of 2013–14 NBA season transactions

Draft picks

Main article: 2013 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club Team
1	20	Tony Snell	SF	United States	New Mexico
2	49	Erik Murphy	PF	United States / Finland	Florida

Summer League

Main article: 2013 NBA Summer League

Player departures

The San Antonio Spurs signed Marco Belinelli on July 11. On July 26, Nate Robinson signed with the Denver Nuggets. On October 7, Vladimir Radmanović announced that he would be retiring after 12 seasons in the NBA.

Player signings

On July 10, the Bulls signed Mike Dunleavy Jr.. The next day, Nazr Mohammed re-signed with the Bulls. The Bulls had signed Patrick Christopher, Mike James, Dahntay Jones, Kalin Lucas, Dexter Pittman, and D. J. White on September 27 to finalize its training camp roster.

Standings

Central Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c-Indiana Pacers	56	26	.683	–	35‍–‍6	21‍–‍20	12–4	82
x-Chicago Bulls	48	34	.585	8.0	27‍–‍14	21‍–‍20	11–5	82
Cleveland Cavaliers	33	49	.402	23.0	19‍–‍22	14‍–‍27	7–9	82
Detroit Pistons	29	53	.354	27.0	17‍–‍24	12‍–‍29	6–10	82
Milwaukee Bucks	15	67	.183	41.0	10‍–‍31	5‍–‍36	4–12	82

Eastern Conference

Standings

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Indiana Pacers *	56	26	.683	–	82
2	y-Miami Heat *	54	28	.659	2.0	82
3	y-Toronto Raptors *	48	34	.585	8.0	82
4	x-Chicago Bulls	48	34	.585	8.0	82
5	x-Washington Wizards	44	38	.537	12.0	82
6	x-Brooklyn Nets	44	38	.537	12.0	82
7	x-Charlotte Bobcats	43	39	.524	13.0	82
8	x-Atlanta Hawks	38	44	.463	18.0	82
9	New York Knicks	37	45	.451	19.0	82
10	Cleveland Cavaliers	33	49	.402	23.0	82
11	Detroit Pistons	29	53	.354	27.0	82
12	Boston Celtics	25	57	.305	31.0	82
13	Orlando Magic	23	59	.280	33.0	82
14	Philadelphia 76ers	19	63	.232	37.0	82
15	Milwaukee Bucks	15	67	.183	41.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 8–0 (home: 5–0; road: 3–0)
Pre-season: 8–0 (home: 5–0; road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 @ Indiana W 82–76 Taj Gibson (18) Taj Gibson (12) Rose & Dunleavy (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,273 1–0 2 October 7 Memphis W 106–87 Carlos Boozer (16) Mohammed & Gibson (6) Rose & Snell (3) Scottrade Center 13,497 2–0 3 October 12 @ Washington W 83–81 Taj Gibson (18) Boozer, Gibson, & Dunleavy (8) Luol Deng (6) HSBC Arena (at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 13,635 3–0 4 October 16 Detroit W 96–81 Derrick Rose (22) Taj Gibson (12) Kirk Hinrich (5) United Center 21,405 4–0 5 October 18 Indiana W 103–98 Derrick Rose (32) Deng & Snell (6) Derrick Rose (9) United Center 21,783 5–0 6 October 21 Milwaukee W 105–84 Derrick Rose (24) Carlos Boozer (10) Mike Dunleavy Jr. (5) United Center 21,203 6–0 7 October 23 @ Oklahoma City W 104–95 Derrick Rose (26) Carlos Boozer (14) Derrick Rose (6) INTRUST Bank Arena 15,004 7–0 8 October 25 Denver W 94–89 Carlos Boozer (24) Luol Deng (12) Derrick Rose (8) United Center 21,773 8–0
2013–14 season schedule

Regular season

2013–14 game log Total: 48–34 (home: 27–14; road: 21–20)
October: 1–1 (home: 1–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29 @ Miami L 95–107 Carlos Boozer (31) Joakim Noah (11) Deng & Rose (4) American Airlines Arena 19,964 0–1 2 October 31 New York W 82–81 Derrick Rose (18) Joakim Noah (15) Luol Deng (6) United Center 22,022 1–1
November : 6–7 (home: 4–0; road: 2–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 2 @ Philadelphia L 104–107 Carlos Boozer (22) Carlos Boozer (10) Rose & Hinrich (6) Wells Fargo Center 15,782 1–2 4 November 6 @ Indiana L 80–97 Deng & Rose (17) Carlos Boozer (9) Kirk Hinrich (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 1–3 5 November 8 Utah W 97–73 Luol Deng (19) Luol Deng (11) Luol Deng (9) United Center 21,946 2–3 6 November 11 Cleveland W 96–81 Carlos Boozer (17) Taj Gibson (8) Rose & Hinrich (7) United Center 21,778 3–3 7 November 15 @ Toronto W 96–80 Luol Deng (19) Deng & Noah (9) Carlos Boozer (6) Air Canada Centre 19,800 4–3 8 November 16 Indiana W 110–94 Luol Deng (23) Taj Gibson (8) Kirk Hinrich (8) United Center 22,158 5–3 9 November 18 Charlotte W 86–81 Luol Deng (21) Carlos Boozer (17) Kirk Hinrich (7) United Center 21,628 6–3 10 November 21 @ Denver L 87–97 Derrick Rose (19) Luol Deng (13) Joakim Noah (8) Pepsi Center 18,423 6–4 11 November 22 @ Portland L 95–98 Derrick Rose (20) Luol Deng (14) Rose, Hinrich & Noah (3) Moda Center 20,618 6–5 12 November 24 @ L.A. Clippers L 82–121 Luol Deng (22) Nazr Mohammed (11) Kirk Hinrich (7) Staples Center 19,245 6–6 13 November 25 @ Utah L 83–89 (OT) Carlos Boozer (26) Carlos Boozer (16) Kirk Hinrich (4) EnergySolutions Arena 18,936 6–7 14 November 27 @ Detroit W 99–79 Luol Deng (27) Taj Gibson (8) Kirk Hinrich (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 14,228 7–7 15 November 30 @ Cleveland L 93–97 Luol Deng (27) Joakim Noah (8) Luol Deng (11) Quicken Loans Arena 17,296 7–8
December : 5–10 (home: 2–7; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 December 2 New Orleans L 128–131 (3OT) Luol Deng (37) Taj Gibson (14) Kirk Hinrich (11) United Center 21,615 7–9 17 December 5 Miami W 107–87 Carlos Boozer (27) Joakim Noah (15) Kirk Hinrich (7) United Center 22,125 8–9 18 December 7 Detroit L 75–92 Taj Gibson (21) Taj Gibson (10) Hinrich & Dunleavy (4) United Center 21,737 8–10 19 December 10 Milwaukee L 74–78 Mike Dunleavy Jr. (24) Carlos Boozer (12) Kirk Hinrich (6) United Center 21,303 8–11 20 December 11 @ New York L 78–83 Mike Dunleavy Jr. (20) Carlos Boozer (12) Joakim Noah (4) Madison Square Garden 19,812 8–12 21 December 13 @ Milwaukee W 91–90 Joakim Noah (21) Joakim Noah (18) Kirk Hinrich (8) BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,219 9–12 22 December 14 Toronto L 77–99 Luol Deng (17) Joakim Noah (12) D. J. Augustin (6) United Center 21,386 9–13 23 December 16 Orlando L 82–83 Luol Deng (26) Carlos Boozer (13) D. J. Augustin (8) United Center 21,200 9–14 24 December 18 @ Houston L 94–109 Jimmy Butler (20) Joakim Noah (10) D. J. Augustin (9) Toyota Center 18,242 9–15 25 December 19 @ Oklahoma City L 95–107 Joakim Noah (23) Joakim Noah (12) Mike Dunleavy Jr. (6) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 9–16 26 December 21 Cleveland W 100–84 Carlos Boozer (19) Joakim Noah (18) D. J. Augustin (10) United Center 21,658 10–16 27 December 25 @ Brooklyn W 95–78 Taj Gibson (20) Gibson & Noah (8) D. J. Augustin (5) Barclays Center 17,732 11–16 28 December 28 Dallas L 83–105 Joakim Noah (20) Joakim Noah (10) Jimmy Butler (5) United Center 22,099 11–17 29 December 30 @ Memphis W 95–91 Jimmy Butler (26) Boozer & Noah (10) D. J. Augustin (9) FedExForum 17,688 12–17 30 December 31 Toronto L 79–85 Luol Deng (16) Joakim Noah (16) Joakim Noah (6) United Center 21,507 12–18
January : 11–4 (home: 6–3; road: 5–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 2 Boston W 94–82 Joakim Noah (17) Joakim Noah (11) Joakim Noah (9) United Center 21,721 13–18 32 January 4 Atlanta W 91–84 Mike Dunleavy Jr. (20) Gibson & Noah (12) D. J. Augustin (7) United Center 21,539 14–18 33 January 7 Phoenix W 92–87 Taj Gibson (19) Joakim Noah (16) D. J. Augustin (9) United Center 21,181 15–18 34 January 10 @ Milwaukee W 81–72 Carlos Boozer (19) Carlos Boozer (13) Joakim Noah (7) BMO Harris Bradley Center 15,148 16–18 35 January 11 Charlotte W 103–97 D. J. Augustin (20) Joakim Noah (14) D. J. Augustin (12) United Center 21,413 17–18 36 January 13 Washington L 88–102 Carlos Boozer (19) Joakim Noah (16) Kirk Hinrich (8) United Center 21,287 17–19 37 January 15 @ Orlando W 128–125 (3OT) Joakim Noah (26) Joakim Noah (19) D. J. Augustin (9) Amway Center 16,489 18–19 38 January 17 @ Washington L 93–96 Kirk Hinrich (18) Joakim Noah (12) Joakim Noah (6) Verizon Center 17,005 18–20 39 January 18 Philadelphia W 103–78 Joakim Noah (21) Joakim Noah (16) D. J. Augustin (8) United Center 21,710 19–20 40 January 20 L.A. Lakers W 102–100 D. J. Augustin (27) Joakim Noah (21) Joakim Noah (6) United Center 21,626 20–20 41 January 22 @ Cleveland W 98–87 D. J. Augustin (27) Joakim Noah (18) D. J. Augustin (7) Quicken Loans Arena 16,890 21–20 42 January 24 L.A. Clippers L 95–112 Carlos Boozer (22) Joakim Noah (13) Joakim Noah (7) United Center 21,755 21–21 43 January 25 @ Charlotte W 89–87 D. J. Augustin (28) Joakim Noah (10) Joakim Noah (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 18,252 22–21 44 January 27 Minnesota L 86–95 Carlos Boozer (20) Carlos Boozer (14) D. J. Augustin (6) United Center 21,637 22–22 45 January 29 @ San Antonio W 96–86 Jimmy Butler (19) Carlos Boozer (12) Joakim Noah (8) AT&T Center 18,581 23–22
February : 9–4 (home: 4–0; road: 5–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 February 1 @ New Orleans L 79–88 D. J. Augustin (23) Joakim Noah (16) D. J. Augustin (7) New Orleans Arena 17,799 23–23 47 February 3 @ Sacramento L 70–99 Jimmy Butler (17) Carlos Boozer (9) D. J. Augustin (7) Sleep Train Arena 15,178 23–24 48 February 4 @ Phoenix W 100–92 Carlos Boozer (19) Joakim Noah (14) Jimmy Butler (4) US Airways Center 16,636 24–24 49 February 6 @ Golden State L 87–102 Taj Gibson (26) Taj Gibson (13) Joakim Noah (11) Oracle Arena 19,596 24–25 50 February 9 @ L.A. Lakers W 92–86 Joakim Noah (20) Joakim Noah (13) D. J. Augustin (6) Staples Center 18,997 25–25 51 February 11 Atlanta W 100–85 Taj Gibson (24) Joakim Noah (16) Joakim Noah (11) United Center 21,325 26–25 52 February 13 Brooklyn W 92–76 Carlos Boozer (15) Joakim Noah (13) Hinrich & Noah (7) United Center 21,500 27–25 All-Star Break 53 February 19 @ Toronto W 94–92 Carlos Boozer (20) Mike Dunleavy Jr. (11) Joakim Noah (13) Air Canada Centre 17,704 28–25 54 February 21 Denver W 117–89 D. J. Augustin (22) Joakim Noah (11) D. J. Augustin (8) United Center 21,621 29–25 55 February 23 @ Miami L 79–93 Gibson & Noah (20) Joakim Noah (15) D. J. Augustin (5) American Airlines Arena 19,848 29–26 56 February 25 @ Atlanta W 107–103 Mike Dunleavy Jr. (22) Joakim Noah (12) D. J. Augustin (6) Philips Arena 12,418 30–26 57 February 26 Golden State L 83–103 Taj Gibson (21) Joakim Noah (17) Joakim Noah (7) United Center 21,701 31–26 58 February 28 @ Dallas W 100–91 Taj Gibson (20) Taj Gibson (15) Gibson & Dunleavy (4) American Airlines Center 20,398 32–26
March : 10–6 (home: 7–4; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 2 New York W 109–90 D. J. Augustin (23) Joakim Noah (12) Joakim Noah (14) United Center 21,739 33–26 60 March 3 @ Brooklyn L 80–96 D. J. Augustin (16) Carlos Boozer (13) Augustin & Dunleavy (4) Barclays Center 17,732 33–27 61 March 5 @ Detroit W 105–94 D. J. Augustin (26) Jimmy Butler (12) Joakim Noah (11) Palace of Auburn Hills 14,007 34–27 62 March 7 Memphis L 77–85 Taj Gibson (18) Boozer & Noah (8) Joakim Noah (6) United Center 21,218 34–28 63 March 9 Miami W 95–88 (OT) D. J. Augustin (22) Joakim Noah (12) Joakim Noah (7) United Center 22,028 35–28 64 March 11 San Antonio L 96–104 D. J. Augustin (24) Joakim Noah (8) Joakim Noah (7) United Center 21,634 35–29 65 March 13 Houston W 111–87 Mike Dunleavy Jr. (21) Joakim Noah (10) Joakim Noah (9) United Center 21,747 36–29 66 March 15 Sacramento W 94–87 Joakim Noah (23) Joakim Noah (11) Joakim Noah (8) United Center 22,012 37–29 67 March 17 Oklahoma City L 85–97 Taj Gibson (16) Joakim Noah (12) Joakim Noah (9) United Center 22,261 37–30 68 March 19 @ Philadelphia W 102–94 D. J. Augustin (20) Taj Gibson (13) Joakim Noah (6) Wells Fargo Center 13,222 38–30 69 March 21 @ Indiana L 79–91 Butler & Augustin (17) Joakim Noah (13) Joakim Noah (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 38–31 70 March 22 Philadelphia W 91–81 Joakim Noah (20) Taj Gibson (10) Butler & Augustin (6) United Center 21,799 39–31 71 March 24 Indiana W 89–77 Taj Gibson (23) Carlos Boozer (10) Joakim Noah (8) United Center 21,803 40–31 72 March 28 Portland L 74–91 Carlos Boozer (16) Carlos Boozer (12) D. J. Augustin (7) United Center 22,055 40–32 73 March 30 @ Boston W 107–102 D. J. Augustin (33) Gibson & Noah (8) Joakim Noah (13) TD Garden 18,624 41–32 74 March 31 Boston W 94–80 Mike Dunleavy Jr. (22) Gibson & Noah (11) D. J. Augustin (11) United Center 21,494 42–32
April : 6–2 (home: 3–0; road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 2 @ Atlanta W 105–92 D. J. Augustin (23) Joakim Noah (10) Noah & Hinrich (6) Philips Arena 17,029 43–32 76 April 4 Milwaukee W 102–90 Hinrich & Butler (17) Joakim Noah (13) D. J. Augustin (6) United Center 21,996 44–32 77 April 5 @ Washington W 96–78 D. J. Augustin (25) Joakim Noah (12) Jimmy Butler (9) Verizon Center 19,661 45–32 78 April 9 @ Minnesota W 102–87 D. J. Augustin (21) Joakim Noah (13) Joakim Noah (10) _target Center 13,447 46–32 79 April 11 Detroit W 106–98 D. J. Augustin (24) Joakim Noah (12) Joakim Noah (10) United Center 22,219 47–32 80 April 13 @ New York L 89–100 Jimmy Butler (17) Joakim Noah (17) Joakim Noah (9) Madison Square Garden 19,812 47–33 81 April 14 Orlando W 108–95 Mike Dunleavy Jr. (22) Carlos Boozer (12) Joakim Noah (8) United Center 22,087 48–33 82 April 16 @ Charlotte L 86–91 (OT) D. J. Augustin (17) Joakim Noah (13) Hinrich & Noah (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 17,627 48–34
2013–14 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2014 playoff game log Total: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)
First Round: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 20 Washington L 93–102 Augustin & Hinrich (16) Joakim Noah (10) Joakim Noah (4) United Center 21,694 0–1 2 April 22 Washington L 99–101 (OT) D. J. Augustin (25) Joakim Noah (12) D. J. Augustin (7) United Center 21,663 0–2 3 April 25 @ Washington W 100–97 Mike Dunleavy Jr. (35) Joakim Noah (9) D. J. Augustin (7) Verizon Center 23,356 1–2 4 April 27 @ Washington L 89–98 Taj Gibson (32) Joakim Noah (15) Kirk Hinrich (7) Verizon Center 20,356 1–3 5 April 29 Washington L 69–75 Hinrich & Butler (16) Joakim Noah (18) Joakim Noah (7) United Center 21,752 1–4
2014 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
D. J. Augustin	56	9	30.4	.419	.411	.893	2.0	5.1	0.86	0.05	14.5
Carlos Boozer	70	70	28.4	.452	.000	.764	8.4	1.5	0.70	0.31	13.8
Jimmy Butler	61	61	38.2	.396	.284	.775	5.0	2.4	1.95	0.56	13.2
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	76	55	31.1	.426	.376	.854	4.2	2.3	0.79	0.57	11.1
Jimmer Fredette	6	0	3.7	.429	.500	.000	0.7	0.2	0.00	0.00	2.5
Taj Gibson	76	8	28.8	.484	.000	.747	6.9	1.1	0.53	1.36	13.2
Kirk Hinrich	67	55	29.1	.386	.349	.760	2.7	3.9	1.12	0.36	9.0
Mike James	11	0	7.0	.238	.200	.000	0.6	1.5	0.18	0.00	1.0
Cartier Martin	6	0	8.0	.625	.600	.500	0.8	0.3	0.17	0.00	2.5
Nazr Mohammed	74	1	7.2	.410	.000	.533	2.3	0.3	0.18	0.39	1.5
Erik Murphy	24	0	2.6	.231	.000	.000	0.3	0.1	0.00	0.17	0.3
Joakim Noah	74	74	34.9	.476	.000	.731	11.3	5.4	1.24	1.50	12.4
Derrick Rose	10	10	31.1	.354	.340	.844	3.2	4.3	0.50	0.10	15.9
Tornike Shengelia	8	0	1.9	.500	.000	.000	0.3	0.3	0.13	0.00	0.3
Tony Snell	71	12	16.7	.380	.322	.757	1.7	1.0	0.38	0.21	4.7
Marquis Teague	19	2	12.7	.242	.200	.688	1.0	1.5	0.11	0.21	2.4
Jarvis Varnado	1	0	2.0	.000	.200	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Roster

2013–14 Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 17 Amundson, Lou 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982-12-07 UNLV G 14 Augustin, D. J. 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1987-11-10 Texas F 5 Boozer, Carlos 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 266 lb (121 kg) 1981-11-20 Duke G 11 Brewer, Ronnie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1985-03-20 Arkansas G/F 21 Butler, Jimmy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989-09-14 Marquette F 34 Dunleavy Jr., Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1980-09-15 Duke G 32 Fredette, Jimmer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989-02-25 BYU F 22 Gibson, Taj 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985-06-24 USC G 12 Hinrich, Kirk 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1981-01-02 Kansas G 8 James, Mike 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1975-06-23 Duquesne C 48 Mohammed, Nazr 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1977-09-05 Kentucky C 13 Noah, Joakim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1985-02-25 Florida G 1 Rose, Derrick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-10-04 Memphis F 9 Smith, Greg 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1991-01-08 Fresno State G 20 Snell, Tony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991-11-10 New Mexico

Head coach Tom Thibodeau Assistant coach(es) Andy Greer Adrian Griffin Ed Pinckney Mike Wilhelm Fred Tedeschi (trainer) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: April 14, 2014