They ended years of frustration. They ended the Detroit Pistons’ two-year reign as champions. And now, the Chicago Bulls can begin thinking about playing in the NBA finals for the first time. Making it look easy, the Bulls completed a four-game sweep of the Pistons with a 115-94 victory today at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Chicago dominated the Eastern Conference finals from start to finish, brushing aside the proud Pistons as if they were a nuisance instead of the defending champions. “To say that this is unexpected, to sweep this team, is an understatement,” said Phil Jackson, Chicago’s coach. “But after losing to this team for three years, I think we deserve a shot.” The Pistons tried physical play, lineup changes and anything else they could think of to avoid being dethroned at home. None of it worked. The Bulls were too determined, too poised and too good to be denied. And now, Michael Jordan (29 points on 11-for-17 shooting along with nine rebounds, nine assists) and the Bulls have an impressive 11-1 record in the playoffs. “We didn’t want it any other way,” said Jordan, who added more luster to his extraordinary seven-year career by reaching the NBA finals for the first time. “We wanted to beat Detroit. That way, there wouldn’t be any tarnish to what we accomplished. We surprised a lot of people, and we surprised ourselves. We didn’t feel we could sweep this team, but we knew we could beat them. We had to accept every beating, every push and every elbow they gave …
and til this day….I still hate the Pistons.
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so ironic that rodman and salley wound up playing with chicago later on in the years
bunch of sore losing classless pussies. they couldnt stop air jordan. isaiah bitch ass.
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@MrROLLO70 Let’s see who’s going to stay under a bridge after your America hating, community organizer, terrorists lover and lying Muslim president finally is exposed and spit on by the American people, you liberal kool aid drinker!
@WHSSHHS2008 Word man, word xD
Wow, leaving the game without shaking the opponent’s hand
LeBron must have seen this before he played Orlando
I remember John Salley giving congrats to the Bulls…(classy)…then i remember the bulls getting him later in life….(good guy.) Watching those other punks exit before the game was over was PRICELESS!!!
@WHSSHHS2008 Oh my god. Rodman/KG would be a fucking WAR.
1990-91 started the bulls dynasty and the NBA on NBC picked up where NBA on CBS left off..maybe even better!!
the pistons lost because the unlike the bulls they wore short shorts which are for losers
@rojosentinel Kobe was intentionally kick tripped by a fallen Dahntay Jones in the 2009 playoffs w/o Jones being ejected. This was a few plays after Jones giving Kobe a two hand shove on a layup attempt w/o a T. Refs choose to see what they want to see, even now.
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@thewolfmanchu he was huge off the bench you say LOL HA HA HA
@sheppardtrooper I’ll take the 96 Bulls against any team in history.
Cliff Levingston was huge off the bench!
The way this Pistons play, is the same way every team should play next season against Miami
Michael Jordan sure was right about how you should give the credit to Scottie Pippen and the supporting cast…cause that’s where the credit should go haha.
@sheppardtrooper @sheppardtrooper is it bad to be a Jordan fan boy?? wouldn’t this comment you just posted make a you a bird & magic fan boy
Jordan never won w/o Pippen. W/o Pippen, Jordan would be like LeBronze.
@sheppardtrooper I would disagree with you on that end. Michael peaked from the get go, but scottie and horace didnt peak until 91. The bulls were unstoppable with their core team, jordan pippen and grant (and even paxon) at their peak in early 90′s.
@sheppardtrooper Bird called Jordan “God disguised as michael jordan” when he dropped 63 on the 80′s Celtics, dummy… and Magic calls Jordan the Greatest of All Time.. GOAT.. you’re what’s known as a player hater. Rodman couldn’t win with David Robinson… not til he teamed up wit MJ and Pip.. u suck!
After this game, I never thought that Dennis Rodman would ever play with the Bulls. He look like he was trying to injury Michael and Scotttie.