NBA Finals: Chicago beats Utah 4-2

 

NBA finals
     June 1: Chicago 84, Utah 82
   June 4: Chicago 97, Utah 85
   June 6: Utah 104, Chicago 93
   June 8: Utah 78, Chicago 73
   June 11: Chicago 90, Utah 88
   June 13: Chicago 90, Utah 86
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Jordan
Michael Jordan holds the championship trophy.
After winning No. 5,
Bulls eye sixth title

The Chicago Bulls had just finished defeating Utah 90-86 for their fifth NBA title in the past seven years. Steve Kerr had secured a spot in history with the winning basket. And Michael Jordan, the Finals MVP for the fifth time, already was thinking about next year's run for another ring.

The buzz: Jazz | Bulls
X-factor: Bulls post another title
Complete Game 6 shot charts


News and features

Mailman, other Jazz ponder the future
Who will return for the Jazz after Utah finally reached the NBA Finals?

Crowd of 20,000 welcomes Jazz home
The Jazz players stepped off their plane in Salt Lake City and found their adoring fans waiting for them.

Bulls fans hold relatively quiet celebration
Unlike the parties of 1992 and '93, residents were mostly in control after Chicago won the NBA title.


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