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Seattle SuperSonics 1995–96 Seattle SuperSonics roster PlayersĬhicago won the series 4 games to 2 on Father's Day, in what would be the last time the Sonics played a Finals game before relocating to Oklahoma City and becoming known as the Thunder. They then beat the Utah Jazz in seven games in the western finals to advance to its first NBA championship round since 1979.ġst seed in the West, 2nd best league recordīoth teams split the two meetings, each won by the home team:ġ996 NBA Finals rosters Chicago Bulls 1995–96 Chicago Bulls roster Players Seattle began its playoff run with a four-game win over the Sacramento Kings, followed by a dominant sweep of the defending champion Houston Rockets, headed by a 33 point win in Game 1 where they held Hakeem Olajuwon to 5 points. Motivated by a successive string of early playoff losses, Seattle finished the 1996 regular season with a franchise-record 64 wins. Two straight first-round exits followed, including the stunning 1994 loss to the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets (the Sonics were the first seed in that playoffs). The team was considered a perennial title contender throughout the mid-1990s, but the closest they came to reaching the finals was in 1993, when they lost to the Phoenix Suns in seven games in the Western Conference Finals. The SuperSonics were led by Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp, with George Karl as head coach.
Main article: 1995–96 Seattle SuperSonics season The conference finals was a rematch of the previous season's series with the Orlando Magic, but it was a no-contest, as the Bulls swept the Magic to gain entry into the Finals. They continued to gain momentum in the playoffs, beginning with a sweep of the Miami Heat in the first round, followed by a five-game defeat of the New York Knicks in the second round. The result of this ensemble was perhaps the greatest regular season of any team in NBA history at the time, as the Bulls won a record-high 72 games, which would be broken by the Golden State Warriors in the 2015–16 season. But perhaps their biggest addition to the team was Dennis Rodman, a nine-year veteran who had been a rebounding champion for four straight years, and whose controversial lifestyle has been well-documented. In their place was a new core of players such as Luc Longley, Toni Kukoč, Steve Kerr, Ron Harper, Jud Buechler, Bill Wennington and Randy Brown.
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Armstrong, Stacey King, Will Perdue, and Scott Williams left via free agency. Heading into the upcoming season, Chicago was no longer the same team as they were in their most recent championship season of 1993, having lost key members of their first three-peat core in John Paxson who retired, while Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, B. The Bulls were coming off a season where they lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Orlando Magic. Main article: 1995–96 Chicago Bulls season Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP, his fourth time winning the award.īackground Chicago Bulls This was the first championship in the Chicago Bulls' second three-peat. The series, the 50th NBA finals in league history, was played under a best-of-seven format.
The teams' 136 combined regular season wins shattered the previous record of 125, set in 1985 between the Los Angeles Lakers who won 62 games and the Boston Celtics who won 63 games in the past regular season. The Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics (64–18) played the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls (72–10), with the Bulls holding home court advantage. The 1996 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1995–96 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. 1996 basketball championship series 1996 NBA Finals
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