The Sixers won 104 – 101 over the Chicago Bulls on March 13, 2009.

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.

Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls, for a total of 6 MVP awards.

Had the Bulls won the toss, they would have selected the great Magic Johnson ; instead, they selected David Greenwood with the second pick.

The Bulls won their second straight title in after racking up another franchise record for wins with 67.

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.

In the offseason, the Bulls lost B. J. Armstrong in the expansion draft, but Krause pulled off a masterful deal by trading Will Perdue to the San Antonio Spurs for the aggressive and often controversial rebounding specialist Dennis Rodman, who had won the past four rebounding titles, and who had also been a member of the Detroit Pistons ' " Bad Boys " squad that served as the Bulls ' chief nemesis in the late 1980s.

Facing a potential two to nothing deficit, the Bulls won Game 2 at the Delta Center and tied the series.

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

The Bulls then easily won Game 5 in Detroit, and had a chance to make NBA history.

With a slim 1. 7 % chance of winning the rights to draft number 1, the Bulls won the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery and selected first overall.

The Spurs ' perfect record in NBA Finals series is surpassed only by the Chicago Bulls, who have won six without a loss ; the Bulls and Spurs are the only two teams to maintain perfect records through multiple Finals series.

Despite the shortened 66-game NBA season due to the NBA lockout, the Spurs won 50 games and tied the Chicago Bulls for the best record in the league.

The Lakers won 69 games that season, which stood as the NBA record for 24 years until the Chicago Bulls won 72 games in 1995 – 96.

The defending NBA champion Chicago Bulls were in their finals in, but won their championship in 6, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers.

Despite having only 1. 7 % probability, the Bulls won the NBA Draft Lottery and selected Chicago native Derrick Rose with the first pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.

He won three straight championships with the Bulls from 1996 to 1998 as a teammate of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Toni Kukoč and Dennis Rodman.

* February 13 at Huddersfield, England – 2004 World Club Challenge match is won by the Bradford Bulls 22-4 against Penrith Panthers at Alfred McAlpine Stadium before 18, 962

During the 2008 MLS Season the Crew won its second Supporters ' Shield by six points over Houston, en route to defeating the New York Red Bulls in MLS Cup 2008 by a score of 3 to 1.

After going 17 – 7 – 6 in the regular season, the Crew won playoff games against Kansas City and Chicago Fire before beating the New York Red Bulls 3 – 1 in the final.

The company then went on to reap additional profits by again licensing the phrase to merchandisers when the Bulls again won three consecutive NBA championships from 1996 through 1998, as well as when the New York Yankees won three straight World Series championships from 1998 through 2000 and when the Lakers won three straight NBA championships from 2000 through 2002.

Since the breakup of the Chicago Bulls championship roster in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated, with the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs combining to win the title in nine of fourteen years.

After winning 59 games and a third straight division title, the Pistons cruised through the first two rounds of the playoffs before playing a tough Eastern Conference Finals series against Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls were down by two in the last seconds of Game 6 of the finals series held at the America West Arena in Phoenix, before Paxson sank a three point shot with 3. 9 seconds remaining, giving the Bulls a 99-98 lead and their third consecutive NBA title.

Appropriately, episodes featuring Romano contained " Ray " in its title ( e. g. " Road Rayge " and " Raygin ' Bulls ").

In 1989 winger Carel du Plessis scored a last-minute try as WP managed to draw with the Blue Bulls 16-all, Riaan Gouws missed the conversion which would have given WP its 6th title of the decade a feat which has never been achieved.

Jordan's shot has been dubbed as the " greatest feat " in his career, and the Bulls ' 1998 title was their third consecutive championship and sixth since 1991.

He also led the Bulls to the playoffs on various occasions and helped them to win one division title, the only one the franchise had earned before the Michael Jordan era.

* * A banner with the number 72 is hung below the 1996 division title to denote the Bulls all time record 72-10 season.

The Bulls were an undisputed success at the gate, running away with the league's attendance title.

After missing the playoffs for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, the Durham Bulls captured the South Division title with an 80-64 regular season record.

In their second season in 1980 – 81, the Bulls won the Tier II title, defeating the Guelph Platers in the league finals.

Van der Westhuyzen then moved to the Pretoria-based Blue Bulls in 2001 helping them to the Vodacom Cup in his first year then, still playing as a fly-half, claiming the Currie Cup title in 2002.

An average South African trip saw the team slip to third on the ladder after notching only 3 competition points after losing to the Bulls ( 7 or less BP ) and a satisfactory draw against other title contenders the Stormers.

Their most recent title, a victory over the Tasmanian Tigers in 2011 – 12 saw the Bulls win by 7 wickets in one of the most closely contested finals of recent times.

After a season in the USL First Division when he played every minute for the Seattle Sounders, led his team to the title, and was named USL Defender of the Year, Graham was acquired by the MetroStars, now New York Red Bulls.

He was the first to dare to question whether the bulls of Alexander VI known collectively as the Bulls of Donation were a valid title of dominion over the newly discovered territories.

It was clear that the Bulls needed a center if they were to contend for a title, so Krause dealt Charles Oakley to New York for Bill Cartwright.

Krause announced the signing in what Chicago media widely considered to be a mean-spirited manner, emphasizing that Jackson would not be rehired even if the Bulls won the 1997 – 98 title.

Amid the distractions, the Bulls still won their sixth title in eight years.

After the Bulls ' final title of the Jordan era in 1998, Jackson left the team vowing never to coach again but after he took a year off he decided to give it another chance with the Lakers.

In a repeat of the previous year's Finals, the Bulls won the series 4 games to 2 for their third consecutive NBA title and their sixth in eight seasons.

He gained some notoriety for playing the Chicago Bulls ' Scottie Pippen tough in a grueling seven-game playoff series that the Bulls won on their way to their second NBA title.