72 | March 24 | Detroit | | Kirk Hinrich (24) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Kirk Hinrich (8) | United Center20,502 | 34–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 26 | Miami | | John Salmons (27) | Tyrus Thomas (12) | Derrick Rose (7) | United Center21,908 | 35–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 | March 28 | Indiana | | Ben Gordon (25) | Derrick Rose (9) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center20,756 | 36–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 29 | @ Toronto | | Ben Gordon (37) | Brad Miller (10) | Derrick Rose (9) | Air Canada Centre18,949 | 36–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | March 31 | @ Indiana | | Derrick Rose (24) | Derrick Rose (11) | Brad Miller (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse15,687 | 36–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 4 | New Jersey | | Ben Gordon (18) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich (5) | United Center21,424 | 37–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 78 | April 7 | New York | | Kirk Hinrich (25) | Brad Miller (12) | John Salmons, Derrick Rose (6) | United Center20,764 | 38–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 | April 9 | Philadelphia | | Ben Gordon, Tyrus Thomas (24) | Ben Gordon, Joakim Noah (7) | Derrick Rose (8) | United Center20,791 | 39–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 | April 11 | Charlotte | | Ben Gordon (39) | Joakim Noah (10) | Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah (7) | United Center20,265 | 40–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 | April 13 | @ Detroit | | Derrick Rose (24) | Joakim Noah (13) | Derrick Rose (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 41–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 15 | Toronto | | Ben Gordon (23) | Brad Miller (11) | Derrick Rose (11) | United Center20,677 | 41–41 Playoffs The Bulls-Celtics series became the first playoff series in NBA history to have 4 games go into overtime. |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | April 18 | @ Boston | | Derrick Rose (36) | Joakim Noah (17) | Derrick Rose (11) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 20 | @ Boston | | Ben Gordon (42) | Brad Miller (9) | Kirk Hinrich (7) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 23 | Boston |