Is Phil Jackson Really Done Coaching in the NBA? : May 10, 2013

Is Phil Jackson really done coaching in the NBA? It did not appear so earlier this year when it looked as if he was clearly interested in coming back to coach the Los Angeles Laker ...

Conference Semifinals: Who Will Advance? : May 09, 2013

All four of the conference semifinal series are tied at 1-1 after the Miami Heat routed the Chicago Bulls and the Golden State Warriors beat the San Antonio Spurs last night. So no ...

Tracking the Florida Gators 2004 Class in the NBA Playoffs : April 24, 2013

The Florida Gators were the last team to win back to back NCAA Tournaments in 2006 and 2007. There were three NBA lottery picks from that team, Al Horford, Joakim Noah and Corey Br ...

Analyzing Round One of the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs : April 19, 2013

The regular season is done and finally we know now what the first round match-ups are. Let's look at each Eastern Conference series and give our predictions. Miami Heat vs Milwa ...

Will Injured Derrick Rose Ever Return to the Bulls? : April 01, 2013

The big question in the Chicago Bulls season has been whether or not superstar point guard Derrick Rose will come back from his injured knee suffered in last season's playoffs. He ...

Don’t Forget About the NBA; Playoff Picture Taking Shape with Heat & Nuggets : March 23, 2013

It's easy this time of the year to kind of forget about the NBA. With all the great college basketball tournament action going on, there isn't much time to watch the pros. Even Ern ...

NBA Playoff Projections: A Different Look Than Last Time : March 15, 2013

There has been a lot of shifting since the last time we took a look at possible playoff scenarios. Now that we are about a month away, we can also make some predictions based on wh ...

Odds of Winning the NBA Championship : February 25, 2013

If you think you know who will win it all this year, then you can go place a wager on your team at JustBet. As you may expect, the defending champion Miami Heat is the favorite at ...

NBA Playoffs: Where are the Upsets? : February 24, 2013

As the regular season is winding down, the NBA playoff picture is getting clearer. There are still a lot of spots yet to be decided, but we can already put the Miami Heat in the Ea ...

NBA All Star Break Playoff Seeding Update : February 19, 2013

The NBA season resumes on Tuesday night with most teams having less than 30 games left. Now would be a good time to check in on the playoff races. These will be the match-ups if th ...

Remembering Jordan on his 50th : February 14, 2013

There have been so many articles and news stories about Michael Jordan lately since he is turning 50 this weekend. So I thought I might as well join in. I was a season ticket ho ...

Clippers Back on Track After Mowing Down Philly : February 12, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers appear to once again be a contender now that their stars are back in the lineup. They closed their eight game road trip, which saw them lose games to the W ...

Miami Pounds L.A. Clippers in Return of Chris Paul : February 10, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers welcomed Chris Paul. Blake Griffin and Chauncey Billups back to the lineup of Friday against the Miami Heat. But it was hardly noticeable as Lebron James s ...

Celtics Beat Heat, Lose Rajon Rondo to Torn ACL : January 28, 2013

The Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat in double overtime in Ray Allen's return to Boston. Hopefully, Celtics fans enjoyed what was likely the last hurrah for this group of Paul Pi ...

Big Day of NBA Hoops on MLK Holiday : January 21, 2013

The NBA is trying to take over Christmas Day much as the NFL has Thanksgiving Day and motorsports owns Memorial Day. Whether or not families will ever reserve Christmas Day to watc ...

Thunder Rolls Over Denver by 20 : January 17, 2013

The Oklahoma City Thunder whipped a very tough Denver Nuggets team right from the start, turning what should have been a good game into a laugher with a 117-97 win. The Thunder rac ...

Bulls Top Knicks For Third Time : January 12, 2013

The Chicago Bulls are 3-0 this season against the New York Knicks. On Friday, the Bulls raced out to an early 20 point lead and held that advantage until there were only three minu ...

NBA Playoff Picture Update : January 09, 2013

With the NBA getting near the halfway point, now would be a good time to take a look at the playoff races and possible first round match-ups. In the Western Conference, the Los ...

NBA Monday: Upsets Everywhere! OK Not Everywhere… : January 08, 2013

We didn't get an upset in the big college football game on Monday night. In fact, that game was over right after the opening kickoff. If you were tuning in hoping for an upset, the ...

Clippers Hold on to Beat Lakers 107-102 : January 06, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers were without one of their stars in Jamal Crawford and the Los Angeles Lakers got what was probably Dwight Howard's best game since he's been wearing purple ...

Warriors Drop Clippers; Bulls Win Thriller : January 03, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers were undefeated in December going 17-0. Then the calendar flipped to January and the Clippers are now 0-2 for the new year. After dropping a 14 point decis ...

End of the Year NBA Rankings : December 31, 2012

It's the last day of 2012. This seems like a good time to do a top ten NBA rankings. The playoff picture is beginning to take shape a bit as we are getting to within a couple of we ...

Showtime Retuns to Los Angeles as Clippers win 14th Straight : December 26, 2012

At halftime of the Los Angeles Clippers 14th consecutive win on Christmas night over the Denver Nuggets, Hall of Fame guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson gave the team perhaps its greates ...

Nash Makes Return to Lakers as they Beat Warriors in OT : December 24, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers welcomed Steve Nash back to the lineup on Saturday after 24 games and got an impressive road court victory over the Golden State Warriors in overtime 118-115 ...

NBA Friday: Clippers win 12th Straight; Beat Kings 97-85 : December 22, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers set their franchise record with their 12th win in a row with a win over the Sacramento Kings 97-85 on Friday night. Chris Paul scored 24 points and had 13 ...

Bulls Take Down Celtics 100-89 to Hand the C’s Third Straight Loss : December 19, 2012

Joakim Noah had a triple double with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists and Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer each had 21 points to lead he Chicago Bulls past the Boston Celtics 100-8 ...

Linsanity Returns to New York; Hands Knicks First Home Loss : December 18, 2012

Jeremy Lin returned to Madison Square Garden on Monday night. This was the arena where he made name for himself last season, and parlayed that into a lot of money this season, alth ...

Hawks Top Magic 86-80 in Orlando : December 13, 2012

The Orlando Magic came back home from a nice west coast road trip to face a red hot Atlanta Hawks at the Amway Center. The Hawks started both halves hot and spent the rest of them ...

Knicks Beat Nets on Kidd Three Pointer 100-97 : December 12, 2012

Carmelo Anthony led the New York Knicks with 45 points to help them score a win over their newest rival, the Brooklyn Nets in the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. Jason Kidd broke a 9 ...

Heat End Mini-Skid With Win Over Hornets : December 09, 2012

Dwayne Wade led the 13-5 Miami Heat out of a two-game slide with 26 points while his teammate Lebron James added 24 points ans they beat the New Orleans Hornets 106-90 in Miami on ...

NBA Friday Night Action: Sixers Nip Celtics in OT : December 08, 2012

The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers came into tonight's game with identical 10-8 records. Four quarters tonight was still not enough to separate the two teams. So after five ...

NBA Monday Night Wrap-up: Thunder Dominates, Bulls Collapse, Clips Fall Again : November 27, 2012

Besides the playoff like atmosphere for the New York Knicks vs Brooklyn Nets game at the Barclay's Center, there were certainly a lot of interesting stories around the NBA on Monda ...

NBA Saturday: Clippers Thump Bulls : November 18, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers continued their hot streak with a convincing 101-80 win over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday at the Staples Center. The win was the fifth straight for the Cl ...

NBA Action: Tempers Flare as Grizzlies Top Thunder : November 15, 2012

Do not sleep on the Memphis Grizzlies. They lost on opening night to the Los Angeles Clippers and have not lost since. On Wednesday they went on the road to face the defending cham ...

Heat Beats Rockets in a Thriller 113-110 : November 13, 2012

Lebron James scored 38 points to lead the defending champion Miami Heat to a hard fought 113-110 win over the pesky Houston Rockets on Monday. Chris Bosh added 24 points and 10 reb ...

NBA Top 10 Rankings: Knicks #1 in the Early Going : November 12, 2012

What if they had an NBA poll? Where would your favorite team be ranked? That all depends on who is doing the ranking. Are the people doing the rankings watching the games? Are they ...

NBA Preseason Action; Bulls and Heat Win on Tuesday : October 24, 2012

There were four games on the schedule on Tuesday in the NBA preseason. The preseason is winding down as the regular season is less than ten days away. Here is a recap of Tuesday's ...

NBA Preseason Friday Night Recap : October 20, 2012

In Friday's NBA preseason action, the Orlando Magic won for the first time in the preseason with a 112-96 win over the Indiana Pacers. Glen "Big Baby" Davis led the Magic with 22 p ...

Nets Top Sixers in Overtime : October 15, 2012

While we spent the weekend watching football and playoff baseball, the NBA was busy getting ready for the season playing preseason games. On Saturday, the Brooklyn Nets and Philade ...

Jazz Beat Thunder in Preseason Action : October 13, 2012

Mo Williams had a good return to Utah in his first home back with the Jazz, scoring 15 points in 23 minutes to lead the Utah Jazz over the Oklahoma City Thunder 97-81 in NBA presea ...

Dallas Loses to Barcelona as Dirk Doesn’t Play : October 10, 2012

Dirk Nowitzki sat out the Dallas Mavericks game with FC Barcelona Regal on Tuesday due to a swollen knee. The Mavericks lost the game 99-85. It was the Mavericks second game in Eur ...

NBA Injury Report : September 14, 2012

Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin, and Brandon Roy are all coming back form injuries this season. Roy is perhaps the most compelling story. He actually retired at one p ...

Eastern Conference Playoff Picks: Bulls to Face Heat : April 27, 2012

Now we know for sure what the playoff match-ups are. No more “if the season ended now”, the matches are set. Here are my picks for the Eastern Conference. 1 vs. 8- Philadelp ...

Miami Heat Draw Closer To Chicago Bulls with Win On Thursday : April 20, 2012

The race for the top spot in the Eastern Conference is not quite over yet. The Miami Heat won a playoff-type slug-fest over the Chicago Bulls in Miami to draw within 1.5 games in t ...

NBA Eastern Conference Playoff Picture: The Match-ups : April 18, 2012

With a bit over ten days left in the regular season, six teams in the East are already in. Let’s look at the match-ups if the season ended now: EASTERN CONFERENCE 1 vs. 8- ...

Bulls Take Down Heat in OT : April 13, 2012

The #1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs is a virtual lock now. The Chicago Bulls have a four game lead over the Miami Heat with seven games to play. So if the Big Three of M ...

Bulls Answer Knicks With Win in Chicago : April 11, 2012

On Sunday in New York the Knicks won a thriller over the Bulls. On Tuesday the Bulls got pay back in Chicago 98-86. Derick Rose missed the game, his 13th absence in 14 games. But R ...

Knicks Pull One Out Over Bulls : April 09, 2012

Derrick Rose made his return from injury on Sunday in Madison Square Garden. He didn’t quite shake all the rust off though as he missed two critical free throws in the last secon ...

Eastern Conference Playoff Picture: Bulls, Heat and then Everyone Else : April 05, 2012

Yesterday we looked at the Western Conference Playoff Picture and how the teams matched up as of yesterday’s standings. Now let’s do the same for the East. 1 vs. 8-New York ...

Bulls Trounce Hawks Without Rose; Knicks Beat Magic Without Amare or Lin : March 29, 2012

“We played great,” Deng said. “Guys got easy looks because of the ball movement. The thing we did well is, even when they made their run, we responded right away,” Deng sai ...

Orlando Gets Huge Road Win at Chicago; Dwight’s Days in Orlando May Not Be Over Just Yet. : March 09, 2012

Just a couple of days ago, when the Orlando Magic blew a 20 point lead to a 4-31 Charlotte team, many including myself wondered if maybe that was the final nail in the coffin for H ...

NBA Central Division Update: Pacers Keeping Pace : January 02, 2012

In the Central Division of the NBA, clearly the team to beat is the defending champion Chicago Bulls. The Bulls are off to a good start to the season. But the Indiana Pacers and Mi ...

Lakers Off to 0-2 Start After Losing to Bulls; Kings : December 27, 2011

The Los Angeles Lakers, losers in the “Chris Paul Sweepstakes” to their fellow Staples Center occupants, the Clippers, are now down 0-2 after letting a late lead slip away on ...

Warriors Split First Two Games at Home : December 27, 2011

The Golden State Warriors, under new coach Mark Jackson, have a record of 1-1 after their first two games of the season. They lost to the new look Los Angeles Clippers on Christmas ...

Paul to L.A. Clippers; Howard Staying Put : December 15, 2011

Chris Paul is off to L.A. after all. But he will not be wearing gold and purple. He will be wearing red instead. He will be teaming up with Blake Griffin, Chauncey Billups and Caro ...

Michael vs. Kobe; Which one is better? : September 07, 2011

For years we have been told that Michael Jordan is the “Greatest Basketball Player of All Time”. I saw the man play in person. It’s hard to dispute that. When he had the ball ...

chicago bulls History

The NBA Chicago Bulls basketball team plays in the Eastern Conference's Central Division as part of the National Basketball Association. The Bulls are based out of Chicago, Illinois. Their home games are played at United Center.

During the 1990s the Chicago Bulls had one of the greatest sports and NBA dynasties of all time. In eight years they won six championships and they had two three-peats. The Bulls were led by head coach Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippin. The first three Bulls championship teams also included B.J. Armstrong, John Paxson, Horace Grant and Bill Cartwright. The latter three included Dennis Rodman, Toni Kukoc, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr and Luc Longley. During the NBA season of 1995-96 the Chicago Bulls won 72 games to set an NBA record. No other NBA team has won 70 games in one season. The last championship season for the Bulls occurred in 1998. Chicago has won all six of their appearances in the NBA Finals.

The Bulls run came to an end after they won the 1998 championship against the Utah Jazz. Michael Jordan retired in January 1999. Scottie Pippen, Steve Kerr and Luc Longley were traded and Dennis Rodman was not re-signed. Phil Jackson was also replaced with Tim Floyd from Iowa State University as head coach.