Ranking the Chicago Bulls' 6 Championships

#2 1996-97 69-13 record, 15-4 in the playoffs, defeated Utah 4-2

Steve Kerr knocks down the series-winning jumper.

The second season in the best two year wins total in NBA history and one of the most dominant seasons in NBA history. The Bulls kicked up the pace from their early three-peat years, still not a fast team by any stretch, and posted the top offense in the league coupled with the fourth-best defense. They also posted double digits in scoring margin and net efficiency, the mark of an all-time great team, and led the league with a whopping 68 expected wins.

Jordan and Pippen were the only mainstays in the starting lineup, as no other Bull started over 59 games this season, forcing the Bulls to constantly adjust. This makes their efficiency stats even more impressive, as the two stars constantly had to adapt and adjust their game to meet who their teammates were on a given night. You could start to see signs of offensive slippage in MJ and Pippen's games, as they were less efficient than they had been in previous years but they made up for it with improved playmaking.

In the Playoffs, the missed games by so many players seemed to work in the Bulls favor, as they had one of their best playoff runs, only losing 4 games and finishing with an average margin of victory of 5.3 points per game. Their only close series was the championship series, where they outscored the Jazz by a total of 4 points. It was fitting that they closed the Jazz out in game 6 on a pass and shot from two of the three players who played 82 games on the year, MJ to sharpshooting reserve Steve Kerr.