Rose earned the 2011 NBA MVP Award, thereby becoming the youngest player in NBA history to win it. He became the first Bulls player since Michael Jordan to win the award. As a team, Chicago finished the regular season with a league-best 62–20 record and clinched the first seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1998. The Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks in five and six games, respectively, thereby reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1998, and faced the Miami Heat. After winning the first game of the series, they lost the next four games, ending their season.
Rose earned the 2011 NBA MVP Award thereby becoming the youngest player in NBA history to win it He became the first Bulls player since Michael Jordan to win the award As a team Chicago finished the regular season with a league-best 62–20 record and clinched the first seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1998 The Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks in five and six games respectively thereby reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1998 and faced the Miami Heat After winning the first game of the series they lost the next four games ending their season