Monday, September 19, 2016

The 1998 Chicago Bulls

The 1998 Chicago Bulls was the elite team back in the 1990's. No other team in the NBA couldn't stop them back then. Even the Bulls lost Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan carried the Bulls on his shoulders. When Pippen returned for the second half of the season the Bulls continued to dominate the league, making it look easy. Pippen's return spark everyone including the leader of the Bulls, Michael Jordan to play at a even higher level. During the season other teams in the NBA would fear the Bulls because they had so many tricks up their sleeves. They will always find a way to win whether they're having a good or bad game. At the end of the season the Bulls won 62 games total and was first in the Eastern Conference. Michael Jordan was named MVP. It was his fifth MVP trophy overall.
When the playoffs started Chicago made it look easy throughout the first two rounds. In the Eastern Conference Finals the Bulls was forced to a game 7 against the Indiana Pacers. It was a do or die game for the Bulls. In the first half the Bulls were struggling to find a shot. In the second half they started to heat up and make all of their shots. In the end the Bulls won a close game and advanced to the NBA finals to face off against the Utah Jazz.
In game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals the game was hard fought game. When came down to the final seconds of the game, Jordan came up huge and hit a game-winner to win his 6th championship overall. He also earned his 6th finals MVP.
That was also Michael Jordan's final game as a Chicago Bull, which would meant that he retired from the game of basketball.


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