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The Chicago Bulls are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Chicago, Illinois. Dick Klein founded the Bulls in 1966 after a number of other professional basketball teams in Chicago had failed. [1] [a] In their 53 seasons, the Bulls have achieved a winning record 25 times, and have appeared in the NBA playoffs 35 times. [4]
Best NBA Finals series record, 6–0. Largest margin of victory in a game , 42, June 7, 1998. The Bulls went 6-0 and swept each team they faced in their final games.
The Bulls finished the regular season with a 41–41 record and clinched the eighth seed in the 2017 NBA playoffs. [62] They took a surprising 2–0 series lead over the top-seeded Boston Celtics but ultimately lost the series 4–2.
Chicago Bulls (1991–1993) Chicago Bulls (1996–1998) Los Angeles Lakers (2000–2002) Two consecutive. Minneapolis Lakers (1949, 1950) Boston Celtics (1968, 1969) Los Angeles Lakers (1987, 1988) Detroit Pistons (1989, 1990) Houston Rockets (1994, 1995) Los Angeles Lakers (2009, 2010) Miami Heat (2012, 2013) Golden State Warriors (2017, 2018)
The series, the 50th NBA finals in league history, was played under a best-of-seven format. This was the first championship in the Chicago Bulls' second three-peat. [1] Chicago won the series 4 games to 2. Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP, his fourth time winning the award.
The Chicago Bulls entered the NBA playoffs with a record of 72–10 (the best regular season record until the 2016 Golden State Warriors went 73–9), eclipsing the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers record of 69–13, helped by Michael Jordan's first full season back from his mid-1990's retirement and the addition of another future Hall of Famer to the Bulls, Dennis Rodman.
The Bulls lost two home games in the final month losing to the Charlotte Hornets, then their final home game of the season to the Indiana Pacers. Those were their only home losses of the entire season, including the playoffs, as Chicago finished with an overall 39–2 record at the United Center.
The 1993–94 NBA season was the Bulls' 28th season in the National Basketball Association. [1] The Bulls entered the season as the three time defending NBA champions, having defeated the Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals in six games, winning their third NBA championship, their first of two threepeats in the 1990s.