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by: Chris Maynard
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With an opponent, the Seattle SuperSonics, set for the 1996 NBA Finals, the Chicago Bulls were seen as overwhelming favorites for reasons well beyond their dominant regular season and playoff run.
Chicago was the more experienced team when it came to playing in the NBA Finals, with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen the lone holdovers from the Bulls' first three-peat in 1991, 1992 and 1993. In addition to Chicago's dynamic duo, Dennis Rodman, John Salley and James "Buddha" Edwards had appeared in three NBA Finals with the Detroit Pistons in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
In contrast, Seattle had only one player to play in an NBA Finals, Jordan's former North Carolina teammate Sam Perkins, who was on the Los Angeles Lakers team that the Bulls defeated during the 1991 NBA Finals. Of course, Perkins had a huge moment in that series, hitting the game-winning three in Game One to give Los Angeles its first and only victory in the series.
With Chicago's victories against the Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns during the 1991, 1992 and 1993 NBA Finals, respectively, in mind, I thought it would be interesting to revisit each of those series based on different categories:
Chicago was the more experienced team when it came to playing in the NBA Finals, with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen the lone holdovers from the Bulls' first three-peat in 1991, 1992 and 1993. In addition to Chicago's dynamic duo, Dennis Rodman, John Salley and James "Buddha" Edwards had appeared in three NBA Finals with the Detroit Pistons in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
In contrast, Seattle had only one player to play in an NBA Finals, Jordan's former North Carolina teammate Sam Perkins, who was on the Los Angeles Lakers team that the Bulls defeated during the 1991 NBA Finals. Of course, Perkins had a huge moment in that series, hitting the game-winning three in Game One to give Los Angeles its first and only victory in the series.
With Chicago's victories against the Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns during the 1991, 1992 and 1993 NBA Finals, respectively, in mind, I thought it would be interesting to revisit each of those series based on different categories:
- Best game of the series.
- Underrated game of the series.
- Legendary Jordan performance of the series.
- Turning point of the series.
- Surprising Bulls' loss in the series.
- Iconic game/ moment of the series.
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Make the jump to revisit Chicago's first three appearances in the NBA Finals based upon this criteria.
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