2019–20 Chicago Bulls season

The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11 after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. On June 4, 2020, the season came to an end for the Bulls when the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play in the NBA Bubble on July 31, 2020, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association the next day.

Boylen was later fired as head coach on August 14, 2020.

Draft picks

Main article: 2019 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Coby White	Point Guard	United States	North Carolina
2	38	Daniel Gafford	Power forward / Center	United States	Arkansas

The Bulls hold a lottery first round pick and a second round pick. At the night of the draft lottery, the Bulls fell to #7, the furthest a team with the fourth-best odds had fallen in the NBA draft lottery. With the seventh pick of the draft, Chicago selected point guard Coby White from the University of North Carolina.

Roster

2019–20 Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	51	Arcidiacono, Ryan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1994-03-26	Villanova
C	34	Carter, Wendell	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1999-04-16	Duke
G	32	Dunn, Kris	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1994-03-18	Providence
C	6	Felício, Cristiano	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1992-07-07	CCSE Prep Academy (CA)
C	12	Gafford, Daniel	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	1998-10-01	Arkansas
G	3	Harrison, Shaquille	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1993-10-06	Tulsa
G/F	15	Hutchison, Chandler	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1996-04-26	Boise State
C	2	Kornet, Luke	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1995-07-15	Vanderbilt
G	8	LaVine, Zach	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1995-03-10	UCLA
F	24	Markkanen, Lauri	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1997-05-22	Arizona
G	20	Mokoka, Adam (TW)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-07-18	France
G/F	22	Porter Jr., Otto	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1993-06-03	Georgetown
G	31	Satoranský, Tomáš	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1991-10-30	Czech Republic
G/F	28	Strus, Max (TW)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1996-03-28	DePaul
G	45	Valentine, Denzel	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1993-11-16	Michigan State
G	0	White, Coby	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-02-16	North Carolina
F	21	Young, Thaddeus	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1988-06-21	Georgia Tech

Head coach

Jim Boylen

Assistant coach(es)

Dean Cooper
Chris Fleming
Nate Loenser
Roy Rogers
Karen Stack Umlauf
Shawn Respert (Player Development)
Jeff Tanaka (trainer)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 2, 2020

Standings

Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
z – Milwaukee Bucks	56	17	.767	–	30‍–‍5	26‍–‍12	13–1	73
x – Indiana Pacers	45	28	.616	11.0	25‍–‍11	20‍–‍17	8–7	73
Chicago Bulls	22	43	.338	30.0	14‍–‍20	8‍–‍23	7–9	65
Detroit Pistons	20	46	.303	32.5	11‍–‍22	9‍–‍24	5–10	66
Cleveland Cavaliers	19	46	.292	33.0	11‍–‍25	8‍–‍21	4–10	65

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Milwaukee Bucks *	56	17	.767	–	73
2	y – Toronto Raptors *	53	19	.736	2.5	72
3	x – Boston Celtics	48	24	.667	7.5	72
4	x – Indiana Pacers	45	28	.616	11.0	73
5	y – Miami Heat *	44	29	.603	12.0	73
6	x – Philadelphia 76ers	43	30	.589	13.0	73
7	x – Brooklyn Nets	35	37	.486	20.5	72
8	x – Orlando Magic	33	40	.452	23.0	73

9	Washington Wizards	25	47	.347	30.5	72
10	Charlotte Hornets	23	42	.354	29.0	65
11	Chicago Bulls	22	43	.338	30.0	65
12	New York Knicks	21	45	.318	31.5	66
13	Detroit Pistons	20	46	.303	32.5	66
14	Atlanta Hawks	20	47	.299	33.0	67
15	Cleveland Cavaliers	19	46	.292	33.0	65

Game log

Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on July 23, 2019.

2019 preseason game log
Total: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)

Preseason: 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 7	Milwaukee	L 112–122	Zach LaVine (16)	Tomáš Satoranský (7)	Zach LaVine (10)	United Center 17,036	0–1
2	October 9	New Orleans	L 125–127	Zach LaVine (28)	Otto Porter (7)	Satoranský, Porter (8)	United Center 18,670	0–2
3	October 11	@ Indiana	L 87–105	Coby White (24)	Coby White (8)	Ryan Arcidiacono (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,821	0–3
4	October 13	@ Toronto	W 105–91	Zach LaVine (26)	Lauri Markkanen (13)	LaVine, Satoranský, Arcidiacono, Dunn (4)	Scotiabank Arena 16,438	1–3
5	October 17	Atlanta	W 111–93	Zach LaVine (23)	Lauri Markkanen (11)	Satoranský, Arcidiacono (4)	United Center 18,277	2–3

2019–20 season schedule

Regular season

2019–20 game log
Total: 22–43 (Home: 14–20; Road: 8–23)

October: 1–4 (home: 0–1; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 23	@ Charlotte	L 125–126	Lauri Markkanen (35)	Lauri Markkanen (17)	Zach LaVine (7)	Spectrum Center 15,424	0–1
2	October 25	@ Memphis	W 110–102	Zach LaVine (37)	Lauri Markkanen (11)	LaVine, Dunn (4)	FedExForum 17,794	1–1
3	October 26	Toronto	L 84–108	Wendell Carter Jr. (12)	Wendell Carter Jr. (11)	LaVine, Satoransky, Arcidiacono (4)	United Center 21,498	1–2
4	October 28	@ New York	L 98–105	Zach LaVine (21)	Wendell Carter Jr. (10)	Tomas Satoransky (5)	Madison Square Garden 21,498	1–3
5	October 30	@ Cleveland	L 111–117	LaVine, Markkanen (16)	Lauri Markkanen (8)	Tomas Satoransky (8)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,595	1–4

November : 5–10 (home: 3–6; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	November 1	Detroit	W 112–106	Zach LaVine (26)	Wendell Carter Jr. (11)	Tomas Satoransky (6)	United Center 20,671	2–4
7	November 3	@ Indiana	L 95–108	Zach LaVine (21)	Wendell Carter Jr. (10)	Tomas Satoransky (9)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,073	2–5
8	November 5	L. A. Lakers	L 112–118	Zach LaVine (26)	Wendell Carter Jr. (11)	Zach LaVine (7)	United Center 21,193	2–6
9	November 6	@ Atlanta	W 113–93	Tomas Satoransky (27)	Zach LaVine (8)	Tomas Satoransky (8)	State Farm Arena 15,049	3–6
10	November 9	Houston	L 94–117	Young, Hutchison, Markkanen, Carter Jr. (13)	Wendell Carter Jr. (16)	Zach LaVine (5)	United Center 20,482	3–7
11	November 12	New York	W 120–102	Coby White (27)	Wendell Carter Jr. (12)	Ryan Arcidiacono (8)	United Center 18,668	4–7
12	November 14	@ Milwaukee	L 115–124	Coby White (26)	Lauri Markkanen (8)	Zach LaVine (7)	Fiserv Forum 17,627	4–8
13	November 16	Brooklyn	L 111–117	Zach LaVine (36)	Wendell Carter Jr. (14)	Coby White (3)	United Center 19,148	4–9
14	November 18	Milwaukee	L 101–115	Daniel Gafford (21)	Carter Jr., LaVine, Markkanen (8)	Kris Dunn (9)	United Center 17,565	4–10
15	November 20	Detroit	W 109–89	Lauri Markkanen (24)	Wendell Carter Jr. (15)	Tomas Satoransky (7)	United Center 18,119	5–10
16	November 22	Miami	L 108–116	Zach LaVine (15)	Thaddeus Young (8)	Satoransky, Dunn (5)	United Center 18,953	5–11
17	November 23	@ Charlotte	W 116–115	Zach LaVine (49)	Wendell Carter Jr. (11)	Tomas Satoransky (8)	Spectrum Center 17,891	6–11
18	November 25	Portland	L 94–117	Zach LaVine (18)	Wendell Carter Jr. (9)	Satoransky, LaVine (5)	United Center 18,776	6–12
19	November 27	@ Golden State	L 90–104	Zach LaVine (36)	Wendell Carter Jr. (9)	Tomáš Satoranský (7)	Chase Center 18,064	6–13
20	November 29	@ Portland	L 103–107	Zach LaVine (28)	Young, Carter Jr. (9)	Tomáš Satoranský (8)	Moda Center 20,139	6–14

December : 7–7 (home: 4–4; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
21	December 2	@ Sacramento	W 113–106	Zach LaVine (28)	Wendell Carter Jr. (10)	Tomáš Satoranský (5)	Golden 1 Center 17,257	7–14
22	December 4	Memphis	W 106–99	Zach LaVine (25)	Wendell Carter Jr. (13)	Tomáš Satoranský (8)	United Center 15,017	8–14
23	December 6	Golden State	L 98–100	Zach LaVine (22)	Wendell Carter Jr. (12)	Zach LaVine (6)	United Center 18,841	8–15
24	December 8	@ Miami	L 105–110 (OT)	Lauri Markkanen (22)	Wendell Carter Jr. (10)	Coby White (8)	American Airlines Arena 19,600	8–16
25	December 9	Toronto	L 92–93	Zach LaVine (20)	Zach LaVine (11)	Tomáš Satoranský (11)	United Center 14,775	8–17
26	December 11	Atlanta	W 136–102	Zach LaVine (35)	Wendell Carter Jr. (10)	Thaddeus Young (6)	United Center 15,084	9–17
27	December 13	Charlotte	L 73–83	Arcidiacono, LaVine (12)	Wendell Carter Jr. (11)	Satoransky, Dunn, White (3)	United Center 18,377	9–18
28	December 14	L. A. Clippers	W 109–106	Zach LaVine (31)	Lauri Markkanen (17)	Tomáš Satoranský (5)	United Center 18,426	10–18
29	December 16	@ Oklahoma City	L 106–109	Zach LaVine (39)	Wendell Carter Jr. (9)	Tomáš Satoranský (6)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	10–19
30	December 18	@ Washington	W 110–109 (OT)	Lauri Markkanen (31)	Markkanen, Carter Jr., Young (9)	Tomáš Satoranský (6)	Capital One Arena 14,987	11–19
31	December 21	@ Detroit	W 119–107	Zach LaVine (33)	Wendell Carter Jr. (12)	Satoransky, LaVine (5)	Little Caesars Arena 15,948	12–19
32	December 23	@ Orlando	L 95–103	Zach LaVine (26)	Wendell Carter Jr. (10)	Kris Dunn (6)	Amway Center 18,846	12–20
33	December 28	Atlanta	W 116–81	Lauri Markkanen (25)	Carter Jr., Satoransky (8)	Tomáš Satoranský (6)	United Center 21,496	13–20
34	December 30	Milwaukee	L 102–123	Zach LaVine (19)	Wendell Carter Jr. (11)	Tomáš Satoranský (7)	United Center 21,954	13–21

January : 6–11 (home: 4–4; road: 2–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
35	January 2	Utah	L 98–102	Zach LaVine (26)	Wendell Carter Jr. (13)	Zach LaVine (5)	United Center 19,398	13–22
36	January 4	Boston	L 104–111	Zach LaVine (35)	Wendell Carter Jr. (14)	Kris Dunn (7)	United Center 21,130	13–23
37	January 6	@ Dallas	L 110–118	Lauri Markkanen (26)	Markkanen, Young (9)	Tomáš Satoranský (14)	American Airlines Center 20,238	13–24
38	January 8	@ New Orleans	L 108–123	Zach LaVine (32)	White, Young (6)	Kris Dunn (7)	Smoothie King Center 15,324	13–25
39	January 10	Indiana	L 105–116	Zach LaVine (43)	Thaddeus Young (9)	Lauri Markkanen (4)	United Center 20,229	13–26
40	January 11	@ Detroit	W 108–99	Zach LaVine (25)	Markkanen, Gafford (7)	Zach LaVine (6)	Little Caesars Arena 15,951	14–26
41	January 13	@ Boston	L 101–113	Zach LaVine (30)	Lauri Markkanen (6)	Tomáš Satoranský (7)	TD Garden 19,156	14–27
42	January 15	Washington	W 115–106	Zach LaVine (30)	Markkanen, Young (8)	Dunn, LaVine (7)	United Center 19,382	15–27
43	January 17	@ Philadelphia	L 89–100	Zach LaVine (23)	Zach LaVine (7)	Tomáš Satoranský (6)	Wells Fargo Center 20,919	15–28
44	January 18	Cleveland	W 118–116	Zach LaVine (42)	Zach LaVine (6)	Tomáš Satoranský (8)	United Center 19,939	16–28
45	January 20	@ Milwaukee	L 98–111	Zach LaVine (24)	Lauri Markkanen (8)	Tomáš Satoranský (4)	Fiserv Forum 17,747	16–29
46	January 22	Minnesota	W 117–110	Zach LaVine (25)	Cristiano Felício (10)	Tomáš Satoranský (5)	United Center 18,875	17–29
47	January 24	Sacramento	L 81–98	Zach LaVine (21)	Cristiano Felício (9)	Kris Dunn (6)	United Center 17,661	17–30
48	January 25	@ Cleveland	W 118–106	Zach LaVine (44)	Zach LaVine (10)	Zach LaVine (8)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432	18–30
49	January 27	San Antonio	W 110–109	Zach LaVine (23)	Kornet, Young (9)	Kris Dunn (8)	United Center 16,071	19–30
50	January 29	@ Indiana	L 106–115 (OT)	Chandler Hutchison (21)	Cristiano Felício (8)	Zach LaVine (9)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923	19–31
51	January 31	@ Brooklyn	L 118–133	Zach LaVine (22)	Chandler Hutchison (9)	LaVine, Satoranský (8)	Barclays Center 17,732	19–32

February : 1–8 (home: 1–4; road: 0–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
52	February 2	@ Toronto	L 102–129	Thaddeus Young (21)	LaVine, Young (7)	Zach LaVine (7)	Scotiabank Arena 19,800	19–33
53	February 6	New Orleans	L 119–125	Zach LaVine (22)	Chandler Hutchison (8)	Coby White (9)	United Center 18,247	19–34
54	February 9	@ Philadelphia	L 111–118	Zach LaVine (32)	Thaddeus Young (10)	Zach LaVine (8)	Wells Fargo Center 21,018	19–35
55	February 11	@ Washington	L 114–126	Zach LaVine (41)	Zach LaVine (9)	Tomáš Satoranský (8)	Capital One Arena 15,135	19–36
56	February 20	Charlotte	L 93–103	Thaddeus Young (22)	Thaddeus Young (11)	Tomáš Satoranský (8)	United Center 17,463	19–37
57	February 22	Phoenix	L 104–112	Coby White (33)	Felício, Satoranský (6)	Zach LaVine (5)	United Center 20,506	19–38
58	February 23	Washington	W 126–117	Coby White (33)	Felício, White, Young (6)	Tomáš Satoranský (13)	United Center 18,024	20–38
59	February 25	Oklahoma City	L 122–124	Zach LaVine (41)	Cristiano Felício (9)	Tomáš Satoranský (7)	United Center 16,911	20–39
60	February 29	@ New York	L 115–125	Zach LaVine (26)	Wendell Carter Jr. (9)	LaVine, Satoranský (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	20–40

March: 2–3 (home: 2–1; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
61	March 2	Dallas	W 109–107	Coby White (19)	Thaddeus Young (9)	Satoranský, White (5)	United Center 18,407	21–40
62	March 4	@ Minnesota	L 108–115	Coby White (26)	Wendell Carter Jr. (9)	Coby White (6)	Target Center 13,392	21–41
63	March 6	Indiana	L 102–108	Coby White (26)	Satoranský, Young (7)	Tomáš Satoranský (8)	United Center 20,229	21–42
64	March 8	@ Brooklyn	L 107–110	Otto Porter (23)	Shaquille Harrison (8)	Coby White (8)	Barclays Center 15,916	21–43
65	March 10	Cleveland	W 108–103	Coby White (20)	Shaquille Harrison (10)	Satoranský, White (5)	United Center 17,837	22–43

Cancelled games

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
66	March 12	@ Orlando	Amway Center
67	March 14	@ Miami	American Airlines Arena
68	March 15	Boston	United Center
69	March 18	Miami	United Center
70	March 20	@ San Antonio	AT&T Center
71	March 21	@ Houston	Toyota Center
72	March 23	Denver	United Center
73	March 26	Philadelphia	United Center
74	March 28	New York	United Center
75	March 30	@ Utah	Vivint Smart Home Arena
76	April 3	@ Denver	Pepsi Center
77	April 5	@ Phoenix	Talking Stick Resort Arena
78	April 6	@ LA Clippers	Staples Center
79	April 8	@ LA Lakers	Staples Center
80	April 11	Brooklyn	United Center
81	April 13	Orlando	United Center
82	April 15	@ Boston	TD Garden

2019–20 season schedule

Player statistics

Player	Pos.	GP	GS	MP	Reb.	Ast.	Stl.	Blk.	Pts.
Ryan Arcidiacono	PG	58	4	930	110	96	27	3	261
Wendell Carter	C	43	43	1,256	405	51	33	36	484
Kris Dunn	PG	51	32	1,269	186	173	101	17	373
Cristiano Felício	C	22	0	386	102	16	10	2	86
Daniel Gafford	C	43	7	609	106	21	13	56	220
Shaquille Harrison	PG	43	10	484	86	49	34	19	209
Chandler Hutchison	SF	28	10	527	108	26	27	7	218
Luke Kornet	PF/C	36	14	559	84	32	11	26	215
Zach LaVine	SG	60	60	2,085	289	254	88	28	1,530
Lauri Markkanen	PF	50	50	1,492	313	74	42	23	737
Adam Mokoka	SG/SF	11	0	112	10	4	4	0	32
Otto Porter	SF	14	9	331	48	25	15	6	167
Tomáš Satoranský	PG	65	64	1,878	254	354	80	7	644
Max Strus	SF	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	5
Denzel Valentine	SG/SF	36	5	488	74	43	26	6	246
Coby White	PG	65	1	1,674	230	175	49	6	859
Thaddeus Young	PF	64	16	1,591	315	117	92	23	659

After all games.
Waived during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

References

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Reynolds, Tim (March 11, 2020). "NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus". NBA.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
"NBA Board of Governors approves competitive format to restart 2019-20 season with 22 teams returning to play". NBA.com. June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
Wojnarowski, Adrian (June 5, 2020). "NBPA reps vote to approve 22-team format to finish season". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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2019–20 NBA season by team

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Atlantic	Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto
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Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah
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