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| date | time | venue | competition | season |
| October 27, 2015 | 8:00 PM ET | United Center, Chicago, I | NBA | 2015 |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| # | player | position | total points | total minutes |
| 0 | Kevin Love | Power Forward | 18 | 35 |
| 23 | LeBron James | Small Forward | 25 | 36 |
| 20 | Timofey Mozgov | Center | 5 | 21 |
| 52 | Mo Williams | Point Guard | 19 | 37 |
| 5 | J.R. Smith | Shooting Guard | 8 | 30 |
| 17 | Anderson Varejao | Power Forward | 2 | 12 |
| 24 | R. Jefferson | Small Forward | 10 | 17 |
| 13 | Tristan Thompson | Center | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | M. Dellavedova | Point Guard | 6 | 20 |
| 9 |
Jared Cunningham
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Shooting Guard | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | James Jones | Shooting Guard | 0 | 4 |
Chicago Bulls
| # | player | position | total points | total minutes |
| 44 | Nikola Mirotic | Power Forward | 19 | 25 |
| 20 | Tony Snell | Small Forward | 11 | 29 |
| 16 | Pau Gasol | Center | 2 | 32 |
| 1 | Derrick Rose | Point Guard | 18 | 32 |
| 21 | Jimmy Butler | Shooting Guard | 17 | 37 |
| 22 | Taj Gibson | Power Forward | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Doug McDermott | Small Forward | 8 | 16 |
| 13 | Joakim Noah | Center | 0 | 17 |
| 0 | Aaron Brooks | Point Guard | 6 | 16 |
| 55 | E’Twaun Moore | Shooting Guard | 11 | 14 |
Chicago
For all the talk about their fast-paced offense, defense once again lifted the Chicago Bulls in their season opener.
Pau Gasol’s block of LeBron James and a pass deflection in the closing seconds helped preserve the win for new coach Fred Hoiberg. And that had to please the president.
Nikola Mirotic scored 19 points and Derrick Rose added 18 to lead the Bulls to a 97-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers with President Barack Obama watching on Tuesday night.
That is how we are going to win every game,” Rose said. “It kind of feels good going into every game knowing you have the possibility of winning. You have a chance of winning every game because we are so good and deep.
James scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, but the Cavaliers came up short against the team they knocked out in the conference semifinals last season.
- One quality that a basketball player should have is confidence in their skills in game settings.
- Confidence that is there regardless of who they are playing, where they are playing, or what is happening in the game.
- The will to win is great to have, but everybody has that.
Tip-ins
There was a moment of silence before the game in honor of Flip Saunders. The Minnesota Timberwolves coach and team president died Sunday after battling cancer. … The Bulls have won five straight season openers at the United Center.