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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. During the off-season, the Bulls signed 43-year old free agent All-Star center Robert Parish, who won three championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s.
In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Chicago defeated Seattle by 17 points. [106] The Bulls took a 2–0 series lead against the Sonics in the second game where Rodman accumulated 20 rebounds. [107] In KeyArena, Chicago won Game 3 behind Jordan's 36 points. [108] The Bulls lost Game 4 in a 21-point blowout on June 12. [109]
The 1996 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1995–96 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics (64–18) played the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls (72–10), with the Bulls holding home court advantage .
In the 1996 playoffs, Rodman scored 7.5 points and grabbed 13.7 rebounds per game and had a large part in the six-game victory against the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals: in Game Two at home in the Bulls' United Center, he grabbed 20 rebounds, among them a record-tying 11 offensive boards, and in Game Six, again at the United Center ...
The Chicago Bulls finished the season with a combined regular season and postseason record of 87–13, the best in NBA history. [7] Chicago's 72 wins remained an NBA record until 2015–16 , when the Golden State Warriors , who were coached by ex-Bulls guard Steve Kerr , posted a 73–9 record, despite winning a combined 88 regular season and ...
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We have taken our HoopsHype 75 list and split it into five positions: point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards and centers. The catch is, the players who received some votes ...
Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. [1] (born July 23, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, he is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, where he holds franchise records in assists and steals and led them to an NBA Finals appearance.