Chicago Bulls Events

1984
to 1985
Michael Jordan Gains Favor In His First Season
During his first season in the NBA, Jordan averaged 28.2 ppg on 51.5% shooting. He quickly became a fan favorite even in opposing arenas, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated w...
1986 Apr 20 Michael Jordan Scores 63 Points Against the Boston Celtics in Round One of the NBA Playoffs
Jordan was able to play in only 18 regular-season games in his second year in the NBA, after breaking a small bone in his foot in Chicago's third game of the year. Although he was encoura...
1989 May 7 Michael Jordan's Shot Beats Cleveland to Win the Best-of-Five Series 3-2
The Shot is the name given to a game-winning basket made by Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls in the fifth and final game of the first round of the 1989 NBA Playoffs against the Clevela...
1989 May 7 'The Shot'
The Shot is the name given to a game-winning basket made by Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls in the fifth and final game of the first round of the 1989 NBA Playoffs against the Clevela...
1991 Jun 10 The Chicago Bulls Defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of the 1991 NBA Finals
The Bulls would defeat the Lakers in 4 games to 1. This would ultimately turn out to be Magic Johnson's last NBA Finals appearance, who was without James Worthy and Byron Scott, the Laker...
1996 Jun 5
to 1996 Jun 16
 1996 NBA Finals - Bulls Defeat Sonics
In the playoffs, the Bulls lost only three games in four series, defeating Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, head coach George Karl and their Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA Finals to win the NBA C...
1997 Jun 1
to 1997 Jun 13
 1997 NBA Finals - Bulls Defeat Jazz
Game 1 Despite having a toe injury earlier, Scottie Pippen helped the Bulls to a 84-82 win over Utah on Sunday night. Pippen scored 27 points while Jordan scored 31. The Bulls trailed ...
1998 Jun 3
to 1998 Jun 14
 1998 NBA Finals - Bulls Defeat Jazz
Games 1 and 2 Unlike the 1997 Finals, the Jazz and Bulls entered this series as equals. The Jazz had won both regular season match-ups with the Bulls, and many analysts predicted a ha...
1998 Jun 14 Michael Jordan Beats the Buzzer to Defeat Utah in Game 6 of the NBA Finals
The Bulls returned to Utah for Game 6 on June 14, 1998 leading the series 3–2. Jordan executed a series of plays, considered to be one of the greatest clutch performances in NBA Finals hi...
2007 Dec 8 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 92-81
CHICAGO - Rajon Rondo jumped in front of the spotlight usually reserved for the Celtics' star trio last night. more stories like this Rondo had a well-rounded game with 18 points on 9...
2007 Dec 21 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 107-82
The in box was loaded Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after the Celtics' first defeat at home. Where is the backup point guard? Why did Doc Rivers have an ice-cold Paul Pierce take t...
2008 Mar 7 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 116-93
Kevin Garnett missed the newest Celtic, Sam Cassell, so much that he sang a lyric in appreciation last night that Peaches & Herb would have been proud of. "It was good to see him over ...
2008 Apr 1 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 106-92
CHICAGO - With the Pistons more or less throwing in the regular-season towel, the Celtics got one step closer to clinching the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. more stories l...
2008 Oct 31 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 96-80
The Celtics displayed the defensive intensity that has made them defending NBA champions in taking a 96-80 win over the Chicago Bulls last night. It also helped that the Bulls performe...
2008 Dec 19 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 126-108
A lot of basketball needs to be played before we learn if today's Celtics could run with the Chicago Bulls' 72-win team of 1995-96. But by running past the Bulls last night, today's Celti...
2009 Mar 17 Chicago Bulls defeat Boston Celtics, 127-121
CHICAGO - Just when you thought the Celtics' injury situation couldn't get any worse . . . The Celtics lost, 127-121, to the struggling Bulls last night at the United Center, and with ...
2009 Apr 18 Chicago Bulls defeat Boston Celtics, 105-103
Paul Pierce predicted that defending their NBA title would be among the toughest tasks the Celtics ever face. And that was before they lost their playoff opener, 105-103, in overtime to t...
2009 Apr 20 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 118-115
The Celtics' home-court advantage has produced an overtime loss and last night's last-gasp, 118-115 victory over the Chicago Bulls. That would not seem to be an encouraging sign for Games...
2009 Apr 23 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 107-86
CHICAGO - The Celtics felt like the playoffs had started without them. If so, the faux Celtics were replaced last night by the hard-edged, defense-oriented Celtics, who took a 107-86 vict...
2009 Apr 26 Chicago Bulls defeat Boston Celtics, 121-118
CHICAGO - The Celtics went from Game 3 efficiency experts to fumbling away chance after late-game chance in a 121-118 double-overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls yesterday. This was the ...
2009 Apr 28 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 106-104
The Celtics' Big Three were reduced to one last night. But it was the Bulls who ended up staggering at the end of the game, the finishing blows a result of finesse shooting from Paul Pier...
2009 Apr 30 Chicago Bulls defeat Boston Celtics, 128-127
CHICAGO - The gods of overtime got some payback on the Celtics last night. Or maybe just the odds of overtime are playing catch-up. In their first triple-overtime game in the playoffs ...
2009 May 2 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 109-99
No overtime. No problem. The most closely contested and longest playoff series in NBA history concluded last night, the Celtics taking a 109-99 victory over Chicago at TD Banknorth Garden...
2009 Oct 30 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 118-90
The 2007-08 Celtics were specialists in administering the coup de grace to opponents. If they had a team down at the half, that team died a slow death in the second half. Of the 57 gam...
2009 Nov 3 Chicago Bulls defeat Milwaukee Bucks, 83-81
Chicago — A great start for the Milwaukee Bucks had them thinking about finally getting an elusive victory at the United Center. But forward Luol Deng and point guard Derrick Rose pace...
2009 Nov 30 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Chicago Bulls, 99-97
Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut was obviously feeling much better. After pre-game introductions, it is customary for the Bucks to form a circle around the free-throw line in front ...
2009 Dec 12 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 106-80
This was no rematch of last year's epic Eastern Conference first round series. The Celtics are a completely different team than the one that barely edged the Bulls in seven games. And the...
2009 Dec 17 Chicago Bulls defeat New York Knicks, 98-89
CHICAGO - Eddy Curry was touted as a franchise savior when he was drafted by his hometown Chicago Bulls and was later vilified when he returned as a member of the Knicks. Thursday nigh...
2009 Dec 22 New York Knicks defeat Chicago Bulls, 88-81
Knicks 88, Bulls 81 The Chicago Bulls played the first half like they wanted to see their head coach fired sooner rather than later, and the Knicks used the second half to give Vinny D...
2010 Jan 8 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Chicago Bulls, 96-93
Now that's what a rivalry game is supposed to feel like. Elbows were flying, heated words were exchanged, technical fouls were assessed. And when it was all done, the Milwaukee Buck...
2010 Jan 9 Chicago Bulls defeat Minnesota Timberwolves, 110-96
CHICAGO — In the season's 38th game, on the second night of consecutive games, the Timberwolves continued to search in a 110-96 loss to Chicago at United Center on Saturday. One night ...
2010 Jan 14 Chicago Bulls defeat Boston Celtics, 96-83
The Chicago Bulls resembled the team that pushed the Celtics to seven games in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs last May. And against an exhausted, depleted, and underwh...
2010 Feb 16 Chicago Bulls defeat New York Knicks, 118-85
BULLS 118, KNICKS 85 CHICAGO - Donnie Walsh may want to consider trading his entire team. The Knicks opened the second half of the season with a resounding thud. Mike D'Antoni's sin...
2010 Feb 17 Chicago Bulls defeat New York Knicks, 115-109
CHICAGO - Tracy McGrady is still the Knicks' primary target, and the Houston Rockets are expected to decide Wednesday whether the former All-Star swingman heads to New York or Chicago. ...
2010 Feb 19 Chicago Bulls defeat Minnesota Timberwolves, 100-94
Al Jefferson took an entry pass Friday, dribbled once, spun to the basket and tried a little one-handed semi-hook from 3 feet away, the sort of automatic bank shot that has made him a mul...
2010 Apr 6 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Chicago Bulls, 79-74
  PLAYER OF THE GAME: Kurt Thomas wasn't hitting his jumper Tuesday, going just 2 for 8 as he replaced the injured Andrew Bogut in the Bucks' lineup. But he pulled down a game-high 14 ...
2010 Apr 13 Chicago Bulls defeat Boston Celtics, 101-93
CHICAGO—Derrick Rose scored a career-high 39 points, Kirk Hinrich added a season-high 30 and the Chicago Bulls helped their playoff chances with a 101-93 victory over the Boston Celtics o...
2010 Nov 4 New York Knicks defeat Chicago Bulls, 120-112
CHICAGO - Let's hear it for asbestos? Clearly, something got into the Knicks over the last four days as workers removed potentially hazardous waste from the ceiling of Madison Square G...
2010 Nov 5 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 110-105
The Celtics couldn’t nail down their nail-biting victory over Chicago last night until overtime, when the big dogs came out and ripped a 110-105 win out of the hands of the Bulls. But ...