Chicago Bulls timeline
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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'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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 107-82
The first breakaway resulted in a textbook layup. Safe, sure, thought Tony Allen. more stories like this "I was scared," the Celtics' swingman... Read more
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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... Read more
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Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 106-92
CHICAGO - Bennie the Bull literally took a shot at Kevin Garnett and James Posey last night. During the fourth quarter of the Celtics' 106-92... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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,... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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Chicago Bulls defeat Milwaukee Bucks, 83-81
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Bulls forward Luol Deng contributed a 20-20 line with 24 points and a career-high 20 rebounds in 42 minutes. PLAY OF THE... Read more