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The 1996–97 NBA season was the Bulls' 31st season in the National Basketball Association. [1] The Bulls entered the season as defending NBA champions, having defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals in six games, winning their fourth NBA championship.
The Bulls were coming off a season where they lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Orlando Magic.Heading into the upcoming season, Chicago was no longer the same team as they were in their most recent championship season of 1993, having lost key members of their first three-peat core in John Paxson and Bill Cartwright who retired while Horace Grant, B. J. Armstrong, Stacey King ...
The Chicago Bulls missed back to back 70 win seasons, going 69–13, tying the second best all-time record (with the 1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season). With four games to play, the Bulls' record stood at 68–10, only needing a 2–2 split; however, they went 1–3 in those games.
The 1997 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1996–97 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.The Western Conference champion Utah Jazz took on the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls for the title, with the Bulls holding home court advantage.
The 1995–96 Chicago Bulls are widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in the history of basketball. [22] Bulls head coach Phil Jackson consulting Michael Jordan in 1997. In the 1996–97 season, the Bulls missed out on a second consecutive 70-win season by losing their final two games to finish 69–13.
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The Bulls met rival New York Knicks in the Conference Semifinals. In the regular season, Chicago won the season series, 4–1. In Game 1 on May 5, the Bulls defeated the Knicks behind Jordan's 44 points. [96] Chicago would defeat New York again on May 7 to take a 2–0 series lead. [97]
The Chicago Bulls know what they have to do to come away with a win when Zach LaVine is not in the lineup. Ayo Dosunmu scored 20 points, DeMar DeRozan added 18 and Chicago pounded the Memphis ...