Rose Scores 39, Bulls Beat Pacers In Game One
Derrick Rose had a career-high 39 playoff points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers by a score of 104-99.
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Derrick Rose had a career-high 39 playoff points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers by a score of 104-99.
Now that the regular season is over, it's time to find out what LeBron James and the Miami Heat are really made of. There's not a player in the league that has more at stake in the 2011 playoffs than James.
The Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat are top two seeds in the Eastern Conference, and if the seeding holds up over the first two rounds, they'll meet each other in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The time for talk is over. It's NBA playoff time and the Chicago Bulls are ready.
The Chicago Bulls ended the regular season with the best record in the NBA. They have the front runner for league MVP. But despite all that, there are some who don't think the Bulls are the favorites to a title.
The Chicago Bulls begin their NBA playoff run tomorrow, and a financial consulting firm figures the Chicago area could reap tens of millions of dollars if the team goes deep into the playoffs.
We all knew that the Chicago Bulls were going to be a pretty good team when the season began back in late October.
NBA players, coaches and broadcasters love to tell you that "playoff basketball is different."
The Chicago Bulls jumped to the top of the Eastern Conference and earned homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs by finishing with the NBA's best record.
The Chicago Bulls' Tom Thibodeau has been named the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month, for games played in April.
The Chicago Bulls ended the regular season with the best record in the NBA. Coming into the season no one saw this kind of a jump from the 41-win team that lost in the first round of the playoffs last season.
62 wins, the top seed in the Eastern conference, the NBA's best overall record and home-court advantage all the way through the playoffs, after an all-out performance by a roster laden with useful players.
With a win on Wednesday night and a San Antonio Spurs loss, the Chicago Bulls have locked up the best record in the NBA. The team now shifts its focus to the postseason, and the Indiana Pacers.
The Bulls secured the top spot in the Eastern Conference awhile back and after winning their ninth straight game have home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.
The fans and the media have been looking forward to the NBA Playoffs for months and now the Chicago Bulls can too.
There should always be hope at the top of a playoff run, but there should always be realism.
The complete schedules for the first round of the NBA Playoffs won't be released until Wednesday night, but the Chicago Bulls have announced that their opening game will take place on Saturday (4/16) at 12 noon (CST).
This season, the Chicago Bulls are an astonishing 35-5 at home, they've been outright dominant. So it's almost fitting they'll end their regular season at home, with a chance to tie for the league's best record.
If there is one thing I hate about the playoffs--be it the NBA, NFL, or NHL--it is when a team with a losing record makes it in, while a team from the opposite conference--with a winning record--has to stay home.
The Chicago Bulls are just one game behind the San Antonio Spurs for the best record in the NBA. Head coach Tom Thibodeau has made it clear that he intends on trying to catch the Spurs.
Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls have two things they want to accomplish before the regular season ends. And they can make ground on both of them by beating the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.
This season, Derrick Rose has stolen the majority of headlines surrounding the Chicago Bulls, and rightfully so. The Bulls' third-year point guard is the odds on favorite to win the league's MVP award.
The Chicago Bulls outplayed the Boston Celtics and walked away with a 16-point win on Thursday night, but that's all it was for this Bulls team, a single win.
Joakim Noah and the Chicago Bulls have a pretty good idea what to expect when the Boston Celtics visit the United Center on Thursday Night.
Being the likely NBA Most Valuable Player is one thing. Proving it every night is another, especially when you shouldn't have to.
Friday is the eviction deadline at the South Shore apartment that made national headlines earlier this year after it was raided by federal immigration agents.
A man is dead after a fiery crash near 63rd Street beach on Thursday night.
Chicago police are searching for a man and his 4-year-old son, who have been missing from the Little Village neighborhood since Wednesday.
Illinois could soon join a growing list of states where terminally ill patients would be allowed to take life-ending medication prescribed by a doctor.
The harsh winter conditions aren't the only challenge for Aurora's warming center. Keeping staff and clients healthy can be a challenge, too. They're getting a big donation to help them through.
Indiana state police said "numerous" state lawmakers had faced bomb threats and been the subject of swatting hoaxes amid the push for redistricting.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors are starting to select the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers broke the law.
Joel Brennan, a former top official in Gov. Tony Evers' administration, announced Thursday that he is running to succeed the two-term Democrat, joining a crowded primary field for the 2026 election.
The Senate on Thursday failed to advance competing Democratic and Republican measures to address health care costs. Follow live updates here.
Chicago aldermen have scheduled a series of five City Council meetings before Christmas as they race the clock to pass a budget by the end of the year and avoid a city government shutdown.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
An investigation into the case of a Michigan man who contracted rabies after an organ transplant provided more details on the infection's origin.
The newest measles vaccination numbers released by Chicago Public Schools shows immunizations are finally moving in the right direction.
Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities in maternal care.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill aimed at protecting vaccine access in Illinois.
Roseland Community Hospital on Monday celebrated the opening of a new sickle cell treatment clinic.
A Culver's is coming to Chicago's South Loop, a real estate broker has confirmed.
A new vision for passenger rail is on track in southeastern Wisconsin. The MARK Passenger Rail Commission held its inaugural meeting on December 5, 2025, at Racine City Hall.
U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand.
Traffic at O'Hare International Airport is growing faster than expected, and this has Chicago city leaders wanting to make big changes to future construction plans at the airport.
Small Business Saturday was disrupted by the winter storm for many business owners in Chicago, but in the Rogers Park neighborhood, a group of business owners came together to draw customers.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes have been announced. Here are the nominees.
Landon Wallace, better known as Power 92 radio and Chicago Bulls mixer DJ Commando, died last week.
Thirty-five years after throngs headed to a theater near them to see "Home Alone," you can have a lovely cheese pizza, just for you, like Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister character did.
Frank Gehry was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Despite fears of immigration enforcement, the annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe continues Friday in Des Plaines.
A fiery crash left one man dead on Coast Guard Drive.
A fiery crash left one man dead on Coast Guard Drive.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon is tracking dangerously cold weekend temperatures.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
Investigators believe the same crew is behind a pair of armed home invasions in recent days targeting women pulling into their driveways before forcing their way into their homes in Chicago's southwest suburbs.
Illinois could soon join a growing list of states where terminally ill patients would be allowed to take life-ending medication prescribed by a doctor.
A wrongful death lawsuit reveals new allegations about what was possibly led up to the death of Chicago police officer Krystal Rivera.
Friday is the eviction deadline at the South Shore apartment that made national headlines earlier this year after it was raided by federal immigration agents.
A man is dead after a fiery crash near 63rd Street beach on Thursday night.
The new charges for a man facing federal charges after allegedly lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line has exposed a range of gaps in the criminal justice system, experts say.
The Cook County Assessor said the county's commercial businesses saw millions of dollars cut from their property tax bills this year, and the burden was shifted onto homeowners.
A Chicago woman battling ALS said she's been struggling just to get a disabled parking space in front of her Bridgeport home.
Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, Sheriff Tom Dart said this crisis isn't new, and that he's been warning lawmakers of problems for years.
Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals are being monitored before trial.
When the Chicago Bears take on the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, players and fans are in for one of the coldest games at Soldier Field in years. The sub-zero wind chills in the forecast have some fans trying to unload their tickets.
Next spring, the Joliet Slammers will play a game on the Old Joliet Prison baseball diamond where inmates used to play ball before the prison was shut down in the early 2000s.
The Blackhawks have scored first in 12 of 15 home games, which leads the NHL. Chicago has also allowed just four first-period goals, the fewest in the league.
The University of Michigan appointed Biff Poggi as interim head coach after Sherrone Moore was terminated.
ISU knocked off No. 1-ranked and defending champion North Dakota State in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors are starting to select the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers broke the law.
Chicago police on Thursday warned of a pattern of armed robberies in the Morgan Park neighborhood committed by people who arranged to buy shoes.
Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. They plan to seek the death penalty.
A man was shot and killed early Thursday morning in a house in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
A woman was hospitalized after being shot and wounded in Chicago's Calumet Heights neighborhood early Thursday morning.
