I was pretty young back then, but this is how I remember the Bulls Championship odds.
1. Laker - There seemed to be a slight edge to the lakers, at least in the media.
2. Blazers - Bulls easily
3. Suns - I don't really remember. That team was good though. And some people swore Dan Majerle was going to own MJ.
4. Sonics - Damn good team, faced possibly the GOAT team in the bulls though. Sonics were underdogs, but damn talented ones.
5 - 6. Jazz - some Mormons were convinced the Jazz would win
Out of all those teams, the '93 Suns came the closest.
There were a last second 3 pt shot away from sending it to a game 7....In which they would've had home court advantage.
People forget they almost beat the Bulls 3 straight times in Chicago.They lost the first 2 games at home and had to go on the road in Chicago for 3 straight in a 2-3-2 format.
They won game 3...lost game 4 on a last second lay up by MJ....and then came back and won game 5.
Kevin Johnson was playing through injuries and Cedric Ceballos was out injured.Pippen never liked playing against Ceballos.He wasn't a perimeter oriented guy, he'd kill you in the lane off backdoor slashes and layups.He was super active down in the blocks for a small forward.
I think fully healthy, with Ceballos, the Suns could've pulled it out