That series would have been 2-2 in 96 if Goat didnt GOAT in game 4
98 Pacers were the only legitimate threat to the 90s Bulls
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Shrug. Nobody remembers a 6 game series my guy. Suns get a slight bump bc of the OT game and the paxson shot. That’s about it.What a dumb postThe actual game 6 literally came down to a last shot and the point differential was zero.
Otherwise you can spin ANY 6 game series and hype it up on some ‘almost’. Ie you now got cats sayin Seattle ‘could have beat them’.
In real time that series was such an afterthought that people genuinely thought Chicago coasted 2 games so they can celebrate at home. 2-3-2 format. Young boys was 5 years old in 96 you wasn’t there
Joe_tu-pac
Rookie
Taking long 2s just inside the 3 point line instead of more 3s
Constantly missing free throws
Missing point blank shots at the rim
Big facts. And the next year they had them 2-0!
One thing I loved about Last dance is it humanized Jordan. Jordan is my goat but I’m also a lebron fan, and it’s annoying that people don’t realize bron is judged on a completely different level, and that other stars had the same failures if you nitpicked them the same. Jordan included
I say that bc last dance covered how Mike was ‘caught’ gambling before the Knicks game 2…a game they lost to go down 2-0. That alone would be ‘legacy’ fodder against lebron for decades. But then last dance spun game 3 like ‘he took that personal’. Well they did blow the Knicks out but MIKE WENT 3/18
Pippen had 29.Can you imagine?!? If Lebron or any current star player went 3/18 after a media frenzy like that? They’d asterisk the whole chip
The coolest part is Larry Bird being the coach of the Pacers. Almost eliminated MJ. 
Mandizi
5-I-3 till I D-I-E
I remember that '98 ecf series very well. Jordan guaranteeing the game 7 victory in a press conference and following through with his words before coming up with one of the most clutch late game performances in NBA finals history with the steal on Malone and the finals clinching jumper over Russell in game 6. They was all old and tired as fukk, but still had enough gas in the the tank to pull off the repeat-three peat. Nothing short of historical.
MooseMouthMthafuga
Veteran
Nah...Bulls were just getting older & worn down by the end of their 3rd consecutive championship run.People like to say the '96 Sonics,but I never felt like the Bulls were threatened in that series.Sonics lacked championship pedigree.It would have to be the Suns or the Knicks.The Suns won 2 games on the road in Chicago, and should've had game 6 in the bag up 6 with less than a minute left in regulation.
spencerforhire
All Star
Wished they would’ve played against Hakeem’s Houston Rockets. I’m sure it would’ve been tougher than Pacers.
Ojinnocent420
Pro
Damn shame Patrick Ewing's best teammates were Charles Oakley and John Starks during that era 
, If they could have only got him a Mitch Richmond , Glen Rice ,Steve Smith or Dominique Wilkins type of wing.
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, If they could have only got him a Mitch Richmond , Glen Rice ,Steve Smith or Dominique Wilkins type of wing.
Patrick Ewing Teammates and Opponents | Basketball-Reference.com
<strong>Patrick Ewing Teammates and Opponents</strong>
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Not one mention on any of the Rockets teams?
Damn shame Patrick Ewing's best teammates were Charles Oakley and John Starks during that era
Patrick Ewing Teammates and Opponents | Basketball-Reference.com
<strong>Patrick Ewing Teammates and Opponents</strong>
And when they came up on Spree and
he had that Broken Wrist and Nothing Was The Same after that
OGBobbyJohnson
Veteran
Portland should've made it to the finals in '91 but they choked against the Lakers. Blazers started 19-1 to start that season. Everyone got the they wanted in '92 though.
Yeah, the Bulls were not expected to beat Detroit, let alone sweep them in 1991. Lakers were favored too in that finals (Choked in '90 vs PHX ) .