Costas later did play-by-play for Chicago Bulls broadcasts on WGN-TV during the 1979 – 1980 NBA season.

He played for Durham, Somerset and Worcestershire, as well as a season ( 1987 – 88 ) in Australia playing for the Queensland Bulls.

Despite the good news off the field, and winning four out of five games to start the season, the Wizards just missed out on a playoff berth with a loss to the New York Red Bulls on the final day, finishing with a 10 – 14 – 8 record.

The 2011 – 12 NBA season, scheduled to begin November 1, 2011 with a matchup between the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and the Chicago Bulls, was postponed due to a labor dispute.

The Heat finished the regular season with a 44 – 38 record and faced the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, to whom they lost 4 – 0 in the best of seven series.

Beginning the season with much hype, many considered the Heat as the team to break the single season record of 72 regular season victories set by the Chicago Bulls.

During the regular season, they lost each game against the Chicago Bulls, an Eastern Conference rival.

In the 1994 – 95 season, the Magic's sixth season, All-Star forward Horace Grant was acquired as a free agent from the Chicago Bulls.

In the 1995 – 96 season, the Magic again were near the top of the Eastern Conference and the Atlantic Division with a 60 – 22 record, led by O ' Neal and Hardaway ; however, the Magic were seeded number two, behind the NBA all-time best 72 – 10 record of the Chicago Bulls.

They also earned their 50th win of the season against the Chicago Bulls on April 13, which had not happened since the 1995 – 96 season.

Because of a seemingly meaningless loss to the lowly Chicago Bulls in the regular season finale ( both the Sixers and the Lakers finished with identical 56 – 26 records, but Los Angeles was awarded a higher seed based on tiebreakers ), the 76ers had to open a series on the road for the first time in the 2001 playoffs.

The Bulls won an NBA record-72 games during the 1995 – 96 NBA season and are the only team in NBA history to win 70 games or more in a single season.

The Bulls went 24 – 58 in the 1975 – 1976 season and head coach Dick Motta left the team before being replaced by Ed Badger.

However, with continued dismal results, the Bulls decided to change directions, trading Theus to the Kansas City Kings during the 1983 – 84 season.

With Paxson and Jordan in the backcourt, Brad Sellers and Oakley at the forward spots, Corzine anchoring center, and rookies Pippen and Grant coming off the bench, the Bulls made major noise in the 1987 – 88 season, winning 50 games and advancing to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where they were beaten by the eventual Eastern Conference Champions Detroit Pistons in five games.

By the 1990 – 91 season, the Bulls charged through the year with a mission.

In the Bulls did what no team had done since the legendary Celtics of the ' 60s by chalking up the three-peat over regular season MVP Charles Barkley and the Phoenix Suns, with John Paxson's 3-pointer with 3. 9 seconds left that gave them a 99 – 98 victory in Game 6 in Phoenix.

Despite the Bulls ' amazing run during the 1993 – 94 season, where they won 55 games, they were beaten in seven games by the Knicks in the second round of the playoffs, after a controversial foul call by referee Hue Hollins in game 5 of that series.

The Bulls opened the 1994 – 95 season by leaving their home of 27 years, Chicago Stadium, and moving into their current home, the United Center.

The Bulls also posted the second-best home record in history ( 39 – 2 ), behind only the 1985 – 86 Celtics 40 – 1 home mark, and the second-best point differential in history, trailing the 1972 Lakers by 3 points over the course of an entire season.

The Bulls narrowly won Game 1 at home, then followed it with a blowout victory in Game 2.

This was followed by a victory over the Northern Bulls, the Stormers at Carisbrook, and the Cats, before their first loss of the season to the Sharks.

The next game in the series was Bulls vs. Lakers, released in 1992, followed by Bulls vs. Blazers in 1993.

Oakley, in his final three seasons, played for the Bulls again, followed by the Washington Wizards and the Houston Rockets.

In the 1999 Memorial Cup, the Hitmen opened their tournament with a 5 – 3 victory over the Ontario Hockey League's Belleville Bulls, followed by a 4 – 3 loss to the host Ottawa 67's.

In his first game back, he played 22 minutes off the bench, and had 10 points and 12 rebounds against the Kings, and followed that performance up with a 17 points, nine rebounds outing against the Bulls in 30 minutes of action.

Five financially-troubled seasons followed in non-league football, before he led the Bulls to three consecutive runners-up spots and promotion in 2006.

During their 2005 Out of Exile tour, the band played an instrumental version of Bulls on Parade, followed immediately by Sleep Now in the Fire with Chris Cornell.

Lamar Hunt, who was founder or co-founder of the American Football League, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Chicago Bulls, the United Soccer Association, and Major League Soccer, also founded the team.

* Birmingham Bulls, a defunct professional ice hockey team

* Bradford Bulls, formerly Bradford Northern, rugby league team from Bradford

Since the departure of the Nets to Brooklyn, the Devils are the only major professional sports team to explicitly brand itself as a New Jersey franchise ; although the New York Giants, New York Jets, and New York Red Bulls are headquartered, train, and play in New Jersey, these teams still brand themselves as being from New York City.

Director and screenwriter Ron Shelton's 1988 film Bull Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, and Susan Sarandon, depicted a fictionalized account of the Durham Bulls, at that time a Carolina League team ( they have since become a Class AAA team in the International League ).

The Heat started poorly in the 2006, losing to the Bulls by 42 points ( 66 – 108 ), the worst home loss in team history and worst margin of defeat for a defending Champion on opening day in NBA history.

Fueled by a late-season steamroll, the Heat finished with a 58 – 24 record, third best in team history and a second overall seed, behind the top-seeded, 60-win Bulls, led by MVP Derrick Rose.

* Until recently, the Magic had a team rule that prohibited the wearing of headbands by its players during games ; this is a rule similar to the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz.

Additionally, the Hornets were the first NBA team to popularize the use of pinstripes on uniforms, inspiring similar designs by the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers.

The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ).

The Chicago Bulls are actually the third NBA team in Chicago, after the Packers – Zephyrs ( now the Washington Wizards ) and the Stags ( 1946 – 50 ).

During the 1970s, the Bulls were known as a tough, defensive-minded team, built around hard-nosed defender Jerry Sloan, forwards Bob Love and Chet Walker, point guard Norm Van Lier, and centers Clifford Ray and Tom Boerwinkle.

Both Pippen and Jordan made the All-NBA First Team, and Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman made the All-Defensive First Team, making the Bulls the only team in history with three players on the All-Defensive First Team.

The first round of the playoffs for the Bulls was against the New Jersey Nets, a team led by Kendall Gill and Sam Cassell.

In a much anticipated Finals, The Bulls faced the team they beat the previous year, the Utah Jazz.

Luol Deng was drafted by the Bulls in 2004, and made his first All-Star appearance with the team in 2012.

After losing the first nine games of the season, the Bulls began to show signs of improvement behind their improved team defense and clutch fourth-quarter play from Gordon.

No NBA team had ever come back from a 0 – 3 deficit to win the series, but the Bulls avoided a sweep by winning Game 4 by 10 points.

With this, the Bulls became the team with the lowest chance of winning to ever win the lottery since it was modified for the 1994 NBA Draft, and second lowest ever.

After winning Game 5 at home, Bulls were eliminated by the 76ers in Game 6 in Philadelphia, becoming the fifth team in NBA history to be eliminated as a first seed by an eighth seed.